IP Library Granted Patent US 11,552,274
Granted Patent B2
US 11,552,274 · App. 16/869,785 · Granted Jan 10, 2023

Display device having pixel electrode and color filter, and electronic apparatus

Inventors: Osamu Yokoyama (Shiojiri, JP); Takeshi Koshihara (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
H01L51/5275H01L27/322H01L27/3244H01L51/56H01L2227/323
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Patent No.
US 11,552,274
App. No.
16/869,785
Granted
Jan 10, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device is provided that includes a substrate, a lens layer including a lens, a light-transmitting layer contacting a lens surface of the lens and having translucency, a pixel electrode disposed between the substrate and the lens layer, and a color filter disposed between the pixel electrode and the lens layer. The lens is disposed correspondingly to the pixel electrode. A refractive index of a constituent material for the lens is higher than a refractive index of a constituent material for the light-transmitting layer.

Claims (42)

1. A display device, comprising:

a substrate;

a lens layer including a plurality of lenses, adjacent lenses directly contacting each other;

a light-transmitting layer contacting a lens surface of the lenses and having translucency;

a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed between the substrate and the lens layer; and

a color filter disposed between the pixel electrodes and the lens layer and in direct contact with the lens layer, wherein

the lenses are disposed corresponding to the pixel electrodes, and

a refractive index of a constituent material for the lenses is higher than a refractive index of a constituent material for the light-transmitting layer.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the lens surface is a convex surface.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a transmissive substrate having translucency, wherein

the lens layer and the light-transmitting layer are disposed between the transmissive substrate and the color filter.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein

the color filter, the lens layer, the light-transmitting layer, and the transmissive substrate are disposed in this order.

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

a common electrode disposed between the pixel electrodes and the lens layer; and

a light-emitting layer that is disposed between the pixel electrodes and the common electrode, and contains an organic light-emitting material.

6. An electronic apparatus, comprising the display device according to claim 1 .

7. A display device, comprising:

a substrate;

a lens layer including a plurality of lenses, adjacent lenses directly contacting each other;

a light-transmitting layer contacting a lens surface of the lenses and having translucency;

a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed between the substrate and the lens layer; and

a color filter disposed between the pixel electrodes and the lens layer, wherein

the lenses are disposed corresponding to the pixel electrodes,

a refractive index of a constituent material for the lenses is higher than a refractive index of a constituent material for the light-transmitting layer,

the refractive index of the constituent material for the lenses is equal to or greater than 1.5 and equal to or less than 1.8 with respect to visible light having a wavelength of 550 nm, and

the refractive index of the constituent material for the light-transmitting layer is equal to or greater than 1.0 and equal to or less than 1.6 with respect to the visible light.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the lens surface is a convex surface.

9. The display device according to claim 7 , further comprising

a transmissive substrate having translucency, wherein

the lens layer and the light-transmitting layer are disposed between the transmissive substrate and the color filter.

10. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the color filter, the light-transmitting layer, the lens layer, and the transmissive substrate are disposed in this order.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , further comprising

a flattening layer that is disposed between the color filter and the lens layer, includes a flat surface in contact with the lens layer, and has translucency.

12. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein

the color filter, the lens layer, the light-transmitting layer, and the transmissive substrate are disposed in this order.

13. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the lens layer contacts the color filter.

14. The display device according to claim 7 , further comprising:

a common electrode disposed between the pixel electrodes and the lens layer; and

a light-emitting layer that is disposed between the pixel electrodes and the common electrode, and contains an organic light-emitting material.

15. An electronic apparatus, comprising the display device according to claim 7 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2020
From: YOKOYAMA, OSAMU; KOSHIHARA, TAKESHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-088861 · May 9, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200358036A1 · Nov 12, 2020