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- the present invention relates generally to light emitting elements and display. More particularly, the present invention relates to an organic light emitting device that is controlled by a micro electromechanical system, a display constructed thereof, and a method of using and manufacturing the same.
- LCD liquid crystal display
- TFTs thin film transistors
- PDAs portable digital assistants
- the properties of the LCD limit the operating temperature range of the device. Due to these limitations, other technologies, such as field emission displays (FEDs), in which electron emitters are controlled by cold cathodes to emit light, and organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) have emerged to overcome some of these limitations.
- FEDs field emission displays
- OLEDs organic light emitting devices
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,210,472 discloses a FED design which utilizes a matrix-addressable array of pointed, thin-film, cold emission cathodes in combination with a phosphor luminescent screen.
- the FED disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,210,472 incorporates a column signal to activate a single conductive strip within the cathode grid, while a row signal activates a conductive strip within the emitter base electrode.
- a grid-to-emitter voltage differential exists sufficient to induce a field emission, thereby causing illumination of the associated phosphor of a pixel on the phosphorescent screen.
- FEDs generally require tight tolerances for spacing between the emitters, the cold cathodes, and a phosphor screen in order for the electrons to pass through the gates and hit the phosphors. These requirements preclude the use of a flexible substrate, such as a polymer substrate, for the FED because flexure of the substrate would cause the spacing size to move out of acceptable tolerance.
- An organic light emitting device is typically a laminate formed on a substrate such as glass or silicon.
- a light-emitting layer of a luminescent organic solid is sandwiched between a cathode and an anode.
- the OLED may also include hole-injecting or electron-injecting layers.
- the light-emitting layer may be selected from a number of known fluorescent organic solids.
- the light-emitting layer may consist of multiple sublayers or a single blended layer.
- the holes and electrons meet in the layer(s) of organic material, they combine and produce photons.
- the wavelength of the photons depends on the material properties of the organic material in which the photons are generated.
- the color of light emitted from the OLED can be controlled by the selection of the organic material or by the selection of dopants, or by other techniques known in the art.
- either the anode or the cathode is transparent in order to allow the emitted light to pass through and out of the device.
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,962,962 describes a basic organic light emitting device.
- the OLED has a structure in which an anode, an organic light emitting layer, and a cathode are consecutively laminated.
- electrical current flowing between the anode and cathode passes through points of the organic light emitting layer and causes it to luminesce.
- the electrode positioned on the surface through which light is emitted is formed of a transparent or semi-transparent film.
- the other electrode is formed of a specific thin metal film, which can be a metal or an alloy.
- CMOS complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor
- TFT thin film transistor
- Organic light emitting devices use a micro electromechanical system (MEMS) structure to control the display characteristics of a pixel and/or a pixel array wherein each pixel contains a MEMS and an OLED element.
- MEMS structure is used for controlling the OLED element, for example, switching the OLED element on and off, and controlling the intensity of the OLED.
- the MEMS controlled OLED pixels can be fabricated on a flexible substrate. Additionally, the MEMS controlled OLEDs can be fabricated in an array for developing a 2-dimensional display where each pixel can be addressed through, for example, a conventional matrix scanning addressing scheme. The ability to fabricate the MEMS controlled OLED pixels on a flexible or rigid substrate allows a wider choice of substrate materials for use with different applications and overcomes the limitations of conventional devices.
- FIG. 1 is cross sectional view of a light emitting element according to one embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a light emitting element according to another embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view of a light emitting element according to another embodiment of the invention.
- FIGS. 4-7 are top views of examples of micro electromechanical system spring structures that can be used with various embodiments of the invention.
- FIG. 8 is a flow chart of an exemplary method of making light emitting elements.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of an addressing scheme for a display in accordance an exemplary embodiment of the invention.
- a micro electromechanical system (“MEMS”) is used as an activation switching mechanism to control an organic light emitting device (“OLED”).
- the combined OLED/MEMS structure can be used, for example, to form one or more pixel elements in a display.
- the MEMS is used for switching the OLED element on and off, and thus controlling a pixel of a display.
- the MEMS controlled OLED pixels can be fabricated on flexible substrates, such as thin glass or silicon, polyester (e.g. MYLAR), polyimide (e.g. KAPTON), or other polymer film, or on rigid substrates such as silicon or glass, using known fabrication techniques.
- the MEMS controlled OLED pixels can be fabricated in a large array that serves as a basis for a 2-dimensional display where each pixel can be individually addressed through conventional matrix scanning addressing schemes.
- the ability to fabricate the MEMS controlled OLED pixels on a flexible or rigid substrate affords substantial versatility depending on the particular application or operating environment.
- a light emitting element 100 comprises an OLED and a MEMS.
- the OLED 105 includes an anode 120 , an organic light emitting layer 130 , and a cathode 140 .
- the OLED 105 may be formed on a transparent substrate 110 , for example.
- the transparent substrate 110 can be a glass, polymer or other transparent material. If the substrate comprises a polymer, a sealant layer 200 can be provided to protect the OLED from air and moisture absorption through the substrate 110 .
- the organic light emitting layer 130 emits light upon application of a voltage across the anode and cathode.
- the anode and cathode inject charge carriers, i.e. holes and electrons, into the organic light emitting layer 130 where they recombine to form excited molecules or excitons which emit light when the molecules or excitons decay.
- the color of light emitted by the molecules depends on the energy difference between the excited state and the ground state of the molecules or excitons.
- the cathode 140 generally comprises a material having a low work function value such that a relatively small voltage causes emission of electrons from the cathode.
- the cathode 140 may comprise, for example, calcium or a metal such as gold, indium, manganese, tin, lead, aluminum, silver, magnesium, or a magnesium/silver alloy.
- the cathode can be made of two layers to enhance electron injection. Examples include a thin inner layer of LiF followed by a thicker outer layer of aluminum or silver, or a thin inner layer of calcium followed by a thicker outer layer of aluminum or silver.
- the anode 120 typically comprises a material having a high work function value.
- the anode 120 is preferably transparent so that light generated in the organic light emitting layer 130 can propagate out of the light emitting element 100 .
- the anode 120 may comprise, for example, indium tin oxide (ITO), tin oxide, nickel, or gold.
- ITO indium tin oxide
- the anode can be patterned to allow each OLED element to be individually addressed.
- the electrodes 120 , 140 can be formed by conventional vapor deposition techniques, such as evaporation or sputtering, for example.
- the organic light emitting layer 130 comprises a single layer.
- the organic light emitting layer 130 may comprise, for example, a conjugated polymer which is luminescent, a hole-transporting polymer doped with electron transport molecules and a luminescent material, or an inert polymer doped with hole transporting molecules and a luminescent material.
- the organic light emitting layer 130 may also comprise an amorphous film of luminescent small organic molecules which can be doped with other luminescent molecules.
- the organic light emitting layer 130 comprises two or more sublayers which carry out the functions of hole injection, hole transport, electron injection, electron transport, and luminescence. Only the luminescent layer is required for a functioning device. However, the additional sublayers generally increase the efficiency with which holes and electrons recombine to produce light.
- the organic light emitting layer 130 can comprise 1-4 sublayers including, for example, a hole injection sublayer, a hole transport sublayer, a luminescent sublayer, and an electron injection sublayer.
- one or more sublayers may comprise a material which achieves two or more functions such as hole injection, hole transport, electron injection, electron transport, and luminescence.
- the light emitting element 100 also includes a MEMS 155 coupled to the OLED 105 .
- the MEMS is spaced from the OLED by a spacer 160 .
- the spacer 160 creates a cavity 150 between the MEMS and the OLED which allows the MEMS to move relative to the OLED.
- the spacer can be formed on the OLED as follows: A layer of protective sacrificial metal (not shown) or other material is patterned on top of the OLED 105 for later etching. A layer of spacer material 160 is deposited over the protective sacrificial material to act as a spacer after the protective sacrificial material on the OLED is etched away. This spacer material 160 can be squeegeed on and planarized, for example, or deposited using other conventional methods.
- the spacer material 160 and the protective sacrificial material may also comprise a photo-imageable polyimide, if desired.
- the MEMS 155 can be applied on the spacer 160 , for example by lamination.
- MEMS are electromechanical systems formed on a small scale, e.g. from a few microns to a few millimeters in size.
- the term MEMS generally refers to a mechanical structure which is activated by an electric and/or magnetic force.
- MEMS can be formed using known methods such as the LIGA process, silicon surface machining, silicon bulk micro machining, and electrical discharge machining.
- the MEMS 155 comprises an actuating member 180 , a first conductive layer 170 , and a second conductive layer 190 .
- the actuating member 180 can comprise an insulating polyimide such as KaptonTM, manufactured by Dupont®, for example.
- the first and second conductive layers 170 , 190 can comprise, for example, copper, titanium, nickel or combinations of metals as is known in the art, and can be applied to the actuating member 180 by any suitable method.
- the first conductive metal layer 170 is typically patterned to allow for individual element actuation.
- FIG. 4 shows a top view of the cutting pattern for the cantilever member 210 of FIG. 1 .
- the actuating member 180 typically includes a first portion 205 which is fixed with respect to an electrical contact (for example, the cathode of the OLED) and a second portion (the cantilever member 210 in this example) which moves toward and away from the electrical contact.
- FIGS. 5-7 Examples of other cutting patterns for flexible members are shown in FIGS. 5-7 .
- the specific configuration of flexible members 210 can be varied based on the desired mechanical and electrostatic properties for the MEMS.
- the actuating members 180 include a peripheral region 215 which is fixed with respect to the electrical contact (e.g. the cathode of the OLED) and a central region 220 which moves toward and away from the electrical contact to complete and break a circuit, respectively.
- the protective sacrificial material is removed through an etching process to form the cavity 150 .
- the light emitting element 100 is activated by applying a voltage between the first conductive layer 170 and the anode 120 of the OLED.
- the attractive electrostatic force generated by the electric potential bends the flexible member 210 toward the cathode 140 of the OLED until the second conductive layer 190 of the MEMS contacts the cathode 140 of the OLED.
- the second conductive layer 190 of the MEMS applies a control voltage to the OLED relative to the anode 120 of the OLED.
- the control voltage across the OLED activates the OLED to produce light.
- the OLED can thus be switched on an off by applying an activating voltage to the first conductive layer 170 while supplying a control voltage to the second conductive layer 190 .
- the activating voltage used to bend the cantilever 210 by electrostatic attraction may be on the order of 10-100 volts, for example, but may be varied as desired according to the stiffness of the cantilever 210 .
- the control voltage applied by the second conductive layer 190 across the OLED is typically 2-10 volts, but may be more or less depending on the characteristics of the OLED.
- the duty cycle of the OLED, and hence its brightness can be controlled.
- the brightness of the OLED can be adjusted.
- the light emitting element 300 comprises a transparent substrate 110 , an anode 120 , an organic light emitting layer 130 , a cathode 140 , a cavity 150 , a spacer 160 , a first conductive layer 170 , an actuating member 180 , a second conductive layer 190 , and an optical sealant layer 200 .
- the light emitting element 300 also comprises a MEMS substrate 220 , e.g. of polyimide, on which is patterned a contact layer 230 comprising contacts 230 A and 230 B.
- Contact 230 A which extends to 205 , is connected to one side of the control voltage applied across the OLED.
- Contact 230 B is electrically connected to the cathode 140 of the OLED by means of a connecting member 240 .
- the current flows from 205 to 230 A to 190 to 230 B to 240 to the cathode 140 of the OLED and across the OLED to produce light.
- the MEMS is activated by applying an activation voltage between the first conductive member 170 and the anode 120 of the OLED, which creates an attractive electrostatic force to bend the cantilever 210 toward the contacts 230 A, 230 B.
- the configuration of the MEMS of FIG. 2 allows the addition of the OLED element to be the last process step and thus improves yield during manufacturing.
- the light emitting element 300 can be formed by depositing the patterned contacts 230 A, 230 B on the MEMS substrate 220 , and then forming the spacer 160 and MEMS structure as described above with respect to FIG. 1.
- a connecting member 240 is then formed in an opening 250 of the MEMS substrate 220 to provide an electrical connection between the OLED on one side of the MEMS substrate 220 and the contact 230 B on the other side of the MEMS substrate 220 .
- the OLED can then be connected to the MEMS.
- the layers of the OLED are deposited directly on the connecting member 240 on the MEMS substrate 220 .
- the OLED is preformed and then adhered, e.g. with a conductive epoxy, to the connecting member 240 on the MEMS substrate 220 .
- the OLED is thus added only at the end of the manufacturing process.
- FIG. 3 illustrates another embodiment of the invention.
- the light emitting element in FIG. 3 includes a layer of phosphor material 305 on the transparent substrate 110 .
- the phosphor layer absorbs some or all of the light emitted by the OLED and emits light of a different wavelength.
- the phosphor layer 305 is typically sandwiched between the substrate 110 and the sealant layer 200 , but it could function in any location where it is exposed to sufficient illumination from the OLED.
- the phosphor layer 305 can be selected to have a sufficient decay time to allow each pixel, i.e. OLED, to sustain the light level during scanning process to reduce any flicker effect of the display at low scan rates.
- phosphors of different emitting colors can be patterned onto different pixels of an array of pixels to allow a full color display.
- FIG. 8 An exemplary method of making a MEMS controlled OLED pixel is illustrated in FIG. 8.
- a patterned anode is developed on the transparent substrate to allow each individual OLED element to be controlled by application of a control voltage (S 110 ).
- the transparent substrate 110 is made of a polymer (S 120 )
- sealant can be applied to the substrate in order to protect the transparent substrate from air and moisture absorption (S 130 ).
- the transparent substrate is not made of a polymer, then the organic light emitting layer is deposited (S 140 ). The deposition is achieved through the use of an ink jet, shadow mask or other known patterning technique.
- a cathode layer 140 is then deposited (S 150 ).
- a protective sacrificial material can then patterned on top of the OLED (S 160 ).
- spacer material 160 is placed on top of and adjacent to the protective sacrificial material (S 170 ) in order to create the desired spacing when the protective sacrificial material is removed.
- the portion of the spacer material over the OLED is typically removed through conventional patterning methods.
- the spacer material 160 can be deposited by known deposition techniques including the use of a squeegee. Both the spacer material 160 and protective sacrificial material can comprise photo-imageable polyimide, for example.
- the polyimide layer 180 such as KaptonTM, with copper developed on both sides thereof, as layers 170 and 190 , is laminated on top of the spacer 160 (S 180 ).
- the copper layer 170 can be patterned to allow for individual actuation of the light emitting element (S 190 ).
- a laser ablation, plasma etching, or other technique can be employed to cut the polyimide material as well as the copper underneath the polyimide material to define flexible members 210 of the MEMS (S 200 ), for example as shown in FIGS. 4-7 .
- the protective sacrificial material is then removed (S 210 ) and the process ends (S 220 ).
- FIG. 9 schematically illustrates an example of an addressing and control scheme for a display comprising an array of light emitting elements each defining a pixel of the display.
- Row address lines S 1 -S 4 are coupled to the conducting layers 170 of flexible members 210 of the MEMS structures of each pixel in a corresponding row.
- Column address lines D 1 -D 4 are coupled to the conductive layer 190 of each pixel in a corresponding column. Accordingly, placing the proper voltage on row address line S 1 will actuate the flexible members 210 , in the manner described above, of the first row of light emitting elements 100 .
- placing the proper voltage on row address lines S 2 -S 4 will actuate flexible members 210 of the corresponding rows of light emitting elements 100 .
- rows are either in an ON or an OFF state at any particular time.
- the pixels of that row can be controlled by application of control voltages V 1 -V 4 to the OLEDs of the selected row by means of conductive layer 190 . Accordingly, an entire row of pixels can be actuated and controlled at one time. Further, as described above, the brightness of individual OLEDs in the selected row can be controlled. For example, the magnitude of each of the control voltages V 1 -V 4 applied to column address lines D 1 -D 4 can be varied to control the brightness of each pixel independently. Alternatively, pulse width modulation techniques can be applied to the control voltages to cycle the individual OLEDs in a desired manner to control brightness. One or more rows can be selected at a time. Of course, there can be any number of pixels in a display. Further, any of the embodiments discussed above can utilize the addressing and control scheme illustrated in FIG. 9 .
- MEMS/OLED device can also be placed in a sealed, inert enclosure to extend its lifetime.
- Various known techniques can be used for forming the various elements.
- the MEMS can be of any configuration that permits if to be operatively coupled to the OLED to act as an activation switching mechanism.
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