IP Library Granted Patent US 8,174,184
Granted Patent B2
US 8,174,184 · App. 12/238,915 · Granted May 8, 2012

Organic light emitting diode with organic multi-layer structure having a non-linear potential distribution

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Patent No.
US 8,174,184
App. No.
12/238,915
Granted
May 8, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting diode (OLED) includes an anode, a cathode, and an organic multi-layer structure disposed between the anode and the cathode. The inner potential distribution of the organic multi-layer structure has a non-linear profile.

Claims (46)

1. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) comprising:

an anode;

a cathode; and

an organic multi-layer structure disposed between the anode and the cathode,

wherein the organic multi-layer structure comprises a hole injection layer (HIL) that is adjacent to the anode, a hole transport layer (HTL) that is adjacent to the HIL, and an emission layer (EML) that is adjacent to the HTL,

wherein the HIL, the HTL, and the EML are configured to provide the organic multi-layer structure with an inner potential distribution having a non-linear profile, comprising a section having a positive slope and a section having a negative slope,

wherein the organic multi-layer structure further comprises an electron transport layer (ETL) that is adjacent to the EML, and an electron injection layer (EIL) that is adjacent to the ETL, and

wherein the EIL comprises LiQ and has a thickness about the same as EML.

2. The OLED of claim 1 , wherein the non-linear profile is a waveform.

3. The OLED of claim 1 ,

wherein an inner potential distribution of the HIL has a negative slope.

4. The OLED of claim 3 ,

wherein each of the thickness of the HIL and the thickness of the HTL is about 150 nanometers (nm) and the thickness of the EML is about 50 nm, and

wherein an inner potential distribution of the HTL is flat.

5. The OLED of claim 4 ,

wherein an inner potential distribution of the EML has positive and negative slopes.

6. The OLED of claim 5 ,

wherein the HIL, the HTL, the EML, the ETL, and the EIL are sequentially adjacent to the anode,

wherein the HIL, the HTL, the EML, the ETL, and the EIL are configured to provide the organic multi-layer structure with the inner potential distribution having the non-linear profile,

wherein a thickness of the ETL is about 150 nm and a thickness of the EIL is about 50 nm, and

wherein an inner potential distribution of the ETL has a positive slope, and an inner potential distribution of the EIL has a positive slope.

7. An organic light emitting display comprising the OLED of claim 6 .

8. The OLED of claim 4 ,

wherein the HIL, the HTL, the EML, and the ETL are sequentially adjacent to the anode,

wherein the HIL, the HTL, the EML, and the ETL are configured to provide the organic multi-layer structure with the inner potential distribution having the non-linear profile,

wherein a thickness of the ETL is about 150 nm, and

wherein an inner potential distribution of the EML has positive and negative slopes, and an inner potential distribution of the ETL has a positive slope.

9. An organic light emitting display comprising the OLED of claim 8 .

10. The OLED of claim 3 ,

wherein the HIL, the HTL, and the EML are sequentially adjacent to the anode, and

wherein an inner potential distribution of the HTL is flat, and an inner potential distribution of the emission layer has positive and negative slopes.

11. An organic light emitting display comprising the OLED of claim 10 .

12. The OLED of claim 1 ,

wherein a thickness of the ETL is greater than the thickness of the EML,

wherein the HIL, the HTL, the EML, and the ETL are configured to provide the organic multi-layer structure with the inner potential distribution having the non-linear profile, and

wherein an inner potential distribution of the HIL has a negative slope, an inner potential distribution of the HTL is flat, an inner potential distribution of the EML has positive and negative slopes, and an inner potential distribution of the ETL has a positive slope.

13. The OLED of claim 12 ,

wherein each of the thickness of the HIL, the thickness of the HTL, and the thickness of the ETL is greater than a thickness of the EIL, wherein the HIL, the HTL, the EML, the ETL, and the EIL are configured to provide the organic multi-layer structure with the inner potential distribution having the non-linear profile, and wherein an inner potential distribution of the EIL has a positive slope.

14. The OLED of claim 12 , wherein an inner potential value of the ETL is distributed within a relative value of 0.3 eV.

15. The OLED of claim 1 ,

wherein the HIL and the HTL are sequentially adjacent to the anode, and

wherein an inner potential distribution of the HIL has a negative slope, an inner potential distribution of the HTL is flat, and an inner potential distribution of the EML has positive and negative slopes.

16. An organic light emitting display comprising the OLED of claim 15 .

17. The OLED of claim 1 , wherein an inner potential value of the organic multi-layer structure is distributed within a relative value of 1.1 eV.

18. The OLED of claim 1 , wherein an inner potential value of the HIL is distributed within a relative value of 0.3 eV.

19. An organic light emitting display comprising the OLED of claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Aug 23, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028840/0224 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2008
From: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022010/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2008
From: PARK, YOUNG-GIL; KIM, JUNG-UN; LEE, YOON-SOO; LEE, JAE-HAK
To: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021621/0780 →