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Electrode deposition for organic light-emitting devices
Assignee: Cambridge Display Technology Ltd
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Filing: 1997-09-04
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Granted: 2002-06-11
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Expires: 2017-09-04
Abstract
Abstract There is disclosed an organic light-emitting device having at least one layer of light-emissive organic material arranged between first and second electrodes, one of the first and second electrodes being a multilayer structure, each layer of the multilayer structure being a DC magnetron sputtered layer. There is also disclosed an organic light-emitting device having two or more layers of light-emissive organic material arranged between first and second electrodes, an uppermost layer of the organic material being more resistant to sputter deposition than an underlying layer of the organic material, and the electrode formed over the uppermost layer of organic material being a sputtered layer. There are also disclosed methods for making such structures.
Inventors
- 👤 Karl Pichler
- 👤 Peter Devine
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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2026-10-25 03:21
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05B; H05B33/00; H05B33/12; H05B33/26; H05B33/10; H10; H10K; H10K50/00; H10K50/80; H10K50/805; H10K50/81; H10K50/816; H10K50/82; H10K50/826
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
85 words
A method of fabricating an organic light-emitting device, comprising the steps of: forming a first electrode over a substrate; forming two or more layers of light-emissive material over the first electrode, wherein the uppermost layer of organic material is more resistant to sputter deposition than the underlying layer of organic material; and forming a second electrode over the uppermost layer of organic material, wherein the second electrode comprises at least one layer, the layer adjacent the uppermost layer of organic material being a sputtered layer.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
85 words
A method of fabricating an organic light-emitting device, comprising the steps of: forming a first electrode over a substrate; forming two or more layers of light-emissive material over the first electrode, wherein the uppermost layer of organic material is more resistant to sputter deposition than the underlying layer of organic material; and forming a second electrode over the uppermost layer of organic material, wherein the second electrode comprises at least one layer, the layer adjacent the uppermost layer of organic material being a sputtered layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method of fabricating an organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the uppermost layer of organic material is a conjugated polymer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
78 words
A method of fabricating an organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the step of forming the multilayered electrode structure comprises the steps of sputtering a first layer of conductive material having a low work function over the at least one layer of organic material and sputtering a second layer of conductive material over the first layer of conductive material, the first layer of conductive material being substantially thinner than the second layer of conductive material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method of fabricating an organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer of conductive material has a thickness of at most 20 nm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
78 words
A method of fabricating an organic light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the step of forming the multilayered electrode structure comprises the steps of sputtering a first layer of conductive material having a high work function over the at least one layer of organic material and sputtering a second layer of conductive material over the first layer of conductive material, the first layer of conductive material being substantially thinner than the second layer of conductive material.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method of fabricating an organic light-emitting device according to claim 5 , wherein the first layer of conductive material has a thickness of less than 10 nm.
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