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Granted Patent B2
US 12,364,128 · App. 17/771,259 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Light emitting device

Inventors: Tazuko Kitazawa (Sakai, JP); Yoshihiro Ueta (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H10K59/32H10K50/865H10K59/353H10K59/80517H10K59/80524H10K59/879H10K59/8792H10K71/00H10K59/12H10K59/1201H10K59/122
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Patent No.
US 12,364,128
App. No.
17/771,259
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device includes, on a substrate, a red pixel electrode and a green pixel electrode, a common electrode, and a blue pixel electrode, in order from the substrate side, and includes a transparent region adjacent to a light-emitting region including a position overlapping the red light-emitting layer, the green light-emitting layer, and the blue light-emitting layer in a plan view. At least a part of the blue light-emitting layer overlaps the red light-emitting layer and the green light-emitting layer adjacent to the red light-emitting layer in the plan view.

Claims (54)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

on a substrate, a lower layer pixel electrode forming an island shape, a common electrode being common to a plurality of subpixels, and a blue pixel electrode forming an island shape, provided in this order from a substrate side;

the lower layer pixel electrode including a red pixel electrode and a green pixel electrode adjacent to the red pixel electrode;

a red light-emitting layer located between the red pixel electrode and the common electrode;

a green light-emitting layer located between the green pixel electrode and the common electrode;

a blue light-emitting layer located between the common electrode and the blue pixel electrode;

a transparent region adjacent to a light-emitting region that includes a position overlapping the red light-emitting layer, the green light-emitting layer, and the blue light-emitting layer in a cross-sectional view; and

a sealing layer overlapping the transparent region on a light-emitting surface side in the cross-sectional view,

wherein at least a part of the blue light-emitting layer overlaps the red light-emitting layer and the green light-emitting layer in the cross-sectional view,

the light-emitting region further includes a light-emitting surface closer to the blue light-emitting layer than the red light-emitting layer and the green light-emitting layer,

the transparent region includes a transparent subpixel, and

the transparent subpixel is in contact with the sealing layer.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising

an absorption layer located between the red light-emitting layer and the green light-emitting layer, and the blue light-emitting layer, the absorption layer being configured to absorb blue light.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a partition provided between the transparent region and the light-emitting region in the cross-sectional view.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the partition is provided on the substrate, and has a height covering a periphery of at least the red light-emitting layer and the green light-emitting layer.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the partition absorbs at least blue light.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the red pixel electrode and the green pixel electrode are each a reflective electrode, and the common electrode and the blue pixel electrode are each a transmissive electrode.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein both a material of the substrate and a transparent material included in the transparent region include an identical transparent material.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the material of the substrate and the transparent material are an identical material.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a gap adjacent to the light-emitting region is provided on the substrate, and the gap overlaps the transparent region.

10. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a ratio of a light-emitting area of the red light-emitting layer, a light-emitting area of the green light-emitting layer, and a light-emitting area of the blue light-emitting layer is determined according to a luminous efficiency of the red light-emitting layer and a luminosity factor of red light, a luminous efficiency of the green light-emitting layer and a luminosity factor of green light, and a luminous efficiency of the blue light-emitting layer and a luminosity factor of blue light.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the ratio is determined according to a ratio of an inverse of a multiplication value of the luminous efficiency of the red light-emitting layer and the luminosity factor of the red light, an inverse of a multiplication value of the luminous efficiency of the green light-emitting layer and the luminosity factor of the green light, and an inverse of a multiplication value of the luminous efficiency of the blue light-emitting layer and the luminosity factor of the blue light.

12. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the absorption layer includes an electrode of at least one layer between the blue light-emitting layer, and the red light-emitting layer and the green light-emitting layer.

13. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the absorption layer includes a charge transport layer of at least one layer between the blue light-emitting layer, and the red light-emitting layer and the green light-emitting layer.

14. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least the red light-emitting layer and the green light-emitting layer include a quantum dot.

15. A light-emitting device comprising:

a first anode electrode;

a first cathode electrode;

a second anode electrode;

a second cathode electrode;

a third anode electrode;

a third cathode electrode;

a red light-emitting layer located between the first anode electrode and the first cathode electrode;

a green light-emitting layer located between the second anode electrode and the second cathode electrode;

a blue light-emitting layer located between the third anode electrode and the third cathode electrode;

a transparent region adjacent to a light-emitting region that includes a position overlapping the red light-emitting layer, the green light-emitting layer, and the blue light-emitting layer in a cross-sectional view; and

a sealing layer overlapping the transparent region on a light-emitting surface side in the cross-sectional view,

wherein the red light-emitting layer, the green light-emitting layer, and the blue light-emitting layer overlap each other in the cross-sectional view,

the light-emitting region further includes a light-emitting surface closer to the blue light-emitting layer than the red light-emitting layer and the green light-emitting layer,

the transparent region includes a transparent subpixel, and

the transparent subpixel is in contact with the sealing layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2022
From: KITAZAWA, TAZUKO; UETA, YOSHIHIRO
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 059681/0240 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220376004A1 · Nov 24, 2022
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