# US 10,121,829 B2 · Display element, display device, and manufacturing method of the display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,121,829 B2 - Document ID: US10121829B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/816,246 - Filed: 2017-11-17 - Published: 2018-06-28 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-12-22 - Assignees: Japan Display Inc. - Applicants: Japan Display Inc. - Inventors: Masato Ito; Shigeru Sakamoto; Koji Yasukawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10121829B2 ## CPC - H10K 59/876: {comprising a resonant cavity structure, e.g. Bragg reflector pair} - H10K 50/11: characterised by the electroluminescent [EL] layers - H10K 50/125: specially adapted for multicolour light emission, e.g. for emitting white light - H10K 50/15: Hole transporting layers - H10K 59/30: Devices specially adapted for multicolour light emission - H10K 59/8731: {multilayered coatings having a repetitive structure, e.g. having multiple organic-inorganic bilayers} - H10H 20/813: having a plurality of light-emitting regions, e.g. multi-junction LEDs or light-emitting devices having photoluminescent regions within the bodies - H10K 59/12: Active-matrix OLED [AMOLED] displays - H10K 59/1201: {Manufacture or treatment} - H10K 2102/351: {Thickness} - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES - H10H: INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS ## Abstract Provided is a display device including first to third pixels and first to fourth cap layers. The first cap layer is located over and overlaps with the first to third light-emitting elements and extends from the first pixel to the third pixel through the second pixel. The second and third cap layers are located over the first cap layer and respectively overlap with the second and third light-emitting elements. The fourth cap layer is located over the first to fourth cap layers. The first to third pixels are arranged in this order. The first to third light-emitting elements are configured so that an emission wavelength of the second light-emitting element is shorter than an emission wavelength of the third light-emitting element and longer than an emission wavelength of the first light-emitting element. A thickness of the third cap layer is larger than a thickness of the second cap layer. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device comprising: a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel comprising a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, and a third light-emitting element, respectively; a first cap layer overlapping with the first light-emitting element, the second light-emitting element, and the third light-emitting element, the first cap layer extending from the first pixel to the third pixel through the second pixel; a second cap layer over the first cap layer, the second cap layer overlapping with the second light-emitting element; a third cap layer over the first cap layer, the third cap layer overlapping with the third light-emitting element; and a fourth cap layer over the first cap layer, the second cap layer, and the third cap layer, wherein the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel are arranged in this order, the first light-emitting element, the second light-emitting element, and the third light-emitting element each comprises: a first electrode; a hole-transporting region over and in contact with the first electrode; an emission layer over and in contact with the hole-transporting region; an electron-transporting region over and in contact with the emission layer; and a second electrode over and in contact with the electron-transporting region, the first light-emitting element, the second light-emitting element, and the third light-emitting element are configured so that an emission wavelength of the second light-emitting element is shorter than an emission wavelength of the third light-emitting element and longer than an emission wavelength of the first light-emitting element, and a thickness of the third cap layer is larger than a thickness of the second cap layer. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein the first cap layer, the second cap layer, and the third cap layer include the same organic compound. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein one of the first cap layer, the second cap layer, and the third cap layer includes an organic compound different from an organic compound included in the other one of the first cap layer, the second cap layer, and the third cap layer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein the fourth cap layer includes an inorganic compound and extends from the first pixel to the third pixel through the second pixel. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of the fourth cap layer is larger than a thickness of the first cap layer and equal to or less than a summation of the thickness of the first cap layer and the thickness of the second cap layer. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of the first cap layer is larger than the thickness of the second cap layer and equal to or less than the thickness of the third cap layer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of the emission layer of the second light-emitting element is larger than a thickness of the emission layer of the first light-emitting element and equal to or less than a thickness of the emission layer of the third light-emitting element. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The display device according to claim 7, wherein a thickness of the first cap layer is larger than the thickness of the emission layer of the first light-emitting element, a summation of the thickness of the first cap layer and the thickness of the second cap layer is larger than the thickness of the emission layer of the second light-emitting element, and a summation of the thickness of the first cap layer and the thickness of the third cap layer is larger than the thickness of the emission layer of the third light-emitting element. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein a distance between an upper surface of the first electrode and a bottom surface of the second electrode in the second light-emitting element is larger than that in the first light-emitting element and smaller than that in the third light-emitting element. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of the hole-transporting region of the second light-emitting element is larger than that of the first light-emitting element and smaller than that of the third light-emitting element. ### Claim 11 A display device comprising: a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel comprising a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, and a third light-emitting element, respectively; a first cap layer overlapping with the first light-emitting element, the second light-emitting element, and the third light-emitting element and extending from the first pixel to the third pixel through the second pixel; a second cap layer over the first cap layer, the second cap layer overlapping with the second light-emitting element and the third light-emitting element and extending from the second pixel to the third pixel; a third cap layer over the second cap layer, the third cap layer overlapping with the third light-emitting element; and a fourth cap layer over the first cap layer, the second cap layer, and the third cap layer, wherein the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel are arranged in this order, and the first light-emitting element, the second light-emitting element, and the third light-emitting element each comprises: a first electrode; a hole-transporting region over and in contact with the first electrode; an emission layer over and in contact with the hole-transporting region; an electron-transporting region over and in contact with the emission layer; and a second electrode over and in contact with the electron-transporting region. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The display device according to claim 11, wherein the first cap layer, the second cap layer, and the third cap layer include the same organic compound. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The display device according to claim 11, wherein one of the first cap layer, the second cap layer, and the third cap layer includes an organic compound different from an organic compound included in the other one of the first cap layer, the second cap layer, and the third cap layer. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The display device according to claim 11, wherein the fourth cap layer includes an inorganic compound and extends from the first pixel to the third pixel through the second pixel. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The display device according to claim 11, wherein a thickness of the fourth cap layer is larger than a thickness of the first cap layer and equal to or less than a summation of the thickness of the first cap layer and a thickness of the second cap layer. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The display device according to claim 11, wherein a thickness of the first cap layer is larger than a thickness of the second cap layer and equal to or less than a summation of the thickness of the second cap layer and a thickness of the third cap layer. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The display device according to claim 11, wherein a thickness of the emission layer of the second light-emitting element is larger than a thickness of the emission layer of the first light-emitting element and equal to or less than a thickness of the emission layer of the third light-emitting element. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The display device according to claim 17, wherein a thickness of the first cap layer is larger than the thickness of the emission layer of the first light-emitting element, a summation of the thickness of the first cap layer and a thickness of the second cap layer is larger than the thickness of the emission layer of the second light-emitting element, and a summation of the thickness of the first cap layer, the thickness of the second cap layer, and a thickness of the third cap layer is larger than the thickness of the emission layer of the third light-emitting element. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The display device according to claim 11, wherein a distance between an upper surface of the first electrode and a bottom surface of the second electrode in the second light-emitting element is larger than that in the first light-emitting element and smaller than that in the third light-emitting element. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The display device according to claim 11, wherein a thickness of the hole-transporting region of the second light-emitting element is larger than that of the first light-emitting element and smaller than that of the third light-emitting element.