Display device and method of manufacturing the same
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a substrate, a drive transistor that is provided on above the substrate, a first insulating layer that is provided above the substrate, a first mounting electrode that is arranged above the first insulating layer, and a light emitting element that is mounted on the first mounting electrode and has a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode being electrically connected to the first mounting electrode. The first mounting electrode and the first electrode are made of a metal material and joined to each other. The first mounting electrode has at least one first through hole at a position overlapping the first electrode in plan view.
1. A display device comprising:
a substrate;
a drive transistor that is provided above the substrate;
a first insulating layer that is provided above the substrate so as to cover the drive transistor;
a first mounting electrode that is arranged above the first insulating layer, and receives a signal having a controlled current value from the drive transistor; and
a light emitting element that is mounted on the first mounting electrode and has a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode being electrically connected to the first mounting electrode,
wherein the first mounting electrode and the first electrode are made of a metal material and joined to each other, and
the first mounting electrode has at least one first through hole at a position overlapping the first electrode in plan view.
2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting element is a micro light-emitting diode.
3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
a light shielding layer or a metal layer that shields a laser is not arranged in a portion overlapping the first through hole in a plan view and positioned between the substrate and the first mounting electrode.
4. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second insulating layer that is provided above the first insulating layer; and
a conductive layer that is arranged between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer,
wherein the first mounting electrode is arranged above the second insulating layer, and
the conductive layer electrically connects the first mounting electrode and the drive transistor, and is made of a transparent conductive material.
5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a first low melting point metal layer made of a metal material having a melting point lower than that of the metal material forming the first mounting electrode and the first electrode is interposed between the first mounting electrode and the first electrode, and the first mounting electrode and the first electrode are joined to each other by the first low melting point metal layer.
6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the first low melting point metal layer fills at least a part of the first through hole.
7. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising: a counter electrode that is arranged at a position facing the first mounting electrode through the light emitting element, wherein the second electrode is electrically connected to the counter electrode.
8. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second mounting electrode that is arranged above the first insulating layer,
wherein the second electrode is electrically connected to the second mounting electrode,
the second mounting electrode and the second electrode are made of a metal material and joined to each other, and
the second mounting electrode has at least one second through hole at a position overlapping the second electrode in plan view.
9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein a second low melting point metal layer made of a metal material having a melting point lower than that of the metal material forming the second mounting electrode and the second electrode is interposed between the second mounting electrode and the second electrode, and the second mounting electrode and the second electrode are joined to each other by the second low melting point metal layer.
10. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein
a light shielding layer or a metal layer that shields a laser is not arranged in a portion overlapping the second through hole in a plan view and positioned between the substrate and the second mounting electrode.