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Granted Patent B2
US 11,302,898 · App. 16/637,801 · Granted Apr 12, 2022

Display panel having multiple common electrodes

Inventors: Daiki Nakamura (Kanagawa, JP); Nozomu Sugisawa (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L51/5271H01L25/048H01L51/5234H01L51/5253H01L27/3244H01L27/3248H01L33/44H01L51/5218
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Patent No.
US 11,302,898
App. No.
16/637,801
Granted
Apr 12, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device including display regions with inconspicuous seam is provided. The display device includes a first display panel and a second display panel. The first display panel includes a first display region and a visible-light-transmitting region. The second display panel includes a second display region. The first display region is adjacent to the visible-light-transmitting region. The first display region includes a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element. A first common electrode included in the first light-emitting element includes a portion in contact with a second common electrode included in the second light-emitting element. The first common electrode has a function of reflecting visible light. The second common electrode has a function of transmitting visible light. The second light-emitting element is positioned closer to the visible-light-transmitting region than the first light-emitting element. The second display region includes a portion overlapping with the second light-emitting element and a portion overlapping with the visible-light-transmitting region.

Claims (45)

1. A display panel comprising:

a display region; and,

a visible-light-transmitting region,

wherein the display region is adjacent to the visible-light-transmitting region,

wherein the display region comprises a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element,

wherein the first light-emitting element comprises a first pixel electrode and a first common electrode,

wherein the second light-emitting element comprises a second pixel electrode and a second common electrode,

wherein the first common electrode comprises a first portion overlapping with the first pixel electrode,

wherein the second common electrode comprises a second portion overlapping with the second pixel electrode,

wherein the second common electrode comprises a third portion in contact with the first common electrode,

wherein the first common electrode has a function of reflecting visible light,

wherein the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the second common electrode each have a function of transmitting visible light, and

wherein the second light-emitting element is positioned closer to the visible-light-transmitting region than the first light-emitting element.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second common electrode comprises a fourth portion, and

wherein the fourth portion is a portion overlapping with the second pixel electrode and being in contact with the first common electrode.

3. The display panel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second common electrode extends to the visible-light-transmitting region.

4. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising a protective layer over the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element.

5. A display device comprising:

a first display panel; and

a second display panel,

wherein the first display panel comprises a first display region and a visible-light-transmitting region,

wherein the second display panel comprises a second display region,

wherein the first display region is adjacent to the visible-light-transmitting region,

wherein the first display region comprises a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element,

wherein the first light-emitting element comprises a first pixel electrode and a first common electrode,

wherein the second light-emitting element comprises a second pixel electrode and a second common electrode,

wherein the first common electrode comprises a first portion overlapping with the first pixel electrode,

wherein the second common electrode comprises a second portion overlapping with the second pixel electrode,

wherein the second common electrode comprises a third portion in contact with the first common electrode,

wherein the first common electrode has a function of reflecting visible light,

wherein the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the second common electrode each have a function of transmitting visible light,

wherein the second light-emitting element is positioned closer to the visible-light-transmitting region than the first light-emitting element, and

wherein the second display region comprises a portion overlapping with the second light-emitting element and a portion overlapping with the visible-light-transmitting region.

6. The display device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the second common electrode comprises a fourth portion, and

wherein the fourth portion is a portion overlapping with the second pixel electrode and being in contact with the first common electrode.

7. The display device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the second common electrode extends to the visible-light-transmitting region.

8. The display device according to claim 5 , further comprising a protective layer over the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element.

9. The display device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the second display region comprises a third light-emitting element and a fourth light-emitting element,

wherein the third light-emitting element emits light through the second light-emitting element, and

wherein the fourth light-emitting element emits light through the visible-light-transmitting region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2020
From: NAKAMURA, DAIKI; SUGISAWA, NOZOMU
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051766/0778 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-162045 · Aug 25, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210159461A1 · May 27, 2021
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