Display device and manufacturing method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9331128-B2
Application number	US-201414503453-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 1, 2014
Priority date	Oct 2, 2013
Publication date	May 3, 2016
Grant date	May 3, 2016

Abstract

A display device, includes: a first substrate; an organic planarizing film that is made of an organic insulating material, and arranged on the first substrate; an electrode that comes in contact with a part of a surface of the organic planarizing film opposite to the first substrate side; an inorganic bank that is made of an inorganic insulating material, covers an end of the electrode, and comes in contact with a part of a surface of the organic planarizing film opposite to the first substrate side; an OLED layer that covers a side of the electrode and the inorganic bank opposite to a side that comes in contact with the organic planarizing film, and partially comes in contact with the organic planarizing film; and a sealing film that is configured to cover a side of the OLED layer opposite to the organic planarizing film side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device, comprising:
a first substrate in which a plurality of pixel circuits each having a thin film transistor are arranged on an insulating substrate in a matrix;
an organic planarizing film that is made of an organic insulating material, and arranged on the first substrate;
an electrode that comes in contact with a part of a surface of the organic planarizing film opposite to the first substrate side;
an inorganic bank that is made of an inorganic insulating material, covers an end of the electrode, and comes in contact with a part of a surface of the organic planarizing film opposite to the first substrate side;
an OLED layer that covers a side of the electrode and the inorganic bank opposite to a side that comes in contact with the organic planarizing film, and partially comes in contact with the organic planarizing film; and
a sealing film that is configured to cover a side of the OLED layer opposite to the organic planarizing film side;
wherein an inorganic bank opening portion is formed in the inorganic bank, and wherein the OLED layer comes in contact with the organic planarizing film through the inorganic bank opening portion;
wherein the first substrate has lines for partitioning the plurality of pixel circuits in the matrix, and wherein the inorganic bank opening portion is arranged in an area that overlaps with the lines in a plan view.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the inorganic insulating material of the inorganic bank is a material selected from a group consisting of silicon nitride, silicon oxide, and a mixture thereof.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a thickness of the organic planarizing film is equal to or larger than 1.5 μm and equal to or smaller than 3.5 μm, and
wherein a thickness of the inorganic bank is equal to or larger than 0.15 μm and equal to or smaller than 0.35 μm.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the lines are lines selected from a group consisting of gate electrode lines scanning lines, signal lines, and power supply lines that supply a power to the thin film transistors, which are connected to gate electrodes, source electrodes, and drain electrodes included in thin film transistors, respectively.

5. A method of manufacturing a display device, comprising:
forming a first substrate in which a plurality of pixel circuits each having a thin film transistor are arranged on an insulating substrate in a matrix as a first step;
forming an organic planarizing film made of an organic insulating material on the first substrate as a second step;
forming an electrode which comes in contact with a part of a surface of the organic planarizing film opposite to the first substrate side as a third step;
forming an inorganic bank that is made of an inorganic insulating material, covers an end of the electrode, and comes in contact with a part of a surface of the organic planarizing film opposite to the first substrate side as a fourth step; and
forming an OLED layer that covers a side of the electrode and the inorganic bank opposite to a side that comes in contact with the organic planarizing film, and partially comes in contact with the organic planarizing film as a fifth step;
wherein the first step includes a step of forming lines for partitioning the plurality of pixel circuits in the matrix, and wherein an inorganic bank opening portion formed in the fourth step is arranged in an area that overlaps with the lines in a plan view.

6. The method of manufacturing a display device according to claim 5 ,
wherein the fourth step includes a step of forming an inorganic bank opening portion in the inorganic bank, and exposing a part of a surface of the organic planarizing film opposite to the first substrate side, and
wherein the fifth step includes a step of forming the OLED layer that comes in contact with and covers the part of the surface of the organic planarizing film opposite to the first substrate side, and the surface of the inorganic bank opposite to the planarizing film side.

7. The method of manufacturing a display device according to claim 5 ,
wherein the inorganic insulating material of the inorganic bank is a material selected from a group consisting of silicon nitride, silicon oxide, and a mixture thereof.

8. The method of manufacturing a display device according to claim 5 ,
wherein a thickness of the organic planarizing film is equal to or larger than 1.5 μm and equal to or smaller than 3.5 μm, and
wherein a thickness of the inorganic bank is equal to or larger than 0.15 μm and equal to or smaller than 0.35 μm.

9. The method of manufacturing a display device according to claim 5 ,
wherein the lines are any lines selected from scanning lines, signal lines, and power supply lines that supply a power to the thin film transistors, which are connected to gate electrodes, source electrodes, and drain electrodes included in thin film transistors, respectively.

Assignees

• Japan Display Inc

Inventors

• Tokuda Naoki
• Miyamoto Mitsuhide

Classifications

• H10K59/10

  OLED displays · CPC title

• H10K59/87

  Passivation; Containers; Encapsulations · CPC title

• H01L51/50

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/3246 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H10K2102/351

  Thickness · CPC title