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US 11,081,028 · App. 16/088,068 · Granted Aug 3, 2021

Light-emitting device assembly, method of producing the same, and display apparatus

Inventors: Akira Ohmae (Kanagawa, JP); Yusuke Kataoka (Kanagawa, JP); Tatsuo Ohashi (Kanagawa, JP); Sayaka Aoki (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroki Naito (Tokyo, JP); Ippei Nishinaka (Kanagawa, JP); Tsuyoshi Sahoda (Kagoshima, JP); Toshio Fujino (Kanagawa, JP); Hideyuki Nishioka (Kagoshima, JP); Goshi Biwa (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
G09F9/33H01L25/0753H01L33/18H01L33/36H01L33/62
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Patent No.
US 11,081,028
App. No.
16/088,068
Granted
Aug 3, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device assembly includes a light-emitting device including a light-emitting layer, a first electrode, and a second electrode, and a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion provided on a base, in which the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are separated from each other by a separation portion, the base is exposed from the separation portion, a wide portion is on a first connecting portion side of the separation portion, the first electrode includes a first portion and a second portion, the second portion of the first electrode is connected to the first connecting portion, the first portion of the first electrode extends from the second portion of the first electrode, and an orthographic projection image of the first portion of the first electrode with respect to the base and the wide portion of the separation portion overlap with each other at least in part.

Claims (119)

1. A light-emitting device assembly, comprising:

a light-emitting device including:

a light-emitting layer;

a first electrode on a first side of the light-emitting layer, wherein

the first electrode includes a first portion and a second portion,

the first portion is in contact with the light-emitting layer, and

the first portion extends from the second portion; and

a second electrode configured to electrically connect the light-emitting layer, wherein

the second electrode is on a second side of the light-emitting layer, and

the second side is opposite to the first side;

a base;

a first connecting portion on the base, wherein the first connecting portion is connected to the second portion of the first electrode;

a second connecting portion on the base;

a conductor layer, wherein the second electrode is connected to the second connecting portion via the conductor layer; and

a separation portion between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, wherein

the base is exposed in the separation portion,

the separation portion includes a wide portion on a first connecting portion side of the separation portion, and

the first portion of the first electrode overlaps with the wide portion of the separation portion based on an orthographic projection of the first portion of the first electrode with respect to the base.

2. The light-emitting device assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the wide portion is between a first area of the first connecting portion and a second area of the first connecting portion.

3. The light-emitting device assembly according to claim 2 , wherein

a planar shape of the separation portion corresponds to a T shape,

a horizontal bar of the T shape constitutes the separation portion between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, and

a vertical bar of the T shape constitutes the wide portion between the first area and the second area of the first connecting portion.

4. The light-emitting device assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

the second portion of the first electrode extends from the first portion towards the first connecting portion, and

the second portion of the first electrode surrounds the first portion of the first electrode.

5. The light-emitting device assembly according to claim 1 , wherein

the second connecting portion includes a part of the conductor layer, and

the part of the conductor layer is in a non-overlapping arrangement with the light-emitting device.

6. A light-emitting device assembly, comprising:

a light-emitting device including:

a light-emitting layer;

a first electrode on a first side of the light-emitting layer, wherein

the first electrode includes a first portion and a second portion,

the first portion is in contact with the light-emitting layer, and

the first portion extends from the second portion; and

a second electrode configured to electrically connect the light-emitting layer, wherein

the second electrode is on a second side of the light-emitting layer, and

the second side is opposite to the first side;

a base;

a first connecting portion on the base, wherein the first connecting portion is connected to the second portion of the first electrode;

a second connecting portion on the base;

a conductor layer, wherein the second electrode is connected to the second connecting portion via the conductor layer;

a separation portion between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, wherein

the base is exposed in the separation portion; and

a communication unit in a part of the light-emitting device, wherein

the part of the light-emitting device includes the second portion of the first electrode, and

the second portion of the first electrode is configured to communicate with an outside of the light-emitting device assembly via the communication unit.

7. The light-emitting device assembly according to claim 6 , wherein

the first connecting portion is absent in a part of the base, and

the part of the base faces the first electrode.

8. The light-emitting device assembly according to claim 6 , wherein

the second connecting portion includes a part of the conductor layer, and

the part of the conductor layer is in a non-overlapping arrangement with the light-emitting device.

9. A display apparatus, comprising:

a plurality of light-emitting device assemblies in a two-dimensional matrix pattern, wherein each light-emitting device assembly of the plurality of light-emitting device assemblies comprises:

a light-emitting device including:

a light-emitting layer;

a first electrode on a first side of the light-emitting layer, wherein

the first electrode includes a first portion and a second portion,

the first portion is in contact with the light-emitting layer, and

the first portion extends from the second portion; and

a second electrode configured to electrically connect the light-emitting layer, wherein

the second electrode is on a second side of the light-emitting layer, and

the second side is opposite to the first side;

a base;

a first connecting portion on the base, wherein the first connecting portion is connected to the second portion of the first electrode;

a second connecting portion on the base;

a conductor layer, wherein the second electrode is connected to the second connecting portion via the conductor layer; and

a separation portion between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, wherein

the base is exposed in the separation portion,

the separation portion includes a wide portion on a first connecting portion side of the separation portion, and

the first portion of the first electrode overlaps with the wide portion of the separation portion based on an orthographic projection of the first portion of the first electrode with respect to the base.

10. A method of producing a light-emitting device assembly, the method comprising:

disposing a light-emitting device on a first side of a base of the light-emitting device assembly via an adhesive layer, wherein

the adhesive layer is one of an uncured or a semi-cured energy ray-curable adhesive layer, and

the light-emitting device assembly includes:

the light-emitting device that includes:

a light-emitting layer;

a first electrode, wherein

 the first electrode includes a first portion and a second portion,

 the first portion is in contact with the light-emitting layer, and

 the first portion extends from the second portion; and

a second electrode configured to electrically connect the light-emitting layer;

a first connecting portion on the base, wherein the second portion of the first electrode faces the first connecting portion;

a second connecting portion on the base; and

a separation portion between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, wherein

the base is exposed in the separation portion,

the separation portion includes a wide portion on a first connecting portion side of the separation portion,

the first portion of the first electrode overlaps with the wide portion of the separation portion based on an orthographic projection of the first portion of the first electrode with respect to the base, and

the light-emitting device covers the separation portion;

applying an energy ray to the base from a second side of the base opposite to the first side to cure a part of the adhesive layer, wherein the part of the adhesive layer is not blocked by the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion;

removing one of an uncured part or a semi-cured part of the partly cured adhesive layer;

connecting the second portion of the first electrode to the first connecting portion; and

removing the cured part of the partly cured adhesive layer via the separation portion.

11. A method of producing a light-emitting device assembly, the method comprising:

disposing a light-emitting device on a first side of a base of the light-emitting device assembly via an adhesive layer, wherein

the adhesive layer is one of an uncured or a semi-cured energy ray-curable adhesive layer, and

the light-emitting device assembly includes:

the light-emitting device that includes:

a light-emitting layer;

a first electrode, wherein

 the first electrode includes a first portion and a second portion,

 the first portion is in contact with the light-emitting layer, and

 the first portion extends from the second portion; and

a second electrode configured to electrically connect the light-emitting layer;

a first connecting portion on the base, wherein the second portion of the first electrode faces the first connecting portion;

a second connecting portion on the base;

a separation portion between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, wherein

the base is exposed in the separation portion, and

the first portion of the first electrode overlaps with a wide portion of the separation portion based on an orthographic projection of the first portion of the first electrode with respect to the base; and

a communication unit in a part of the light-emitting device, wherein

the part of the light-emitting device includes the second portion of the first electrode,

the second portion of the first electrode is configured to communicate with an outside of the light-emitting device assembly via the communication unit, and

the light-emitting device covers the separation portion;

applying an energy ray to the base from a second side of the base opposite to the first side to cure a part of the adhesive layer, wherein the part of the adhesive layer is not blocked by the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion;

removing one of an uncured part or a semi-cured part of the partly cured adhesive layer;

connecting the second portion of the first electrode to the first connecting portion; and

removing the cured part of the partly cured adhesive layer via the separation portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2018
From: OHMAE, AKIRA; KATAOKA, YUSUKE; OHASHI, TATSUO; AOKI, SAYAKA; NAITO, HIROKI; NISHINAKA, IPPEI; SAHODA, TSUYOSHI; FUJINO, TOSHIO; NISHIOKA, HIDEYUKI; BIWA, GOSHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046955/0862 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-067406 · Mar 30, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200302835A1 · Sep 24, 2020
Cited By (1)
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