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Multicolor organic light emitting devices
Assignee: Princeton University
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Filing: 1996-04-15
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Granted: 1998-02-24
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Expires: 2016-04-15
Abstract
Abstract A multicolor organic light emitting device employs vertically stacked layers of double heterostructure devices which are fabricated from organic compounds. The vertical stacked structure is formed on a glass base having a transparent coating of ITO or similar metal to provide a substrate. Deposited on the substrate is the vertical stacked arrangement of three double heterostructure devices, each fabricated from a suitable organic material. Stacking is implemented such that the double heterostructure with the longest wavelength is on the top of the stack. This constitutes the device emitting red light on the top with the device having the shortest wavelength, namely, the device emitting blue light, on the bottom of the stack. Located between the red and blue device structures is the green device structure. The devices are configured as stacked to provide a staircase profile whereby each device is separated from the other by a thin transparent conductive contact layer to enable light emanating from each of the devices to pass through the semitransparent contacts and through the lower device structures while further enabling each of the devices to receive a selective bias.
Inventors
- 👤 Stephen Ross Forrest
- 👤 Mark Edward Thompson
- 👤 Paul Edward Burrows
- 👤 Linda Susan Sapochak
- 👤 Dennis Matthew McCarty
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 07:41
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W70/00; H10W70/099; C; C09; C09K; C09K11/00; C09K11/06; H10H; H10H29/00; H10H29/10; H10H29/14; H10H29/142; H10K; H10K50/00; H10K50/10; H10K50/11; H10K50/125; H10K59/00; H10K59/30; H10K59/32; H10K59/80; H10K59/805; H10K59/8052; H10K59/80524; H10K85/00; H10K85/30; H10K85/341; H10K2102/00; H10K2102/301; H10K2102/302; H10K2102/3023; H10K2102/3031; H10K50/14; H10K85/10; H10K85/111; H10K85/113; H10K85/114; H10K85/141; H10K85/146; H10K85/321; H10K85/322; H10K85/324; H10K85/60; H10K85/611; H10K85/631; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/26; Y10T428/263; Y10T428/264; Y10T428/265; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31678
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
276 words
A method of fabricating a hermetically packaged multicolor light emitting device (LED), comprising the steps of: forming a first transparent conductive layer upon a transparent substrate; masking said first conductive layer for depositing an SiO 2 layer thereupon in a concentric pattern; forming on a portion of said first SiO 2 layer at least one multicolor LED, each including at least a first and a second organic light emitting devices (LED's) stacked one upon the other to form a layered structure upon said first SiO 2 layer; depositing via shadow masking a plurality of metal contacts or circuit paths each having one end terminating near an outer edge of said first SiO 2 layer, and each having another end terminating on an individual biasing electrode of said at least one multicolor LED; depositing via shadow masking a second SiO 2 layer as a ring concentric with said first SiO 2 layer and over outer portions of said plurality of metal contacts but leaving exposed said one ends thereof; depositing a ring of low temperature melting solder over and concentric with said second SiO 2 ring; depositing on the bottom of a cover glass a metal ring positioned to be coincident with said ring of solder; installing said cover glass over said substrate and at least one multicolor LED, with said ring of solder abutting against said metal ring on said cover glass; placing the assembly in an inert gas atmosphere; and heating said ring of solder to melt the solder for both forming an air tight seal, and entrapping said inert gas in an interior region between the bottom of said cover glass and underlying substrate.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
276 words
A method of fabricating a hermetically packaged multicolor light emitting device (LED), comprising the steps of: forming a first transparent conductive layer upon a transparent substrate; masking said first conductive layer for depositing an SiO 2 layer thereupon in a concentric pattern; forming on a portion of said first SiO 2 layer at least one multicolor LED, each including at least a first and a second organic light emitting devices (LED's) stacked one upon the other to form a layered structure upon said first SiO 2 layer; depositing via shadow masking a plurality of metal contacts or circuit paths each having one end terminating near an outer edge of said first SiO 2 layer, and each having another end terminating on an individual biasing electrode of said at least one multicolor LED; depositing via shadow masking a second SiO 2 layer as a ring concentric with said first SiO 2 layer and over outer portions of said plurality of metal contacts but leaving exposed said one ends thereof; depositing a ring of low temperature melting solder over and concentric with said second SiO 2 ring; depositing on the bottom of a cover glass a metal ring positioned to be coincident with said ring of solder; installing said cover glass over said substrate and at least one multicolor LED, with said ring of solder abutting against said metal ring on said cover glass; placing the assembly in an inert gas atmosphere; and heating said ring of solder to melt the solder for both forming an air tight seal, and entrapping said inert gas in an interior region between the bottom of said cover glass and underlying substrate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said multicolor LED forming step further includes forming a plurality of multicolor LED devices on said first SiO 2 layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said inert gas includes dry nitrogen.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said first transparent layer includes indium tin oxide (ITO).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 4, further including the step of depositing a metal contact proximate an edge of and upon said ITO layer for serving as a cathode electrode.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 2, further including the step of depositing a metal contact proximate an edge and upon said first transparent conductive layer for serving as a cathode electrode.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 6, wherein said first transparent conductive layer includes indium tin oxide (ITO).
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