IP Library Granted Patent US 9,911,945
Granted Patent B2
US 9,911,945 · App. 15/419,513 · Granted Mar 6, 2018

Display device

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,911,945
App. No.
15/419,513
Granted
Mar 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a plurality of pixel electrodes respectively corresponding to a plurality of unit pixels that constitute an image; a light-emitting element layer stacked on the plurality of pixel electrodes so as to be in contact with each of the plurality of pixel electrodes and provided so as to emit light with a luminance controlled by an electric current; a common electrode provided so as to be stacked on and in contact with the light-emitting element layer above the plurality of pixel electrodes; and a sealing layer made of a light-transmissive material and stacked on the common electrode so as to seal the light-emitting element layer. The sealing layer is formed of a plurality of layers that are stacked on one another. The interface between two adjacent layers of the plurality of layers includes irregularities in regions located above the plurality of pixel electrodes.

Claims (22)

1. A display device comprising:

a plurality of unit pixels;

a plurality of pixel electrodes each included in each of the plurality of unit pixels;

a light-emitting element layer in contact with each of the pixel electrodes;

a common electrode located on an opposite side of the light-emitting element layer from the pixel electrodes and in contact with the light-emitting element layer; and

a sealing layer located on an opposite side of the common electrode from the light-emitting element layer and covering the common electrode, wherein

the sealing layer includes a plurality of layers that are stacked on one another,

at least one of interfaces each between two adjacent layers of the plurality of layers includes irregularities in regions overlapping the pixel electrodes in a plan view, and

the plurality of layers include a pair of inorganic layers that interpose the two adjacent layers therebetween.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the irregularities include a plurality of convex portions which are convex lenses and protrude toward an opposite direction of the light-emitting element layer.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the irregularities include a plurality of concave portions which are concave lenses and dent toward the light-emitting element layer.

4. A display device comprising:

a plurality of unit pixels;

a plurality of pixel electrodes each included in each of the plurality of unit pixels;

a light-emitting element layer in contact with each of the pixel electrodes;

a common electrode located on an opposite side of the light-emitting element layer from the pixel electrodes and in contact with the light-emitting element layer; and

a sealing layer located on an opposite side of the common electrode from the light-emitting element layer and covering the common electrode, wherein

the sealing layer includes an intermediate layer containing fine particles configured to scatter light, and a pair of inorganic layers that interpose the intermediate layer therebetween.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein

the fine particles are made of a light-transmissive material.

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 Jan 30, 2017
From: MATSUMOTO, YUKO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 041124/0652 →