IP Library Granted Patent US 12,199,213
Granted Patent B2
US 12,199,213 · App. 17/476,740 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Image display device

Inventors: Katsuji Iguchi (Sakai, JP); Koji Takahashi (Sakai, JP); Hidenori Kawanishi (Sakai, JP); Peter John Roberts (Oxford, GB); Nathan Cole (Oxford, GB)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H01L33/10H01L25/0753H01L33/0075H01L33/32H01L33/505H01L33/62H01L2933/0041H01L2933/0066
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Patent No.
US 12,199,213
App. No.
17/476,740
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image display device includes a drive circuit substrate, micro LED elements, and a wavelength conversion layer that converts excitation light emitted from the micro LED elements and that emits converted long-wavelength light to a side opposite to the drive circuit substrate, the micro LED elements and the wavelength conversion layer being sequentially stacked on the drive circuit substrate. The micro LED elements include a first multilayer film that reflects the long-wavelength light converted by the wavelength conversion layer.

Claims (51)

1. An image display device comprising:

a drive circuit substrate;

micro light-emitting diode (LED) elements;

wavelength conversion layers that perform wavelength conversion of excitation light emitted from the micro LED elements and that emit converted light to a side of the image display device opposite the drive circuit substrate, the micro LED elements and the wavelength conversion layers being sequentially stacked and arranged in an array on the drive circuit substrate; and

a transmission film that transmits long-wavelength light converted by the wavelength conversion layers and that reflects the excitation light emitted from the micro LED elements, the transmission film being disposed above the wavelength conversion layers,

wherein each of the wavelength conversion layers includes wavelength conversion particles that absorb the excitation light and emit the long-wavelength light and includes scattering particles that do not emit the long-wavelength light.

2. The image display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a nitride semiconductor layer that forms the micro LED elements is divided for each of the micro LED elements.

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

a transparent insulating layer and a highly reflective metal film that are provided on a side surface of the nitride semiconductor layer.

4. The image display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the wavelength conversion layers covers an entire upper surface of a corresponding one of the micro LED elements.

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

a passivation layer that is disposed above the transmission film.

6. The image display device according to claim 1 , comprising:

a filter layer that transmits the long-wavelength light and that absorbs the excitation light, the filter layer being disposed above the wavelength conversion layers.

7. An image display device comprising:

a drive circuit substrate;

micro light-emitting diode (LED) elements;

wavelength conversion layers that perform wavelength conversion of excitation light emitted from the micro LED elements and that emit converted light to a side of the image display device opposite the drive circuit substrate, the micro LED elements and the wavelength conversion layers being sequentially stacked and arranged in an array on the drive circuit substrate;

a transmission film that transmits long-wavelength light converted by the wavelength conversion layers and that reflects the excitation light emitted from the micro LED elements, the transmission film being disposed above the wavelength conversion layers; and

a passivation layer that is disposed above the transmission film,

wherein each of the wavelength conversion layers includes wavelength conversion particles that absorb the excitation light and emit the long-wavelength light and includes scattering particles that do not emit the long-wavelength light.

8. The image display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein a nitride semiconductor layer that forms the micro LED elements is divided for each of the micro LED elements.

9. The image display device according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a transparent insulating layer and a highly reflective metal film that are provided on a side surface of the nitride semiconductor layer.

10. The image display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein each of the wavelength conversion layers covers an entire upper surface of a corresponding one of the micro LED elements.

11. The image display device according to claim 7 , comprising:

a filter layer that transmits the long-wavelength light and that absorbs the excitation light, the filter layer being disposed above the passivation layer.

12. An image display device comprising:

a drive circuit substrate;

micro light-emitting diode (LED) elements;

wavelength conversion layers that perform wavelength conversion of excitation light which is blue light and is emitted from the micro LED elements and that emit converted light to a side of the image display device opposite the drive circuit substrate, the micro LED elements and the wavelength conversion layers being sequentially stacked and arranged in an array on the drive circuit substrate, the wavelength conversion layers including a red wavelength conversion layer that emits red light and a green wavelength conversion layer that emits green light;

a micro LED element that is among the micro LED elements and that is for directly emitting blue light;

a transparent layer that is provided on the micro LED element for directly emitting blue light; and

a transmission film that transmits the red light and the green light and that reflects the blue light, the transmission film being disposed above the red wavelength conversion layer and the green wavelength conversion layer,

wherein the red wavelength conversion layer includes red wavelength conversion particles that absorb the excitation light and emit the red light,

the green wavelength conversion layer includes green wavelength conversion particles that absorb the excitation light and emit the green light, and

the red wavelength conversion layer and the green wavelength conversion layer further include scattering particles that do not perform the wavelength conversion.

13. The image display device according to claim 12 , comprising:

a transparent resin layer that is provided between the transmission film and the red wavelength conversion layer and the green wavelength conversion layer.

14. The image display device according to claim 12 , further comprising:

a passivation layer that is disposed above the transmission film.

15. The image display device according to claim 12 ,

wherein a nitride semiconductor layer that forms the micro LED elements is divided for each of the micro LED elements.

16. The image display device according to claim 15 , further comprising:

a transparent insulating layer and a highly reflective metal film that are provided on a side surface of the nitride semiconductor layer.

17. The image display device according to claim 12 ,

wherein each of the red wavelength conversion layer, the green wavelength conversion layer, and the transparent layer covers an entire upper surface of a corresponding one of the micro LED elements.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2025
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SHARP FUKUYAMA LASER CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 071863/0508 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2021
From: IGUCHI, KATSUJI; TAKAHASHI, KOJI; KAWANISHI, HIDENORI; ROBERTS, PETER JOHN; COLE, NATHAN
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 057501/0528 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-038038 · Mar 2, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 16289942 · Mar 1, 2019
Related Publication 20220005972A1 · Jan 6, 2022
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