IP Library Granted Patent US 9,761,638
Granted Patent B2
US 9,761,638 · App. 15/035,335 · Granted Sep 12, 2017

Organic EL display panel, display device using same, and method for producing organic EL display panel

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Patent No.
US 9,761,638
App. No.
15/035,335
Granted
Sep 12, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic EL display panel includes: a first pixel electrode and a red organic light-emitting layer sequentially disposed in red subpixel region; a second pixel electrode and a green organic light-emitting layer sequentially disposed in green subpixel region; a third pixel electrode and a first blue organic light-emitting layer sequentially disposed in blue subpixel region; a charge generation layer disposed above the red, green, and first blue light-emitting layers; a second blue organic light-emitting layer disposed on the charge generation layer in the entire subpixel regions; a counter electrode disposed above the second blue light-emitting layer in the entire subpixels regions; a first light conversion layer disposed above the second blue light-emitting layer in the red subpixel region, and converts blue light to red light; and a second light conversion layer disposed above the second blue light-emitting layer in the green subpixel region, and converts blue light to green light.

Claims (57)

1. An organic EL display panel that includes pixels each of which is composed of a red subpixel, a green subpixel, and a blue subpixel, the organic EL display panel comprising:

a substrate;

a barrier rib that is disposed on the substrate, and partitions between a red subpixel region, a green subpixel region, and a blue subpixel region of the respective red, green, and blue subpixels;

a first pixel electrode and a red organic light-emitting layer that are disposed above the substrate sequentially from a side of the substrate in the red subpixel region;

a second pixel electrode and a green organic light-emitting layer that are disposed above the substrate sequentially from the side of the substrate in the green subpixel region;

a third pixel electrode and a first blue organic light-emitting layer that are disposed above the substrate sequentially from the side of the substrate in the blue subpixel region;

a charge generation layer that is disposed above the red, green, and first blue organic light-emitting layers;

a second blue organic light-emitting layer that is disposed on the charge generation layer in the red, green, and blue subpixel regions;

a counter electrode of the first, second, and third pixel electrodes that is disposed above the second blue organic light-emitting layer in the red, green, and blue subpixels regions;

a first light conversion layer that is disposed above the second blue organic light-emitting layer in the red subpixel region, and converts blue light to red light; and

a second light conversion layer that is disposed above the second blue organic light-emitting layer in the green subpixel region, and converts blue light to green light.

2. The organic EL display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the red, green, and first blue organic light-emitting layers have an organizational structure obtained by a wet process, and

the second blue organic light-emitting layer and the charge generation layer have an organizational structure obtained by a dry process.

3. The organic EL display panel of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first filter that is disposed on the first light conversion layer in the red subpixel region, and blocks blue light; and

a second filter that is disposed on the second light conversion layer in the green subpixel region, and blocks blue light.

4. The organic EL display panel of claim 1 , further comprising

a third light conversion layer that is disposed above the counter electrode in the blue subpixel region, and converts blue light that is emitted from at least one of the first and second blue organic light-emitting layers in the blue subpixel region to blue light having a different luminescence spectrum from the emitted blue light.

5. The organic EL display panel of claim 1 , further comprising

a third filter that is disposed above the counter electrode in the blue subpixel region, and partially blocks blue light that is emitted from at least one of the first and second blue organic light-emitting layers in the blue subpixel region.

6. The organic EL display panel of claim 1 , further comprising:

a third light conversion layer that is disposed above the counter electrode in the blue subpixel region, and converts blue light that is emitted from at least one of the first and second blue organic light-emitting layers in the blue subpixel region to blue light having a different luminescence spectrum from the emitted blue light; and

a third filter that is disposed on the third light conversion layer, and partially blocks the blue light that is emitted upwards from the third light conversion layer.

7. The organic EL display panel of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first electron transport layer that is disposed between the entire red, green, and first blue organic light-emitting layers and the charge generation layer; and

a second electron transport layer that is disposed between the second blue organic light-emitting layer and the counter electrode in the red, green, and blue subpixel regions, wherein

the second electron transport layer has a larger thickness than the first electron transport layer.

8. The organic EL display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the charge generation layer supplies holes to the second blue organic light-emitting layer, and supplies electrons from at least one of respective parts of the red, green, and blue subpixel regions to a corresponding one of the red, green, and first blue organic light-emitting layers in the red, green, and blue subpixel regions, respectively.

9. The organic EL display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the charge generation layer is discontinuous above the red, green, and first blue organic light-emitting layers.

10. The organic EL display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the second blue organic light-emitting layer is discontinuous in the red, green, and blue subpixel regions.

11. An organic EL display panel that includes pixels each of which is composed of a red subpixel, a green subpixel, and a blue subpixel, the organic EL display panel comprising:

a substrate;

a barrier rib that is disposed on the substrate, and partitions between a red subpixel region, a green subpixel region, and a blue subpixel region of the respective red, green, and blue subpixels;

a first pixel electrode and a red organic light-emitting layer that are disposed above the substrate sequentially from a side of the substrate in the red subpixel region;

a second pixel electrode and a green organic light-emitting layer that are disposed above the substrate sequentially from the side of the substrate in the green subpixel region;

a third pixel electrode and a first blue organic light-emitting layer that are disposed above the substrate sequentially from the side of the substrate in the blue subpixel region;

a charge generation layer that is disposed above the red, green, and first blue organic light-emitting layers;

a second blue organic light-emitting layer that is disposed on the charge generation layer in the red, green, and blue subpixel regions;

a counter electrode of the first, second, and third pixel electrodes that is disposed above the second blue organic light-emitting layer in the red, green, and blue subpixels regions;

a first filter that is disposed above the second blue organic light-emitting layer in the red subpixel region, and blocks blue light; and

a second filter that is disposed above the second blue organic light-emitting layer in the green subpixel region, and blocks blue light.

12. The organic EL display panel of claim 11 , further comprising

a third filter that is disposed above the counter electrode in the blue subpixel region, and partially blocks blue light that is emitted from at least one of the first and second blue organic light-emitting layers in the blue subpixel region.

13. A manufacturing method of the organic EL display panel of claim 1 , the manufacturing method comprising the steps of:

forming each of the first, second, third pixel electrodes, the red, green, and first blue organic light-emitting layers by a wet process; and

forming each of the charge generation layer, the second blue organic light-emitting layer, and the counter electrode by a dry process.

14. The manufacturing method of claim 13 , wherein

the wet process is one or more of a printing method, a spin coating method, an inkjet method, and a photolithography method, and

the dry process is one or more of a vapor deposition method, a sputtering method, and an ion plating method.

15. The organic EL display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the first and second light conversion layers contain a fluorescent colorant which absorbs light emitted from the second blue organic light-emitting layer and which performs wavelength conversion on the light.

16. The organic EL display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the first and second light conversion layers include a wavelength converter which converts 30% to 90% of the blue light to red light and green light, respectively.

Assignments (5)
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 May 9, 2016
From: KOMATSU, TAKAHIRO
To: JOLED INC.
Reel/Frame 038515/0552 →