IP Library Granted Patent US 10,937,847
Granted Patent B2
US 10,937,847 · App. 16/556,310 · Granted Mar 2, 2021

Display device, electronic apparatus, and method of fabricating the display device

Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L27/3248H01L27/153H01L27/322H01L27/3246H01L27/3258H01L27/3262H01L51/001H01L51/0011H01L51/0097H01L51/56H01L27/1222H01L27/1277H01L27/1288H01L29/78675H01L2227/323H01L2251/5338
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Patent No.
US 10,937,847
App. No.
16/556,310
Granted
Mar 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is an object of the invention to provide a technique to manufacture a display device with high image quality and high reliability at low cost with high yield. The invention has spacers over a pixel electrode layer in a pixel region and over an insulating layer functioning as a partition which covers the periphery of the pixel electrode layer. When forming a light emitting material over a pixel electrode layer, a mask for selective formation is supported by the spacers, thereby preventing the mask from contacting the pixel electrode layer due to a twist and deflection thereof. Accordingly, such damage as a crack by the mask does not occur in the pixel electrode layer. Thus, the pixel electrode layer does not have a defect in shapes, thereby a display device which performs a high resolution display with high reliability can be manufactured.

Claims (47)

1. A semiconductor device comprising a pixel portion, the semiconductor device comprising:

a transistor over a first substrate;

a first insulating layer over the transistor;

a second insulating layer comprising a same material as the first insulating layer;

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

a third insulating layer covering an end portion of the first electrode, the third insulating layer being adjacent to a convex portion;

a fourth insulating layer comprising a same material as the third insulating layer;

a layer comprising an organic compound over the first electrode;

a second electrode over the layer and the convex portion;

a fifth insulating layer over the second electrode; and

a second substrate over the fifth insulating layer,

wherein the second insulating layer and the fourth insulating layer are provided outside the pixel portion, and

wherein the fourth insulating layer overlaps with the second insulating layer.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the convex portion is configured to support the second substrate.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , further comprising a driver circuit portion,

wherein the second insulating layer and the fourth insulating layer are provided outside the driver circuit portion.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first substrate is a flexible substrate.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the layer is capable of emitting white light.

6. A display module comprising the semiconductor device according to claim 1 .

7. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing; and

a display portion in the housing,

wherein the display portion comprises the display module according to claim 6 .

8. A semiconductor device comprising a pixel portion, the semiconductor device comprising:

a transistor over a first substrate;

a first insulating layer over the transistor;

a second insulating layer comprising a same material as the first insulating layer;

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

a third insulating layer covering an end portion of the first electrode, the third insulating layer being adjacent to a convex portion;

a fourth insulating layer comprising a same material as the third insulating layer;

a layer comprising an organic compound over the first electrode;

a second electrode over the layer and the convex portion;

a fifth insulating layer over the second electrode; and

a second substrate over the fifth insulating layer,

wherein the convex portion comprises a same material as the third insulating layer,

wherein the second insulating layer and the fourth insulating layer are provided outside the pixel portion, and

wherein the fourth insulating layer overlaps with the second insulating layer.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the convex portion is configured to support the second substrate.

10. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , further comprising a driver circuit portion,

wherein the second insulating layer and the fourth insulating layer are provided outside the driver circuit portion.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the first substrate is a flexible substrate.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 8 , wherein the layer is capable of emitting white light.

13. A display module comprising the semiconductor device according to claim 8 .

14. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a housing; and

a display portion in the housing,

wherein the display portion comprises the display module according to claim 13 .

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-284940 · Sep 29, 2004 · national
Continuity (9)
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Continuation 14854857 · Sep 15, 2015
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Division 11224960 · Sep 14, 2005
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