Stacked Blue OLED Substrate for Brightness and Energy Efficiency

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display substrates face issues with low light-emitting efficiency and high energy consumption due to limitations in blue light-emitting layers, leading to short service life and increased energy usage.

Innovation Solution

The OLED display substrate incorporates a stacked structure for the blue light-emitting layer, comprising multiple carrier generation and blue light-emitting layers, along with specific functional layers and filters, to enhance light-emitting efficiency and reduce energy consumption.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Illumination intensity

If the current in blue pixels is increased to ensure sufficient brightness after filtering, then brightness is improved, but energy consumption increases and service life decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovebrightnessVSAvoidenergy consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The blue light-emitting layer is segmented into multiple sub-layers (first blue light-emitting layer and second blue light-emitting layer) with different light-emitting materials. This segmentation allows each sub-layer to emit light at different wavelengths within the blue spectrum, and when combined with the color filter, achieves sufficient brightness without requiring excessive current, thereby reducing energy consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses composite light-emitting materials in the blue light-emitting layers, combining different organic compounds (such as BCP, Bpy-OXD, Bpy-TAZ, Bpy-TRZ) that have different photoluminescence characteristics. This composite approach enables broader spectral coverage and higher overall light-emitting efficiency, allowing the display to achieve required brightness levels with lower energy input.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Illumination intensity

If the current in blue pixels is increased to ensure sufficient brightness after filtering, then brightness is improved, but service life decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovebrightnessVSAvoidservice life
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSDuration of action of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

By dividing the blue light-emitting layer into multiple sub-layers with different light-emitting materials, the patent distributes the electrical stress and energy input across multiple materials and interfaces. This segmentation reduces the degradation rate of any single material, thereby extending the overall service life of the blue pixel while maintaining sufficient brightness output.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The use of composite light-emitting materials with different chemical structures and stability characteristics creates a more robust system. When one material begins to degrade, the others continue to function, providing a buffer that extends the operational lifetime of the blue pixel while maintaining acceptable brightness levels.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

3Reliability

If a color filter is added to improve color gamut, then color quality is improved, but light-emitting efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecolor gamutVSAvoidlight-emitting efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by using different light-emitting materials in different regions (sub-layers) of the blue light-emitting layer. Each material is selected to emit at specific wavelengths that, when filtered by the color filter, maximize the utilization of transmitted light. This localized optimization of emission spectra ensures that the color filter can achieve excellent color gamut while minimizing light loss, thereby maintaining high light-emitting efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This configuration results in improved light-emitting efficiency, reducing energy consumption and extending the service life of blue pixels while maintaining color gamut and brightness.

Implementation Method 1

a first carrier generation layer, a first blue light-emitting layer, a second carrier generation layer, a second blue light-emitting layer

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectrical conduction: Conduction (electrical)

Implementation Method 2

first blue light-emitting layer, second blue light-emitting layer

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectroluminescence: Electroluminescence

Implementation Method 3

comprises a first color filter for a first color light filtering through

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectOptical absorption: Absorption (EM radiation)

Data Source

PatentUS10468621B2Organic light-emitting diode display substrate, and display apparatus and production method thereof
Publication Date: 2019.11.05 BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD
  • US10468621B2 patent drawing
  • US10468621B2 patent drawing

AI summary

This disclosure provides an organic light-emitting diode display substrate, and a display apparatus and a production method thereof. The organic light-emitting diode display substrate of this disclosure comprises a blue pixel and a first color pixel, wherein first color light-emitting unit is provided in the first color pixel, and the first color light-emitting unit sequentially comprises a first electrode, a first functional layer, a first color light-emitting layer, a first carrier generation layer, a first blue light-emitting layer, a second carrier generation layer, a second blue light-emitting layer, a second functional layer, and a second electrode in a first direction, and comprises a first color filter; and a blue light-emitting unit is provided in the blue pixel, and the blue light-emitting unit sequentially comprises the first electrode, the first functional layer, the first carrier generation layer, the first blue light-emitting layer, the second carrier generation layer, the second blue light-emitting layer, the second functional layer, and the second electrode in the first direction.