Samsung patents polymer compound to extend OLED screen lifespan
Samsung has been granted a patent for a specific polymer compound designed for use in electroluminescent devices, such as OLED screens. The filing describes a chemical structure that aims to improve the durability of these displays, specifically by extending how long they continue to emit light effectively.
In the filing’s own words
A polymer compound for use in an electroluminescent device may improve the durability (particularly the luminescence lifespan). The polymer compound includes Structural Unit (A) represented by Chemical Formula (1). In Chemical Formula (1), the definition of each substituent is as described in the detailed description.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A polymer compound including a Structural Unit (A) represented by Chemical Formula (1): wherein, in Chemical Formula (1), R 11 to R 14 and R 21 to R 24 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a halogen atom, wherein R 11 and R 21 are optionally linked to each other to form a ring, L 1 is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 25 ring-member atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group having 5 to 25 ring-member atoms, Ar 1 is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 25 ring-member atoms, Ar 2 is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 25 ring-member atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group having 5 to 25 ring-member atoms, or is linked to Ar 1 to form a ring, X 1 is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 25 ring-member atoms, Y 1 is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 25 ring-member atoms, and at least one of X 1 and Y 1 is an aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 25 ring-member atoms substituted with an alkyl group having 1 to 14 carbon atoms substituted with a carboxyl group or an alkyl group having 1 to 14 carbon atoms substituted with a group having a carboxyl group.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- Polymer compound, and electroluminescent device material and electroluminescent device including polymer compound
- Patent number
- US12760145B2
- Application number
- 18486624
- Filed
- Oct 13, 2023
- Granted
- Oct 13, 2026
- Inventors
- 8
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
C08G 61/12 Chemistry & metalsH10K 85/115 Electricity & electronicsH10K 85/151 Electricity & electronicsC08G 2261/124 Chemistry & metalsC08G 2261/1412 Chemistry & metalsC08G 2261/1414 Chemistry & metalsMore from Samsung in Chips & hardware
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
Patent data and drawings: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USPTO.
