IP Library Granted Patent US 11,839,106
Granted Patent B2
US 11,839,106 · App. 18/128,507 · Granted Dec 5, 2023

Light-emitting device and electronic device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Shingo Eguchi (Kanagawa, JP)
H10K50/8445H10K50/84H10K50/844H10K50/8426H10K59/12H10K59/124H10K59/131H10K59/38H10K50/865H10K77/111H10K2102/311H10K2102/351
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Patent No.
US 11,839,106
App. No.
18/128,507
Granted
Dec 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A highly reliable light-emitting device is provided. Damage to an element due to externally applied physical power is suppressed. Alternatively, in a process of pressure-bonding of an FPC, damage to a resin and a wiring which are in contact with a flexible substrate due to heat is suppressed. A neutral plane at which stress-strain is not generated when a flexible light-emitting device including an organic EL element is deformed, is positioned in the vicinity of a transistor and the organic EL element. Alternatively, the hardness of the outermost surface of a light-emitting device is high. Alternatively, a substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion of 10 ppm/K or lower is used as a substrate that overlaps with a terminal portion connected to an FPC.

Claims (53)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a transistor over a first substrate and a first organic layer provided over the first substrate;

a light-emitting element electrically connected to the transistor;

a first scan line driver circuit and a second scan line driver circuit over the first substrate and the first organic layer;

a second organic layer over the light-emitting element;

a second substrate over the second organic layer;

a flexible printed circuit; and

a terminal electrode over the first substrate and the first organic layer,

wherein the terminal electrode is electrically connected to the flexible printed circuit,

wherein one of the first scan line driver circuit and the second scan line driver circuit is electrically connected to the light-emitting element,

wherein a third substrate overlaps with the terminal electrode with the first organic layer provided therebetween,

wherein the third substrate comprises a region overlapping with the first substrate, and

wherein the third substrate does not overlap with the first scan line driver circuit and the second scan line driver circuit.

2. An electronic device comprising:

a light-emitting device,

wherein the light-emitting device comprises:

a transistor over a first substrate and a first organic layer provided over the first substrate;

a light-emitting element electrically connected to the transistor;

a first scan line driver circuit and a second scan line driver circuit over the first substrate and the first organic layer;

a second organic layer over the light-emitting element;

a layer over the second organic layer;

a flexible printed circuit; and

a terminal electrode over the first substrate and the first organic layer,

wherein the terminal electrode is electrically connected to the flexible printed circuit,

wherein one of the first scan line driver circuit and the second scan line driver circuit is electrically connected to the light-emitting element,

wherein the first substrate comprises an organic resin and has flexibility,

wherein the layer comprises an organic resin and has flexibility,

wherein a third substrate overlaps with the terminal electrode with the first organic layer provided therebetween,

wherein the third substrate overlaps with the first substrate, and

wherein the third substrate does not overlap with the first scan line driver circuit and the second scan line driver circuit.

3. An electronic device comprising:

a curved display portion in a housing; and

a light-emitting device in the curved display portion,

wherein the light-emitting device comprises:

a pixel portion comprising a pixel;

a transistor over a first substrate and a first organic layer provided over the first substrate;

a light-emitting element over the transistor;

a first scan line driver circuit and a second scan line driver circuit over the first substrate and the first organic layer;

a second organic layer over the light-emitting element;

a layer over the second organic layer;

a flexible printed circuit; and

a terminal electrode over the first substrate and the first organic layer,

wherein the light-emitting element is electrically connected to the transistor,

wherein each of the first scan line driver circuit and the second scan line driver circuit is electrically connected to the pixel portion,

wherein the terminal electrode is electrically connected to the flexible printed circuit,

wherein the first substrate comprises an organic resin and has flexibility,

wherein the layer comprises an organic resin and has flexibility,

wherein the first scan line driver circuit is provided along a longitudinal side of the pixel portion,

wherein the second scan line driver circuit is provided along the longitudinal side of the pixel portion,

wherein the pixel portion is provided between the first scan line driver circuit and the second scan line driver circuit,

wherein a third substrate overlaps with the terminal electrode with the first organic layer provided therebetween,

wherein, in an unbent state of the light-emitting device, the third substrate overlaps with the first substrate, and

wherein, in the unbent state of the light-emitting device, the third substrate does not overlap with the pixel portion, the first scan line driver circuit, and the second scan line driver circuit.

Priority Claims (4)
JP 2012-107283 · May 9, 2012 · national
JP 2012-107284 · May 9, 2012 · national
JP 2012-108190 · May 10, 2012 · national
JP 2013-044857 · Mar 7, 2013 · national
Continuity (7)
Continuation 17008939 · Sep 1, 2020
Continuation 16536609 · Aug 9, 2019
Continuation 16006281 · Jun 12, 2018
Continuation 15484451 · Apr 11, 2017
Continuation 14802642 · Jul 17, 2015
Division 13886474 · May 3, 2013
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