IP Library Granted Patent US 8,823,612
Granted Patent B2
US 8,823,612 · App. 13/709,617 · Granted Sep 2, 2014

Organic el display device

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Patent No.
US 8,823,612
App. No.
13/709,617
Granted
Sep 2, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic electro-luminescence (EL) display device including: above a substrate, scanning lines; data lines; emissive pixels disposed near cross-points of the scanning lines and the data lines; and power supply lines for supplying currents to the emissive pixels, wherein the emissive pixels each have: a switching thin film transistor having a gate to which a scan signal is supplied via one of the scanning lines; a current control thin film transistor for controlling a current to be applied to the emissive pixel, in accordance with the voltage determined based on a data voltage supplied from one of the data lines via the switching thin film transistor; and an organic EL element to which a current is supplied from one of the power supply lines via the current control thin film transistor, the organic EL element including a lower electrode, an organic light-emissive layer, and an upper electrode.

Claims (36)

1. An organic electro-luminescence (EL) display device comprising: above a substrate,

plural scanning lines;

plural data lines;

emissive pixels disposed near cross-points of the plural scanning lines and the plural data lines;

and power supply lines for supplying currents to the emissive pixels,

wherein the emissive pixels each have:

a switching thin film transistor having a gate to which a scan signal is supplied via one of the plural scanning lines;

a current control thin film transistor for controlling a current to be applied to the emissive pixel, in accordance with a voltage applied to a gate of the current control thin film transistor, the voltage being determined based on a data voltage supplied from one of the plural data lines to the gate of the current control thin film transistor via the switching thin film transistor; and

an organic EL element to which a current is supplied from one of the power supply lines via the current control thin film transistor, the organic EL element including a lower electrode, an organic light-emissive layer, and an upper electrode,

the organic EL display device further comprising:

a planarization layer provided above a layer in which the plural scanning lines and the plural data lines are disposed; and

the power supply lines, the lower electrodes, and auxiliary lines electrically connected to the upper electrode, which are disposed above the planarization layer,

wherein the power supply lines have points where the power supply lines cross the plural scanning lines, having the planarization layer disposed between the power supply lines and the plural scanning lines, and points where the power supply lines cross the plural data lines, having the planarization layer disposed between the power supply lines and the plural data lines.

2. The organic EL display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the power supply lines are formed in a same layer as the lower electrodes.

3. The organic EL display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the upper electrode is connected to the emissive pixels in a shared manner, and

the power supply lines are formed in a same layer as the auxiliary lines.

4. The organic EL display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the power supply lines, the auxiliary lines, and the lower electrodes are formed in a same layer.

5. The organic EL display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the planarization layer comprises organic compounds.

6. The organic EL display device according to claim 5 ,

wherein a value obtained by dividing a dielectric constant of the planarization layer by a film thickness of the planarization layer is smaller than 4×10 −6 m −1 .

7. The organic EL display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the power supply lines are disposed in a direction perpendicular to the plural scanning lines.

8. The organic EL display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein partitions for spacing the organic light-emissive layers of the emissive pixels are disposed above the power supply lines.

9. The organic EL display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the auxiliary lines are disposed in parallel with the power supply lines.

10. The organic EL display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the power supply lines have points where the power supply lines cross the plural scanning lines, having the planarization layer disposed between the power supply lines and the plural scanning lines, and points where the power supply lines cross the plural data lines, having the planarization layer disposed between the power supply lines and the plural data lines, the points being in a region in which a multiple number of the emissive pixels are disposed.

11. The organic EL display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the power supply lines include main lines disposed in a direction parallel with the plural data lines, and branching lines disposed in a direction parallel with the plural scanning lines,

the auxiliary lines are disposed in parallel with the branching lines of the power supply lines, and

the power supply lines are disposed in a same layer as the auxiliary lines.

Assignments (6)
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 Mar 12, 2015
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: JOLED INC
Reel/Frame 035187/0483 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2014
From: ONO, SHINYA; MATSUI, MASAFUMI; EBISUNO, KOUHEI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031990/0270 →