IP Library Granted Patent US 8,497,496
Granted Patent B2
US 8,497,496 · App. 12/849,533 · Granted Jul 30, 2013

Display device and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 8,497,496
App. No.
12/849,533
Granted
Jul 30, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a pixel including a plurality of light emitting elements each formed by sequentially stacking a first electrode layer, an organic layer, and a second electrode layer, spaced apart from each other in a first direction orthogonal to the stacking direction thereof, and emitting light emission colors different from each other; and an auxiliary wiring layer electrically connected to the second electrode layer. A plurality of the pixels are aligned in the first direction so as to include a gap which is larger than a gap between the light emitting elements adjacent to each other, and the auxiliary wiring layer is provided between the pixels adjacent to each other.

Claims (30)

1. A display device comprising:

a pixel including a plurality of light emitting elements each formed by sequentially stacking a first electrode layer, an organic layer, and a second electrode layer, spaced apart from each other in a first direction orthogonal to the stacking direction thereof, and emitting light emission colors different from each other,

wherein a plurality of the pixels are aligned in the first direction so as to include a larger gap which is larger than a gap between the light emitting elements adjacent to each other, and

a wiring layer is provided between the pixels adjacent to each other, and

wherein an isolation layer is provided to fill the gap between the light emitting elements adjacent to each other and to fill the larger gap between first electrode layers of adjacent pixels, the isolation layer having a concave portion in the larger gap that exposes the wiring layer.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the organic layer includes a stacked structure of a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, and an electron transport layer, and

at least one of the hole transport layer and the electron transport layer is formed as a common layer shared by the plurality of light emitting elements which constitute each of the pixels.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein, in the light emitting element, a dimension of a second direction orthogonal to the first direction is set to be larger than the dimension of the first direction.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of light emitting elements are composed of a red light emitting element including a red light emitting layer which emits a red light, a green light emitting element including a green light emitting layer which emits a green light, and a blue light emitting element including a blue light emitting layer which emits a blue light, and

the blue light emitting layer is formed as a common layer shared by the red light emitting element, the green light emitting element, and the blue light emitting element.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of pixels are aligned in the second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and

the wiring layer is arranged so as to surround each of the plurality of pixels.

6. A method of manufacturing a display device comprising steps of:

forming a wiring layer including a plurality of wiring layer portions spaced apart from each other in a first direction on a substrate; and

forming a pixel between the wiring layer portions adjacent to each other, respectively, the pixel having a stacked structure of a first electrode layer, an organic layer, and including a plurality of light emitting elements emitting light emission colors different from each other,

wherein the plurality of light emitting elements are aligned so as to include a gap which is smaller than a larger gap between the pixels adjacent to each other in the first direction, and

wherein an isolation layer is provided to fill the gap between the light emitting elements adjacent to each other and to fill the larger gap between first electrode layers of adjacent pixels, the isolation layer having a concave portion in the larger gap that exposes the wiring layer.

7. The method of manufacturing a display device according to claim 6 , wherein

the organic layer is formed so as to sequentially include a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, and an electron transport layer, and

at least one of the hole transport layer and the electron transport layer is formed as a common layer shared by the plurality of light emitting elements which constitute each of the pixels.

8. The method of manufacturing a display device according to claim 6 , wherein at least one of the hole transport layer and the electron transport layer is formed by using a mask covering a region corresponding to the wiring layer, and including an aperture in a region corresponding to the pixel.

9. The method of manufacturing a display device according to claim 6 , wherein

a red light emitting element including a red light emitting layer which emits a red light, a green light emitting element including a green light emitting layer which emits a green light, and a blue light emitting element including a blue light emitting layer which emits a blue light are formed as the plurality of light emitting elements, and

the blue light emitting layer is formed as a common layer shared by the red light emitting element, the green light emitting element, and the blue light emitting element.

10. The method of manufacturing a display device according to claim 6 , wherein

the plurality of pixels are aligned to be spaced apart from each other in the second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and

the wiring layer is arranged so as to surround each of the plurality of pixels.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2025
From: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
To: MAGNOLIA BLUE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072039/0656 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2024
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
Reel/Frame 066382/0619 →
CORRECTION BY AFFIDAVIT FILED AGAINST REEL/FRAME 063396/0671 Recorded Jun 12, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JOLED, INC.
Reel/Frame 064067/0723 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: INCJ, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063396/0671 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2015
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: JOLED INC.
Reel/Frame 036106/0355 →