IP Library Granted Patent US 11,672,140
Granted Patent B2
US 11,672,140 · App. 17/111,535 · Granted Jun 6, 2023

Self-luminous display panel and method of manufacturing self-luminous display panel

Inventors: Akifumi Okigawa (Tokyo, JP); Kenji Harada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JOLED INC.
H10K50/8426H10K50/844H10K50/8428H10K59/124H10K71/00H10K59/38H10K2102/351
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Patent No.
US 11,672,140
App. No.
17/111,535
Granted
Jun 6, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A self-luminous display panel including a first substrate, an insulating resin layer, self-luminous elements, a sealing layer, an attachment layer, and a second substrate, and the insulating resin layer includes an inner insulating sublayer and an outer insulating sublayer with a groove therebetween, the groove being provided in a peripheral region and surrounding an image display region, the attachment layer includes a peripheral sealing layer that is positioned inside a peripheral portion of the second substrate and a joining layer that is positioned in a range surrounded by the peripheral sealing layer, and when viewed in a cross section perpendicular to a main surface of the first substrate and across the groove, the peripheral sealing layer is at least partially positioned on the outer insulating sublayer, and an inner end portion of the peripheral sealing layer extends to the groove.

Claims (39)

1. A self-luminous display panel that has an image display region and a peripheral region around the image display region in plan view, the self-luminous display panel comprising:

a first substrate;

an insulating resin layer that is disposed above the first substrate;

self-luminous elements that are disposed above the insulating resin layer in an area corresponding to the image display region;

a sealing layer that is disposed above the self-luminous elements;

an attachment layer that is disposed above the sealing layer; and

a second substrate that is disposed above the attachment layer, wherein

the insulating resin layer includes an inner insulating sublayer and an outer insulating sublayer with a groove therebetween, the groove being provided in the peripheral region and surrounding the image display region,

the sealing layer includes a first sealing sublayer, a second sealing sublayer, and a third sealing sublayer that respectively include an inorganic material, a resin material, and an inorganic material,

in a range in plan view including the image display region and extending to at most an inner end portion of the outer insulating sublayer, the first sealing sublayer, the second sealing sublayer, and the third sealing sublayer are layered in this order,

outside the range in plan view, the first sealing sublayer and the third sealing sublayer are in direct contact with each other,

the attachment layer includes:

a peripheral sealing layer that is positioned inside a peripheral portion of the second substrate; and

a joining layer that is positioned in a range surrounded by the peripheral sealing layer, and

when viewed in a cross section perpendicular to a main surface of the first substrate and across the groove, the peripheral sealing layer is at least partially positioned on the outer insulating sublayer, and an inner end portion of the peripheral sealing layer extends to a point within the groove.

2. The self-luminous display panel of claim 1 , wherein

at the inner end portion of the peripheral sealing layer, thickness of the second sealing sublayer is smaller than thickness of the outer insulating sublayer.

3. The self-luminous display panel of claim 1 , wherein

outside the range in plan view, the first sealing sublayer and the third sealing sublayer cover an outer end portion of the outer insulating sublayer.

4. The self-luminous display panel of claim 1 , wherein

in plan view, an outer end portion of the peripheral sealing layer is positioned outside an outer end portion of the outer insulating sublayer.

5. The self-luminous display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the second substrate is a color filter substrate including filters of at least a red color, a green color, and a blue color.

6. The self-luminous display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the second sealing sublayer is an applied film.

7. The self-luminous display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the peripheral sealing layer includes an ultraviolet-curing resin material in which spherical gap-forming members are dispersed.

8. A method of manufacturing a self-luminous display panel that has an image display region and a peripheral region around the image display region in plan view, the method comprising:

preparing a first substrate;

forming an insulating resin layer above the first substrate;

forming self-luminous elements above the insulating resin layer in an area corresponding to the image display region;

forming a sealing layer above the self-luminous elements; and

joining a second substrate onto the sealing layer, wherein

the forming the insulating resin layer includes providing, in the peripheral region, a groove surrounding the image display region, so as to divide the insulating resin layer into an inner insulating sublayer and an outer insulating sublayer,

the forming the sealing layer includes:

layering, in a range in plan view including the image display region and extending to at most an inner end portion of the outer insulating sublayer, a first sealing sublayer, a second sealing sublayer, and a third sealing sublayer in this order, the first sealing sublayer, the second sealing sublayer, and the third sealing sublayer respectively including an inorganic material, a resin material, and an inorganic material; and

layering, outside the range in plan view, the first sealing sublayer and the third sealing sublayer in direct contact with each other,

the joining the second substrate includes joining the second substrate onto the sealing layer via a peripheral sealing layer and a joining layer, the peripheral sealing layer being disposed inside a peripheral portion of the second substrate, the joining layer being disposed in a range surrounded by the peripheral sealing layer, and

when viewed in a cross section perpendicular to a main surface of the first substrate and across the groove, the peripheral sealing layer is at least partially positioned on the outer insulating sublayer, and an inner end portion of the peripheral sealing layer extends to a point within the groove.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2025
From: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
To: MAGNOLIA BLUE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072039/0656 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2023
From: JOLED INC.
To: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
Reel/Frame 065069/0475 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2020
From: OKIGAWA, AKIFUMI; HARADA, KENJI
To: JOLED INC.
Reel/Frame 054541/0222 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-220600 · Dec 5, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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