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Granted Patent B2
US 10,615,246 · App. 16/195,892 · Granted Apr 7, 2020

Display device

Inventor: Kazuto Tsuruoka (Minato, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
H01L27/3276G09G3/3266H01L27/3246H01L27/3262H01L51/5012H01L51/5206H01L51/5221
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Patent No.
US 10,615,246
App. No.
16/195,892
Granted
Apr 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: on a substrate: an IC having a first and a second terminal array; a wiring layer having a first and a second electrode array, and a first organic layer having a covering part covering at least a part of a peripheral edge part of each of the first and the second electrode array; an electrically conductive film electrically connecting the first terminal array and the first electrode array, and the second terminal array and the second electrode array; a second organic layer provided in at least a part of an area between the covering part of the first electrode array and the covering part of the second electrode array, the electrically conductive film has a smaller thickness at a position above the second organic layer than at a position of the covering part of the first organic layer.

Claims (62)

1. A display device comprising, on a substrate:

an IC having, on a surface, a first terminal array and a second terminal array opposite each other and spaced apart from each other;

a wiring layer having, on a surface, a first electrode array and a second electrode array opposite each other and spaced apart from each other, and a first organic layer having a covering part which covers at least a part of a peripheral edge part of each of the first electrode array and the second electrode array;

an electrically conductive film which is situated between the IC and the wiring layer, electrically connects the first terminal array and the first electrode array, and electrically connects the second terminal array and the second electrode array; and

a second organic layer provided in at least a part of an area between the covering part covering at least a part of the peripheral edge part of the first electrode array and the covering part covering at least a part of the peripheral edge part of the second electrode array, wherein

the electrically conductive film has a smaller thickness at a position above the second organic layer than at a position of the covering part of the first organic layer.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

a thin film transistor and a light emitting element situated on a side opposite to a substrate of the thin film transistor are arranged on the substrate,

the light emitting element has a pixel electrode, a light emitting layer, and a common electrode,

on the thin film transistor side of the pixel electrode, a flattening layer made of an organic material is situated in contact with the pixel electrode, and

the first organic layer and the flattening layer are made of the same material.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein

the first organic layer and the flattening layer are in the same layer.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

a plurality of pixels having a light emitting element, and an insulation layer made of an organic material and partitioning the plurality of pixels, are situated on the substrate, and

the second organic layer and the insulation layer are made of the same material.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein

the second organic layer and the insulation layer are in the same layer.

6. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein

the light emitting element has a pixel electrode, a light emitting layer, and a common electrode,

on the substrate side of the pixel electrode, a flattening layer made of an organic material is situated in contact with the pixel electrode, and

the first organic layer and the flattening layer are made of the same material.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein

the first organic layer and the flattening layer are in the same layer.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the electrically conductive film is an anisotropic conductive film which is a resin composition containing an electrically conductive material.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the electrically conductive film has a first position in contact with an upper surface of the first organic layer, and a second position in contact with an upper surface of the second organic layer, and

the second position is at a longer distance from the substrate than the first position.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second organic layer is situated on the first organic layer.

11. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

an electrode connecting to the IC is situated between the first electrode array and the second electrode array,

the first organic layer includes a first area situated between the electrode and the first electrode array, and a second area situated between the electrode and the second electrode array, and

the second organic layer includes a third area situated on the first area, and a fourth area situated on the second area.

12. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein

the electrode is electrically floating.

13. A display device comprising:

a substrate having a plurality of pixels;

a first electrode array situated on the substrate;

a second electrode array situated on the substrate and spaced apart from and opposite the first electrode array;

an IC connecting to the first electrode array and the second electrode array;

a first organic layer situated between the first electrode array and the second electrode array;

a second organic layer situated between the first organic layer and the IC;

a light emitting element provided in the pixels and having a pixel electrode, a light emitting layer, and a common electrode;

a flattening layer situated in contact with the pixel electrode, on the substrate side of the pixel electrode, and made of an organic material; and

an insulation layer made of an organic material and partitioning the plurality of pixels, wherein

the first organic layer and the flattening layer are in the same layer, and

the second organic layer and the insulation layer are in the same layer.

14. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein

the first electrode array includes a first electrode,

the second electrode array includes a second electrode, and

the first organic layer covers a part of an upper surface of the first electrode and a part of an upper surface of the second electrode.

15. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein

the insulation layer covers an end part of the pixel electrode and exposes a part that is different from the end part of the pixel electrode, and

a thin film transistor connecting to the pixel electrode is situated on the side opposite to the pixel electrode of the flattening layer.

16. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein

an electrode connecting to the IC is situated between the first electrode array and the second electrode array,

the first organic layer includes a first area situated between the electrode and the first electrode array, and a second area situated between the electrode and the second electrode array, and

the second organic layer has a third area situated on the first area, and a fourth area situated on the second area.

17. The display device according to claim 16 , wherein

the electrode is electrically floating.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2018
From: TSURUOKA, KAZUTO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 047603/0614 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-226875 · Nov 27, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190165078A1 · May 30, 2019