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Granted Patent B2
US 12,087,894 · App. 17/482,701 · Granted Sep 10, 2024

Display device

Inventors: Masanobu Ikeda (Tokyo, JP); Osamu Itou (Tokyo, JP); Yoshinori Aoki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
H01L33/62H01L27/156H01L33/58
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Patent No.
US 12,087,894
App. No.
17/482,701
Granted
Sep 10, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels provided to the substrate, a plurality of inorganic light emitting elements provided to the respective first pixels and the respective second pixels, a plurality of signal lines configured to supply a signal to the first pixels and the second pixels, and a plurality of power supply lines configured to supply a power supply potential to the first pixels and the second pixels. At least one or more of the signal lines are provided in a layer different from a layer of the power supply lines in the first pixels, and the signal lines and the power supply lines are provided in the same layer in the second pixels.

Claims (60)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel disposed on the substrate;

inorganic light emitting elements provided in the respective pixels;

signal lines configured to supply a signal to the pixels, the signal lines including a first signal line and a second signal line; and

power supply lines configured to supply a power supply potential to the pixels, the power supply lines including a first power supply line and a second power supply line, wherein

the first signal line is provided in a layer different from a layer of the first power supply line in the first pixel,

the second signal line and the second power supply line are provided in the same layer in the second pixel,

the first signal line is provided overlapping the first power supply line in planar view seen from a direction perpendicular to the substrate in the first pixel and extends in a same direction in which the first power supply line extends, and

the second signal line and the second power supply line are provided side by side in the planar view in the second pixel.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the first power supply line in the first pixel is thicker than a thickness of the second power supply line in the second pixel.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and a third metal layer provided in different layers in the direction perpendicular to the substrate, wherein

the first pixel comprises a first transistor electrically coupled to the respective inorganic light emitting element, a second transistor coupled to the first transistor, and a scanning line made of the first metal layer,

a semiconductor layer of the first transistor is electrically coupled to the inorganic light emitting element via an electrode made of the second metal layer, and

a semiconductor layer of the second transistor is electrically coupled to the first signal line made of the third metal layer.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein sheet resistance of the power supply lines is equal to or lower than sheet resistance of the first signal line provided in the layer different from the layer of the power supply lines.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first pixel displays red, and

the second pixel displays blue or green.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first signal line and the second signal line are video signal lines, and

the power supply lines are anode power supply lines.

7. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel disposed on the substrate;

inorganic light emitting elements provided in the respective pixels;

signal lines configured to supply a signal to the pixels, the signal lines including a first signal line and a second signal line; and

power supply lines configured to supply a power supply potential to the pixels, the power supply lines including a first power supply line and a second power supply line, wherein

the first signal line is provided in a layer different from a layer of the first power supply line in the first pixel,

the second signal line and the second power supply line are provided in the same layer in the second pixel,

the first signal line is provided overlapping the first power supply line in planar view seen from a direction perpendicular to the substrate in the first pixel and extends in a same direction in which the first power supply line extends,

the second signal line and the second power supply line are provided side by side in the planar view in the second pixel,

the signal lines further includes a third signal line,

the first signal line is provided overlapping the third signal line in planar view seen from a direction perpendicular to the substrate in the first pixel, and

the signal lines are provided side by side in the second pixel.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , further comprising overlapping wiring provided overlapping the first power supply line and electrically coupled to the first power supply line in the first pixel, wherein

the overlapping wiring is provided in the same layer as a layer of the first signal line.

9. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel disposed on the substrate;

inorganic light emitting elements provided in the respective pixels;

signal lines configured to supply a signal to the pixels, the signal lines including a first signal line and a second signal line; and

power supply lines configured to supply a power supply potential to the pixels, the power supply lines including a first power supply line and a second power supply line, wherein

the first signal line is provided in a layer different from a layer of the first power supply line in the first pixel,

the second signal line and the second power supply line are provided in the same layer in the second pixel,

the first signal line is provided overlapping the first power supply line in planar view seen from a direction perpendicular to the substrate in the first pixel and extends in a same direction in which the first power supply line extends,

the second signal line and the second power supply line are provided side by side in the planar view in the second pixel,

a ratio of the total area of metal wiring including the signal lines and the first power supply line to the area of the first pixel is smaller than a ratio of the total area of metal wiring including the signal lines and the second power supply line to the area of the second pixel in planar view seen from the direction perpendicular to the substrate.

10. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel disposed on the substrate;

inorganic light emitting elements provided in the respective pixels;

signal lines configured to supply a signal to the pixels, the signal lines including a first signal line and a second signal line;

power supply lines configured to supply a power supply potential to the pixels, the power supply lines including a first power supply line and a second power supply line;

a circularly polarizing plate facing the substrate and provided on the inorganic light emitting elements, wherein

the first signal line is provided in a layer different from a layer of the first power supply line in the first pixel,

the second signal line and the second power supply line are provided in the same layer in the second pixel,

the first signal line is provided overlapping the first power supply line in planar view seen from a direction perpendicular to the substrate in the first pixel and extends in a same direction in which the first power supply line extends,

the second signal line and the second power supply line are provided side by side in the planar view in the second pixel, and

the circularly polarizing plate has higher transmittance for light having a wavelength of red than for light having a wavelength of blue or green.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2021
From: IKEDA, MASANOBU; ITOU, OSAMU; AOKI, YOSHINORI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 057577/0473 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-067936 · Mar 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020013857 · Mar 26, 2020
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