Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10153332-B2
Application number	US-201715606324-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 26, 2017
Priority date	Mar 4, 2011
Publication date	Dec 11, 2018
Grant date	Dec 11, 2018

Abstract

To provide a display device with low power consumption. The display device includes a plurality of pixels each having a light-emitting element having a structure in which light emitted from a light-emitting layer is resonated between a reflective electrode and a light-transmitting electrode, wherein no color filter layers are provided or color filter layers with high transmittance are provided in pixels for light with relatively short wavelengths (e.g., pixels for blue and/or green), and a color filter layer is selectively provided in pixels for light with a long wavelength (e.g., pixels for red), and thereby maintaining color reproducibility and consuming less power.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
first to third light-emitting elements each comprising:
a first electrode;
a first light-emitting layer over the first electrode;
a charge-generation layer over the first light-emitting layer;
a second light-emitting layer over the charge-generation layer; and
a second electrode over the second light-emitting layer; and

a color filter layer overlapping with the first light-emitting element, the color filter layer having a transmission center wavelength in a red wavelength region, and
wherein a color filter layer overlapping with the second light-emitting element is not provided,
wherein a color filter layer overlapping with the third light-emitting element is not provided,
wherein a light emitted from the second light-emitting element has a maximum emission peak in a green wavelength region,
wherein a light emitted from the third light-emitting element has a maximum emission peak in a blue wavelength region,
wherein emission colors of the first and second light-emitting layers are different from each other, and
wherein an optical path length between the first and second electrodes of the first light-emitting element, an optical path length between the first and second electrodes of the second light-emitting element, and an optical path length between the first and second electrodes of the third light-emitting element are different from each other.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first and second light-emitting elements each comprises a light-transmitting conductive layer over the first electrode,
wherein a thickness of the light-transmitting conductive layer of the first light-emitting element and a thickness of the light-transmitting conductive layer of the second light-emitting element are different from each other.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the first light-emitting layer, the charge-generation layer, and the second light-emitting layer are each continuous between the first to third light-emitting elements.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein an area of the third light-emitting element is smaller than an area of the first light-emitting element.

5. The display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first to third light-emitting elements each comprises a layer including an organic compound between the first and second electrodes, and
wherein a thickness of the layer of the first light-emitting element, a thickness of the layer of the second light-emitting element, and a thickness of the layer of the third light-emitting element are different from each other.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a substrate, wherein the first to third light-emitting elements are provided over the substrate.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a light emitted from the first light-emitting layer has shorter wavelength than a light emitted from the second light-emitting layer.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the emission color of the first light-emitting layer is blue.

9. A display device comprising:
first to third light-emitting elements each comprising:
a first electrode;
a first light-emitting layer over the first electrode;
a charge-generation layer over the first light-emitting layer;
a second light-emitting layer over the charge-generation layer; and
a second electrode over the second light-emitting layer; and

a color filter layer overlapping with the first light-emitting element, the color filter layer having a transmission center wavelength in a red wavelength region, and
wherein a color filter layer overlapping with the second light-emitting element is not provided,
wherein a color filter layer overlapping with the third light-emitting element is not provided,
wherein a light emitted from the second light-emitting element has a maximum emission peak in a green wavelength region,
wherein a light emitted from the third light-emitting element has a maximum emission peak in a blue wavelength region,
wherein emission colors of the first and second light-emitting layers are different from each other,
wherein fluorescence is provided from one of the first and second light-emitting layers,
wherein phosphorescence is provided from the other of the first and second light-emitting layers, and
wherein an optical path length between the first and second electrodes of the first light-emitting element, an optical path length between the first and second electrodes of the second light-emitting element, and an optical path length between the first and second electrodes of the third light-emitting element are different from each other.

10. The display device according to claim 9 ,
wherein the first and second light-emitting elements each comprises a light-transmitting conductive layer over the first electrode,
wherein a thickness of the light-transmitting conductive layer of the first light-emitting element and a thickness of the light-transmitting conductive layer of the second light-emitting element are different from each other.

11. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein an area of the third light-emitting element is smaller than an area of the first light-emitting element.

12. The display device according to claim 9 ,
wherein the first to third light-emitting elements each comprises a layer including an organic compound between the first and second electrodes, and
wherein a thickness of the layer of the first light-emitting element, a thickness of the layer of the second light-emitting element, and a thickness of the layer of the third light-emitting element are different from each other.

13. The display device according to claim 9 , further comprising a substrate, wherein the first to third light-emitting elements are provided over the substrate.

14. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the emission color of the first light-emitting layer is blue.

15. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the first light-emitting layer, the charge-generation layer, and the second light-emitting layer are each continuous between the first to third light-emitting elements.

16. A display device comprising:
first to third light-emitting elements each comprising:
a first electrode;
a first light-emitting layer over the first electrode;
a charge-generation layer over the first light-emitting layer;
a second light-emitting layer over the charge-generation layer; and
a second electrode over the second light-emitting layer; and

a color filter layer overlapping with the first light-emitting element, the color filter layer having a transmission center wavelength in a red wavelength region, and
wherein a color filter layer overlapping with the second light-emitting element is not provided,
wherein a color filter layer overlapping with the third light-emitting element is not provided,
wherein a light emitted from the second light-emitting element has a maximum emission peak in a green wavelength region,
wherein a light emitted from the third light-emitting element has a maximum emission peak in a blue wavelength region,
wherein emission colors of the first and second light-emitting layers are different from each other,
wherein a light emitted from the first light-emitting layer has shorter wavelength than a light emitted from the second light-emitting layer, and
wherein an optical path length between the first and second electrodes of the first light-emitting element, an optical path length between the first and second electrodes of the second light-emit

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Ohsawa Nobuharu
• Sasaki Toshiki
• Seo Satoshi

Classifications

• H01L51/006

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5265

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/0054

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/0085

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/0072

  Electricity · mapped topic