IP Library Granted Patent US 8,796,703
Granted Patent B2
US 8,796,703 · App. 13/934,273 · Granted Aug 5, 2014

Display device capable of emitting light from opposite sides

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Patent No.
US 8,796,703
App. No.
13/934,273
Granted
Aug 5, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a transparent substrate, and a plurality of single-crystal thin-film semiconductor light-emitting elements disposed on one side of the transparent substrate. Each of the single-crystal thin-film semiconductor light-emitting elements is composed of single-crystal thin-film semiconductor layers separated from a base substrate, and includes a light-emitting layer and two non-light-emitting layers disposed on both sides of the light-emitting layer.

Claims (27)

1. A double-sided display device comprising:

a transparent substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to each other;

a first light-emitting element disposed above the upper surface of the transparent substrate and directly contacting the upper surface of the transparent substrate, the first light-emitting element being composed of single-crystal thin-film semiconductor layers including a first light-emitting layer and two non-light-emitting layers disposed on two opposite sides of the first light-emitting layer;

a second light-emitting element disposed above the upper surface of the transparent substrate, the second light-emitting element being composed of single-crystal thin-film semiconductor layers including a second light-emitting layer and two non-light-emitting layers disposed on two opposite sides of the second light-emitting layer;

a first non-light-transmission layer disposed above the first light-emitting element; and

a second non-light-transmission layer disposed between the second light-emitting element and the upper surface of the transparent substrate.

2. The double-sided display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element are disposed adjacent to each other.

3. The double-sided display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first non-light-transmission layer and the second non-light-transmission layer reflect or absorb lights respectively emitted by the first and second light-emitting elements.

4. The double-sided display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light-emitting element is a plurality of first light-emitting elements, and the second light-emitting element includes a plurality second light-emitting elements, and

a plurality of pairs of the first and second light-emitting elements are arranged one-dimensionally or two-dimensionally.

5. The double-sided display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a drive control circuit that independently controls light emissions of the first and second light-emitting elements.

6. The double-sided display device according to claim 1 , wherein light emitted by the first light-emitting element proceeds in a direction opposite to light emitted by the second light-emitting element.

7. The double-sided display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first non-light-transmission layer is formed of a metal layer.

8. The double-sided display device according to claim 7 , wherein the first non-light-transmission layer is connected to a wiring.

9. The double-sided display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second non-light-transmission layer is formed of a metal layer.

10. The double-sided display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second non-light-transmission layers is formed of a semiconductor layer.

11. The double-sided display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a dielectric layer disposed on the transparent substrate.

12. The double-sided display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second non-light-transmission layer directly contacts the upper surface of the transparent substrate, and

the second light-emitting element directly contacts the second non-light-transmission layer.

13. The double-sided display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first non-light-transmission layer is disposed above both of the first and second light-emitting layers.

14. The double-sided display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first non-light-transmission layer is disposed above all of both of the first and second light-emitting elements.

15. The double-sided display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a common electrode directly connected with each of the first and second light-emitting elements,

wherein the first non-light-transmission layer operates as an individual electrode for the first light emitting element.

16. The double-sided display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light-emitting element is a plurality of first light-emitting elements, and the second light-emitting element includes a plurality second light-emitting elements,

a plurality of pairs of the first and second light-emitting elements are arranged in columns and rows.

17. The double-sided display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first non-light-transmission layer reflects or absorbs all of the light emitted by the first light-emitting element, and the second non-light-transmission layer reflects or absorbs all of the light emitted by the second light-emitting element.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Mar 14, 2022
From: OKI DATA CORPORATION
To: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059365/0145 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2013
From: OGIHARA, MITSUHIKO; TOKURA, KAZUO
To: OKI DATA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030732/0595 →