IP Library Granted Patent US 10,062,744
Granted Patent B2
US 10,062,744 · App. 15/644,942 · Granted Aug 28, 2018

Display module

Inventor: Toshihiro Sato (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H01L27/3276G09G3/3233H01L27/3246H01L27/3248H01L27/3258H01L27/3262H01L27/3265H01L51/5206H01L51/5234H01L51/5237G09G2300/0842G09G2320/0233
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Patent No.
US 10,062,744
App. No.
15/644,942
Granted
Aug 28, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic display device includes a pixel driving circuit having a thin film transistor connected to a current supply line and a capacitor. A first insulation layer, with a first electrode thereon, covers a source electrode of the transistor. The first electrode is connected to the transistor through a contact hole the insulation layer. A second insulation layer including an aperture is formed on the first insulation layer and electrode layers. An organic light emitting layer, with a second electrode thereon is formed in the aperture and connected to the first electrode. The second insulation layer includes an inner wall at the aperture, said inner will having a surface of a convex plane on an edge of the recessed part of the first electrode. The convex plane is located between the organic light emitting layer and the edge of the first electrode, and the second electrode is formed over plurality of pixels.

Claims (23)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

an under layer on the substrate including a first insulation layer and a thin film transistor comprising a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, and a second insulation layer between the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode;

a first electrode on the first insulation layer;

a third insulation layer, formed on the first insulation layer and the first electrode, having a first contact hole exposing a part of the first electrode;

a fourth insulation layer, formed on the third insulation layer and a second electrode, having an aperture exposing a first part of the second electrode, and covering all edge of the second electrode;

an organic layer, formed in the aperture and on the fourth insulation layer and an inner wall of the aperture, including a light emitting layer;

a third electrode on the organic layer; and

a light emitting element including the first part of the second electrode overlapping the aperture in a plan view, a first part of the organic layer overlapping the aperture in a plan view and connected to the first part of the second electrode, and a first part of the third electrode overlapping the aperture in a plan view and connected to the first part of the organic layer,

a current supply line overlapping with the second electrode in a plan view;

wherein

an edge portion of the fourth insulation layer that is in contact with the second electrode and organic layer is arranged outside the light emitting element in a plan view,

a second part of the second electrode is arranged on an inner wall of the first contact hole,

the first contact hole, the second part of the second electrode, and the fourth insulation layer are arranged outside the light emitting element in plan view, and

the light emitting element emits light in a direction from the substrate to the third electrode.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second insulation layer has a second contact hole exposing a part of the semiconductor layer.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the first contact hole and the second contact hole don't overlap in a plan view.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a passivation film which has a first region arranged directly above the aperture of the fourth insulation layer and a second region arranged directly above a first portion of the fourth insulation layer, which is in contact with the third electrode, wherein a thickness of the first region of the passivation film is thicker than a thickness of the second region of the passivation film.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the passivation film is transparent.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth insulation layer is formed by using an acrylic resin.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting element overlaps a capacitor connected to the thin film transistor in a plan view.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the current supply line supplies a drive current to the light emitting element through the thin film transistor and the first electrode.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth insulation layer has a taper beginning with an edge part which the organic layer and the second electrode are connected.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2018
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.; JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046348/0407 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2001-092818 · Mar 28, 2001 · national
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