Method for manufacturing a display device

1. A method for manufacturing a display device in which a base substrate provided with a plurality of light-emitting devices located within a first region and terminal electrodes connected thereto and a sealing substrate disposed to face the base substrate are adhered to each other with a resin material provided therebetween so as to seal the light-emitting devices in the resin material, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a first resin material on at least one of the base substrate and the sealing substrate so as to surround the entire periphery of the first region so that the plurality of light-emitting devices are within the first region surrounded by the first resin material and the terminal electrodes are located so as to position the first resin material between the corresponding terminal electrodes and the first region;

providing a second resin material within the first region surrounded by the first resin material and over said light-emitting devices;

initiating polymerization of at least one of the first resin material and the second resin material;

adhering, during the initiated polymerization, the base substrate to the sealing substrate with the first resin material and the second resin material provided therebetween after the polymerization is initiated so as to seal the light-emitting devices in the second resin material and to fill the space between the base substrate and the sealing substrate corresponding to the first region with the second resin material; and

curing, after the polymerization, the first resin material and the second resin material by promoting the polymerization thereof after sealing the light-emitting devices in the second resin material wherein before the adhesion step, the degree of cure of the second resin material is maintained to 70% or less.

2. The method for manufacturing a display device, according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least one of the first resin material and the second resin material comprises a slow-curing resin relative to the other resin.

3. The method for manufacturing a display device, according to claim 2 , wherein the polymerization is initiated by UV irradiation.

4. The method for manufacturing a display device, according to claim 2 , wherein the polymerization is initiated by heating.

5. The method for manufacturing a display device, according to claim 1 , wherein the step of adhering the base substrate to the sealing substrate is performed in a reduced-pressure atmosphere.

6. The method for manufacturing a display device, according to claim 1 , wherein the second resin material includes a slow-curing resin formed of a photo-cationic polymerizable compound, a photo-cationic polymerization initiator and a cure control compound.

7. The method for manufacturing a display device, according to claim 1 , wherein the first resin material includes (1) a slow-curing resin formed of a photo-cationic polymerizable compound, (2) a photo-cationic polymerization initiator and (3) a cure control compound.

8. The method for manufacturing a display device, according to claim 1 , wherein at least the second resin material has an adhesion function and a transmission factor of 80% or more after the curing.

9. The method for manufacturing a display device, according to claim 1 , wherein at the second resin material has a tensile adhesion strength of about 1 Mpa or more or a tensile shear adhesion strength of about 1 Mpa or more after the curing.

10. The method for manufacturing a display device, according to claim 3 , wherein heating is performed after the UV irradiation.

11. The method for manufacturing a display device, according to claim 6 , wherein the slow-curing resin contains, relative to 100 parts by weight of the photo-cationic polymerizable compound, 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of the photo-cationic polymerization initiator and 0.3 to 20 parts by weight of the cure control compound.

12. A method for manufacturing a display device in which a base substrate provided with a plurality of light-emitting devices located within a first region and terminal electrodes connected thereto and a sealing substrate disposed to face the base substrate are adhered to each other with a resin material provided therebetween so as to seal the light-emitting devices in the resin material, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a first resin material on at least one of the base substrate and the sealing substrate so as to surround the first region so that the plurality of light-emitting devices are within the first region surrounded by the first resin material and the terminal electrodes are located so as to position the first resin material between the corresponding terminal electrodes and the first region;

providing a second resin material including a slow-curing resin formed of a photo-cationic polymerizable compound, a photo-cationic polymerization initiator and a cure control compound within the first region surrounded by the first resin material and over said light-emitting devices;

initiating polymerization of at least one of the first resin material and the second resin material;

adhering, during the initiated polymerization, the base substrate to the sealing substrate with the first resin material and the second resin material provided therebetween after the polymerization is initiated so as to seal the light-emitting devices in the second resin material and to fill the space between the base substrate and the sealing substrate corresponding to the first region with the second resin material; and

curing, after the polymerization, the first resin material and the second resin material by promoting the polymerization thereof after sealing the light-emitting devices in the second resin material,

wherein,

in the step of providing of the first resin material, the width of the first resin material is set to about 30 to about 500 μm and the height of the first resin material is set to about 10 to about 50 μm wherein before the adhesion step, the degree of cure of the second resin material is maintained to 70% or less.

13. A method for manufacturing a display device in which a base substrate provided with a plurality of light-emitting devices located within a first region and terminal electrodes connected thereto and a sealing substrate disposed to face the base substrate are adhered to each other with a resin material provided therebetween so as to seal the light-emitting devices in the resin material, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a first resin material on at least one of the base substrate and the sealing substrate so as to surround the first region so that the plurality of light-emitting devices are within the first region surrounded by the first resin material and the terminal electrodes are located so as to position the first resin material between the corresponding terminal electrodes and the first region;

providing a second resin material including a slow-curing resin formed of a photo-cationic polymerizable compound, a photo-cationic polymerization initiator and a cure control compound within the first region surrounded by the first resin material and over said light-emitting devices;

initiating polymerization of at least one of the first resin material and the second resin material;

adhering, during the initiated polymerization, the base substrate to the sealing substrate with the first resin material and the second resin material provided therebetween after the polymerization is initiated so as to seal the light-emitting devices in the second resin material and to fill the space between the base substrate and the sealing substrate corresponding to the first region with the second resin material; and

curing, after the polymerization, the first resin material and the second resin material by promoting the polymerization thereof after sealing the light-emitting devices in the second resin material,

wherein,

before the adhesion step, the degree of cure of the second resin material is maintained to 70% or less.

14. The method for manufacturing a display device, according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of providing the first resin material, the width of the first resin material is set to about 30 to about 500 μm.

15. The method for manufacturing a display device, according to claim 1 , wherein in the step of providing the first resin material, the height of the first resin material is set to about 10 to about 50 μm.