IP Library Granted Patent US 7,750,557
Granted Patent B2
US 7,750,557 · App. 11/389,011 · Granted Jul 6, 2010

Organic electroluminescent display device

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Patent No.
US 7,750,557
App. No.
11/389,011
Granted
Jul 6, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic electroluminescent display device comprising: a substrate; a reflective layer provided on the substrate and reflecting light; an insulating layer provided on the reflective layer and transmitting light; a lower electrode provided on the insulating layer; an organic electroluminescent layer provided on the lower electrode; and an upper electrode provided on the organic electroluminescent layer and electrically connected to the reflective layer.

Claims (23)

1. An organic electroluminescent display device comprising:

a substrate;

a switching element provided on the substrate;

a first insulating layer provided on the switching element;

a reflective layer provided on the first insulating layer, which reflects light;

a second insulating layer provided on the reflective layer, which transmits light;

a lower electrode provided on the second insulating layer;

an organic electroluminescent layer provided on the lower electrode; and

an upper electrode provided on the organic electroluminescent layer,

wherein the lower electrode is electrically connected to the switching element via a first contact hole provided in the first insulating layer,

wherein the upper electrode is electrically connected to the reflective layer via a second contact hole provided in the second insulating layer, and

wherein the second insulating layer has a thickness of 1 μm or more.

2. The organic electroluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein the reflective layer comprises a material having a resistance no greater than that of the upper electrode.

3. The organic electroluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein the reflective layer is formed in the shape of stripes.

4. The organic electroluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein the light reflectance of the reflective layer is no less than 50%.

5. The organic electroluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein the lower electrode comprises a conductive layer which transmits light.

6. The organic electroluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein the upper electrode comprises a conductive layer which transmits light.

7. The organic electroluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein plural pixels having the lower electrode, the organic electroluminescent layer and the upper electrode are provided on the substrate, and the upper electrode is electrically connected to the reflective layer at each pixel.

8. The organic electroluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein the light transmission of the second insulating layer is no less than 50%.

9. The organic electroluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein the reflective layer comprises Al, Ag, Au, Si, Nd, Ti, W, Cu, Ta, Nb, C, or an alloy including any one of Al, Ag, Au, Si, Nd, Ti, W, Cu, Ta, Nb, and C as a main component.

10. The organic electroluminescent display device of claim 5 , wherein the lower electrode is an ITO layer, an IZO layer, or a ZnO layer.

11. The organic electroluminescent display device of claim 6 , wherein the upper electrode is an ITO layer, an IZO layer, or a ZnO layer.

12. The organic electroluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein the second insulating layer comprises a photosensitive resin.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2012
From: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
To: UDC IRELAND LIMITED
Reel/Frame 028889/0636 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2007
From: FUJIFILM HOLDINGS CORPORATION
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018934/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 15, 2007
From: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018898/0872 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2006
From: TAKAHASHI, TOSHIRO
To: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017818/0639 →