IP Library Granted Patent US 8,110,827
Granted Patent B2
US 8,110,827 · App. 12/593,340 · Granted Feb 7, 2012

Light emitting device

Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
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Patent No.
US 8,110,827
App. No.
12/593,340
Granted
Feb 7, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light emitting device includes a stack of layers of a substrate, with a basic layer, first and second electrode layers, and an organic light-emitting layer which is sandwiched between the first and the second electrode layers. At least a part of the basic layer is covered by a shielding structure that includes a plurality of lamella elements that extend sheet-like from the stack of layers in such a way, that the lamella elements guide light out of the light emitting device.

Claims (18)

1. A light emitting device, comprising a multi-layered substrate, comprising:

a basic layer,

a first electrode layer,

a second electrode layer,

an organic light-emitting layer emitting an artificial light, the organic light-emitting layer disposed between the first and the second electrode layer,

a shielding structure connected to and at least partially covering the basic layer, wherein the shielding structure comprises a plurality of lamella elements, the lamella elements extend from the multi-layered substrate at an angle for guiding the artificial light out of the light emitting device, wherein the angle gradually changes with distance from a side of the light emitting device so that a first lamella element near the side has a first angle and a second lamella element near a middle of the light emitting device has a second angle, the first angle being different from the second angle.

2. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding structure and the basic layer, form a unitary one-piece structure.

3. The light emitting device according to claim 2 , wherein the shielding structure is glued and/or sputtered and/or evaporated and/or welded onto the basic layer.

4. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding structure comprises a frame and a connection for removably connecting the lamella elements to the frame.

5. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the lamella elements possess at least one of the following cross-sections: triangular, rectangular, parallelogram, arced, undulated, polygonal or trapezoidal.

6. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein each lamella element has a planar or an undulated surface.

7. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the lamella elements has a reflective surface.

8. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the lamella elements are uniformly arranged.

9. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the lamella elements are geometrically arranged on the basic layer in at least one of the following configurations: triangular, foursquare, pentagonal, or octagonal.

10. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the lamella elements are arranged on the basic layer in a hexagonal manner, so that the lamella elements form a honeycomb structure.

11. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein each lamella element is arranged at a specific angle relative to the basic layer ranging between 20° and 70°.

12. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the lamella elements comprise a material with a thermal conductivity larger than 50 W/(mK).

13. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first angle is an acute angle and the second angle is a right angle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2009
From: VERJANS, CONRAD WILHELMUS ADRIAAN; BERTRAM, DIETRICH
To: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N V
Reel/Frame 023295/0147 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 07105632 · Apr 4, 2007 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100108998A1 · May 6, 2010