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Granted Patent B2
US 11,424,427 · App. 16/975,014 · Granted Aug 23, 2022

Display device and manufacturing method of display device, and electronic device

Inventor: Kouichi Nakamura (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
H01L51/5218H01L27/3218H01L51/5209H01L51/5221H01L51/5271H01L51/56
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Patent No.
US 11,424,427
App. No.
16/975,014
Granted
Aug 23, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device of the present disclosure includes a pixel region including a pixel including a light emitting unit arranged on a substrate, and, in the pixel region, an anode electrode of the light emitting unit is provided with a region including a pixel inclined with respect to a substrate surface. Then, an electrode surface of the anode electrode has an inclination angle according to a surface shape of a base insulating layer. An electronic device of the present disclosure includes the display device having the configuration described above.

Claims (60)

1. A display device comprising

a pixel region including a pixel including a light emitting unit arranged on a substrate,

wherein

the pixel region is provided with a region in which an anode electrode of the light emitting unit is inclined with respect to a substrate surface, and

an electrode surface of the anode electrode has a first inclination angle according to a surface shape of a base insulating layer, and

a portion of the surface shape has a second inclination angle that is different from the first inclination angle,

wherein the surface shape of the base insulating layer is a stepped shape, and

wherein the anode electrode is formed on the stepped shape of the base insulating layer.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first inclination angle of the electrode surface of the anode electrode is determined by a depth of a step,

a number of steps, and

a step width of the stepped shape of the base insulating layer.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the stepped shape of the base insulating layer is embedded with a metal material and is smoothed, and

the anode electrode is formed on a smoothed portion of a combination of the base insulating layer and the metal material.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein

the first inclination angle of the electrode surface of the anode electrode is symmetrical in a first direction and a second direction with respect to an electrode center in plan view.

5. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein

the electrode surface of the anode electrode is asymmetrical in a first direction with respect to an electrode center in plan view, and one side of the electrode surface of an asymmetrical shape is a non-light emitting unit side.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein

the anode electrode has a structure that has a reflection effect due to presence of the metal material on the electrode surface on the non-light emitting unit side.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the electrode surface has a second stepped shape that is different from the stepped shape.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the anode electrode has an electrode surface shape having a reflector effect.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

one pixel that is a unit for forming a color image includes subpixels of a plurality of colors, the one pixel has a cavity structure that utilizes a resonance effect of light between a cathode electrode and the anode electrode of the light emitting unit, and

a step is provided for each of the subpixels of the plurality of colors on a formation surface of the anode electrode.

10. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein

the subpixels of the plurality of colors include subpixels of three primary colors of red, green, and blue, and

formation surfaces of other anode electrodes of other subpixels are based on a formation surface of a second anode electrode of a red subpixel.

11. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

each step of the stepped shape of the base insulating layer has a side surface with a tapered shape.

12. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

each step of the stepped shape of the base insulating layer has a cut corner.

13. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the light emitting unit includes an organic EL element.

14. A manufacturing method of a display device comprising:

forming, in a pixel region, a region in which an anode electrode of a light emitting unit is inclined with respect to a substrate surface of a substrate, wherein a pixel in the pixel region includes the light emitting unit arranged on the substrate; and

forming an electrode surface of the anode electrode at a first inclination angle according to a surface shape of a base insulating layer,

wherein a portion of the surface shape has a second inclination angle that is different from the first inclination angle,

wherein the surface shape of the base insulating layer is a stepped shape, and

wherein the anode electrode is formed on the stepped shape of the base insulating layer.

15. An electronic device comprising:

a display device including a pixel region including

a pixel including a light emitting unit arranged on a substrate, wherein,

in the pixel region, an anode electrode of the light emitting unit is provided inclined with respect to a substrate surface, and

an electrode surface of the anode electrode has a first inclination angle according to a surface shape of a base insulating layer,

wherein a portion of the surface shape has a second inclination angle that is different from the first inclination angle,

wherein the surface shape of the base insulating layer is a stepped shape, and

wherein the anode electrode is formed on the stepped shape of the base insulating layer.

16. The electronic device according to claim 15 , wherein

the first inclination angle of the electrode surface of the anode electrode is determined by a depth of a step,

a number of steps, and

a step width of the stepped shape of the base insulating layer.

17. The electronic device according to claim 15 , wherein

the stepped shape of the base insulating layer is embedded with a metal material and is smoothed, and

the anode electrode is formed on a smoothed portion of the base insulating layer and the metal material.

18. The electronic device according to claim 17 , wherein

the first inclination angle of the electrode surface of the anode electrode is symmetrical in a first direction and a second direction with respect to an electrode center in plan view.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2020
From: NAKAMURA, KOUICHI
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053581/0608 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-066954 · Mar 30, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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