IP Library Granted Patent US 10,121,835
Granted Patent B2
US 10,121,835 · App. 15/635,668 · Granted Nov 6, 2018

Display device

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Patent No.
US 10,121,835
App. No.
15/635,668
Granted
Nov 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a display device including a pixel electrode formed on an insulating surface; a bank covering an end portion of the pixel electrode and having an opening formed therein in which the upper surface of the pixel electrode is exposed; an organic layer containing a light emitting layer and formed covering the opening; and an opposed electrode formed on the organic layer and the bank. The bank has a first layer formed on an end portion of the pixel electrode and the insulating surface, and a second layer formed on the first layer. The refractive index of the material forming the first layer is less than the refractive index of the material forming the second layer.

Claims (42)

1. A display device, comprising:

a pixel electrode formed on an insulating surface;

a bank covering an end portion of the pixel electrode and having an opening formed therein in which an upper surface of the pixel electrode is exposed;

an organic layer containing a light emitting layer and formed covering the opening; and

an opposed electrode formed on the organic layer and the bank, wherein

the bank has a first layer formed on an end portion of the pixel electrode and the insulating surface, and a second layer formed on the first layer,

a refractive index of material forming the first layer is less than a refractive index of material forming the second layer,

the first layer has a first lateral wall that defines a first angle relative to the upper surface of the pixel electrode,

the second layer has a second lateral wall that defines a second angle relative to the upper surface of the pixel electrode, and

the first angle is greater than the second angle.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein an interface between the first layer and the second layer is formed in a direction along the upper surface of the pixel electrode.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first lateral wall and the second lateral wall are formed continuous to each other.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

an upper surface of the first layer is formed continuous to the first lateral wall, and

the second lateral wall is formed continuous to the upper surface of the first layer.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an inorganic insulating film formed on the opposed electrode; and

an organic insulating film formed on the inorganic insulating film.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein a refractive index of material forming the inorganic insulating film is greater than a refractive index of material forming the first layer.

7. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein a refractive index of material forming the inorganic insulating film is greater than a refractive index of material forming the second layer.

8. A display device, comprising:

a pixel electrode formed on an insulating surface;

a bank covering an end portion of the pixel electrode and having an opening formed therein in which an upper surface of the pixel electrode is exposed;

an organic layer containing a light emitting layer and formed covering the opening; and

an opposed electrode formed on the organic layer and the bank, wherein the bank has a first layer formed on an end portion of the pixel electrode and the insulating surface, and a second layer formed on the first layer,

the first layer has a first lateral wall that defines a first angle relative to the upper surface of the pixel electrode,

the second layer has a second lateral wall that defines a second angle relative to the upper surface of the pixel electrode, and

the first angle is greater than the second angle.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein

an interface between the first layer and the second layer is formed in a direction along the upper surface of the pixel electrode.

10. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein

the first lateral wall and the second lateral wall are formed continuous to each other.

11. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein

an upper surface of the first layer is formed continuous to the first lateral wall, and

the second lateral wall is formed continuous to the upper surface of the first layer.

12. The display device according to claim 8 , further comprising:

an inorganic insulating film formed on the opposed electrode; and

an organic insulating film formed on the inorganic insulating film.

13. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein

a refractive index of material forming the inorganic insulating film is greater than a refractive index of material forming the first layer.

14. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein

a refractive index of material forming the inorganic insulating film is greater than a refractive index of material forming the second layer.

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 Jun 28, 2017
From: SAKAMOTO, SHIGERU
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 042846/0274 →