IP Library Granted Patent US 12,419,173
Granted Patent B2
US 12,419,173 · App. 17/804,869 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Electronic device and manufacturing method of the same

Inventors: Masumi Nishimura (Tokyo, JP); Hayata Aoki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Magnolia White Corporation
H10K59/173H10K59/122H10K59/1201H10K71/00
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Patent No.
US 12,419,173
App. No.
17/804,869
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a lower electrode, a second insulating layer including an opening overlapping the lower electrode, an organic layer covering the lower electrode at the opening, an upper electrode covering the organic layer, and a barrier wall on the second insulating layer. The barrier wall includes a first layer formed of a metal material and including a first side surface which is in contact with the upper electrode, a second layer disposed above the first layer and extending from the first side surface toward the opening, and a protective layer formed of a material different from a material of the organic layer and covering at least an upper surface of the second layer.

Claims (40)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a substrate;

a first insulating layer disposed on the substrate;

a lower electrode disposed on the first insulating layer;

a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer and including an opening overlapping the lower electrode;

an organic layer covering the lower electrode at the opening;

an upper electrode covering the organic layer; and

a barrier wall disposed on the second insulating layer, wherein

the barrier wall comprises:

a first layer formed of a metal material and including a first side surface which is in contact with the upper electrode;

a second layer disposed above the first layer and extending from the first side surface toward the opening;

an intermediate layer located between the first layer and the second layer; and

a protective layer formed of a material different from a material of the organic layer and covering at least an upper surface of the second layer;

the intermediate layer extends from the first side surface toward the opening, and

the protective layer covers a second side surface of the second layer and is in contact with the intermediate layer.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the second layer is an inorganic insulating layer formed of a same material as a material of the second insulating layer.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the protective layer is a metal layer formed of a metal material.

4. A method of manufacturing an electronic device, the method comprising:

forming a lower electrode on a first insulating layer;

forming a second insulating layer covering the first insulating layer and the lower electrode;

forming a barrier wall on the second insulating layer; and

forming an opening to expose the lower electrode in the second insulating layer, wherein

the barrier wall comprises:

a first layer formed of a metal material and including a first side surface;

a second layer disposed above the first layer and extending from the first side surface toward the opening;

an intermediate layer between the first layer and the second layer; and

a protective layer covering at least an upper surface of the second layer;

the intermediate layer extends from the first side surface toward the opening,

the protective layer covers a second side surface of the second layer and is in contact with the intermediate layer, and

the opening is formed by dry etching the second insulating layer using the barrier wall as a mask.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

forming the opening and then forming an organic layer on the lower electrode in the opening,

wherein

the organic layer is formed by vacuum deposition using the barrier wall as a mask.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

forming the organic layer and then forming an upper electrode on the organic layer,

wherein

the upper electrode is formed by sputtering using the barrier wall as a mask.

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 Jun 1, 2022
From: NISHIMURA, MASUMI; AOKI, HAYATA
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 060066/0109 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-092928 · Jun 2, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220392981A1 · Dec 8, 2022
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