IP Library Granted Patent US 7,399,993
Granted Patent B2
US 7,399,993 · App. 11/531,114 · Granted Jul 15, 2008

Display unit and method for fabricating the same

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Patent No.
US 7,399,993
App. No.
11/531,114
Granted
Jul 15, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display unit and method of fabricating same are provided. The display unit includes a plurality of organic electroluminescent devices, each including an organic layer portion including at least a hole-transport layer and a luminescent layer which are stacked each other, and two electrodes sandwiching the organic layer portion. The luminescent layers of the individual organic electroluminescent devices have different thicknesses. The luminescent layer in each organic electroluminescent device contains an organic material having substantially the same HOMO level as that of a hole-transporting material constituting the hole-transport layer, the content of the organic material being set according to the thickness of the luminescent layer.

Claims (16)

1. A display unit comprising a plurality of organic electroluminescent devices, each including:

an organic layer portion including at least a hole-transport layer and a luminescent layer which are stacked each other; and

two electrodes sandwiching the organic layer portion,

wherein the luminescent layers of the individual organic electroluminescent devices have different thicknesses; and

the luminescent layer in each organic electroluminescent device contains an organic material having substantially the same HOMO level as that of a hole-transporting material constituting the hole-transport layer, the content of the organic material being set so as to increase with the thickness of the luminescent layer.

2. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein the organic material in each organic electroluminescent device is content adjusted so that the individual organic electroluminescent devices have substantially the same drive voltage.

3. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein a mirror composed of a light reflection material and a semi-transmissive half mirror are provided to each organic electroluminescent device so as to sandwich the hole-transport layer and the luminescent layer, and the optical distance between the mirror and the half mirror is adjusted by the thickness of the luminescent layer such that a resonator structure is formed in which light with specific wavelengths emitted from the luminescent layer is resonated between the mirror and the half mirror and is extracted from the half mirror side.

4. The display unit according to claim 3 , wherein the luminescent layer in each organic electroluminescent device emits light in the wavelength range of blue, green, or red, and each organic electroluminescent device is designed such that extraction of light in the wavelength range of blue, green, or red is maximized and the optical distance between the mirror and the half mirror increases as the wavelength of light emitted increases.

5. The display unit according to claim 3 , wherein the mirror and the half mirror are used as the electrodes.

6. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein among a plurality of layers constituting the organic layer portion, the luminescent layer only is formed by patterning for each organic electroluminescent device, and the other layers are provided as common layers for the individual organic electroluminescent devices.

7. A method for fabricating a display unit including a plurality of organic electroluminescent devices, each including:

an organic layer portion including at least a hole-transport layer and a luminescent layer which are stacked each other, and two electrodes sandwiching the organic layer portion,

wherein the luminescent layers of the individual organic electroluminescent devices have different thicknesses; and the luminescent layer in each organic electroluminescent device contains an organic material having substantially the same HOMO level as that of a hole-transporting material constituting the hole-transport layer, the content of the organic material increasing with the thickness of the luminescent layer,

the method comprising: forming each of the luminescent layers by patterning by thermally transferring a transfer layer from a transfer substrate, the transfer layer containing a charge-transporting host material and a luminescent guest material,

wherein the transfer layer for forming at least some of the luminescent layers contains a predetermined amount of the organic material together with the host material and the guest material.

8. The method for fabricating the display unit according to claim 7 , wherein the transfer layer containing the organic layer has a structure in which a luminescent material layer containing the host material and the guest material and a resistance-decreasing layer containing the organic material are stacked.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2025
From: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
To: MAGNOLIA BLUE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072039/0656 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2024
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
Reel/Frame 066382/0619 →
CORRECTION BY AFFIDAVIT FILED AGAINST REEL/FRAME 063396/0671 Recorded Jun 12, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JOLED, INC.
Reel/Frame 064067/0723 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: INCJ, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063396/0671 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2015
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: JOLED INC.
Reel/Frame 036106/0355 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2006
From: MATSUDA, EISUKE
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018412/0624 →