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H10K

ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES

Introduced: January 2023

Classification Context

Section:
ELECTRICITY
Class:
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Subclass:
ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES

Description

H10K covers organic semiconductor devices and organic electronic components where active or passive electrical function is achieved through organic materials rather than conventional inorganic semiconductors. This includes organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), organic photovoltaic cells, organic field-effect transistors, and organic integrated circuits fabricated from carbon-based compounds such as conjugated polymers or small-molecule organics. The classification encompasses the materials, structures, manufacturing processes, and device architectures specific to organic electronics, excluding inorganic semiconductor devices covered elsewhere in the H10 series.

Scope Notes

Glossary: Active material The material within which the physical effects that are characteristic of the device occur. Auxiliary electrode One part of a multilayered electrode, often being metallic and intended to increase the conductivity of transparent oxide electrodes. Coordination compound A material having a chemical structure in which a central atom is chemically bonded to surrounding nonmetal atoms or groups of atoms. The central atom may be a metal atom or may be a metalloid (e.g. B, Si, Ge, As, Sb, Te, or Po). Organic device A device that comprises one or more organic materials as the active material, e.g. using only organic active materials or e.g. using a combination of an organic material and another material. Radiation-sensitive Refers to a device or a component that is sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation. Tandem OLED An OLED that comprises multiple electroluminescent units between one set of electrodes and a charge generation layer between the electroluminescent units. Tandem PV cell A photovoltaic cell that comprises multiple stacked photovoltaic units, e.g. p-n junctions, between one set of electrodes. Often each unit is made from a semiconductor of different bandgap energy, so each is sensitive to a different part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Terminal The electrode or interconnection within a device, which serves as a connecting point between electrodes or interconnections within the device and interconnections that may be in the device’s package or may be external to the device. An example is a bond pad on the cathode of an OLED, which may connect between the cathode electrode and a bonding wire in the OLED’s package. Tiled display A display that comprises a juxtaposition of smaller interconnected panels in order to achieve a large-area display. | Limiting references: Organic resistors without potential barriers and not being specially adapted for integrated devices Organic capacitors, e.g. organic polymer capacitors, without potential barriers and not being specially adapted for integrated devices Organic electronic memory devices Organic thermoelectric devices; organic thermomagnetic devices , , Organic piezoelectric or electrostrictive devices , Organic magnetostrictive devices , Organic galvanomagnetic or Hall-effect devices , , Organic superconducting devices , Organic solid-state devices without potential barriers, and specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching ,

Related Keywords

solid state devices using ORGANIC materials

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Child Classifications

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  • H10K 65/00 Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one organic light-emitting element and at least one organic radiation-sensitive element, e.g. organic opto-couplers
  • H10K 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass