Organic light emitting display device and electronic device having dual operation modes

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10384074-B2
Application number	US-201615068676-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2016
Priority date	Jul 24, 2015
Publication date	Aug 20, 2019
Grant date	Aug 20, 2019

Abstract

An organic light emitting display device includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a first electrode, first, second, and third light emitting layers on the first electrode, a second electrode on the first, second, and third light emitting layers, a fourth light emitting layer on the second electrode, and a third electrode on the fourth light emitting layer. The first, second, and third light emitting layers respectively emit first light, second light, and third light emitted in a first mode, and the fourth light emitting layer emits fourth light in a second mode.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An organic light emitting display device, comprising:
a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including:
a first electrode;
a first light emitting layer to emit first light;
a second light emitting layer to emit second light;
a third light emitting layer to emit third light;
a second electrode on the first, second, and third light emitting layers;
a fourth light emitting layer on the second electrode to emit fourth light; and
a third electrode on the fourth light emitting layer, wherein the first, second, and third light emitting layers are on the first electrode, and wherein the first light, second light, and third light are different and are emitted in a first mode and the fourth light is emitted in a second mode.

2. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first, second, and the third light emitting layers are spaced apart from each other in a first direction as viewed from above.

3. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the first light emitting layer is on the first electrode;
the second light emitting layer is on the first light emitting layer and overlaps a portion of the first light emitting layer; and
the third light emitting layer is on the first light emitting layer and is spaced apart from the second light emitting layer.

4. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fourth light emitting layer overlaps the first light emitting layer, the second light emitting layer, and the third light emitting layer.

5. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the third electrode overlaps the first light emitting layer, the second light emitting layer, and the third light emitting layer.

6. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
each of the pixels are in one of a plurality of pixel areas including a linking area and a plurality of subpixel areas, the subpixel areas spaced apart from each other;
the subpixel areas include a first subpixel area, a second subpixel area, and a third subpixel area; and
the first electrode includes a first subpixel electrode in the first subpixel area, a second subpixel electrode in the second subpixel area, and a third subpixel electrode in the third subpixel area.

7. The display device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein:
the first light emitting layer is in the first subpixel area;
the second light emitting layer is in the second subpixel area;
the third light emitting layer is in the third subpixel area; and
the fourth light emitting layer is in the linking area and subpixel areas.

8. The display device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein:
each of the first light emitting layer and the fourth light emitting layer is in the linking area and the subpixel areas;
the second light emitting layer is in the first subpixel area; and
the third light emitting layer is in the second subpixel area.

9. The display device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the second electrode is in the linking area and the subpixel areas.

10. The display device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the third electrode is in the linking area and the subpixel areas.

11. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the fourth light emitting layer does not emit light in the first mode; and
the first light emitting layer, the second light emitting layer, and the third light emitting layer do not emit light in the second mode.

12. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fourth light is different from the first light, the second light, and the third light.

13. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
at least one of the first light, the second light, or the third light is in a wavelength band range of about 425 nm to about 455 nm; and
the fourth light is in a wavelength band range of about 460 nm to about 490 nm.

14. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a work function of the second electrode is less than a work function of the first electrode and a work function of the third electrode.

15. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the first mode is a display mode; and
the second mode is a light therapy mode.

16. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
an organic capping layer on the third electrode.

17. An electronic device, comprising:
at least one first light emitter to emit a first light; and
a second light emitter disposed on the at least one first light emitter and emitting a second light having longer wavelength than the first light,
wherein the first light is emitted in a first mode and the second light is not emitted in the first mode, and wherein the first light is not emitted in a second mode and the second light is emitted in the second mode, the second light in a wavelength range that corresponds to a therapeutic range for a human body.

18. An electronic device, comprising:
first, second, and third light emitters to respectively emit first light, second light, and third light for displaying an image; and
a fourth light emitter to emit a fourth light for a light therapy, the fourth light emitter extending to cover the first, second, and third light emitters, wherein:
the first, second, and third light emitters emit the first light, the second light, and the third light, respectively, in a first mode, and
the fourth light emitter emits the fourth light in a second mode,
the fourth light having a wavelength range that corresponds to a therapeutic range for a human body.

19. The electronic device as claimed in claim 18 , wherein:
the first, second, and third light emitters do not emit the first, second, and third light in the second mode, and
the fourth light emitter does not emit the fourth light in the first mode.

20. The electronic device as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the first, second, and third light emitters emit the first light, the second light, and the third light, respectively, in a first mode through the fourth light emitter being turned off.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sung Eunjin
• OH Sunyoung
• Won Byeong-Hee
• Baek Jongin

Classifications

• A61N2005/0663

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