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US 7,615,778 · App. 11/164,778 · Granted Nov 10, 2009

Organic electroluminescent device, pixel structure, array and driving method thereof

Assignee: RITDisplay Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,615,778
App. No.
11/164,778
Granted
Nov 10, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic electroluminescent device includes a first organic thin film transistor, a second organic thin film transistor and at least an organic functional layer. The organic functional layer is disposed between the second organic thin film transistor and the first organic thin film transistor. By applying voltages in the first organic thin film transistor and the second organic thin film transistor at the same time, a voltage difference between the two transistors is produced to make electrons and electric holes move into the organic functional layer and re-combine therein for emitting light. The integration of the organic thin film transistor and the organic electroluminescent device can widen aperture ratio and increase process reliability.

Claims (23)

1. An organic electroluminescent device, comprising:

a first organic thin film transistor having a first control terminal, a first input terminal, a first output terminal, and a first channel located between the first input terminal and the first output terminal;

a second organic thin film transistor having a second control terminal, a second input terminal, a second output terminal, and a second channel located between the second input terminal and the second output terminal; and

at least an organic functional layer disposed between the second organic thin film transistor and the first organic thin film transistor and recombining electric holes from the first organic thin film transistor and electrons from the second organic thin film transistor;

wherein the projection of the first channel is perpendicular to the projection of the second channel.

2. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1 , wherein the organic functional layer is disposed between the first channel and the second channel.

3. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1 , wherein the organic functional layer is disposed between the first input terminal and the first output terminal.

4. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1 , wherein the organic functional layer is disposed between the second input terminal and the second output terminal.

5. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1 , wherein the first organic thin film transistor is a p-type organic thin film transistor, and the second organic thin film transistor is an n-type organic thin film transistor.

6. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 5 , wherein the first input terminal is a source, the first output terminal is a drain, the second input terminal is a drain, and the second output terminal is a source.

7. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1 , wherein the first organic thin film transistor is an n-type organic thin film transistor, and the second organic thin film transistor is a p-type organic thin film transistor.

8. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 7 , wherein the first input terminal is a drain, the first output terminal is a source, the second input terminal is a source, and the second output terminal is a drain.

9. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1 , wherein the first channel is disposed on the first control terminal and the second channel is disposed under the second control terminal.

10. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 9 , further includes a first insulating layer disposed between the first control terminal and the first channel, and a second insulating layer disposed between the second control terminal and the second channel.

11. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 10 , wherein the first insulating layer is disposed between the first input terminal and the first output terminal, and the first channel is disposed on the first insulating layer.

12. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 10 , wherein the second insulating layer is disposed between the second input terminal and the second output terminal, and the second channel is disposed under the second insulating layer.

13. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 10 , wherein the first input terminal and the first output terminal are disposed in the organic functional layer.

14. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 10 , wherein the second input terminal and the second output terminal are disposed in the organic functional layer.

15. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1 , wherein the material of the organic functional layer includes at least one of polymer organic material and small molecule organic material.

16. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 1 , wherein the materials of the first control terminal, the first input terminal, the first output terminal, the second control terminal, the second input terminal, and the second output terminal are conductive materials or conductive metal oxides.

17. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 16 , wherein the conductive materials include at least one of aluminum/lithium fluoride, aluminum, calcium, magnesium, indium, tin, manganese, chromium, copper, silver, gold, and alloys thereof.

18. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 17 , wherein the alloys containing magnesium are magnesium silver alloy, magnesium indium alloy, magnesium tin alloy, magnesium stibium alloy or magnesium tellurium alloy.

19. The organic electroluminescent device according to claim 16 , wherein the conductive metal oxides include at least one of indium tin oxide (ITO), aluminum zinc oxide (AZO), indium zinc oxide (IZO), and cadmium stannic oxide (CdSnO).

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2014
From: EPSILON INSTRUMENTS INC.
To: III HOLDINGS 1, LLC
Reel/Frame 034189/0900 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2014
From: RITDISPLAY CORPORATION
To: EPSILON INSTRUMENTS INC.
Reel/Frame 032749/0083 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2005
From: LIN, EN-CHIANG; LIAO, CHI-CHIH
To: RITDISPLAY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 016854/0875 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 93137589 A · Dec 6, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
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