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Granted Patent B2
US 10,714,668 · App. 16/278,731 · Granted Jul 14, 2020

Light-emitting device and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Ming-Hsien Lee (Hsinchu, TW); Yi-Cheng Lin (New Taipei, TW); Chuang-Cheng Yang (Changhua County, TW); Kai-Wei Hong (Hsinchu, TW); Chun-Feng Lin (Taichung, TW)
Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
H01L33/62H01L25/0753H01L27/124H01L27/1259H01L2933/0066
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Patent No.
US 10,714,668
App. No.
16/278,731
Granted
Jul 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device includes a substrate, a circuit array including a plurality of circuit units disposed on the substrate, a first conductive pattern, a second conductive pattern, a first wire pattern, and a second wire pattern disposed on the circuit array, and a light-emitting element disposed on one of the circuit units. The light-emitting element includes a first electrode and a second electrode respectively electrically connected to the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern. The second electrode is not overlapped with the first wire pattern and the second wire pattern. A manufacturing method of the light-emitting device is also provided.

Claims (49)

1. A manufacturing method of a light-emitting device, comprising:

forming a circuit array on a substrate, wherein the circuit array comprises a plurality of circuit units;

forming a first conductive pattern, a second conductive pattern, a first wire pattern, and a second wire pattern on the circuit array at the same time; and

disposing a light-emitting element on one of the circuit units, wherein the light-emitting element comprises a first electrode and a second electrode respectively electrically connected to the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern.

2. The manufacturing method of the light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein before the step of disposing the light-emitting element, further comprising:

forming a first seed pattern and a second seed pattern respectively located on the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern, wherein a method of forming the first seed pattern and the second seed pattern comprises a sputtering method, a thermal evaporation method, an electron gun vacuum evaporation method, or an atomic layer chemical vapor deposition method, wherein materials of the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern comprise indium tin oxide, molybdenum, aluminum, titanium, titanium oxide, copper or a copper alloy, or silver or a silver alloy; and

applying a voltage to the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern to form a first pad and a second pad respectively located on the first seed pattern and the second seed pattern by an electroplating method, wherein after the step of disposing the light-emitting element, the first pad and the second pad are respectively electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode.

3. The manufacturing method of the light-emitting device of claim 2 , further comprising:

forming a third seed pattern and a fourth seed pattern respectively located on the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern; and

forming a first power line and a second power line respectively located on the third seed pattern and the fourth seed pattern, wherein the first power line, the second power line, the first pad, and the second pad are formed at the same time.

4. The manufacturing method of the light-emitting device of claim 3 , wherein materials of the first power line, the second power line, the first pad, and the second pad comprise copper, silver, gold, aluminum, tin, or nickel, wherein each of the circuit units comprises:

a scan line and a data line;

a first thin-film transistor electrically connected to the scan line and the data line, wherein the first thin-film transistor comprises a first gate, a first channel layer, a first source, and a first drain;

a second thin-film transistor comprising a second gate, a second channel layer, a second source, and a second drain, wherein the first drain is electrically connected to the second gate, the second source is electrically connected to the first power line, the second drain is electrically connected to the first conductive pattern, and the second electrode is not overlapped with the first wire pattern and the second wire pattern; and

a connecting pattern electrically connected between the second conductive pattern and the second wire pattern.

5. The manufacturing method of the light-emitting device of claim 1 , wherein before the step of disposing the light-emitting element, further comprising:

forming a first seed pattern and a second seed pattern respectively located on the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern, wherein a method of forming the first seed pattern and the second seed pattern comprises a sputtering method, a thermal evaporation method, an electron gun vacuum evaporation method, or an atomic layer chemical vapor deposition method; and

forming a first pad and a second pad respectively located on the first seed pattern and the second seed pattern by an electroless plating method, wherein after the step of disposing the light-emitting element, the first pad and the second pad are respectively electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode.

6. The manufacturing method of the light-emitting device of claim 5 , further comprising:

forming a third seed pattern and a fourth seed pattern respectively located on the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern; and

forming a first power line and a second power line respectively located on the third seed pattern and the fourth seed pattern, wherein the first power line, the second power line, the first pad, and the second pad are formed at the same time.

7. The manufacturing method of the light-emitting device of claim 6 , wherein materials of the first power line, the second power line, the first pad, and the second pad comprise copper, silver, gold, aluminum, tin, or nickel, wherein each of the circuit units comprises:

a scan line and a data line;

a first thin-film transistor electrically connected to the scan line and the data line, wherein the first thin-film transistor comprises a first gate, a first channel layer, a first source, and a first drain respectively electrically connected to the first channel layer;

a second thin-film transistor comprising a second gate, a second channel layer, a second source, and a second drain respectively electrically connected to the second channel layer, wherein the first drain is electrically connected to the second gate, the second source is electrically connected to the first power line, the second drain is electrically connected to the first conductive pattern, and the second electrode is not overlapped with the first wire pattern and the second wire pattern; and

a connecting pattern electrically connected between the second conductive pattern and the second wire pattern.

8. A light-emitting device, comprising:

a substrate;

a circuit array disposed on the substrate, wherein the circuit array comprises a plurality of circuit units;

a first conductive pattern, a second conductive pattern, a first wire pattern, and a second wire pattern disposed on the circuit array; and

a light-emitting element disposed on one of the circuit units, the light-emitting element comprising a first electrode and a second electrode respectively electrically connected to the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern, and the second electrode is not overlapped with the first wire pattern and the second wire pattern.

9. The light-emitting device of claim 8 , further comprising:

a first seed pattern and a second seed pattern respectively located on the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern, wherein materials of the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern comprise indium tin oxide, molybdenum, aluminum, titanium, titanium oxide, copper or a copper alloy, or silver or a silver alloy;

a first pad and a second pad respectively located on the first seed pattern and the second seed pattern, wherein the first pad and the second pad are respectively electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode;

a third seed pattern and a fourth seed pattern respectively located on the first wire pattern and the second wire pattern; and

a first power line and a second power line respectively located on the third seed pattern and the fourth seed pattern, wherein the first power line, the second power line, the first pad, and the second pad are of the same patterned film layer, wherein materials of the first power line, the second power line, the first pad, and the second pad comprise copper, silver, gold, aluminum, tin, or nickel.

10. The light-emitting device of claim 9 , wherein each of the circuit units comprises:

a scan line and a data line;

a first thin-film transistor electrically connected to the scan line and the data line, wherein the first thin-film transistor comprises a first gate, a first channel layer, a first source, and a first drain;

a second thin-film transistor comprising a second gate, a second channel layer, a second source, and a second drain, wherein the second source is electrically connected to the first power line, the second drain is electrically connected to the first conductive pattern, and the second electrode is not overlapped with the first wire pattern and the second wire pattern; and

a connecting pattern electrically connected between the second conductive pattern and the second wire pattern.

11. The light-emitting device of claim 9 , wherein each of the circuit units comprises:

a scan line and a data line;

a first thin-film transistor electrically connected to the scan line and the data line, wherein the first thin-film transistor comprises a first gate, a first channel layer, a first source, and a first drain; and

a second thin-film transistor comprising a second gate, a second channel layer, a second source, and a second drain, wherein the second source is electrically connected to the first power line, the second drain is electrically connected to the first conductive pattern, the second electrode is not overlapped with the first wire pattern and the second wire pattern, and the second conductive pattern is directly connected to the second wire pattern.

12. The light-emitting device of claim 9 , wherein the light-emitting element and the circuit units are located in an active region, each of the first power lines and each of the second power lines are not located in the active region and are located in a peripheral region, and each of the circuit units comprises:

a scan line and a data line;

a first thin-film transistor electrically connected to the scan line and the data line, wherein the first thin-film transistor comprises a first gate, a first channel layer, a first source, and a first drain respectively electrically connected to the first channel layer; and

a second thin-film transistor comprising a second gate, a second channel layer, a second source, and a second drain respectively electrically connected to the second channel layer, wherein the first drain is electrically connected to the second gate, the second source is electrically connected to the first power line, the second drain is electrically connected to the first conductive pattern, and the second electrode is not overlapped with the first wire pattern and the second wire pattern.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2019
From: LEE, MING-HSIEN; LIN, YI-CHENG; YANG, CHUANG-CHENG; HONG, KAI-WEI; LIN, CHUN-FENG
To: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048402/0742 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 107124810 A · Jul 18, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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