IP Library Granted Patent US 7,902,755
Granted Patent B2
US 7,902,755 · App. 11/851,771 · Granted Mar 8, 2011

Light-emitting device and electronic apparatus

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,902,755
App. No.
11/851,771
Granted
Mar 8, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a light-emitting device including: a substrate; a plurality of light-emitting elements which are arranged on the substrate, each having two electrodes with a light-emitting layer interposed therebetween; an insulating film which is formed on the substrate and insulates the two electrodes from each other; a peripheral layer which is formed on the substrate and is located outside the insulating film; and a sealing layer which is formed on the substrate and covers the plurality of light-emitting elements and the insulating film, wherein the sealing layer is formed of a single-layer or a plural-layer thin film, and wherein, in the single-layer or the plural-layer thin film, an end of a thin film having the largest thickness is interposed between the insulating film and the peripheral layer.

Claims (20)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of light-emitting elements which are arranged above the substrate, each having a first electrode and a second electrode with a light-emitting layer interposed therebetween;

an insulating film which is formed above the substrate and insulates the first electrode and the second electrode from each other;

a peripheral layer which is formed above the substrate and is located closer to an end of the substrate than the insulating film; and

a sealing layer which is formed above the substrate and covers the plurality of light-emitting elements and the insulating film,

wherein the sealing layer is formed of a plural-layer thin film, the plural-layer thin film including at least a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer, the first layer being interposed between the second layer and the third layer, the second layer contacting the third layer between the insulating film and the peripheral layer,

wherein the plural-layer thin film includes an organic buffer film formed of an organic material,

wherein an end of the organic buffer film is interposed between the insulating film and the peripheral layer and is separated from the peripheral layer in plan view,

wherein the light-emitting device further includes:

a cathode layer which is formed above the substrate; and

a wiring line which is formed above the substrate, wherein an end of the wiring line extends beyond the cathode layer and beyond the end of the organic buffer film, and

wherein the second layer contacts the cathode layer.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a seal material which is provided above the substrate so as to surround the insulating film and supports an additional substrate different from the substrate,

wherein the plural-layer thin film includes a gas barrier film which is formed of an inorganic material so as to cover the organic buffer layer and extends in a direction angled with respect to the substrate over a length according to a thickness of the organic buffer film in the vicinity of the end of the organic buffer film, and

wherein a portion of the gas barrier film, which extends in the angled direction, and the seal material are separated from each other.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a wiring line which is formed above the substrate and extends linearly,

wherein the end of the organic buffer film between the insulating film and the peripheral layer is located above the wiring line, and

wherein the end of the organic buffer film located above the wiring line is substantially parallel to the wiring line.

4. An electronic apparatus comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2026
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: SHIHENG CREATION LIMITED
Reel/Frame 074264/0458 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2007
From: KUBOTA, TAKEHIKO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019807/0616 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-271575 · Oct 3, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20080079360A1 · Apr 3, 2008