IP Library Granted Patent US 10,330,993
Granted Patent B2
US 10,330,993 · App. 15/841,866 · Granted Jun 25, 2019

Display device

Inventor: Kouhei Toyotaka (Atsugi, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
G02F1/134336G02F1/133345H01L27/32H01L27/3204H01L27/3218H01L27/3246H01L27/3283H01L27/3295H01L51/5203H01L51/5212
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Patent No.
US 10,330,993
App. No.
15/841,866
Granted
Jun 25, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device having high display quality is provided. In the display device including a plurality of pixels, adjacent pixel electrodes are formed over different insulating layers. Accordingly, when seen in a plan view, the adjacent pixel electrodes can be close to each other without constraints of design rules. Openings (light-emitting regions) of the adjacent pixels can be close to each other, leading to an improvement in graininess of an image. With the use of a step provided between the adjacent pixel electrodes, the resistance of an EL layer across the adjacent pixels can be increased to reduce crosstalk.

Claims (65)

1. A light-emitting display device comprising:

a first insulating layer;

a first electrode over the first insulating layer;

a second insulating layer covering an end portion of the first electrode;

a second electrode over the second insulating layer;

an EL layer over the first electrode and the second electrode; and

a third electrode over the EL layer,

wherein the third electrode overlaps with the first electrode with a first region of the EL layer between the first electrode and the third electrode,

wherein the third electrode overlaps with the second electrode with a second region of the EL layer between the second electrode and the third electrode, and

wherein an end portion of the second electrode is aligned with the end portion of the first electrode.

2. The light-emitting display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first electrode, the first region of the EL layer, and the third electrode are in a first light-emitting element of a first pixel, and

wherein the second electrode, the second region of the EL layer, and the third electrode are in a second tight-emitting element of a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel.

3. The light-emitting display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first coloring layer overlapping with the first region of the EL layer; and

a second coloring layer overlapping with the second region of the EL layer,

wherein the first coloring layer and the second coloring layer have different colors.

4. The light-emitting display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a fourth electrode over the first insulating layer,

wherein the fourth electrode, a third region of the EL layer, and the third electrode are in a third light-emitting element.

5. A light-emitting display device comprising:

a first insulating layer;

a first electrode over the first insulating layer;

a second insulating layer covering an end portion of the first electrode;

a second electrode over the second insulating layer;

a third insulating layer over the second electrode;

an EL layer over the third insulating layer; and

a third electrode over the EL layer,

wherein the third insulating layer is in contact with the first electrode and the second electrode,

wherein the third electrode overlaps with the first electrode with a first region of the EL layer between the first electrode and the third electrode, and

wherein the third electrode overlaps with the second electrode with a second region of the EL layer between the second electrode and the third electrode.

6. The light-emitting display device according to claim 5 , wherein an end portion of the second electrode is aligned with the end portion of the first electrode.

7. The light-emitting display device according to claim 5 , wherein an end portion of the second electrode overlaps with the end portion of the first electrode.

8. The light-emitting display device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the first electrode, the first region of the EL layer, and the third electrode are in a first light-emitting element of a first pixel, and

wherein the second electrode, the second region of the EL layer, and the third electrode are in a second light-emitting element of a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel.

9. The light-emitting display device according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a first coloring layer overlapping with the first region of the EL layer; and

a second coloring layer overlapping with the second region of the EL layer,

wherein the first coloring layer and the second coloring layer have different colors.

10. The light-emitting display device according to claim 5 , further comprising a fourth electrode over the first insulating layer,

wherein the fourth electrode, a third region of the EL layer, and the third electrode are in a third light-emitting element.

11. A light-emitting display device comprising:

a first transistor;

a second transistor;

a first insulating layer over the first transistor and the second transistor;

a first electrode over the first insulating layer, the first electrode electrically connected to the first transistor;

a second insulating layer covering an end portion of the first electrode;

a second electrode over the second insulating layer, the second electrode electrically connected to the second transistor;

a third insulating layer over the second electrode;

an EL layer over the third insulating layer; and

a third electrode over the EL layer,

wherein the third insulating layer is in contact with the first electrode and the second electrode,

wherein the third electrode overlaps with the first electrode with a first region of the EL layer between the first electrode and the third electrode, and

wherein the third electrode overlaps with the second electrode with a second region of the EL layer between the second electrode and the third electrode.

12. The light-emitting display device according to claim 11 , wherein an end portion of the second electrode is aligned with the end portion of the first electrode.

13. The light-emitting display device according to claim 11 , wherein an end portion of the second electrode overlaps with the end portion of the first electrode.

14. The light-emitting display device according to claim 11 ,

wherein the first electrode, the first region of the EL layer, and the third electrode are in a first light-emitting element of a first pixel, and

wherein the second electrode, the second region of the EL layer, and the third electrode are in a second light-emitting element of a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel.

15. The light-emitting display device according to claim 11 , further comprising:

a first coloring layer overlapping with the first region of the EL layer; and

a second coloring layer overlapping with the second region of the EL layer,

wherein the first coloring layer and the second coloring layer have different colors.

16. The light-emitting display device according to claim 11 , further comprising a fourth electrode over the first insulating layer,

wherein the fourth electrode, a third region of the EL layer, and the third electrode are in a third light-emitting element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2017
From: TOYOTAKA, KOUHEI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044399/0159 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-250228 · Dec 23, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180180951A1 · Jun 28, 2018
Cited By (1)
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