Forgery-proof label and fabrication method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10037719-B2
Application number	US-201615511203-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 21, 2016
Priority date	Apr 14, 2015
Publication date	Jul 31, 2018
Grant date	Jul 31, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a forgery-proof label and a fabrication method thereof. The forgery-proof label includes a thin film battery and an OLED display unit operable to display a first preset pattern when being powered by the thin film battery. The forgery-proof label is easy to recognize and difficult to reuse.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A forgery-proof label, comprising:
a thin film battery; and
an OLED display unit operable to display a first preset pattern when being powered by the thin film battery, wherein the OLED display unit comprises:
a substrate;
an OLED element arranged on the substrate and having a light-emitting region of the first preset pattern;
an encapsulation layer arranged on the OLED element and extending along an outline of at least part of the light-emitting region for defining a path along which water and oxygen corrode the OLED element; and
an encapsulation thin film arranged on the OLED element and the encapsulation layer for protecting the OLED element from corrosion by the water and oxygen.

2. The forgery-proof label of claim 1 , wherein the encapsulation layer is arranged to incompletely encompass the light-emitting region when viewed from above such that the path has an entrance, and wherein the encapsulation thin film is arranged to have a removable portion corresponding to the entrance.

3. The forgery-proof label of claim 2 , wherein the substrate is made of glass, metal, quartz or organic material.

4. The forgery-proof label of claim 2 , wherein the encapsulation layer is made of inorganic material or a combination of inorganic material and organic material.

5. The forgery-proof label of claim 1 , wherein the OLED element comprises:
an anode layer;
a pattern demarcation layer arranged on the anode layer for defining the light-emitting region of the first preset pattern;
an organic functional layer arranged in the light-emitting region; and
a cathode layer arranged on the organic functional layer and in the light-emitting region;
wherein the organic functional layer is operable to provide light emission upon application of power supplied by the thin film battery to the anode layer and the cathode layer.

6. The forgery-proof label of claim 5 , wherein the substrate is made of glass, metal, quartz or organic material.

7. The forgery-proof label of claim 5 , wherein the encapsulation layer is made of inorganic material or a combination of inorganic material and organic material.

8. The forgery-proof label of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is made of glass, metal, quartz or organic material.

9. The forgery-proof label of claim 1 , wherein the encapsulation layer is made of inorganic material or a combination of inorganic material and organic material.

10. The forgery-proof label of claim 9 , wherein the inorganic material comprises at least one of SiNx, SiOx or SiCN.

11. The forgery-proof label of claim 1 , further comprising a thin film insulation sheet arranged between the OLED display unit and the thin film battery for providing electrical insulation therebetween, wherein the thin film insulation sheet is removable such that when it is removed the OLED display unit has access to power supplied by the thin film battery.

12. The forgery-proof label of claim 11 , wherein part of the thin film insulation sheet is exposed outside the OLED display unit.

13. The forgery-proof label of claim 1 , wherein the first preset pattern comprises a character or a figure.

14. The forgery-proof label of claim 1 , wherein the OLED display unit is a flexible display unit.

15. A method of fabricating a forgery-proof label, comprising steps of:
fabricating an OLED display unit, comprising:
providing a substrate;
forming an OLED element on the substrate, the OLED element having a light-emitting region of a first preset pattern;
forming an encapsulation layer on the OLED element, the encapsulation layer extending along an outline of at least part of the light-emitting region for defining a path along which water and oxygen corrode the OLED element; and
forming an encapsulation thin film on the OLED element and the encapsulation layer for protecting the OLED element from corrosion by the water and oxygen;

providing a thin film battery; and
assembling the OLED display unit with the thin film battery to form the forgery-proof label;
wherein the OLED display unit is operable to display the first preset pattern when being powered by the thin film battery.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein forming the OLED element on the substrate comprises:
forming an anode layer on the substrate;
forming a pattern demarcation layer on the anode layer for defining the light-emitting region of the first preset pattern;
forming an organic functional layer in the light-emitting region; and
forming a cathode layer on the organic functional layer and in the light-emitting region.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the step of assembling the OLED display unit with the thin film battery further comprises:
providing a thin film insulation sheet between the OLED display unit and the thin film battery, the thin film insulation sheet being removable such that when it is removed the OLED display unit has access to power supplied by the thin film battery.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Song

Classifications

• G09F9/335

  being organic light emitting diodes [OLED] · CPC title

• G09F3/208 Primary

  Electronic labels, Labels integrating electronic displays · CPC title

• G09F2013/222

  with LEDs · CPC title

• G09F9/33 Primary

  being semiconductor devices, e.g. diodes · CPC title

• G09F13/22

  electroluminescent (electroluminescent light sources per se H05B33/00) · CPC title