IP Library Granted Patent US 10,267,507
Granted Patent B2
US 10,267,507 · App. 15/794,720 · Granted Apr 23, 2019

Organic lighting device and lighting equipment

Inventors: Karsten Diekmann (Rattenberg, DE); Karsten Heuser (Erlangen, DE); Markus Klein (Tegernheim, DE); Dieter Lang (Bruckmühl, DE); Georg Lechermann (Penzberg, DE); Michael Reithmeier (Eichenau, DE); Carsten Plumeyer (Martinsried, DE); Makarand H. Chipalkatti (Lexington, MA); Udo Custodis (Hong Kong, CN); Diane Seymour (Towanda, PA); Dmytro Poplavskyy (San Jose, CA); Reinhard Weitzel (Gernlinden, DE)
Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
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Patent No.
US 10,267,507
App. No.
15/794,720
Granted
Apr 23, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A luminous means comprising a substrate having a first main surface, to which a first electrode is applied, a second electrode, an organic layer stack within an active region of the substrate between the first and the second electrode, wherein the organic layer stack comprises at least one organic layer which is suitable for generating light, and at least one reflective element, which is formed along a main plane of the luminous means, wherein the luminous means has two operating states, such that the luminous means is an illumination source in a first operating state and the luminous means is a mirror in a second operating state.

Claims (33)

1. A luminous means comprising:

a substrate having a first main surface, to which a first electrode is applied,

a second electrode,

an organic layer stack within an active region of the substrate between the first and the second electrode, wherein the organic layer stack comprises at least one organic layer which is suitable for generating light, wherein the organic layer stack is electrically contacted by the first and the second electrode, and

at least one reflective element, which is formed along a main plane of the luminous means, wherein

the luminous means has two operating states, such that the luminous means is an illumination source in a first operating state and the luminous means is a mirror in a second operating state, and

the reflective element comprises an encapsulation for the organic layer stack, wherein the encapsulation is embodied in reflective fashion.

2. The luminous means as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first state is a switched-on state of the luminous means.

3. The luminous means as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second state is a switched-off state of the luminous means.

4. The luminous means as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reflective element is formed along the entire main plane of the luminous means.

5. The luminous means as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reflective element comprises a reflective layer sequence.

6. The luminous means as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the reflective layer sequence comprises a dielectric mirror.

7. The luminous means as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reflective element comprises the first or the second electrode and wherein the first or the second electrode is embodied in reflective fashion.

8. The luminous means as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the reflective electrode comprises silver, aluminum or gold.

9. The luminous means as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reflective encapsulation comprises a metal cap.

10. The luminous means as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the metal cap is a polished metal cap.

11. The luminous means as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reflective encapsulation comprises a getter material which is transmissive to a light generated by the organic layer stack.

12. The luminous means as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reflective encapsulation is formed by a reflective thin-film encapsulation comprising at least one barrier layer.

13. The luminous means as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reflective thin-film encapsulation comprises at least one of the following layers: a silver layer, a copper layer.

14. The luminous means as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reflective element comprises the substrate, wherein the substrate is embodied in reflective fashion.

15. The luminous means as claimed in claim 1 , which is embodied as a bath mirror or a wardrobe mirror comprising a plurality of parts with a main mirror in the center and lateral mirror wings, wherein the lateral mirror wings serve as mirrors in the second operating state and as a light sources in the first operating state.

16. A luminous means comprising:

a substrate having a first main surface, to which a first electrode is applied,

a second electrode,

an organic layer stack within an active region of the substrate between the first and the second electrode, wherein the organic layer stack comprises at least one organic layer which is suitable for generating light, wherein the organic layer stack is electrically contacted by the first and the second electrode, and

at least one reflective element, which is formed along a main planes of the luminous means, wherein

the luminous means comprises a light-emitting surface from which light generated in the organic layer stack is emitted during operation,

the light-emitting surface is segmented, such that at least one region of the light-emitting surface is provided as a mirror and at least one other region of the light-emitting surface is provided as a luminous surface during operation, and

the reflective element comprises an encapsulation for the organic layer stack, wherein the encapsulation is embodied in reflective fashion.

17. The luminous means as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the luminous surface is embodied in accordance with a logo or a symbol.

18. The luminous means as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the luminous means is an organic light-emitting diode.

19. The luminous means as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the luminous means is an organic light-emitting diode.

20. The luminous means as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the encapsulation is formed by a reflective thin-film encapsulation.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2021
From: OSRAM SYLVANIA INC.
To: OSRAM OLED GMBH
Reel/Frame 057547/0956 →
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 →
Priority Claims (4)
DE 10 2006 046 198 · Sep 29, 2006 · national
DE 10 2006 046 293 · Sep 29, 2006 · national
DE 10 2006 054 584 · Nov 20, 2006 · national
DE 10 2006 060 781 · Dec 21, 2006 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 15042995 · Feb 12, 2016
Continuation 14598685 · Jan 16, 2015
Continuation 13669222 · Nov 5, 2012
Continuation 12443672
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