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Granted Patent B2
US 10,263,218 · App. 15/412,700 · Granted Apr 16, 2019

Electro-optical device with a luminance adjustment layer

Inventor: Koya Shiratori (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORTION
H01L51/5265H01L27/3211H01L51/5206H01L51/5271H01L51/5275H01L51/56G09G3/3233G09G2320/0271H01L27/322H01L27/3244H01L27/3265H01L27/3276H01L2251/301H01L2251/303
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Patent No.
US 10,263,218
App. No.
15/412,700
Granted
Apr 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic EL device as an the electro-optical device includes a reflective layer; an opposite electrode as a semitransparent reflective layer; and a first luminescence pixel and a second luminescence pixel as first pixels, and a third luminescence pixel as a second pixel respectively having an optical path length adjustment layer and a functional layer provided between the reflective layer and the opposite electrode; in which the optical path length adjustment layer of the first luminescence pixel includes a fourth insulation layer as a luminance adjustment layer and the optical path length adjustment layer of the third luminescence pixel does not include a third insulation layer.

Claims (38)

1. An electro-optical device comprising:

a reflective layer;

a semitransparent reflective layer; and

a first pixel and a second pixel respectively having an optical path length adjustment layer and a luminescence functional layer provided between the reflective layer and the semitransparent reflective layer; wherein

the optical path length adjustment layer of the first pixel includes a first luminance adjustment layer having a first thickness,

the optical path length adjustment layer of the second pixel includes the first luminance adjustment layer and a second luminance adjustment layer having a second thickness, and

the first thickness of the first luminance adjustment layer is different from the second thickness of the second luminance adjustment layer.

2. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein

the luminance adjustment layer includes a layer with a lower refractive index than the refractive indexes of adjacent layers.

3. The electro-optical device according to claim 2 , wherein

the adjacent layers are made of a silicon nitride film, and

the layer with the lower refractive index is made of a silicon oxide film.

4. An electronic equipment comprising:

electro-optical device according to claim 3 .

5. An electronic equipment comprising:

the electro-optical device according to claim 2 .

6. The electro-optical device according to claim 2 , wherein

the luminance adjustment layer of the first pixel includes the layer with the lower refractive index than the refractive indexes of adjacent layers of the second pixel.

7. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein

the luminance adjustment layer includes the layer with the lower refractive index than the refractive indexes of the adjacent layers and a metal layer.

8. The electro-optical device according to claim 7 , wherein

the metal layer is made of at least one metal selected from among Ti, Mo, Ta, Al, Cu, and Cr, or an alloy of these metals.

9. An electronic equipment comprising:

electro-optical device according to claim 8 .

10. An electronic equipment comprising:

the electro-optical device according to claim 7 .

11. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first pixel and the second pixel include a reflection-increasing layer provided on the reflective layer.

12. An electronic equipment comprising:

the electro-optical device according to claim 11 .

13. An electronic equipment comprising:

the electro-optical device according to claim 1 .

14. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a pixel electrode, the pixel electrode and the optical path adjustment layer being disposed in different layers of the electro-optical device.

15. The electro-optical device according to claim 14 , wherein

the luminance adjustment layer is provided between the reflective layer and the pixel electrode.

16. An electronic equipment comprising:

the electro-optical device according to claim 15 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2017
From: SHIRATORI, KOYA
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041049/0008 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-023398 · Feb 10, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170229676A1 · Aug 10, 2017
Cited By (1)
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