IP Library Granted Patent US 8,008,853
Granted Patent B2
US 8,008,853 · App. 12/195,047 · Granted Aug 30, 2011

Organic electroluminescent display

Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,008,853
App. No.
12/195,047
Granted
Aug 30, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic electroluminescent display includes a pair of substrates; an organic electroluminescent device between the pair of substrates, including: a pair of electrodes of an anode and a cathode, and a light-emitting layer between the pair of electrodes; and a light scattering film on a substrate on the viewing side of the pair of substrates, including: a transparent substrate film, and a light scattering layer which contains a light transmitting resin and a light scattering particle having a particle size of front more than 1.2 μm to 3.0 μm, wherein a ratio of (np/nb) is from 0.80 to 0.95 or from 1.05 to 1.35, taking a refractive index of the light scattering particle and the light transmitting resin as np and nb, respectively.

Claims (38)

1. An organic electroluminescent display comprising:

a pair of substrates;

an organic electroluminescent device between the pair of substrates, comprising:

a pair of electrodes of an anode and a cathode, and

a light-emitting layer between the pair of electrodes; and

a light scattering film provided at a viewing side of a substrate, which is one of the pair of substrates provided at a viewing side, wherein the light scattering film comprises;

a transparent substrate film, and

a light scattering layer which contains a light transmitting resin and a light scattering particle having a particle size of from more than 1.2 μm to 3.0 μm,

wherein

a ratio of (np/nb) is from 0.80 to 0.95 or from 1.05 to 1.35, taking a refractive index of the light scattering particle and the light transmitting resin as np and nb, respectively, and

the light scattering film has an asymmetry parameter (g) of from 0.950 to 0.995.

2. The organic electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein the particle size of the light scattering particles is from more than 1.2 μm to 2.5 μm.

3. The organic electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein the light scattering film has a scattering efficiency (e) of from 0.8 to 3.5.

4. The organic electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of (I 30 /I 0 ) is from 0.006 to 0.1, taking a scattered light intensity of a scattered light profile by a gonio-photometer at output angle 0° and 30° as I 0 and I 30 , respectively.

5. The organic electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein

the light scattering film is an antireflection film comprising a low refractive index layer, directly or via any other layer, on a surface of the light scattering layer, and

an average value of mirror reflectivity at 5° incidence of the antireflection film in a wavelength region of from 450 to 650 nm is from 0.1% to 2.0%.

6. The organic electroluminescent display of claim 5 , wherein the tints of regularly reflected light of the antireflection film to 5° incident light of CIE standard light source D65 in a wavelength region of from 380 nm to 780 nm as a* and b* values of CIE1976L*a*b* color space are respectively in a range of −8≦a*≦8 and −10≦b*≦10.

7. The organic electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein a center line average roughness (Ra) on a surface of the light scattering film is from 0.05 μm to 0.30 μm.

8. The organic electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein the transparent substrate film has a thickness of from 10 μm to 80 μm.

9. The organic electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein the transparent substrate film has a water vapor permeability of 0.01 g/m 2 day or less at 40° C. 90% RH.

10. The organic electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein a maximum value of emission wavelength is from 350 nm to 700 nm, and

[(x 60 -x 0 ) 2 +(y 60 −y 0 ) 2 ] 1/2 is from 0.05 to 0.3, taking a color coordinate of emission spectrum in a direction of output angle of 0° and 60° on xy chromaticity diagram as (x 0 , y 0 ) and (x 60 , y 60 ), respectively.

11. The organic electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein a light reflected between the surfaces of both electrodes is optically resonated.

12. The organic electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein the substrate on the viewing side has a thickness of from 0.01 mm to 0.70 mm.

13. The organic electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein the substrate on the viewing side has a thickness of from 0.03 mm to 0.30 mm.

14. The organic electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the surface and the edge of the substrate on the viewing side is coated with a polymer.

15. The organic electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein the substrate on the viewing side is a gas barrier film.

16. An organic electroluminescent display comprising;

a pair of substrates, and

an organic electroluminescent device between the pair of substrates, comprising:

a pair of electrodes of an anode and a cathode, and

a light-emitting layer between the pair of electrodes,

a light scattering film provided at a viewing side of a substrate, which is one of the pair of substrates provided at a viewing side, wherein the light scattering film comprises

a gas barrier film having a water vapor permeability of 0.01 g/m 2 day or less at 40° C. 90% RH, and

a light scattering layer which contains a light transmitting resin and a light scattering particle having a particle size of more than 1.2 μm to 3.0 μm; and

a ratio of (np/nb) is from 0.80 to 0.95 or from 1.05 to 1.35, taking a refractive index of the light scattering particle and the tight transmitting resin as up and nb, respectively, and

the light scattering film has an asymmetry parameter (g) of from 0.950 to 0.995.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2008
From: INOUE, KATSUMI; SANETO, RYUJI
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021488/0845 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP P2007-214896 · Aug 21, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090051277A1 · Feb 26, 2009