IP Library Patent Application 18085618
Patent Application
App. No. 18/085,618

DISPLAY DEVICE

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Patent No.
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App. No.
18/085,618
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a display device Includes a substrate, a pixel circuit, an insulating layer including a contact hole, a lower electrode connected to the pixel circuit via the contact hole, an upper electrode, an organic layer between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, a rib formed of an inorganic material and including an aperture, and a partition above the rib. The organic layer includes a first organic layer in contact with the lower electrode via the aperture and a second organic layer located on the partition and spaced apart from the first organic layer. The partition overlaps an entire of the contact hole in plan view.

Claims (54)

1 . A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a circuit disposed above the substrate;

an insulating layer which covers the pixel circuit and includes a contact hole;

a lower electrode disposed above the insulating layer and connected to the pixel circuit via the to contact hole;

an upper electrode opposing the lower electrode; an organic layer located between the lower electrode and the upper electrode and including a light-emitting layer;

a rib formed of an inorganic material and including an aperture which overlaps the lower electrode; and a partition disposed above the rib,

wherein

the organic layer includes a first organic layer in contact with the lower electrode via the aperture and a second organic layer located on the partition and spaced apart from the first organic layer, and

the partition overlaps an entire of the contact hole in plan view.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the partition includes a lower portion disposed on the rib and an upper portion disposed on the lower portion and including an end portion protruding from a side surface of the lower portion, and

the second organic layer is disposed on the upper portion.

3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein

the side surface of the lower portion is located between the contact hole and the aperture.

4 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein

a distance between the side surface and the contact hole in plan view is 2.0 µm or more.

5 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein

the upper electrode includes a first upper electrode which covers the first organic layer and a second upper electrode which covers the second organic layer and is spaced apart from the first upper electrode, and

the first upper electrode is in contact with the side surface.

6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein

the lower portion has conductivity.

7 . The display device of claim 5 , further comprising:

a sealing layer formed of an inorganic material and covering the first upper electrode, the side surface and the second upper electrode.

8 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the lower electrode includes a first side located between the contact hole and the aperture in plan view, and a protruding portion protruding from the first side and overlapping the contact hole in plan view.

9 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the partition surrounds the aperture in plan view.

10 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second organic layer surrounds the aperture in plan view.

11 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein

a thickness of the rib is less than a thickness of the partition.

12 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the rib and the partition each include a recess portion located above the contact hole.

13 . The display device of claim 1 comprising:

a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel each including the pixel circuit, the contact hole, the lower electrode, the upper electrode, the organic layer and the aperture, wherein

the first sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel are aligned in a first direction,

the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel are aligned in a second direction which intersects the first direction, and

the partition includes a first partition disposed between the aperture of the first sub-pixel and the aperture of the second sub-pixel, and a second partition disposed between the aperture of the first sub-pixel and the aperture of the third sub-pixel.

14 . The display device of claim 13 , wherein

a width of the first partition along the second direction is greater than a width of the second partition along the first direction.

15 . The display device of claim 13 , wherein

the contact hole of the first sub-pixel overlaps the first partition in plan view.

16 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein

the contact hole of the second sub-pixel overlaps the first partition in the plan view and is aligned with the contact hole of the first sub-pixel along the first direction.

17 . The display device of claim 13 , wherein the contact hole of the first sub-pixel is located

between the organic layer of the first sub-pixel and the organic layer of the second sub-pixel along the second direction.

18 . The display device of claim 13 , wherein

the second organic layer of the first sub-pixel and the second organic layer of the second sub-pixel are located on the first partition and are spaced apart from each other along the second direction.

19 . The display device of claim 13 , wherein

the upper electrode of each of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel includes a first upper electrode which covers the first organic layer and a second uppper electrode disposed on the first parition, and

the second upper electrode of the first sub-pixel and the second upper electrode of the second sub-pixel are spaced apart from each other along the second direction.

20 . The display device of claim 13 , wherein

each of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel comprises an sealing layer which covers the upper electrode, and

the sealing layer of the first sub-pixel and the sealing layer of the second sub-pixel are spaced apart from each other along the second direction.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071741/0492 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2022
From: TABATAKE, HIROSHI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 062204/0052 →