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Granted Patent B2
US 12,262,584 · App. 18/530,988 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Light-emitting device and electronic apparatus

Inventors: Ryoichi Nozawa (Tatsuno-machi, JP); Atsushi Amano (Shiojiri, JP); Takeshi Koshihara (Matsumoto, JP); Akio Fukase (Chino, JP); Shinichi Iwata (Chino, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
H10K50/852H10K50/81H10K50/844H10K50/856H10K59/122H10K59/35H10K2102/00
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Patent No.
US 12,262,584
App. No.
18/530,988
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element that have a resonance structure that causes output light from a light-emission functional layer to resonate between a reflective layer and a semi-transmissive reflective layer, and a pixel definition layer, and in which an aperture part is formed to correspond to each of the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element, are formed on a base. A first interval between the reflective layer and the semi-transmissive reflective layer in the first light-emitting element and a second interval between the reflective layer and the semi-transmissive reflective layer in the second light-emitting element are different, and a film thickness of the pixel definition layer is less than a difference between the first interval and the second interval.

Claims (23)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

an electrode having reflectivity and transparency;

a first pixel electrode that has reflectivity and that is provided between the substrate and the electrode;

a second pixel electrode that has reflectivity and that is provided between the substrate and the electrode;

a light-emission functional layer provided between the electrode and the first pixel electrode and between the electrode and the second pixel electrode;

an insulating layer provided between the light-emission functional layer and the first pixel electrode and between the light-emission functional layer and the second pixel electrode;

a first optical path adjustment layer being disposed between the first pixel electrode and the electrode; and

a second optical path adjustment layer being disposed between the second pixel electrode and the electrode, a thickness of the second optical path adjustment layer being thicker than a thickness of the first optical path adjustment layer, wherein

a first distance between a top surface of the first pixel electrode and a bottom surface of the electrode is different from a second distance between a top surface of the second pixel electrode and the bottom surface of the electrode, and

a thickness of the insulating layer is less than a difference between the first distance and the second distance.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first sealing layer provided on an opposite side of the electrode from the light-emitting functional layer, wherein

a thickness of the first sealing layer is greater than the difference between the first distance and the second distance.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 , wherein

the thickness of the first sealing layer is greater than twice the difference between the first distance the second distance.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a second sealing layer provided on an opposite side of the first sealing layer from the electrode, wherein

a thickness of the second sealing layer is thicker than the thickness of the first sealing layer.

5. An electronic apparatus comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 1 .

6. An electronic apparatus comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 2 .

7. An electronic apparatus comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 3 .

8. An electronic apparatus comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 4 .

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-137784 · Jul 1, 2013 · national
Continuity (7)
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