Display device and method of manufacturing display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12016208-B2
Application number	US-201817278549-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2018
Priority date	Sep 28, 2018
Publication date	Jun 18, 2024
Grant date	Jun 18, 2024

Abstract

A display device includes a display area, a frame area around the display area, and a contact area between the display area and the frame area. In the display area is there provided a light-emitting element layer including an anode, a functional layer, a cathode, and a pixel bank covering an edge of the anode. The cathode is electrically connected to a metal film in the contact area. An insular TEG pattern is provided in the contact area.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display device comprising a display area and a frame area around the display area, the display area including a stack body including: a thin-film transistor (TFT) layer; a light-emitting element layer including an anode, a functional layer, a cathode, and a pixel bank covering an edge of the anode; and a sealing layer;
the sealing layer including at least one organic film, and a partition wall provided in the frame area, the partition wall being configured to delineate an edge of the at least one organic film;
the display device further comprising, between the display area and the partition wall, a contact area in which the cathode is electrically connected to a metal film made of a same material and in a same layer as the anode; and
an insular test element group (TEG) pattern provided in the contact area, the insular TEG pattern being made of a same material as the functional layer, wherein
the metal film has a first opening at least partially overlapped by the insular TEG pattern when viewed from above with respect to a stacking direction for the stack body.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the insular TEG pattern entirely overlaps the first opening when viewed from the above with respect to the stacking direction for the stack body.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the first opening is cross-shaped.

4. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the first opening is substantially identical in shape to a second opening in the pixel bank.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first opening is entirely overlapped by the insular TEG pattern when viewed from the above with respect to the stacking direction for the stack body.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the first opening is cross-shaped.

7. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the first opening is substantially identical in shape to a second opening in the pixel bank.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the contact area includes, on the metal film, a first out-of-pixel partition wall overlapping the cathode and a second out-of-pixel partition wall not overlapping the cathode, and
the insular TEG pattern resides between the first out-of-pixel partition wall and the second out-of-pixel partition wall.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the functional layer includes a light-emitting layer.

10. A display device comprising a display area and a frame area around the display area, the display area including a stack body including: a thin-film transistor (TFT) layer; a light-emitting element layer including an anode, a functional layer, a cathode, and a pixel bank covering an edge of the anode; and a sealing layer;
the sealing layer including at least one organic film, and a partition wall provided in the frame area, the partition wall being configured to delineate an edge of the at least one organic film;
the display device further comprising, between the display area and the partition wall, a contact area in which the cathode is electrically connected to a metal film made of a same material and in a same layer as the anode;
an insular test element group (TEG) pattern provided in the contact area, the insular TEG pattern being made of a same material as the functional layer; and
an out-of-pixel bank provided on the metal film, the out-of-pixel bank having a first opening, wherein
the insular TEG pattern at least partially overlaps the first opening when viewed from above with respect to a stacking direction for the stack body.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the insular TEG pattern entirely overlaps the first opening when viewed from the above with respect to the stacking direction for the stack body.

12. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the first opening is cross-shaped.

13. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the first opening is substantially identical in shape to a second opening in the pixel bank.

14. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the first opening is entirely overlapped by the insular TEG pattern when viewed from the above with respect to the stacking direction for the stack body.

15. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein the first opening is cross-shaped.

16. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein the first opening is substantially identical in shape to a second opening in the pixel bank.

17. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein:
the contact area includes at least one out-of-pixel partition wall on the metal film, and
the out-of-pixel bank has a lower height above the metal film than do the at least one out-of-pixel partition wall above the metal film.

18. The display device according to claim 17 , wherein:
the at least one out-of-pixel partition wall includes a first out-of-pixel partition wall overlapping the cathode and a second out-of-pixel partition wall not overlapping the cathode, and
the insular TEG pattern resides between the first out-of-pixel partition wall and the second out-of-pixel partition wall.

19. The display device according to claim 17 , wherein the out-of-pixel bank is made of a same material and in a same layer as the at least one out-of-pixel partition wall.

20. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the pixel bank is made of a same material and in a same layer as the out-of-pixel bank.

Assignees

• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Koike Eiji
• Sonoda Tohru
• Inuzuka Masahiro

Classifications

• H10K59/871

  Self-supporting sealing arrangements · CPC title

• H10K50/841

  Self-supporting sealing arrangements · CPC title

• H10K59/352

  the areas of the RGB subpixels being different · CPC title

• H05B33/26

  characterised by the composition or arrangement of the conductive material used as an electrode · CPC title

• H05B33/22

  characterised by the chemical or physical composition or the arrangement of auxiliary dielectric or reflective layers · CPC title