Display device including transparent partition wall and method of manufacturing same

1. A display device comprising:

a plurality of light emitting portions arranged in a form of a matrix;

a sealing layer disposed on the plurality of light emitting portions;

a light shielding layer disposed in a gap between the light emitting portions adjacent to each other in a row direction on the sealing layer, and extending in a column direction;

a transparent partition wall layer disposed on the light shielding layer and extending in the column direction; and

a color filter disposed in a gap in the light shielding layer and the transparent partition wall layer on the sealing layer.

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

a second light shielding layer disposed in a gap between the light emitting portions adjacent to each other in the column direction on the sealing layer, and extending in the row direction.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the transparent partition wall layer has a liquid repelling property.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

a thickness of the light shielding layer is 0.1 to 2 μm both inclusive.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

a thickness of the transparent partition wall layer is 1 to 5 μm both inclusive.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

a width of the transparent partition wall layer is smaller than a width of the light shielding layer.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein a difference between the width of the transparent portion wall layer and the width of the light shielding layer ranges from 1 μm to 2 μm both inclusive.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the plurality of light emitting portions includes a first electrode, a light emitting layer including an organic material disposed above the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed above the light emitting layer, and

a bank layer extending in the column direction is disposed in a gap between the first electrodes of the light emitting portions adjacent to each other in the row direction.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a first thickness of the color filter at an interface with the transparent partition wall layer is greater than a second thickness of the color filter in a central region of the color filter.

10. A method of manufacturing a display device, the method comprising:

forming a plurality of light emitting portions in a form of a matrix;

forming a sealing layer on the plurality of light emitting portions;

forming a light shielding layer extending in a column direction in a gap between the light emitting portions adjacent to each other in a row direction on the sealing layer;

forming a transparent partition wall layer extending in the column direction on the light shielding layer; and

forming a color filter in a gap in the light shielding layer and the transparent partition wall layer on the sealing layer by an ink jet method.

11. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

forming a second light shielding layer disposed in a gap between the light emitting portions adjacent to each other in the column direction on the sealing layer, and extending in the row direction.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein forming the transparent partition wall layer comprises forming the transparent partition wall layer having a liquid repelling property.

13. The method according to claim 10 , wherein forming the light shielding layer comprise forming the light shielding layer having a thickness ranging from 0.1 to 2 μm both inclusive.

14. The method according to claim 10 , wherein forming the transparent partition wall layer comprise forming the transparent partition wall layer having a thickness ranging from 1 to 5 μm both inclusive.

15. The method according to claim 10 , wherein forming the transparent partition wall layer comprises forming the transparent partition wall layer having a width smaller than a width of the light shielding layer.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein forming the transparent partition wall layer comprise forming a difference between the width of the transparent partition wall layer and the width of the light shielding layer ranging from 1 μm to 2 μm both inclusive.

17. The method according to claim 10 , wherein forming each of the plurality of light emitting portions comprises:

forming a first electrode, a light emitting layer including an organic material disposed above the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed above the light emitting layer, and

forming a bank layer extending in the column direction is in a gap between the first electrodes of the light emitting portions adjacent to each other in the row direction.

18. The method according to claim 10 , wherein forming the color filter comprises forming the color filter having a first thickness at an interface with the transparent partition wall layer being greater than a second thickness of the color filter in a central region of the color filter.