Organic optoelectronic component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10224375-B2
Application number	US-201314650268-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 3, 2013
Priority date	Dec 11, 2012
Publication date	Mar 5, 2019
Grant date	Mar 5, 2019

Abstract

An organic optoelectronic component includes an organic light-emitting element and an organic protective diode element. The organic light-emitting element includes an organic functional layer stack having at least one organic light-emitting layer between two electrodes. The organic protective diode element includes an organic functional layer stack having an organic pn-junction between two electrodes and is arranged on a shared substrate in laterally adjacent area regions with the organic light-emitting element.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An organic optoelectronic component comprising:
an organic light-emitting element, which has an organic functional layer stack having an organic light-emitting layer between two electrodes;
an organic protective diode element, which has an organic functional layer stack having an organic pn-junction between two electrodes; and
a shared substrate, wherein the organic protective diode element and the organic light-emitting element are arranged on the shared substrate in laterally adjacent area regions,
wherein the organic protective diode element covers a smaller area on the shared substrate than the organic light-emitting element,
wherein an electrode terminal part provides an internal interconnection, the electrode terminal part being directly located on the shared substrate, and
wherein the electrode terminal part is located between the shared substrate and the functional layer stack along a vertical axis.

2. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the organic protective diode element comprises an organic light-emitting element.

3. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the area of the organic protective diode element on the shared substrate is less than or equal to 10% of the area which is covered by the organic light-emitting element on the shared substrate.

4. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the organic protective diode element comprises an organic photodiode.

5. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the organic functional layer stack of the organic light-emitting element and the organic functional layer stack of the organic protective diode element are implemented identically.

6. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the organic light-emitting element and the organic protective diode element are interconnected in antiparallel.

7. The component according to claim 1 , wherein an electrode of the organic light-emitting element that is arranged between the organic functional layer stack of the organic light-emitting element and the shared substrate is internally interconnected to an electrode of the organic protective diode element that is arranged on a side of the organic functional layer stack of the organic protective diode element facing away from the shared substrate.

8. The component according to claim 1 , wherein an electrode of the organic protective diode element that is arranged between the organic functional layer stack of the organic protective diode element and the shared substrate is internally interconnected to an electrode of the organic light-emitting element that is arranged on a side of the organic functional layer stack of the organic light-emitting element facing away from the shared substrate.

9. The component according to claim 1 , wherein the organic light-emitting element and the organic protective diode element are encapsulated using a shared encapsulation.

10. An organic optoelectronic component comprising:
an organic light-emitting element, which has an organic functional layer stack having an organic light-emitting layer between two electrodes;
an organic protective diode element, which has an organic functional layer stack having an organic pn-junction between two electrodes; and
a shared substrate, wherein the organic protective diode element and the organic light-emitting element are arranged on the shared substrate in laterally adjacent area regions,
wherein the organic light-emitting element and the organic protective diode element are interconnected in antiparallel,
wherein an electrode terminal part provides an internal interconnection, the electrode terminal part being located directly on the shared substrate, and
wherein the electrode terminal part is located between the shared substrate and the functional layer stack along a vertical axis.

11. The component according to claim 10 , wherein the organic protective diode element comprises an organic light-emitting element.

12. The component according to claim 10 , wherein the organic protective diode element covers a smaller area on the shared substrate than the organic light-emitting element.

13. The component according to claim 12 , wherein the area of the organic protective diode element on the shared substrate is less than or equal to 10% of the area which is covered by the organic light-emitting element on the shared substrate.

14. The component according to claim 10 , wherein the organic protective diode element comprises an organic photodiode.

15. The component according to claim 10 , wherein the organic functional layer stack of the organic light-emitting element and the organic functional layer stack of the organic protective diode element are implemented identically.

16. The component according to claim 10 , wherein an electrode of the organic light-emitting element that is arranged between the organic functional layer stack of the organic light-emitting element and the shared substrate is internally interconnected to an electrode of the organic protective diode element that is arranged on a side of the organic functional layer stack of the organic protective diode element facing away from the shared substrate.

17. The component according to claim 10 , wherein an electrode of the organic protective diode element that is arranged between the organic functional layer stack of the organic protective diode element and the shared substrate is internally interconnected to an electrode of the organic light-emitting element that is arranged on a side of the organic functional layer stack of the organic light-emitting element facing away from the shared substrate.

18. The component according to claim 10 , wherein the organic light-emitting element and the organic protective diode element are encapsulated using a shared encapsulation.

19. An organic optoelectronic component comprising:
an organic light-emitting element, which has an organic functional layer stack having an organic light-emitting layer between two electrodes;
an organic protective diode element, which has an organic functional layer stack having an organic pn-junction between two electrodes; and
a shared substrate, wherein the organic protective diode element and the organic light-emitting element are arranged on the shared substrate in laterally adjacent area regions,
wherein the organic light-emitting element and the organic protective diode element are interconnected in antiparallel,
wherein the organic protective diode element comprises an organic light-emitting element, and
wherein an electrode terminal part is located directly on the shared substrate and between the shared substrate and the functional layer stack along a vertical axis.

Assignees

• Osram Opto Semiconductors Gmbh
• Osram Oled Gmbh

Inventors

• Popp Michael
• Philippens Marc

Classifications

• H10W74/114

  by a substrate and the encapsulations · CPC title

• H10W20/20

  Interconnections within wafers or substrates, e.g. through-silicon vias [TSV] · CPC title

• H01L27/288 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/3225

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L23/535

  Electricity · mapped topic