IP Library Granted Patent US 8,531,103
Granted Patent B2
US 8,531,103 · App. 13/547,719 · Granted Sep 10, 2013

Organic el device having a multi-layered color filter, method of manufacturing organic el device, and electronic apparatus

Inventors: Masanori Iwasaki (Shiojiri, JP); Takefumi Fukagawa (Fujimi-machi, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,531,103
App. No.
13/547,719
Granted
Sep 10, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic EL device includes a substrate; a color filter layer that is formed above the substrate; a first electrode that is formed between the substrate and the color filter layer; a second electrode that is formed to face the first electrode; and an organic light-emitting layer that is formed between the first and second electrodes. The color filter layer includes first and second sub-filter layers that are formed in a region overlapping the first electrode, when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the substrate, and transmit a first color. The first and second sub-filter layers are formed of the same material and the first and second sub-filter layers are laminated.

Claims (41)

1. An organic EL device comprising:

a substrate;

a color filter layer that is formed above the substrate;

a first electrode that is formed between the substrate and the color filter layer;

a second electrode that is formed to face the first electrode; and

an organic light-emitting layer that is formed between the first and second electrodes,

wherein the color filter layer includes first and second sub-filter layers that are formed in a region overlapping the first electrode, when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the substrate, and transmit a first color, and

wherein the first and second sub-filter layers are formed of the same material and the first and second sub-filter layers are laminated.

2. The organic EL device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a third electrode that is formed in the same layer of the first electrode to face the second electrode,

wherein the color filter layer further includes third and fourth sub-filter layers that are formed in a region overlapping the third electrode, when viewed from the direction perpendicular to the substrate, and transmit a second color,

wherein the third and fourth sub-filter layers are formed of the same material,

wherein the third and fourth sub-filter layers are laminated,

wherein an end of the first sub-filter layer and an end of the third sub-filter layer overlap one another, when viewed from the direction perpendicular to the substrate, and

wherein an end of the second sub-filter layer and an end of the fourth sub-filter layer overlap one another, when viewed from the direction perpendicular to the substrate.

3. The organic EL device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a flattened layer that is formed between the first and second sub-filter layers.

4. The organic EL device according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a flattened layer that is formed between the first and second sub-filter layers,

wherein a light-shielding layer is formed in a region of the flattened layer overlapping the first and third sub-filter layers, when viewed from the direction perpendicular to the substrate.

5. The organic EL device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a sealing layer that is formed between the second electrode and the color filter layer,

wherein the color filter layer is adjacent to the sealing layer.

6. A method of manufacturing an organic EL device, comprising:

forming a first electrode on a substrate;

forming an organic light-emitting layer on the first electrode;

forming a second electrode on the organic light-emitting layer; and

forming a color filter layer on the second electrode in a region overlapping the first electrode, when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the substrate,

wherein the forming of the color filter layer includes

forming a first sub-filter layer by a photolithographic method, and

forming a second sub-filter layer on the first sub-filter layer using the same material of the first sub-filter layer by the photolithographic method.

7. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the organic EL device according to claim 1 .

8. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the organic EL device according to claim 2 .

9. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the organic EL device according to claim 3 .

10. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the organic EL device according to claim 4 .

11. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the organic EL device according to claim 5 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2024
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: LUMITEK DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 067131/0445 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2012
From: IWASAKI, MASANORI; FUKAGAWA, TAKEFUMI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028589/0529 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-160714 · Jul 22, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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