IP Library Granted Patent US 12,108,625
Granted Patent B2
US 12,108,625 · App. 15/558,812 · Granted Oct 1, 2024

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

Inventors: Tomoyoshi Ichikawa (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroshi Fujimaki (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
H10K50/852H10K50/13H10K50/131H10K50/15H10K50/16H10K50/17H10K50/818H10K50/828H10K50/86H10K59/12H10K59/38H10K71/00H10K2102/351
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Patent No.
US 12,108,625
App. No.
15/558,812
Granted
Oct 1, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device according to the present disclosure includes a first electrode, an inorganic hole injecting and transporting layer which is formed of an inorganic material and is formed on the first electrode, at least two light emitting units including a first organic light emitting unit and a second organic light emitting unit having different luminescent colors which are formed on the inorganic hole injecting and transporting layer, an electron transport layer which is formed on the at least two organic light emitting units, and a second electrode which is formed on the electron transport layer. Furthermore, a light emitting layer of the first organic light emitting unit is formed by laminating a light emitting layer of a first luminescent color and a light emitting layer of a second luminescent color, and a light emitting layer of the second organic light emitting unit is formed of the light emitting layer of the second luminescent color.

Claims (29)

1. A display device comprising:

a first electrode;

an inorganic hole injecting and transporting layer formed of an inorganic material and formed on the first electrode;

at least one pixel including a first sub-pixel having a first luminescent color, a second sub-pixel having a second luminescent color different from the first luminescent color, and a third sub-pixel having a third luminescent color different from the first and second luminescent colors, each of the first, second, and third sub-pixels formed on the inorganic hole injecting and transporting layer;

an electron transport layer formed on the first, second, and third sub-pixels;

a second electrode formed on the electron transport layer; and

for each pixel, only the first sub-pixel is separated from adjacent sub-pixels by a partition wall, the partition wall extending through the inorganic hole injecting and transporting layer, wherein

a light emitting layer of the first sub-pixel is formed by laminating a first light emitting layer of the first luminescent color, a second light emitting layer of the second luminescent color, and a third light emitting layer of the third luminescent color, and

a light emitting layer of the second sub-pixel is formed by laminating the second light emitting layer of the second luminescent color and the third light emitting layer of the third luminescent color, and

for each pixel, only the first sub-pixel further includes an optical path length adjusting layer between the inorganic hole injecting and transporting layer and the first light emitting layer, the optical path length adjusting layer being made of an organic material having a hole transporting property.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting layer of the third sub-pixel is formed of the third light emitting layer of the third luminescent color.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first light emitting layer has a film thickness different from a film thickness of the second light emitting layer and a film thickness of the third light emitting layer, and

the second light emitting layer has a film thickness different from a film thickness of the third light emitting layer.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a barrier against electrons at an interface between the electron transport layer and the third light emitting layer is made to be smaller than a barrier against holes at an interface between the inorganic hole injecting and transporting layer and the first light emitting layer.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a film thickness of the inorganic hole injecting and transporting layer is between 1 nanometer (“nm”) and 200 nm, a film thickness of each of the first, second, and third light emitting layers is between 5 nm and 50 nm, and a film thickness of the electron transport layer is between 10 nm and 200 nm.

6. An electronic device comprising:

a display device including:

a first electrode;

an inorganic hole injecting and transporting layer formed of an inorganic material and be formed on the first electrode;

at least one pixel including a first sub-pixel having a first luminescent color, a second sub-pixel having a second luminescent color different from the first luminescent color, and a sub-pixel having a third luminescent color different from the first and second luminescent colors, each of the first, second, and third sub-pixels formed on the inorganic hole injecting and transporting layer;

an electron transport layer formed on the first, second, and third sub-pixels;

a second electrode formed on the electron transport layer; and

for each pixel, only the first sub-pixel is separated from adjacent sub-pixels by a partition wall, the partition wall extending through the inorganic hole injecting and transporting layer, wherein

a light emitting layer of the first sub-pixel is formed by laminating a first light emitting layer of the first luminescent color, a second light emitting layer of the second luminescent color, and a third light emitting layer of the third luminescent color, and

a light emitting layer of the second sub-pixel is formed by laminating the second light emitting layer of the second luminescent color and the third light emitting layer of the third luminescent color,

the first light emitting layer has a film thickness different from a film thickness of the second light emitting layer and a film thickness of the third light emitting layer,

the second light emitting layer has a film thickness different from a film thickness of the third light emitting layer, and

for each pixel, only the first sub-pixel further includes an optical path length adjusting layer between the inorganic hole injecting and transporting layer and the first light emitting layer, the optical path length adjusting layer being made of an organic material having a hole transporting property.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 24, 2023
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064368/0657 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CONVEYING PARTY DATA PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 043867 FRAME: 0441. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Oct 27, 2017
From: ICHIKAWA, TOMOYOSHI; FUJIMAKI, HIROSHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044637/0351 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2017
From: ICHIKAWA, TOMOYOSHI; ICHIKAWA, HIROSHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043867/0441 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-074982 · Apr 1, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180083226A1 · Mar 22, 2018
Cited By (1)
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