Flat panel OLED device having deformable substrate

US7973473B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Global OLED Technology LLC · US

Inventors

• Bradley C. DeCook · Victor, US
• James Mazzarella · Fairport, US
• Roger G. Covington · Rochester, US
• Thomas W. Palone · Rochester, US
• Michael L. Boroson · Rochester, US
• Michele L. Ricks · Rochester, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 2, 2007
• Grant date: Jul 5, 2011
• Expiry date: Sep 25, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10K59/8794

Abstract

A flat panel OLED device including a transparent deformable substrate having first and second sides and defining a predetermined illumination region and a non-illumination region; a moisture-sensitive OLED disposed over the first side of the transparent substrate within the illumination region and means for applying electrical signals to the OLED which causes the OLED to produce light and heat; a protective layer disposed over the OLED; a flexible encapsulating foil disposed over the protective layer, but not attached thereto, and which dissipates the heat and sealingly connected to the substrate in the non-illumination region; and a rigid chassis structure operatively associated with the transparent deformable substrate for providing rigidity to the transparent deformable substrate.