IP Library Granted Patent US 8,247,808
Granted Patent B2
US 8,247,808 · App. 12/878,290 · Granted Aug 21, 2012

Organic light emitting lighting apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,247,808
App. No.
12/878,290
Granted
Aug 21, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting lighting device that includes a transparent substrate, a first electrode layer formed on the substrate, an organic emission layer formed on the first electrode layer, a second electrode line formed of a plurality of second electrode lines disposed in parallel with each other on the organic emission layer, a first fuse unit having one end connected with the first electrode layer, and a plurality of second fuses having one end respectively connected to one end of the plurality of second electrode lines.

Claims (31)

1. An organic light emitting lighting device comprising:

a transparent substrate;

a first electrode layer formed on the substrate;

an organic emission layer formed on the first electrode layer;

a second electrode line formed of a plurality of second electrode lines disposed in parallel with each other on the organic emission layer;

a first fuse unit having one end connected with the first electrode layer; and

a plurality of second fuses having one end respectively connected to one end of the plurality of second electrode lines.

2. The organic light emitting lighting device of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode is an anode and the second electrode line is a cathode.

3. The organic light emitting light device of claim 2 , wherein the first electrode layer is formed of a first electrode that is one planar electrode, and the first fuse unit is formed of a fuse having one end connected with the first electrode.

4. The organic light emitting lighting device of claim 3 , wherein the fuse capacity of the first fuse is different from that of the second fuse.

5. The organic light emitting lighting device of claim 4 , wherein the fuse capacity of the first fuse is greater than that of the second fuse.

6. The organic light emitting lighting device of claim 2 , wherein the first electrode layer is formed of a plurality of first electrode lines that are disposed in parallel with each other.

7. The organic light emitting lighting device of claim 6 , wherein the first fuse unit is formed of a plurality of first fuses having one end respectively connected to one end of the plurality of first electrode lines.

8. The organic light emitting lighting device of claim 7 , further comprising a power supply connected with the other end of the first fuse and applying a first voltage to the first electrode line, and connected to the other end of the second fuse and applying a second voltage that is lower than the first voltage to the second electrode line.

9. The organic light emitting lighting device of claim 6 , wherein the second electrode line is perpendicular to the first electrode line.

10. The organic light emitting lighting device of claim 6 , wherein the second electrode line is parallel with the first electrode.

11. The organic light emitting lighting device of claim 10 , wherein the number of the first electrode lines is different from the number of the second electrode lines.

12. The organic light emitting lighting device of claim 6 , further comprising an insulation layer or a separator formed between neighboring first electrode lines.

13. The organic light emitting lighting device of claim 2 , wherein the first fuse unit or the plurality of fuses are formed on the substrate.

14. The organic light emitting lighting device of claim 2 , wherein the first fuse unit or the plurality of fuses are formed on a driver that drives the organic emission layer for light emission.

15. The organic light emitting lighting device of claim 2 , wherein the first fuse unit or the plurality of fuses are formed on a pad area that connects the organic emission layer and the driver that drives the organic emission layer for light emission.

16. The organic light emitting lighting device of claim 2 , further comprising an insulation layer or a separator formed between neighboring second electrode lines.

17. An organic light emitting lighting device, comprising:

a transparent substrate;

a first electrode layer having a plurality of anode electrodes that are parallel to each other and formed on the substrate;

an organic emission layer formed on the first electrode layer;

a second electrode line formed of a plurality of second electrode lines disposed in parallel with each other on the organic emission layer, said plurality of second electrodes lines are cathode electrodes;

a plurality of first fuse units each having one end connected to each of the plurality of anode electrodes of the first electrode layer; and

a plurality of second fuses each having one end respectively connected to one end of each the plurality of second electrode lines,

wherein power is cut to a second electrode line of the plurality of second electrode lines by a corresponding second fuse of the plurality of second fuses upon detection of a defect at a corresponding point of the organic emission layer,

wherein power is cut to an anode electrode of the plurality of anode electrodes by a corresponding first fuse of the plurality of first fuses upon current deflection occurring due to said defect at said corresponding point of the organic emission layer.

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 Oct 1, 2010
From: CHOI, SUNG-JIN; SONG, OK-KEUN; KOO, YOUNG-MO; KIM, DOO-HWAN; LEE, MIN-WOO; LEE, JAE-GOO
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD., A CORPORATION CHARTERED IN AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Reel/Frame 025098/0559 →