OLED area illumination source

Foust, Donald Franklin; Duggal, Anil Raj; Shiang, Joseph John; Nealon, William Francis; Bortscheller, Jacob Charles

Title: OLED area illumination source

Abstract

The present invention relates to an area illumination light source comprising a plurality of individual OLED panels. The individual OLED panels are configured in a physically modular fashion. Each OLED panel comprising a plurality of OLED devices. Each OLED panel comprises a first electrode and a second electrode such that the power being supplied to each individual OLED panel may be varied independently. A power supply unit capable of delivering varying levels of voltage simultaneously to the first and second electrodes of each of the individual OLED panels is also provided. The area illumination light source also comprises a mount within which the OLED panels are arrayed.

Inventors:

Foust, Donald Franklin ^[1]; Duggal, Anil Raj ^[2]; Shiang, Joseph John ^[2]; Nealon, William Francis ^[3]; Bortscheller, Jacob Charles ^[4]

Scotia, NY
Niskayuna, NY
Gloversville, NY
Clifton Park, NY

Issue Date:: 2008-03-25

Research Org.:: GE Global Research, Niskayuna, New York (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 969778

Patent Number(s):: 7348738

Application Number:: 10/934,015

Assignee:: General Electric Company (Niskayuna, NY)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02B - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

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Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02B - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
Y02B20/30 - Semiconductor lamps, e.g. solid state lamps [SSL] light emitting diodes [LED] or organic LED [OLED]

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L27/3293 - {Tiled displays}

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F21 - LIGHTING F21Y - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
F21Y2115/15 - Organic light-emitting diodes [OLED]

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L2251/5361 - OLED lamp

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F21 - LIGHTING F21Y - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
F21Y2105/00 - Planar light sources

H - ELECTRICITY H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR H05B - ELECTRIC HEATING
H05B45/60 - {Circuit arrangements for operating light emitting diodes [LEDs] comprising organic materials, e.g. polymer LEDs [PLED] or organic LEDs [OLED]}

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L27/322 - {using colour filters or colour changing media [CCM]}

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F21 - LIGHTING F21S - NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES
F21S6/00 - Lighting devices intended to be free-standing

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DOE Contract Number:: FC26-00NT40989

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

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                    Foust, Donald Franklin, Duggal, Anil Raj, Shiang, Joseph John, Nealon, William Francis, & Bortscheller, Jacob Charles. OLED area illumination source.  United States.

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Fault-tolerant, scalable organic light-emitting device architecture
journal, April 2003

Duggal, Anil R.; Foust, Donald F.; Nealon, William F.
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 82, Issue 16
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1569653

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Organic light-emitting devices for illumination quality white light journal, May 2002

Fault-tolerant, scalable organic light-emitting device architecture journal, April 2003

Organic light-emitting devices for illumination quality white light
journal, May 2002

Fault-tolerant, scalable organic light-emitting device architecture
journal, April 2003