IP Library Patent Application 11702634
Patent Application
App. No. 11/702,634

Organic electroluminescence device and producing method therefor

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App. No.
11/702,634
Abstract

An organic electroluminescence device including an organic layer including at least a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes, wherein a light-emitting plane of the organic electroluminescence device comprises at least two light-emitting areas having light emission colors that are different from each other, of which one is a first light-emitting area emitting a light of a first color and another is a second light-emitting area emitting a light of a second color, wherein the second light-emitting area has a composition that is the same as that of the first light-emitting area and is denatured to the second light-emitting area by heating. An organic electroluminescence device and a producing method thereof having excellent production feasibility are provided.

Claims (9)

1 . An organic electroluminescence device comprising an organic layer including at least a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes, wherein a light-emitting plane of the organic electroluminescence device comprises at least two light-emitting areas having light emission colors that are different from each other, of which one is a first light-emitting area emitting a light of a first color and another is a second light-emitting area emitting a light of a second color, wherein the second light-emitting area has a composition that is the same as that of the first light-emitting area and is denatured to the second light-emitting area by heating.

2 . The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting layer includes at least two laminated layers, wherein a first light-emitting layer is a light-emitting layer denatured by the heating, and a second light-emitting layer is a light-emitting layer not denatured by the heating.

3 . The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 2 , wherein the first light-emitting layer includes a first host material having a glass transition temperature lower than a temperature of the heating, and the second light-emitting layer includes a second host material having a glass transition temperature higher than the temperature of the heating.

4 . The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 2 , wherein the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer each independently contain a dopant, and the device further comprises an organic layer substantially free of the dopant between the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer.

5 . The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 2 , comprising at least a light reflecting plane at the side of one of the electrodes, wherein the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer have light emission wavelengths that are different from each other, and the light-emitting layer having the shorter wavelength is positioned between the light-emitting layer having the longer wavelength and the light reflecting plane.

6 . A producing method for an organic electroluminescence device comprising at least two light-emitting areas in a light-emitting plane having different wavelengths of light emission, wherein the producing method comprises forming a laminate member, in which a first electrode, an organic layer including at least a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode are laminated on a substrate, and then carrying out denaturing by locally heating at a temperature higher than a glass transition temperature of a host material of the light-emitting layer, to thereby form either one of the light-emitting areas.

7 . The producing method for an organic electroluminescence device according to claim 6 , wherein the organic electroluminescence device includes a first light-emitting layer containing a host material having a glass transition temperature lower than a temperature of the denaturing and a second light-emitting layer containing a host material having a glass transition temperature higher than the temperature of the denaturing, and only the first light-emitting layer is denatured by the heating.

8 . The producing method for an organic electroluminescence device according to claim 6 , wherein the heating is executed by a thermal head.

9 . The producing method for an organic electroluminescence device according to claim 6 , wherein the heating is executed by laser irradiation.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2012
From: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
To: UDC IRELAND LIMITED
Reel/Frame 028889/0759 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2007
From: KINOSHITA, MASARU; TOBISE, MANABU
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018987/0009 →