IP Library Granted Patent US 10,964,905
Granted Patent B2
US 10,964,905 · App. 16/377,275 · Granted Mar 30, 2021

Organic light emitting diode cell comprising a set of right circular hollow cylinders

Inventors: Artem Boriskin (Cesson-Sevigne, FR); Oksana Shramkova (Cesson-Sevigne, FR); Valter Drazic (Cesson-Sevigne, FR)
Assignee: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings
H01L51/5206G02B5/0273G02B27/0977H01L51/5221
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Patent No.
US 10,964,905
App. No.
16/377,275
Granted
Mar 30, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is proposed an organic light emitting diode (OLED) cell, comprising a cathode, an anode, the anode being positioned on a substrate, and wherein the organic light emitting diode cell further comprises between said cathode and said anode, an emissive layer and an conductive layer, that generate light when a difference of potential occurs between said cathode and said anode. The organic light emitting diode (OLED) cell further comprises a diffusion layer comprising a set of right circular hollow cylinders, wherein each right circular hollow cylinder being defined by at least a parameter R, named an external radius, and a parameter r, named an internal radius, wherein said parameter R is comprised in a first range [ λ - 30 100 ⁢ λ ; λ + 30 100 ⁢ λ ] with λ being a wavelength of an electromagnetic wave generated by said organic light emitting diode (OLED) cell, and wherein said parameter r is defined such that in a 1 - ( r R ) 2 is comprised in a second range [0.6; 0.8], and wherein each right circular hollow cylinder has a height that is comprised in a third range [ 0.2 ⁢ λ n ; 0.4 ⁢ λ n ] , wherein n corresponds to a refractive index of said diffusion layer.

Claims (255)

1. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) cell, comprising:

a cathode;

an anode, the anode being positioned on a substrate;

between said cathode and said anode, an emissive layer and a conductive layer that generate light when a difference of potential occurs between said cathode and said anode; and

a diffusion layer comprising a set of right circular hollow cylinders, each right circular hollow cylinder being defined by at least a parameter R, the parameter R defining an external radius, and a parameter r, the parameter r defining an internal radius, wherein the organic light emitting diode cell is configured to generate an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength λ, and wherein each right circular hollow cylinder is configured to function as a phase filter that changes an orientation of an incident plane electromagentic wave such that the set of right circular hollow cylinders disposed in the diffusion layer causes an amount of the generated light extracted from the organic light emitting diode cell to be increased.

2. The organic light emitting diode cell of claim 1 , wherein said diffusion layer further comprises metallic reflectors that are positioned between said set of right circular hollow cylinders.

3. The organic light emitting diode cell of claim 1 , further comprising a light emitting material layer positioned between said emissive layer and said conductive layer.

4. The organic light emitting diode cell of claim 3 , wherein said light emitting material layer is configured to generate a monochromatic electromagnetic wave associated with said wavelength λ, and wherein said wavelength λ is between 450 nm and 495 nm.

5. The organic light emitting diode cell of claim 3 , wherein said light emitting material layer is configured to generate a polychromatic electromagnetic wave.

6. The organic light emitting diode cell of claim 1 , further comprising a color filter or a color converter positioned at an edge of said diffusion layer.

7. The organic light emitting diode cell of claim 1 , wherein each right circular hollow cylinder is made of a dielectric material in an internal part of the right circular hollow cylinder and is filled in with a gas in another part.

8. A display device, comprising:

an organic light emitting diode (OLED) cell, wherein the organic light emitting diode cell is configured to generate an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength λ, the organic light emitting diode cell including:

a cathode;

an anode, the anode being positioned on a substrate;

between said cathode and said anode, an emissive layer and a conductive layer that generate light when a difference of potential occures between said cathode and said anode; and

a diffusion layer comprising a set of right circular hollow cylinders, each right circular hollow cylinder being defined by at least a parameter R, the parameter R defining an exteral radius, and a parameter r, the parameter r defining an internal radius, wherein each right circular hollow cylinder is configured to function as a phase filter that changes an orientation of an incident plane electrogmagnetic wave such that teh set of right circular hollow cylinders disposed in the diffusion layer causes an amount of the generated light extracted from the organic light emitting diode cell to be increased.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein said diffusion layer further comprises metallic reflectors that are positioned between said set of right circular hollow cylinders.

10. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the organic light emitting diode cell further includes a light emitting material layer positioned between said emissive layer and said conductive layer.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein said light emitting material layer is configured to generate a monochromatic electromagnetic wave associated with said wavelength λ, and wherein said wavelength λ between 450 nm and 495 nm.

12. The display device of claim 10 , wherein said light emitting material layer is configured to generate a polychromatic electromagnetic wave.

13. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the organic light emitting diode cell further includes a color filter or a color converter positioned at an edge of said diffusion layer.

14. The display device of claim 8 , wherein each right circular hollow cylinder is made of a dielectric material in an internal part of the right circular hollow cylinder and is filled in with a gas in another part.

15. The organic light emitting diode cell of claim 1 , wherein said parameter R is in a range

[

λ

-

3

0

1

0

0

λ

;

λ

+

3

0

1

0

0

λ

]

.

16. The organic light emitting diode cell of claim 1 , wherein said parameter r is defined such that a value of

1

-

(

r

R

)

2

is in a range [0.6; 0.8].

17. The organic light emitting diode cell of claim 1 , wherein each right circular hollow cylinder has a height that is in a range

[

0

.

2

λ

n

;

0

.

4

λ

n

]

,

wherein n corresponds to a refractive index of said diffusion layer.

18. The display device of claim 8 , wherein said parameter R is in a range

[

λ

-

3

0

1

0

0

λ

;

λ

+

3

0

1

0

0

λ

]

.

19. The display device of claim 8 , wherein said parameter r is defined such that a value of

1

-

(

r

R

)

2

is in a range [0.6; 0.8].

20. The display device of claim 8 , wherein each right circular hollow cylinder has a height that is in a range

[

0

.

2

λ

n

;

0

.

4

λ

n

]

,

wherein n corresponds to a refractive index of said diffusion layer.

21. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) cell, comprising:

a cathode;

an anode, the anode being positioned on a substrate;

between said cathode and said anode, an emissive layer and a conductive layer that generate light when a difference of potential occurs between said cathode and said anode; and

a diffusion layer comprising a set of right circular hollow cylinders, each right circular hollow cylinder being defined by at least a parameter R, the parameter R defining an external radius, and a parameter r, the parameter r defining an internal radius, wherein the organic light emitting diode cell is configured to generate an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength A , and wherein each right circular hollow cylinder has one or more of the following properties: (i) said parameter R is in a range

[

λ

-

3

0

1

0

0

λ

;

λ

+

3

0

1

0

0

λ

]

,

(ii) said parameter r is defined such that a value of

1

-

(

r

R

)

2

is in a range [0.6; 0.8], and (iii) a height of the right circular hollow cylinder is in a range

[

0

.

2

λ

n

;

0

.

4

λ

n

]

,

wherein n corresponds to a refractive index of said diffusion layer.

22. A display device, comprising:

an organic light emitting diode (OLED) cell, wherein the organic light emitting diode cell is configured to generate an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength λ, the organic light emitting diode cell including:

a cathode;

an anode, the anode being positioned on a substrate;

between said cathode and said anode, an emissive layer and a conductive layer that generate light when a difference of potential occurs between said cathode and said anode; and

a diffusion layer comprising a set of right circular hollow cylinders, each right circular hollow cylinder being defined by at least a parameter R, the parameter R defining an external radius, and a parameter r, the parameter r defining an internal radius, wherein each right circular hollow cylinder has one or more of the following properties:

(i) said parameter R is in a range

[

λ

-

3

0

1

0

0

λ

;

λ

+

3

0

1

0

0

λ

]

,

(ii) said parameter r is defined such that a value of

1

-

(

r

R

)

2

is in a range [0.6; 0.8], and (iii) a height of the right circular hollow cylinder is in a range

[

0

.

2

λ

n

;

0

.

4

λ

n

]

,

wherein n corresponds to a refractive index of said diffusion layer.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2022
From: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
To: INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
Reel/Frame 060310/0350 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2020
From: THOMSON LICENSING
To: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS
Reel/Frame 051545/0406 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2019
From: BORISKIN, ARTEM; DRAZIC, VALTER; SHRAMKOVA, OKSANA
To: THOMSON LICENSING
Reel/Frame 049471/0442 →
Continuity (1)
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