IP Library Granted Patent US 8,759,835
Granted Patent B2
US 8,759,835 · App. 13/104,074 · Granted Jun 24, 2014

Display device and method for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Noriko Miyagi (Shiga, JP); Masayuki Sakakura (Kanagawa, JP); Tatsuya Arao (Kanagawa, JP); Ritsuko Nagao (Kanagawa, JP); Yoshifumi Tanada (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,759,835
App. No.
13/104,074
Granted
Jun 24, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to decrease substantial resistance of an electrode such as a transparent electrode or a wiring, and furthermore, to provide a display device for which is possible to apply same voltage to light-emitting elements. In the invention, a auxiliary wiring that is formed in one layer in which a conductive film of a semiconductor element such as an electrode, wiring, a signal line, a scanning line, or a power supply line is connected to an electrode typified by a second electrode, and a wiring. It is preferable that the auxiliary wiring is formed into a conductive film to include low resistive material, especially, formed to include lower resistive material than the resistance of an electrode and a wiring that is required to reduce the resistance.

Claims (60)

1. A display device comprising:

a semiconductor layer;

a first electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor layer;

a first insulating layer over the first electrode, wherein the first insulating layer comprises a first opening;

a second electrode over the first insulating layer, wherein the second electrode is in contact with the first electrode in the first opening;

a wiring over the first insulating layer;

a second insulating layer over the first insulating layer, the second electrode, and the wiring, wherein the second insulating layer comprises a second opening and a third opening;

a light-emitting layer over the second electrode, wherein the light-emitting layer is in contact with the second electrode in the second opening; and

a third electrode over the wiring, the light-emitting layer, and the second insulating layer, wherein the third electrode is in contact with the light-emitting layer in the second opening and with the wiring in the third opening,

wherein the wiring overlaps with the semiconductor layer.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second electrode and the wiring comprise different materials from each other.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting layer is isolated from the wiring by the second insulating layer.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second electrode comprises indium.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device is one selected from the group consisting of a video camera, a digital camera, a goggle type display, a navigation system, an audio reproducing device, a laptop computer, a game machine, a portable information terminal, and an image reproducing device.

6. A display device comprising:

a transistor;

a first insulating layer over the transistor;

a first electrode over the first insulating layer, wherein the first electrode is connected to the transistor;

a second insulating layer over the first electrode, wherein the second insulating layer comprises a first opening;

a second electrode over the second insulating layer, wherein the second electrode is in contact with the first electrode in the first opening;

a wiring over the second insulating layer;

a third insulating layer over the second insulating layer, the second electrode, and the wiring, wherein the third insulating layer comprises a second opening and a third opening;

a light-emitting layer over the second electrode, wherein the light-emitting layer is in contact with the second electrode in the second opening; and

a third electrode over the wiring, the light-emitting layer, and the third insulating layer, wherein the third electrode is in contact with the light-emitting layer in the second opening and with the wiring in the third opening,

wherein the wiring overlaps with the transistor.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the second electrode and the wiring comprise different materials from each other.

8. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the light-emitting layer is isolated from the wiring by the third insulating layer.

9. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the second electrode comprises indium.

10. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the transistor comprises polycrystalline silicon.

11. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the display device is one selected from the group consisting of a video camera, a digital camera, a goggle type display, a navigation system, an audio reproducing device, a laptop computer, a game machine, a portable information terminal, and an image reproducing device.

12. A display device comprising:

a semiconductor layer;

a first electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor layer;

a first insulating layer over the first electrode, wherein the first insulating layer comprises a first opening;

a second electrode over the first insulating layer, wherein the second electrode is in contact with the first electrode in the first opening;

a wiring over the first insulating layer;

a second insulating layer over the first insulating layer, the second electrode, and the wiring, wherein the second insulating layer comprises a second opening and a third opening;

a light-emitting layer over the second electrode and the second insulating layer, wherein the light-emitting layer is in contact with the second electrode in the second opening; and

a third electrode over the wiring, the light-emitting layer, and the second insulating layer, wherein the third electrode is in contact with the light-emitting layer in the second opening and with the wiring in the third opening,

wherein the wiring overlaps with the semiconductor layer.

13. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the second electrode and the wiring comprise different materials from each other.

14. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the light-emitting layer is isolated from the wiring by the second insulating layer.

15. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the second electrode comprises indium.

16. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the display device is one selected from the group consisting of a video camera, a digital camera, a goggle type display, a navigation system, an audio reproducing device, a laptop computer, a game machine, a portable information terminal, and an image reproducing device.

17. A display device comprising:

a transistor;

a first insulating layer over the transistor;

a first electrode over the first insulating layer, wherein the first electrode is connected to the transistor;

a second insulating layer over the first electrode, wherein the second insulating layer comprises a first opening;

a second electrode over the second insulating layer, wherein the second electrode is in contact with the first electrode in the first opening;

a wiring over the second insulating layer;

a third insulating layer over the second insulating layer, the second electrode, and the wiring, wherein the third insulating layer comprises a second opening and a third opening;

a light-emitting layer over the second electrode and the third insulating layer, wherein the light-emitting layer is in contact with the second electrode in the second opening; and

a third electrode over the wiring, the light-emitting layer, and the third insulating layer, wherein the third electrode is in contact with the light-emitting layer in the second opening and with the wiring in the third opening,

wherein the wiring overlaps with the transistor.

18. The display device according to claim 17 , wherein the second electrode and the wiring comprise different materials from each other.

19. The display device according to claim 17 , wherein the light-emitting layer is isolated from the wiring by the third insulating layer.

20. The display device according to claim 17 , wherein the second electrode comprises indium.

21. The display device according to claim 17 , wherein the transistor comprises polycrystalline silicon.

22. The display device according to claim 17 , wherein the display device is one selected from the group consisting of a video camera, a digital camera, a goggle type display, a navigation system, an audio reproducing device, a laptop computer, a game machine, a portable information terminal, and an image reproducing device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2014
From: MIYAGI, NORIKO; SAKAKURA, MASAYUKI; ARAO, TATSUYA; NAGAO, RITSUKO; TANADA, YOSHIFUMI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2003-171431 · Jun 16, 2003 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 11620120 · Jan 5, 2007
Continuation 10867226 · Jun 15, 2004
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