IP Library Granted Patent US 9,917,145
Granted Patent B2
US 9,917,145 · App. 15/166,373 · Granted Mar 13, 2018

Light-emitting device and electronic apparatus

Inventors: Takehiko Kubota (Suwa, JP); Eiji Kanda (Suwa, JP); Ryoichi Nozawa (Tatsuno-machi, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
H01L27/3276G02F1/134336G02F1/136213G02F1/136286H01L27/124H01L27/1251H01L27/326H01L27/3248H01L27/3262H01L27/3265H01L27/3279H01L29/78645H01L33/16
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Patent No.
US 9,917,145
App. No.
15/166,373
Granted
Mar 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device includes a drive transistor for controlling the quantity of current supplied to a light-emitting element, a capacitor element electrically connected to a gate electrode of the drive transistor, and an electrical continuity portion for electrically connecting the drive transistor and the light-emitting element, these elements being disposed on a substrate. The electrical continuity portion is disposed on the side opposite to the capacitor element with the drive transistor disposed therebetween.

Claims (41)

1. A light-emitting device, comprising:

a data line that extends along a first direction;

a scan line which a selection signal is supplied to, the scan line extending along a second direction intersecting the first direction;

a power line that extends along the second direction;

a light-emitting element that has a first electrode, a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, and a light emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode,

a first transistor that has a gate electrode and is electrically connected between the power line and the light-emitting element;

a second transistor that is electrically connected between the gate electrode of the first transistor and a drain of the first transistor;

a capacitor element that is electrically connected to the first transistor and the second transistor; and

a control signal line that: (i) extends across plural pixels of the display, (ii) supplies a control signal controlling the second transistor, and (iii) extends along the second direction, wherein:

the scan line is disposed between the capacitor and the control signal line in a plan view.

2. The light-emitting device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the power line overlaps the capacitor element in the plan view.

3. An electronic apparatus comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 2 .

4. The light-emitting device as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising:

a third transistor that is placed in an on state or an off state in response to the selection signal, and

the gate electrode of the first transistor being set at a potential according to a data signal that is supplied from the data line through the third transistor that has been placed in the on state.

5. The light-emitting device as set forth in claim 4 , wherein the power line overlaps the third transistor in the plan view.

6. The light-emitting device as set forth in claim 5 , further comprising:

a connecting portion that is electrically connected to the second transistor and the capacitor element, and

the connecting portion overlapping a channel region of the third transistor in the plan view.

7. An electronic apparatus comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 6 .

8. An electronic apparatus comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 5 .

9. The light-emitting device as set forth in claim 4 , further comprising:

a connecting portion that is electrically connected to the second transistor and the capacitor element, and

the connecting portion overlapping a channel region of the third transistor in the plan view.

10. The light-emitting device as set forth in claim 9 , wherein the connecting portion does not overlap a gate electrode of the third transistor in the plan view.

11. An electronic apparatus comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 10 .

12. An electronic apparatus comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 4 .

13. An electronic apparatus comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 9 .

14. An electronic apparatus comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 1 .

15. A light-emitting device, comprising:

a data line that extends along a first direction;

a scan line which a selection signal is supplied to, the scan line extending along a second direction intersecting the first direction;

a power line that extends along the second direction;

a light-emitting element that has a first electrode, a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, and a light emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode;

a first transistor that has a gate electrode and is electrically connected between the power line and the light emitting element;

a second transistor that is electrically connected between the gate electrode of the first transistor and a drain of the first transistor;

a control signal line that: (i) extends across plural pixels of the display, (ii) and extends in a second direction;

a capacitor element that is electrically connected to the first transistor and the second transistor; and

a third transistor that is placed in an on state or an off state in response to the selection signal, wherein:

the third transistor is disposed between the capacitor and the second transistor in a plan view, and the scan line is disposed between the third transistor and the control signal line.

16. An electronic apparatus comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 15 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2023
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: LUMITEK DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 065221/0372 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-345298 · Nov 30, 2005 · national
Continuity (4)
Division 14534726 · Nov 6, 2014
Division 13347260 · Jan 10, 2012
Continuation 11552745 · Oct 25, 2006
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