Patents by Inventor Nicholas J. Thompson

Nicholas J. Thompson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240059714
    Abstract: A compound of Formula I, is provided. In Formula I, rings B and C are 5-membered or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic rings; Z is B, Al, or Ga; Y1 and Y2 are linking groups that can include R and R?; X1, X2, and X3 are C or N; each R, R?, RA, RB, and RC is hydrogen or a General Substituent; at least one of R, R?, RA, RB, and RC comprises L-SiAr1Ar2Ar3; wherein each is a single bond or a double bond; L is a direct bond or an organic linker; and each of Ar1, Ar2, and Ar3 is a 5-membered or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Tyler Fleetham, Peter Wolohan, Nicholas J. Thompson, Geza Szigethy
  • Publication number: 20240065101
    Abstract: Provided are OLEDs that are designed with a specific material sets that minimize the lifetime degradation of the OLED at elevated temperatures, where the features of such OLED are defined by a ratio ?LT defined as (LT90 of the OLED measured at 40° C.)/(LT90 of an identical OLED measured at 20° C.) when each of the OLED and the identical OLED is run at the same current density; wherein the resulting ?LT is greater than 0.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Fadi M. JRADI
  • Patent number: 11910702
    Abstract: An OLED structure including a first organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode is disclosed. The first organic layer includes a primary phosphorescent emitter and a first host, and where one of the following conditions is true: (1) the first organic layer further includes a secondary emitter; or (2) the OLED further includes a second organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the second organic layer includes a secondary emitter. The phosphorescent emitter has a peak emission wavelength ?max that is ?600 nm and ?750 nm, the secondary emitter has a peak emission wavelength ?max that is ?750 nm, and the first host has a lowest excited state triplet energy T1 that is at least 0.1 eV higher than that of the primary phosphorescent emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric A. Margulies, Zhiqiang Ji, Nicholas J. Thompson, Geza Szigethy, Michael S. Weaver, Jerald Feldman
  • Publication number: 20240057374
    Abstract: An OLED is disclosed that includes an enhancement layer having optically active metamaterials, or hyperbolic metamaterials, which transfer radiative energy from the organic emissive material to a non-radiative mode, wherein the enhancement layer is disposed over the organic emissive layer opposite from the first electrode, and is positioned no more than a threshold distance away from the organic emissive layer, wherein the organic emissive material has a total non-radiative decay rate constant and a total radiative decay rate constant due to the presence of the enhancement layer, and the threshold distance is where the total non-radiative decay rate constant is equal to the total radiative decay rate constant; and an outcoupling layer disposed over the enhancement layer, wherein the outcoupling layer scatters radiative energy from the enhancement layer to free space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Thompson, Marc A. Baldo, Michael S. Weaver, Vinod M. Menon
  • Publication number: 20240040877
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide a full-color pixel arrangement for a device, the full-color pixel arrangement including a plurality of sub-pixels, each having an emissive region of a first color, where the full-color pixel arrangement comprises emissive regions having exactly one emissive color that is a red-shifted color of a deep blue sub-pixel of the plurality of sub-pixels. Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter may also provide a full-color pixel arrangement for a device, the full-color pixel arrangement including a plurality of sub-pixels, each having an emissive region of a first color, where the full-color pixel arrangement comprises emissive regions having exactly one emissive color, and where the plurality of sub-pixels comprise a light blue sub-pixel, a deep blue sub-pixel, a red sub-pixel, and a green sub-pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Michael HACK, Michael Stuart WEAVER, Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Julia J. BROWN
  • Patent number: 11889708
    Abstract: Provided are ortho-substituted biphenyl compounds with one or more bicarbazole linkages. Also provided are formulations comprising these ortho-substituted biphenyl compounds. Further provided are OLEDs and related consumer products that utilize these ortho-substituted biphenyl compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tyler Fleetham, Nicholas J. Thompson, Peter Wolohan
  • Publication number: 20240023358
    Abstract: Light emitting devices are provided that include an outcoupling layer in which asymmetric nanoparticles are disposed, where the nanoparticles are aligned such that the difference between each nanoparticle's major axis and the average direction of the major axes of all nanoparticles is minimized. The use of aligned, physically asymmetric nanoparticles leads to improved outcoupling and performance of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Michael FUSELLA, Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Michael Stuart WEAVER
  • Publication number: 20230413590
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide a device that may include an organic light emitting device (OLED) having a substrate, a first electrode disposed over the substrate, a second electrode disposed over the first electrode, and an organic emissive layer having a first surface positioned over a second surface is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. A nanoparticle layer may be disposed over the organic emissive layer and has a first surface that is positioned over a second surface. The nanoparticle layer may include a first plurality of nanoparticles comprising a dielectric material, and a surrounding medium. A distance from the second surface of the nanoparticle layer to the first surface of the organic emissive layer may be not more than 50 nm, and there may be a difference of at least 1.0 between a refractive index of the dielectric material and the surrounding medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Haridas MUNDOOR, Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Vinod M. MENON
  • Publication number: 20230406872
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a metal coordination complex compound. The metal complex compound is capable of functioning as an emitter in an organic light emitting device (OLED) at room temperature, and has a vertical dipole ratio (VDR) greater than 0.33 in the OLED. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products including the same are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Eric A. MARGULIES, Geza SZIGETHY, Ivan MILAS, Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Henry Carl HERBOL, Zhiqiang JI
  • Publication number: 20230413596
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide a device including one or more organic layers that include an emissive layer, a first electrode layer disposed over the one or more organic layers, a plurality of nanostructures formed as part of the first electrode layer, a substrate, a second electrode layer, where the second electrode layer is disposed on the substrate, the one or more organic layers are disposed on the second electrode layer, and the first electrode layer including the plurality of nanostructures is disposed on the one or more organic layers and within the predetermined threshold distance of the emissive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Vinod M. MENON, Michael FUSELLA, Nicholas J. THOMPSON
  • Patent number: 11839124
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide a full-color pixel arrangement for a device, the full-color pixel arrangement including a plurality of sub-pixels, each having an emissive region of a first color, where the full-color pixel arrangement comprises emissive regions having exactly one emissive color that is a red-shifted color of a deep blue sub-pixel of the plurality of sub-pixels. Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter may also provide a full-color pixel arrangement for a device, the full-color pixel arrangement including a plurality of sub-pixels, each having an emissive region of a first color, where the full-color pixel arrangement comprises emissive regions having exactly one emissive color, and where the plurality of sub-pixels comprise a light blue sub-pixel, a deep blue sub-pixel, a red sub-pixel, and a green sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Michael Stuart Weaver, Nicholas J. Thompson, Julia J. Brown
  • Publication number: 20230389410
    Abstract: An OLED is disclosed whose emissive layer has a first host and an emitter, where the emitter is a phosphorescent metal complex or a delayed fluorescent emitter, where EH1T, the T1 triplet energy of the first host, is higher than EET, the T1 triplet energy of the emitter, where EET is at least 2.50 eV, where the LUMO energy of the first host is higher than the HOMO energy of the emitter, where the absolute value of the difference between the HOMO energy of the emitter and the LUMO energy of the first host is ?E1, where a??E1?EET?b; and where a?0.05 eV, and b?0.60 eV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun LIN, Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Jeraid FELDMAN
  • Patent number: 11832474
    Abstract: An OLED is disclosed that includes an enhancement layer having optically active metamaterials, or hyperbolic metamaterials, which transfer radiative energy from the organic emissive material to a non-radiative mode, wherein the enhancement layer is disposed over the organic emissive layer opposite from the first electrode, and is positioned no more than a threshold distance away from the organic emissive layer, wherein the organic emissive material has a total non-radiative decay rate constant and a total radiative decay rate constant due to the presence of the enhancement layer, and the threshold distance is where the total non-radiative decay rate constant is equal to the total radiative decay rate constant; and an outcoupling layer disposed over the enhancement layer, wherein the outcoupling layer scatters radiative energy from the enhancement layer to free space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Thompson, Marc A. Baldo, Michael S. Weaver, Vinod M. Menon
  • Patent number: 11832510
    Abstract: Provided are novel compounds having a structure of that are useful as emitters in OLEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiao-Fan Chen, Nicholas J. Thompson, Tyler Fleetham, Peter Wolohan, Jason Brooks, Morgan C. MacInnis, Sean Michael Ryno, Ivan Milas
  • Publication number: 20230380265
    Abstract: Provided is an OLED structure includes an organic layer having a primary phosphorescent emitter and a first host; where one of the following conditions is true: (1) the organic layer further includes a secondary emitter; or (2) the OLED further includes a second organic layer where the second organic layer includes a secondary emitter. The primary phosphorescent emitter has a peak emission wavelength ?max that is ?600 nm and ?750 nm; the secondary emitter has a peak emission wavelength ?max that is ?750 nm; the primary phosphorescent emitter is capable of transferring energy to the secondary emitter; the first host has a lowest excited state triplet energy T1 that is at least 0.1 eV higher than that of the primary phosphorescent emitter; the primary phosphorescent emitter has the formula Pt(L1)m; L1 can represent one or more ligands that are the same or different; each L1 is independently monodentate or multidentate; and m represents a maximum possible number of ligands L1 that can coordinate to Pt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Eric A. MARGULIES, Zhiqiang JI, Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Geza SZIGETHY, Michael S. WEAVER, Jerald FELDMAN
  • Patent number: 11818948
    Abstract: Host materials with pentafluorophenyl substitution are described. These compounds are designed for, and used for hosting aza substituted dopants that may be susceptible to intramolecular deprotonation. In addition, the fluorinated substitution aids with electron transport within the emissive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiao-Fan Chen, Jason Brooks, Nicholas J. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20230363254
    Abstract: Provided are organometallic compounds. Also provided are formulations comprising these organometallic compounds. Further provided are OLEDs and related consumer products that utilize both a disclosed compound and a Pt complex compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Tyler FLEETHAM, Nicholas J. THOMPSON
  • Patent number: 11802136
    Abstract: A compound having the following formula is disclosed. The compound is useful as an emitter in OLED applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiao-Fan Chen, Morgan C. Macinnis, Nicholas J. Thompson, Tyler Fleetham, Jason Brooks, Scott Beers, Peter Wolohan, Sean Michael Ryno, Ivan Milas, Charles J. Stanton, III, Olexandr Tretyak, Raghupathi Neelarapu, Katarina Rohlfing, Douglas Williams
  • Patent number: 11793015
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide a device including one or more organic layers that include an emissive layer, a first electrode layer disposed over the one or more organic layers, a plurality of nanostructures formed as part of the first electrode layer, a substrate, a second electrode layer, where the second electrode layer is disposed on the substrate, the one or more organic layers are disposed on the second electrode layer, and the first electrode layer including the plurality of nanostructures is disposed on the one or more organic layers and within the predetermined threshold distance of the emissive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Vinod M. Menon, Michael Fusella, Nicholas J. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20230329089
    Abstract: A compound of Formula I, is provided. In Formula I, moiety A and moiety B are monocyclic rings or polycyclic ring structures; X1 and X2 are C or N; each RA, RB, RC, RD, RE, RF, and RX is hydrogen or a substituent; at least one of RA, RB, RC, RD, RE, RF, and RX comprises a silyl group; if n=1, then RD is joined with RF to form a ring; if n=0 and m=1, then RD is joined with either RE or RA to form a ring, with the proviso that if RD is joined to RA, then RX is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl group; and if n=0 and m=0, then the compound has the structure of Formula V, Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products comprising the compound are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Tyler FLEETHAM, Peter WOLOHAN, Jerald FELDMAN, Hsiao-Fan CHEN, Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Elena SHEINA, Fadi M. JRADI, Siva Kumar TALLURI, Muazzam IDRIS, Mahesh PAUDYAL