Contrast organic light-emitting display
US6307528A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 8, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 23, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 8, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10K2102/3026
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A novel organic light-emitting pixel structure provides improved contrast pixels suitable for use in high-contrast passive- and active-matrix displays. A dark, low-reflectance film is placed on a reflective or transparent substrate, which acts to absorb and/or trap ambient light impinging on the pixel and improving its contrast between on and off states. Optical scattering is reduced by fabricating a vertical wall around each pixel which effectively blocks out light emitted from adjacent pixels, and prevents the scattering of the pixel's own emitted light. Light is emitted through a transparent upper electrode, which allows the substrate to be non-transparent. An active-matrix display is thus built on a single silicon substrate, with the crystalline silicon transistors needed to drive the active-matrix fabricated alongside their respective pixels, and with the walls surrounding the pixels formed from the drive circuitry itself.
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