IP Library Granted Patent US 7,772,766
Granted Patent B2
US 7,772,766 · App. 11/167,754 · Granted Aug 10, 2010

Light-emitting device having protective circuits

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Patent No.
US 7,772,766
App. No.
11/167,754
Granted
Aug 10, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device includes a plurality of unit circuits that are arranged in an element forming region on a substrate, each unit circuit having a light-emitting element that has a first electrode and a second electrode, and a transistor that controls a current flowing in the light-emitting element, a plurality of power lines that are wired in a peripheral region disposed in a periphery of the element forming region so as to supply power having different potentials, a current supply line that is wired to extend from the peripheral region to the element forming region and that is electrically connected to the first electrode via the transistor in each of the unit circuits, and a current supply line protective circuit that is provided in the peripheral region and that has protective elements connected between the current supply line and the plurality of power lines.

Claims (13)

1. A light-emitting device in which, on a substrate, an element forming region has a light-emitting region and a non-light-emitting region formed outside of the light-emitting region, the light-emitting device comprising:

a plurality of unit circuits that are arranged in the light-emitting region, each of the plurality of unit circuits having a light-emitting element that has a first electrode and a second electrode, and a first transistor that controls a current flowing to the light-emitting element;

a plurality of dummy unit circuits that are arranged in the non-light-emitting region, each of the plurality of dummy unit circuits having a second transistor; and

a current supply line that is disposed in the element forming region and that is electrically connected to a power line and the first electrode via the first transistor in each of the plurality of unit circuits, the current supply line supplying the current to the light-emitting element,

wherein the plurality of dummy unit circuits are connected to the current supply line.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a dummy-unit-circuit protective circuit that has protective elements provided between the plurality of dummy unit circuits and the power line.

3. A light-emitting device in which, on a substrate, an element forming region has a light-emitting region and a non-light-emitting region formed outside of the light-emitting region, the light-emitting device comprising:

a plurality of unit circuits that are arranged in the light-emitting region, each of the plurality of unit circuits having a light-emitting element that has a first electrode and a second electrode, and a first transistor that controls a current flowing to the light-emitting element;

a plurality of dummy unit circuits that are arranged in the non-light-emitting region, each of the plurality of dummy unit circuits having a second transistor;

a power line that is disposed in a peripheral region that is outside the element forming region so as to supply power;

a current supply line that is disposed in the element forming region and that is electrically connected to the power line and the first electrode via the first transistor in each of the plurality of unit circuits, the current supply line supplying the current to the light-emitting element,

wherein the plurality of dummy unit circuits are connected to the power line.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2022
From: EL TECHNOLOGY FUSION GODO KAISHA
To: ELEMENT CAPITAL COMMERCIAL COMPANY PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 059435/0428 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2018
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: EL TECHNOLOGY FUSION GODO KAISHA
Reel/Frame 047998/0879 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2005
From: AOKI, KOJI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 016742/0896 →