Display panel, method of manufacturing the display panel, and substrate
According to one embodiment, a display panel includes a substrate, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, and pixels including subpixels of colors. Each of the subpixels includes a drive transistor, a conductive layer, a pixel electrode receiving a signal having a controlled current value from the drive transistor via the conductive layer, and a light-emitting element. Each of the pixels has a mounting electrode overlaid on the conductive layer in each of the subpixels. In a first pixel of the pixels, the mounting electrode is in an electrically floating state.
1. A display panel comprising:
a substrate;
a first insulating layer disposed on the substrate;
a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer; and
a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate, located in a display area, and each including subpixels of a plurality of colors,
wherein
each of the subpixels has:
a drive transistor covered with the first insulating layer;
a conductive layer disposed on the first insulating layer, and electrically connected to the drive transistor;
a pixel electrode disposed on the second insulating layer, electrically connected to the conductive layer, and receiving a signal having a controlled current value from the drive transistor via the conductive layer; and
a light-emitting element mounted on the pixel electrode, and including a first electrode electrically connected to the pixel electrode,
each of the pixels has a mounting electrode disposed on the second insulating layer, located spaced apart from the pixel electrode, and overlaid on the conductive layer in each of the subpixels, and
the mounting electrode is in an electrically floating state in a first pixel of the pixels.
2. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein
a second pixel of the pixels further has an additional light-emitting element of a first color mounted on the mounting electrode, and including a first electrode electrically connected to the mounting electrode, and
in the second pixel,
the mounting electrode is in contact with the conductive layer in the subpixel of the first color through an opening of the second insulating layer, and receives the signal having the controlled current value from the drive transistor, and
when the signal having the controlled current value is supplied from the drive transistor in the subpixel of the first color to the pixel electrode in the subpixel of the first color and the mounting electrode, the light-emitting element of the first color in the subpixel of the first color does not emit light, but the additional light-emitting element of the first color emits light.
3. The display panel of claim 2 , wherein in the second pixel, the mounting electrode is electrically insulated from the conductive layer in the subpixel of a second color, and is electrically insulated from the conductive layer in the subpixel of a third color.
4. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein a melting point of the conductive layer is higher than a melting point of the mounting electrode.
5. The display panel of claim 4 , wherein
the conductive layer includes a metal layer formed of molybdenum or a molybdenum alloy, and
the mounting electrode and the pixel electrode are formed of aluminum.
6. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein a region of the mounting electrode which is opposed to each of the conductive layers is raised.
7. The display panel of claim 2 , wherein each of the light-emitting elements and the additional light-emitting element is a micro-light-emitting diode.