Display panel including multilayer wiring and member for reducing probability of power line mis-pressing during manufacturing process, and manufacturing method for the same

1. A display panel, comprising:

a substrate;

a multi-layer wiring layer over the substrate, the multi-layer wiring layer including a first power line receiving a first electric potential and a second power line receiving a second electric potential differing from the first electric potential;

organic electroluminescence elements over the multi-layer wiring layer, each of the organic electroluminescence elements including a first electrode electrically connected to the first power line, a second electrode electrically connected to the second power line, and an organic light-emitting layer sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode;

a partition wall over the multi-layer wiring layer and between the organic electroluminescence elements; and

a member over the multi-layer wiring layer, a height of a top portion of the member from a top face of the substrate being greater than a height of a top portion of the partition wall from the top face of the substrate, wherein

the multi-layer wiring layer includes a first portion and a second portion that, in a plan view of the substrate, surrounds the first portion,

the organic electroluminescence elements are arrayed on a top face of the first portion,

in the second portion, the first power line and the second power line intersect without direct contact,

the member is positioned on the second portion without overlapping at least one of the first power line and the second power line in the plan view of the substrate, and

the member is provided in plurality, with the plurality of members being separated from one another on the second portion.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the member is positioned on the second portion without overlapping the first power line or the second power line in the plan view of the substrate.

3. The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein

the multi-layer wiring layer further includes signal lines transporting signals for setting a brightness of the organic electroluminescence elements, and

the member is positioned on the second portion without overlapping the first power line, the second power line, or the signal lines in the plan view of the substrate.

4. The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein

the multi-layer wiring layer further includes signal lines transporting signals for setting a brightness of the organic electroluminescence elements,

in the second portion, each of the signal lines intersects, without direct contact, the first power line and the second power line, and

the member is positioned on the second portion without overlapping where the first power line and the signal lines intersect without direct contact, and where the second power line and the signal lines intersect without direct contact, in the plan view of the substrate.

5. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the multi-layer wiring layer further includes thin-film transistors that control light emission by the organic electroluminescence elements and that each include a plurality of layers disposed one on top of another,

the multi-layer wiring layer further includes a mound portion below the member, the mound portion including the plurality of layers included in the thin-film transistors and having a flat top portion, and

in the second portion, a height of a top face of the multi-layer wiring layer from the top face of the substrate is greater where the mound portion is located than where the mound portion is not located.

6. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

in the second portion, the first power line includes a first wiring portion that, in the plan view of the substrate, extends linearly from the first portion,

in the second portion, the second power line includes a second wiring portion that, in the plan view of the substrate, extends linearly from the first portion in parallel to the first wiring portion, and a third wiring portion that is connected to the second wiring portion and that, in the plan view of the substrate, extends orthogonal to the second wiring portion, and

the first wiring portion and the third wiring portion are on different layers of the multi-layer wiring layer and intersect without direct contact in the second portion.

7. The display panel according to claim 6 , wherein

in the second portion, the first power line includes a fourth wiring portion that is connected to the first wiring portion and that, in the plan view of the substrate, extends orthogonal to the first wiring portion,

in the second portion, the second power line includes a fifth wiring portion that is connected to the third wiring portion and that, in the plan view of the substrate, extends in parallel to the second wiring portion, and

the fourth wiring portion and the fifth wiring portion are disposed on different layers of the multi-layer wiring layer and intersect without direct contact in the second portion.

8. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the plurality of members is positioned at a boundary between two pixels of the display panel.

9. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the plurality of members is positioned at a vicinity of a boundary of a pixel of the display panel.

10. A manufacturing method for a display panel on which a plurality of organic electroluminescence elements each including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic light-emitting layer sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode are arrayed, the manufacturing method comprising:

forming a multi-layer wiring layer over a substrate, the multi-layer wiring layer including a first power line receiving a first electric potential and a second power line receiving a second electric potential differing from the first electric potential;

forming the first electrode over the multi-layer wiring layer to be electrically connected to the first power line, and forming a partition wall over the multi-layer wiring layer, the partition wall defining a region where the organic light-emitting layer is to be formed;

forming a member over the multi-layer wiring layer, a height of a top portion of the member from a top face of the substrate being greater than a height of a top portion of the partition wall from the top face of the substrate;

forming the organic light-emitting layer in the region defined by the partition wall; and

disposing a mask having an aperture corresponding at least to the region defined by the partition wall in contact with the member, and forming a functional layer at least in the region defined by the partition wall through the aperture, wherein

the multi-layer wiring layer includes a first portion and a second portion that, in a plan view of the substrate, surrounds the first portion,

the organic electroluminescence elements are arrayed on a top face of the first portion,

in the second portion, the first power line and the second power line intersect without direct contact,

the member is formed to be positioned on the second portion without overlapping at least one of the first power line and the second power line in the plan view of the substrate, and

the member is provided in plurality, with the plurality of members being separated from one another on the second portion.

11. A display panel, comprising:

a substrate;

a multi-layer wiring layer over the substrate, the multi-layer wiring layer including a first power line receiving a first electric potential and a second power line receiving a second electric potential differing from the first electric potential;

organic electroluminescence elements over the multi-layer wiring layer, each of the organic electroluminescence elements including a first electrode electrically connected to the first power line, a second electrode electrically connected to the second power line, and an organic light-emitting layer sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode;

a partition wall over the multi-layer wiring layer and between the organic electroluminescence elements; and

a member over the multi-layer wiring layer, a height of a top portion of the member from a top face of the substrate being greater than a height of a top portion of the partition wall from the top face of the substrate, wherein

the multi-layer wiring layer includes a first portion and a second portion that, in a plan view of the substrate, surrounds the first portion,

the organic electroluminescence elements are arrayed on a top face of the first portion,

in the second portion, the first power line and the second power line intersect without direct contact,

the member is positioned on the second portion without overlapping at least one of the first power line and the second power line in the plan view of the substrate,

in the second portion, the first power line includes a first wiring portion that, in the plan view of the substrate, extends linearly from the first portion, and includes a fourth wiring portion that is connected to the first wiring portion and that, in the plan view of the substrate, extends orthogonal to the first wiring portion,

in the second portion, the second power line includes a second wiring portion that, in the plan view of the substrate, extends linearly from the first portion in parallel to the first wiring portion, includes a third wiring portion that is connected to the second wiring portion and that, in the plan view of the substrate, extends orthogonal to the second wiring portion, and includes a fifth wiring portion that is connected to the third wiring portion and that, in the plan view of the substrate, extends in parallel to the second wiring portion,

the first wiring portion and the third wiring portion are on different layers of the multi-layer wiring layer and intersect without direct contact in the second portion, and

the fourth wiring portion and the fifth wiring portion are disposed on different layers of the multi-layer wiring layer and intersect without direct contact in the second portion.