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Granted Patent B2
US 12,355,021 · App. 18/583,038 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Yasuhiro Kanaya (Tokyo, JP); Masanobu Ikeda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
H01L25/167H10H20/857G09G3/32
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Patent No.
US 12,355,021
App. No.
18/583,038
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device including a substrate, a plurality of pixels, a plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements, a flattening film, and an inorganic film. The pixels are arrayed on the substrate and display different colors. The inorganic light-emitting elements are provided to the respective pixels. The flattening film surrounds at least a side surface of the inorganic light-emitting element. The inorganic film covers the flattening film and the inorganic light-emitting element. The upper surface of the inorganic light-emitting element is exposed from the flattening film and is in contact with the inorganic film. Alternatively, the flattening film is provided covering the upper surface of the inorganic light-emitting element.

Claims (32)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a first flattening film on the substrate;

an anode electrode on the first flattening film;

an inorganic light-emitting element including an anode and a cathode;

a cathode wiring between the substrate and the first flattening film;

a second flattening film that surrounds a side surface of the light emitting element, on the first flattening film;

a cathode electrode on the second flattening film; and

an inorganic film on the cathode electrode,

wherein

the anode of the inorganic light-emitting element is disposed on the anode electrode,

the cathode electrode is provided between the second flattening film and the inorganic film,

the cathode of the inorganic light-emitting element is connected to the cathode electrode,

the cathode electrode is connected to the cathode wiring via a contact hole formed in the first flattening film and the second flattening film, and

the inorganic film that has a constant thickness in a first direction perpendicular to the substrate is in contact with the cathode electrode in the contact hole.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic film covers a side surface of the contact hole.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

a part of the cathode wiring is exposed form the cathode electrode in the contact hole, and

the inorganic film is in contact with the part of the cathode wiring in the contact hole.

4. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a transistor, wherein

the transistor is provided between the substrate and the first flattening film, and

the anode electrode is connected to the transistor.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the contact hole is disposed in the first flattening film and has a side facing a side surface of the second flattening film, and

in a sectional view, part of a side of the contact hole faces the second flattening film and other part of the side of the contact hole does not face the second flattening film.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein

the cathode electrode covers a part of the contact hole in the first flattening film, and

other part of the contact hole in the first flattening film is exposed from the cathode electrode.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein

a part of the cathode wiring is exposed form the cathode electrode in the other part of the contact hole in the first flattening film, and

the inorganic film is in contact with the part of the cathode wiring in the other part of the contact hole in the first flattening film.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the side surface of the second flattening film has a plurality of steps.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2024
From: KANAYA, YASUHIRO; IKEDA, MASANOBU
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-105503 · May 31, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17104850 · Nov 25, 2020
Continuation PCTJP2019017102 · Apr 22, 2019
Related Publication 20240194659A1 · Jun 13, 2024
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