Oled with protective electrode
AssigneeGlobal OLED Technology LLC
InventorRonald S. Cok
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Abstract
An OLED device, comprising: a first electrode; a conductive protective electrode comprising a transparent conductive oxide layer wherein the conductive protective electrode is a hermetic layer having a thickness less than 100 nm; one or more organic layers formed between the first electrode and conductive protective electrode, at least one organic layer being a light-emitting layer; and a patterned auxiliary electrode in electrical contact with the conductive protective electrode.
Claims20
An OLED device, comprising:
- a first electrode;
- a conductive protective electrode comprising a transparent conductive oxide layer wherein the conductive protective electrode is a hermetic layer having a thickness less than 100 nm;
- and one or more organic layers formed between the first electrode and conductive protective electrode, at least one organic layer being a light-emitting layer;
- and
- a patterned auxiliary electrode in electrical contact with the conductive protective electrode.
A method of forming a top-emitting OLED device, comprising:
- providing a substrate with a bottom electrode and one or more organic layers formed thereon, at least one organic layer being a light-emitting layer;
- forming a conductive protective top electrode comprising a transparent conductive oxide over the one or more organic layers opposite the bottom electrode wherein the conductive protective electrode is a hermetic layer having a thickness less than 100 nm;
- and
- forming a patterned auxiliary electrode in electrical contact with the conductive protective electrode.
A method of forming a bottom-emitting OLED device, comprising:
- providing non-hermetic substrate;
- forming a conductive protective bottom electrode comprising a transparent conductive oxide layer over the substrate, wherein the conductive protective electrode is a hermetic layer having a thickness less than 100 nm;
- forming one or more organic layers over the conductive protective electrode, at least one organic layer being a light-emitting layer;
- forming a top electrode over the organic layers;
- and
- forming a patterned auxiliary electrode in electrical contact with the conductive protective electrode.
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