IP Library Granted Patent US 8,872,200
Granted Patent B2
US 8,872,200 · App. 13/415,006 · Granted Oct 28, 2014

Display device and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,872,200
App. No.
13/415,006
Granted
Oct 28, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a display device including a plurality of pixels configured to have a first electrode, a light emitting layer, and a second electrode in that order over a substrate, wherein: the plurality of pixels include a first pixel having a first light emitting layer common to the pixels and a second pixel having the first light emitting layer and a second light emitting layer provided on each second pixel basis; and a surface of the first electrode in the first pixel is closer to the substrate than a surface of the first electrode in the second pixel.

Claims (62)

1. A display device comprising:

a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels comprising:

a first electrode, a light emitting layer, and a second electrode in that order over a substrate; and

an aperture insulator configured to allow only a portion of the light emitting layer to emit light;

wherein the plurality of pixels include:

a first pixel comprising a first light emitting layer common to the plurality of pixels;

a second pixel comprising:

the first light emitting layer; and

a second light emitting layer different from the first light emitting layer; and

a third pixel comprising:

the first light emitting layer; and

a third light emitting layer different from the first light emitting layer and the second light emitting layer;

wherein a first distance from a surface of the first electrode of the first pixel to a surface of the aperture insulator of the first pixel is greater than a second distance from a surface of the first electrode of the second pixel to a surface of the aperture insulator of the second pixel and a third distance from a surface of the first electrode of the third pixel to a surface of the aperture insulator of the third pixel is substantially the same as the second distance.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first electrode of the first pixel is thinner than the first electrode of the second pixel.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the surface of the first electrode of the first pixel is divided into at least two regions by the aperture insulator.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first light emitting layer is a blue light emitting layer; and

the second light emitting layer is a red light emitting layer or a green light emitting layer.

5. An electronic apparatus including a display device, the display device comprising:

a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels comprising:

a first electrode, a light emitting layer, and a second electrode in that order over a substrate; and

an aperture insulator configured to allow only a portion of the light emitting layer to emit light;

wherein the plurality of pixels include:

a first pixel comprising a first light emitting layer common to the plurality of pixels;

a second pixel comprising:

the first light emitting layer; and

a second light emitting layer different from the first light emitting layer; and

a third pixel comprising:

the first light emitting layer; and

a third light emitting layer different from the first light emitting layer and the second light emitting layer;

wherein a first distance from a surface of the first electrode of the first pixel to a surface of the aperture insulator of the first pixel is greater than a second distance from a surface of the first electrode of the second pixel to a surface of the aperture insulator of the second pixel and a third distance from a surface of the first electrode of the third pixel to a surface of the aperture insulator of the third pixel is substantially the same as the second distance.

6. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein:

the first electrode of the first pixel is thinner than the first electrode of the second pixel and the first electrode of the third pixel.

7. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein:

the at least two regions of the first pixel are exactly two regions; and

a distance from a surface of an insulator separating the two regions of the first pixel to a first surface of the first electrode of the first pixel is at least 1.82 times a distance from the surface of the insulator separating the two regions of the first pixel to a first surface of the first electrode of the second pixel.

8. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein:

the at least two regions of the first pixel are exactly three regions; and

a distance from a surface of an insulator separating the three regions of the first pixel to a first surface of the first electrode of the first pixel is at least 1.46 times a distance from the surface of the insulator separating the three regions of the first pixel to a first surface of the first electrode of the second pixel.

9. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein:

the at least two regions of the first pixel are exactly four regions; and

a distance from a surface of an insulator separating the four regions of the first pixel to a first surface of the first electrode of the first pixel is at least 1.14 times a distance from the surface of the insulator separating the four regions of the first pixel to a first surface of the first electrode of the second pixel.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein:

the first electrode of the first pixel is thinner than the first electrode of the second pixel.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein:

the surface of the first electrode of the first pixel is divided into at least two regions by the aperture insulator.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein:

the first light emitting layer is a blue light emitting layer; and

the second light emitting layer is a red light emitting layer or a green light emitting layer.

13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein:

the first electrode of the first pixel is thinner than the first electrode of the second pixel and the first electrode of the third pixel.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein:

the at least two regions of the first pixel are exactly two regions; and

a distance from a surface of an insulator separating the two regions of the first pixel to a first surface of the first electrode of the first pixel is at least 1.82 times a distance from the surface of the insulator separating the two regions of the first pixel to a first surface of the first electrode of the second pixel.

15. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein:

the at least two regions of the first pixel are exactly three regions; and

a distance from a surface of an insulator separating the three regions of the first pixel to a first surface of the first electrode of the first pixel is at least 1.46 times a distance from the surface of the insulator separating the three regions of the first pixel to a first surface of the first electrode of the second pixel.

16. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein:

the at least two regions of the first pixel are exactly four regions; and

a distance from a surface of an insulator separating the four regions of the first pixel to a first surface of the first electrode of the first pixel is at least 1.14 times a distance from the surface of the insulator separating the four regions of the first pixel to a first surface of the first electrode of the second pixel.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2015
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: JOLED INC.
Reel/Frame 036106/0355 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2012
From: MORI, TSUTOMU
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027866/0731 →