IP Library Granted Patent US 9,112,187
Granted Patent B2
US 9,112,187 · App. 14/005,866 · Granted Aug 18, 2015

Organic el device and method of manufacturing organic EL device

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Patent No.
US 9,112,187
App. No.
14/005,866
Granted
Aug 18, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing an organic EL device includes: irradiating a light-emitting region of the organic EL device which includes a defective portion with a laser beam under a first irradiation condition; observing a state of an irradiation mark formed in the light-emitting region through the irradiation with the laser beam in the irradiating under a first irradiation condition; determining a second irradiation condition for resolving a defect caused by the defective portion, based on the first irradiation condition and the observed state of the irradiation mark; and irradiating the light-emitting region with a laser beam under the second irradiation condition determined in the determining of a second irradiation condition.

Claims (25)

1. A method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence (EL) device, the method comprising:

irradiating a light-emitting region of the organic EL device with a laser beam under a first irradiation condition, the light-emitting region including a defective portion;

capturing an image of a state of an irradiation mark provided in the light-emitting region through the irradiation with the laser beam under the first irradiation condition;

determining a second irradiation condition for resolving a defect caused by the defective portion, based on the first irradiation condition and the captured state of the irradiation mark; and

irradiating the light-emitting region with a laser beam under the second irradiation condition determined in the determining of the second irradiation condition

wherein the defective portion is a shorted area between an anode and a cathode of the organic EL device,

in the irradiating under the second irradiation condition, the laser beam is emitted in a form of a closed line surrounding the shorted area of the light-emitting region so that a resistance value of a portion located on the closed line form is higher than a resistance value of the portion before the irradiation with the laser beam, and

in the irradiating under the first irradiation condition, the laser beam is emitted to an inside of a region that is to be surrounded by the closed line.

2. The method of manufacturing an organic EL device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the irradiation of the laser beam in the irradiating under the first irradiation condition and the irradiation of the laser beam in the irradiating under the second irradiation condition are performed in a continuous manner using a same laser oscillator.

3. The method of manufacturing an organic EL device according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the determining of the second irradiation condition, at least one of a focal point depth, pulse width, wavelength, and power of the laser beam is determined as the second irradiation condition.

4. An organic electroluminescence (EL) device comprising:

a light-emitting region including an anode, an organic light-emitting layer, and a cathode which are stacked in stated order;

a shorted area between the anode and the cathode in the light-emitting region;

a first laser irradiation mark provided in the light-emitting region; and

a second laser irradiation mark provided in a form of a closed line surrounding the shorted area

wherein the first laser irradiation mark is provided inside a region surrounded by the second laser irradiation mark.

5. The organic EL device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the first laser irradiation mark and the second laser irradiation mark are provided in a continuous manner.

6. The organic EL device according to claim 4 ,

wherein a resistance value of a portion of the light-emitting region in which the second laser irradiation mark is provided is higher than a resistance value of a portion of the light-emitting region in which neither one of the first laser irradiation mark and the second laser irradiation mark is provided.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the irradiating under the first irradiation condition comprises repeating the irradiating under the first irradiation condition and changing a plane position of the irradiation,

the capturing comprises capturing a width of the irradiation mark as the state of the irradiation mark, and

the determining sets the first irradiation condition as the second irradiation condition, when the captured width of the irradiation mark becomes a predetermined width.

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 Oct 29, 2013
From: HIRAOKA, TOMOMI; SEGAWA, YASUO
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031494/0298 →