IP Library Granted Patent US 9,735,394
Granted Patent B2
US 9,735,394 · App. 15/409,739 · Granted Aug 15, 2017

Organic EL display device

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Patent No.
US 9,735,394
App. No.
15/409,739
Granted
Aug 15, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bank partitions a plurality of pixels and has an opening in each of the plurality of pixels. An organic layer includes a light emitting layer, and covers the bank opening. A first inorganic barrier layer is formed of an inorganic material, and covers the bank and the organic layer. A plurality of organic barrier portions are formed of organic materials, and are disposed on the first inorganic barrier layer. A second inorganic barrier layer is formed of the inorganic material, and covers the first inorganic barrier layer and the plurality of organic barrier portions. A recessed portion is formed on the bank and the first inorganic barrier layer (for example, the recessed portion is formed in an area which covers a contact hole), and a portion of the organic barrier portion is formed in the recessed portion.

Claims (54)

1. An organic EL display device comprising:

a substrate;

a planarization film on the substrate;

an anode on the planarization film;

a bank on the anode;

an organic light emitting layer on the anode and the bank;

a cathode on the organic light emitting layer;

a first barrier layer which is arranged on the cathode and includes a first inorganic compound film made of a silicon and a nitride and a second inorganic compound film made of a silicon and an oxide on the first inorganic compound film;

a first organic layer on the first barrier layer;

a second organic layer on the first barrier layer; and

a second barrier layer which is arranged on the first barrier layer and the first and the second organic layers and includes a third inorganic compound film and a fourth inorganic compound film, wherein

the bank covers an edge portion of the anode and has an opening exposing a part of a surface of the anode,

a first region in which the planarization film, the first barrier layer, and the second barrier layer are laminated and in which the bank and the first and the second organic layers are not formed is arranged on the substrate,

a second region in which the planarization film, the first barrier layer, the first organic layer, and the second barrier layer are laminated and in which the bank is not formed is arranged on the substrate,

a third region in which the planarization film, the bank, the first barrier layer, and the second barrier layer are laminated and in which the first and the second organic layers are not formed is arranged on the substrate, and

a fourth region in which the bank, the first barrier layer, the second organic layer, and the second barrier layer are laminated and in which the planarization film is not formed is arranged on the substrate.

2. The organic EL display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first barrier layer is in physically contact with the first and second organic layers and the second barrier layer, and

the second barrier layer is physically contact with the first and second organic layers.

3. The organic EL display device according to claim 2 , wherein

a first distance between a top surface of the second barrier layer in the second region and the substrate is smaller than a second distance between the top surface of the second barrier layer in the third region and the substrate, and

wherein a third distance between the top surface of the second barrier layer in the fourth region and the substrate is smaller than the second distance.

4. The organic EL display device according to claim 3 , wherein the first distance is smaller than the third distance.

5. The organic EL display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a resin layer on the second barrier layer; and

an opposite substrate on the resin layer.

6. A organic EL display device comprising:

a substrate;

a planarization film on the substrate;

an anode on the planarization film;

a bank on the anode;

an organic light emitting layer on the anode and the bank;

a cathode on the organic light emitting layer;

a first barrier layer on the cathode;

a first organic layer on the first barrier layer;

a second organic layer on the first barrier layer; and

a second barrier layer on the first barrier layer and the first and the second organic layers, wherein

the bank covers an edge portion of the anode and has an opening exposing a part of a surface of the anode,

a first region in which the planarization film, the first barrier layer, and the second barrier layer are laminated and in which the bank and the first and the second organic layers are not formed is arranged on the substrate,

a second region in which the planarization film, the first barrier layer, the first organic layer, and the second barrier layer are laminated and in which the bank is not formed is arranged on the substrate,

a third region in which the planarization film, the bank, the first barrier layer, and the second barrier layer are laminated and in which the first and the second organic layers are not formed is arranged on the substrate, and

a fourth region in which the bank, the first barrier layer, the second organic layer, and the second barrier layer are laminated and in which planarization film is not formed is arranged on the substrate.

7. The organic EL display device according to claim 6 , wherein

the first barrier layer includes a first inorganic compound film and a second inorganic compound film on the first inorganic compound film, and

the second barrier layer includes a third inorganic compound film and a fourth inorganic compound film.

8. The organic EL display device according to claim 7 , wherein

the first barrier layer is in physically contact with the first and second organic layers and the second barrier layer, and

the second barrier layer is physically contact with the first and second organic layers.

9. The organic EL display device according to claim 8 , wherein a first distance between a top surface of the second barrier layer in the second region and the substrate is smaller than a second distance between the top surface of the second barrier layer in the third region and the substrate,

wherein a third distance between the top surface of the second barrier layer in the fourth region and the substrate is smaller than the second distance.

10. The organic EL display device according to claim 9 , wherein the first distance is smaller than the third distance.

11. The organic EL display device according to claim 7 , further comprising:

a resin layer on the second barrier layer; and

an opposite substrate on the resin layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →