IP Library Granted Patent US 8,772,795
Granted Patent B2
US 8,772,795 · App. 13/367,643 · Granted Jul 8, 2014

Light-emitting device and lighting device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Koji Ono (Tochigi, JP); Yoshifumi Tanada (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,772,795
App. No.
13/367,643
Granted
Jul 8, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a light-emitting device including the plurality of light-emitting elements having a structure in which a light-emitting area is large and defects in patterning of light-emitting elements are suppressed. To provide a lighting device including the light-emitting device. The light-emitting device includes a first wiring provided over a substrate having an insulating surface, an insulating film provided over the first wiring, a second wiring provided over the insulating film, and a light-emitting element unit including a plurality of light-emitting elements provided over the first wiring with the insulating film provided therebetween. The plurality of light-emitting elements each include a first electrode layer having a light-blocking property, a layer containing an organic compound in contact with the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer having a light-transmitting property in contact with the layer containing an organic compound. The layers containing an organic compound are separated by a separation layer.

Claims (71)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

a first wiring over the substrate;

an insulating film over the first wiring;

a second wiring over the insulating film; and

a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, and a third light-emitting element over the insulating film, each of the first to third light-emitting elements comprising:

a first electrode having a light-blocking property;

a layer containing an organic compound on the first electrode; and

a second electrode having a light-transmitting property on the layer containing an organic compound,

wherein the layers containing an organic compound of the first and second light-emitting elements are separated from each other by a separation layer,

wherein the second electrodes of the first and second light-emitting elements are separated from each other by the separation layer,

wherein the first electrode of the first light-emitting element is directly in contact with the first wiring,

wherein the second electrode of the first light-emitting element extends beyond an edge portion of the layer containing an organic compound of the first light-emitting element and is directly in contact with the first electrode of the second light-emitting element,

wherein the second electrode of the third light-emitting element extends beyond an edge portion of the layer containing an organic compound of the third light-emitting element and is directly in contact with the second wiring, and

wherein the first light-emitting element, the second light-emitting element, and the third light-emitting element are electrically connected to each other in series.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a fourth light-emitting element, a fifth light-emitting element, and a sixth light-emitting element over the insulating film,

wherein the fourth light-emitting element, the fifth light-emitting element, and the sixth light-emitting element are electrically connected to each other in series.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 ,

wherein a first light-emitting element row comprising the first light-emitting element, the second light-emitting element, and the third light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element row comprising the fourth light-emitting element, the fifth light-emitting element, and the sixth light-emitting element are electrically connected to each other in parallel.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein a cross section of the separation layer has a shape in which a side in contact with a surface where the separation layer is formed is shorter than the opposite side.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is made of organic resin or metal.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first wiring and the second wiring are formed of a conductive paste.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein light emitted from the first light-emitting element is extracted through the second electrode of the first light-emitting element.

8. A lighting device comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 1 .

9. A light-emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

a first wiring over the substrate;

an insulating film over the first wiring;

a second wiring over the insulating film; and

a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, and a third light-emitting element over the insulating film, each of the first to third light-emitting elements comprising:

a first electrode;

a layer containing an organic compound on the first electrode; and

a second electrode on the layer containing an organic compound,

wherein the layers containing an organic compound of the first and second light-emitting elements are separated from each other by a separation layer,

wherein the second electrodes of the first and second light-emitting elements are separated from each other by the separation layer,

wherein the first electrode of the first light-emitting element is directly in contact with the first wiring,

wherein the second electrode of the first light-emitting element extends beyond an edge portion of the layer containing an organic compound of the first light-emitting element and is directly in contact with the first electrode of the second light-emitting element,

wherein the second electrode of the third light-emitting element extends beyond an edge portion of the layer containing an organic compound of the third light-emitting element and is directly in contact with the second wiring, and

wherein the first light-emitting element, the second light-emitting element, and the third light-emitting element are electrically connected to each other in series.

10. The light-emitting device according to claim 9 , further comprising a fourth light-emitting element, a fifth light-emitting element, and a sixth light-emitting element over the insulating film,

wherein the fourth light-emitting element, the fifth light-emitting element, and the sixth light-emitting element are electrically connected to each other in series.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 ,

wherein a first light-emitting element row comprising the first light-emitting element, the second light-emitting element, and the third light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element row comprising the fourth light-emitting element, the fifth light-emitting element, and the sixth light-emitting element are electrically connected to each other in parallel.

12. The light-emitting device according to claim 9 , wherein a cross section of the separation layer has a shape in which a side in contact with a surface where the separation layer is formed is shorter than the opposite side.

13. The light-emitting device according to claim 9 , wherein the substrate is made of organic resin or metal.

14. The light-emitting device according to claim 9 , wherein the first wiring and the second wiring are formed of a conductive paste.

15. A lighting device comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 9 .

16. A light-emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

a first wiring over the substrate;

an insulating film over the first wiring;

a second wiring over the insulating film; and

a first plurality of light-emitting elements comprising a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, and a third light-emitting element over the insulating film, each of the first light-emitting element, the second light-emitting element, and the third light-emitting element comprising:

a first electrode;

an EL layer over the first electrode; and

a second electrode over the EL layer,

wherein the EL layer of the first light-emitting element and the EL layer of the second light-emitting element are separated from each other by a separation layer,

wherein the second electrode of the first light-emitting element and the second electrode of the second light-emitting element are separated from each other by the separation layer,

wherein the first electrode of the first light-emitting element is in contact with the first wiring,

wherein the second electrode of the first light-emitting element extends beyond an edge portion of the EL layer of the first light-emitting element,

wherein the second electrode of the first light-emitting element is in contact with the first electrode of the second light-emitting element,

wherein the second electrode of the third light-emitting element extends beyond an edge portion of the EL layer of the third light-emitting element,

wherein the second electrode of the third light-emitting element is in contact with the second wiring, and

wherein the first light-emitting element, the second light-emitting element, and the third light-emitting element are electrically connected to each other in series.

17. The light-emitting device according to claim 16 , further comprising a second plurality of light-emitting elements comprising a fourth light-emitting element, a fifth light-emitting element, and a sixth light-emitting element over the insulating film,

wherein the fourth light-emitting element, the fifth light-emitting element, and the sixth light-emitting element are electrically connected to each other in series.

18. The light-emitting device according to claim 17 , wherein the first plurality of light-emitting elements and the second plurality of light-emitting elements are electrically connected to each other in parallel.

19. The light-emitting device according to claim 16 , wherein a cross section of the separation layer has a shape in which a side in contact with a surface where the separation layer is formed is shorter than the opposite side.

20. The light-emitting device according to claim 16 , wherein the substrate is made of organic resin or metal.

21. The light-emitting device according to claim 16 , wherein the first wiring and the second wiring are formed of a conductive paste.

22. A lighting device comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 16 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2012
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; ONO, KOJI; TANADA, YOSHIFUMI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027909/0193 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-028854 · Feb 14, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120205675A1 · Aug 16, 2012