Polyethylene Dioxythiophene And Derivative (epo) Patents (Class 257/E51.03)
  • Patent number: 8778511
    Abstract: An organic light emitting device is provided. The device includes an anode and a cathode. A first organic layer is disposed between the anode and the cathode. The first organic layer is an emissive layer that includes a first organic emitting material. The device also includes a second organic layer disposed between the anode and the first organic layer. The second organic layer is a non-emissive layer. The second organic layer includes an organic small molecule hole transport material having a concentration of 50 to 99 wt %, and an organic small molecule electron transport material having a concentration of 0.1 to 5 wt %. Other materials may be present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Vadim Adamovich, Brian D'Andrade, Michael S. Weaver
  • Publication number: 20110175065
    Abstract: A photovoltaic device is disclosed that includes a transparent front electrode formed by the self-assembly of conductive nanoparticles from an emulsion coated onto a substrate and dried. The nanoparticles self-assemble into a network-like pattern of conductive traces that define randomly-shaped transparent cells. The cells may be filled with various transparent filler materials and additional layers may be present in the device in addition to conventional components. Processes for forming the transparent electrode are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: Cima Nanotech Israel Ltd.
    Inventors: Fernando de la Vega, Nir M. Moira, Arkady Garbar
  • Patent number: 7800102
    Abstract: The organic TFT includes: a gate electrode; source and drain electrodes insulated from the gate electrode; an organic semiconductor layer insulated from the gate electrode and electrically connected to the source and drain electrodes; an insulating layer insulating the gate electrode from the source and drain electrodes and the organic semiconductor layer; and a self-assembly monolayer (SAM) included between the insulating layer and the organic semiconductor layer. A compound forming the SAM has at least one terminal group selected from the group consisting of an unsubstituted or substituted C6-C30 aryl group and an unsubstituted or substituted C2-C30 heteroaryl group. The organic TFT is formed by forming the above-described layers and forming the SAM on the insulating layer before the organic semiconductor layer and source and drain electrodes are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Seong Park, Taek Ahn, Min-Chul Suh
  • Patent number: 7737435
    Abstract: Example embodiments pertain to an organic semiconductor composition, in which low-molecular-weight oligomer compounds are distributed in the spaces of a polymer compound so that the free spaces of the organic semiconductor polymer compound are filled with the low-molecular-weight oligomer compounds upon the formation of an organic semiconductor thin film, thereby increasing ?-? stacking effects, and to an organic semiconductor thin film using the same and an organic electronic device employing the thin film. Using the organic semiconductor composition according to example embodiments, a semiconductor thin film and an organic electronic device having improved electrical properties may be manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Seok Hahn, Tae-Sang Kim, Bang-Lin Lee, Sang-Yoon Lee, Eun Kyung Lee
  • Patent number: 7714351
    Abstract: The invention provides a nanowire light emitting device and a manufacturing method thereof. In the light emitting device, first and second conductivity type clad layers are formed and an active layer is interposed therebetween. At least one of the first and second conductivity type clad layers and the active layer is a semiconductor nanowire layer obtained by preparing a layer of a mixture composed of a semiconductor nanowire and an organic binder and removing the organic binder therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Ha Moon, Dong Woohn Kim, Jong Pa Hong
  • Publication number: 20100044696
    Abstract: A thin film transistor is provided. The thin film transistor includes a substrate, a gate, a source/drain, an insulating layer, and a semiconductor active layer. The gate and the source/drain are respectively deposited on the substrate and are separated by the insulating layer on the substrate. The semiconductor active layer connects the source and the drain. The material of the semiconductor active layer is a semiconductor precursor which produces semiconductor property after being irradiated by a light source. A liquid crystal display which includes the above thin film transistor is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicants: TAIWAN TFT LCD ASSOCIATION, CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD., AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION, HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORPORATION, CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORPORATION, INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TPO DISPLAYS CORP.
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yuan Cheng, Shin-Chuan Chiang, Shih-Hsiang Lai, Chin-Chih Yu, Bor-Chuan Chuang
  • Patent number: 7649211
    Abstract: The present invention provides a light-emitting element including an electron-transporting layer and a hole-transporting layer between a first electrode and a second electrode; and a first layer and a second layer between the electron-transporting layer and the hole-transporting layer, wherein the first layer includes a first organic compound and an organic compound having a hole-transporting property, the second layer includes a second organic compound and an organic compound having an electron-transporting property, the first layer is formed in contact with the first electrode side of the second layer, the first organic compound and the second organic compound are the same compound, and a voltage is applied to the first electrode and the second electrode, so that both of the first organic compound and the second organic compound emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuharu Ohsawa
  • Patent number: 7525129
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic light-emitting display of high light-emitting efficiency. The organic light-emitting element comprising a board, upper electrode, lower electrode, a plurality of light-emitting units placed between the upper and lower electrodes, and a charge-generating layer placed between a plurality of the light-emitting units, wherein one of the light-emitting units has a layer for emitting monochromatic light and one of the light-emitting units has a layer for emitting polychromatic light, the former unit having an equivalent or lower light-emitting efficiency than the latter unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhito Masuda, Shingo Ishihara, Sukekazu Aratani, Masaya Adachi
  • Patent number: 7491968
    Abstract: A memory device, which includes a memory layer having quantum dots uniformly dispersed in organic material disposed between an upper electrode layer and a lower electrode layer. The memory device is advantageous because it is nonvolatile and inexpensive, and realizes high integration and high speed switching. Further, size and distribution of the quantum dots may be uniform, thus realizing uniform memory behavior. Furthermore, the memory device is suitable for application to portable electronic devices that must have low power consumption, due to low operating voltages thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon Sok Kang, Sang Kyun Lee, Won Jae Joo
  • Patent number: 7427441
    Abstract: A member comprising a substrate and a transparent conductive layer comprising a composition including an electronically conductive polymer of a polythiophene present in a cationic form with a polyanion, wherein the composition of the conductive layer has an FOM less than or equal to 50 wherein FOM is defined as the slope of a best fit straight line passing through the origin of the plot of ln (1/T) versus [1/SER] for said composition: and wherein T=visual light transmission: SER=surface electrical resistance in ohm per square; FOM=figure of merit, and wherein the SER of the conductive layer has a value of less than or equal to 1000 ohm per square.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Inventors: Debasis Majumdar, Glen C. Irvin, Jr., Charles C. Anderson, Gary S. Freedman
  • Patent number: 7378682
    Abstract: The present memory device has first and second electrodes, a passive layer between the first and second electrodes and on and in contact with the first electrode, and an active layer between the first and second electrodes and on and in contact with the passive layer and second electrode, for receiving a charged specie from the passive layer. The active layer is a mixture of (i) a first polymer, and (ii) a second polymer for enhancing ion transport, improving the interface and promoting a rapid and substantially uniform distribution of the charged specie in the active layer, i.e., preventing a localized injection of the charged species. These features result in a memory element with improved stability, a more controllable ON-state resistance, improved switching speed and a lower programming voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Spanson LLC
    Inventors: David Gaun, Swaroop Kaza, Stuart Spitzer, Juri Krieger, Richard Kingsborough
  • Patent number: 7372480
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device comprises a first and second cell wall structure; at least one liquid crystal material disposed within a space between the first and second cell wall structures; and polymer micro-structures, wherein the micro-structures are formed by polymerizing a prepolymer, and wherein said micro-structures have a shape and spatial location determined by said liquid crystal material. Permanent polymer micro-structures are formed from a liquid crystal with a non-uniform spatially modulated director field. The polymer structures have the shape and spatial location dictated by the non-uniform director field of the liquid crystal. The micro-structures are a backbone that restores the liquid crystal director field that existed during the polymerization process even when other factors, such as electric field, temperature, or surface anchoring, do not favor this restoration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Kent State University
    Inventors: Oleg D. Lavrentovich, Dmitry Voloschenko, Sergij Shiyanovskii
  • Patent number: 7368331
    Abstract: A thin-film transistor, a thin-film transistor sheet, an electric circuit, and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed, the method comprising the steps of forming a semiconductor layer by providing a semiconductive material on a substrate, b) forming an isolating area, which is electrode material-repellent, by providing an electrode material-repellent material on the substrate, and c) forming a source electrode on one end of the insulating area and a drain electrode on the other end of the insulating area, by providing an electrode material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Katsura Hirai
  • Patent number: 7355211
    Abstract: Conventional light-emitting elements, in particular an organic electroluminescence devices, involve problems resulting from a low light extraction efficiency of 20% or less, because of limitations on light emission set by total reflection angle on an organic layer or transparent electrode as the component, and are demanded to have improved luminance and other optical characteristics which depend on viewing angle. The present invention provides an organic electroluminescence device which can improve a light extraction efficiency and thereby reduce operational current and power consumption by incorporating a laminate of optical thin films of low refractive index and having pores whose size is controlled at a level equivalent to or shorter than visible wavelengths, because the light components totally reflected to become wave-guided or reflected light in a common device can be extracted as light scattered by the pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Tanaka, Hiroshi Sasaki, Hajime Murakami, Masao Shimizu, Ikuo Hiyama
  • Publication number: 20070190236
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an organic electroluminescent element is provided. The method includes forming an insulator layer between pattern-formed pixel electrodes on a substrate, and forming a hole transport layer by printing hole transport ink, having a hole transport material dissolved in a solvent, on the pixel electrodes between the insulator layers by relief printing, wherein the hole transport ink includes 3,4-polyethylen dihydroxy thiophen (PEDOT), and monohydric alcohol and dihydric alcohol as solvents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventor: Koji Murata
  • Patent number: 7208782
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor path, the semiconductor path including an organic semiconductor material, a first contact to inject charge carriers into the semiconductor path, a second contact to extract charge carriers from the semiconductor path, and a layer including phosphine arranged between the first contact and the semiconductor path and/or between the second contact and the semiconductor path. The phosphine in the layer acts as a charge transfer molecule which makes it easier to transfer charge carriers between contact and organic semiconductor material. As a result, the contact resistance between contact and organic semiconductor material can be reduced considerably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies, AG
    Inventors: Hagen Klauk, Günter Schmid, Ute Zschieschang, Marcus Halik, Efstratios Terzoglu
  • Patent number: 7056600
    Abstract: A layer configuration on a support, the layer configuration comprising a non-photoactive element exclusive of poly(3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene)s and poly(3,4-dialkoxythiophene)s, the element containing a first polymer containing structural units according to formula (I): in which X and Y are independently O, S, N—R1, Z is —(CH2)m—CR2R3—(CH2)n—; R1 is aryl, C1-18-alkyl or hydrogen; R2 is hydrogen or —(CH2)s—O—(CH2)p—SO3?M+; R3 is —(CH2)s—O—(CH2)p—SO3?M+; M+ is a cation; m and n are independently a whole number from 0 to 3; s is a whole number from 0 to 10; and p is a whole number from 1 to 18, and a second polymer different from the first polymer and selected from the group consisting of optionally quaternized polyamine-polymers, polysulpho-polymers, polyphosphoric acids and polyphosphoric acid salts, the surface of one side of the element being contiguous with a positive electrode and the surface on the opposite side of the element being contiguous with a material capable of transporting holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Agfa Gevaert
    Inventor: Hieronymus Andriessen