Display device having larger openings on inner sides of anode electrodes in display region than on inner sides of anode electrodes in peripheral display region

1. A display device comprising:

a first electrode;

a flattening film formed in a layer above the first electrode and covering an end portion of the first electrode;

a light-emitting layer formed in a layer above the first electrode; and

a second electrode formed in a layer above the light-emitting layer, wherein

the display device includes a first display region, and a second display region formed in a periphery of the first display region,

a first opening formed on an inner side of a first pixel electrode, the first pixel electrode being the first electrode formed in the first display region, is larger than a second opening formed on an inner side of a second pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode being the first electrode formed in the second display region, and

a first light-emitting layer, the first light-emitting layer being the light-emitting layer formed in the first display region, has equal shape and equal size to a second light-emitting layer, the second light-emitting layer being the light-emitting layer formed in the second display region.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second pixel electrode is smaller than the first pixel electrode.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , further comprising:

an authentication sensor, the authentication sensor being provided in the second display region on a rear face opposing a display surface, and overlapping a part of the second display region where the second pixel electrode is formed.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of second pixels, the second pixels being in the second display region and including the second light-emitting layer, wherein

each of the plurality of second pixels is driven individually by a common image signal.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of second pixels, the second pixels being in the second display region and including the second light-emitting layer, wherein

the plurality of second pixels are electrically connected to a common single second pixel electrode that is a portion of the second pixel electrode.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of second pixels, the second pixels being formed in the second display region and including the second light-emitting layer, wherein

the second pixel electrode is larger than the first pixel electrode, and is common to the plurality of second pixels.

7. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the plurality of second pixels emit the same color of light.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of second pixels are arranged side-by-side in a row direction or a column direction in the second display region, and are driven by a common image signal.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of second pixels, the second pixels being formed in the second display region and including the second light-emitting layer; and

a plurality of active elements formed in the second display region, wherein

the plurality of second pixels are connected to one common active element among the plurality of active elements.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a display control circuit formed in the second display region.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the display control circuit is a monolithic gate driver.

12. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a lead wiring line that transfers a signal from an exterior to the first display region, wherein

the lead wiring line overlaps with the second light-emitting layer in the second display region.

13. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

a notch is in an interior of the first display region, the notch being formed by cutting out a portion of the first display region, and

the second display region is between the notch and the first display region, surrounding the notch.

14. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the display device includes the first display region, the second display region, and a frame region surrounding the first display region,

a notch is in an end portion of the display device, the notch being formed by cutting a portion of the first display region and a portion of the frame region, and

the second display region is between the notch and the first display region in contact with the notch.