Radiation-emitting device
View Patent ↗A radiation-emitting device ( 100 ) has a first and at least a second radiation-emitting organic component ( 10 ) comprising in each case a substrate ( 18 ) having a first main area, to which a first electrode is applied, comprising in each case an organic layer sequence arranged on the first electrode, wherein the organic layer sequence has at least one organic layer suitable for generating radiation, comprising in each case a second electrode arranged on the organic layer sequence, and comprising in each case an encapsulation ( 17 ) arranged on the substrate ( 18 ) above the organic layer sequence and the second electrode, wherein the first radiation-emitting organic component ( 10 ) is electrically and mechanically connected to the at least second radiation-emitting organic component ( 10 ).
1. A radiation-emitting device having a first and at least a second radiation-emitting organic component, each of the first and the at least second radiation-emitting component comprising:
a substrate having a first main area, to which a first electrode is applied;
an organic layer sequence arranged on the first electrode, the organic layer sequence including at least one organic layer suitable for generating radiation;
a second electrode arranged on the organic layer sequence; and
an encapsulation arranged on the substrate above the organic layer sequence and the second electrode;
wherein the first radiation-emitting organic component is electrically and mechanically connected to the at least second radiation-emitting organic component;
wherein the connection between the first and the at least second radiation-emitting organic component is formed as a flexible contact bridge which is more flexible than a respective substrate of the first and of the at least second radiation-emitting organic component; and
wherein the flexible contact bridge comprises a clampable, metallically bridged double pin being deformed to clamp around each of the first and the at least second radiation-emitting component.
2. The radiation-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an electrical contact of the first radiation-emitting organic component is connected serially or in parallel to a first electrical contact of the at least second radiation-emitting organic component, and wherein a second electrical contact of the at least second radiation-emitting organic component is connected to a power source.
3. The radiation-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a deformable sheathing enclosing the first and the at least second radiation-emitting organic component connected thereto.
4. The radiation-emitting device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the deformable sheathing comprises a plastic transparent to the radiation emitted by the radiation-emitting organic components.
5. The radiation-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a carrying frame, in which the first and the at least second radiation-emitting organic component are arranged and mechanically connected to one another.
6. The radiation-emitting device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the radiation-emitting organic components are electrically connected to one another via the carrying frame.
7. The radiation-emitting device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the carrying frame comprises a flexible carrier grid including web structures extending transversely with respect to one another;
wherein a material of the flexible carrier grid which is more flexible than respective substrates of the radiation-emitting organic components; and
wherein the radiation-emitting organic components are arranged in interspaces of the flexible carrier grid.
8. An illumination device comprising a radiation-emitting device according to claim 7 , comprising:
a multiplicity of radiation-emitting organic components;
wherein the radiation-emitting organic components are arranged in a matrixlike manner in the flexible carrier grid and are electrically connected to one another in parallel, in series or in a combination of in parallel and in series via said flexible carrier grid.
9. The illumination device as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising:
a flexible cover fixed on the flexible carrier grid and the multiplicity of radiation-emitting organic components;
wherein a material of the flexible cover has a flexibility equal in magnitude to that of a material of the flexible carrier grid.
10. The illumination device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the cover includes webs arranged above grid lines of the flexible carrier grid.
11. The radiation-emitting device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the carrying frame comprises textile material into which the radiation-emitting organic components are incorporated.
12. A self-supporting, radiation-emitting structural material, including the at least one radiation-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the self-supporting, radiation-emitting structural material forms step-on lighting.