IP Library Granted Patent US 8,993,994
Granted Patent B2
US 8,993,994 · App. 13/537,001 · Granted Mar 31, 2015

Light-emitting device and organic light emitting display apparatus including the same

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Patent No.
US 8,993,994
App. No.
13/537,001
Granted
Mar 31, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light emitting device includes: a substrate; a first electrode on the substrate, the first electrode including a light-transmissive material having a refractive index greater than a refractive index of the substrate; a refraction conversion layer between the substrate and the first electrode, the refraction conversion layer including a first layer having a refractive index greater than the refractive index of the first electrode, a second layer having a refractive index smaller than the refractive index of the first layer, and a third layer having a refractive index smaller than the refractive index of the second layer, wherein the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer are sequentially formed in a direction from the first electrode toward the substrate; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic emissive layer between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Claims (13)

1. A light emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

a first electrode on the substrate, the first electrode comprising a light-transmissive material having a refractive index greater than a refractive index of the substrate;

a refraction conversion layer between the substrate and the first electrode, the refraction conversion layer comprising a first layer having a refractive index greater than the refractive index of the first electrode, a second layer having a refractive index smaller than the refractive index of the first layer, and a third layer having a refractive index smaller than the refractive index of the second layer,

wherein the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer are sequentially formed in a direction from the first electrode toward the substrate;

a second electrode facing the first electrode; and

an organic emissive layer between the first electrode and the second electrode,

wherein the refractive index of the first electrode is in a first range and a refractive index of a material included in the organic emissive layer is in a second range, and

wherein the lower end of the first range is greater than or equal to the upper end of the second range.

2. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the first layer is smaller than a thickness of the second layer, and the thickness of the second layer is smaller than a thickness of the third layer.

3. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a light transmissivity of the first layer is smaller than a light transmissivity of the second layer, and a light transmissivity of the second layer is smaller than a light transmissivity of the third layer.

4. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode comprises a transparent conductive oxide.

5. The light emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising a semi-transmissive reflection layer between the first electrode and the refraction conversion layer and configured to transmit or to reflect light that is emitted from the organic emissive layer.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Aug 20, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028816/0306 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2012
From: SONG, JUNG-BAE; LEE, SANG-PIL; SONG, YOUNG-ROK
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028469/0682 →