IP Library Granted Patent US 7,423,382
Granted Patent B2
US 7,423,382 · App. 10/956,036 · Granted Sep 9, 2008

Light-emitting body, light emitting device and light-emitting display

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Patent No.
US 7,423,382
App. No.
10/956,036
Granted
Sep 9, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting body of the present invention includes an anode and a cathode at least partly facing the anode with the intermediary of a light-emitting material layer. An auxiliary electrode is formed, via an insulation layer, on the surface of the light-emitting body opposite to the surface where the anode faces the cathode via the light-emitting material layer. The cathode can be formed of a material that corrodes little. The light-emitting body therefore extends the life of a light-emitting device and therefore the life of a light-emitting display.

Claims (40)

1. An active matrix display, comprising:

a substrate;

a thin-film transistor comprising a semiconductor layer, a gate, a source, and a drain on the substrate; and

a light-emitting body, comprising:

an anode layer electrically connected to one of said source and said drain;

a light-emitting material layer disposed on said anode layer;

a cathode layer disposed on said light-emitting material layer;

an insulation layer disposed on said cathode layer and said light-emitting material layer; and

an auxiliary electrode disposed on said insulation layer.

2. The active matrix display of claim 1 , wherein said light-emitting material layer comprises one of a single layer and a laminate, said laminate comprising at least a light-emitting layer.

3. An active matrix display, comprising:

a substrate;

a thin-film transistor comprising a semiconductor layer, a gate, a source, and a drain on the substrate; and

a light-emitting body, comprising:

a cathode layer electrically connected to one of said source and said drain;

a light-emitting material layer disposed on said cathode layer;

an anode layer disposed on said light-emitting material layer;

an insulation layer disposed on said anode layer and said light-emitting material layer; and

an auxiliary electrode disposed on said insulation layer.

4. The active matrix display of claim 3 , wherein said light-emitting material layer comprises one of a single layer and a laminate, said laminate comprising at least a light-emitting layer.

5. An active matrix display, comprising:

a substrate;

a thin-film transistor comprising a semiconductor layer, a gate, a source, and a drain on the substrate; and

a light-emitting body, comprising:

an auxiliary electrode;

an insulation layer disposed on said auxiliary electrode;

a cathode disposed on said insulation layer;

a light-emitting material layer disposed on said insulation layer and said cathode; and

an anode layer disposed on said light-emitting material layer.

6. The active matrix display of claim 5 , wherein said light-emitting material layer comprises one of a single layer and a laminate, said laminate comprising at least a light-emitting layer.

7. An active matrix display, comprising:

a substrate;

a thin-film transistor comprising a semiconductor layer, a gate, a source, and a drain on the substrate; and

a light-emitting body, comprising:

an auxiliary electrode;

an insulation layer disposed on said auxiliary electrode;

an anode disposed on said insulation layer;

a light-emitting material layer disposed on said insulation layer and said anode; and

a cathode layer disposed on said light-emitting material layer.

8. The active matrix display of claim 7 , wherein said light-emitting material layer comprises one of a single layer and a laminate, said laminate comprising at least a light-emitting layer.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Aug 29, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028868/0326 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2008
From: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022024/0026 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2004
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 015868/0548 →