IP Library Granted Patent US 11,121,291
Granted Patent B2
US 11,121,291 · App. 16/495,241 · Granted Sep 14, 2021

Display device

Inventors: Peter Brick (Regensburg, DE); Hubert Halbritter (Dietfurt, DE); Mikko Perälä (Tampere, FI)
Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
H01L33/507G09F9/33H01L25/0753H01L25/167H01L33/504H01L33/58
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Patent No.
US 11,121,291
App. No.
16/495,241
Granted
Sep 14, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device is disclosed. In an embodiment a device includes at least one optoelectronic semiconductor component configured to generate primary radiation, a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel includes at least a first subpixel configured to generate radiation in a first spectral range and a second subpixel configured to generate radiation in a second spectral range different from the first spectral range, wherein the first and second subpixels are each assigned an active region of the semiconductor component; and a radiation conversion element arranged downstream of at least some of the active regions, wherein the radiation conversion element configured to at least partially convert the primary radiation into a secondary radiation and to radiate the secondary radiation at a narrow angle.

Claims (58)

1. A display device comprising:

at least one optoelectronic semiconductor component configured to generate primary radiation;

a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprising:

at least a first subpixel configured to generate radiation in a first spectral range; and

a second subpixel configured to generate radiation in a second spectral range different from the first spectral range,

wherein the first and second subpixels are each assigned an active region of the semiconductor component; and

a radiation conversion element arranged downstream of at least some of the active regions,

the radiation conversion element configured to:

at least partially convert the primary radiation into secondary radiation; and

radiate the secondary radiation at a narrow angle,

wherein each pixel comprises at least two additional subpixels, and

wherein the subpixels are configured to radiate the radiation along a first radiation direction and the additional subpixels are configured to radiate the radiation along a second radiation direction extending obliquely to the first radiation direction.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the active regions are configured to emit coherent or partially coherent primary radiation in an infrared spectral range.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary radiation comprises radiation in the first and second spectral ranges, wherein a filter element is arranged downstream of the radiation conversion element in a radiation direction, and wherein the filter element is configured to transmit radiation in the first spectral range for the first subpixel and radiation in the second spectral range for the second subpixel.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the radiation conversion element has the same spectral radiation characteristic above the first subpixel and above the second subpixel.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the radiation conversion element comprises a plurality of segments, wherein first segments are configured to emit secondary radiation in the first spectral range and second segments are configured to emit secondary radiation in the second spectral range.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the radiation conversion element is configured to radiate the secondary radiation into a projected spatial angle of at most π/5.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a first optical element arranged between the active regions and the radiation conversion element.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second optical element, wherein the radiation conversion element is arranged in a beam path between the active regions and the second optical element.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the second optical element is a diffractive optical element.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein at least two of the active regions are integrated in a semiconductor chip of the semiconductor component.

11. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor component comprises a plurality of surface emitting semiconductor regions, each semiconductor region forming an active region.

12. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein an additional redundant active region is assigned to at least one subpixel.

13. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each active region is configured to emit coherent or partially coherent primary radiation in an infrared spectral range, and

wherein the radiation conversion element is configured to emit the secondary radiation based on a non-linear optical process.

14. A display device comprising:

at least one optoelectronic semiconductor component configured to generate primary radiation;

a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprising:

at least a first subpixel configured to generate radiation in a first spectral range; and

a second subpixel configured to generate radiation in a second spectral range different from the first spectral range;

at least two additional subpixels,

wherein the first and second subpixels are each assigned an active region of the semiconductor component,

wherein the subpixels are configured to radiate the radiation along a first radiation direction and the additional subpixels are configured to radiate the radiation along a second radiation direction extending obliquely to the first radiation direction;

a radiation conversion element arranged downstream of at least some of the active regions, wherein the radiation conversion element is configured to:

at least partially convert the primary radiation into secondary radiation; and

radiate the secondary radiation into a projected spatial angle of at most π/5.

15. A display device comprising:

at least one optoelectronic semiconductor component configured to generate primary radiation;

a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprising:

at least a first subpixel configured to generate radiation in a first spectral range; and

a second subpixel configured to generate radiation in a second spectral range different from the first spectral range,

wherein the first and second subpixels are each assigned an active region of the semiconductor component;

a radiation conversion element arranged downstream of at least some of the active regions,

the radiation conversion element configured to:

at least partially convert the primary radiation into secondary radiation; and

radiate the secondary radiation at a narrow angle, and

wherein each pixel comprises at least two additional subpixels; and

a second optical element,

wherein the radiation conversion element is arranged in a beam path between the active regions and the second optical element, and

wherein the second optical element is configured to direct radiation of the first and second subpixels in a first radiation direction and radiation of the additional subpixels in a second radiation direction extending obliquely to the first radiation direction.

16. The display device according to claim 15 , wherein the second optical element is a diffractive optical element.

17. The display device according to claim 15 , further comprising a first optical element arranged between the active regions and the radiation conversion element.

18. The display device according to claim 15 , wherein the radiation conversion element is configured to radiate the secondary radiation into a projected spatial angle of at most π/5.

19. The display device according to claim 15 , wherein an additional redundant active region is assigned to at least one subpixel.

20. The display device according to claim 15 ,

wherein each active region is configured to emit coherent or partially coherent primary radiation in an infrared spectral range, and

wherein the radiation conversion element is configured to emit the secondary radiation based on a non-linear optical process.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2020
From: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
To: OSRAM OLED GMBH
Reel/Frame 051464/0504 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2019
From: BRICK, PETER; HALBRITTER, HUBERT; PERÄLÄ, MIKKO
To: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
Reel/Frame 051013/0478 →