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Organic electroluminescence element and image forming apparatus or portable terminal unit using thereof

US6833667B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 26, 2003
Grant dateDec 21, 2004
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Expiry dateFeb 26, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10K2102/3026

Abstract

There are provided an organic electroluminescence element which is excellent in visibility and which can maintain a light emission performance with a high degree of efficiency, an image forming apparatus which is excellent in visibility and which can maintain a light emission performance with a high degree of efficiency, and a portable terminal unit which is lightweight and which has a long use life. The organic electroluminescence element incorporates at least, on a substrate, an anode for injecting holes, a luminous layer having a light emitting zone, a cathode for injecting electrons, wherein light radiated from the luminous layer is extracted through a surface opposed to the substrate, and an inverted V-like structure higher than the luminous layer is formed on at least a part of an element forming surface of the substrate.

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