Organic electroluminescence display apparatus
The present invention provides a stack type organic electroluminescence display apparatus which can be structured to be an active matrix type. The organic electroluminescence display apparatus of the active-matrix driving system includes: a display region having a plurality of pixels each of which includes at least two subpixels, wherein the subpixels have three or more light-emitting devices stacked thereon each of which is configured by sandwiching between electrodes an organic layer including an emission layer, and any of the emission layers emits a light of different colors from each other and is commonly formed in all pixels; and a circuit for applying voltage to between the electrodes of the light-emitting device, wherein at least one light-emitting device among the stacked light-emitting devices is nonemission-treated.
1. An organic electroluminescence display apparatus of an active-matrix driving system comprising:
a display region having a plurality of pixels, each of which comprises a first subpixel, a second subpixel and a third subpixel,
wherein the subpixels have three or more light-emitting devices stacked thereon, each of which is configured by sandwiching between electrodes an organic layer including an emission layer, and any of the emission layers emits a light of different colors from each other and is commonly formed in all pixels,
wherein at least one light-emitting device among the stacked light-emitting devices is non-emission-treated,
wherein the light-emitting device which is non-emission-treated in the respective subpixels is different from that in other subpixels,
wherein the light-emitting devices which emit different luminescent colors from each other are light-emitting devices which emit three types of luminescent colors of red, blue and green, and
wherein a light-emitting device which is non-emission-treated in the first subpixel is green, a light-emitting device which is non-emission-treated in the second subpixel is red, and a light-emitting device which is non-emission-treated in the third subpixel is blue; and
a circuit for applying voltage between the electrodes of the light-emitting device.
2. The organic electroluminescence display apparatus of an active-matrix driving system according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting device which is non-emission-treated is nonemission-treated by imparting high resistance to at least one part of the organic layer.
3. The organic electroluminescence display apparatus of the active-matrix driving system according to claim 2 , wherein the high resistance is imparted to the organic layer by irradiating the organic layer with ultraviolet rays.
4. The organic electroluminescence display apparatus of the active-matrix driving system according to claim 1 , wherein an organic layer other than the emission layer of the light-emitting device is commonly formed in all regions of a display region which includes all of the pixels.
5. The organic electroluminescence display apparatus of the active-matrix driving system according to claim 1 , wherein one part of the electrodes of the stacked light-emitting devices is shared by the light-emitting devices.
6. The organic electroluminescence display apparatus of the active-matrix driving system according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting device which is non-emission-treated is non-emission-treated by causing one of two electrodes which sandwich the organic layer to be in a floating state.
7. The organic electroluminescence display apparatus of the active-matrix driving system according to claim 6 , wherein the floating state is caused by patterning one electrode.
8. The organic electroluminescence display apparatus of the active-matrix driving system according to claim 1 , wherein the light emission of a light-emitting device which is not non-emission-treated in the same subpixel is controlled at the same time.
9. The organic electroluminescence display apparatus of the active-matrix driving system according to claim 1 , wherein the light emission of the light-emitting device which is not non-emission-treated in the same subpixel is controlled by time division.
10. The organic electroluminescence display apparatus of the active-matrix driving system according to claim 1 , wherein the organic layer has at least one of a hole transport layer, a hole injection layer, an electron transport layer and an electron injection layer other than the emission layer.
11. The organic electroluminescence display apparatus of an active-matrix driving system according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting device which is non-emission-treated is nonemission-treated by short-circuiting two electrodes which sandwich the organic layer, and the short-circuiting is performed by processing one part of the organic layer with the use of a laser beam.
12. An organic electroluminescence display apparatus of an active-matrix driving system comprising:
a display region having a plurality of pixels, each of which comprises a first subpixel and a second subpixel,
wherein the subpixels have three or more light-emitting devices stacked thereon, each of which is configured by sandwiching between electrodes an organic layer including an emission layer, and any of the emission layers emits a light of different colors from each other and is commonly formed in all pixels,
wherein the light-emitting devices which emit different luminescent colors from each other are light-emitting devices which emit three types of luminescent colors of red, blue and green,
wherein at least one light-emitting device among the stacked light-emitting devices is non-emission-treated,
wherein a light-emitting device which is non-emission-treated in the first subpixel is green, and
wherein a light-emitting device which is non-emission-treated in the second subpixel is red; and
a circuit for applying voltage between the electrodes of the light-emitting device.
13. The organic electroluminescence display apparatus of an active-matrix driving system according to claim 12 , wherein the light-emitting device which is non-emission-treated is non-emission-treated by imparting high resistance to at least one part of the organic layer.
14. The organic electroluminescence display apparatus of the active-matrix driving system according to claim 13 , wherein the high resistance is imparted to the organic layer by irradiating the organic layer with ultraviolet rays.
15. The organic electroluminescence display apparatus of the active-matrix driving system according to claim 12 , wherein an organic layer other than the emission layer of the light-emitting device is commonly formed in all regions of a display region which includes all of the pixels.
16. The organic electroluminescence display apparatus of the active-matrix driving system according to claim 12 , wherein one part of the electrodes of the stacked light-emitting devices is shared by the light-emitting devices.
17. The organic electroluminescence display apparatus of the active-matrix driving system according to claim 12 , wherein the light-emitting device which is non-emission-treated is non-emission-treated by causing one of two electrodes which sandwich the organic layer to be in a floating state.
18. The organic electroluminescence display apparatus of the active-matrix driving system according to claim 17 , wherein the floating state is caused by patterning one electrode.
19. The organic electroluminescence display apparatus of the active-matrix driving system according to claim 12 , wherein the light emission of a light-emitting device which is not non-emission-treated in the same subpixel is controlled at the same time.
20. The organic electroluminescence display apparatus of the active-matrix driving system according to claim 12 , wherein the light emission of the light-emitting device which is not non-emission-treated in the same subpixel is controlled by time division.
21. The organic electroluminescence display apparatus of the active-matrix driving system according to claim 12 , wherein the organic layer has at least one of a hole transport layer, a hole injection layer, an electron transport layer and an electron injection layer other than the emission layer.
22. The organic electroluminescence display apparatus of an active-matrix driving system according to claim 12 , wherein the light-emitting device which is non-emission-treated is non-emission-treated by short-circuiting two electrodes which sandwich the organic layer, and the short-circuiting is performed by processing one part of the organic layer with the use of a laser beam.