Organic light emitting diode segment
First Claim
1. An organic light emitting diode device comprising a sequence of serially electrically connected organic light emitting diode segments, the organic light emitting diode segment comprising two organic light emitting diodes, wherein the organic light emitting diodes are vertically stacked with their conducting directions pointing in opposed directions, wherein in the stack the organic light emitting diodes are electrically connected to each other by a common shared electrode, wherein the organic light emitting diode device comprising a sequence of serially electrically connected organic light emitting diode segments, wherein the sequence of segments comprises a given segment and a neighbouring segment, wherein the given segment comprises a first and second organic light emitting diode with a first common shared electrode and first and second unshared electrodes, wherein the neighbouring segment comprises a third and fourth organic light emitting diode with a second common shared electrode and third and fourth unshared electrodes, wherein the given segment is serially electrically connected to the neighbouring segment by an electrical connection of the first common shared electrode with the third unshared electrode and by an electrical connection of the second common shared electrode with the first unshared electrode, wherein any unshared electrode comprised in the sequence of segments is electrically connected to maximally one common shared electrode comprised in the sequence of segments.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an organic light emitting diode segment (100) comprising two organic light emitting diodes (102; 104), wherein the organic light emitting diodes are vertically stacked with their conducting directions pointing in opposed directions, wherein in the stack the organic light emitting diodes (102; 104) are electrically connected to each other by a common shared electrode (112).
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- 1. An organic light emitting diode device comprising a sequence of serially electrically connected organic light emitting diode segments, the organic light emitting diode segment comprising two organic light emitting diodes, wherein the organic light emitting diodes are vertically stacked with their conducting directions pointing in opposed directions, wherein in the stack the organic light emitting diodes are electrically connected to each other by a common shared electrode, wherein the organic light emitting diode device comprising a sequence of serially electrically connected organic light emitting diode segments, wherein the sequence of segments comprises a given segment and a neighbouring segment, wherein the given segment comprises a first and second organic light emitting diode with a first common shared electrode and first and second unshared electrodes, wherein the neighbouring segment comprises a third and fourth organic light emitting diode with a second common shared electrode and third and fourth unshared electrodes, wherein the given segment is serially electrically connected to the neighbouring segment by an electrical connection of the first common shared electrode with the third unshared electrode and by an electrical connection of the second common shared electrode with the first unshared electrode, wherein any unshared electrode comprised in the sequence of segments is electrically connected to maximally one common shared electrode comprised in the sequence of segments.
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10. A method of producing an organic light emitting diode device, the method comprising:
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providing a first layer comprising a first given unshared electrode segment, depositing a first emitter layer on the first layer, depositing a second layer comprising a given common shared electrode segment on the first emitter layer, depositing a second emitter layer on the second layer, depositing a third layer comprising a second given unshared electrode segment on the second emitter layer, wherein the first given unshared electrode segment, the first emitter layer and the given common shared electrode segment form a first organic light emitting diode and wherein the given common shared electrode segment, the second emitter layer and the second given unshared electrode segment form a second organic light emitting diode, wherein the first and second organic light emitting diodes are vertically stacked with their conducting directions pointing in opposed directions, wherein for producing an organic light emitting diode device comprising a sequence of serially electrically connected organic light emitting diode segments with the sequence of segments comprising a given segment and a neighbouring segment, the first lay er further comprises a first neighbouring unshared electrode segment, the first emitter layer comprises a first gap, the second layer further comprises a neighbouring unshared electrode segment, wherein the deposition of the second layer is performed for electrically contacting the first neighbouring unshared electrode segment by the given common shared electrode segment via the first gap, the second emitter layer comprises a second gap, the third layer further comprises a second neighbouring unshared electrode segment, wherein the deposition of the third layer is performed for electrically contacting the neighbouring common shared electrode segment by the second given unshared electrode segment via the first gap, wherein the first given unshared electrode segment, the first emitter layer, the given common shared electrode segment, the second emitter layer and the second given unshared electrode segment form the given organic light emitting diode segment and wherein the first neighbouring unshared electrode segment, the first emitter layer, the neighbouring common shared electrode segment, the second emitter layer and the second neighbouring unshared electrode segment form the neighbouring organic light emitting diode segment.
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