IP Library Granted Patent US 6,933,671
Granted Patent B2
US 6,933,671 · App. 10/320,429 · Granted Aug 23, 2005

Display system including functional layers and electronic device having same

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent No.
US 6,933,671
App. No.
10/320,429
Granted
Aug 23, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention provides a display system for displaying images and an electronic device equipped with the display system. The display system can include a first electrode region in which first electrodes connected to switching elements are arranged on a substrate in a matrix, and light-emitting power-supply lines that are arranged around the first electrode region and are connected to the first electrodes. Functinal layers are formed over the first electrodes, and a second electrode is formed at least over the functional layers. Each light-emitting power-supply line and the second electrode have a first capacitor therebetween.

Claims (30)

1. A display system, comprising:

a substrate;

a first electrode region having switching elements and first electrodes that are connected to the switching elements and are arranged on the substrate in a matrix;

a light-emitting power-supply line that is arranged around the first electrode region and are connected to the first electrodes;

functional layers, each of the functional layers being formed over a corresponding first electrode of the first electrodes; and

a second electrode of which part is formed at least over the functional layers,

a first capacitor being formed between the light-emitting power-supply line and the second electrode.

2. The display system according to claim 1 , each light-emitting power-supply line and the second electrode facing each other to form the first capacitor outside the first electrode region.

3. The display system according to claim 2 , each light-emitting power-supply line and the second electrode further including a first interlayer insulating layer therebetween.

4. The display system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an actual display region including the first electrodes and a dummy region that is arranged around an actual display region and that does not contribute to display,

the second electrode covering at least the actual display region and the dummy region, and each light-emitting power-supply line and the second electrode facing each other with the dummy region disposed therebetween to form the first capacitor.

5. The display system according to claim 4 , the dummy region including dummy functional layers and dummy banks, and the dummy functional layers having a thickness smaller than that of the dummy banks.

6. The display system according to claim 5 , each light-emitting power-supply line and each dummy functional layer of the dummy region having the first interlayer insulating layer therebetween.

7. The display system according to claim 1 , the light-emitting power-supply lines each further including a first line and a second line facing each other with a second interlayer insulating layer therebetween, each first line being disposed at the same hierarchical level as that of lines of the second electrode, and each first line and each line of the second electrode having a second capacitor therebetween.

8. The display system according to claim 5 , each functional layer further including a hole injection/transport layer and a light-emitting layer that is disposed adjacent to the hole injection/transport layer and comprises an organic electroluminescent material.

9. A display system, comprising:

a substrate;

a first electrode region having switching elements and first electrodes that are connected to the switching elements and are disposed on the substrate; and

light-emitting power-supply lines that are arranged around the first electrode region and are connected to the first electrodes,

functional layers that are formed over the first electrodes,

a second electrode of which part is formed at least over the functional layers, and a first interlayer insulating layer is formed over the emitting power-supply lines, each light-emitting power-supply line and the second electrode facing each other with the first interlayer insulating layer located therebetween to form a first capacitor outside the first electrode region.

10. The display system according to claim 9 , further comprising:

an actual display region including the first electrodes and a dummy region that is arranged around the actual display region and that does not contribute to display,

the second electrode covering at least the actual display region and the dummy region, each light-emitting power-supply line and the second electrode facing each other with the dummy region disposed therebetween, and the dummy region having the first interlayer insulating layer.

11. The display system according to claim 10 , the dummy region including dummy functional layers and dummy banks, and the dummy functional layers have a thickness smaller than a thickness of the dummy banks.

12. The display system according to claim 9 , the light-emitting power-supply lines each further including a first line and a second line facing each other with a second interlayer insulating layer therebetween, each first line being disposed at a same hierarchical level as that of lines of the second electrode, and each first line and each line of the second electrode have a second capacitor therebetween.

13. The display system according to claim 9 , each functional layer including a hole injection/transport layer and a light-emitting layer that is disposed adjacent to the hole injection/transport layer and comprising an organic electroluminescent material.

14. An electronic device, comprising:

the display system according to claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2016
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY (HK) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 037515/0050 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2016
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY (HK) LIMITED
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037515/0082 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2003
From: NAKANISHI, HAYATO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 013994/0481 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2001-383022 · Dec 17, 2001 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20030156079A1 · Aug 21, 2003