Light emitting device and display apparatus including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11653528-B2
Application number	US-202017112363-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2020
Priority date	Mar 3, 2020
Publication date	May 16, 2023
Grant date	May 16, 2023

Abstract

Provide is a light emitting device including a reflective layer including a phase modulation surface, a planarization layer disposed on the reflective layer, a first electrode disposed on the planarization layer, an organic emission layer disposed on the first electrode and configured to emit visible light that includes light of a first wavelength and light of a second wavelength that is shorter than the first wavelength, and a second electrode disposed on the organic emission layer, wherein the reflective layer and the second electrode form a micro cavity configured to resonate the light of the first wavelength, and wherein the planarization layer includes a light absorber configured to absorb the light of the second wavelength.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus comprising:
a first pixel configured to emit light of a first wavelength; and
a second pixel configured to emit light of a second wavelength different from the first wavelength,
the first pixel comprises:
a reflective layer comprising a phase modulation surface;
a planarization layer disposed on the reflective layer;
a first electrode disposed on the planarization layer;
an organic emission layer disposed on the first electrode and configured to emit visible light that comprises the light of the first wavelength and the light of the second wavelength that is shorter than the first wavelength; and
a second electrode disposed on the organic emission layer,

wherein the reflective layer and the second electrode form a micro cavity configured to resonate the light of the first wavelength,
wherein the planarization layer comprises a light absorber configured to absorb the light of the second wavelength,
wherein the phase modulating surface of the reflective layer comprises a plurality of protrusions that are periodically two-dimensionally formed, and
wherein a resonance wavelength of the micro cavity is determined by a width or a diameter of each of the plurality of protrusions, a height of each of the plurality of protrusions, and distances between the plurality of protrusions.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, when the first wavelength is λ, a width or a diameter of each of the plurality of protrusions, a height of each of the plurality of protrusions, and distances between the plurality of protrusions are set such that an optical length of the micro cavity is equal to nλ/2, where n is a natural number.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the phase modulating surface of the reflective layer further comprises a plurality of recesses that are periodically two-dimensionally formed.

4. The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of recesses are configured to absorb the light of the second wavelength.

5. The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of protrusions and the plurality of recesses contact the planarization layer.

6. The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein a dimension of each of the plurality of protrusions and a dimension of each of the plurality of recesses is less than a wavelength of the visible light.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second pixel comprises:
the reflective layer comprising a flat surface;
the planarization layer disposed on the reflective layer of the second pixel;
the first electrode disposed on the planarization layer of the second pixel;
the organic emission layer disposed on the first electrode of the second pixel and configured to emit the visible light that comprises the light of the first wavelength and the light of the second wavelength; and
the second electrode disposed on the organic emission layer of the second pixel,
wherein the reflective layer of the second pixel and the second electrode of the second pixel form a micro cavity configured to resonate the light of the second wavelength.

8. The display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the planarization layer of the second pixel does not comprise the light absorber configured to absorb the light of the second wavelength.

9. The display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the planarization layer of the second pixel comprises the light absorber configured to absorb the light of the second wavelength.

10. The display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the reflective layer of the first pixel and the reflective layer of the second pixel extend continuously.

11. The display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the planarization layer of the first pixel and the planarization layer of the second pixel extend continuously.

12. The display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein a physical thickness of the first pixel and a physical thickness of the second pixel are same.

13. The display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the visible light is white light, the light of the first wavelength comprises red light or green light, and the light of the second wavelength comprises blue light.

14. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a third pixel configured to emit light of a third wavelength different from the first wavelength and the second wavelength, respectively,
the third pixel comprises:
the reflective layer comprising the phase modulation surface;
the planarization layer disposed on the reflective layer of the third pixel;
the first electrode disposed on the planarization layer of the third pixel;
the organic emission layer disposed on the first electrode of the third pixel and configured to emit the visible light that comprises the light of the first wavelength, the light of the second wavelength, and the light of the third wavelength; and
the second electrode disposed on the organic emission layer of the third pixel,
wherein the reflective layer of the third pixel and the second electrode of the third pixel form a micro cavity configured to resonate the light of the third wavelength.

15. The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the planarization layer of the third pixel comprises the light absorber configured to absorb the light of the second wavelength that is shorter than the third wavelength.

16. The display apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the light absorber of the first pixel and the light absorber of the third pixel comprise different materials.

17. The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein a physical thickness of the first pixel, a physical thickness of the second pixel, and a physical thickness of the third pixel are same.

18. The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the visible light is white light, the light of the first wavelength comprises red light, the light of the second wavelength comprises blue light, and the light of the third wavelength comprises green light.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Koo Hyun
• Song Sunjin
• Joo Wonjae
• Han Sunghyun

Classifications

• H10K59/00

  Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one organic light-emitting element covered by group H10K50/00 · CPC title

• H10K50/865 Primary

  comprising light absorbing layers, e.g. light-blocking layers · CPC title

• H10K50/805

  Electrodes · CPC title

• H10K50/858

  comprising refractive means, e.g. lenses · CPC title

• H10K50/856

  comprising reflective means · CPC title