Abstract:
An OLED includes a first electrode, a second electrode arranged on the first electrode, a light emitting layer arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a conductive layer arranged within the light emitting layer or being directly contacted with the light emitting layer. In view of the above, by configuring a conductive layer within the OLED, the OLED may be adjusted and balanced by an external voltage such that the OLED may not be limited to the circuit input between two electrodes. In this way, the lighting brightness of the OLED may be adjusted. In addition, the evaporated conductive layer may not damage the light emitting layer, and thus the OLED component of top-emission may be adopted.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0001]    1. Field of the Invention 
         [0002]    The present disclosure relates to OLED, and more particularly to an OLED capable of adjusting the current of the organic layer. 
         [0003]    2. Discussion of the Related Art 
         [0004]    Usually, OLED includes an anode, a cathode, and a light emitting layer.  FIG. 1  is a section view of the conventional OLED. As shown in  FIG. 1 , the OLED  100  includes an anode  110 , a hole injection layer  120 , a light emitting layer  130 , an electron injection layer  140 , and a cathode  150 . The cathode  150  is generally made by metallic material, such as Al, and the anode is made by material such as ITO. The operating principles of the OLED  100  will be described below. When the voltage is applied between the anode  110  and the cathode  150 , the hole injected from the anode  110  passes through the hole injection layer  120  and arrives the light emitting layer  130 . The electrons injected from the cathode  150  pass through the electron injection layer  140  and arrive the light emitting layer  130 . The holes and the electrons are composited with each other on the light emitting layer  130  to generate exciton. The exciton is then activated to be at the base state, and then emits lights. Currently, the transparent anode ITO is a majority. That is, the OLED is of the top-emission state. During the manufacturing process, the bottom emission structure is adopted to prevent the organic material from being damaged by evaporated ITO. That is, the light beams are emitted out from the cathode. 
         [0005]    When the 2T1C OLED pixel is formed by OLED, the brightness of the pixels may be non-uniform due to being driven by TFTs.  FIG. 2  is a driving circuit diagram of the conventional 2T1C OLED pixel. As shown in  FIG. 2 , the TFT T 1  is turned on so as to charge the capacitor (C). The capacitor (C) is configured for turning on the TFT T 2  connected with the data voltage (VDD) to drive the OLED to emit lights, which is a constant current source. However, during the driving process, the threshold voltage of the TFT T 2  may be shifted. At the same time, the instability of the manufacturing process may result in different threshold voltage of the TFT T 2 , and the brightness of the pixels may be non-uniform. 
         [0006]    To overcome the above problem, the driving circuit of 3T structure has been developed. By adopting the operation amplifier, the input signals may be amplified such that the voltage of the TFT T 2  may be affected by the input signals and thus becomes less sensitive, which compensates the non-uniform and instability. 
       SUMMARY 
       [0007]    In order to overcome the above problem, an improved OLED is provided. 
         [0008]    In one aspect, an OLED includes: a first electrode; a second electrode arranged on the first electrode; a light emitting layer arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a conductive layer arranged within the light emitting layer or being directly contacted with the light emitting layer. 
         [0009]    Wherein the conductive layer includes Al. 
         [0010]    Wherein a thickness of the conductive layer is in a range of 10 nm and 100 nm. 
         [0011]    Wherein the first electrode is an anode, and the second electrode is a cathode. 
         [0012]    Wherein the OLED further includes a hole injection layer arranged between the first electrode and the light emitting layer, and wherein the conductive layer is arranged between the light emitting layer and the hole injection layer. 
         [0013]    Wherein the OLED further includes the electron injection layer arranged between the second electrode and the light emitting layer, and wherein the conductive layer is arranged between the light emitting layer and the electron injection layer. 
         [0014]    Wherein the OLED includes: a hole injection layer arranged between the first electrode and the light emitting layer; an electron injection layer arranged between the second electrode and the light emitting layer; and wherein the conductive layer is arranged between the light emitting layer and the hole injection layer and/or between the light emitting layer and the electron injection layer. 
         [0015]    Wherein the OLED includes: a hole injection layer arranged between the first electrode and the light emitting layer; a hole transmission layer arranged between the hole injection layer and the light emitting layer; an electron injection layer arranged between the second electrode and the light emitting layer; an electron transmission layer arranged between the electron injection layer and the light emitting layer; and wherein the conductive layer is arranged between the light emitting layer and the hole injection layer and/or between the light emitting layer and the electron injection layer 
         [0016]    In view of the above, by configuring a conductive layer within the OLED, the OLED may be adjusted and balanced by an external voltage such that the OLED may not be limited to the circuit input between two electrodes. In this way, the lighting brightness of the OLED may be adjusted. In addition, the evaporated conductive layer may not damage the light emitting layer, and thus the OLED component of top-emission may be adopted. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0017]      FIG. 1  is a sectional view of the conventional OLED. 
           [0018]      FIG. 2  is a driving circuit diagram of the conventional 2T1C OLED pixel. 
           [0019]      FIG. 3  is a sectional view of the OLED in accordance with one embodiment. 
           [0020]      FIG. 4  is a sectional view of the OLED in accordance with another embodiment. 
           [0021]      FIG. 5  is a sectional view of the OLED in accordance with another embodiment. 
           [0022]      FIGS. 6A and 6B  are equivalent circuit diagrams of the OLEDs of  FIGS. 3 and 4 . 
           [0023]      FIG. 7  is an equivalent circuit diagram of the OLED of  FIG. 4 . 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS 
       [0024]    Various example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings in which some example embodiments are shown. In the drawings, the thicknesses of layers and regions may be exaggerated for clarity. In the following description, in order to avoid the known structure and/or function unnecessary detailed description of the concept of the invention result in confusion, well-known structures may be omitted and/or functions described in unnecessary detail. 
         [0025]      FIG. 3  is a sectional view of the OLED in accordance with one embodiment. As shown in  FIG. 3 , the OLED  200  includes a first electrode  210 , a second electrode  230 , a conductive layer  221 , and a light emitting layer  222 . 
         [0026]    The first electrode  210  may be an anode, and the second electrode  230  may be a cathode. In other examples, the first electrode  210  may be a cathode, and the second electrode  230  may be the anode. In the disclosure below, the first electrode is the anode, and the second electrode is the cathode. 
         [0027]    The first electrode  210  may be made by materials such as ITO, and the second electrode  230  may be made by metallic material such as Al. However, the materials for the first electrode and the second electrode are not limited to the above. 
         [0028]    The light emitting layer  222  is arranged between the first electrode  210  and the light guiding plate  220 . In the embodiment, the light emitting layer  222  may be made by Alq 3 . 
         [0029]    The conductive layer  221  is arranged within the light emitting layer  222 . The conductive layer  221  may be made by material having great conductivity, such as Al, Mg, or Ag. In addition, the thickness of the conductive layer  221  may be in a range of 10 nm and 100 nm. However, the present disclosure may not be limited to the above as long as the light beams may pass through the conductive layer  221 . 
         [0030]    In the embodiment, the conductive layer  221  is configured within the light emitting layer  222  such that the structure of the OLED  100 , which includes ITO/Alq 3 /Al, has been adjusted to be the structure having ITO/Alq 3 /Al/Alq 3 /Al. As such, the current of the light emitting layer may be adjusted, and so does the brightness of the OLED  100 . In addition, the evaporated conducted layer may not harm the light emitting layer, and thus the OLED component of top-emission may be adopted. 
         [0031]    In the embodiment, the OLED may include a plurality of functional layers, such as one of hole transmission layer, hole injection layer, electron transmission layer, and electron injection layer. The conductive layer contacts with the light emitting layer directly due to the functional layer, and the conductive layer will be described hereinafter by referring to  FIGS. 4 and 5 . 
         [0032]      FIG. 4  is a sectional view of the OLED in accordance with another embodiment.  FIG. 5  is a sectional view of the OLED in accordance with another embodiment. 
         [0033]    Referring to  FIG. 4 , the OLED  300  includes a first electrode  310 , a second electrode  330 , a conductive layer  321 , a light emitting layer  322 , and a hole injection layer  323 . It is to be noted that the first electrode  310 , the second electrode  330 , and the light emitting layer  322  are similar to those in  FIG. 3 . 
         [0034]    The hole injection layer  323  is arranged between the first electrode  310  and the light emitting layer  322 . The hole injection layer  323  may be made by conventional materials. 
         [0035]    The conductive layer  321  is arranged between the light emitting layer  322  and the hole injection layer  323 . The conductive layer  321  may be made by material having great conductivity, such as Al, Mg, or Ag. However, the present disclosure is not limited to the above, as long as the conductive layer is made by the materials suitable for the functional layers and the hole/electrons may pass through such materials. 
         [0036]    In addition, the OLED may include the first electrode, the second electrode, the conductive layer, the light emitting layer and the electron injection layer. Under the circumstance, the electron injection layer is arranged between the second electrode and the light emitting layer, and the conductive layer is between the electron injection layer and the light emitting layer. 
         [0037]    Referring to  FIG. 5 , the OLED  300  includes the first electrode  310 , the second electrode  330 , the conductive layer  321 , the light emitting layer  322 , the hole injection layer  323 , and the electron injection layer  324 . It is to be noted that the first electrode  310 , the second electrode  330 , the light emitting layer  322 , and the hole injection layer  323  are similar to those depicted in  FIG. 4 , and thus the corresponding descriptions are omitted here. 
         [0038]    The electron injection layer  324  is arranged between the second electrode  330  and the light emitting layer  322 . The electron injection layer  324  may be made by conventional materials. 
         [0039]    The conductive layer  321  is arranged between the hole injection layer  323  and the light emitting layer  322 , and between the electron injection layer  324  and the light emitting layer  322 . However, the present disclosure is not limited to the above. For instance, the conductive layer  321  may be arranged between the hole injection layer  323  and the light emitting layer  322 , or the conductive layer  321  may be arranged between the electron injection layer  324  and the light emitting layer  322 . The conductive layer  321  may be made by the same materials with the conductive layer in  FIG. 4 . 
         [0040]    In addition, the OLED may include the first electrode, the hole injection layer, the hole transmission layer, the light emitting layer, the electron transmission layer and the electron injection layer in turn. The conductive layer is arranged between the hole transmission layer and the light emitting layer and/or between the electron transmission layer and the light emitting layer. 
         [0041]    In the embodiment, the conductive layer contacts with the light emitting layer directly such that the current of the light emitting layer may be adjusted, and so does the brightness of the OLED. In addition, the evaporated conductive layer may not damage the light emitting layer, and thus the OLED component of top-emission may be adopted. 
         [0042]    The operations of the conductive layer of the OLED will be described in reference to  FIGS. 6A, 6B, and 7 . 
         [0043]      FIGS. 6A and 6B  are equivalent circuit diagrams of the OLEDs of  FIGS. 3 and 4 .  FIG. 7  is an equivalent circuit diagram of the OLED of  FIG. 4 . 
         [0044]    Referring to  FIG. 6A , the conductive layer  221  is arranged within the light emitting layer  222 , and thus the two portions of the light emitting layer  222  divided by the conductive layer  221  may be considered as two resistors. In addition, an electrical field (V adjustment ) may exist between the two resistors such that the current of the light emitting layer  222  may be adjusted, and so does the brightness of the light beams emitted by the OLED. 
         [0045]    Referring to  FIGS. 6B and 7 , the conductive layer  321  is configured between the light emitting layer  322  and the hole injection layer  323 , and thus the light emitting layer  322  and the hole injection layer  323  may be viewed as two resistors. The electrical field (V adjustment ) may exist between the two resistors such that the current of the light emitting layer  222  may be adjusted, and so does the brightness of the light beams emitted by the OLED.  FIG. 7  is an equivalent circuit diagram of the OLED of  FIG. 4 . It can be seen that the current of the light emitting layer may be adjusted such that the brightness of the light beams of the OLED may be adjusted. 
         [0046]    In view of the above, by configuring the conductive layer within the light emitting layer or by configuring the conductive layer to be directly contacted by the light emitting layer, the current of the light emitting layer of the OLED may be adjusted, and so does the brightness of the OLED. In addition, the evaporated conducted layer may not harm the light emitting layer, and thus the OLED component of top-emission may be adopted. 
         [0047]    It is believed that the present embodiments and their advantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the examples hereinbefore described merely being preferred or exemplary embodiments of the invention.