Display device having a white light source and a dichroic layer
View Patent ↗A display device includes a substrate, a white light source on the substrate, a dichroic layer between a viewing surface of the display device and the white light source, the dichroic layer being configured to allow light of a predetermined wavelength band to be transmitted therethrough, and a ¼ wavelength layer between the dichroic layer and the white light source.
1. An organic light emitting display apparatus, comprising:
a substrate;
an organic light-emitting device emitting white light on the substrate;
a dichroic layer including ellipsoidal shaped metal particles directly on a surface between a viewing surface of the display apparatus and the organic light-emitting device emitting white light, the dichroic layer being configured to allow light of a predetermined wavelength band to be transmitted therethrough, the predetermined wavelength band being in accordance with an aspect ratio of the metal particles; and
a ¼ wavelength layer between the dichroic layer and the organic light-emitting device emitting white light.
2. The organic light emitting display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the dichroic layer is on the substrate, the ¼ wavelength layer is on the dichroic layer, and organic light-emitting device emitting white light is on the ¼ wavelength layer.
3. The organic light emitting display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the ¼ wavelength layer is on a surface of the substrate, the organic light-emitting device emitting white light is on the ¼ wavelength layer, and the dichroic layer is on a surface of the substrate opposite to that of the ¼ wavelength layer.
4. The organic light emitting display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the dichroic layer comprises three areas through which red, blue, and green light is transmitted, respectively.
5. The organic light emitting display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a sealing member on the organic light-emitting device emitting white light.
6. The organic light emitting display apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein an image is displayed towards the sealing member.
7. The organic light emitting display apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the sealing member is transparent, the dichroic layer is on a surface of the sealing member facing the organic light-emitting device emitting white light, and the ¼ wavelength layer is on a surface of the dichroic layer facing the organic light-emitting device emitting white light.
8. The organic light emitting display apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the sealing member is transparent, the ¼ wavelength layer is on a surface of the sealing member facing the organic light-emitting device emitting white light, and the dichroic layer is on a surface of the sealing member opposite that of the ¼ wavelength layer.
9. The organic light emitting display apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising a protective layer on the organic light-emitting device emitting white light,
wherein the sealing member is transparent, the dichroic layer is on a surface of the sealing member facing the organic light-emitting device emitting white light, and the protective layer is between the organic light-emitting device emitting white light and the ¼ wavelength layer.
10. The organic light emitting display apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising a protective layer on the organic light-emitting device emitting white light,
wherein the sealing member is transparent, the protective layer is disposed between the organic light-emitting device emitting white light and the ¼ wavelength layer, and the dichroic layer is on a surface of the sealing member opposite that of the ¼ wavelength layer.
11. The organic light emitting display apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising a protective layer on the organic light-emitting device emitting white light, wherein the protective layer includes at least one of an organic insulating material and an inorganic insulating material.
12. The organic light emitting display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an image is displayed towards the substrate.
13. The organic light emitting display apparatus as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the substrate is transparent.
14. The organic light emitting display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a thin film transistor on the substrate, the organic light-emitting device emitting white light being electrically connected to the thin film transistor.
15. The organic light emitting display apparatus as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the dichroic layer is on the substrate, the ¼ wavelength layer is on the dichroic layer, and the thin film transistor and the organic light-emitting device emitting white light are on the ¼ wavelength layer.
16. The organic light emitting display apparatus as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the ¼ wavelength layer is on a surface of the substrate, the thin film transistor and the organic light-emitting device emitting white light are on the ¼ wavelength layer, and the dichroic layer is on a surface of the substrate opposite that of the ¼ wavelength layer.
17. The organic light emitting display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the dichroic layer consists essentially of the ellipsoidal shaped metal particles.
18. The organic light emitting display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the ellipsoidal shaped metal particles have an aspect ratio lower than 5.
19. The organic light emitting display apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the ellipsoidal shaped metal particles are directly imprinted to the sealing member or to the substrate.