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US 12,336,358 · App. 17/736,098 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Display device and manufacturing method of the display device

Inventor: Kazuyuki Yamada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
H10H29/142H10H20/01H10H20/814H10H20/857H10H20/0364
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Patent No.
US 12,336,358
App. No.
17/736,098
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a display device including a substrate, a plurality of pixels, a counter substrate, and at least one rib. The plurality of pixels is located over the substrate and each includes a light-emitting diode. The counter substrate is located over the plurality of pixels. The at least one rib is formed over the counter substrate, located over a region between the plurality of light-emitting diodes included in the plurality of pixels, and has a height larger than a height of the light-emitting diode.

Claims (31)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of pixels located over the substrate and each including a light-emitting diode;

a counter substrate over the plurality of pixels; and

at least one rib provided over the counter substrate and located over a region between the light-emitting diodes included in the plurality of pixels,

wherein the at least one rib is a columnar member and or wall-shaped member having a height larger than a height of the light-emitting diode,

the at least one rib has a plurality of openings overlapping the light-emitting diodes of the plurality of pixels,

a number of the pixels overlapping a first opening selected from the plurality of openings is different from a number of the pixels overlapping a second opening selected from the plurality of openings,

the substrate is partly bent and has a bent region and a flat region so that a curvature of the bent region is greater than a curvature of the flat region, and

the first opening is located in the flat region and the second opening is located in the bent region.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one rib includes an organic compound with a refractive index equal to or higher than 1.40 and equal to or lower than 1.80.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one rib includes a metal.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one rib includes an organic compound and a metal film covering the organic compound.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of insulating films located over the substrate and under the at least one rib,

wherein the insulating film closest to the counter substrate among the plurality of insulating films is spaced away from the at least one rib.

6. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of openings is arranged in a honey-comb form.

7. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one rib includes a plurality of ribs arranged in a stripe form.

8. The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the light-emitting diodes included in a part of the plurality of pixels are arranged in a plurality of columns between the adjacent ribs.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a sealer surrounding the at least one rib and the plurality of pixels between the substrate and the counter substrate.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a filler covering the light-emitting diodes of the plurality of pixels between the substrate and the counter substrate.

11. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a reflecting film over the light-emitting diodes of the plurality of pixels.

12. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a reflecting film over the light-emitting diodes of a part of the plurality of pixels.

13. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a light-shielding film between the at least one rib and the counter substrate.

14. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the number of the pixels overlapping the first opening is smaller than the number of the pixels overlapping the second opening.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2022
From: YAMADA, KAZUYUKI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-222777 · Dec 10, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020038715 · Oct 14, 2020
Related Publication 20220262853A1 · Aug 18, 2022
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