IP Library Granted Patent US 10,153,453
Granted Patent B2
US 10,153,453 · App. 15/032,879 · Granted Dec 11, 2018

Electronic device

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Patent No.
US 10,153,453
App. No.
15/032,879
Granted
Dec 11, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic component includes a connection carrier having a cover surface, a first electric connection point and a second electric connection point, and an organic active area. A first electrode interconnects in an electrically conductive manner the active area and the first electric connection point. An encapsulation layer protects the active area against humidity and atmospheric gases. The electronic component can be contacted from the outside by the electric connection points and the encapsulation layer is in direct contact, in places, with the connection carrier.

Claims (39)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a connection carrier comprising a cover surface;

a first electric connection point;

a second electric connection point;

an organic active area on the cover surface;

a first electrode electrically connecting the active area and the first electric connection point with each other in an electrically conductive manner; and

an encapsulation layer protecting the active area against humidity and atmospheric gases,

wherein the electronic device is contactable from outside via the first and second electric connection points,

wherein the encapsulation layer is in direct contact with the connection carrier in places,

wherein the connection carrier consists of at least two electrically conductive solid bodies and a single electrically insulating connecting element,

wherein the at least two electrically conductive solid bodies are connected with each other by the single electrically insulating connecting element, and

wherein the single electrically insulating connecting element is arranged exclusively between the two electrically conductive solid bodies of the connection carrier.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second electric connection points are located a bottom surface facing away from the cover surface.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second electric connection points are located a side surface of the connection carrier running transversely to the cover surface.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second electric connection points are electrically contacted via a plug connection.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the active area is directly adjacent to the connection carrier in places and is directly connected with the connection carrier in an electrically conductive manner.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising an electronically insulating buffer layer arranged between the active area and the cover surface of the connection carrier in places.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6 , further comprising a through connection extending through the buffer layer, wherein the first electrode and the through connection form an electrical conductor through the buffer layer.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the active area is completely encompassed by ALD layers, aside from the through connection through the buffer layer.

9. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the buffer layer is configured to protect the active area against humidity and atmospheric gases.

10. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the buffer layer comprises an ALD layer.

11. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the buffer layer comprises no layer that is not an ALD layer.

12. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the encapsulation layer comprises an ALD layer.

13. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second electrode electrically connecting the active area and the second electrical connection point, wherein the second electrode is arranged between the connection carrier and the active area, and wherein the first electrode is arranged on a side of the active area facing away from the connection carrier.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13 , further comprising an electronically insulating buffer layer arranged between the active area and the cover surface of the connection carrier in places.

15. The electronic device according to claim 14 , further comprising:

a first through connection extending through the buffer layer and electrically connected to the first electrode; and

a second through connection extending through the buffer layer and electrically connected to the second electrode.

16. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the active area is configured to generate electromagnetic radiation.

17. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the active area is configured to receive electromagnetic radiation.

18. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the connection carrier consists of two electrically conductive solid bodies and the single electrically insulating connecting element.

19. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the connection carrier consists of four electrically conductive solid bodies and the single electrically insulating connecting element.

20. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the encapsulation layer is in direct contact with the first and second electric connection point.

21. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the single electrically insulating connecting element is in direct contact which each of the at least two electrically conductive solid bodies.

22. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrically conductive solid bodies have a cover surface facing the active area with a surface area of at least 50% of a cross-sectional surface of the active area.

23. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is laterally limited in the area of the connection carrier by the electrically conductive solid bodies.

24. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a volume of at least one of the electrically conductive solid bodies is greater than a volume of the electrically insulating connecting element.

25. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and the second electrical connection points are formed by the electrically conductive solid bodies.

26. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a side surface of the encapsulation layer terminates flush with at least one of the side surfaces of the electrically conductive solid bodies.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2020
From: OSRAM OLED GMBH
To: DOLYA HOLDCO 5 LIMITED
Reel/Frame 053464/0374 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE 11/658.772 REPLACED 11/658.772 PROPERTY NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 053464 FRAME: 0395. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Aug 11, 2020
From: DOLYA HOLDCO 5 LIMITED
To: PICTIVA DISPLAYS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 053464/0395 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2016
From: HÖFLING, EGBERT; SCHICKTANZ, SIMON
To: OSRAM OLED GMBH
Reel/Frame 038803/0352 →