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Granted Patent B2
US 10,566,403 · App. 15/551,737 · Granted Feb 18, 2020

Display device, manufacturing method for display device, and electronic device with substrate spacer

Inventors: Takashi Sakairi (Kanagawa, JP); Kensaku Maeda (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
H01L27/3265H01L27/322H01L27/3213H01L51/525H01L51/5221H01L51/5246H01L51/56H05B33/04H05B33/06H05B33/12H01L2227/323
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Patent No.
US 10,566,403
App. No.
15/551,737
Granted
Feb 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device of the present disclosure includes: a first substrate on which a pixel including a light emitting portion is formed; a second substrate arranged in a manner facing the first substrate; a color filter provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a substrate spacing setting unit provided in at least a peripheral portion of a display area of the first substrate made by forming pixels, and adapted to set substrate spacing between the first substrate and the second substrate. The substrate spacing setting unit is formed of at least two layers including: a first adjustment layer formed in a predetermined pattern on the first substrate; and a second adjustment layer stacked on the first adjustment layer in a step of forming the color filter by using a material same as a material of the color filter.

Claims (43)

1. A display device comprising:

a first substrate on which a pixel is formed in a display area of the first substrate, the pixel including a light emitting element and drive circuitry;

a protective film formed on the first substrate, the protective film being formed over the light emitting element in the display area and extending over a peripheral portion of the first substrate;

a second substrate arranged in a manner facing the first substrate;

a color filter provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; and

a substrate spacer located at the peripheral portion of the first substrate, and configured to set substrate spacing between the first substrate and the second substrate,

wherein the substrate spacer is formed of at least two layers including:

a first adjustment layer formed in a first pattern and arranged in contact with the protective film formed on the first substrate; and

a second adjustment layer stacked on the first adjustment layer and formed in a second pattern that is a different shape from the first pattern, by using a material same as a material of the color filter.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first adjustment layer is formed in a pattern in the step of forming the color filter by using the material same as the material of the color filter.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first adjustment layer is formed in a pattern by using a metal material.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the first adjustment layer is formed of a metal wiring pattern.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first adjustment layer is formed in a pattern by using an oxide film.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first substrate is of a semiconductor substrate.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the first substrate includes a pad portion formed on a surface side opposite to a surface on which a pixel is formed, and used for electrical connection to outside.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate spacing is set by the substrate spacer according to a compression formation to a predetermined height.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the predetermined height is about 3.6 μm.

10. A manufacturing method for a display device that includes:

a first substrate on which a pixel is formed in a display area of the first substrate, the pixel including a light emitting element and drive circuitry;

a protective film formed on the first substrate, the protective film being formed over the light emitting element over the display area and extending over a peripheral portion of the first substrate;

a second substrate arranged in a manner facing the first substrate;

a color filter provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; and

a substrate spacer located at the peripheral portion of the first substrate, and configured to set substrate spacing between the first substrate and the second substrate,

the manufacturing method comprising:

forming a first adjustment layer in a first pattern and in contact with the first protective film formed on on the first substrate; and

subsequently stacking a second adjustment layer on the first adjustment layer, the second adjustment layer being formed in a second pattern that is a different shape from the first pattern, by using a material same as a material of the color filter, to form the substrate spacer to include at least two layers.

11. An electronic device comprising a display device that includes:

a first substrate on which a pixel is formed in a display area of the first substrate, the pixel including a light emitting element and drive circuitry;

a protective film formed on the first substrate, the protective film being formed over the light emitting element in the display area and extending over a peripheral portion of the first substrate;

a second substrate arranged in a manner facing the first substrate;

a color filter provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; and

a substrate spacer located at the peripheral portion of the first substrate, and configured to set substrate spacing between the first substrate and the second substrate,

wherein the substrate spacer is formed of at least two layers including:

a first adjustment layer formed in a first pattern and arranged in contact with the protective film formed on the first substrate; and

a second adjustment layer stacked on the first adjustment layer and formed in a second pattern that is a different shape from the first pattern, by using a material same as a material of the color filter.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the first adjustment layer is formed in a pattern in the step of forming the color filter by using the material same as the material of the color filter.

13. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the first adjustment layer is formed in a pattern by using a metal material.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the first adjustment layer is formed of a metal wiring pattern.

15. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the first adjustment layer is formed in a pattern by using an oxide film.

16. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the first substrate is of a semiconductor substrate.

17. The electronic device according to claim 16 , wherein the first substrate includes a pad portion formed on a surface side opposite to a surface on which a pixel is formed, and used for electrical connection to outside.

18. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the substrate spacing is set by the substrate spacer according to a compression formation to a predetermined height.

19. The electronic device according to claim 18 , wherein the predetermined height is about 3.6 μm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2017
From: SAKAIRI, TAKASHI; MAEDA, KENSAKU
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043813/0651 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-034036 · Feb 24, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180040681A1 · Feb 8, 2018