Organic light emitting diode lighting systems
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1. A lighting system comprising:
- a plurality of organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices;
a controller configured to selectively drive at least some of the plurality of OLED devices at different activation levels; and
a sensor configured to sense a degradation at least one of the plurality of OLED devices,wherein at least one of the plurality of OLED devices comprises;
at least one coupler configured to electrically couple the OLED device to a power supply; and
an encapsulation that isolates the OLED device from an ambient environment,wherein at least some of the plurality of OLED devices are redundant OLED devices, andwherein the controller is configured to turn on one or more of the redundant OLED devices to compensate for the sensed degradation.
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Abstract
A lighting system includes a plurality of organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices. By selecting the plurality of OLED devices, or by selectively controlling the plurality of OLED devices, the color characteristics of the lighting system can be tuned. The lifetime of the lighting system can be improved.
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1. A lighting system comprising:
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a plurality of organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices; a controller configured to selectively drive at least some of the plurality of OLED devices at different activation levels; and a sensor configured to sense a degradation at least one of the plurality of OLED devices, wherein at least one of the plurality of OLED devices comprises; at least one coupler configured to electrically couple the OLED device to a power supply; and an encapsulation that isolates the OLED device from an ambient environment, wherein at least some of the plurality of OLED devices are redundant OLED devices, and wherein the controller is configured to turn on one or more of the redundant OLED devices to compensate for the sensed degradation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A lighting system comprising:
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a plurality of organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices, wherein each of the plurality of OLED devices has an active region, wherein at least some of the OLED devices have active regions of different sizes, wherein the different sizes are selected such that light emitted from the lighting system has desired color characteristics and that the OLED devices having active regions of different sizes have substantially matching lifetimes, wherein the plurality of OLED devices include a first type of OLED devices each having an active region of a first size and a first expected lifetime, and a second type of OLED devices each having an active region of a second size and a second expected lifetime, wherein a ratio of the first size to the second size is approximately proportional to a ratio of the second expected lifetime to the first expected lifetime, wherein the first type of OLED devices are driven at a first current density, and the second type of OLED devices are driven at a second current density, and wherein a ratio of the first current density to the second current density is approximately proportional to a ratio of the second size to the first size thereby substantially matching actual lifetimes of the first type of OLED devices and the second type of OLED devices. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A method comprising:
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selectively controlling activation levels of at least some of a plurality of organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices in a lighting system to improve a lifetime of the lighting system assigning addresses to the at least some of the plurality of OLED devices; and swapping addresses between at least a first OLED device and a second OLED device among the at least some of the plurality of OLED devices, wherein the first and second OLED devices have different wearing levels, and wherein a wearing level of an OLED device is determined based on one or more of an accumulative duration that the OLED device has been previously activated, a measured current, a capacitance, a junction temperature, or a luminance of the OLED device. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. A method, comprising:
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selecting, from a plurality of pre-manufactured modular organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices, a subset of OLED devices; and coupling the selected subset of OLED devices to a mount, wherein the subset of OLED devices is selected to have a mixed output light spectrum with desired color characteristics, wherein the selecting the subset of OLED devices comprises selecting a first number of a first type of OLED devices and a second number of a second type of OLED devices, wherein the first type of OLED devices have a first spectrum different from a second spectrum of the second type of OLED devices, wherein the first type of OLED devices have an expected lifetime substantially shorter than an expected lifetime the second type of OLED devices, and wherein selecting the subset of OLED devices comprises selecting the first number substantially larger than the second number. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A lighting system comprising:
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a plurality of organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices; and a controller configured to selectively drive at least some of the plurality of OLED devices at different activation levels, wherein at least one of the plurality of OLED devices comprises; at least one coupler configured to electrically couple the OLED device to a power supply; and an encapsulation that isolates the OLED device from an ambient environment, wherein the plurality of OLED devices include a first number of a first type of OLED devices and a second number of a second type of OLED devices, wherein the first type of OLED devices have a light emission spectrum different from a light emission spectrum of the second type of OLED devices, wherein the first type of OLED devices have an expected lifetime shorter than the second type of OLED devices, and wherein the first number is correspondingly larger than the second number.
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37. A method comprising:
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selectively controlling activation levels of at least some of a plurality of organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices in a lighting system to improve a lifetime of the lighting system, wherein the plurality of OLED devices include a first number of blue OLED devices, a second number of red OLED devices, and a third number of green OLED devices, wherein the first number is about twice the second number, and wherein the selectively controlling activation levels of at least some of the plurality of OLED devices comprises alternately activating blue OLED devices thereby increasing a lifetime of the lighting system.
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38. A method, comprising:
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selecting, from a plurality of pre-manufactured modular organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices, a subset of OLED devices, wherein the subset of OLED devices is selected to have a mixed output light spectrum with desired color characteristics; coupling the selected subset of OLED devices to a mount; and selectively driving at least some of the subset of OLED devices with healing current pulses, wherein selectively driving at least some of the subset of OLED devices with healing current pulses comprises reversely biasing the devices during part of the current pulses to heal the devices.
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39. A method, comprising:
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selecting, from a plurality of pre-manufactured modular organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices, a subset of OLED devices, wherein the subset of OLED devices is selected to have a mixed output light spectrum with desired color characteristics; coupling the selected subset of OLED devices to a mount; sensing a degradation of one or more of the plurality of OLED devices, wherein at least some of the plurality of OLED devices are redundant OLED devices; and turning on one or more of the redundant OLED devices to compensate for the sensed degradation.
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