IP Library Granted Patent US 10,541,382
Granted Patent B2
US 10,541,382 · App. 16/069,575 · Granted Jan 21, 2020

Electroluminescent device capable of preventing coloration of front reflected light

Inventors: Kou Osawa (Hino, JP); Koujirou Sekine (Ibaraki, JP); Naoki Kimura (Takatsuki, JP)
Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
H01L51/5265
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Patent No.
US 10,541,382
App. No.
16/069,575
Granted
Jan 21, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an electroluminescent device that emits light of a single color and includes a plurality of functional layers, in which an absorption peak is included in the emission wavelength and at least one absorption peak is included in a complementary color region of an emission wavelength in the range of 380 nm to 780 nm, an absolute value of a deviation (Δuv) of a color coordinate of front reflected light at the time of white color illumination from a blackbody locus is below 0.02, and a refractive index and a film thickness of each of the plurality of functional layers are determined to satisfy the formula D(θ)≥D(0)cos θ (0≤θ≤θ D ≤60 degrees) when an angle dependence of emission intensity is defined as D(θ).

Claims (35)

1. An electroluminescent device that emits light of a single color and comprises a plurality of functional layers,

wherein an absorption peak is included in an emission wavelength and at least one absorption peak is included in a complementary color region of the emission wavelength in a range of 380 nm to 780 nm,

an absolute value of a deviation (Δuv) of a color coordinate of front reflected light at the time of white color illumination from a blackbody locus is below 0.02, and

a refractive index and a film thickness of each of the plurality of functional layers are determined to satisfy the following Formula (1) when an angle dependence of emission intensity is defined as D(θ)

D (θ)≥ D (0)cos θ(0≤θ≤θ D ≤60 degrees)  Formula (1).

2. The electroluminescent device according to claim 1 , wherein θ D is 30 degrees.

3. The electroluminescent device according to claim 1 , comprising a configuration in which two or more light emitting units that emit a single color are vertically stacked, wherein a maximum intensity angle in angle dependence of the emission intensity at emission in each of the light emitting units is mutually different, and

an absorption peak exits in at least two wavelengths of a complementary color region of the single color.

4. The electroluminescent device according to claim 1 , wherein the single color is red, and wavelength absorption peaks exit in red, green, and blue regions.

5. The electroluminescent device according to claim 1 , wherein

the electroluminescent device has a light emitting point, and

at least one microcavity is included within a distance of the emission wavelength from the light emitting point.

6. The electroluminescent device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the microcavity is configured in units of a negative dielectric layer, a positive dielectric layer, and a negative dielectric layer in the emission wavelength.

7. The electroluminescent device according to claim 2 , comprising a configuration in which two or more light emitting units that emit a single color are vertically stacked, wherein a maximum intensity angle in angle dependence of the emission intensity at emission in each of the light emitting units is mutually different, and

an absorption peak exits in at least two wavelengths of a complementary color region of the single color.

8. The electroluminescent device according to claim 2 , wherein the single color is red, and wavelength absorption peaks exit in red, green, and blue regions.

9. The electroluminescent device according to claim 2 , wherein

the electroluminescent device has a light emitting point, and

at least one microcavity is included within a distance of the emission wavelength from the light emitting point.

10. The electroluminescent device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the microcavity is configured in units of a negative dielectric layer, a positive dielectric layer, and a negative dielectric layer in the emission wavelength.

11. The electroluminescent device according to claim 3 , wherein the single color is red, and wavelength absorption peaks exit in red, green, and blue regions.

12. The electroluminescent device according to claim 3 , wherein

the electroluminescent device has a light emitting point, and

at least one microcavity is included within a distance of the emission wavelength from the light emitting point.

13. The electroluminescent device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the microcavity is configured in units of a negative dielectric layer, a positive dielectric layer, and a negative dielectric layer in the emission wavelength.

14. The electroluminescent device according to claim 4 , wherein

the electroluminescent device has a light emitting point, and

at least one microcavity is included within a distance of the emission wavelength from the light emitting point.

15. The electroluminescent device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the microcavity is configured in units of a negative dielectric layer, a positive dielectric layer, and a negative dielectric layer in the emission wavelength.

16. The electroluminescent device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the microcavity is configured in units of a negative dielectric layer, a positive dielectric layer, and a negative dielectric layer in the emission wavelength.

Assignments (3)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 7, 2021
From: KONICA MINOLTA INC
To: MERCK PERFORMANCE MATERIALS GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 057748/0075 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 7, 2021
From: MERCK PERFORMANCE MATERIALS GERMANY GMBH
To: MERCK PATENT GMBH
Reel/Frame 057748/0146 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2018
From: OSAWA, KOU; SEKINE, KOUJIROU; KIMURA, NAOKI
To: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Reel/Frame 046329/0629 →