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High efficiency organic light emitting devices with light directing structures

US5834893A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 23, 1996
Grant dateNov 10, 1998
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S428/917
  • WIPO fieldMicro-structural and nano-technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An organic light emitting device (OLED) structure having reflective surfaces is fabricated in a pit formed in a substrate. The pit has slanted reflective side walls which redirect light that is waveguided in the organic layers of the OLED to a direction substantially normal to the plane of the substrate. The reflective structure can also be formed with a planar configuration over interconnects covered with a polyimide.

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