Light emitting device having an organic light emitting diode that emits white light

• US 9,166,180 B2
• Filed: 04/08/2013
• Issued: 10/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Yamazaki, Shunpei, Takayama, Toru, Akiba, Mai
• Primary Examiner(s): Soward, Ida M
• Application Number:
  US13/858,121
• Publication Number:
  US 20130228763A1
• Time in Patent Office: 925 Days
• Field of Search: 257/40, 257/59, 257/72, 257/E51.018
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2221/68368 used in a transfer process involving at least two transfer steps, i.e. including an intermediate handle substrate
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 2102/3026 Top emission
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 2102/311 Flexible OLED
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/84 Passivation; Containers; Encapsulations
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/844 Encapsulations
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/8445 multilayered coatings having a repetitive structure, e.g. having multiple organic-inorganic bilayers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/87 Arrangements for heating or cooling
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/12 Active-matrix OLED [AMOLED] displays
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/1201 Manufacture or treatment
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/121 characterised by the geometry or disposition of pixel elements
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 71/00 Manufacture or treatment specially adapted for the organic devices covered by this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 71/80 using temporary substrates
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 77/111 Flexible substrates
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/549 Organic PV cells
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 70/50 Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

Abstract

The present invention has an object of providing a light-emitting device including an OLED formed on a plastic substrate, which prevents degradation due to penetration of moisture or oxygen. On a plastic substrate, a plurality of films for preventing oxygen or moisture from penetrating into an organic light-emitting layer in the OLED (“barrier films”) and a film having a smaller stress than the barrier films (“stress relaxing film”), the film being interposed between the barrier films, are provided. Owing to a laminate structure, if a crack occurs in one of the barrier films, the other barrier film(s) can prevent moisture or oxygen from penetrating into the organic light emitting layer. The stress relaxing film, which has a smaller stress than the barrier films, is interposed between the barrier films, making it possible to reduce stress of the entire sealing film. Therefore, a crack due to stress hardly occurs.

Claims

1. A light emitting device comprising:

a transistor over a substrate, the transistor comprising;

a first electrode;

a first insulating film over the first electrode;

a semiconductor film overlapping with the first electrode with the first insulating film therebetween;

a second insulating film over the semiconductor film;

a second electrode overlapping with the semiconductor film with the second insulating film therebetween; and

a third insulating film over the second electrode;

an organic light emitting diode over the third insulating film, the organic light emitting diode including an anode, an organic light emitting layer and a cathode;

a fourth insulating film on and in contact with the organic light emitting diode;

a first film comprising silicon nitride over the fourth insulating film; and

a second film comprising silicon nitride over the first film,

wherein the organic light emitting diode emits white light.

2. The light emitting device according to claim 1, wherein the substrate has flexibility.

3. The light emitting device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an interlayer insulating film over the semiconductor film; and

a wiring connected to the semiconductor film through a contact hole in the interlayer insulating film.

4. The light emitting device according to claim 1,

wherein the cathode is located over the anode, and

wherein the anode is a transparent conductive film.

5. The light emitting device according to claim 1, wherein the cathode includes MgAg.

6. The light emitting device according to claim 2, wherein the light emitting device further comprising a capacitor storage over the substrate.

7. The light emitting device according to claim 1, further comprising a FPC, and a driving circuit.

8. An electric appliance comprising the light emitting device according to claim 1, wherein the electric appliance is one selected from the group consisting of a digital still camera, a mobile computer, a goggle type display, and a cellular phone.