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US 12,581,838 · App. 18/253,797 · Granted Mar 17, 2026

Display device, display module, and fabrication method of display device

Inventors: Tomoya Aoyama (Atsugi, JP); Daiki Nakamura (Atsugi, JP); Yutaka Okazaki (Isehara, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H10K59/876H10K59/1201H10K59/80518H10K59/8052H10K59/131
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Patent No.
US 12,581,838
App. No.
18/253,797
Granted
Mar 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device with high resolution is provided. The display device includes a plurality of light-emitting elements that emit light of different colors. The light-emitting element has a microcavity structure and intensifies light with a specific wavelength. The light-emitting elements that emit light of different colors each include a reflective layer and a conductive layer with a varied thickness over a lower electrode, and the lower electrode and the conductive layer are electrically connected to each other in the light-emitting element. The light-emitting elements with different colors being intensified by different optical path lengths are formed.

Claims (65)

1 . A display device comprising a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element,

wherein the first light-emitting element comprises a first lower electrode, a first reflective layer, a first insulating layer, a first conductive layer, a light-emitting layer, and an upper electrode,

wherein the first lower electrode, the first reflective layer, the first insulating layer, the first conductive layer, the light-emitting layer, and the upper electrode are stacked in this order,

wherein the second light-emitting element comprises a second lower electrode, a second reflective layer, a second insulating layer, a second conductive layer, the light-emitting layer, and the upper electrode,

wherein the second lower electrode, the second reflective layer, the second insulating layer, the second conductive layer, the light-emitting layer, and the upper electrode are stacked in this order,

wherein the first conductive layer, the first insulating layer, the second conductive layer, and the second insulating layer each have a light-transmitting property,

wherein the second conductive layer is thicker than the first conductive layer,

wherein the upper electrode has a transmitting property and a reflective property with respect to visible light,

wherein the first lower electrode is electrically connected to the first conductive layer, and

wherein the second lower electrode is electrically connected to the second conductive layer.

2 . The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first lower electrode is covered with the first conductive layer, and

wherein the second lower electrode is covered with the second conductive layer.

3 . A display device comprising a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, a first plug, and a second plug,

wherein the first light-emitting element comprises a first lower electrode, a first reflective layer, a first insulating layer, a first conductive layer, a light-emitting layer, and an upper electrode,

wherein the first lower electrode, the first reflective layer, the first insulating layer, the first conductive layer, the light-emitting layer, and the upper electrode are stacked in this order,

wherein the second light-emitting element comprises a second lower electrode, a second reflective layer, a second insulating layer, a second conductive layer, the light-emitting layer, and the upper electrode,

wherein the second lower electrode, the second reflective layer, the second insulating layer, the second conductive layer, the light-emitting layer, and the upper electrode are stacked in this order,

wherein the first conductive layer, the first insulating layer, the second conductive layer, and the second insulating layer each have a light-transmitting property,

wherein the second conductive layer is thicker than the first conductive layer,

wherein the upper electrode has a transmitting property and a reflective property with respect to visible light,

wherein the first lower electrode is electrically connected to the first conductive layer through the first plug,

wherein the second lower electrode is electrically connected to the second conductive layer through the second plug,

wherein the first plug is embedded in the first insulating layer, and

wherein the second plug is embedded in the second insulating layer.

4 . The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first conductive layer comprises a first film,

wherein the second conductive layer comprises a second film and a third film,

wherein the second film and the third film are stacked in this order, and

wherein the first film and the third film have the same composition.

5 . The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a circuit layer comprising a transistor,

wherein the first light-emitting element is provided over the circuit layer and is electrically connected to the transistor.

6 . The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the transistor comprises a metal oxide with crystallinity or single crystal silicon in a semiconductor layer where a channel is formed.

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

a first circuit layer comprising a first transistor;

a second circuit layer comprising a second transistor;

a third insulating layer over the first circuit layer; and

a fourth insulating layer between the first circuit layer and the second circuit layer,

wherein the first light-emitting element is electrically connected to the first transistor.

8 . The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the first transistor comprises a metal oxide with crystallinity in a first semiconductor layer where a channel is formed, and

wherein the second transistor comprises a metal oxide with crystallinity or single crystal silicon in a second semiconductor layer where a channel is formed.

9 . The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of the first light-emitting elements,

wherein the first light-emitting elements are periodically arranged at a resolution of 2000 ppi or higher.

10 . The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the first light-emitting elements are placed in delta arrangement.

11 . The display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the first conductive layer comprises a first film,

wherein the second conductive layer comprises a second film and a third film,

wherein the second film and the third film are stacked in this order, and

wherein the first film and the third film have the same composition.

12 . The display device according to claim 3 , further comprising a circuit layer comprising a transistor,

wherein the first light-emitting element is provided over the circuit layer and is electrically connected to the transistor.

13 . The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the transistor comprises a metal oxide with crystallinity or single crystal silicon in a semiconductor layer where a channel is formed.

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

a first circuit layer comprising a first transistor;

a second circuit layer comprising a second transistor;

a third insulating layer over the first circuit layer; and

a fourth insulating layer between the first circuit layer and the second circuit layer,

wherein the first light-emitting element is electrically connected to the first transistor.

15 . The display device according to claim 14 ,

wherein the first transistor comprises a metal oxide with crystallinity in a first semiconductor layer where a channel is formed, and

wherein the second transistor comprises a metal oxide with crystallinity or single crystal silicon in a second semiconductor layer where a channel is formed.

16 . The display device according to claim 3 , further comprising a plurality of the first light-emitting elements,

wherein the first light-emitting elements are periodically arranged at a resolution of 2000 ppi or higher.

17 . The display device according to claim 16 , wherein the first light-emitting elements are placed in delta arrangement.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2023
From: AOYAMA, TOMOYA; NAKAMURA, DAIKI; OKAZAKI, YUTAKA
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063719/0604 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-201865 · Dec 4, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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