The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2004
Yuko Nakamata, Nagano, JP;
Yuko Nakamata, Nagano, JP;
Fuji Electric Holdings Co., LTD, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An organic EL device is disclosed which has a buffer structure that mitigates sputtering damage inflicted in the process of forming a transparent top electrode, that exhibits sufficient electrical conductivity and light transmissivity, and that exhibits high electron injection efficiency. An organic EL device according to the invention includes, sequentially disposed on a substrate, a bottom electrode, an organic EL layer including at least an organic light emissive layer, a buffer structure, and a transparent top electrode through which light is emitted. The buffer structure is a multilayer structure having two or more first type buffer layers containing a transparent material and two or more second type buffer layers containing a metal or an alloy, with each of the second type buffer layers being disposed on one of the first type buffer layers. A method for manufacturing such an organic EL device also is disclosed.