IP Library Granted Patent US 12,349,548
Granted Patent B2
US 12,349,548 · App. 17/656,888 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Hiroshi Tabatake (Tokyo, JP); Sho Yanagisawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
H10K59/122H10K50/824H10K50/86H10K59/131H10K59/353H10K59/38H10K59/80522H10K59/878
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Patent No.
US 12,349,548
App. No.
17/656,888
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a display device includes a base, a wiring layer disposed on the base, and in which a plurality of wiring lines are disposed, a display element disposed on the wiring layer and including an organic layer and a metal wiring line disposed to surround the display element, and the wiring layer includes a first portion in which wiring lines are densely arranged and a second portion in which wiring lines are sparsely arranged, and a width of a portion of the metal wiring line, which is disposed on a side of the second portion is greater than a width of a portion of the metal wiring line, disposed on a side of the first portion.

Claims (16)

1. A display device comprising:

a base;

a wiring layer disposed on the base, and in which a plurality of wiring lines are disposed;

a display element disposed on the wiring layer and including an organic layer;

a metal wiring line disposed to surround the display element, and

an insulating layer disposed between the wiring layer and the display element to cover the wiring lines, wherein

the wiring layer includes a first portion in which wiring lines are densely arranged and a second portion in which wiring lines are sparsely arranged,

a width of a portion of the metal wiring line, which is disposed on a side of the second portion is greater than a width of a portion of the metal wiring line, disposed on a side of the first portion,

the insulating layer includes a portion covering the first portion and a portion covering the second portion, which have thicknesses different from each other,

the thickness of the portion of the insulating layer, which covers the first portion, is greater than the thickness of the portion which covers the second portion,

a surface of the insulating layer is inclined in a downward direction from the portion which covers the first portion to the portion which covers the second portion,

an emitting surface of the display element is inclined, similarly to the surface of the insulating layer, in a downward direction from a region overlapping the first portion to a region overlapping the second portion in plan view,

the display element includes a lower electrode and an upper electrode disposed to sandwich the organic layer therebetween, and

the metal wiring is disposed on a same layer as that of the organic layer and is in contact with the upper electrode.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the metal wiring line is formed of a low-resistance metal material.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 27, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 073057/0042 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2022
From: TABATAKE, HIROSHI; YANAGISAWA, SHO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 059420/0156 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-057694 · Mar 30, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220320472A1 · Oct 6, 2022
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