IP Library Granted Patent US 11,817,039
Granted Patent B2
US 11,817,039 · App. 17/592,743 · Granted Nov 14, 2023

Display device

Inventors: Akihiro Ogawa (Minato-ku, JP); Masanobu Ikeda (Minato-ku, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
G09G3/32H01L27/156G09G2310/08G09G2320/0233G09G2320/041G09G2330/021
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Patent No.
US 11,817,039
App. No.
17/592,743
Granted
Nov 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels provided to the substrate, a plurality of first light emitting elements provided to each of the pixels and configured to output visible light, a pixel circuit provided to the substrate and configured to supply a drive signal to each of the first light emitting elements, and a second light emitting element provided to the pixel circuit and configured to output infrared light.

Claims (51)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of pixels provided to the substrate;

a plurality of first light emitting elements provided to each of the pixels and configured to output visible light;

a pixel circuit provided to the substrate and configured to supply a drive signal to each of the first light emitting elements; and

a second light emitting element provided to the pixel circuit and configured to output infrared light, wherein

the second light emitting element is configured to output the infrared light in a period different from a display period.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element each include an anode terminal and a cathode terminal,

the display device comprises:

a first electrode provided to the substrate and electrically coupled to the anode terminal of the first light emitting element; and

a first power supply line configured to supply a first potential to the first light emitting element via the first electrode,

the anode terminal of the second light emitting element is electrically coupled to the first power supply line and is configured to be supplied with the first potential, and

the cathode terminal of the second light emitting element is electrically coupled to the first electrode and is configured to be supplied with a second potential lower than the first potential.

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

an element insulating film provided between the first light emitting elements and covering at least a side surface of the first light emitting elements; and

a second electrode covering the first light emitting elements and the element insulating film, wherein

the element insulating film and the second electrode are layered in order on the second light emitting element.

4. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of pixels provided to the substrate;

a plurality of first light emitting elements provided to each of the pixels and configured to output visible light;

a pixel circuit provided to the substrate and configured to supply a drive signal to each of the first light emitting elements; and

a second light emitting element provided to the pixel circuit and configured to output infrared light, wherein

a plurality of the second light emitting elements include a second light emitting element for light source configured to output the infrared light and a second light emitting element for detection configured to output a signal corresponding to the infrared light with which the second light emitting element for detection is irradiated, and

the pixels include:

a first pixel comprising the first light emitting elements;

a second pixel comprising the first light emitting elements and the second light emitting element for light source; and

a third pixel comprising the first light emitting elements and the second light emitting element for detection.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein

the first light emitting element, the second light emitting element for light source, and the second light emitting element for detection each include an anode terminal and a cathode terminal,

the cathode terminal of the second light emitting element for detection is configured to be supplied with a first potential, and

the anode terminal of the second light emitting element for detection is configured to be supplied with a third potential lower than the first potential.

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

a second power supply line configured to supply the third potential to the first light emitting element, wherein

the anode terminal of the second light emitting element for detection is electrically coupled to the second power supply line.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein

the cathode terminal of the first light emitting element is disposed at a position farther away from the substrate than the anode terminal of the first light emitting element is in a direction perpendicular to the substrate,

the anode terminal of the second light emitting element for detection is disposed at a position farther away from the substrate than the cathode terminal of the second light emitting element for detection is, and

the cathode terminal of the first light emitting element and the anode terminal of the second light emitting element for detection are coupled to the second electrode in common.

8. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein

the cathode terminal of the first light emitting element is disposed at a position farther away from the substrate than the anode terminal of the first light emitting element is in a direction perpendicular to the substrate,

the anode terminal of the second light emitting element for detection is disposed at a position farther away from the substrate than the cathode terminal of the second light emitting element for detection is, and

the cathode terminal of the first light emitting element and the anode terminal of the second light emitting element for detection are coupled to the second electrode in common.

9. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of pixels provided to a display region of the substrate;

a plurality of first light emitting elements provided to each of the pixels and configured to output visible light;

a plurality of second light emitting elements provided to a peripheral region of the substrate and configured to output infrared light; and

a plurality of terminals provided to the peripheral region of the substrate, wherein

the second light emitting elements are arrayed along one side of the display region between the terminals and the display region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2022
From: OGAWA, AKIHIRO; IKEDA, MASANOBU
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-146796 · Aug 8, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020022735 · Jun 9, 2020
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