IP Library Granted Patent US 12,317,694
Granted Patent B2
US 12,317,694 · App. 18/734,053 · Granted May 27, 2025

Display device

Inventor: Kenji Harada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
H10K59/122H10K50/822H10K59/80521
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Patent No.
US 12,317,694
App. No.
18/734,053
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a display device includes a base, a first insulating layer, first and second lower electrodes, a second insulating layer including a first opening, a second opening, and a first trench, an organic layer including a light-emitting layer and an upper electrode, and the first trench includes a bottom surface and first and second side surfaces, an interval between the first side surface and the second side surface in an upper portion of the first trench is smaller than that in the bottom surface, and the organic layer includes a first portion covering the first lower electrode, a second portion covering the second lower electrode and a third portion disposed on the bottom surface.

Claims (28)

1. A display device comprising:

a base;

a first insulating layer disposed on the base;

a first lower electrode and a second lower electrode, disposed on the first insulating layer;

a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer and including a first opening overlapping the first lower electrode, a second opening overlapping the second lower electrode, and a first trench located between the first opening and the second opening;

an organic layer including a light-emitting layer;

an upper electrode covering the organic layer;

a display area that displays images and a non-display area around the display area;

a power line located in the non-display area;

a peripheral electrode located in the non-display area and electrically connected to the power line; and

a third lower electrode disposed in the display area;

wherein

the first trench includes a bottom surface and first and second side surfaces rising from the bottom surface,

an interval between the first side surface and the second side surface in an upper portion of the first trench is smaller than an interval between the first side surface and the second side surface in the bottom surface of the first trench,

the second insulating layer covers the peripheral electrode,

the upper electrode is connected to the peripheral electrode via a contact hole formed in the second insulating layer in the non-display area,

the second insulating layer covers an edge of the third lower electrode disposed in the display area,

the second insulating layer includes a third side surface rising from a surface which covers the edge of the third lower electrode in the display area, and

the second insulating layer does not include a side surface rising from a surface which covers the peripheral electrode in the non-display area.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the second insulating layer further comprises:

a second trench located on an opposite side to the first trench while interposing the first opening therebetween, and

a third trench and a fourth trench, each connected to both the first trench and the second trench, and

the third trench is located on an opposite side to the fourth trench while interposing the first opening therebetween.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the organic layer further comprises at least one of: a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, an electron injection layer, an electron transport layer.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first trench penetrates the second insulating layer to the first insulating layer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 27, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 073057/0042 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2024
From: HARADA, KENJI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 067628/0428 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-008036 · Jan 21, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17578536 · Jan 19, 2022
Related Publication 20240324319A1 · Sep 26, 2024
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