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: 20230115552
    Abstract: Provided are organometallic compounds that include a ligand LA of that are useful as emitters in OLEDs. Also provided are formulations comprising these organometallic compounds. Further provided are OLEDs and related consumer products that utilize these organometallic compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Morgan C. MACINNIS, Hsiao-Fan CHEN, Noah HORWITZ, Peter WOLOHAN, Neil PALMER, Elena SHEINA, Rasha HAMZE
  • Patent number: 11621300
    Abstract: Full-color pixel arrangements for use in devices such as OLED displays are provided, in which multiple sub-pixels are configured to emit different colors of light, with each sub-pixel having a different optical path length than some or all of the other sub-pixels within the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Michael Stuart Weaver, Nicholas J. Thompson, Vadim Adamovich
  • Publication number: 20230065887
    Abstract: A compound of Formula I, is provided. In Formula I, one of Z1, Z2, and Z3 is N and the remainder are C; each of L1 and L2 is independently selected from a direct bond and a linking group; at least one of R1, R2, RA, RB, RC, RD, and RE comprises a group R* having a structure selected form the group consisting of Formula II, -Q(R3)(R4)a(R5)b, Formula III, and Formula IV, Each R, R?, R?, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, RA, RB, RC, RD, RE, RF, RG, and RH is independently hydrogen or a General Substituent, with the proviso that group R* is not adamantyl. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products containing the compound are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiao-Fan CHEN, Geza SZIGETHY, Rasha HAMZE, Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Hojae CHOI, Weiye GUAN, Raghupathi NEELARAPU, Charles J. STANTON, Douglas WILLIAMS, Ving Jick LEE
  • Publication number: 20230041530
    Abstract: A compound of Formula I, is disclosed. In Formula I, M is Pd or Pt; each of X1 to X12 is C or N; each of X13 and X14 is CH, CD or N; each of Z1, Z2, and Z3 is C or N; L1 is selected from a variety of bivalent linkers; X is selected from O, S, Se, NR?, and CR?R??; each R, R?, R1, R2, R3, RA, RB, RC, RD, and RE is hydrogen or a General Substituent; at least one of Z1, Z2, and Z3 is a carbon atom substituted with a substituent with a molecular weight of at least 16. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products that include Formula I are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Tyler FLEETHAM, Hsiao-Fan CHEN, Nicholas J. THOMPSON
  • Patent number: 11569480
    Abstract: Provided are compounds, formulations comprising compounds, and devices that utilize compounds, where the devices include a substrate, a first electrode, an organic emissive layer comprising an organic emissive material disposed over the first electrode. The device includes an enhancement layer, comprising a plasmonic material exhibiting surface plasmon resonance that non-radiatively couples to the organic emissive material and transfers excited state energy from the organic emissive material to the non-radiative mode of surface plasmon polaritons. The enhancement layer is provided no more than a threshold distance away from the organic emissive layer, where 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. At least one of the organic emissive material and the organic emissive layer has a vertical dipole ratio (VDR) value of equal or greater than 0.33.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Fusella, Nicholas J. Thompson
  • Patent number: 11569481
    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: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Thompson, Marc A. Baldo, Michael S. Weaver, Vinod M. Menon
  • Publication number: 20230011754
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide a device that includes an organic light emitting device (OLED), and a drive circuit to control the operation of the OLED, comprising a response time accelerator thin film transistor (TFT) configured to short or reverse bias the OLED for a predetermined period of time during a frame time. Other embodiments include an OLED having a plurality of sub-pixels, where one or more of sub-pixels configured to emit light of at least a first color comprises a first emissive area and a second emissive area that are independently controllable, where the first emissive area is larger than the second emissive area. The controller is configured to control the second emissive area to have (i) a higher brightness, and/or (ii) a higher current density than the first emissive area for a first sub-pixel luminance level that is less than a maximum luminance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Michael HACK, Michael Stuart WEAVER, Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Michael O'CONNOR
  • Publication number: 20230006146
    Abstract: Compounds that are organic radicals that can have a dual function. The compounds can be fluorescent emitters that emit in the near-IR. The compounds can also facilitate reverse intersystem crossing (RISC) to convert triplet excitons in an OLED to singlet excited states to maximize utilization of generated excitons in the OLED and approach 100% internal quantum efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Hsiao-Fan Chen, Tongxiang (Aaron) Lu, Nicholas J. Thompson, Eric A. Margulies, George Fitzgerald, Jerald Feldman
  • Publication number: 20220393117
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula I, and Formula IIa, Formula IIb, are provided. In these structures, M is Pt or Pd; each of X1 to X6, X9 to X12, and Z1 to Z3 is C or N; each of L1, L2, L3, and L4 is a direct bond or a linker; at least three of L1, L2, L3, and L4 are present; each K1, K2, and K3 is a bond, O, or S; when Z1 is N, ring A in Formula I is not a pyridine or pyrazole; L5 is a bond or an organic linker; Y is selected from the group consisting of amino, alkoxy, aryloxy, or SiR1R2R3; when Y is SiR1R2R3, L2 is not BR. Devices, consumer products, and formulations containing these compounds are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiao-Fan CHEN, Tyler FLEETHAM, Rasha HAMZE, Morgan C. MACINNIS, Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Fadi M. JRADI, Jason BROOKS, Charles J. STANTON, Dmitry ANDRIANOV, Olexandr TRETYAK, Douglas WILLIAMS
  • Patent number: 11515489
    Abstract: A compound of Formula I: wherein ring A is a 5-membered or 6-membered aromatic ring; wherein RA, RB, and RC each independently represent mono to the maximum allowable substitution, or no substitution; wherein Y1 is absent or present, and when present is selected from the group consisting of a direct bond, O, S, Se, CRR?, NR, SiRR?, and BR; wherein each X1-X3 is N or CR; wherein at least one of X1-X3 is N; wherein each A1-A5 is independently C or N; wherein the maximum number of N atoms that can connect to each other within each ring is two; wherein each R1, R2, R3, and R4 is independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, and combinations thereof; wherein each R, R?, RA, RB, and RC is independently a hydrogen or a substituent selected from the group consisting of deuterium, halogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, silyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Wolohan, Tyler Fleetham, Jason Brooks, Rasha Hamze, Nicholas J. Thompson
  • Patent number: 11515493
    Abstract: Novel organic metal complexes containing fused isoquinoline type ligands useful as emitters for near infrared OLED devices are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Thompson, Bin Ma, Scott Joseph, Pierre-Luc T. Boudreault, Zhiqiang Ji
  • Publication number: 20220372050
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to organometallic compounds and formulations and their various uses including as hosts or emitters in devices such as organic light emitting diodes and related electronic devices. In particular, the present disclosure provides are compounds having the structure of Formula I as defined herein. Also provided are formulations comprising these compounds. Further provided are OLEDs and related consumer products that utilize these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fadi M. JRADI, Rasha HAMZE, Nicholas J. THOMPSON
  • Publication number: 20220367577
    Abstract: Full-color pixel arrangements for use in devices such as OLED displays are provided, in which multiple sub-pixels are configured to emit different colors of light, with each sub-pixel having a different optical path length than some or all of the other sub-pixels within the pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Michael Stuart Weaver, Nicholas J. Thompson, Vadim Adamovich
  • Publication number: 20220363702
    Abstract: A compound including a first bidentate ligand LA that includes a structure of Formula I, are provided. The ligand LA is coordinated to a metal M and can be joined with other ligands. In Formula I, in addition to some exclusions, each of X1, X2, X3, and X4 is C or N; two R1, R2, and R3 can be joined or fused to form a ring; and each R1, R2, and R3 is independently a group containing the metal M, a hydrogen, or a General Substituent defined herein. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products containing the compound are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Tyler FLEETHAM, Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Neil PALMER, Zhiqiang JI, Tongxiang LU, Wei-Chun SHIH, Derek Ian WOZNIAK, Pierre-Luc T. BOUDREAULT, Diana DRENNAN
  • Publication number: 20220352478
    Abstract: An organic light emitting device (OLED) architecture in which efficient operation is achieved for the OLED having three hosts in the emissive layer by incorporating at least one multi-component functional layer 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Michael S. WEAVER, Chun LIN
  • Publication number: 20220298193
    Abstract: A compound of Formula I, or Formula II, is provided. In Formulae I and II, M is Pt or Pd; each RA, RA?, RA?, RB, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 is hydrogen or one of the General Substituents; R1? is one of the General Substituents; at least one of RA?, RA?, and RB is not hydrogen; any two of RA, RA?, RA?, RB, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 may be joined or fused together to form a ring; and RA?, RA?, and RB together comprise at least one heterocyclic group or at least two carbocyclic groups; with the proviso that at least one of RA? and RA? comprises a cyclic group when RB is one of five specific moieties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Hsiao-Fan CHEN, Rasha HAMZE
  • Patent number: 11450713
    Abstract: Full-color pixel arrangements for use in devices such as OLED displays are provided, in which multiple sub-pixels are configured to emit different colors of light, with each sub-pixel having a different optical path length than some or all of the other sub-pixels within the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Michael Stuart Weaver, Nicholas J. Thompson, Vadim Adamovich
  • Publication number: 20220293865
    Abstract: Provided is an organic light emitting device that includes, sequentially: an anode; a hole transporting layer; an emissive region; an electron transporting layer; and a cathode; where the emissive region includes a first compound, and a second compound whose lowest-energy excited state is not a lowest excited triplet state T1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Rasha HAMZE
  • Patent number: 11444249
    Abstract: Compounds that are organic radicals that can have a dual function. The compounds can be fluorescent emitters that emit in the near-IR. The compounds can also facilitate reverse intersystem crossing (RISC) to convert triplet excitons in an OLED to singlet excited states to maximize utilization of generated excitons in the OLED and approach 100% internal quantum efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiao-Fan Chen, Tongxiang (Aaron) Lu, Nicholas J. Thompson, Eric A. Margulies, George Fitzgerald, Jerald Feldman
  • Publication number: 20220271241
    Abstract: Compounds comprising a first ligand LA of are disclosed. In LA, ring B is a 5- or 6-membered ring; Y is O, S, NRY, or CRYRY?; Z1 is O, S, NR, or CRR?; X1 is C or N; each R, R?, RY, RY?, RA, and RB is hydrogen or a substituent; LA is coordinated to a metal M by the dashed lines; any two of R, R?, RY, RY?, RA, and RB can be joined to form a ring; and with the proviso that the compound does not comprise Formula II, wherein each of Z? and Z? is C or N. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products containing the compound are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noah HORWITZ, Morgan C. MACINNIS, Jason BROOKS, Nicholas J. THOMPSON, Joseph A. MACOR, Henry Carl HERBOL, Ting-Chih WANG