Display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10692417-B2
Application number	US-201816015359-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2018
Priority date	Jun 23, 2017
Publication date	Jun 23, 2020
Grant date	Jun 23, 2020

Abstract

A display apparatus including an OLED (organic light-emitting device) substrate having a structure in which at least one blue light-emitting unit and at least one green light-emitting unit are stacked, wherein the OLED substrate generates a mixed light of a blue light and a green light; and a color controller provided on the OLED substrate to adjust color of a light generated from the OLED substrate. The color controller includes a first color control element having a plurality of first quantum dots for green conversion; a second color control element having plurality of second quantum dots for red conversion; a third color control element for presenting a blue color; a first color filter provided on the first color control element; and a second color filter provided on the second color control element.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus comprising:
an OLED (organic light-emitting device) substrate comprising a structure in which at least one blue light-emitting unit and at least one green light-emitting unit are stacked, wherein the OLED substrate generates a mixed light of a blue light and a green light; and
a color controller provided on the OLED substrate to adjust color of a light generated from the OLED substrate,
wherein the color controller comprises:
a first color control element comprising a plurality of first quantum dots for green conversion;
a second color control element comprising a plurality of second quantum dots for red conversion;
a third color control element for presenting a blue color;
a first color filter provided on the first color control element; and
a second color filter provided on the second color control element.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the OLED substrate has a tandem structure.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the OLED substrate comprises a first blue light-emitting unit, a green light-emitting unit, and a second blue light-emitting unit which are sequentially stacked, and
the green light-emitting unit is arranged between the first and second blue light-emitting units.

4. The display apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising:
a first charge generation layer provided between the first blue light-emitting unit and the green light-emitting unit; and
a second charge generation layer provided between the green light-emitting unit and the second blue light-emitting unit.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the green light-emitting unit comprises a green emission layer comprising an organic material, and
the green emission layer comprises a thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) dopant.

6. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the green light-emitting unit comprises a green emission layer comprising an organic material,
the green emission layer comprises a phosphorescent dopant, and
the phosphorescent dopant satisfies T1 (dopant)≤S1 (dopant)≤T1 (dopant)+0.5 electron Volts, wherein the T1 (dopant) is a triplet energy level (expressed in electron Volts) of the dopant and the S1 (dopant) is a singlet energy level (expressed in electron Volts) of the dopant.

7. The display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the dopant is an organic metal compound containing iridium (Ir).

8. The display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the dopant is an organic metal compound containing at least one of platinum (Pt), osmium (Os), titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), hafnium (Hf), europium (Eu), terbium (Tb), thulium (Tm), rhodium (Rh), ruthenium (Ru), rhenium (Re), beryllium (Be), magnesium (Mg), aluminum (Al), calcium (Ca), manganese (Mn), cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), gallium (Ga), germanium (Ge), palladium (Pd), silver (Ag), and gold (Au).

9. The display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the dopant is an organic metal compound having a square-planar coordination structure.

10. The display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein
the dopant comprises a metal M and an organic ligand, and
the metal M and the organic ligand form one, two, or three cyclometallated rings.

11. The display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein
the dopant comprises a metal M and a four-coordinate organic ligand that forms three or four cyclometallated rings,
the metal M comprises platinum (Pt), osmium (Os), titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), hafnium (Hf), europium (Eu), terbium (Tb), thulium (Tm), rhodium (Rh), ruthenium (Ru), rhenium (Re), beryllium (Be), magnesium (Mg), aluminum (Al), calcium (Ca), manganese (Mn), cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), gallium (Ga), germanium (Ge), palladium (Pd), silver (Ag), or gold (Au), and
the four-coordinate organic ligand comprises a benzimidazole group or a pyridine group.

12. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the first color filter is a blue cut filter, and
the second color filter is a blue and green cut filter.

13. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the first color filter is an absorption type green color filter, and
the second color filter is an absorption type red color filter.

14. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the third color control element comprises a blue color filter, and
the display apparatus further comprises a light scattering element provided between the blue color filter and the OLED substrate.

15. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the third color control element comprises a color converter comprising a plurality of third quantum dots for blue conversion, and
the display apparatus further comprises a third color filter provided on the third color control element.

16. The display apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the third color filter is a green cut filter or an absorption type blue color filter.

17. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a core part of the second quantum dot has a size greater than a core part of the first quantum dot.

18. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the first color control element corresponds to a first sub-pixel area, the second color control element corresponds to a second sub-pixel area, and the third color control element corresponds to a third sub-pixel area, and
the display apparatus further comprises a fourth sub-pixel area, wherein the fourth sub-pixel area produces a color other than colors of the first to third sub-pixel areas.

19. The display apparatus of claim 18 , wherein
the fourth sub-pixel area is a blank area on the OLED substrate without a color control element, or
the display apparatus comprises a light scattering element provided on the OLED substrate.

20. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a selective reflection film provided between the OLED substrate and the color controller.

21. The display apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the selective reflection film is configured to transmit a blue light and a green light and to reflect a red light.

22. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate having a plurality of thin film transistors to drive pixel areas of the OLED substrate.

23. An electronic apparatus comprising the display apparatus of claim 1 .

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Sangyoon
• Lee Sunghun
• Jun Shinae
• Chung Chilhee
• Choi Byoungki
• Han Intaek

Classifications

• H10K59/878

  comprising reflective means · CPC title

• H10K59/877

  comprising scattering means · CPC title

• H10K2101/20

  Delayed fluorescence emission · CPC title

• G09G3/2003 Primary

  Display of colours (specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607) · CPC title

• G09G3/3225 Primary

  using an active matrix · CPC title