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Color variable bipolar/AC light-emitting devices

US6235414A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 11, 1998
Grant dateMay 22, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 11, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S428/917
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Color-variable light-emitting devices which are capable of generating two independent colors, even at room temperature. The devices comprise a layer of at least one active electroluminescent polymer. This electroluminescent polymer may be accompanied by one or two redox-mediating polymer layers. The redox polymer layer(s) modify the charge injection and transport properties such that the device may be operated under both forward and reverse bias.

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