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: 20230292593
    Abstract: Provided is an organic light emitting device including a light emitting stack that includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; a first layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first layer can be a hole injecting layer, a hole transporting layer, an electron blocking layer, an emissive layer, a hole blocking layer, an electron transporting layer, or an electron injecting layer. The first layer includes a first compound and a second compound mixed together. The first compound includes a first element (F1) that can be D, F, CN, Si, Ge, P, B, or Se. The second compound includes a first element (S1) that can be D, F, CN, Si, Ge, P, B, or Se. The first element of the first compound can be same or different from the first element (S1) of the second compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Chun LIN, Tyler FLEETHAM, Fadi M. JRADI
  • Publication number: 20230292539
    Abstract: High performance OLED that includes deuterated compounds in the emissive layer are disclosed. The OLED includes an anode; a cathode; and an emissive layer, disposed between the anode and the cathode. In the OLED, the emissive layer includes a first phosphorescent emitter and a first host; the first phosphorescent emitter is a metal complex; the first host is partially or fully deuterated; and at least one additional condition is true.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Tyler FLEETHAM, Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Jason BROOKS, Ivan MILAS, Jerald FELDMAN, Siva Kumar TALLURI, Mahesh PAUDYAL, Douglas WILLIAMS, Eric A. MARGULIES, Chun LIN, Bin MA
  • Publication number: 20230292586
    Abstract: Provided is an OLED that includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; a first layer, and an emissive layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, where the first layer is selected from the group consisting of a hole injecting layer, a hole transporting layer, an electron blocking layer, a hole blocking layer, an electron transporting layer, and an electron injecting layer; and the first layer includes a first compound that includes a first element selected from the group that only includes D, F, CN, Si, Ge, P, B, and Se.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Tyler FLEETHAM, Fadi M. JRADI, Chun LIN
  • Publication number: 20230292605
    Abstract: Provided are OLEDs whose EML has a figure of merit (FOM) value of equal to or larger than 2.50 that have enhanced efficiency and lifetimes. FOM can be determined according to the methods disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fadi M. JRADI, Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Tyler FLEETHAM
  • Publication number: 20230292606
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic light emitting device having an anode; a hole transporting layer; an emissive region; an electron transporting layer; and a cathode. In such devices, the emissive region includes a first compound, H1; a second compound, H2; and a third compound, D1. The first compound H1 is a first host that includes a hole transporting moiety, HT1, and an electron transporting moiety, ET1; the second compound H2 is a second host that includes an electron transporting moiety, ET2; and the third compound D1 is an emitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tyler FLEETHAM, Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Alfiya SULEYMANOVA, Jerald FELDMAN
  • Publication number: 20230284498
    Abstract: Device structures are provided that include one or more plasmonic OLEDs and zero or more non-plasmonic OLEDs. Each plasmonic OLED includes an enhancement layer that includes a plasmonic material which exhibits surface plasmon resonance that non-radiatively couples to an organic emissive material and transfers excited state energy from the emissive material to a non-radiative mode of surface plasmon polaritons in the plasmonic OLED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Michael Stuart WEAVER, Michael FUSELLA
  • Publication number: 20230279029
    Abstract: Provided are compounds consisting of a first group and a second group; and the first group does not overlap with the second group; the compounds have a HOMO and a LUMO; the second group consists of at least 70% of the electron densities of the HOMO and the LUMO; and the first group is at least 30% deuterated. Also provided are their uses in OLED related electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Tyler FLEETHAM, Nicholas J. THOMPSON
  • Publication number: 20230276697
    Abstract: Disclosed is an OLED configuration that although comprises an exciplex that has an emission spectrum that is redder than the emission spectrum of the emitter, the emission from the exciplex is suppressed so that the overall OLED emission spectrum is still dominated by the emission of the emitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Chun LIN, Hsiao-Fan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230263003
    Abstract: Emissive devices are provided that include an outcoupling layer having a plurality of nanoparticles such that the outcoupling layer has at least 3 regions possessing distinct bulk refractive index values. One or more dielectric materials are arranged at least partially between the outcoupling layer and an emissive layer of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Fusella, Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Michael Stuart WEAVER, Michael HACK
  • Patent number: 11725022
    Abstract: A compound having the following formula is disclosed. The compound is useful as an emitter in OLED applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiao-Fan Chen, Morgan C. MacInnis, Nicholas J. Thompson, Tyler Fleetham, Jason Brooks
  • Publication number: 20230255042
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide an emissive layer, a first electrode layer, a plurality of nanoparticles and a material disposed between the first electrode layer and the plurality of nanoparticles. In some embodiments, the device may include a second electrode layer and a substrate, where the second electrode layer is disposed on the substrate, and the emissive layer is disposed on the second electrode layer. In some embodiments, a second electrode layer may be disposed on the substrate, the emissive layer may be disposed on the second electrode layer, the first electrode layer may be disposed on the emissive layer, a first dielectric layer of the material may be disposed on the first electrode layer, the plurality of nanoparticles may be disposed on the first dielectric layer, and a second dielectric layer may be disposed on the plurality of nanoparticles and the first dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Fusella, Nicholas J. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20230247856
    Abstract: Devices and techniques are provided for achieving OLED devices that include one or more enhancement layers formed at least partially from a plasmonic material exhibiting surface plasmon resonance that non-radiatively couples to an organic emissive material in the organic emissive layer, where a majority of excited state energy is transferred from the organic emissive material to a non-radiative mode of surface plasmon polaritons of the enhancement layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Fusella, Nicholas J. Thompson
  • Patent number: 11716899
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tyler Fleetham, Nicholas J. Thompson
  • Patent number: 11711933
    Abstract: Devices having multiple multicomponent emissive layers are provided, where each multicomponent EML includes at least three components. Each of the components in each EML is a host material or an emitter. The devices have improved color stability and relatively high luminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Vadim Adamovich, Michael Stuart Weaver, Nicholas J. Thompson
  • Patent number: 11706980
    Abstract: A compound of Formula I wherein at least one of R1 or R2 includes a polycyclic group selected from the group consisting of Formula A, Formula B, and Formula C: wherein X1, X2, X3, and X4 are independently CRA or N; X5, X6, X7, and X8 are independently CRB or N; X9, X10, X11, and X12 are independently CRC or N; X13, X14, X15, and X16 are independently CRD or N; X17, X18, X19, and X20 are independently CRE or N; X21, X22, X23, and X24 are independently CRF or N; X25, X26, X27, and X28 are independently CRG or N; X29, X30, X31, and X32 are independently CRH or N; Y is selected from the group consisting of O, S, NR, and CRR?; the maximum number of N atoms that can connect to each other within each ring is two; with the proviso that R1 does not connect to ring B, and R2 does not connect to ring A, and wherein at least one of RC and RD of Formula A is a direct bond or an organic linker, one of RE and RF of Formula B is a direct bond or an organic linker, or one of RG, RH, and RN of Formula C is a d
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Wolohan, Nicholas J. Thompson, Tyler Fleetham
  • Patent number: 11700756
    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: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Michael Stuart Weaver, Nicholas J. Thompson, Julia J. Brown
  • Patent number: 11690285
    Abstract: Disclosed is an OLED configuration that although comprises an exciplex that has an emission spectrum that is redder than the emission spectrum of the emitter, the emission from the exciplex is suppressed so that the overall OLED emission spectrum is still dominated by the emission of the emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Thompson, Chun Lin, Hsiao-Fan Chen
  • Publication number: 20230192636
    Abstract: Provided are compounds comprising at least four six-membered rings wherein two atoms of each of these four six-membered rings are connected to form an at least eight membered ring and a further ligand which is connected to the at least eight-membered ring via a linker. Also provided are formulations comprising these compounds. Further provided are organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) and related consumer products that utilize these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter WOLOHAN, Tyler FLEETHAM, Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Neil PALMER
  • Publication number: 20230192665
    Abstract: Provided are compounds comprising a first moiety and a second moiety, wherein the first moiety comprises an azabenzene joined to a trivalent nitrogen atom that is part of an at least three-cyclic heteroaromatic ring system. Also provided are formulations comprising these compounds. Further provided are organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) and related consumer products that utilize these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tyler FLEETHAM, Peter WOLOHAN, Hsiao-Fan CHEN, Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Jerald FELDMAN, Geza SZIGETHY
  • Patent number: 11678499
    Abstract: Arrangements for phosphorescent blue emissive materials, layers, and devices are provided. The arrangements include a host having first a triplet energy level of at least 2.8 eV and an absolute difference of not more than 0.3 eV between the first singlet and triplet energy levels, and an emitter that includes an emissive transition metal complex and a first triplet energy level of at least 2.7 eV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Thompson, Jerald Feldman, Julia J. Brown