IP Library Granted Patent US 8,097,886
Granted Patent B2
US 8,097,886 · App. 12/604,528 · Granted Jan 17, 2012

Organic electroluminescence device

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Patent No.
US 8,097,886
App. No.
12/604,528
Granted
Jan 17, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic electroluminescence device which can prevent the deterioration thereof attributed to moisture by preventing a desiccant from influencing organic electroluminescence elements is provided. The organic electroluminescence device includes: first and second substrates which are arranged to face each other in an opposed manner with a gap therebetween; organic electroluminescence elements which are formed on a first surface of the first substrate which faces the second substrate in an opposed manner; a desiccant which is formed on a second surface of the second substrate which faces the first substrate in an opposed manner; and a resin which is adhered to the first and second surfaces and covers the desiccant and the organic electroluminescence elements. The desiccant includes a portion which is arranged outside a region of the second surface which faces the organic electroluminescence elements in an opposed manner and surrounds the whole of the region, and the organic electroluminescence elements are isolated from the desiccant by way of the resin.

Claims (12)

1. An organic electroluminescence device comprising:

first and second substrates which are arranged to face each other in an opposed manner with a gap therebetween;

organic electroluminescence elements which are formed on a first surface of the first substrate which faces the second substrate in an opposed manner;

a desiccant which is formed on a second surface of the second substrate which faces the first substrate in an opposed manner; and

a resin which fills the gap between the first and second substrates, the resin being adhered to the first and second surfaces and extending over and covering the desiccant and the organic electroluminescence elements, wherein

the desiccant includes a portion which is arranged outside a region of the second surface which faces the organic electroluminescence elements in an opposed manner and surrounds the whole of the region of the second surface, whereby

the organic electroluminescence elements are isolated from the desiccant by way of the resin.

2. An organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein the desiccant is arranged only outside the region of the second surface which faces the organic electroluminescence elements in an opposed manner by avoiding the region.

3. An organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein the desiccant includes a portion which faces the organic electroluminescence elements in an opposed manner and possesses light-transmitting property.

4. An organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein the organic electroluminescence element has the structure which emits light in the direction toward the second substrate.

5. An organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein the organic electroluminescence element has the structure which emits light in the direction toward the first substrate.

6. An organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein the desiccant is a desiccant member disposed only on the second surface of the second substrate.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2018
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.; JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046988/0801 →
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING FIFTY (50) PERCENT SHARE IN PATENT APPLICATIONS Recorded Oct 20, 2011
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027092/0684 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 20, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027093/0937 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2009
From: KASE, SATORU; ISHII, YOSHINORI; MATSUZAKI, EIJI
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 023413/0959 →