High resolution low power consumption OLED display with extended lifetime
Full-color pixel arrangements for use in devices such as OLED displays are provided, in which multiple sub-pixels are configured to emit different colors of light, with each sub-pixel having a different optical path length than some or all of the other sub-pixels within the pixel.
1. A device comprising a full-color pixel arrangement, the full-color pixel arrangement comprising:
a first sub-pixel configured to emit green light and comprising a green emissive region;
a second sub-pixel configured to emit blue light and comprising a blue emissive region; and
a third sub-pixel comprising a green emissive region, a blue emissive region, or both and configured to emit light of a different color than the first and second sub-pixels;
wherein the full-color pixel arrangement comprises only green and blue emissive regions.
2. The device of claim 1 , the full-color pixel arrangement further comprising:
a color-altering component disposed in a stack with the third sub-pixel, wherein the third sub-pixel is configured to emit red light.
3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the color altering component comprises a red down conversion layer.
4. The device of claim 2 , wherein the color altering component comprises a red color filter.
5. The device of claim 1 , wherein each of the green emissive region, the blue emissive region, or both comprise one or more blanket emissive layers that extend across an area of the device that encompasses multiple sub-pixels.
6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the multiple sub-pixels encompassed by the blanket layer or layers includes the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel.
7. The device of claim 5 , wherein the emissive regions of the first and second sub-pixels comprise a common blanket light blue emissive layer.
8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the third sub-pixel comprises a blue emissive region and the blue emissive region of the second and/or third sub-pixels comprises a green emissive material and a deep blue emissive material.
9. The device of claim 7 , wherein the green emissive material is disposed in a green emissive layer and the deep blue emissive material is disposed in a deep blue emissive layer arranged in a stack with the green emissive layer.
10. The device of claim 8 , wherein the blue emissive region of the second and/or third sub-pixels comprises an additional emissive layer disposed in a stack with the green and deep blue emissive layers.
11. The device of claim 1 , wherein the blue emissive region of the second and/or third sub-pixels comprises a deep blue emissive material.
12. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second sub-pixel comprises a color filter.
13. The device of claim 12 , wherein the first sub-pixel comprises a down conversion component.
14. The device of claim 13 , wherein the third sub-pixel comprises a color filter, a down conversion component, or both.
15. The device of claim 12 , wherein each of the first and/or second sub-pixels comprises a color filter, a down conversion component, or both.
16. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first sub-pixel comprises a color filter, a down conversion component, or both.
17. The device of claim 16 , wherein the second sub-pixel comprises a color filter, a down conversion component, or both.
18. The device of claim 17 , wherein the third sub-pixel comprises a color filter, a down conversion component, or both.
19. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
the third sub-pixel comprises a green emissive region;
the green emissive region of the first sub-pixel comprises a first green emissive layer; and
the green emissive region of the third sub-pixel comprises the first green emissive layer.
20. The device of claim 1 , wherein:
the third sub-pixel comprises a blue emissive region;
the blue emissive region of the second sub-pixel comprises a first blue emissive layer; and
the blue emissive region of the third sub-pixel comprises the first blue emissive layer.
21. The device of claim 1 , wherein the third sub-pixel comprises a different optical path length than the first sub-pixel and/or the second sub-pixel.
22. The device of claim 21 , wherein the third sub-pixel comprises a color filter, a down conversion component, or both.
23. The device of claim 1 , wherein the green emissive region comprises a phosphorescent emissive material.
24. The device of claim 23 , wherein the blue emissive region comprises a fluorescent emissive material.
25. The device of claim 23 , wherein the blue emissive region comprises a phosphorescent emissive material.
26. The device of claim 1 , wherein the blue emissive region comprises an emissive material that emits light having a 1931 CIE y coordinate that is not less than 0.10 and not greater than 0.25.
27. The device of claim 1 , wherein the blue emissive region comprises an emissive material that emits light having a 1931 CIE y coordinate that is not greater than 0.10.
28. The device of claim 1 , wherein the green emissive region comprises an emissive material that emits light having a 1931 CIE x coordinate that is not less than 0.23 and not greater than 0.33.
29. A device comprising a full-color pixel arrangement, the full-color pixel arrangement comprising:
a first sub-pixel configured to emit green light and comprising a light blue emissive layer;
a second sub-pixel configured to emit blue light and comprising the light blue emissive layer; and
a third sub-pixel comprising the light blue emissive layer and configured to emit light of a different color than the first and second sub-pixels;
wherein the full-color pixel arrangement comprises no more than two colors of emissive regions.
30. The device of claim 29 , wherein the first sub-pixel comprises a color filter, a down conversion component, or both.
31. The device of claim 30 , wherein the second sub-pixel comprises a color filter, a down conversion component, or both.
32. The device of claim 31 , wherein the third sub-pixel comprises a color filter, a down conversion component, or both.
33. The device of claim 29 , wherein the second sub-pixel comprises a color filter, a down conversion component, or both.
34. The device of claim 29 , wherein the third sub-pixel comprises a different optical path length than the first sub-pixel and/or the second sub-pixel.