IP Library Granted Patent US 8,278,804
Granted Patent B2
US 8,278,804 · App. 13/331,279 · Granted Oct 2, 2012

Multicolor light-emitting organic EL display device and method of manufacturing multicolor light-emitting organic EL display device

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Patent No.
US 8,278,804
App. No.
13/331,279
Granted
Oct 2, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multicolor light-emitting organic electroluminescent (EL) display device including a plurality of organic EL light-emitting regions including a red light-emitting layer, a green light-emitting layer, and a blue light-emitting layer on a main substrate includes: a magenta color filter, as a first light-adjusting layer, having predetermined transmission property for blue light and red light; and a second light-adjusting layer having predetermined absorption property for light with a wavelength intermediate between the red light and green light, wherein the magenta color filter is laid over the blue light-emitting layer, the red light-emitting layer, and a bank which is a non light-emitting region, and the second light-adjusting layer is laid over the blue light-emitting layer, the green light-emitting layer, the red light-emitting layer, and the bank which is the non light-emitting region.

Claims (53)

1. A multicolor light-emitting organic electroluminescent (EL) display device including a plurality of organic EL light-emitting regions each of which emits red light, green light, or blue light and a non light-emitting region that are arranged on a main substrate, the multicolor light-emitting organic EL display device comprising:

a first light-adjusting layer; and

a second light-adjusting layer,

wherein the first light-adjusting layer is a magenta color filter and is laid over a light-emitting region of the blue light, a light-emitting region of the red light, and the non light-emitting region,

the second light-adjusting layer is made of resin, selectively absorbs light having a wavelength intermediate between the red light and the green light, and has: a maximum value of a transmission factor of visible light being 80% or greater; and a minimum value of the transmission factor being 25% or smaller; a wavelength indicating 60% of transmission factor in ranges between 550 nm and 580 nm and between 590 nm and 620 nm; and a wavelength indicating a minimum value of the transmission factor in a range between 580 nm and 600 nm, and

the second light-adjusting layer is laid over the light-emitting region of the blue light, a light-emitting region of the green light, the light-emitting region of the red light, and the non light-emitting region.

2. The multicolor light-emitting organic EL display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second light-adjusting layer has the transmission factor of 80% or greater in at least part of a wavelength range between 520 nm and 560 nm.

3. The multicolor light-emitting organic EL display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first light-adjusting layer has a maximum value of a transmission factor of visible light being 80% or greater, a minimum value of the transmission factor being 40% or smaller, a wavelength indicating 60% of the transmission factor in ranges between 480 nm and 510 nm and between 560 nm and 590 nm.

4. The multicolor light-emitting organic EL display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein a wavelength indicating the minimum value of the transmission factor of the first light-adjusting layer is in a range between 520 nm and 550 nm.

5. The multicolor light-emitting organic EL display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second light-adjusting layer is formed substantially uniform across the entirety of the multicolor light-emitting organic EL display device.

6. The multicolor light-emitting organic EL display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first light-adjusting layer is formed on a glass substrate or a plastic substrate.

7. The multicolor light-emitting organic EL display device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the second light-adjusting layer is formed outside of the glass substrate or the plastic substrate.

8. The multicolor light-emitting organic EL display device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the plastic substrate is colored and functions as the second light-adjusting layer.

9. The multicolor light-emitting organic EL display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the organic EL light-emitting regions and the first light-adjusting layer are bonded by a resin layer.

10. A method of manufacturing the multicolor light-emitting organic EL display device according to claim 1 , the method comprising:

forming the first light-adjusting layer that is the magenta color filter over the light-emitting region of the blue light, the light-emitting region of the red light, and the non light-emitting region; and

forming the second light-adjusting layer that selectively absorbs the light having the wavelength intermediate between the red light and the green light over the light-emitting region of the blue light, the light-emitting region of the green light, the light-emitting region of the red light, and the non light-emitting region.

11. A multicolor light-emitting organic electroluminescent (EL) display device including a plurality of organic EL light-emitting regions each of which emits red light, green light, or blue light and a non light-emitting region that are arranged on a main substrate, the multicolor light-emitting organic EL display device comprising:

a first light-adjusting layer;

a second light-adjusting layer; and

a third light-adjusting layer,

wherein the first light-adjusting layer is a magenta color filter and is laid over a light-emitting region of the blue light, a light-emitting region of the red light,

the second light-adjusting layer is made of resin and selectively absorbs light having a wavelength intermediate between the red light and the green light, and has: a maximum value of a transmission factor of visible light being 80% or greater; a minimum value of the transmission factor being 40% or smaller; a wavelength indicating 60% of transmission factor in ranges between 550 nm and 580 nm and between 590 nm and 620 nm; and a wavelength indicating a minimum value of the transmission factor in a range between 580 nm and 600 nm,

the second light-adjusting layer is laid over the light-emitting region of the blue light, a light-emitting region of the green light, the light-emitting region of the red light, and the non light-emitting region, and

the third light-adjusting layer is laid over the non light-emitting region, and absorbs 90% or more of visible light.

12. The multicolor light-emitting organic EL display device according to claim 11 ,

wherein the second light-adjusting layer has the transmission factor of 80% or greater in at least part of a wavelength range between 520 nm and 560 nm.

13. The multicolor light-emitting organic EL display device according to claim 11 ,

wherein the first light-adjusting layer has a maximum value of a transmission factor of visible light being 80% or greater, a minimum value of the transmission factor being 40% or smaller, a wavelength indicating 60% of the transmission factor in ranges between 480 nm and 510 nm and between 560 nm and 590 nm.

14. The multicolor light-emitting organic EL display device according to claim 13 ,

wherein a wavelength indicating the minimum value of the transmission factor of the first light-adjusting layer is in a range between 520 nm and 550 nm.

15. The multicolor light-emitting organic EL display device according to claim 11 ,

wherein the second light-adjusting layer is formed substantially uniform across the entirety of the multicolor light-emitting organic EL display device.

16. The multicolor light-emitting organic EL display device according to claim 11 ,

wherein the first light-adjusting layer is formed on a glass substrate or a plastic substrate.

17. The multicolor light-emitting organic EL display device according to claim 16 ,

wherein the second light-adjusting layer is formed outside of the glass substrate or the plastic substrate.

18. The multicolor light-emitting organic EL display device according to claim 16 ,

wherein the plastic substrate is colored and functions as the second light-adjusting layer.

19. The multicolor light-emitting organic EL display device according to claim 11 ,

wherein the organic EL light-emitting regions and the first light-adjusting layer are bonded by a resin layer.

20. A method of manufacturing the multicolor organic EL display device according to claim 11 , the method comprising:

forming the first light-adjusting layer that is the magenta color filter over the light-emitting region of the blue light and the light-emitting region of the red light;

forming a third light-adjusting layer that absorbs 90% or more of visible light over the non light-emitting region; and

forming the second light-adjusting layer that selectively absorbs the light having the wavelength intermediate between the red light and the green light over the light-emitting region of the blue light, the light-emitting region of the green light, the light-emitting region of the red light, and the non light-emitting region.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2025
From: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
To: MAGNOLIA BLUE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072039/0656 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2024
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
Reel/Frame 066382/0619 →
CORRECTION BY AFFIDAVIT FILED AGAINST REEL/FRAME 063396/0671 Recorded Jun 12, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JOLED, INC.
Reel/Frame 064067/0723 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: INCJ, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063396/0671 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2015
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: JOLED INC
Reel/Frame 035187/0483 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2012
From: MATSUI, MASAFUMI; KORESAWA, KOUHEI; OHTA, TAKASHI; OKUMOTO, KENJI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027763/0776 →