IP Library Granted Patent US 7,268,488
Granted Patent B2
US 7,268,488 · App. 10/927,186 · Granted Sep 11, 2007

Display device and mobile display having a semi-transparent metal layer

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Patent No.
US 7,268,488
App. No.
10/927,186
Granted
Sep 11, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device, and a mobile display using the same, that may regulate a ratio of luminance in a lower direction to luminance in an upper direction. The display device has a transparent lower electrode formed on an insulation substrate, an organic emitting layer formed on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed on the organic emitting layer, where the upper electrode is comprised of a semi-transparent metal layer and a transparent conductive layer. The ratio of the luminance in the lower direction to the luminance in the upper direction is different according to a thickness of the semi-transparent metal layer.

Claims (32)

1. An organic light emitting device (OLED), comprising:

a transparent lower electrode formed on an insulation substrate;

an organic emitting layer formed on the lower electrode; and

an upper electrode formed on the organic emitting layer and having a semi-transparent metal layer and a transparent conductive layer,

wherein a ratio of luminance in a direction towards the lower electrode to luminance in a direction towards the upper electrode is different according to a thickness of the semi-transparent metal layer,

wherein either the semi-transparent metal layer is not less than 95 Å in thickness and the ratio of the luminance in the direction towards the lower electrode to the luminance in the direction towards the upper electrode is not less than 4.5 or the semi-transparent metal layer is not more than 60 Å in thickness and the ratio of the luminance in the direction towards the lower electrode to the luminance in the direction towards the upper electrode is not more than 3.5.

2. The OLED of claim 1 , wherein the semi-transparent metal layer is made of Mg:Ag.

3. The OLED of claim 1 , wherein the semi-transparent metal layer has a thickness of 95 to 130 Å, and the ratio of the luminance in the direction towards the lower electrode to the luminance in the direction towards the upper electrode is in the range of 4.5 to 8.7.

4. The transparent OLED of claim 1 , wherein the semi-transparent metal layer has a thickness of 40 to 60 Å, and the ratio of the luminance in the direction towards the lower electrode to the luminance in the direction towards the upper electrode is in the range of 3 to 3.5.

5. The OLED of claim 1 ,

wherein the thickness of the semi-transparent metal layer is not less than 95° A and the ratio of the luminance in the direction towards the lower electrode to the luminance in the direction towards the upper electrode is not less than 4.5.

6. The OLED of claim 5 , wherein the ratio of the luminance in the direction towards the lower electrode to the luminance in the direction towards the upper electrode is in the range of 4.5 to 8.7.

7. The OLED of claim 5 , wherein the semi-transparent metal layer is made of Mg:Ag at a thickness of 95 to 150 Å.

8. The OLED of claim 1 ,

wherein the thickness of the semi-transparent metal layer is not more than 60° A and the ratio of the luminance in the direction towards the lower electrode to the luminance in the direction towards the upper electrode is not more than 3.5.

9. The OLED of claim 8 , wherein the ratio of the luminance in the direction towards the lower electrode to the luminance in the direction towards the upper electrode is in the range of 3 to 3.5.

10. The OLED of claim 8 , wherein the semi-transparent metal layer is made of Mg:Ag at a thickness of 40 to 60 Å.

11. A mobile display using an organic light emitting device, wherein the organic light emitting device comprises:

a lower electrode formed on an insulation substrate;

an organic layer having an emitting layer formed on the lower electrode; and

an upper electrode formed on the organic emitting layer and having a semi-transparent metal layer and a transparent conductive layer,

wherein a ratio of luminance in a direction towards the lower electrode to luminance in a direction towards the upper electrode is different according to a thickness of the semi-transparent metal layer,

wherein either the semi-transparent metal layer is not less than 95 Å in thickness and the ratio of the luminance in the direction towards the lower electrode to the luminance in the direction towards the upper electrode is not less than 4.5 or the semi-transparent metal layer is not more than 60 Å in thickness and the ratio of the luminance in the direction towards the lower electrode to the luminance in the direction towards the upper electrode is not more than 3.5.

12. The mobile display of claim 11 , wherein the mobile display using transparent organic light emitting device is a mobile phone.

13. An organic light emitting device (OLED), comprising:

a transparent lower electrode formed on an insulation substrate;

an organic emitting layer formed on the lower electrode; and

an upper electrode formed on the organic emitting layer and having a semi-transparent metal layer and a transparent conductive layer,

wherein a ratio of luminance in a direction towards the lower electrode to luminance in a direction towards the upper electrode is different according to a thickness of the semi-transparent metal layer,

wherein the organic emission layer is comprised of a hole injecting layer, a hole transporting layer, an emitting layer, a hole blocking layer, an electron transporting layer, and an electron injecting layer,

wherein either the semi-transparent metal layer is not less than 95 Å in thickness and the ratio of the luminance in the direction towards the lower electrode to the luminance in the direction towards the upper electrode is not less than 4.5 or the semi-transparent metal layer is not more than 60 Å in thickness and the ratio of the luminance in the direction towards the lower electrode to the luminance in the direction towards the upper electrode is not more than 3.5.

14. The OLED of claim 13 , wherein the electron injecting layer is comprised of LiF.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Aug 29, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028884/0453 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2008
From: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022024/0026 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2004
From: RYU, SEOUNG-YOON
To: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 015742/0266 →