IP Library Granted Patent US 10,998,300
Granted Patent B2
US 10,998,300 · App. 15/544,585 · Granted May 4, 2021

Display unit

Inventors: Toshiaki Hasegawa (Kanagawa, JP); Kenichi Aoyagi (Kanagawa, JP); Nobutatsu Araki (Kanagawa, JP); Tsuyoshi Jyouno (Kanagawa, JP); Katsunori Ootsubo (Kanagawa, JP); Yoshiya Hagimoto (Kanagawa, JP); Yasuhiro Mizuma (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
H01L25/167H01L23/5383H01L23/5386H01L23/5389H01L24/19H01L24/20H01L24/24H01L25/0753H01L33/58H01L33/54H01L33/62H01L2224/16225H01L2224/18H01L2224/214H01L2224/24105H01L2224/24137H01L2924/12041H01L2924/1426H01L2924/15174H01L2924/15311H01L2924/181H01L2933/005H01L2933/0058H01L2933/0066
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Patent No.
US 10,998,300
App. No.
15/544,585
Granted
May 4, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display unit is provided, on a substrate, with a first wiring layer and a device section. The device section has a plurality of pixels. The device section includes, in each of the pixels, a light-emitting device section and a drive device. The light-emitting device section includes a light-emitting device and a light-emitting surface. The drive device drives the light-emitting device section and is electrically coupled to the light-emitting device section through the first wiring layer. An end of the light-emitting surface of the light-emitting device section is disposed at a position as high as an upper end of the drive device, or at a position higher than the upper end.

Claims (32)

1. A display unit provided, on a substrate, with a first wiring layer and a device section having a plurality of pixels, the device section comprising, in each of the pixels:

a light-emitting device section that includes a light-emitting device and a light-emitting surface; and

a drive device that drives the light-emitting device section and is electrically coupled to the light-emitting device section through the first wiring layer,

wherein the light-emitting device section is coupled to the first wiring layer through a single insulating film directly contacting a majority of a surface of the light-emitting device section closest to the first wiring layer,

wherein the first wiring layer is disposed at a position lower than the drive device, and

wherein an end of the light-emitting surface of the light-emitting device section is disposed at a position as high as an upper end of the drive device, or at a position higher than the upper end.

2. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting device section is provided with a first insulating film on substrate side of the light-emitting device, wherein a total of a thickness of the first insulating film and a thickness of the light-emitting device is equal to or greater than a thickness of the drive device.

3. The display unit according to claim 1 , further comprising a second insulating film having a first recessed portion at a selective region, the second insulating film being provided between the substrate and the light-emitting device section as well as the drive device, the drive device being formed to allow a portion of the drive device to be embedded into the first recessed portion of the second insulating film.

4. The display unit according to claim 1 , further comprising a sealing layer that covers the drive device and the light-emitting device section, the light-emitting device section including a high-refractive-index layer having a refractive index that is higher than a refractive index of the sealing layer, the high-refractive-index layer covering the light-emitting device and having the light-emitting surface.

5. The display unit according to claim 4 , wherein a maximum value of an emission angle of light emitted from an end of the light-emitting surface of the high-refractive-index layer is 90 degrees.

6. The display unit according to claim 5 , wherein a refractive index and a thickness of the high-refractive-index layer satisfy the following conditional expression (A):

n 0/ n 1< L 1/( H 1 2 +L 1 2 ) 1/2   (A)

where

n 0 is a refractive index of the sealing layer,

n 1 is a refractive index of the high-refractive-index layer,

L 1 is a thickness of the high-refractive-index layer facing a side surface of the light-emitting device, and

H 1 is a thickness of the high-refractive-index layer facing the light-emitting surface of the light-emitting device.

7. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting device is formed to be embedded into a portion of the drive device.

8. The display unit according to claim 7 , wherein

the drive device has a second recessed portion at a selective region, and

the light-emitting device is formed inside the second recessed portion.

9. The display unit according to claim 8 , further comprising a third insulating film that serves to adjust a height of the light-emitting surface on a bottom surface of the second recessed portion.

10. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein the drive device has a tapered shape.

11. The display unit according to claim 10 , wherein a cross-sectional shape of the drive device is trapezoidal.

12. The display unit according to claim 1 , further comprising a light-shielding film that is formed to cover a surface of the drive device.

13. The display unit according to claim 1 , further comprising an antireflective film that is formed to cover a surface of the drive device.

14. The display unit according to claim 1 , further comprising a connection wiring line for electrical coupling between the light-emitting device and the drive device, the connection wiring line being interposed between the light-emitting device and the drive device to serve as a light-shielding layer as well.

15. The display unit according to claim 14 , wherein the connection wiring line is formed of a through-silicon via.

16. The display unit according to claim 1 , further comprising a seed layer that is superposed on the drive device and is used to form a metallic wiring line through plating, the seed layer being interposed between the light-emitting device and the drive device to serve as a light-shielding layer as well.

17. The display unit according to claim 1 , further comprising a light-shielding resin layer that is formed to be embedded between the light-emitting device and the drive device.

18. The display unit according to claim 17 , wherein the light-shielding resin layer is embedded between the pixels and between the light-emitting device and the drive device to serve as a planarizing layer as well.

19. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein the single insulating film is disposed at a position lower than the drive device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2017
From: HASEGAWA, TOSHIAKI; AOYAGI, KENICHI; ARAKI, NOBUTATSU; JYOUNO, TSUYOSHI; OOTSUBO, KATSUNORI; HAGIMOTO, YOSHIYA; MIZUMA, YASUHIRO
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2015-015843 · Jan 29, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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