Display unit and electronic apparatus including a divided electrode
A display unit is provided with a plurality of pixels. The plurality of pixels each include a first electrode, an insulating film, an organic layer, and a second electrode. The insulating film is provided on the first electrode, and has openings. The organic layer is provided in each of the openings of the insulating film, and includes a light-emitting layer. The second electrode is provided on the organic layer. The first electrode includes a plurality of sub-electrodes that are provided to face the respective openings of the insulating film.
1. An electronic apparatus comprising a display unit,
the display unit comprising a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including:
a first electrode including a plurality of sub-electrodes and an end, wherein the end electrically connects each of the plurality of sub-electrodes, and each of the plurality of sub-electrodes is physically separated from an adjacent sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes by a slit,
an insulating film on the first electrode, wherein the insulating film includes openings that each face a corresponding sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes, and the insulating film covers the end,
an organic layer in each of the openings of the insulating film, wherein the organic layer comprises a light-emitting layer, and
a second electrode on the organic layer.
2. The display unit according to claim 1 , further comprising a reflector in each of the openings.
3. The display unit according to claim 2 , further comprising a second insulating film over the second electrode, wherein the reflector is formed based on a refractive index difference between the insulating film and the second insulating film, and the reflector comprises a sidewall angled with respect to a top surface of the first electrode.
4. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of sub-electrodes has a rectangular surface shape.
5. The display unit according to claim 4 , wherein each of the plurality of sub-electrodes forms a stripe shape as a whole.
6. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein, in the pixel of the plurality of pixels, a portion of a sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes is cut from any other portion of the plurality of sub-electrodes.
7. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of sub-electrodes has a surface shape of a plurality of circular parts or a plurality of polygonal parts.
8. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein the organic layer is continuous across each of the openings.
9. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein the organic layer is on a top surface of the insulating film between adjacent openings.
10. The display unit according to claim 1 , further comprising a color filter, wherein the color filter is configured to transmit light from the organic layer in each of the openings.
11. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein a first sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes has a length less than a length of a second sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes.
12. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein a first sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes is discontinuous.
13. The display unit according to claim 12 , wherein the first sub-electrode is electrically connected to a second sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes at a first end of the first sub-electrode.
14. The display unit according to claim 13 , wherein the first sub-electrode is electrically connected to the second sub-electrode at a second end of the first sub-electrode, and the second end is opposite the first end.
15. The display unit according to claim 13 , wherein the first sub-electrode is electrically connected to a third sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes at a second end of the first sub-electrode, and the second end is opposite the first end.
16. The display unit according to claim 12 , wherein the first sub-electrode is electrically separated from a second sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes.
17. A display unit provided with a plurality of pixels,
a pixel of the plurality of pixels comprising:
a first electrode including a plurality of sub-electrodes, wherein a first sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes has a different length, measured in a first direction, from a second sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes;
an insulating film on the first electrode, wherein the insulating film includes openings that each face a corresponding sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes, and each of the openings has a same length, measured in the first direction;
at least a light-emitting layer in each of the openings of the insulating film; and
a second electrode above the light-emitting layer.
18. A display unit comprising:
a plurality of pixels, wherein a pixel of the plurality of pixels comprises:
a first electrode including a plurality of sub-electrodes and an end, wherein the end electrically connects each of the plurality of sub-electrodes, and each of the plurality of sub-electrodes is physically separated from an adjacent sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes by a slit,
an insulating film on the first electrode, wherein the insulating film includes openings that each face a corresponding sub-electrode of the plurality of sub-electrodes, and the insulating film covers the end,
an organic layer in each of the openings of the insulating film, wherein the organic layer comprises a light-emitting layer, and
a second electrode on the organic layer.