IP Library Granted Patent US 8,110,985
Granted Patent B2
US 8,110,985 · App. 12/823,373 · Granted Feb 7, 2012

Light-emitting device having protective circuits

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,110,985
App. No.
12/823,373
Granted
Feb 7, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device includes a plurality of unit circuits that are arranged in an element forming region on a substrate, each unit circuit having a light-emitting element that has a first electrode and a second electrode, and a transistor that controls a current flowing in the light-emitting element, a plurality of power lines that are wired in a peripheral region disposed in a periphery of the element forming region so as to supply power having different potentials, a current supply line that is wired to extend from the peripheral region to the element forming region and that is electrically connected to the first electrode via the transistor in each of the unit circuits, and a current supply line protective circuit that is provided in the peripheral region and that has protective elements connected between the current supply line and the plurality of power lines.

Claims (8)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

an element formation region including a plurality of first unit circuits arranged in a light-emitting region and a plurality of second unit circuits arranged outside of the light-emitting region, each of the plurality of first unit circuits including (i) a light-emitting element having first and second electrodes and (ii) a first transistor that is electrically connected between a current supply line and the light-emitting element, and each of the plurality of second unit circuits including a second transistor that is electrically connected to the current supply line, the second unit circuits not having light-emitting elements; and

a power source line arranged outside of the element formation region and connected to the current supply line that is arranged in the element formation region.

2. The light-emitting device as set forth in claim 1 , each of the plurality of first unit circuits further including a third transistor that is connected to a data line; and

each of the plurality of second unit circuits further including a fourth transistor that is connected to the data line.

3. The light-emitting device as set forth in claim 2 ,

a same potential being supplied to the second and fourth transistors.

4. An electronic apparatus comprising the light-emitting device as set forth in claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2022
From: EL TECHNOLOGY FUSION GODO KAISHA
To: ELEMENT CAPITAL COMMERCIAL COMPANY PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 059435/0428 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2018
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: EL TECHNOLOGY FUSION GODO KAISHA
Reel/Frame 047998/0879 →