Light-emitting device method for manufacturing the same, and cellular phone

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10269883-B2
Application number	US-201314103990-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2013
Priority date	Nov 18, 2008
Publication date	Apr 23, 2019
Grant date	Apr 23, 2019

Abstract

The invention relates to: a light-emitting device which includes a first flexible substrate having a first electrode, a light-emitting layer over the first electrode, and a second electrode with a projecting portion over the light-emitting layer and a second flexible substrate having a semiconductor circuit and a third electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor circuit, in which the projecting portion of the second electrode and the third electrode are electrically connected to each other, a method for manufacturing the light-emitting device; and a cellular phone which includes a housing incorporating the light-emitting device and having a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, in which the light-emitting device is disposed on a front side and in an upper portion in the longitudinal direction of the housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising a display panel having a display region, and a housing incorporating the display panel,
wherein the display panel comprises a first flexible substrate, a second flexible substrate, a display element, and a thin film transistor electrically connected to the display element and disposed between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate,
wherein the thin film transistor is formed over an insulating film,
wherein the display panel comprises a driver circuit comprising thin film transistors over the insulating film,
wherein the display panel includes a first region disposed at a front of the housing, the display panel being flat at least in the first region,
wherein the display panel is bent at least in a region between the first region and the driver circuit, and
wherein the display region overlaps with the region where the display panel is bent.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the thin film transistor comprises a channel formation region which comprises an oxide semiconductor material.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the thin film transistor comprises a channel formation region which comprises polycrystalline silicon.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is a portable telephone.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising an adhesive layer between the insulating film and one of the pair of flexible substrates, wherein the insulating film is between the adhesive layer and the one of the pair of flexible substrates.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the pair of flexible substrates is a plastic substrate having a light-transmitting property.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the pair of flexible substrates comprises a polyester, a resina polyacrylonitrile resin, a polyimide resin, a polymethyl methacrylate resin, a polycarbonate (PC) resin, a polyethersulfone (PES) resin, a polyamide resin, a cycloolefin resin, a polystyrene resin, a polyamide imide resin, or a polyvinylchloride resin.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating film comprises at least one film selected from the group consisting of a silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film, a silicon oxide film containing nitrogen, and a silicon nitride film containing oxygen.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the driver circuit overlaps with the first region.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel is bent so that the display region is continuously provided from a front of the housing to a rear of the housing.

11. An electronic device comprising:
a housing;
an EL panel comprising a first flexible substrate, a second flexible substrate and a thin film transistor between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate, wherein the EL panel comprises a display region, the display region comprising a first region, the first region disposed at a front of the housing,
wherein the EL panel is flat at least in the first region;
wherein the thin film transistor is formed over an insulating film;
wherein the EL panel comprises a driver circuit comprising thin film transistors over the insulating film,
wherein the EL panel is bent at least in a region between the first region and the driver circuit, and
wherein the display region overlaps with the region where the EL panel is bent.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the thin film transistor comprises a channel formation region which comprises an oxide semiconductor material.

13. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the thin film transistor comprises a channel formation region which comprises polycrystalline silicon.

14. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the electronic device is a portable telephone.

15. The electronic device according to claim 11 , further comprising an adhesive layer between the insulating film and one of the pair of flexible substrates, wherein the insulating film is between the adhesive layer and the one of the pair of flexible substrates.

16. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein each of the pair of flexible substrates is a plastic substrate having a light-transmitting property.

17. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein each of the pair of flexible substrates comprises a polyester, a resina polyacrylonitrile resin, a polyimide resin, a polymethyl methacrylate resin, a polycarbonate (PC) resin, a polyethersulfone (PES) resin, a polyamide resin, a cycloolefin resin, a polystyrene resin, a polyamide imide resin, or a polyvinylchloride resin.

18. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the insulating film comprises at least one film selected from the group consisting of a silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film, a silicon oxide film containing nitrogen, and a silicon nitride film containing oxygen.

19. The electronic device according to claim 11 ,
wherein the driver circuit overlaps with the first region.

20. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the EL panel is bent so that the display region is continuously provided from a front of the housing to a rear of the housing.

21. An electronic device comprising:
a housing;
a display panel having a display region, wherein the display panel comprises a first flexible substrate, a second flexible substrate, a display element, and a thin film transistor electrically connected to the display element and disposed between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate; and
a touch panel,
wherein the thin film transistor is formed over an insulating film,
wherein the display panel comprises a driver circuit comprising thin film transistors over the insulating film,
wherein the display panel includes a first region disposed at a front of the housing,
wherein the display panel being flat at least in the first region,
wherein the display panel is bent at least in a region between the first region and the driver circuit, and
wherein the display region and the touch panel overlap with the region where the display panel is bent.

22. The electronic device according to claim 21 , wherein the thin film transistor comprises a channel formation region which comprises an oxide semiconductor material.

23. The electronic device according to claim 21 , wherein the thin film transistor comprises a channel formation region which comprises polycrystalline silicon.

24. The electronic device according to claim 21 , wherein the electronic device is a portable telephone.

25. The electronic device according to claim 21 , further comprising an adhesive layer between the insulating film and one of the pair of flexible substrates, wherein the insulating film is between the adhesive layer and the one of the pair of flexible substrates.

26. The electronic device according to claim 21 , wherein each of the pair of flexible substrates is a plastic substrate having a light-transmitting property.

27. The electronic device according to claim 21 , wherein each of the pair of flexible substrates comprises a polyester, a resina polyacrylonitrile resin, a polyimide resin, a polymethyl methacrylate resin, a polycarbonate (PC) resin, a polyethersulfone (PES) resin, a

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Hatano Kaoru
• Seo Satoshi
• Yamazaki Shunpei

Classifications

• Y02E10/549

  Organic PV cells · CPC title

• H01L51/0024

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/3258

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L2227/323

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/3246

  Electricity · mapped topic