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US6214520B1 Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Thermal transfer element for forming multilayer devices

Assignee: Samsung Display Co Ltd
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Filing: 2000-04-10
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Granted: 2001-04-10
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Expires: 2020-04-10
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Abstract

Abstract A thermal transfer element for forming a multilayer device may include a substrate and a multicomponent transfer unit that, when transferred to a receptor, is configured and arranged to form a first operational layer and a second operational layer of a multilayer device. In at least some instances, the thermal transfer element also includes a light-to-heat conversion (LTHC) layer that can convert light energy to heat energy to transfer the multicomponent transfer unit. Transferring the multicomponent transfer unit to the receptor may include contacting a receptor with a thermal transfer element having a substrate and a multicomponent transfer unit. Then, the thermal transfer element is selectively heated to transfer the multicomponent transfer unit to the receptor according to a pattern to form at least first and second operational layers of a device. Often, when the thermal transfer element includes a LTHC layer between the substrate and the transfer layer, the thermal transfer element can be illuminated with light according to the pattern and the light energy is converted to heat energy to selectively heat the thermal transfer element.

Inventors

  • 👤 Martin B. Wolk
  • 👤 Paul F. Baude
  • 👤 Jeffrey M. Florczak
  • 👤 Fred B. McCormick
  • 👤 Yong Hsu

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 14:21
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10F; H10F55/00; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/02; H05K3/04; H05K3/046; B; B41; B41M; B41M3/00; B41M3/006; B41M5/00; B41M5/26; B41M5/265; B41M5/382; B41M5/38207; B41M5/38214; B41M5/392; B41M5/395; G; G02; G02B; G02B6/00; G02B6/10; G02B6/12; G02B6/122; G02B6/1221; G02B6/13; G02B6/138; H10K; H10K71/00; H10K71/10; H10K71/18; H10K71/40; H10K71/421; B41M5/40; B41M5/42; H10K50/00; H10K50/10; H10K50/11; H10K59/00; H10K59/10; H10K59/12; H10K59/122; H10K71/12; H10K71/13; H10P; H10P72/00; H10P72/70; H10P72/74; H10P72/743; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/165; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/31504

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim 65 words
A thermal transfer element for forming an organic electroluminescent device on a receptor, comprising in the following order: a substrate; a light-to-heat conversion layer containing a radiation absorber for converting light energy to heat energy; and a transfer layer comprising at least two operational layers of the organic electroluminescent device that are capable of conducting, semiconducting or producing a charge carrier or of producing light.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 65 words
A thermal transfer element for forming an organic electroluminescent device on a receptor, comprising in the following order: a substrate; a light-to-heat conversion layer containing a radiation absorber for converting light energy to heat energy; and a transfer layer comprising at least two operational layers of the organic electroluminescent device that are capable of conducting, semiconducting or producing a charge carrier or of producing light.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 24 words
The thermal transfer element of claim 1 , wherein the at least two operational layers comprise a first electrode layer and an emitter layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 31 words
The thermal transfer element of claim 2 , wherein the transfer layer further comprises a second electrode layer and the emitter layer is disposed between the first and second electrode layers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 24 words
The thermal transfer element of claim 1 , wherein the at least two operational layers comprise an emitter layer and a hole transport layer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 24 words
The thermal transfer element of claim 1 , wherein the at least two operational layers comprise an emitter layer and an electron transport layer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 22 words
The thermal transfer element of claim 1 , further comprising an interlayer disposed between the light-to-heat conversion layer and the transfer layer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 21 words
The thermal transfer element of claim 6 , further comprising a release layer disposed between the interlayer and the transfer layer.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 15 words
The thermal transfer element of claim 7 , wherein the release layer comprises copper phthalocyanine.

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