OLED lighting device with short tolerant structure
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1. A device, comprising:
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a plurality of segmented bus lines; and
a plurality of OLED circuit elements disposed on the substrate, each of the plurality of OLED circuit elements comprising;
exactly one pixel, the exactly one pixel comprising;
a first electrode;
a second electrode; and
an organic electroluminescent (EL) material disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and
a fuse adapted to open an electrical connection in response to excess current in the pixel;
wherein each of the plurality of OLED circuit elements is not electrically connected in series with any other of the plurality of OLED circuit elements;
wherein the plurality of segmented bus lines electrically connect the first electrode of each of the plurality of OLED circuit elements together; and
wherein no first electrode of any of the plurality of OLED circuit elements directly physically connects to the first electrode of any other of the plurality of OLED circuit elements.
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Abstract
A first device that may include a short tolerant structure, and methods for fabricating embodiments of the first device, are provided. A first device may include a substrate and a plurality of OLED circuit elements disposed on the substrate. Each OLED circuit element may include a fuse that is adapted to open an electrical connection in response to an electrical short in the pixel. Each OLED circuit element may comprise a pixel that may include a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic electroluminescent (EL) material disposed between the first and the second electrodes. Each of the OLED circuit elements may not be electrically connected in series with any other of the OLED circuit elements.
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1. A device, comprising:
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a substrate; a plurality of segmented bus lines; and a plurality of OLED circuit elements disposed on the substrate, each of the plurality of OLED circuit elements comprising; exactly one pixel, the exactly one pixel comprising; a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic electroluminescent (EL) material disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a fuse adapted to open an electrical connection in response to excess current in the pixel; wherein each of the plurality of OLED circuit elements is not electrically connected in series with any other of the plurality of OLED circuit elements; wherein the plurality of segmented bus lines electrically connect the first electrode of each of the plurality of OLED circuit elements together; and wherein no first electrode of any of the plurality of OLED circuit elements directly physically connects to the first electrode of any other of the plurality of OLED circuit elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A device, comprising:
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a substrate; a plurality of segmented bus lines; and a plurality of OLED circuit elements disposed on the substrate, each of the plurality of OLED circuit elements comprising; exactly one pixel, the exactly one pixel comprising; a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic electroluminescent (EL) material disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a fuse adapted to open an electrical connection in response to excess current in the pixel; wherein each of the plurality of OLED circuit elements is not electrically connected in series with any other of the plurality of OLED circuit elements; wherein the plurality of OLED circuit elements comprises at least three OLED circuit elements; wherein each of the plurality of segmented bus lines electrically connects exactly two of the plurality of OLED circuit elements; and wherein no segmented bus line of the plurality of segmented bus lines connects to any other segmented bus line of the plurality of segmented bus lines. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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