Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10868094-B2
Application number	US-201916282779-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 22, 2019
Priority date	Mar 7, 2018
Publication date	Dec 15, 2020
Grant date	Dec 15, 2020

Abstract

A display device includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrode over the substrate, a bank covering an end portion of the pixel electrode and exposing a part of the pixel electrode, an organic layer over the pixel electrode and the bank, and a common electrode over the organic layer. The bank includes an inclined surface in a portion covering the end portion of the pixel electrode. An angle between the inclined surface of the bank and an upper surface of the pixel electrode is equal to or larger than 85 degrees. A thickness of the organic layer disposed on the inclined surface of the bank in a direction perpendicular to the inclined surface of the bank is equal to or smaller than 1/10 of a thickness of the organic layer disposed on the pixel electrode in a direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the pixel electrode.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
a substrate;
a plurality of pixels arranged over the substrate, each of the plurality of pixels comprising a pixel electrode;
a bank covering an end portion of the pixel electrode, exposing a part of the pixel electrode, and separating the plurality of pixels, wherein the exposed part of the pixel electrode defines a light emitting region of one of the plurality of pixels;
an organic layer disposed over the pixel electrode and the bank, the organic layer covering the plurality of pixels;
a plurality of light-emitting layers disposed over the pixel electrode with the organic layer disposed therebetween; and
a common electrode disposed over the organic layer and the light-emitting layer, wherein the plurality of light-emitting layers includes a first light-emitting layer group emitting a first color and a second light-emitting layer group emitting a second color different from the first color,
two adjacent light emitting layers in a first direction emit light of different colors,
two adjacent light emitting layers in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction emit light of the same color,
the bank comprises a first inclined surface facing one light emitting region in the first direction and a second inclined surface facing the one light emitting region in the second direction, and
a first angle between the first inclined surface and the upper surface of the pixel electrode is larger than a second angle between the second inclined surface and the upper surface of the pixel electrode.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first color is blue,
the second color is green, and
a number of the first light-emitting layer group is larger than a number of the second light emitting layer group.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first angle is equal to or larger than 85 degrees, and
a thickness of the organic layer disposed on the first inclined surface in a direction perpendicular to the first inclined surface is equal to or smaller than 1 / 10 of a thickness of the organic layer disposed on the pixel electrode in a direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the pixel electrode.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the bank comprises silicon nitride or silicon oxide.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the organic layer comprises a hole injection layer.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the organic layer includes a hole injection layer, and
the hole injection layer comprises a low-molecular organic compound selected from the group consisting of benzidine or derivative thereof, styrylamine or a derivative thereof, triphenylmethane or a derivative thereof, porphyrin or a derivative thereof, triazole or a derivative thereof, imidazole or a derivative thereof, oxadiazole or a derivative thereof, polyarylalkane or a derivative thereof, phenylene diamine or a derivative thereof, arylamine or a derivative thereof, oxazole or a derivative thereof, anthracene or a derivative thereof, fluorenone or a derivative thereof, hydrazone or a derivative thereof, stilbene or a derivative thereof, phthalocyanine or a derivative thereof, a polysilane-based compound, a vinylcarbazole-based compound, a thiophene-based compound, and an anilin-based compound.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a layer comprising indium tin oxide or indium zinc oxide over the common electrode.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a metal wiring over the common electrode,
wherein the metal wiring comprises an opening pattern over in a part of a region.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the opening pattern is a stripe-shaped pattern or a lattice-shaped pattern.

Assignees

• Japan Display Inc

Inventors

• Ma Chunche

Classifications

• H10K59/80524

  Transparent cathodes, e.g. comprising thin metal layers · CPC title

• H10K59/80522

  combined with auxiliary electrodes · CPC title

• H10K59/80515

  characterised by their shape · CPC title

• H01L2251/558

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5096

  Electricity · mapped topic