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Granted Patent B2
US 11,916,051 · App. 17/104,850 · Granted Feb 27, 2024

Inorganic light emitting display device with inorganic film

Inventors: Yasuhiro Kanaya (Tokyo, JP); Masanobu Ikeda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
H01L25/167H01L33/62G09G3/32
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Patent No.
US 11,916,051
App. No.
17/104,850
Granted
Feb 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device including a substrate, a plurality of pixels, a plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements, a flattening film, and an inorganic film. The pixels are arrayed on the substrate and display different colors. The inorganic light-emitting elements are provided to the respective pixels. The flattening film surrounds at least a side surface of the inorganic light-emitting element. The inorganic film covers the flattening film and the inorganic light-emitting element. The upper surface of the inorganic light-emitting element is exposed from the flattening film and is in contact with the inorganic film. Alternatively, the flattening film is provided covering the upper surface of the inorganic light-emitting element.

Claims (69)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of pixels arrayed on the substrate and configured to display different colors;

an inorganic light-emitting element provided to each of the pixels;

a flattening film that surrounds at least a side surface of the inorganic light-emitting element; and

an inorganic film that covers the flattening film and the inorganic light-emitting element

a transistor provided to a first surface of the substrate;

an insulating film that covers the transistor; and

cathode wiring provided to the first surface of the substrate and electrically coupled to a cathode of the inorganic light-emitting element,

wherein

the flattening film and the inorganic film are provided on an upper side of the insulating film from a display region provided with a plurality of the inorganic light-emitting elements to a peripheral region positioned outside the display region,

the cathode wiring is exposed at a bottom of a contact hole formed in the peripheral region of the insulating film, and

the inorganic film covers a side surface of the flattening film and is in contact with the cathode wiring at the bottom of the contact hole.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein an upper surface of the inorganic light-emitting element is exposed from the flattening film and is in contact with the inorganic film.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the flattening film is provided covering an upper surface of the inorganic light-emitting element.

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

a first electrode coupled to a cathode of the inorganic light-emitting element; and

a second electrode coupled to an anode of the inorganic light-emitting element, wherein

the first electrode and the second electrode are provided between the substrate and the inorganic light-emitting element.

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

a first electrode coupled to a cathode of the inorganic light-emitting element; and

a second electrode coupled to an anode of the inorganic light-emitting element, wherein

the first electrode is provided on the inorganic light-emitting element and the flattening film,

the second electrode is provided between the substrate and the inorganic light-emitting element, and

the inorganic film is provided on the first electrode.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the flattening film comprises a first flattening film and a second flattening film provided on the first flattening film,

a side surface of the second flattening film is provided at a position overlapping an upper surface of the first flattening film, and

the inorganic film is provided along a step formed by the upper surface of the first flattening film and an upper surface of the second flattening film.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic film is a translucent inorganic insulating film including one or more of silicon nitride, aluminum oxide, and aluminum oxynitride as a main component.

8. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of pixels arrayed on the substrate and configured to display different colors;

an inorganic light-emitting element provided to each of the pixels;

a flattening film that surrounds at least a side surface of the inorganic light-emitting element

an inorganic film that covers the flattening film and the inorganic light-emitting element

a transistor provided to a first surface of the substrate;

an insulating film that covers the transistor;

a first electrode coupled to a cathode of the inorganic light-emitting element

a second electrode coupled to an anode of the inorganic light-emitting element and

cathode wiring provided to the first surface of the substrate and electrically coupled to a cathode of the inorganic light-emitting element,

wherein

the flattening film and the inorganic film are provided on an upper side of the insulating film from a display region provided with a plurality of the inorganic light-emitting elements to a peripheral region positioned outside the display region,

the first electrode is provided on the inorganic light-emitting element and the flattening film

the second electrode is provided between the substrate and the inorganic light-emitting element,

the inorganic film is provided on the first electrode,

the cathode wiring is exposed at a bottom of a contact hole formed in the peripheral region of the insulating film, and

the first electrode is provided along a side surface of the flattening film and is in contact with the cathode wiring at the bottom of the contact hole.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein

an end of the first electrode is provided at a position overlapping the cathode wiring at the bottom of the contact hole, and

the inorganic film covers the end of the first electrode and is in contact with the cathode wiring at the bottom of the contact hole.

10. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of pixels arrayed on the substrate and configured to display different colors;

an inorganic light-emitting element provided to each of the pixels;

a flattening film that surrounds at least a side surface of the inorganic light-emitting element

an inorganic film that covers the flattening film and the inorganic light-emitting element

a plurality of the flattening films,

a plurality of first electrodes provided to the respective inorganic light-emitting elements and each coupled to a cathode of the inorganic light-emitting element and

a second electrode coupled to an anode of the inorganic light-emitting element,

wherein

the flattening films are separated from each other and provided to a plurality of the respective inorganic light-emitting elements,

the first electrodes are each provided on the inorganic light-emitting element and the flattening film,

the second electrode is provided between the substrate and the inorganic light-emitting element, and

the inorganic film is provided covering the first electrodes.

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

a transistor provided to a first surface of the substrate; and

an insulating film that covers the transistor, wherein

the inorganic film covers the flattening films and the inorganic light-emitting elements and is provided on the insulating film exposed from the flattening film.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2020
From: KANAYA, YASUHIRO; IKEDA, MASANOBU
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 054609/0397 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-105503 · May 31, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019017102 · Apr 22, 2019
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