IP Library Granted Patent US 8,441,004
Granted Patent B2
US 8,441,004 · App. 12/680,190 · Granted May 14, 2013

Radiation emitting device and method for the production thereof

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Patent No.
US 8,441,004
App. No.
12/680,190
Granted
May 14, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A radiation-emitting device with a first electrode, a first emission layer, a second emission layer and a second electrode. The invention additionally relates to a method of producing a radiation-emitting device.

Claims (30)

1. A radiation-emitting device, comprising:

a first electrode to emit charge carriers of a first charge when in operation;

a first doped transport layer on the first electrode to transport the charge carriers of the first charge, the first doped transport layer having a doping gradient;

a first emission layer comprising a first emitter material, the first emission layer being arranged on the first doped transport layer;

a second emission layer comprising a second emitter material, the second emission layer being arranged on the first emission layer; and

a second electrode to emit charge carriers of a second charge when in operation, the second electrode being arranged on the second emission layer;

wherein the first and/or second emitter material is phosphorescent and the first emitter material emits radiation at a different wavelength from the second emitter material.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a first charge-transporting layer is arranged between the first emission layer and the second emission layer.

3. The device according to claim 2 , wherein the first charge-transporting layer comprises a matrix including a matrix material to transport charge carriers of the first and second charges.

4. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising a third emission layer having a third emitter material, the third emission layer being between the second emission layer and the second electrode, wherein the third emitter material emits radiation at a different wavelength than the first and second emitter materials.

5. The device according to the claim 4 , wherein the third emission layer transports charge carriers of the second charge.

6. The device according to claim 4 , further comprising a second charge-transporting layer between the second and third emission layers.

7. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the second charge-transporting layer comprises a matrix including a matrix material to transport charge carriers of the first and second charges.

8. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the first, second, and/or third emission layer comprises a matrix, including a matrix material to transport charge carriers of the first and second charges.

9. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrode reflects radiation emitted by the first and/or second emitter materials.

10. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the first electrode reflects the radiation emitted by the first, second, and/or third emitter materials.

11. The device according to claim 9 , wherein, as the distance between the emission layers and the first electrode increases, the respective emitter materials emit radiation of a greater wavelength.

12. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the second electrode is transparent to the radiation emitted by the first and/or second emitter materials.

13. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the second electrode is transparent to the radiation emitted by the first, second, and/or third emitter materials.

14. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the surfaces of the first and/or second electrodes facing the first and/or second emission layers, respectively, exhibit unevennesses of a specific height.

15. The device according to claim 14 , wherein the first doped transport layer adjoining the first electrode and/or the second emission layer adjoining the second electrode have respective thicknesses greater than the height of the unevennesses.

16. The device according to claim 2 , wherein the first charge transporting layer comprises a mixture of:

a first matrix material to transport charge carriers of the first charge; and

a second matrix material to transport charge carrier of the second charge.

17. The device according to claim 6 wherein the first charge transporting layer comprises a mixture of:

a first matrix material to transport charge carriers of the first charge; and

a second matrix material to transport charge carrier of the second charge.

18. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the first, second, and/or third emission layers comprise a matrix including a mixture of:

a first matrix material to transport charge carriers of the first charge; and

a second matrix material to transport charge carriers of the second charge.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Feb 17, 2026
From: OSRAM OLED GMBH
To: AMS-OSRAM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 074881/0104 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2016
From: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
To: OSRAM OLED GMBH
Reel/Frame 037567/0993 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2010
From: FEHRER, MICHAEL; HEUSER, KARSTEN; HOEFLING, EGBERT; SCHLENKER, TILMAN; INGLE, ANDREW; POPP, MICHAEL; KLEIN, MARKUS; RIEGEL, NINA; SCHMID, GUENTER; KRAUSE, RALF; SEIDEL, STEFAN; KOZLOWSKI, FRYDERYK; HUNZE, ARVID; GIERES, GUENTER
To: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
Reel/Frame 024978/0129 →