IP Library Granted Patent US 9,947,896
Granted Patent B2
US 9,947,896 · App. 15/260,372 · Granted Apr 17, 2018

Display device

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Patent No.
US 9,947,896
App. No.
15/260,372
Granted
Apr 17, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: pixel electrodes corresponding to pixels; an insulating layer provided so as to overlie peripheral edge portions of the pixel electrodes; a light-emitting layer provided so as to be stacked on and in contact with each of the pixel electrodes; a first common electrode stacked on the light-emitting layer so as to be in contact therewith and provided so as to overlie the insulating layer; a light transmissive layer stacked on the first common electrode above the pixel electrodes, the light transmissive layer avoiding stacking thereof on the first common electrode above the insulating layer; and a second common electrode stacked on the light transmissive layer above the pixel electrodes and stacked on the first common electrode so as to be in contact therewith above the insulating layer.

Claims (33)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of pixel electrodes on the substrate, the plurality of pixel electrodes corresponding to a plurality of unit pixels constituting an image, the plurality of pixel electrodes being light-reflective;

an insulating layer provided so as to overlie peripheral edge portions of the plurality of pixel electrodes;

a light-emitting layer stacked on the plurality of pixel electrodes so as to be in contact with each of the plurality of pixel electrodes;

a first common electrode stacked on the light-emitting layer so as to be in contact therewith above each of the plurality of pixel electrodes, the first common electrode being provided so as to overlie the insulating layer;

a light transmissive layer stacked on the first common electrode above the plurality of pixel electrodes, the light transmissive layer avoiding stacking thereof on a portion of the first common electrode above the insulating layer; and

a second common electrode stacked on the light transmissive layer above the plurality of pixel electrodes and stacked on the first common electrode so as to be in contact therewith above the insulating layer, the second common electrode being optically transparent,

wherein light generated in the light-emitting layer reflects on the plurality of pixel electrodes and travels through the second common electrode in a direction away from the substrate.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the light transmissive layer includes an upper surface on which the second common electrode is stacked, and the upper surface is flat.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the light transmissive layer is an organic film and includes an upper surface on which the second common electrode is stacked, and

the upper surface includes, above each of the plurality of pixel electrodes, a convex area that is convex in a direction of the second common electrode or a concave area that is concave in the direction.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a sealing layer stacked above the second common electrode so as to seal the light-emitting layer; and

a filling layer made of a material having a refractive index different from the light transmissive layer and stacked above the sealing layer, wherein

the filling layer refracts light that is emitted vertically from the light-emitting layer and incident on the convex area or the concave area, so as to be collected or spread out.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a color filter layer including multiple colors of colored layers through which lights in different wavelength ranges pass, wherein

the light-emitting layer emits light including the lights passing through the multiple colors of colored layers.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the light transmissive layer includes multiple colors of colored layers through which lights in different wavelength ranges pass, and

the light-emitting layer emits light including the lights passing through the multiple colors of colored layers.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the light transmissive layer blocks ultraviolet rays and transmits visible light rays.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first common electrode is thinner than the second common electrode.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein

the first common electrode is a metal film capable of transmitting light, and

the second common electrode is a transparent metal oxide film.

10. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein

the thickness of the light-emitting layer that performs green light emission is thinner than the thickness of the light-emitting layer that performs red light emission, and

the thickness of the light-emitting layer that performs blue light emission is thinner than the thickness of the light-emitting layer that performs green light emission.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2016
From: SAKAMOTO, SHIGERU; SATO, TOSHIHIRO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 039681/0256 →