IP Library Granted Patent US 12,471,450
Granted Patent B2
US 12,471,450 · App. 18/420,770 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Display device and manufacturing method of display device

Inventor: Masaru Takayama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
H10K59/122H10K59/1201H10K59/80521H10K59/873
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Patent No.
US 12,471,450
App. No.
18/420,770
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a display device includes a substrate, a lower electrode, a rib, a partition including a lower portion and an upper portion, an organic layer provided on the lower electrode and including a light emitting layer, and an upper electrode provided on the organic layer and in contact with the lower portion of the partition. The organic layer includes a first end portion located on the rib, and a second end portion located on the rib on an opposite side of the first end portion. A thickness of the upper electrode immediately above the second end portion is greater than a thickness of the upper electrode immediately above the first end portion.

Claims (45)

1 . A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a lower electrode overlapping the substrate in a plan view;

a rib comprising an aperture overlapping the lower electrode;

a first partition comprising

a first lower portion provided on the rib, the first lower portion being conductive, being in direct contact with the rib, and not being in direct contact with the lower electrode, and

a first upper portion provided on the first lower portion, the first upper portion being in direct contact with the first lower portion and extending beyond a side surface of the first lower portion;

a second partition comprising

a second lower portion provided on the rib, the second lower portion being conductive, being in direct contact with the rib, and not being in direct contact with the lower electrode, and

a second upper portion provided on the second lower portion, the second upper portion being in direct contact with the second lower portion and extending beyond a side surface of the second lower portion, the second partition facing the first partition across the aperture in a first direction;

an organic layer provided on the lower electrode in the aperture and including

a light emitting layer,

a first end portion located on the rib, the first end portion being in direct contact with the rib and located between the first lower portion of the first partition and the aperture in the first direction, and

a second end portion located on the rib, the second end portion being in direct contact with the rib and located between the second lower portion of the second partition and the aperture in the first direction;

an upper electrode which is provided on the organic layer, the upper electrode is in direct contact with the side surface of the second lower portion of the second partition, and the upper electrode is not in contact with the side surface of the first lower portion of the first partition;

a cap layer provided on the upper electrode and in direct contact with the upper electrode; and

a sealing layer provided on the cap layer and in direct contact with the cap layer,

wherein

the upper electrode includes a third end portion located on the rib, the third end portion being in direct contact with the rib and located between the side surface of the first lower portion of the first partition and the first end portion of the organic layer in the first direction,

the cap layer includes a fifth end portion located above the rib, the fifth end portion being not in direct contact with the rib, being in direct contact with the upper electrode and located between the third end portion of the upper electrode and the first end portion of the organic layer in the first direction,

the sealing layer is in direct contact with and covers the third end portion of the upper electrode,

the sealing layer is in direct contact with and covers the fifth end portion of the cap layer,

the upper electrode includes a fourth end portion located on the rib, the fourth end portion being in direct contact with the side surface of the second lower portion of the second partition,

the cap layer includes a sixth end portion located above the rib, the sixth end portion being not in direct contact with the rib, being in direct contact with the upper electrode and located between the fourth end portion of the upper electrode and the second end portion of the organic layer in the first direction,

the sealing layer is in direct contact with and covers the fourth end portion of the upper electrode, and

the sealing layer is in direct contact with the upper electrode between the sixth end portion of the cap layer and the side surface of the second lower portion of the second partition in the first direction.

2 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

a second thickness of the upper electrode in a second region directly above the second end portion of the organic layer is greater than a first thickness of the upper electrode in a first region directly above the first end portion of the organic layer.

3 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the sealing layer is in direct contact with the rib between the side surface of the first lower portion of the first partition and the third end portion of the upper electrode in the first direction.

4 . The display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein

the sealing layer is not in direct contact with the rib between the side surface of the second lower portion of the second partition and the aperture.

5 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the organic layer is not in direct contact with the first lower portion of the first partition, and

the organic layer is not in direct contact with the second lower portion of the second partition.

6 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the cap layer is not in direct contact with the first lower portion of the first partition, and

the cap layer is not in direct contact with the second lower portion of the second partition.

7 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the fifth end portion of the cap layer overlaps the first upper portion of the first partition in the plan view, and

the sixth end portion of the cap layer overlaps the second upper portion of the second partition in the plan view.

8 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the sealing layer is in direct contact with the side surface of the first lower portion of the first partition, and

the organic layer is in direct contact with the side surface of the second lower portion of the second partition.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071784/0533 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-037169 · Mar 10, 2022 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 18450412 · Aug 16, 2023
Continuation 18168584 · Feb 14, 2023
Related Publication 20240244888A1 · Jul 18, 2024
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