Abstract: A method for protecting an electronic device comprising an organic device body. The method involves the use of a hybrid layer deposited by chemical vapor deposition. The hybrid layer comprises a mixture of a polymeric material and a non-polymeric material, wherein the weight ratio of polymeric to non-polymeric material is in the range of 95:5 to 5:95, and wherein the polymeric material and the non-polymeric material are created from the same source of precursor material. Also disclosed are techniques for impeding the lateral diffusion of environmental contaminants.

Abstract: Devices suitable for close illumination of an object are provided. Such a device includes a highly transparent electrode and a highly reflective, weakly transmissive electrode, with other OLED layers disposed between them. During operation in close proximity to an object, the object is illuminated by the device, while still allowing a user to see through the device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for fabricating an OLED are provided, which include dispensing a substrate material onto a substrate carrier, the substrate carrier being rotated by one or more drums, curing the substrate material to form a substrate, depositing at least one OLED onto the substrate, and separating the substrate from the substrate carrier.

Abstract: Electronic devices that use desiccants for protection from moisture. The electronic devices comprise a substrate and an organic element disposed over the top surface of the substrate. The substrate has one or more voids which may store desiccants. The voids may penetrate partially or completely through the thickness of the substrate. An environmental barrier is disposed over the organic element and the voids. Also provided are methods for making electronic devices that use desiccants.

Abstract: A method of forming microelectronic systems on a flexible substrate includes depositing (typically sequentially) on a first side of the flexible substrate at least one organic thin film layer, at least one electrode and at least one thin film encapsulation layer over the at least one organic thin film layer and the at least one electrode, wherein depositing the at least one organic thin film layer, depositing the at least one electrode and depositing the at least one thin film encapsulation layer each occur under vacuum and wherein no physical contact of the at least one organic thin film layer or the at least one electrode with another solid material occurs prior to depositing the at least one thin film encapsulation layer.

Abstract: Light extraction blocks, and OLED lighting panels using light extraction blocks, are described, in which the light extraction blocks include various curved shapes that provide improved light extraction properties compared to parallel emissive surface, and a thinner form factor and better light extraction than a hemisphere. Lighting systems described herein may include a light source with an OLED panel. A light extraction block with a three-dimensional light emitting surface may be optically coupled to the light source. The three-dimensional light emitting surface of the block may includes a substantially curved surface, with further characteristics related to the curvature of the surface at given points. A first radius of curvature corresponding to a maximum principal curvature k1 at a point p on the substantially curved surface may be greater than a maximum height of the light extraction block.

Abstract: A first device that may include a short tolerant structure, and methods for fabricating embodiments of the first device, are provided. A first device may include a substrate and a plurality of OLED circuit elements disposed on the substrate. Each OLED circuit element may include a fuse that is adapted to open an electrical connection in response to an electrical short in the pixel. Each OLED circuit element may comprise a pixel that may include a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic electroluminescent (EL) material disposed between the first and the second electrodes. Each of the OLED circuit elements may not be electrically connected in series with any other of the OLED circuit elements.

Abstract: A method for protecting an electronic device comprising an organic device body. The method involves the use of a hybrid layer deposited by chemical vapor deposition. The hybrid layer comprises a mixture of a polymeric material and a non-polymeric material, wherein the weight ratio of polymeric to non-polymeric material is in the range of 95:5 to 5:95, and wherein the polymeric material and the non-polymeric material are created from the same source of precursor material. Also disclosed are techniques for impeding the lateral diffusion of environmental contaminants.

Abstract: A first product may be provided that comprises a substrate having a first surface, a first side, and a first edge where the first surface meets the first side; and a device disposed over the substrate, the device having a second side, where at least a first portion of the second side is disposed within 3 mm from the first edge of the substrate. The first product may further comprise a first barrier film that covers at least a portion of the first edge of the substrate, at least a portion of the first side of the substrate, and at least the first portion of the second side of the device.

Abstract: Techniques to fabricate and assemble a lighting system including multiple patterned OLED lighting panels to form a high-resolution macro image are provided. An image to be displayed is determined and divided into multiple portions. Patterned static OLED lighting panels that display each portion of the image are fabricated and assembled into a fixture to form a macro-image lighting system. The fixture may removably receive and hold individual panels, such that each panel may be replaced if any malfunction occurs. Each of the patterned OLED panels may be individually driven through an electrical connection within the fixture so as to be operated at substantially the same brightness and/or same chromaticity.

Abstract: Devices comprising multiple flexible substrates bearing OLEDs are provided. The flexible substrates are interconnected, and the properties of the substrates and the interconnections provide the shape of the device.

Abstract: High-throughput OVJP systems and methods are provided that may use multiple flow paths having different conductances to enable deposition with relatively short lag times. A high-throughput OVJP system may include a flow tube having a cross-sectional area much larger than the diameter of one or more apertures through which source material may be expelled during deposition. Use of such a configuration may allow for deposition with reduced lag times.

Abstract: The claimed invention was made by, on behalf of, and/or in connection with one or more of the following parties to a joint university corporation research agreement: Princeton University, The University of Southern California, The University of Michigan and Universal Display Corporation. The agreement was in effect on and before the date the claimed invention was made, and the claimed invention was made as a result of activities undertaken within the scope of the agreement.

Abstract: A permeation barrier film structure for organic electronic devices includes one or more bilayers having a hybrid permeation barrier composition. Each of the one or more bilayers includes a first region having a first composition corresponding to a first CF4—O2 Plasma Reactive Ion Etch Rate and a second region having a second composition corresponding to a second CF4—O2 Plasma Reactive Ion Etch Rate, wherein the second Etch Rate is greater than the first Etch Rate by a factor greater than 1.2 and the hybrid permeation barrier film is a homogeneous mixture of a polymeric material and a non-polymeric material, wherein the mixture is created from a single precursor material.

Abstract: A method for protecting an electronic device comprising an organic device body. The method involves the use of a hybrid layer deposited by chemical vapor deposition. The hybrid layer comprises a mixture of a polymeric material and a non-polymeric material, wherein the weight ratio of polymeric to non-polymeric material is in the range of 95:5 to 5:95, and wherein the polymeric material and the non-polymeric material are created from the same source of precursor material. Also disclosed are techniques for impeding the lateral diffusion of environmental contaminants.

Abstract: A method for protecting an electronic device comprising an organic device body. The method involves the use of a hybrid layer deposited by chemical vapor deposition. The hybrid layer comprises a mixture of a polymeric material and a non-polymeric material, wherein the weight ratio of polymeric to non-polymeric material is in the range of 95:5 to 5:95, and wherein the polymeric material and the non-polymeric material are created from the same source of precursor material. Also disclosed are techniques for impeding the lateral diffusion of environmental contaminants.

Abstract: A first product as disclosed herein includes multiple devices, such as OLEDs, which are moveably connected to one another. The devices may be moveable from a first position in which they are stacked, closed, rolled, or the like, to a second expanded position in which they may be usable together as a single device. Active areas of the devices may be disposed within 3 mm from each adjacent or included active area when the device is in the first position, the second position, or both. Each active device may include a barrier film that covers at least a portion of the substrate and/or the active area of one or more of the devices.

Abstract: Electronic devices that use desiccants for protection from moisture. The electronic devices comprise a substrate (12) and an electronic organic element (22) disposed over the top surface of the substrate. The substrate has one or more voids (14) which store desiccants (24). The voids penetrate partially or completely through the thickness of the substrate. An environmental barrier (20) is disposed over the electronic organic element and the voids. Also provided are methods for making electronic devices that use desiccants.

Abstract: An organic light emitting device (OLED) configured to emit light uniformly over an emitting area and a method of making the OLED are disclosed. The OLED contains a substrate, an electrode disposed over the substrate, and a light-emitting structure containing an organic material. The light-emitting structure is in contact with the electrode. The OLED contains an electrically conductive cover substantially overlaying the electrode and an electrically conductive connecting material disposed between the electrically conductive cover and the electrode. The electrically conductive material provides an electrically conductive path connecting the electrically conductive cover and the electrode. The electrically conductive cover increases the overall uniformity of emitted light from the OLED.

Abstract: Light extraction blocks, and OLED lighting panels using light extraction blocks, are described, in which the light extraction blocks include various curved shapes that provide improved light extraction properties compared to parallel emissive surface, and a thinner form factor and better light extraction than a hemisphere. Lighting systems described herein may include a light source with an OLED panel. A light extraction block with a three-dimensional light emitting surface may be optically coupled to the light source. The three-dimensional light emitting surface of the block may includes a substantially curved surface, with further characteristics related to the curvature of the surface at given points. A first radius of curvature corresponding to a maximum principal curvature k1 at a point p on the substantially curved surface may be greater than a maximum height of the light extraction block.