IP Library Granted Patent US 9,508,285
Granted Patent B2
US 9,508,285 · App. 14/748,657 · Granted Nov 29, 2016

Pixel array, metal mask, electro optical device and electric apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,508,285
App. No.
14/748,657
Granted
Nov 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a pixel array in which rectangular pixels, each enclosing a subpixel of the first color (SP 1 ) which has the highest luminosity factor, a subpixel of the second color (SP 2 ) and a subpixel of the third color (SP 3 ) which has the lowest luminosity factor, are two-dimensionally arranged, SP 2 includes first and second portions respectively near two corners adjacent to each other in the first direction of the pixel, SP 3 includes first and second portions near other two corners adjacent each other in the first direction of the rectangular pixel, and SP 1 is located at a middle part including a center of gravity of the rectangular pixel. SP 3 has a larger area than each of SP 1 and SP 2 . In the second direction orthogonal to the first direction, SP 2 and SP 3 are widest near a pixel boundary in the first direction, SP 1 is widest near the center of gravity in the pixel.

Claims (31)

1. A pixel array in which rectangular pixels, each enclosing a subpixel of a first color which has a highest luminosity factor, a subpixel of a second color and a subpixel of a third color which has a lowest luminosity factor, are two-dimensionally arranged, wherein

the subpixel of the second color includes a first portion and a second portion located respectively near two corners adjacent to each other in a first direction of the rectangular pixels,

the subpixel of the third color includes a first portion and a second portion located near other two corners adjacent to each other in the first direction of the rectangular pixel,

the subpixel of the first color is located at a middle part including a center of gravity of the rectangular pixel,

the subpixel of the third color has a larger area than each of the subpixels of the first color and the second color, and

in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, each of the subpixels of the second color and the third color has the widest near a pixel boundary in the first direction, and the subpixel of the first color has the widest near the center of gravity in the pixel.

2. The pixel array according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the subpixels has a structure including a light emitting material on an electrode,

for the first portion and the second portion of the subpixel of the second color and/or the subpixel of the third color, the light emitting material is isolated whereas the electrode is continuous,

in the first portion of the subpixels of the second color and/or the subpixel of the third color and in the second portion of a subpixel of a same color in an adjacent one of the pixels on a side of the first portion in the first direction, the light emitting material is continuous,

in the second portion of the subpixel of the second color and/or the subpixel of the third color and in the first portion of a subpixel of a same color in an adjacent one of the pixels on a side of the second portion in the first direction, the light emitting material is continuous, and

the electrode is isolated for each pixel.

3. The pixel array according to claim 1 , wherein

the subpixel of the first color has such a shape that a distance to the first portion and the second portion of the subpixel of the second color and the subpixel of the third color is substantially constant.

4. The pixel array according to claim 1 , wherein

the first portion and the second portion of the subpixel of the second color and/or the subpixel of the third color are isolated in the pixel.

5. The pixel array according to claim 1 , wherein

the subpixel of the first color, the subpixel of the second color and the subpixel of the third color are axisymmetric with respect to a center line which passes the center of gravity of the pixel and extends in the second direction.

6. The pixel array according to claim 1 , wherein

the first color is green (G), the second color is red (R), and the third color is blue (B).

7. An electro optical device, comprising:

the pixel array according to claim 1 ; and

a circuit part driving the pixel array.

8. An electric apparatus, comprising, as a display device, an organic electroluminescence device in which the pixel array according to claim 1 including an organic electroluminescence element and a circuit part driving the pixel array are formed on a flexible substrate.

9. A metal mask used in formation of a pixel array on a substrate, wherein

the pixel array is so configured that rectangular pixels, each enclosing a subpixel of a first color which has a highest luminosity factor, a subpixel of a second color and a subpixel of a third color which has a lowest luminosity factor, are two-dimensionally arranged,

the subpixel of the second color includes a first portion and a second portion separated from each other and located respectively near two corners adjacent to each other in a first direction of the rectangular pixels, the subpixel of the third color includes a first portion and a second portion separated from each other and located near other two corners adjacent to each other in the first direction of the rectangular pixel, and the subpixel of the first color is located at a middle part including a center of gravity in the rectangular pixel,

the metal mask for forming a film of a light emitting material of the first color has an aperture corresponding to each subpixel of the first color, and

the metal mask for forming a film of a light emitting material of the second color and/or the third color has one aperture for the first portion of the subpixel of the second color and/or the first portion of the subpixel of the third color and for the second portion of a subpixel of a same color in an adjacent one of the pixels on a side of the first portion in the first direction, and has one aperture for the second portion of the subpixel of the second color and/or the second portion of the subpixel of the third color and for the first portion of a subpixel of a same color in an adjacent one of the pixels on a side of the second portion in the first direction.

10. The metal mask according to claim 9 , wherein

the first color is green (G), the second color is red (R) and the third color is blue (B).

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2019
From: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD. (FORMERLY NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.)
To: TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050582/0869 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2015
From: MATSUEDA, YOJIRO; TAKATORI, KENICHI; NONAKA, YOSHIHIRO
To: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035895/0062 →