Display device and method for manufacturing display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12035584-B2
Application number	US-201817273115-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 7, 2018
Priority date	Sep 7, 2018
Publication date	Jul 9, 2024
Grant date	Jul 9, 2024

Abstract

A device includes an organic insulating film having a contact hole in which an inclined face is formed, a pixel electrode formed along an inclined face of the contact hole and the organic insulating film, an intra-pixel wiring line coupling the pixel electrode to a TFT within the contact hole, a light-emitting layer formed on the organic insulating film to cover the pixel electrode, a light-emitting layer formed to overlap the light-emitting layer at least in the inclined face of the contact hole, and a common electrode formed on the light-emitting layer correspondingly to the pixel electrode.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
an organic insulating film formed to cover a first thin film transistor (TFT) and including a first contact hole, the first contact hole being provided with a first inclined face;
a first pixel electrode formed on the first contact hole and the organic insulating film;
a first intra-pixel wiring line formed under the organic insulating film and electrically connected to the first pixel electrode via the first contact hole, the first intra-pixel wiring line being electrically connected to the first TFT;
a first light-emitting layer formed on the organic insulating film, and covering the first pixel electrode;
a second light-emitting layer corresponding to a second pixel electrode adjacent to the first pixel electrode, the second light-emitting layer being formed to overlap the first light-emitting layer at least in the first inclined face of the first contact hole; and
a common electrode formed on the first light-emitting layer to cover the first pixel electrode, wherein
the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer include quantum dots,
the first light-emitting layer overlaps the second light-emitting layer at a peripheral edge portion of the first pixel electrode, and
the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer cover the peripheral edge portion of the first pixel electrode.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a luminescent color of the first light-emitting layer differs from a luminescent color of the second light-emitting layer.

3. The display device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the second light-emitting layer is formed closer to the common electrode than the first light-emitting layer in the first inclined face of the first contact hole, and
a wavelength of the luminescent color of the second light-emitting layer is longer than a wavelength of the luminescent color of the first light-emitting layer.

4. The display device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the second light-emitting layer is formed closer to the common electrode than the first light-emitting layer in the first inclined face of the first contact hole, and
a wavelength of the luminescent color of the second light-emitting layer is shorter than a wavelength of the luminescent color of the first light-emitting layer.

5. The display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first light-emitting layer is formed on a bottom and the first inclined face of the first contact hole, and
the second light-emitting layer is not formed on the bottom of the first contact hole and is formed on the first inclined face of the first contact hole.

6. The display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the organic insulating film is formed to cover a second TFT and includes a second contact hole, the second contact hole being provided with a second inclined face,
the second pixel electrode adjacent to the first pixel electrode is formed on the second contact hole and the organic insulating film,
the display device further includes a second intra-pixel wiring line formed under the organic insulating film and electrically connected to the second pixel electrode via the second contact hole, the second intra-pixel wiring line being electrically connected to the second TFT,
the second light-emitting layer is formed on the organic insulating film, and covers the second pixel electrode,
the display device further includes a third light-emitting layer corresponding to a third pixel electrode adjacent to the second pixel electrode, the third light-emitting layer being formed to overlap the second light-emitting layer at least in the second inclined face of the second contact hole,
the first light-emitting layer is a blue light-emitting layer,
the second light-emitting layer is a green light-emitting layer,
the third light-emitting layer is a red light-emitting layer,
the first and second pixel electrodes are one of a cathode and an anode,
the common electrode is the other of the cathode and the anode, and
the one of the cathode and the anode, the blue light-emitting layer, the green light-emitting layer, the red light-emitting layer, and the other of the cathode and the anode are formed in this order.

7. The display device according to claim 6 ,
wherein three layers of the first light-emitting layer, the second light-emitting layer, and the third light-emitting layer overlap each other in the first inclined face of the first contact hole.

8. The display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the organic insulating film is formed to cover a second TFT and includes a second contact hole, the second contact hole being provided with a second inclined face,
the second pixel electrode adjacent to the first pixel electrode is formed on the second contact hole and the organic insulating film,
the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer emit lights, the lights being different from each other,
the first pixel electrode includes a first branch electrode protruding toward the second pixel electrode,
the second pixel electrode includes a second branch electrode protruding toward the first pixel electrode, the second branch electrode facing the first branch electrode,
the first contact hole is formed at a position corresponding to the first branch electrode, and
the second contact hole is formed at a position corresponding to the second branch electrode.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a third pixel electrode disposed opposite to the first pixel electrode with respect to the second pixel electrode; and
a fourth pixel electrode disposed opposite to the second pixel electrode with respect to the third pixel electrode,
wherein the third pixel electrode corresponds to a third light-emitting layer, the third light-emitting layer emitting a light different from lights emitted by the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer,
the fourth pixel electrode corresponds to a fourth light-emitting layer, the fourth light-emitting layer emitting a light the same as the first light-emitting layer,
the third pixel electrode includes a third branch electrode protruding toward the fourth pixel electrode,
the fourth pixel electrode includes a fourth branch electrode protruding toward the third pixel electrode, the fourth branch electrode facing the third branch electrode, and
a distance between the first pixel electrode excluding the first branch electrode and the second pixel electrode excluding the second branch electrode is longer than a distance between the second pixel electrode and the third pixel electrode.

10. The display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer further include photosensitive resins.

11. The display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein shapes of the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer are different from each other when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the organic insulating film.

12. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a function layer formed between the organic insulating film and the common electrode,
wherein the function layer includes a charge injection layer and a charge transport layer.

13. The display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the organic insulating film is formed to cover a second TFT and includes a second contact hole, the second contact hole being provided with a second inclined face,
the display device further includes
the second pixel electrode formed along the second inclined face of the second contact hole and the or

Assignees

• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Asaoka Yasushi
• Aomori Shigeru

Classifications

• H10K59/131 Primary

  Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals · CPC title

• H10K59/123 Primary

  Connection of the pixel electrodes to the thin film transistors [TFT] · CPC title

• H10K2102/351

  Thickness · CPC title

• H10K71/00

  Manufacture or treatment specially adapted for the organic devices covered by this subclass · CPC title

• H10K59/353

  characterised by the geometrical arrangement of the RGB subpixels · CPC title