IP Library Granted Patent US 8,033,675
Granted Patent B2
US 8,033,675 · App. 12/907,373 · Granted Oct 11, 2011

Light emitting device and electronic device

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Patent No.
US 8,033,675
App. No.
12/907,373
Granted
Oct 11, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light emitting device has a plurality of light emitting elements each having a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a light emitting layer disposed between the first and the second electrode layers, a reflective layer being disposed between a substrate and the first electrode layer and reflecting light emitted by the light emitting layer to the light emitting layer, the light emitting elements including a red light emitting element that emits a red light, a green light emitting element that emits a green light, and a blue light emitting element that emits a blue light, the green and the blue light emitting elements each having a resonator structure which contains the reflective layer and a translucent half-reflective layer and which is constituted by adjustment of the optical distance between the reflective layer and the translucent half-reflective layer, the red light emitting element not having the resonator structure.

Claims (39)

1. A light emitting device according, comprising:

A plurality of light emitting elements each having a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a light emitting layer disposed between the first and the second electrode layers;

a reflective layer that reflects a light emitted by the light emitting layer to the light emitting layer; and

a translucent half-reflective layer disposed opposite to the reflective layer with the light emitting layer interposed therebetween, reflects some of lights emitted by light emitting layer to the light emitting layer, and transmits the remaining lights,

the light emitting elements including a red light emitting element that emits a red light, a green light emitting element that emits a green light, and a blue light emitting element that emits a blue light,

the optical distance from the reflective layer relating to the red light emitting element to the interface facing the reflective layer in the translucent half-reflective layer being defined based on d R calculated by Equation (i),

d R =(φ DR +φ UR )/4θ)·λ R   (i)

wherein

λ R represents a red light wavelength;

φ DR represents a phase change when a light having a wavelength λ R that proceeds to the reflective layer from the light emitting layer side reflects on the reflective layer; and

φ UR represents a phase change when a light having a wavelength λ R that proceeds to the translucent half-reflective layer from the light emitting layer side reflects on the translucent half-reflective layer.

2. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the optical distance from the reflective layer relating to each of the green light emitting element and the blue light emitting element to the interface facing the reflective layer in the translucent half-reflective layer is defined based on d calculated by Equation (ii),

D =(2 πm+φ D +φ U )/4π)·λ  (ii),

wherein

λ represents a wavelength to be set as a resonance target;

φ D represents a phase change when a light having a wavelength λ that proceeds to the reflective layer from the light emitting layer side reflects on the reflective layer;

φ U is a phase change when a light having a wavelength λ that proceeds to the translucent half-reflective layer from the light emitting layer side reflects on the translucent half-reflective layer; and

m represents a positive integer.

3. A light emitting device, comprising:

A plurality of light emitting elements each having a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a light emitting layer disposed between the first and the second electrode layers;

a reflective layer that reflects a light emitted by the light emitting layer to the light emitting layer; and

a translucent half-reflective layer disposed opposite to the reflective layer with the light emitting layer interposed therebetween, reflects some of lights emitted by light emitting layer to the light emitting layer, and transmits the remaining lights;

the light emitting elements including a red light emitting element that emits a red light, a green light emitting element that emits a green light, and a blue light emitting element that emits a blue light;

the optical distance from the reflective layer relating to the blue light emitting element to the interface facing the reflective layer in the translucent half-reflective layer being defined based on d calculated by Equation (iii); and

the optical distance from the reflective layer relating to the red light emitting element to the interface facing the reflective layer in the translucent half-reflective layer being set to be smaller than d,

d =(2π+φ D +φ U )/4θ)·λ  (iii),

wherein

λ represents a wavelength to be set as a resonance target;

φ D represents a phase change when a light having a wavelength λ that proceeds to the reflective layer from the light emitting layer side reflects on the reflective layer; and

φ U represents a phase change when a light having a wavelength λ that proceeds to the translucent half-reflective layer from the light emitting layer side reflects on the translucent half-reflective layer.

4. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising an electron transporting layer disposed between the first and the second electrode layers, wherein

the electron-transporting layer and the second electrode layer are formed in common in all of the red light emitting element, the green light emitting element, and the blue light emitting element.

5. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the translucent half-reflective layer contains the second electrode layer and functions as a cathode.

6. A light emitting device, comprising:

A plurality of light emitting elements each having a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a light emitting layer disposed between the first and the second electrode layers, the light emitting elements including a red light emitting element that emits a red light, a green light emitting element that emits a green light, and a blue light emitting element that emits a blue light;

a reflective layer being disposed between a substrate and the first electrode layer and reflecting light emitted by the light emitting layer to the light emitting layer; and

the green light emitting element and the blue light emitting element each having a resonator structure which contains the reflective layer and a translucent half-reflective layer and which is constituted by adjustment of the optical distance between the reflective layer and the translucent half-reflective layer,

the red light emitting element not having the resonator structure.

7. An electronic device, comprising the light emitting device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2022
From: EL TECHNOLOGY FUSION GODO KAISHA
To: ELEMENT CAPITAL COMMERCIAL COMPANY PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 059435/0428 →
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 19, 2010
From: ODA, TOSHIHIRO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025163/0936 →