Utilizing white OLED for full color reproduction in flat panel display

Full color reproduced by white OLED (organic light emitting diodes) coupled with transmission color filters for the application in flat panel display was analyzed theoretically and experimentally. A white emitter made up of three primary emission peaks was found to be superior to a white emitter made up of complementary colors, i.e. two emission peaks. However, though the full color reproduction by white emitter possesses the merit of manufacturing simplicity, it is much worse than the color reproduction by three individual primary color sub-pixels, in terms of power efficiency and the power consumption. Adjusted to the same external quantum efficiency, the full color pixel made of three primary color sub-pixels is 10 times more efficient than that made of white emitter coupled with color filters.