IP Library Granted Patent US 7,830,084
Granted Patent B2
US 7,830,084 · App. 11/541,005 · Granted Nov 9, 2010

Display panel

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Patent No.
US 7,830,084
App. No.
11/541,005
Granted
Nov 9, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display panel including a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes: a light emitting element; a pixel circuit having a driving transistor connected to the light emitting element in series; a data line to which a data current is supplied through the pixel circuit; a scanning line for selecting the pixel circuit; a first insulation film to cover the data line; and a second insulation film made of a material different from the first insulation film, to cover the data line and the first insulation film, wherein the following expression is satisfied. C total 20 ≦ ɛ 0 ⁢ ɛ a ⁢ ɛ b ɛ a ⁢ D b + ɛ b ⁢ D a ≦ C total 5 C total : parasitic capacitance of whole path to data line through pixel circuit; ∈ 0 : vacuum dielectric constant; ∈ a : relative dielectric constant of first insulation film; D a : first insulation film thickness; ∈ b : relative dielectric constant of second insulation film; D b : second insulation film thickness.

Claims (50)

1. A display panel including a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels comprising:

a light emitting element which emits light in accordance with a driving current;

a pixel circuit having a driving transistor connected to the light emitting element in series;

a data line to which a data current is supplied through the pixel circuit;

a scanning line for selecting the pixel circuit;

a first insulation film to cover the data line; and

a second insulation film made of a material different from the first insulation film, to cover the data line and the first insulation film,

wherein the following expression is satisfied so that a writing ratio, which is a ratio of the driving current to the data current, is larger than 20% at a second luminance gradient and is larger than 90% at a maximum luminance gradient:

C

total

20

ɛ

0

ɛ

a

ɛ

b

ɛ

a

D

b

+

ɛ

b

D

a

C

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5

wherein a first luminance gradient is a gradient such that the light emitting element emits the light at a first brightness luminosity, which is a darkest luminosity other than a no light emitting state, the second luminance gradient is a gradient such that the light emitting element emits the light at a second brightness luminosity, which is a second-darkest luminosity, and the maximum luminance gradient is a gradient such that the light emitting element emits the light at a brightest luminosity,

wherein C total denotes a parasitic capacitance of a whole path to the data line through the pixel circuit, ∈ 0 denotes a vacuum dielectric constant, ∈ a denotes a relative dielectric constant of the first insulation film, D a denotes a thickness of the first insulation film, ∈ b denotes a relative dielectric constant of the second insulation film, and D b denotes a thickness of the second insulation film,

wherein the driving transistor includes a gate electrode and a semiconductor film, and

wherein the first insulation film includes a gate insulation film which is provided between the gate electrode and the semiconductor film and covers the data line.

2. The display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second insulation film has a relative dielectric constant of 2.6 to 3.4, and has a thickness of 2.0 to 17.7 μm.

3. The display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first insulation film includes an overcoat insulation film to cover the driving transistor.

4. The display panel as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the gate insulation film and the overcoat insulation film are made of the same material.

5. The display panel as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the gate insulation film and the overcoat insulation film are made of one of silicon nitride and oxide silicon.

6. The display panel as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the gate insulation film is in contact with the overcoat insulation film above the data line.

7. The display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first insulation film includes a protection film which is formed together with a channel protection film by patterning a layer which comes to be the channel protection film of the driving transistor.

8. The display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first insulation film comprises at least two films selected from a group comprising the gate insulation film, an overcoat insulation film, and a channel protection film, and the at least two films have the same relative dielectric constant.

9. The display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first insulation film comprises at least two films selected from a group comprising the gate insulation film, an overcoat insulation film, and a channel protection film, and the at least two films are made of the same material.

10. The display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light emitting element comprises an organic compound layer, and the second insulation film forms a partition wall to divide the organic compound layer into lines of the pixels.

11. The display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a counter electrode is formed on the second insulation film.

12. The display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pixel circuit is of a current-drive type in which the driving current has a current value based on a current value of the data current flowing through the data line.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2016
From: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
To: SOLAS OLED LTD.
Reel/Frame 040823/0287 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2006
From: SHIRASAKI, TOMOYUKI; KUMAGAI, MINORU; YAMADA, HIROYASU; OZAKI, TSUYOSHI; OGURA, JUN
To: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 018372/0383 →