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Granted Patent B2
US 9,178,177 · App. 14/664,167 · Granted Nov 3, 2015

Electro-optical device and electronic device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Jun Koyama (Kanagawa, JP); Kunitaka Yamamoto (Kanagawa, JP); Toshimitsu Konuma (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L51/5253H01L27/3244
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Patent No.
US 9,178,177
App. No.
14/664,167
Granted
Nov 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide an EL display device, which has a high operating performance and reliability. A third passivation film 45 is disposed under an EL element 203 which comprises a pixel electrode (anode) 46 , an EL layer 47 and a cathode 48 , to make a structure in which heat generated by the EL element 203 is radiated. Further, the third passivation film 45 prevents alkali metals within the EL element 203 from diffusing into the TFTs side, and prevents moisture and oxygen of the TFTs side from penetrating into the EL element 203 . More preferably, heat radiating effect is given to a fourth passivation film 50 to make the EL element 203 to be enclosed by heat radiating layers.

Claims (53)

1. A display device comprising:

a gate electrode over a substrate;

a first insulating film over the gate electrode;

a semiconductor film over the first insulating film;

a channel protecting film over the semiconductor film

a second insulating film over the channel protecting film;

one of a source wiring and a drain wiring over the second insulating film;

a current supply line over the second insulating film;

a color filter over the second insulating film;

a third insulating film over the color filter;

first and second white color luminescing EL elements over the third insulating film;

a fourth insulating film over the white color luminescing EL elements; and

a housing material over the fourth insulating film,

wherein the channel protecting film is in contact with the semiconductor film, and

wherein the channel protecting film and the gate electrode overlap each other.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second white color luminescing EL elements neighboring the current supply line are electrically connected to the same current supply line.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a drying agent,

wherein the drying agent is formed in a space between the housing material and the substrate.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a space between the housing material and the substrate is filled with a resin.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth insulating film comprises carbon.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth insulating film is a diamond-like carbon film.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth insulating film is a silicon oxynitride film.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor film is one selected from the group consisting of a single crystal semiconductor film, a polycrystalline semiconductor film and a microcrystalline semiconductor film.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is one selected from the group consisting of a glass substrate, a glass ceramic substrate, a quartz substrate, a silicon substrate, a ceramic substrate, a metallic substrate and a plastic substrate.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the housing material is one selected from the group consisting of an amorphous glass, a crystallized glass, a ceramic glass, an organic resin, and a silicone resin.

11. A display device comprising:

a gate electrode over a substrate;

a first insulating film over the gate electrode;

a semiconductor film over the first insulating film;

a channel protecting film over the semiconductor film

a second insulating film over the channel protecting film;

one of a source wiring and a drain wiring over the second insulating film;

a current supply line over the second insulating film;

a color filter over the second insulating film;

a third insulating film over the color filter;

a first electrode over the third insulating film;

a light emitting layer over the first electrode;

a second electrode over the light emitting layer;

a fourth insulating film over the second electrode; and

a housing material over the fourth insulating film,

wherein the channel protecting film is in contact with the semiconductor film, and

wherein the channel protecting film and the gate electrode overlap each other.

12. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the current supply line is electrically connected to the source wiring, and

wherein the first electrode is electrically connected to the drain wiring.

13. The display device according to claim 11 , further comprising a drying agent,

wherein the drying agent is formed in a space between the housing material and the substrate.

14. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein a space between the housing material and the substrate is filled with a resin.

15. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the fourth insulating film comprises carbon.

16. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the fourth insulating film is a diamond-like carbon film.

17. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the fourth insulating film is a silicon oxynitride film.

18. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the semiconductor film is one selected from the group consisting of a single crystal semiconductor film, a polycrystalline semiconductor film and a microcrystalline semiconductor film.

19. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the substrate is one selected from the group consisting of a glass substrate, a glass ceramic substrate, a quartz substrate, a silicon substrate, a ceramic substrate, a metallic substrate and a plastic substrate.

20. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the housing material is one selected from the group consisting of an amorphous glass, a crystallized glass, a ceramic glass, an organic resin, and a silicone resin.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 11-158809 · Jun 4, 1999 · national
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