Electrical device

US9634285B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

• Jens Meyer · Dresden, DE
• Sören Hartmann · Baesweiler, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 18, 2013
• Grant date: Apr 25, 2017
• Expiry date: Nov 18, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2021/6439
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to an electrical device comprising an electrical unit (2) like an organic light emitting diode, a protection element (3) like a thin film encapsulation, which at least partly covers the electrical unit, for protecting the electrical unit against water and/or oxygen, and a detection layer (4) arranged between the protection element and the electrical unit or within the protection element, wherein the detection layer comprises organic material and is adapted such that a property of the detection layer is changed, if the detection layer is in contact with a contact gas usable for detecting a permeability of the protection element. This allows easily integrating a fast detection test for detecting a permeability of the protection element into a production process for producing the electrical device, i.e. a time consuming external permeability test may not be required.