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US 7,710,015 · App. 11/098,449 · Granted May 4, 2010

Self-emitting display

Assignee: Hitachi Displays, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,710,015
App. No.
11/098,449
Granted
May 4, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aperture LAR of a light-emitting portion is changed in diameter (size) from the center portion of a screen to the peripheral portion thereof. In this manner, any displacement observed between the aperture LAR and a vapor deposition region VAR of an organic EL material is controlled. The aperture LAR is preferably larger in size at the center portion of the screen, and smaller in the peripheral portion thereof. As such, a light-emitting layer is vapor-deposited on a substrate correctly for every pixel so that a high-quality self-emitting display including organic EL display can de derived.

Claims (14)

1. A self-emitting display in which an organic EL device including a pair of electrodes and a light-emitting layer therebetween is plurally arranged in a matrix in a display region of a screen, and one of the electrodes is connected with a current supply line via a thin film transistor, wherein the current supply line extends to a side of the matrix, and the current supply line is continuously narrowed in width in the display region from a peripheral portion of the screen toward a center portion of the screen so that the width of the current supply line is wider at the peripheral portion of the screen than at the center portion of the screen.

2. The self-emitting display according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an insulation film with an aperture portion plurally arranged in a matrix in a display region of a screen, wherein each of the aperture portions enable display within the display region of the screen; and

a light-emitting material of the light emitting layer being placed in the aperture portion;

wherein a non-emitting portion between the aperture portions adjacent to each other at a peripheral portion of the display region of the screen is wider in width than the non-emitting portion between the aperture portions adjacent to each other at a center portion of the display region of the screen; or

wherein at least one of the adjacent aperture portions at the peripheral portion of the display region of the screen is narrower in width than at least one of the adjacent aperture portions at the center portion of the display region of screen.

3. The self-emitting display according to claim 1 further comprising:

an insulation film with aperture portions arranged in a matrix in a display region of a screen, wherein each of the aperture portions enable display within the display region of the screen; and

a light-emitting material of the light-emitting layer being placed in the aperture portion;

wherein a non-emitting portion between the aperture portions adjacent to each other is increased in width from a center portion of the display region of the screen toward a peripheral portion of the display region of the screen; or

wherein at least one of the adjacent aperture portions is decreased in width from the center portion of the display region of the screen toward the peripheral portion of the display region of the screen.

4. The self-emitting display according to claim 1 , wherein the screen includes a plurality of pixels which are two-dimensionally arranged along a first direction and a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, wherein N (where N is an integer of 3 or more) of the pixels forms an entire N pixel row along the first direction of the display screen, and in the entire N pixel row, a light-emitting region provided to both the 1st and Nth pixels at both end portions of the entire N pixel row is narrower in width along the first direction than a light-emitting region provided to the Mth (where M is an integer, satisfying 1<M<N) pixel of the entire N pixel row.

5. The self-emitting display according to claim 4 , wherein the integer M is a value equal to ½ of the integer N, or a value derived by rounding up ½ of the integer N.

6. The self-emitting display according to claim 4 , wherein a pixel line is formed with n of the pixels arranged along the second direction of the display screen so as to form an entire n pixel line, and a light-emitting region provided to both the 1st and nth pixels at both end portions of the entire n pixel line is narrower in width along the second direction than a light-emitting region provided to the mth (where m is an integer, satisfying 1<m<n) pixel of the entire n pixel line.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2018
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.; JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046988/0801 →
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING FIFTY (50) PERCENT SHARE OF PATENTS Recorded Oct 14, 2011
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027063/0019 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 14, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027063/0139 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2005
From: MATSUDATE, NORIHARU; SAKAMOTO, HIROTSUGU
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 016756/0488 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-113476 · Apr 7, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20050236970A1 · Oct 27, 2005