The underlying technology of OLED display screens is based on the principle of electroluminescence of organic materials. Its core lies in driving organic semiconductor materials to emit light directly through current without the need for a backlight module. Its technical architecture can be divided into three levels: material system, structural design and driving mechanism:
1. Material system: OLED uses organic small molecules (such as DPVBi, NPB) or high molecular polymers (such as PPV) as the light-emitting layer, which is deposited by vacuum evaporation or solution processing (such as inkjet printing). The carrier transport layer (HTL/ETL) uses high-mobility materials (such as PEDOT:PSS, Alq3) to ensure that holes and electrons are efficiently transferred to the light-emitting layer to form excitons, releasing energy to emit light in the form of photons.
2. Structural design: OLED uses a multi-layer thin film stacking structure, including a substrate (glass/flexible polyimide), an anode (ITO), an organic functional layer (HIL/HTL/EML/ETL/EIL) and a cathode (metal alloy). Flexible OLED is curled and folded through UTG ultra-thin glass or polyimide substrates, and the thickness can be compressed to 0.1mm. The encapsulation layer uses multiple layers of inorganic/organic thin films deposited alternately to block water and oxygen intrusion, extending the life to more than 100,000 hours.
3. Driving mechanism: OLED is a current-driven device, and pixels control light independently. AMOLED controls the current on and off through the TFT matrix to achieve a high refresh rate (240Hz) and a low response time (0.001ms). PMOLED relies on external circuit drive and is suitable for small-size displays. Its self-luminous characteristics enable the contrast to exceed 1,000,000:1, the color gamut coverage reaches 100% DCI-P3, and the power consumption is 30%-60% lower than LCD.