IP Library Granted Patent US 10,743,386
Granted Patent B2
US 10,743,386 · App. 15/590,156 · Granted Aug 11, 2020

Display device and electronic apparatus

Inventors: Kaoru Abe (Tokyo, JP); Kazuma Teramoto (Tokyo, JP); Toshiaki Imai (Tokyo, JP); Jiro Yamada (Tokyo, JP); Takahide Ishii (Tokyo, JP); Hideki Kobayashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JOLED INC.
H05B45/60G09G3/3225H01L27/32H01L27/326H01L27/3244H01L51/50H01L51/5271G09G2300/0426G09G2300/0452G09G2300/0465H01L27/3206H01L27/3211H01L51/5253
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Patent No.
US 10,743,386
App. No.
15/590,156
Granted
Aug 11, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a pixel including a plurality of sub-pixels. Each of the plurality of sub-pixels includes: a light-emission region; and a non-light-emission region other than the light-emission region. The light-emission region includes one or more effective light-emitting parts in which a first electrode, a light emitting layer, and a second electrode are stacked in order, and a light guide provided on side of the one or more effective light-emitting parts on which light is extracted.

Claims (66)

1. A display device, comprising a pixel including a plurality of sub-pixels,

each of the plurality of sub-pixels including:

a light-emission region; and

a non-light-emission region other than the light-emission region, and

the light-emission region including

one or more effective light-emitting parts in which a first electrode, a light emitting layer, and a second electrode are stacked in order, and

a light guide provided on side of the one or more effective light-emitting parts on which light is extracted, wherein the light guide includes:

a first insulating layer that has one or more apertures confronted with the respective one or more effective light-emitting parts, wherein the one or more apertures extend through the light guide; and

a reflector provided on a side surface of each of the one or more apertures.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the light-emission region includes a bottom layer at lower ends of the one or more apertures, the bottom layer being common to the one or more effective light-emitting parts, and

the bottom layer is provided in the light-emission region, to avoid overlap with the non-light-emission region.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein

the bottom layer is a reflection layer.

4. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein

the bottom layer is a transparent layer or a semi-transparent reflection layer.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein

the light-emission region includes a reflection layer, under the bottom layer, with an insulating film in between.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein

the second electrode is constituted by a transparent electrode.

7. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein

the plurality of sub-pixels differ from one another in display colors,

the light-emission region includes a first reflection plane and a second reflection plane, and

optical distances from the first reflection plane to the second reflection plane in the plurality of sub-pixels differ from one another in accordance with the display colors.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein

the second electrode is a semi-transparent reflection electrode, and

the first reflection plane is a surface of the reflection layer on side on which the light emitting layer is disposed, and the second reflection plane is a surface of the second electrode on the side on which the light emitting layer is disposed.

9. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein

the bottom layer serves as the first electrode,

the first insulating layer is provided between the first electrode, and the light emitting layer and the second electrode, and

the one or more effective light-emitting parts are parts in which the light emitting layer and the second electrode are stacked on the first electrode at bottoms of the respective one or more apertures.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the non-light-emission region has light transparency.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein

each of the plurality of sub-pixels further includes a circuit region, and

the circuit region is provided under the first electrode, to avoid overlap with the non-light-emission region.

12. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the non-light-emission region includes a reflection film.

13. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the one or more apertures is shaped as a truncated cone,

a height H of the first insulating layer, an aperture diameter R 1 on lower-end side of the aperture, and an aperture diameter R 2 on upper-end side of the aperture satisfy Expression 1 and Expression 2 as follows.

R 1/ R 2<1.0  (Expression 1)

0.5≤ H/R 1≤2.0  (Expression 2)

14. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the one or more apertures include a plurality of apertures, and

the plurality of apertures differ from one another in a taper angle of the reflector with respect to a lower surface of the first insulating layer.

15. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the one or more effective light-emitting parts include a plurality of effective light-emitting parts, and

the plurality of effective light-emitting parts differ in planar shapes.

16. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

shapes of the one or more effective light-emitting parts are circles or eclipses.

17. The display device according to claim 16 , wherein

the one or more effective light-emitting parts include a plurality of effective light-emitting parts, and

the plurality of effective light-emitting parts differ in directions of long axes of the eclipses.

18. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

shapes of the one or more effective light-emitting parts are quadrangles.

19. An electronic apparatus, comprising a display device,

the display device including a pixel including a plurality of sub-pixels,

each of the plurality of sub-pixels including:

a light-emission region; and

a non-light-emission region other than the light-emission region, and

the light-emission region including

one or more effective light-emitting parts in which a first electrode, a light emitting layer, and a second electrode are stacked in order, and

a light guide provided on side of the one or more effective light-emitting parts on which light is extracted, wherein the light guide includes:

a first insulating layer that has one or more apertures confronted with the respective one or more effective light-emitting parts, wherein the one or more apertures extend through the light guide; and

a reflector provided on a side surface of each of the one or more apertures.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2025
From: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
To: MAGNOLIA BLUE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072039/0656 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2024
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
Reel/Frame 066382/0619 →
CORRECTION BY AFFIDAVIT FILED AGAINST REEL/FRAME 063396/0671 Recorded Jun 12, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JOLED, INC.
Reel/Frame 064067/0723 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: INCJ, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063396/0671 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2017
From: ABE, KAORU; IMAI, TOSHIAKI; YAMADA, JIRO; KOBAYASHI, HIDEKI
To: JOLED INC.
Reel/Frame 042311/0485 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-248980 · Dec 9, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2015064346 · May 19, 2015
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