IP Library Granted Patent US 7,449,833
Granted Patent B2
US 7,449,833 · App. 10/972,348 · Granted Nov 11, 2008

Light-emitting device having openings in electrode

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,449,833
App. No.
10/972,348
Granted
Nov 11, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention provides a light-emitting device, a manufacturing method thereof, and an electronic apparatus which can improve the emission efficiency of light, obtain uniform brightness within a display surface in high reliability, in particular, and which can suppress lowering of the emission efficiency of light due to various wiring line structures, even though a large screen is performed. In a light-emitting device having a light-emitting element in which a first electrode on a base substrate, a functional layer having a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode are sequentially deposited, the first electrode and the second electrode are reflective, and the second electrode has an opening through which light from the light-emitting layer passes.

Claims (22)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a base substrate; and

a light-emitting element, the light-emitting element including:

a first electrode being reflective and having inclined surfaces inclined with respect to the surface of the base substrate over the base substrate;

a functional layer having a light-emitting layer on the first electrode, the functional layer overlapping at least one of the inclined surfaces; and

a second electrode being reflective and non-transparent on the functional layer, the second electrode not overlapping at least the one of the inclined surfaces.

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

a partition that surrounds the light-emitting element,

the first electrode extending to an inner wall surface of the partition.

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

an inner partition that divides the region surrounded by the partition in plan view,

the first electrode extending to an inner wall surface of the inner partition.

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

the inner wall surface of the partition or the inner partition having an inclined angle of about 45° with respect to the surface of the base substrate.

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

a reflection preventing unit provided in an outer surface of the second electrode.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

the second electrode having a transparent conductive film, and an auxiliary electrode that assists the conductance of the transparent conductive film, and

the opening that transmits the light from the light-emitting layer being provided in the auxiliary electrode.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

the functional layer having an organic electroluminescent material.

8. An electronic apparatus comprising a light-emitting device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2005
From: KOBAYASHI, HIDEKAZU
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 015650/0964 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2003-378364 · Nov 7, 2003 · national
JP 2003-432402 · Dec 26, 2003 · national
JP 2004-260547 · Sep 8, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20050116620A1 · Jun 2, 2005