IP Library Granted Patent US 8,461,579
Granted Patent B2
US 8,461,579 · App. 13/127,229 · Granted Jun 11, 2013

Organic radiation-emitting component and method for producing an organic radiation-emitting component

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Patent No.
US 8,461,579
App. No.
13/127,229
Granted
Jun 11, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic radiation-emitting component, including a first electrode ( 1 ) having a first electrical contact region ( 10 ) for making electrical contact with the first electrode ( 1 ), a first organic functional layer ( 31 ) on the first electrode ( 1 ), on the first organic functional layer ( 31 ) at least one organic active region ( 4 ) suitable for emitting electromagnetic radiation during operation, and a second electrode ( 2 ) on the active region ( 4 ), wherein the first organic functional layer ( 31 ) includes a plurality of laterally arranged partial regions ( 30 ) each including a first material ( 51 ) having a first electrical conductivity and a second material ( 52 ) having a second electrical conductivity, the second electrical conductivity is greater than the first electrical conductivity, and the ratio of the proportion of the second material ( 52 ) to the proportion of the first material ( 51 ) in the partial regions ( 30 ) of the first organic functional layer ( 31 ) varies in a manner dependent on a lateral distance from the first electrical contact region ( 10 ).

Claims (38)

1. An organic radiation-emitting component, comprising:

a first electrode having a first electrical contact region for making electrical contact with the first electrode;

a first organic functional layer on the first electrode;

on the first organic functional layer at least one organic active region suitable for emitting electromagnetic radiation during operation; and

a second electrode on the active region,

wherein the first organic functional layer comprises a plurality of laterally arranged partial regions each comprising a first material having a first electrical conductivity and a second material having a second electrical conductivity,

wherein the second electrical conductivity is greater than the first electrical conductivity, and

wherein the ratio of the proportion of the second material to the proportion of the first material in the partial regions of the first organic functional layer varies in a mariner dependent on a lateral distance from the first electrical contact region.

2. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the proportion of the second material to the proportion of the first material becomes greater as the lateral distance from the first electrical contact region increases.

3. The component according to claim 1 , wherein each of the partial regions of the first organic functional layer has a uniform distribution of the second material in the first material within the partial region.

4. The component according to any of claim 1 , wherein:

each of the partial regions of the first organic functional layer has a first functional region comprising the first and the second material and a second functional region comprising the first material,

the volume concentration of the second material in relation to the first material in the first functional regions of different partial regions is identical, and

the second functional region of the partial regions is free of the second material.

5. The component according to claim 4 , wherein:

the first functional region has a first volume and the second functional region has a second volume, and

the ratio of the first volume to the second volume becomes greater as the lateral distance from the first electrical contact region increases.

6. The component according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first material comprises an organic electrically conductive matrix material, and

the second material is introduced as a dopant in the first material.

7. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second materials together form charge transfer complexes.

8. The component according to claim 7 , wherein the charge transfer complexes are at least partly transparent to the electromagnetic radiation generated in the active region.

9. The component according to claim 1 , wherein a second organic functional layer comprising the first material is arranged between the first organic functional layer and the active region, said second organic functional layer being free of the second material and directly adjoining the active region.

10. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the first organic functional layer is embodied as a hole transport layer and/or as an electron transport layer.

11. The component according to claim 1 , wherein:

the second electrode has a second electrical contact region for making electrical contact with the second electrode,

a third organic functional layer is arranged between the active region and the second electrode,

the third organic functional layer comprises a plurality of laterally arranged partial regions each comprising a third material having a third electrical conductivity and a fourth material having a fourth electrical conductivity,

the fourth electrical conductivity is greater than the third electrical conductivity, and

the ratio of the proportion of the fourth material to the proportion of the third material in the partial regions of the third organic functional layer varies in a manner dependent on a lateral distance from the first electrical contact region and/or in a manner dependent on a lateral distance from the second electrical contact region.

12. A method for producing an organic radiation-emitting component according to claim 1 , comprising the steps of:

A) providing the first electrode having the first electrical contact region,

B) applying the first organic functional layer comprising the plurality of laterally arranged partial regions comprising the first and second materials,

C) applying the active region on the first organic functional layer, and

D) applying the second electrode on the active region.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein in method step B, the first and second materials are applied in such a way that the ratio of the proportion of the second material to the proportion of the first material becomes greater as the distance from the first electrical contact region increases.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein in method step B, the second material is applied by means of an adjustable diaphragm.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the adjustable diaphragm is a pinhole diaphragm.

Assignments (2)
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 Oct 11, 2011
From: GARDITZ, CHRISTOPH; KRAUSE, RALF; SCHMID, GUNTER; SEIDEL, STEFAN; WEISS, OLIVER; SUHONEN, RIIKKA; NIEDERMEIER, ULRICH
To: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
Reel/Frame 027044/0764 →