IP Library Granted Patent US 8,076,838
Granted Patent B2
US 8,076,838 · App. 12/253,465 · Granted Dec 13, 2011

Light emitting device

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Patent No.
US 8,076,838
App. No.
12/253,465
Granted
Dec 13, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light emitting device includes a plurality of types of light emitting elements including at least a red light emitting element that outputs red light, a green light emitting element that outputs green light, and a blue light emitting element that outputs blue light. Each of the plurality of types of the light emitting elements includes a first electrode, a second electrode that is disposed on a side for outputting light and has semi-transmissive reflectivity or transparency, a function layer that is formed between the first electrode and the second electrode and includes at least a light emitting layer, a reflective layer that additionally serves as the first electrode or is formed separately from the first electrode in a position for facing the function layer through the first electrode and reflects light generated in the light emitting layer to the second electrode side, and a color filter that is disposed in a position for facing the reflective layer through the function layer and absorbs light having wavelengths in a wavelength range other than a wavelength range of the output light. In addition, at least one type of the light emitting element of the plurality of types of the light emitting elements further includes a semi-reflective layer that is disposed between the reflective layer and the function layer and a transparent layer that is disposed between the reflective layer and the semi-reflective layer.

Claims (36)

1. A light emitting device comprising a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element above a substrate,

the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element each including:

a first electrode above the substrate;

a second electrode having transparency or semi-transmissive reflectivity;

a light emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode;

a reflective layer that reflects light emitted by the light emitting layer to the second electrode side and is disposed between the substrate and the first electrode; and

a color filter that absorbs light having wavelengths in a wavelength range other than a wavelength range of the output light and is disposed above the second electrode, and

the first light emitting element having a semi-reflective layer that is disposed between the reflective layer and the first electrode and a transparent layer that is disposed between the reflective layer and the semi-reflective layer, the second light emitting element having the transparent layer but not having the semi-reflective layer, the transparent layer being formed of a same material in each of the first and second light emitting elements; and

a microcavity structure being formed in each of the first and second light emitting elements.

2. The light emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first electrode is formed of a transparent conductive material.

3. The light emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first light emitting element is a green light emitting element that emits green light.

4. The light emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second light emitting element is a red light emitting element that emits red light.

5. The light emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the transparent layer includes a transparent insulating material layer and a transparent conductive material layer that is disposed between the transparent insulating material layer and the second electrode.

6. A light emitting device comprising a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element above a substrate,

the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element each including:

a first electrode above the substrate;

a second electrode having transparency or semi-transmissive reflectivity;

a light emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode;

a reflective layer that reflects light emitted by the light emitting layer to the second electrode side and is disposed between the substrate and the first electrode; and

a color filter that absorbs light having wavelengths in a wavelength range other than a wavelength range of the output light and is disposed above the second electrode,

the first light emitting element having a semi-reflective layer that is disposed between the first electrode and the light emitting layer, the semi-reflective layer being a separate layer from the first electrode, the second light emitting element not having the semi-reflective layer; and

a microcavity structure being formed in each of the first and second light emitting elements.

7. A light emitting device comprising a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element above a substrate,

the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element each including:

a first electrode having transparency and disposed above the substrate;

a second electrode having reflectivity;

a light emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and

a color filter that absorbs light having wavelengths in a wavelength range other than a wavelength range of the output light and is disposed between the substrate and the first electrode,

the first light emitting element having a first semi-reflective layer that is disposed between the first electrode and the color filter, a second semi-reflective layer that is disposed between the light emitting layer and the second electrode, the second semi-reflective layer being a separate layer from the second electrode, and a transparent layer that is disposed between the second electrode and the second semi-reflective layer, the second light emitting element not having the first semi-reflective layer and the second semi-reflective layer; and

a microcavity structure being formed in each of the first and second light emitting elements.

8. The light emitting device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the transparent layer is formed of a conductive material and serves as the second electrode additionally.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2018
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: EL TECHNOLOGY FUSION GODO KAISHA
Reel/Frame 047998/0879 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2008
From: KOBAYASHI, HIDEKAZU
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021700/0083 →