Organic Solid State Devices, Processes Or Apparatus Peculiar To Manufacture Or Treatment Of Such Devices Or Of Parts Thereof Patents (Class 257/E51.001)
  • Patent number: 8502202
    Abstract: An object is to provide a light-emitting element capable of emitting light with a high luminance even at a low voltage, and having a long lifetime. The light-emitting element includes n EL layers between an anode and a cathode (n is a natural number of two or more), and also includes, between m-th EL layer from the anode and (m+1)-th EL layer (m is a natural number, 1?m?n?1), a first layer including a first donor material in contact with the m-th EL layer, a second layer including an electron-transport material and a second donor material in contact with the first layer, and a third layer including a hole-transport material and an acceptor material in contact with the second layer and the (m+1)-th EL layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromi Nowatari, Satoshi Seo, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Takahiro Ushikubo, Tetsuo Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 8502215
    Abstract: A semiconductor having an active layer; a gate insulating film in contact with the semiconductor; a gate electrode opposite to the active layer through the gate insulating film; a first nitride insulating film formed over the active layer; a photosensitive organic resin film formed on the first nitride insulating film; a second nitride insulating film formed on the photosensitive organic resin film; and a wiring provided on the second, nitride insulating film. A first opening portion is provided in the photosensitive organic resin film, an inner wall surface of the first opening portion is covered with the second nitride insulating film, a second opening portion is provided in a laminate including the gate insulating film, the first nitride insulating film, and the second nitride insulating film inside the first opening portion, and the semiconductor is connected with the wiring through the first opening portion and the second opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Murakami, Masahiko Hayakawa, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8497497
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent element having an element structure that can reduce damage to an organic layer during electrode formation and can facilitate the injection of charges from the electrode into the organic layer. The organic electroluminescent element includes an anode, a cathode, and an organic layer held between the anode and the cathode. The organic layer contains a luminescent material. The organic electroluminescent element further includes a transparent protective layer provided between the anode or the cathode and the organic layer. The transparent protective layer contains a bipolar charge transport organic compound and an electron-accepting compound. The transparent protective layer is formed in a period between after the formation of the organic layer and before the formation of the anode or the cathode on the organic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Nakajima, Masaya Shimogawara, Yasuhiro Iizumi
  • Patent number: 8497512
    Abstract: To prevent a point defect and a line defect in forming a light-emitting device, thereby improving the yield. A light-emitting element and a driver circuit of the light-emitting element, which are provided over different substrates, are electrically connected. That is, a light-emitting element and a driver circuit of the light-emitting element are formed over different substrates first, and then electrically connected. By providing a light-emitting element and a driver circuit of the light-emitting element over different substrates, the step of forming the light-emitting element and the step of forming the driver circuit of the light-emitting element can be performed separately. Therefore, degrees of freedom of each step can be increased, and the process can be flexibly changed. Further, steps (irregularities) on the surface for forming the light-emitting element can be reduced than in the conventional technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Nakamura, Miyuki Higuchi, Yasuko Watanabe, Yasuyuki Arai
  • Patent number: 8497500
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an organic EL device having a structure that resolves a problem of trade-off between decrease in a drive voltage and increase in production yield. The organic EL device of the present invention includes a substrate, a pair of electrodes provided on the substrate, and an organic EL layer sandwiched by the pair of electrodes; the pair of electrodes includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode; the organic EL layer includes at least a light-emitting layer and a hole injection layer that is in contact with the positive electrode; the hole injection layer is formed of an n-type semiconductor host material and a p-type semiconductor guest material; a LUMO level EHIC of the host material and a HOMO level of the guest material or a valence band level EGV satisfy: |EHIC|+0.5 eV?|EGV|>|EHIC|?0.6 eV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yutaka Terao
  • Patent number: 8492752
    Abstract: An organic light emitting element includes a pair of electrodes at least one of which has visible light transmittance; and an organic EL layer provided between the pair of electrodes. The organic EL layer includes at least an organic light emitting layer that emits light when a voltage is applied between the pair of electrodes. The organic light emitting layer includes an electron transport host material; and at least first and second guest materials. Each of the first and second guest materials has an emission peak in a blue to blue-green color region. The electron transport host material has an ionization potential (IPH) and an electron affinity (AFH), and the first guest material has an ionization potential (IPG1) and an electron affinity (AFG1) that satisfy Expression (1): IPH?IPG1 and AFH<AFG1 (1). The organic light emitting element has significantly improved efficiency without any influence on driving voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yutaka Terao, Koji Kawaguchi, Toshio Hama
  • Patent number: 8492751
    Abstract: Provided is an organic EL device capable of maintaining an excellent luminous efficiency over an extended period of time, particularly in a top emission-type EL device. The organic EL device of the invention includes a substrate and an organic EL element formed on the substrate. The organic EL element is composed of a bottom electrode, an organic EL layer, a top electrode and a protective layer. The protective layer is composed of one or a plurality of inorganic films, and at least one of the one or plurality of inorganic films is an SiON:H film having stretching-mode peak area ratios, as determined by infrared absorption spectroscopy, that include an absorption area ratio of N—H bonds to Si—N bonds in the SiON:H film which is not less than 0.04 but not more than 0.07 and an absorption area ratio of Si—H bonds to Si—N bonds which is not more than 0.15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuya Adachi
  • Patent number: 8492749
    Abstract: This invention relates to electroluminescent metal complexes of the formula (I), wherein the ring A, formula (II), represents an optionally substituted aryl group which can optionally contain heteroatoms, the ring B, formula (III), represents an optionally substituted nitrogen containing aryl group, which can optionally contain further heteroatoms, or the ring A may be taken with the ring B binding to the ring A to form a ring; the group C, formula (IV), represents an acyclic carbene, or a cyclic carbene (ring C), which can optionally contain heteroatoms, the ring D, formula (V), represents an optionally substituted aryl group which can optionally contain heteroatoms, n1 is an integer of 1 to 3, m1 is an integer of 0, 1, or 2, m2 is an integer 0, or 1, M1 is a metal with an atomic weight of greater than 40, L3 is a monodentate ligand, or a bidentate ligand, Y is —C(?O)—, or —C(X1)2-, wherein X1 is hydrogen, or C1-4alkyl, especially hydrogen, and y is 0, or 1, especially 0; a process for their preparation, ele
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Roger Prétôt, Paul Adriaan Van Der Schaaf, Jemima Schmidt, Beat Schmidhalter, Thomas Schäfer, Bernd Lamatsch
  • Patent number: 8492750
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an organic semiconductor composition capable of forming an organic film having high carrier transportability. A preferable organic semiconductor composition contains a lower molecular weight compound and a higher molecular weight compound having carrier transportability, and the solubility parameter of the higher molecular weight compound and the solubility parameter of the lower molecular weight compound differ by 0.6 to 1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kenji Kohiro, Shinichi Yamate, Akiko Nakazono
  • Patent number: 8487299
    Abstract: An organic EL device has an organic EL element provided on a substrate and includes a lower electrode, an organic EL layer, an upper electrode, and a protective layer for moisture protection, and a protective substrate laminated onto the organic EL element via an adhesive layer. The protective layer is a laminated body including first through nth layers, in order, from a side close to the upper electrode (where n is an integer equal to or greater than 3). Each layer of the protective layer includes silicon oxynitride or silicon nitride, and two adjacent layers layer have different chemical compositions. The first layer has a refractive index smaller than that of the upper electrode and the nth layer has a refractive index larger than that of the adhesive layer. The refractive index (k) of the kth layer satisfies a relationship: refractive index (k?1)>refractive index (k).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Makoto Utsumi
  • Patent number: 8481997
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device including: a substrate; an organic light emitting device on the substrate to display an image; a sealing member on the organic light emitting device; a phase delay layer disposed on the substrate, the organic light emitting device, or the sealing member; a linear polarization layer disposed on the substrate, the organic light emitting device, the sealing member, or the phase delay layer and is located closer to a display surface of the organic light emitting display where the image is displayed than the organic light emitting device, the sealing member, and the phase delay layer are from the display surface; a multi-phase delay layer between the phase delay layer and the linear polarization layer; and a transmittance control layer disposed on the substrate, the organic light emitting device, the sealing member, the phase delay layer, the multi-phase delay layer, or the linear polarization layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Kyu Kim, Soon-Ryong Park, Chul-Woo Jeong, Woo-Suk Jung, Sung-Soo Koh, IL-Ryong Cho
  • Patent number: 8481994
    Abstract: An organic thin film transistor, and a method of making the same, comprising a source and drain electrode and organic semi-conductive material disposed therebetween in a channel region, in which the source and drain electrodes have disposed on them a thin self-assembled layer of a material comprising a dopant moiety for chemically doping the organic semi-conductive material by accepting electrons, the dopant moiety having a redox potential of at least 0.3 eV relative to a saturated calomel electrode in acetonitrile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Cambridge Display Technology Limited
    Inventors: Jeremy Burroughes, Craig Murphy, Gregory Whiting, Jonathan Halls
  • Patent number: 8482106
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing passivation layers on crystalline silicon by a) coating the silicon with a solution containing at least one polysilazane of the general formula (1): —(SiR?R?—NR??)-n, wherein R?, R?, R?? are the same or different and stand independently of each other for hydrogen or a possibly substituted alkyl, aryl, vinyl, or (trialkoxysilyl)alkyl group, wherein n is an integer and n is chosen such that the polysilazane has a number average molecular weight of 150 to 150,000 g/mol, b) subsequently removing the solvent by evaporation, whereby polysilazane layers of 50-500 nm thickness remain on the silicon wafer, and c) heating the polysilazane layer at normal pressure to 200-1000° C. in the presence of air or nitrogen, wherein upon tempering the ceramic layers release hydrogen for bulk passivation of the silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Inventors: Klaus Rode, Hartmut Wiezer
  • Publication number: 20130168644
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a substrate, a pixel electrode disposed on the substrate, an opposing electrode disposed on the pixel electrode and transmitting light therethrough, an organic light-emitting layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the opposing electrode and emitting light toward at least the opposing electrode, a first transmission layer disposed on the opposing electrode and transmitting the light emitted from the organic light-emitting layer therethrough, and a second transmission layer disposed on a path of the light emitted from the organic light-emitting layer on the first transmission layer, and comprising a plurality of first materials having first refractive indices and a second material having a second refractive index. The first refractive indices are greater than the second refractive index, and the plurality of first materials are disposed inside the second material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Soon-Ryong Park
  • Patent number: 8476621
    Abstract: The subject of the present invention is to provide an organic thin film transistor with a small hysteresis. The means for solving the subject is a resin composition for an organic thin film transistor gate insulating layer comprising (A) a macromolecule that comprises at least one repeating unit selected from the group consisting of repeating units represented by Formula (1), repeating units represented by Formula (1?), and repeating units represented by Formula (2) and contains two or more first functional groups in its molecule, wherein the first functional group is a functional group that generates, by the action of electromagnetic waves or heat, a second functional group that reacts with active hydrogen, and (B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of low-molecular compounds containing two or more active hydrogens in each molecule and macromolecules containing two or more active hydrogens in each molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Isao Yahagi
  • Patent number: 8476623
    Abstract: A light emitting device having a plastic substrate is capable of preventing the substrate from deterioration with the transmission of oxygen or moisture content. The light emitting device has light emitting elements formed between a lamination layer and an inorganic compound layer that transmits visual light, where the lamination layer is constructed of one unit or two or more units, and each unit is a laminated structure of a metal layer and an organic compound layer. Alternatively, each unit is a laminated structure of a metal layer and an organic compound layer, wherein the inorganic compound layer is formed so as to cover the end face of the lamination layer. In the present invention, the lamination layer is formed on the primary surface of the plastic substrate, so that a flexible substrate structure can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yasuyuki Arai
  • Patent number: 8476106
    Abstract: Provided are a transparent nonvolatile memory thin film transistor (TFT) and a method of manufacturing the same. The memory TFT includes source and drain electrodes disposed on a transparent substrate. A transparent semiconductor thin layer is disposed on the source and drain electrodes and the transparent substrate interposed between the source and drain electrodes. An organic ferroelectric thin layer is disposed on the transparent semiconductor thin layer. A gate electrode is disposed on the organic ferroelectric thin layer in alignment with the transparent semiconductor thin layer. Thus, the transparent nonvolatile memory TFT employs the organic ferroelectric thin layer, the oxide semiconductor thin layer, and auxiliary insulating layers disposed above and below the organic ferroelectric thin layer, thereby enabling low-cost manufacture of a transparent nonvolatile memory device capable of a low-temperature process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sung Min Yoon, Shin Hyuk Yang, Soon Won Jung, Seung Youl Kang, Doo Hee Cho, Chun Won Byun, Chi Sun Hwang, Byoung Gon Yu, Kyoung Ik Cho
  • Patent number: 8471248
    Abstract: This invention relates to electroluminescent metal complexes of the formula (I), or (II), a process for their preparation, electronic devices comprising the metal complexes and their use in electronic devices, especially organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), as oxygen sensitive indicators, as phosphorescent indicators in bioassays, and as catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Beat Schmidhalter, Thomas Schäfer, Peter Murer, Kristina Bardon, Stephan Allenbach, Andrea Ricci
  • Patent number: 8466452
    Abstract: A color unit is disclosed in which is included in an imaging device. The color unit includes; a first p-type electrode layer disposed on a light receiving side of the color unit, and including a light-absorptive organic material which selectively absorbs a wavelength other than a desired wavelength in a visible light band of the electromagnetic spectrum, a second p-type electrode layer disposed under the first p-type electrode layer and including a light-absorptive organic material which absorbs a desired wavelength and an n-type electrode layer disposed under the second p-type electrode layer and including an organic material, wherein photoelectric conversion is performed through a p-n junction between the second p-type electrode layer and the n-type electrode layer and light of the desired wavelength is converted into electrical current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Shinshu University
    Inventors: Kyu Sik Kim, Musubu Ichikawa, Yusuke Higashi
  • Patent number: 8466453
    Abstract: The invention relates to an organic electronic luminescent component with an arrangement of organic layers formed between an electrode and a counter electrode, wherein said arrangement of organic layers is electrically insulated from the electrode and the counter electrode and comprises a light-emitting layer and a charge carrier generation region allocated to the light-emitting layer, wherein the charge carrier generation region is configured to provide positive and negative charge carriers at an application of an electrical AC voltage to the electrode and the counter electrode and wherein a pn-layer transition is formed in the charge carrier generation region by means of a p-doped organic layer and a n-doped organic layer arranged next to the p-doped organic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Novaled AG
    Inventors: Philipp Wellmann, Tobias Canzler
  • Patent number: 8466457
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light-emitting organic component, in particular a light-emitting organic diode, having an electrode and a counter electrode and an organic region arranged between the electrode and the counter electrode, the organic region being formed between the electrode and the counter electrode with a uniform material composition over its planar expansion, the electrode being formed by comb-shaped sub-electrodes electrically shorted among each other for which the comb-shaped electrode sections protruding from a respective comb-shaped electrode connecting section are arranged intermeshing with the organic region at least in an overlap region. Furthermore, the invention relates to an array with a serial connection of several light-emitting organic components and an electrode structure for an electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Novaled AG
    Inventors: Jan Birnstock, Sven Murano, Oliver Langguth
  • Patent number: 8466456
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The organic light-emitting display device includes a first film formed of an inorganic material, a second film that is formed of an organic material and formed on the first film, and includes a first surface and a second surface facing each other and lateral surfaces at boundaries of the first surface and the second surface, with the first surface contacting the first film, a third film that is formed of an inorganic material and covers the second surface and lateral surfaces of the second film, with a first sealing region contacting the first film being formed at a boundary between the second film and the third film, an organic light-emitting unit that is disposed on the third film to overlap with the second film, and a fourth film that covers the organic light-emitting unit, with a second sealing region contacting the third film being formed at a boundary of the fourth film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Woong Kim, Sung-Guk An, Hyung-Sik Kim, Hyung-Woo Koo, Dong-Gun Jin, Sang-Joon Seo
  • Publication number: 20130146938
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment described technology relates generally to an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display and a manufacturing method thereof. The organic light emitting diode (OLED) display according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a substrate; an encapsulation member; an organic light emitting element between the substrate and the encapsulation member; a middle sealing member including one side disposed between the substrate and the encapsulation member and another side extended from the one side to be bent and enclosing an edge of the encapsulation member; a first sealant sealing and combining the one side of the middle sealing member and the substrate to each other; a second sealant sealing and combining the other side of the middle sealing member and the encapsulation member to each other; and a getter at the one side of the middle sealing member and the encapsulation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: Valeriy Prushinskiy, Won-Sik Hyun, Heung-Yeol Na, Min-Soo Kim, Beohm-Rock Choi
  • Patent number: 8461580
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, and an electronic device each formed using the organometallic complex represented by General Formula (G1) as a guest material and a low molecule compound as a host material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideko Inoue, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 8461573
    Abstract: Organic thin film devices that included an organic thin film subjected to a selected dose of a selected energy of ions exhibited a stabilized mobility (?) and threshold voltage (VT), a decrease in contact resistance RC, and an extended operational lifetime that did not degrade after 2000 hours of operation in the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Nastasi, Yongqiang Wang, Beatrice Fraboni, Piero Cosseddu, Annalisa Bonfiglio
  • Patent number: 8461572
    Abstract: There is provided a polymer or low-molecular-weight compound multilayer type organic EL device configured such that a light-emitting layer formed on a hole transport layer includes a mixture of a polymer material and a low-molecular weight material. With such a configuration, the low-molecular-weight material added to the polymer material serves as a binder filling the gap of the steric hindrance to form entanglement of the polymer material and the low-molecular-weight material. This results in that the interface between the hole transport layer and the light-emitting layer is an interface high in adhesion and also high in carrier injectability. Further, optimization of the formation conditions and materials can achieve still higher reliability and longer lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho
    Inventors: Masayuki Katayama, Kazushige Kojima, Tetsuya Katoh, Kunio Akedo, Toshikazu Satoh, Koji Noda, Tomohiko Mori, Yoshihiro Kikuzawa, Koichi Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 8455283
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic electronic element manufacturing method which provides a low manufacturing cost and excellent performance stability, and specifically an organic electronic element manufacturing method which provides a low manufacturing cost, and minimizes emission unevenness, lowering of emission efficiency and shortening of lifetime due to deterioration of gas barrier property of sealing. The organic electronic element manufacturing method is featured in that it comprises the steps of forming an organic electronic structure composed of a first electrode, at least one organic layer and a second electrode on a flexible substrate, and applying a flexible sealing substrate to the organic electronic structure, followed by heating treatment, wherein a heating temperature, at which the heating treatment is carried out, is less than Tg (glass transition temperature) of the substrate and not less than Tg of the sealing substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Takahashi, Hiroaki Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 8450726
    Abstract: An article includes a flexible or rigid substrate and dry layer comprising an aromatic, non-polymeric amic acid salt that can be thermally converted to a corresponding arylene diimide. Upon conversion of the aromatic, non-polymeric amic acid salt, the dry layer has semiconductive properties and can be used in various devices including thin-film transistor devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Deepak Shukla, Dianne M. Meyer, Wendy G. Ahearn
  • Patent number: 8450727
    Abstract: Provided is an organic luminescent medium containing a specific diaminopyrene derivative and a specific anthracene derivative. Also provided are an organic electroluminescence device capable of emitting light having a short wavelength (such as blue light) with high luminous efficiency and having a long lifetime by having such constitution that the organic EL device contains one or more organic thin film layers including a light emitting layer between a cathode and an anode, and at least one layer of the organic thin film layers contains the organic luminescent medium, and an organic luminescent medium that can be used in an organic thin film layer of the organic EL device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kawamura, Masakazu Funahashi, Mitsunori Ito
  • Patent number: 8445897
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a multi-layer stack structure (12), the structure (12) comprising in order: a substrate (6a) a barrier layer (14) an adhesive layer (15) a barrier layer (14) a substrate (6b). The method comprises: a) providing two substrates (6a, 6b) in a single treatment space (5), the treatment space (5) comprising at least two electrodes (2, 3) for generating an atmospheric pressure glow discharge plasma in the treatment space (5); b) treating the facing surfaces of the two substrates (6a, 6b) simultaneously in the single treatment space (5); c) laminating the two treated substrates (6a, 6b) with an adhesive layer (15) in between the facing surfaces to obtain the multi-layer stack structure (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Fujifilm Manufacturing Europe B.V.
    Inventors: Hindrik Willem De Vries, Mauritius Cornelius Maria Van de Sanden
  • Patent number: 8445901
    Abstract: In view of the problem that an organic semiconductor layer of an organic TFT is likely to deteriorate due to water, light, oxygen, or the like, it is an object of the present invention to simplify a manufacturing step and to provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device having an organic TFT with high reliability. According to the invention, a semiconductor layer containing an organic material is formed by patterning using a mask, and thus an organic TFT is completed in the state where the mask is not removed but to remain over the semiconductor layer. In addition, a semiconductor layer can be protected from deterioration due to water, light, oxygen, or the like by using the remaining mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinji Maekawa
  • Patent number: 8445894
    Abstract: A thin film transistor comprising at least three terminals consisting of a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode; an insulator layer and an organic semiconductor layer on a substrate, which controls its electric current flowing between the source and the drain by applying a electric voltage across the gate electrode, wherein the organic semiconductor layer comprises a styryl derivative having a styryl structure expressed by C6H5—CH?CH—C6H5, or a distyryl structure expressed by C6H5—CH?CH—C6H5—CH?CH—C6H5 each without molecular weight distribution. The transistor has a fast response speed (driving speed), and further, achieves a large On/Off ratio getting an enhanced performance as a transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignees: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Kyusyu University
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nakamura, Masatoshi Saitou, Tetsuo Tsutsui, Takeshi Yasuda
  • Patent number: 8445898
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic/inorganic hybrid thin film passivation layer comprising an organic polymer passivation layer prepared by a UV/ozone curing process and an inorganic thin film passivation layer for blocking moisture and oxygen transmission of an organic electronic device fabricated on a substrate and improving gas barrier property of a plastic substrate; and a fabrication method thereof. Since the organic/inorganic hybrid thin film passivation layer of the present invention converts the surface polarity of an organic polymer passivation layer into hydrophilic by using the UV/ozone curing process, it can improve the adhesion strength between the passivation layer interfaces, increase the light transmission rate due to surface planarization of the organic polymer passivation layer, and enhance gas barrier property by effectively blocking moisture and oxygen transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jai Kyeong Kim, Jung Soo Park, June Whan Choi, Dae-Seok Na, Jae-Hyun Lim, Joo-Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20130119352
    Abstract: Described is a method for making a flexible OLED lighting device. The method includes forming a plurality of OLED elements on a flexible planar substrate, each of the OLED elements including a continuous respective anode layer formed over the substrate. One or more organic light emitting materials is formed over the anode layer; a continuous cathode layer having a first thickness is formed over the light emitting materials; and a discontinuous cathode layer having a second thickness is formed over the continuous cathode layer. An encapsulating protective cover may be formed over the cathode layers. Each of the OLED elements defines a bendable, continuous light region on the substrate, wherein the substrate and combination of OLED elements define an OLED device that more effectively dissipates heat and has an active light area that is bendable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventor: Deeder Mohammad Aurongzeb
  • Patent number: 8441005
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light-emitting material including a polysilsesquioxane having a ladder structure with photoactive groups bonded to a siloxane backbone. In addition to superior heat resistance and mechanical property, the light-emitting material provides improved cotability and film property when prepared into a thin film. Further, it provides higher luminous efficiency than the existing organic-based light-emitting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Kyung Youl Baek, Seung Sang Hwang, Seung-Sock Choi, Albert S. Lee, He Seung Lee, SungYoun Oh
  • Patent number: 8436346
    Abstract: An object is to provide a white light-emitting element which emits broad white light which is close to natural light and covers a wide wavelength range; that is, a white light-emitting element which has a broad spectrum waveform. Further, there are various different kinds of white light; however, in particular, an object is to provide a white light-emitting element which emits white light which is close to the standard white color of the NTSC. Over a substrate 100, a second light-emitting element 110 and a first light-emitting element 120 are stacked in series. The first light-emitting element 120 exhibits a light emission spectrum having two peaks (two peaks in the blue to green wavelength range) and is disposed close to a film of light-reflecting material. The second light-emitting element 110 exhibits a light emission spectrum having a peak in the orange to red wavelength range, and is disposed in a position which is not close to the film of light-reflecting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ushikubo, Satoshi Seo, Nozomu Sugisawa, Tomoya Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20130105774
    Abstract: A circuit for a pixel in a display device includes drive circuitry, an organic light emitting diode in electrical connection with the drive circuitry, and at least one resistive current path which is selected to be non-emissive in electrical connection with the drive circuitry and in parallel with the organic light emitting diode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventor: UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 8431434
    Abstract: Methods for producing p-doped organic semiconductor material with a fullerene derivative having at least one electron-withdrawing substituent covalently attached thereto, and semiconductor compositions prepared thereby are provided. Also provided are electronic devices, such as transistors, solar-cells, illuminating devices, OLEDs and detectors, comprised of these p-doped organic semiconductor materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Nir Tessler, Olga Solomeshch
  • Patent number: 8431432
    Abstract: An object is to provide a manufacturing method of a light-emitting device including an organic compound layer, in which a desired organic compound layer is easily formed using a plurality of evaporation materials. A first organic compound layer containing a plurality of evaporation materials is formed over a first substrate. The first organic compound layer is formed using a mixture formed by mixture of the plurality of evaporation materials in advance. A second substrate is placed at a position facing the first substrate so as to face the first organic compound layer provided for the first substrate. The first organic compound layer as an evaporation source is heated to be vaporized and a desired second organic compound layer is formed over the second substrate placed so as to face the first substrate. Accordingly, a light-emitting device is manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisao Ikeda, Tomoya Aoyama
  • Patent number: 8426905
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electrically active devices (e.g., capacitors, transistors, diodes, floating gate memory cells, etc.) having dielectric, conductor, and/or semiconductor layers with smooth and/or dome-shaped profiles and methods of forming such devices by depositing or printing (e.g., inkjet printing) an ink composition that includes a semiconductor, metal, or dielectric precursor. The smooth and/or dome-shaped cross-sectional profile allows for smooth topological transitions without sharp steps, preventing feature discontinuities during deposition and allowing for more complete step coverage of subsequently deposited structures. The inventive profile allows for both the uniform growth of oxide layers by thermal oxidation, and substantially uniform etching rates of the structures. Such oxide layers may have a uniform thickness and provide substantially complete coverage of the underlying electrically active feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Kovio, Inc.
    Inventors: Arvind Kamath, Erik Scher, Patrick Smith, Aditi Chandra, Steven Molesa
  • Patent number: 8421066
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes: a pair of electrodes; and at least one organic layer including a light emitting layer, the light emitting layer being provided between the pair of electrodes, wherein at least one layer of the at least one organic layer contains a compound represented by formula (1): wherein each of Z11 and Z12 independently represents an aromatic heterocyclic ring or an aromatic hydrocarbon ring; R11 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, provided that a plurality of R11s are the same or different; m represents an integer of 1 or more; and L1 represents a single bond or an m-valent linking group and is linked to any one of C atoms in R11, Z11 and Z12, provided that when m is 1, L1 does not exist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: UDC Ireland Limited
    Inventor: Eiji Fukuzaki
  • Patent number: 8415757
    Abstract: A photosensitive optoelectronic device having an improved hybrid planar bulk heterojunction includes a plurality of photoconductive materials disposed between the anode and the cathode. The photoconductive materials include a first continuous layer of donor material and a second continuous layer of acceptor material. A first network of donor material or materials extends from the first continuous layer toward the second continuous layer, providing continuous pathways for conduction of holes to the first continuous layer. A second network of acceptor material or materials extends from the second continuous layer toward the first continuous layer, providing continuous pathways for conduction of electrons to the second continuous layer. The first network and the second network are interlaced with each other. At least one other photoconductive material is interspersed between the interlaced networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignees: The Trustees of Princeton University, The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Stephen R. Forrest, Fan Yang
  • Publication number: 20130082244
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices having hollow objects configured to scatter otherwise trapped light out of the device, thereby improving the performance of the device. The hollow objects are dispersed in one or more organic layers of the OLED device. The hollow objects may have a similar refractive index to that of air, such that visible light emitted by the emissive layer may contact the hollow objects in the OLED device and may be scattered out of the device. In some embodiments, the hollow objects may be spherical or tubular, and may be sized to be larger than the visible light wavelength spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christian Maria Anton Heller, Matthew David Butts, Joseph John Shiang, Jie Jerry Liu, Kevin Henry Janora
  • Patent number: 8409727
    Abstract: A color filter array is provided that is capable of implementing full color with improved light-emitting efficiency and color coordinate values from a mixed light of blue and red, and an organic light-emitting display device using the same. A color filter array receiving a mixed light of blue wavelength light and red wavelength light to implement full color according to an embodiment of the invention comprises a red filter, a green filter, and a blue filter. The red filter includes a first color conversion material for converting the blue wavelength light into green light and red light and a green blocking material for blocking the green light. The green filter includes a second color conversion material for converting the blue wavelength light into green light and red light and a red blocking material for blocking the red light. The blue filter includes a red blocking material for blocking the red wavelength light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Gak Yang, Hee Yeon Kim, Chang Ho Lee, Jung Han Shin, Hee Joo Ko
  • Patent number: 8405075
    Abstract: A method of forming an organic layer by using a liquid composition comprising a small molecule organic semiconductor material mixed in a ketone solvent. The liquid composition is deposited on a surface to form the organic layer. The ketone solvent may be an aromatic ketone solvent, such as a tetralone solvent. The organic semiconductor material may be cross-linkable to provide a cross-linked organic layer. The method can be used to make organic electronic devices, such as organic light emitting devices. In another aspect, the liquid composition comprises a small molecule organic semiconductor material mixed in an aromatic ether solvent. Also, provided are liquid compositions which can be used to make organic layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignees: Universal Display Corporation, Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kwang-Ohk Cheon, Chuanjun Xia, Michael Inbasekaran
  • Patent number: 8405070
    Abstract: An object is to provide a light emitting element with low drive voltage which contains an organic compound and an inorganic compound. One feature of a light emitting element of the present invention is to include a layer containing a light emitting material between a pair of electrodes, in which the layer containing a light emitting material has a layer containing a carbazole derivative represented by General Formula (1) and an inorganic compound which exhibits an electron accepting property to the carbazole derivative represented by General Formula (1). With such a structure, the inorganic compound accepts electrons from the carbazole derivative, carriers are generated internally, and a drive voltage of the light emitting element can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Iwaki, Satoshi Seo, Daisuke Kumaki, Harue Nakashima, Kumi Kojima
  • Patent number: 8405069
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of organic thin-film transistors (OTFT) with a gate insulator layer comprised of nanocomposites incorporating metal oxide nanoparticles coated by organic ligands and methods of fabricating such OTFTs. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Bernard Kippelen, Joseph Perry, Seth Marder, Philoseok Kim, Simon Jones, Joshua N. Haddock, Xiaohong Zhang, Benoit Domercq, Peter Hotchkiss
  • Patent number: 8399288
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, source/drain electrodes, and a channel-forming region that are disposed on a base is provided. The method includes the steps of forming a thin film by application of a mixed solution including a polymeric insulating material and a dioxaanthanthrene compound represented by structural formula (1) below; and subsequently drying the thin film to induce phase separation of the polymeric insulating material and the dioxaanthanthrene compound, thereby forming the gate insulating layer from the polymeric insulating material and the channel-forming region from the dioxaanthanthrene compound: wherein at least one of R3 and R9 represents a substituent other than hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito Kobayashi, Mari Sasaki, Takahiro Ohe
  • Publication number: 20130062599
    Abstract: Organic light-emitting devices having an emissive region comprising a hole transport material and an electron transport material in varying material concentration across the devices. Variation of the concentration of the hole transport material and electron transport material is provided continuously or in a graded manner, as opposed to using multiple layers arranged to form a step-like gradient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Russell J. Holmes, Nicholas Erickson
  • Patent number: 8394666
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are organic memory devices and methods for fabricating such devices. The organic memory devices comprise a first electrode, a second electrode and an organic active layer extending between the first and second electrodes wherein the organic active layer is formed from one or more electrically conductive organic materials that contain heteroatoms and which are configured in such a manner as that the heteroatoms are available for linking or complexing metal atoms within the organic active layer. The metal ions may then be reduced to form metal filaments within the organic active layer to form a low resistance state and the metal filaments may, in turn, be oxidized to form a high resistance state and thereby function as memory devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Jae Joo, Tae Lim Choi, Jae Ho Lee