IP Library Granted Patent US 10,446,783
Granted Patent B2
US 10,446,783 · App. 15/460,426 · Granted Oct 15, 2019

Light-emitting device, display apparatus and lighting apparatus

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Patent No.
US 10,446,783
App. No.
15/460,426
Granted
Oct 15, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device includes a pair of first electrodes arranged separated from and opposing each other on a first surface of a substrate; a light-emitting layer arranged on at least one of the first electrodes; a second electrode arranged on the light-emitting layer; and a bridge layer connecting the first electrodes. The bridge layer is formed of a material having a resistance that falls within a range of 100 kΩ to 100 MΩ.

Claims (40)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a pair of first electrodes arranged separated from and opposing each other on a first surface of a substrate;

a light-emitting layer arranged on at least one of the first electrodes;

a second electrode arranged on the light-emitting layer; and

a bridge layer connecting the first electrodes,

wherein the bridge layer is formed of a material having a resistance that falls within a range of 100 kΩ to 100 MΩ, and

wherein the bridge layer is formed of a material selected from the group consisting of a zinc-tin-silicon-oxygen-based material, a zinc-tin-oxygen-based material, and a zinc-silicon-oxygen-based material.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the bridge layer is formed of the zinc-silicon-oxygen-based material, the zinc-silicon-oxygen-based material includes zinc (Zn), silicon (Si), and oxygen (O), and a ratio of numbers of atoms of Zn/(Zn+Si) is from 0.3 to 0.95.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the bridge layer is formed of the zinc-tin-silicon-oxygen-based material, and the zinc-tin-silicon-oxygen-based material includes zinc (Zn), tin (Sn), silicon (Si), and oxygen (O), and

wherein in terms of oxide based on 100 mol % of total of oxides of the bridge layer, SnO 2 is greater than 15 mol % but less than or equal to 95 mol %.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 3 ,

wherein in terms of oxide based on 100 mol % of total of oxides of the bridge layer, SiO 2 is greater than or equal to 7 mol % but less than or equal to 30 mol %.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the bridge layer is formed of the zinc-tin-oxygen-based material, and the zinc-tin-oxygen-based material includes zinc (Zn), tin (Sn), and oxygen (O), and

wherein in terms of oxide based on 100 mol % of total of oxides of the bridge layer, SnO 2 is greater than 15 mol % but less than or equal to 95 mol %.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the bridge layer includes an amorphous oxide.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the light-emitting layer includes an organic light-emitting layer.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the bridge layer is arranged so as to be in contact with the first surface of the substrate.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the bridge layer is configured to function as an electron injection layer.

10. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least one of the first electrodes includes a material selected from the group consisting of ITO, SnO 2 , and IZO.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein both the first electrodes have the same polarity.

12. A display apparatus comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 11 .

13. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first electrodes have opposite polarities to each other.

14. A lighting apparatus comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 13 .

15. A light-emitting device comprising:

a pair of first electrodes arranged separated from and opposing each other on a first surface of a substrate;

a light-emitting layer arranged on at least one of the first electrodes;

a second electrode arranged on the light-emitting layer; and

a bridge layer connecting the first electrodes,

wherein the bridge layer is formed of a material having a resistance that falls within a range of 100 kΩ to 100 MΩ, and

wherein the first electrodes have opposite polarities to each other.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
To: AGC INC.
Reel/Frame 046730/0786 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2017
From: HOSONO, HIDEO; TODA, YOSHITAKE; NAKAMURA, NOBUHIRO; MIYAKAWA, NAOMICHI; WATANABE, SATORU; WATANABE, TOSHINARI
To: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY; TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 041592/0100 →