IP Library Granted Patent US 8,981,349
Granted Patent B2
US 8,981,349 · App. 12/654,449 · Granted Mar 17, 2015

Organic light emitting diode display

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Patent No.
US 8,981,349
App. No.
12/654,449
Granted
Mar 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting diode display device constructed with an organic light emitting element including a first electrode, an organic emission layer, and a second electrode sequentially laminated together, a transmittance control layer formed on the organic light emitting element, a selective reflective layer formed on the transmittance control layer, a polarizing plate formed on the selective reflective layer, and a phase retardation plate disposed between the organic light emitting element and the polarizing plate.

Claims (45)

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

an organic light emitting element comprising a first electrode, an organic emission layer, and a second electrode sequentially laminated together;

a transmittance control layer formed on the organic light emitting element;

a selective reflective layer formed on the transmittance control layer;

a polarizing plate formed on the selective reflective layer; and

a phase retardation plate disposed between the organic light emitting element and the polarizing plate, wherein

the transmittance control layer is made of a resin containing a light absorption material, and the light absorption material comprises at least one of a polyene-based pigment, an azo-based pigment, a quinine-based pigment, an indigo-based pigment, and a quinacridone-based pigment; and

the polyene-based pigment includes at least one of compounds of the following Chemical Formulas 1 and 2:

the azo-based pigment includes a compound of the following Chemical Formula 3:

the quinacridone-based pigment includes at least one of compounds of the following Chemical Formulas 4 and 5:

the quinine-based pigment includes at least one of compounds of the following Chemical Formulas 6 to 8:

the indigo-based pigment includes at least one of compounds of the following Chemical Formulas 9 to 11:

2. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1 , wherein

the selective reflective layer is a cholesteric liquid crystal layer, and

the phase retardation plate is disposed between the polarizing plate and the cholesteric liquid crystal layer.

3. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 2 , wherein

the cholesteric liquid crystal layer passes one of left circular polarized light and right circular polarized light and reflects the other one of the left circular polarized light and the right circular polarized light.

4. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 3 , wherein

light that is linearly polarized through the polarizing plate is converted into circular polarized light while passing through the phase retardation plate.

5. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 4 , wherein

the phase retardation plate is a ¼ wavelength plate, and

an intersection angle between an optical axis of the phase retardation plate and a polarization axis of the polarizing plate is 45 degrees.

6. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1 , wherein

the selective reflective layer is a dual brightness enhancement film, and

the phase retardation plate is disposed between the organic light emitting element and the transmittance control layer or between the transmittance control layer and the dual brightness enhancement film.

7. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 6 , wherein

the polarizing plate has the same polarization axis as the polarization axis of the dual brightness enhancement film.

8. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 7 , wherein

light that is linearly polarized through the dual brightness enhancement film is converted into the circular polarized light while passing through the phase retardation plate.

9. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 8 , wherein

the phase retardation plate is the ¼ wavelength plate, and

the intersection angle between the optical axis of the phase retardation plate and the polarization axis of the polarizing plate is 45 degrees.

10. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1 , wherein

transmittance of light of the transmittance control layer is controlled depending on the kind and content of the light absorption material.

11. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1 , wherein

the transmittance control layer has a selective transmittance for each wavelength band of light.

12. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1 , wherein

the resin includes at least one of polycarbonate, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), polyether sulfone (PES), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and triacetate cellulose (TAC).

13. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device, comprising:

an organic light emitting element comprising a first electrode, an organic emission layer, and a second electrode sequentially laminated together;

a transmittance control layer formed on the organic light emitting element;

a selective reflective layer formed on the transmittance control layer;

a polarizing plate formed on the selective reflective layer; and

a phase retardation plate disposed between the organic light emitting element and the polarizing plate, wherein

the transmittance control layer is made of a resin containing a light absorption material, and the light absorption material comprises aromatic hydrocarbons, the aromatic hydrocarbons comprise at least one of compounds of Chemical Formulas 12 to 18:

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Sep 21, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029087/0636 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2010
From: PARK, SOON-RYONG; JEONG, HEE-SEONG; JUNG, WOO-SUK; KIM, JAE-YONG; LEE, JOO-HWA; JEONG, CHUL-WOO; JEON, HEE-CHUL; KIM, EUN-AH; KWAK, NOH-MIN
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023959/0315 →