IP Library Granted Patent US 9,537,114
Granted Patent B2
US 9,537,114 · App. 14/991,372 · Granted Jan 3, 2017

Organic EL light emitting device, manufacturing method therefor, and organic EL illumination device

Inventor: Yoshikazu Sakaguchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC LIGHTING, LTD.
H01L51/5203H01L51/5212H01L51/5237H01L51/5253H01L51/56H01L2251/5361H01L2251/5392
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Patent No.
US 9,537,114
App. No.
14/991,372
Granted
Jan 3, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic EL light emitting device includes a transparent substrate, a transparent electrode film formed on the substrate, a positive electrode contact portion in contact with a part of the transparent electrode film and electrically connected therewith, an insulating layer formed on the transparent electrode film such that the an insulating layer covers a portion excluding a light emitting part, an organic light emitting layer formed on the transparent electrode film and on the insulating layer, a negative electrode film formed on the organic light emitting layer, a negative electrode contact portion in contact with at least a part of the negative electrode film and electrically connected therewith, and a protective layer for separating and electrically insulating the positive electrode contact portion and the transparent electrode film from the negative electrode contact portion.

Claims (37)

1. An organic EL light emitting device comprising: a transparent substrate;

a transparent electrode film formed on the substrate;

a positive electrode contact portion that is electrically connected to the transparent electrode film as a part of the transparent electrode film;

an insulating layer formed on the transparent electrode film such that a light emitting portion is opened;

an organic light emitting layer formed on the transparent electrode film and on the insulating layer;

a negative electrode layer formed on the organic light emitting layer;

a negative electrode contact portion that is in contact with at least part of the negative electrode layer and that is electrically connected to the negative electrode layer; and

a protective layer that, in order to separate and electrically insulate the transparent electrode film and the positive electrode contact portion from the negative electrode contact portion, is formed therebetween, wherein

the positive electrode contact portion and the negative electrode contact portion surround, viewed on a plane, an area in which the transparent electrode film, the organic

light emitting layer and the negative electrode layer are superimposed.

2. An organic EL light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein: the positive electrode contact portion surrounds, in a circular pattern, an area in

which the transparent electrode film, the organic light emitting layer and the negative electrode layer are superimposed; and

the negative electrode contact portion surrounds, by forming a circle, an area in which the transparent electrode film, the organic light emitting layer and the negative electrode layer are superimposed such that a portion of the circle is opened.

3. An organic EL light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the positive electrode contact portion and the negative electrode contact portion are electrically insulated by the insulating layer or the protective layer.

4. The organic EL light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode contact portion and the negative electrode contact portion are formed such that the heights thereof from the substrate are different to each other.

5. The organic EL light emitting device according to claim 1 , comprising: an auxiliary electrode formed on the transparent electrode film; and an insulating layer formed on the auxiliary electrode.

6. A manufacturing method of an organic EL light emitting device comprising:

forming a transparent electrode film on a transparent substrate;

forming a positive electrode contact portion that is electrically connected to the transparent electrode film as a part of the transparent electrode film;

forming a negative electrode contact portion on a part of upper side of the transparent electrode film such that the negative electrode contact portion is separated from the transparent electrode film and the positive electrode contact portion;

forming an insulating layer on the transparent electrode film such that a light emitting portion is opened;

forming an organic light emitting layer on the transparent electrode film and on the insulating layer; and

forming a negative electrode layer that is electrically connected to the negative electrode contact portion on the organic light emitting layer such that the negative electrode layer is separated from the transparent electrode film and the positive electrode contact portion, and further comprising:

forming a protective layer for electrically insulating the transparent electrode film and the positive electrode contact portion from the negative electrode contact portion between the transparent electrode film and the positive electrode contact portion, and the negative electrode contact portion, before forming the negative electrode contact portion; wherein

the process of forming the positive electrode contact portion forms the positive electrode contact portion that surrounds, viewed on a plane, an area in which the transparent electrode film, the organic light emitting layer and the negative electrode layer are superimposed, and

the process of forming the negative electrode contact portion forms the negative electrode contact portion that surrounds, viewed on a plane, an area in which the transparent electrode film, the organic light emitting layer and the negative electrode layer are superimposed.

7. The manufacturing method of an organic EL light emitting device according to claim 6 , wherein:

the process of forming the positive electrode contact portion forms the positive electrode contact portion in a circular pattern; and

the process of forming the negative electrode contact portion forms the negative electrode contact portion forming a circle such that a portion of the circle is opened.

8. The manufacturing method of an organic EL light emitting device according to claim 6 , wherein the process of forming the negative electrode contact portion is formed such that a height thereof from the substrate is different from a height from a substrate at a portion in which the positive electrode contact portion is formed.

9. The manufacturing method of an organic EL light emitting device according to claim 6 , further comprising:

forming an auxiliary electrode on the transparent electrode film and on the light emitting portion; and

forming the insulating layer formed on the auxiliary electrode.

10. The manufacturing method of an organic EL light emitting device according to claim 9 , wherein the process of forming the auxiliary electrode is performed concurrently with the process of forming the positive electrode contact portion.

11. An organic EL illumination device comprising the organic EL light emitting device according 15 to claim 1 .

12. An organic EL illumination device comprising an organic EL light emitting device manufactured by the manufacturing method of an organic EL light emitting device according to claim 6 .

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jan 23, 2024
From: HOTALUX, LTD.
To: HOTALUX, LTD.
Reel/Frame 066365/0200 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 050850 FRAME: 0287. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 6, 2019
From: HOTALUX, LTD.
To: HOTALUX, LTD.
Reel/Frame 050942/0429 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 29, 2019
From: NEC LIGHTING, LTD.
To: HOTALUX, LTD.
Reel/Frame 050850/0287 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-073273 · Mar 29, 2011 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14595414 · Jan 13, 2015
Division 14008461
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