IP Library Granted Patent US 8,018,145
Granted Patent B2
US 8,018,145 · App. 12/712,567 · Granted Sep 13, 2011

Organic electroluminescence device

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Patent No.
US 8,018,145
App. No.
12/712,567
Granted
Sep 13, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides an organic electroluminescence display device including an organic electroluminescence element which includes a transparent electrode, a counter electrode, and an organic compound layer provided between these electrodes, the organic compound layer including a light emitting layer, and a fine particle containing layer positioned in the optical path of light emitted from the light emitting layer, wherein the fine particle containing layer contains an organic resin material, a first fine particle, and a second fine particle having a weight average particle diameter greater than that of the first fine particle, wherein a refractive index n 1 of the organic resin material into which the first fine particle is added and an average refractive index n 2 of the organic compound layer satisfy a relationship |n 1 −n 2 |<0.25, and wherein the refractive index n 1 and a refractive index n 3 of the second fine particle satisfy a relationship n 3 −n 1 >0.2.

Claims (14)

1. An organic electroluminescence display device comprising:

an organic electroluminescence element which comprises a transparent electrode, a counter electrode, and an organic compound layer provided between the transparent electrode and the counter electrode, the organic compound layer including a light emitting layer, and

a fine-particle-containing-layer positioned in the optical path of light emitted from the light emitting layer,

wherein the fine-particle-containing-layer contains an organic resin material, a first fine particle, and a second fine particle having a weight average particle diameter greater than that of the first fine particle,

wherein a refractive index n 1 of the organic resin material into which the first fine particle is added and an average refractive index n 2 of the organic compound layer satisfy a relationship |n 1 −n 2 |<0.25, and

wherein the refractive index n 1 of the organic resin material into which the first fine particle is added and a refractive index n 3 of the second fine particle satisfy a relationship n 3 −n 1 >0.2.

2. The organic electroluminescence display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second particle is an inorganic fine particle.

3. The organic electroluminescence display device according to claim 2 , wherein the inorganic fine particle contains at least one selected from TiO 2 , ZnO, and ZrO 2 .

4. The organic electroluminescence display device according to claim 1 , wherein the fine particle containing layer has a thickness of less than 5 μm.

5. The organic electroluminescence display device according to claim 1 , wherein the fine particles in the fine-particle-containing-layer are primary particles.

6. The organic electroluminescence display device according to claim 5 , wherein the fine particles in the fine-particle-containing-layer are surface-treated with an organic material.

7. The organic electroluminescence display device according to claim 1 , wherein the fine particle containing layer further contains a fine particle dispersant.

8. The organic electroluminescence display device according to claim 1 , wherein the weight average particle diameter of the first fine particle is less than 50 nm, and the weight average particle diameter of the second fine particle is 50 nm to 5 μm.

9. The organic electroluminescence display device according to claim 1 , wherein the organic resin material contains at least one selected from imide resins, acrylic resins, ether resins, and silane resins.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2012
From: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
To: UDC IRELAND LIMITED
Reel/Frame 028889/0636 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2010
From: HOSODA, HIDEMASA; TANI, TAKEHARU
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023991/0558 →