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Granted Patent B2
US 12,308,358 · App. 17/750,489 · Granted May 20, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Yoshinori Aoki (Tokyo, JP); Yasuhiro Kanaya (Tokyo, JP); Masanobu Ikeda (Tokyo, JP); Akihiro Ogawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
H01L25/167H10H20/83H10H20/857G09G3/32G09G2300/0426G09G2300/0443G09G2300/0842G09G2310/0267
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Patent No.
US 12,308,358
App. No.
17/750,489
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a display device includes pixels each including transistors, pixel electrodes, a contact electrode, and light emitting elements, and an insulating basement, a first organic insulating layer, a second organic insulating layer, a resin layer, a common electrode, and first wiring lines. The common electrode is electrically connected to cathodes of the light emitting elements, and electrically connected to the contact electrodes of the pixels. The first wiring lines, each provided between the first organic insulating layer and the second organic insulating layer or between the second organic insulating layer and the resin layer, are electrically connected to the contact electrodes of the pixels, and are formed of a metal.

Claims (54)

1. A display device comprising:

a plurality of pixels each including a plurality of transistors, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a contact electrode, and a plurality of light emitting elements;

an insulating basement;

a first organic insulating layer provided above the insulating basement to cover the transistors;

a second organic insulating layer provided above the first organic insulating layer;

a resin layer provided on the second organic insulating layer;

a common electrode disposed on the resin layer; and

a plurality of first wiring lines, wherein

the plurality of pixel electrodes and the contact electrode being provided between the second organic insulating layer and the resin layer,

each of the light emitting elements including a first polar electrode located on a surface opposed to a corresponding pixel electrode of the plurality of pixel electrodes and electrically connected to the pixel electrode, and a second polar electrode located on a surface opposite to the surface where the first polar electrode is located,

the second polar electrode of each of the light emitting elements being exposed from the resin layer,

the common electrode being electrically connected to the second polar electrodes of the plurality of light emitting elements, and being electrically connected to the contact electrodes of the plurality of pixels through the plurality of first contact holes formed in the resin layer, and

the plurality of first wiring lines, each provided between the first organic insulating layer and the second organic insulating layer or between the second organic insulating layer and the resin layer, being electrically connected to the contact electrodes of the plurality of pixels, and being formed of a metal.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the contact electrodes are formed of a metal,

each of the pixels further includes a connection layer disposed on the contact electrode and formed of solder, and

the common electrode is in contact with the connection layers of the plurality of pixels through the plurality of first contact holes.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein

the contact electrode includes an uppermost layer located on a side opposed to the common electrode and formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and

the connection layer is in contact with the uppermost layer.

4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein

the plurality of pixels are arrayed in a matrix in a first direction and a second direction intersecting each other, and

the plurality of first wiring lines, each extending in the first direction, are arranged at intervals in the second direction and electrically connected to the contact electrodes of the plurality of pixels arranged in the first direction or, each extending in the second direction, are arranged at intervals in the first direction and electrically connected to the contact electrodes of the plurality of pixels arranged in the second direction.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein

the plurality of first wiring lines are provided between the second organic insulating layer and the resin layer and integrally formed of a same metal as the plurality of contact electrodes.

6. The display device of claim 4 , further comprising:

a plurality of second wiring lines each provided between the first organic insulating layer and the second organic insulating layer or between the second organic insulating layer and the resin layer, and formed of a metal,

wherein

the plurality of first wiring lines, each extending in the second direction, are arranged at intervals in the first direction and electrically connected to the contact electrodes of the plurality of pixels arranged in the second direction, and

the plurality of second wiring lines, each extending in the first direction, are arranged at intervals in the second direction, intersect the plurality of first wiring lines, and are electrically connected to the contact electrodes of the plurality of pixels arranged in the first direction.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein

the plurality of first wiring lines and the plurality of second wiring lines are provided in a same layer and integrally formed of a same metal.

8. The display device of claim 6 , wherein

the plurality of first wiring lines are provided between the second organic insulating layer and the resin layer, and

the plurality of second wiring lines are provided between the first organic insulating layer and the second organic insulating layer.

9. The display device of claim 7 , wherein

the plurality of first wiring lines and the plurality of second wiring lines are provided between the second organic insulating layer and the resin layer and integrally formed of a same metal as the plurality of contact electrodes.

10. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a display area where the plurality of pixels are arrayed in a matrix in a first direction and a second direction intersecting each other;

a non-display area outside the display area;

a plurality of first power lines located in the display area, extending in the second direction, and arranged at intervals in the first direction; and

a second power line located in the non-display area and set to a potential different from a potential of the plurality of first power lines,

wherein

each of the plurality of first wiring lines is located in the display area and the non-display area, and electrically connected to the second power line in the non-display area, and

each of the light emitting elements is electrically connected between a corresponding first power line of the plurality of first power lines and the second power line.

11. The display device of claim 10 , further comprising:

a plurality of second wiring lines each provided between the first organic insulating layer and the second organic insulating layer or between the second organic insulating layer and the resin layer, and formed of a metal,

wherein

the plurality of first wiring lines, each extending in the second direction, are arranged at intervals in the first direction and electrically connected to the contact electrodes of the plurality of pixels arranged in the second direction, and

the plurality of second wiring lines, each extending in the first direction, are arranged at intervals in the second direction, intersect the plurality of first wiring lines, are electrically connected to the contact electrodes of the plurality of pixels arranged in the first direction, are located in the display area and the non-display area, and are electrically connected to the second power line in the non-display area.

12. The display device of claim 10 , wherein

the plurality of pixels include a plurality of sub-pixels each including a pixel electrode of the plurality of pixel electrodes and a light emitting element of the plurality of light emitting elements,

each of the sub-pixels further includes a drive transistor that is the transistor provided above the insulating basement and covered with the first organic insulating layer, and

in each of the sub-pixels, the drive transistor and the light emitting element are serially connected between the first power line and the second power line.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2022
From: AOKI, YOSHINORI; KANAYA, YASUHIRO; IKEDA, MASANOBU; OGAWA, AKIHIRO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-212184 · Nov 25, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020039265 · Oct 19, 2020
Related Publication 20220285332A1 · Sep 8, 2022
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