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Granted Patent B2
US 12,527,167 · App. 18/271,541 · Granted Jan 13, 2026

Display device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Takayuki Ikeda (Kanagawa, JP); Kenichi Okazaki (Kanagawa, JP); Yasumasa Yamane (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H10K59/122H10K50/13H10K50/19H10K59/124H10K59/353H10K59/80521H10K59/873H10K59/805H10K59/8792
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Patent No.
US 12,527,167
App. No.
18/271,541
Granted
Jan 13, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-resolution display device is provided. A display device with both high display quality and high resolution is provided. The display device includes a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element. The first light-emitting element includes a first pixel electrode, a first EL layer, and a common electrode. The second light-emitting element includes a second pixel electrode, a second EL layer, and the common electrode. An insulating layer is included between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode. The insulating layer includes a first region overlapping with the first EL layer, a second region overlapping with the second EL layer, and a third region positioned between the first region and the second region. A side surface of the first EL layer and a side surface of the second EL layer are positioned over the insulating layer and are provided to face each other. The common electrode is provided along the side surface of the first EL layer, the side surface of the second EL layer, and a top surface of the insulating layer. A width of the insulating layer is greater than or equal to 2 times and less than or equal to 4 times that of a distance between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode.

Claims (34)

1 . A display device comprising a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element,

wherein the first light-emitting element comprises a first pixel electrode, a first EL layer, and a common electrode,

wherein the second light-emitting element comprises a second pixel electrode, a second EL layer, and the common electrode,

wherein an insulating layer is included between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode,

wherein the insulating layer comprises a first region overlapping with the first EL layer, a second region overlapping with the second EL layer, and a third region positioned between the first region and the second region and overlapping with neither the first EL layer nor the second EL layer,

wherein a side surface of the first EL layer and a side surface of the second EL layer are positioned over the insulating layer and are provided to face each other,

wherein the common electrode is provided along the side surface of the first EL layer, the side surface of the second EL layer, and a top surface of the insulating layer, and

wherein a width of the insulating layer is greater than or equal to 2 times and less than or equal to 4 times a distance between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode.

2 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating layer comprises an organic resin.

3 . The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, a width of the first region of the insulating layer is larger than a width of the third region and is less than or equal to 3 μm, and

wherein, a width of the second region of the insulating layer is larger than the width of the third region and is less than or equal to 3 μm.

4 . The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in the insulating layer, the sum of the width of the first region and the width of the second region is larger than 2 times the width of the third region, and

wherein the sum of the width of the first region, the width of the second region, and the width of the third region is less than or equal to 6 μm.

5 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the width of the third region is greater than or equal to 1 μm and less than or equal to 2 μm.

6 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein an effective light-emitting area ratio is greater than or equal to 70% and less than 100%.

7 . A display device comprising a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element,

wherein the first light-emitting element comprises a first pixel electrode, a first EL layer, and a common electrode,

wherein the second light-emitting element comprises a second pixel electrode, a second EL layer, and the common electrode,

wherein an insulating layer is included between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode,

wherein the insulating layer comprises a first region overlapping with the first EL layer, a second region overlapping with the second EL layer, and a third region positioned between the first region and the second region and overlapping with neither the first EL layer nor the second EL layer,

wherein a side surface of the first EL layer and a side surface of the second EL layer are positioned over the insulating layer and are provided to face each other,

wherein the common electrode is provided along the side surface of the first EL layer, the side surface of the second EL layer, and a top surface of the insulating layer, and

wherein a width of the insulating layer is greater than or equal to 2 times and less than or equal to 4 times a distance between the side surface of the first EL layer and the side surface of the second EL layer.

8 . The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the insulating layer comprises an organic resin.

9 . The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein, a width of the first region of the insulating layer is larger than a width of the third region and is less than or equal to 3 μm, and

wherein, a width of the second region of the insulating layer is larger than the width of the third region and is less than or equal to 3 μm.

10 . The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein, in the insulating layer, the sum of the width of the first region and the width of the second region is larger than 2 times the width of the third region, and

wherein the sum of the width of the first region, the width of the second region, and the width of the third region is less than or equal to 6 μm.

11 . The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the width of the third region is greater than or equal to 1 μm and less than or equal to 2 μm.

12 . The display device according to claim 7 , wherein an effective light-emitting area ratio is greater than or equal to 70% and less than 100%.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2023
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; IKEDA, TAKAYUKI; OKAZAKI, KENICHI; YAMANE, YASUMASA
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064199/0028 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2021-011703 · Jan 28, 2021 · national
JP 2021-012768 · Jan 29, 2021 · national
JP 2021-015236 · Feb 2, 2021 · national
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