IP Library Granted Patent US 10,003,047
Granted Patent B2
US 10,003,047 · App. 15/484,451 · Granted Jun 19, 2018

Light-emitting device and electronic device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Shingo Eguchi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L51/5256H01L27/322H01L27/3244H01L27/3258H01L27/3276H01L51/5237H01L51/5246H01L51/0097H01L2251/5338H01L2251/558
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Patent No.
US 10,003,047
App. No.
15/484,451
Granted
Jun 19, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A highly reliable light-emitting device is provided. Damage to an element due to externally applied physical power is suppressed. Alternatively, in a process of pressure-bonding of an FPC, damage to a resin and a wiring which are in contact with a flexible substrate due to heat is suppressed. A neutral plane at which stress-strain is not generated when a flexible light-emitting device including an organic EL element is deformed, is positioned in the vicinity of a transistor and the organic EL element. Alternatively, the hardness of the outermost surface of a light-emitting device is high. Alternatively, a substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion of 10 ppm/K or lower is used as a substrate that overlaps with a terminal portion connected to an FPC.

Claims (47)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a first flexible substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface;

a transistor over the first surface;

an insulating layer over the transistor;

a light-emitting element over and in contact with an upper surface of the insulating layer, wherein the light-emitting element is electrically connected to the transistor; and

a second flexible substrate over the light-emitting element, the second flexible substrate comprising a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface,

wherein the first surface and the third surface face each other, and

wherein a first distance from the second surface to the upper surface of the insulating layer is 0.8 to 1.2 times as large as a second distance from the fourth surface to the upper surface of the insulating layer.

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

wherein the first distance is 0.9 to 1.1 times as large as the second distance.

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

wherein the insulating layer is a planarization layer.

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

wherein a portion of one of the transistor, the planarization layer, and the light-emitting element is positioned in a neutral plane.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a color filter between the light-emitting element and the second flexible substrate.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a color filter between the light-emitting element and the first flexible substrate.

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

wherein the light-emitting element comprises a layer containing a light-emitting organic compound between a first electrode and a second electrode over the first electrode, and

wherein the first electrode is provided over and in contact with the insulating layer.

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

wherein the transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor layer.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising an FPC affixed to the first flexible substrate.

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

11. A light-emitting device comprising:

a first flexible substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface;

a driver circuit over the first flexible substrate;

a pixel portion over the first surface, the pixel portion comprising:

a transistor over the first surface;

an insulating layer over the transistor;

a light-emitting element over the transistor and in contact with an upper surface of the insulating layer, wherein the light-emitting element is electrically connected to the transistor; and

a second flexible substrate comprising a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface,

wherein the first surface and the third surface face each other with the pixel portion provided therebetween, and

wherein a first distance from the second surface to the upper surface of the insulating layer is 0.8 to 1.2 times as large as a second distance from the fourth surface to the upper surface of the insulating layer.

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

wherein the first distance is 0.9 to 1.1 times as large as the second distance.

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

wherein the insulating layer is a planarization layer.

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

wherein a portion of one of the transistor, the planarization layer, and the light-emitting element is positioned in a neutral plane.

15. The light-emitting device according to claim 11 , further comprising a color filter between the light-emitting element and the second flexible substrate.

16. The light-emitting device according to claim 11 , further comprising a color filter between the light-emitting element and the first flexible substrate.

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

wherein the light-emitting element comprises a layer containing a light-emitting organic compound between a first electrode and a second electrode over the first electrode, and over and in contact with the insulating layer.

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

wherein the transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor layer.

19. The light-emitting device according to claim 11 , further comprising an FPC affixed to the first flexible substrate.

20. An electronic device comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 19 .

Priority Claims (4)
JP 2012-107283 · May 9, 2012 · national
JP 2012-107284 · May 9, 2012 · national
JP 2012-108190 · May 10, 2012 · national
JP 2013-044857 · Mar 7, 2013 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14802642 · Jul 17, 2015
Division 13886474 · May 3, 2013
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