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Granted Patent B2
US 11,404,673 · App. 17/173,530 · Granted Aug 2, 2022

Light-emitting device and electronic apparatus

Inventors: Ryoichi Nozawa (Tatsuno-machi, JP); Atsushi Amano (Shiojiri, JP); Takeshi Koshihara (Matsumoto, JP); Akio Fukase (Chino, JP); Shinichi Iwata (Chino, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
H01L51/5265H01L27/3211H01L27/3246H01L51/5206H01L51/5253H01L51/5271H01L2251/301H01L2251/303
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Patent No.
US 11,404,673
App. No.
17/173,530
Granted
Aug 2, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element that have a resonance structure that causes output light from a light-emission functional layer to resonate between a reflective layer and a semi-transmissive reflective layer, and a pixel definition layer, and in which an aperture part is formed to correspond to each of the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element, are formed on a base. A first interval between the reflective layer and the semi-transmissive reflective layer in the first light-emitting element and a second interval between the reflective layer and the semi-transmissive reflective layer in the second light-emitting element are different, and a film thickness of the pixel definition layer is less than a difference between the first interval and the second interval.

Claims (25)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

an electrode having reflectivity and transparency;

a first pixel electrode that has reflectivity and that is provided between the substrate and the electrode;

a second pixel electrode that has reflectivity and that is provided between the substrate and the electrode;

a light-emission functional layer provided between the electrode and the first pixel electrode and between the electrode and the second pixel electrode; and

a pixel definition layer provided between the light-emission functional layer and the first pixel electrode and between the light-emission functional layer and the second pixel electrode, the pixel definition layer having a first opening that overlaps with the first pixel electrode in plan view and a second opening that overlaps with the second pixel electrode in plan view, wherein

a first distance between a top surface of the first pixel electrode and a bottom surface of the electrode is different from a second distance between a top surface of the second pixel electrode and the bottom surface of the electrode, and

a thickness of the pixel definition layer is less than a difference between the first distance and the second distance.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first sealing layer provided on an opposite side of the electrode from the light-emitting functional layer, wherein

a thickness of the first sealing layer is greater than the difference between the first distance and the second distance.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 , wherein

the thickness of the first sealing layer is greater than twice the difference between the first distance the second distance.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a second sealing layer provided on an opposite side of the first sealing layer from the electrode, wherein

a thickness of the second sealing layer is greater than the thickness of the first sealing layer.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a second sealing layer provided on an opposite side of the first sealing layer from the electrode, wherein

a thickness of the second sealing layer is greater than the thickness of the first sealing layer.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a dummy electrode that is provided on a same layer as the first electrode and that is in contact with the electrode, wherein

the pixel definition layer has a third opening that overlaps with the dummy electrode in plan view.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 6 , wherein

in plan view, a planar shape of the first opening is same as a planer shape of the third opening.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-137784 · Jul 1, 2013 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 16790081 · Feb 13, 2020
Continuation 16031421 · Jul 10, 2018
Continuation 15485613 · Apr 12, 2017
Continuation 14314640 · Jun 25, 2014
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