IP Library Granted Patent US 7,695,759
Granted Patent B2
US 7,695,759 · App. 11/800,842 · Granted Apr 13, 2010

Display device and manufacturing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,695,759
App. No.
11/800,842
Granted
Apr 13, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bank for defining the regions in which pixels are formed has a stacked structure including: a base layer on the low level which also serves as an interlayer insulating film between the pixel forming regions; a middle bank layer on the middle level which serves to improve the fixation of an organic compound material (i.e., improve the uniformity of the film thickness of a positive hole transporting layer and an electron-transporting light emitting layer) in forming an organic EL layer; and a bank metal layer on the upper level which is made of a conductive material and serves also as a common voltage line (cathode line).

Claims (17)

1. A manufacturing method of a display device, comprising:

a step of forming a first insulating layer which surrounds a pixel electrode;

a step of forming a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer;

a step of forming a conductive layer on the second insulating layer;

a step of imparting lyophilicity to a surface of the pixel electrode and a surface of the second insulating layer;

a step of imparting liquid repellency to a surface of the conductive layer; and

a step of coating a solution containing a charge transporting material on the pixel electrode, such that the solution comes in contact with the first insulating layer, the second insulating layer and the conductive layer.

2. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second insulating layer is formed by hardening a photosensitive polyimide-based or acrylic-based resin material.

3. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the step of imparting lyophilicity includes a step of applying UV ozone treatment or oxygen plasma treatment to the surface of the pixel electrode and the second insulating layer.

4. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein before liquid repellency is imparted to the surface of the conductive layer, the surface of the conductive layer is soft-etched.

5. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the surface of the conductive layer is soft-etched with an acid-based aqueous solution.

6. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the step of imparting liquid repellency includes a step of imparting liquid repellency to the surface of the conductive layer by coating a film made of a triazine-thiol compound on the surface of the conductive layer.

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 May 8, 2007
From: KUMAGAI, MINORU
To: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019343/0718 →