Granted Patent B2

US 12,707,847 · App. 18/287,339 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Daiki Nakamura (Atsugi, JP); Ryo Yamauchi (Atsugi, JP); Kenichi Okazaki (Atsugi, JP); Shingo Eguchi (Atsugi, JP)

Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

H10K59/353H10K50/00H10K59/00H10K59/122H10K59/80515H10K50/10H10K59/871H10K59/873

Abstract

Claims (41)

1 . A display apparatus comprising a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element over a substrate,

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

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

wherein the first light-emitting element comprises a first side and a second side that is shorter than the first side in a top view of the substrate,

wherein an absolute value of a difference between a chromaticity difference Δu′v′ between a chromaticity in a front direction and a chromaticity in a first direction and a chromaticity difference Δu′v′ between the chromaticity in the front direction and a chromaticity in a second direction is less than or equal to 0.05,

wherein a projection of the first direction onto the substrate is parallel to the first side,

wherein a projection of the second direction onto the substrate is parallel to the second side,

wherein an angle formed by the first direction and a normal direction of a surface of the substrate is 70°, and

wherein an angle formed by the second direction and the normal direction of the surface of the substrate is 70°.

2 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein in a top view of the first light-emitting element, in a region where the first pixel electrode and the common electrode overlap with each other with a light-emitting region of the first organic layer therebetween, an entire surface of the first pixel electrode on the first organic layer side and an entire surface of the common electrode on the first organic layer side are parallel or substantially parallel to each other.

3 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an insulating layer,

wherein an end portion of the first pixel electrode and an end portion of the first organic layer are aligned or substantially aligned with each other,

wherein an end portion of the second pixel electrode and an end portion of the second organic layer are aligned or substantially aligned with each other, and

wherein the insulating layer comprises regions in contact with side surfaces of the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, the first organic layer, and the second organic layer.

4 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an insulating layer,

wherein a width of the first pixel electrode is smaller than a width of the first organic layer,

wherein a width of the second pixel electrode is smaller than a width of the second organic layer,

wherein the first organic layer covers a side surface and a top surface of the first pixel electrode,

wherein the second organic layer covers a side surface and a top surface of the second pixel electrode, and

wherein the insulating layer comprises regions in contact with side surfaces and parts of top surfaces of the first organic layer and the second organic layer.

5 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an insulating layer,

wherein a width of the first pixel electrode is larger than a width of the first organic layer,

wherein a width of the second pixel electrode is larger than a width of the second organic layer, and

wherein the insulating layer comprises regions in contact with side surfaces and parts of top surfaces of the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode and side surfaces of the first organic layer and the second organic layer.

6 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer,

wherein the first insulating layer covers an end portion of the first pixel electrode,

wherein the first organic layer is provided over the first pixel electrode and the first insulating layer,

wherein the second insulating layer is provided over the first organic layer and the first insulating layer, and

wherein the second insulating layer comprises regions in contact with a side surface and a part of a top surface of the first organic layer and a part of a top surface of the first insulating layer.

7 . The display apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein an end portion of the first insulating layer has a tapered shape, and

wherein the second insulating layer comprises a region overlapping with the end portion of the first insulating layer with the first organic layer therebetween.

8 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first light-emitting element comprises a common layer between the first organic layer and the common electrode, and

wherein the second light-emitting element comprises the common layer between the second organic layer and the common electrode.

9 . The display apparatus according to claim 8 ,

wherein the common layer comprises one or both of an electron-transport layer and an electron-injection layer.

10 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the substrate has flexibility, and

wherein a shape of the substrate is non-rectangular.

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