IP Library Granted Patent US 8,564,189
Granted Patent B2
US 8,564,189 · App. 13/031,885 · Granted Oct 22, 2013

Organic EL element and organic EL device

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Patent No.
US 8,564,189
App. No.
13/031,885
Granted
Oct 22, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an organic EL element has a first electrode on a first substrate, a first carrier transport layer on the first electrode, an emitting layer on the first carrier transport layer, a second carrier transport layer on the emitting layer, a second electrode on the second carrier transport layer, a first heat absorbing layer on the second electrode, the first heat absorbing layer being separated from a center of the second electrode, and a second substrate on the first heat absorbing layer.

Claims (53)

1. An organic EL element comprising:

a first electrode on a first substrate;

a first carrier transport layer on the first electrode;

an emitting layer on the first carrier transport layer;

a second carrier transport layer on the emitting layer;

a second electrode on the second carrier transport layer;

a first heat absorbing layer on the second electrode, the first heat absorbing layer being separated from a center of the second electrode; and

a second substrate on the first heat absorbing layer.

2. The element of claim 1 , wherein the first heat absorbing layer is a carbon layer.

3. The element of claim 1 , wherein the first heat absorbing layer is an organic material layer.

4. The element of claim 3 , wherein a material of the organic material layer is identical to at least of one a material of the first carrier transport layer, a material of the emitting layer and a material of the second carrier transport layer.

5. The element of claim 1 further comprising a heat releasing module configured to release heat absorbed by the first heat absorbing layer.

6. The element of claim 5 , wherein the heat releasing module is arranged at an outside of an area sandwiched between the first and the second substrates.

7. The element of claim 1 further comprising a second heat absorbing layer on the second substrate.

8. The element of claim 1 further comprising a second heat absorbing layer between the second electrode and the first heat absorbing layer.

9. The element of claim 8 further comprising a third heat absorbing layer on the second substrate.

10. The element of claim 1 , wherein light emitted by the emitting layer is take from a side of the second substrate to an outside, and

the center of the second electrode is separated from the first heat absorbing layer, and a periphery of the second electrode contacts with the first heat absorbing layer.

11. The element of claim 1 , wherein light emitted by the emitting layer is taken from a side of a first substrate to an outside.

12. An organic EL element comprising:

a first electrode on a first substrate;

a first carrier transport layer on the first electrode;

an emitting layer on the first carrier transport layer;

a second carrier transport layer on the emitting layer;

a second electrode on the second carrier transport layer;

a second substrate on the second electrode, the second substrate being separated from a center of the second electrode, the second substrate comprising a first face facing the second electrode and a second face opposite from the second face; and

a first heat absorbing layer on the second face of the second substrate.

13. The element of claim 12 , wherein the first heat absorbing layer is a carbon layer.

14. The element of claim 12 further comprising a heat releasing module configured to release heat absorbed by the first heat absorbing layer.

15. An organic EL device comprising:

a first substrate;

a first electrode on the first substrate;

a first carrier transport layer on the first electrode;

an emitting layer on the first carrier transport layer;

a second carrier transport layer on the emitting layer;

a second electrode on the second carrier transport layer;

a first heat absorbing layer on the second electrode, the first heat absorbing layer being separated from a center of the second electrode;

a second substrate on the first heat absorbing layer; and

a sealant configured to seal the first substrate and the first heat absorbing layer.

16. The device of claim 15 further comprising a heat releasing module configured to release heat absorbed by the first heat absorbing layer.

17. The device of claim 15 further comprising a second heat absorbing layer on the second substrate.

18. The device of claim 15 further comprising a second heat absorbing layer between the second electrode and the first heat absorbing layer.

19. An organic EL device comprising:

a first substrate;

a first electrode on the first substrate;

a first carrier transport layer on the first electrode;

an emitting layer on the first carrier transport layer;

a second carrier transport layer on the emitting layer;

a second electrode on the second carrier transport layer;

a second substrate on the second electrode, the second substrate being separated from a center of the second electrode, the second substrate comprising a first face facing the second electrode and a second face opposite from the second face; and

a first heat absorbing layer on the second face of the second substrate,

a sealant configured to seal the first substrate and the second substrate.

20. The device of claim 19 further comprising a heat releasing module configured to release heat absorbed by the first heat absorbing layer.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072209/0001 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 2, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.; JAPAN DISPLAY CENTRAL INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 071787/0434 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 11, 2012
From: TOSHIBA MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY CENTRAL INC.
Reel/Frame 028351/0944 →