US 10,483,288 B2 · Light-emitting device and electronic device using the same · patentgrep

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Abstract

A lightweight flexible light-emitting device which is able to possess a curved display portion and display a full color image with high resolution and the manufacturing process thereof are disclosed. The light-emitting device comprises: a plastic substrate; an insulating layer with an adhesive interposed therebetween; a thin film transistor over the insulating layer; a protective insulating film over the thin film transistor; a color filter over the protective insulating film; an interlayer insulating film over the color filter; and a white-emissive light-emitting element formed over the interlayer insulating film and being electrically connected to the thin film transistor.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A light-emitting device comprising:

a substrate;
an oxide semiconductor over the substrate, the oxide semiconductor comprising indium, zinc, and gallium;
a gate electrode over the oxide semiconductor;
a first insulating film over the gate electrode, the first insulating film comprising an inorganic insulating material;
a source electrode and a drain electrode over the first insulating film, the source electrode and the drain electrode each comprising a region in contact with the oxide semiconductor;
a color filter over the first insulating film;
a light-emitting element over the color filter, the light-emitting element electrically connected to one of the source electrode and the drain electrode;
and
an organic resin over the light-emitting element,
wherein the color filter is positioned between the first insulating film and the light-emitting element,
wherein the color filter comprises a region overlapping with the light-emitting element,
wherein the color filter does not overlap with the oxide semiconductor and the gate electrode,
wherein the light-emitting element comprises:
a first electrode;
a second electrode over the first electrode;
a charge generation layer between the first electrode and the second electrode;
a first light-emitting layer between the first electrode and the charge generation layer;
a second light-emitting layer between the charge generation layer and the second electrode;
and
a third light-emitting layer between the charge generation layer and the second electrode,
wherein the first light-emitting layer comprises a blue-emissive fluorescent substance,
wherein the second light-emitting layer comprises a first phosphorescent substance,
wherein the first phosphorescent substance is a red-emissive phosphorescent substance,
wherein the third light-emitting layer comprises a second phosphorescent substance and overlaps with the second light-emitting layer, and
wherein the first electrode is positioned over the one of the source electrode and the drain electrode.

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A light-emitting device comprising:

a substrate;
an oxide semiconductor over the substrate, the oxide semiconductor comprising indium, zinc, and gallium;
a gate electrode over the oxide semiconductor;
a first insulating film over the gate electrode, the first insulating film comprising an inorganic insulating material;
a source electrode and a drain electrode over the first insulating film, the source electrode and the drain electrode each comprising a region in contact with the oxide semiconductor;
a light-emitting element over the first insulating film, the light-emitting element electrically connected to one of the source electrode and the drain electrode;
and
an organic resin over the light-emitting element,
wherein the light-emitting element comprises:
an anode;
a first light-emitting layer over the anode;
a second light-emitting layer over the first light-emitting layer;
a third light-emitting layer over the second light-emitting layer;
a fourth light-emitting layer over the third light-emitting layer;
and
a cathode over the fourth light-emitting layer,
wherein the first light-emitting layer, the second light-emitting layer, the third light-emitting layer, and the fourth light-emitting layer overlap with each other,
wherein the first light-emitting layer comprises a first light-emitting substance,
wherein the second light-emitting layer comprises a second light-emitting substance,
wherein the third light-emitting layer comprises a third light-emitting substance,
wherein the fourth light-emitting layer comprises a fourth light-emitting substance,
wherein each of the first light-emitting substance and the fourth light-emitting substance is configured to emit blue light having a shorter wavelength than a wavelength of each of the second light-emitting substance and the third light-emitting substance,
wherein the first light-emitting substance is the same as the fourth light-emitting substance,
wherein the second light-emitting substance is configured to emit red light, and
wherein the anode is positioned over the one of the source electrode and the drain electrode.

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A light-emitting device comprising:

a substrate;
an oxide semiconductor over the substrate, the oxide semiconductor comprising indium, zinc, and gallium;
a gate electrode over the oxide semiconductor;
a first insulating film over the gate electrode, the first insulating film comprising an inorganic insulating material;
a source electrode and a drain electrode over the first insulating film, the source electrode and the drain electrode each comprising a region in contact with the oxide semiconductor;
a color filter over the first insulating film;
and
a light-emitting element over the color filter, the light-emitting element electrically connected to one of the source electrode and the drain electrode,
wherein the color filter is positioned between the first insulating film and the light-emitting element,
wherein the color filter comprises a region overlapping with the light-emitting element,
wherein the color filter does not overlap with the oxide semiconductor and the gate electrode,
wherein the light-emitting element comprises:
an anode;
a first light-emitting layer over the anode;
a second light-emitting layer over the first light-emitting layer;
a third light-emitting layer over the second light-emitting layer;
a fourth light-emitting layer over the third light-emitting layer;
and
a cathode over the fourth light-emitting layer.
wherein the first light-emitting layer, the second light-emitting layer, the third light-emitting layer, and the fourth light-emitting layer overlap with each other,
wherein the first light-emitting layer comprises a first light-emitting substance,
wherein the second light-emitting layer comprises a second light-emitting substance,
wherein the third light-emitting layer comprises a third light-emitting substance,
wherein the fourth light-emitting layer comprises a fourth light-emitting substance,
wherein each of the first light-emitting substance and the fourth light-emitting substance is configured to emit blue light having a shorter wavelength than a wavelength of each of the second light-emitting substance and the third light-emitting substance,
wherein the first light-emitting substance is the same as the fourth light-emitting substance, and
wherein the second light-emitting substance is configured to emit red light.

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A light-emitting device comprising:

a substrate;
an oxide semiconductor over the substrate, the oxide semiconductor comprising indium, zinc, and gallium;
a gate electrode over the oxide semiconductor;
a first insulating film over the gate electrode;
a source electrode and a drain electrode over the first insulating film, the source electrode and the drain electrode each comprising a region in contact with the oxide semiconductor;
a color filter over the first insulating film;
a second insulating film over the color filter;
and
a light-emitting element over the second insulating film, the light-emitting element electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor,
wherein the first insulating film comprises a region in contact with the second insulating film,
wherein the color filter comprises a region overlapping with the light-emitting element,
wherein the color filter does not overlap with the oxide semiconductor and the gate electrode,
wherein the light-emitting element comprises:
an anode;
a first light-emitting layer over the anode;
a second light-emitting layer over the first light-emitting layer;
a third light-emitting layer over the second light-emitting layer;
a fourth light-emitting layer over the third light-emitting layer;
and
a cathode over the fourth light-emitting layer,
wherein the first light-emitting layer, the second light-emitting layer, the third light- emitting layer, and the fourth light-emitting layer overlap with each other,
wherein the first light-emitting layer comprises a first light-emitting substance and a first host material,
wherein the second light-emitting layer comprises a second light-emitting substance and a second host material,
wherein the third light-emitting layer comprises a third light-emitting substance and a third host material,
wherein the fourth light-emitting layer comprises a fourth light-emitting substance and a fourth host material,
wherein each of the first light-emitting substance and the fourth light-emitting substance is configured to emit blue light having a shorter wavelength than a wavelength of each of the second light-emitting substance and the third light-emitting substance,
wherein the light-emitting element is configured to emit white light,
wherein the first light-emitting substance is the same as the fourth light-emitting substance,
wherein the first light-emitting substance is different from the second light- emitting substance and the third light-emitting substance, and
wherein the first host material is different from the second host material and the third host material.

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A light-emitting device comprising:

a substrate;
a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, a third light-emitting element, and a fourth light-emitting element;
and
a first color filter, a second color filter, and a third color filter,
wherein each of the first light-emitting element, the second light-emitting element, the third light-emitting element, and the fourth light-emitting element is configured to emit white light,
wherein the first color filter is configured to transmit red light and comprises a region overlapping with the first light-emitting element,
wherein the second color filter is configured to transmit green light and comprises a region overlapping with the second light-emitting element,
wherein the third color filter is configured to transmit blue light and comprises a region overlapping with the third light-emitting element,
wherein the fourth light-emitting element does not overlap with any color filters,
wherein each of the first light-emitting element, the second light-emitting element, the third light-emitting element and the fourth light-emitting element is electrically connected to a transistor comprising an oxide semiconductor and a gate electrode,
wherein the oxide semiconductor comprises indium, zinc, and gallium,
wherein the oxide semiconductor comprises a region overlapping with the gate electrode,
wherein each of the first color filter, the second color filter, and the third color filter does not overlap with the oxide semiconductor and the gate electrode,
wherein each of the first light-emitting element, the second light-emitting element, the third light-emitting element, and the fourth light-emitting element comprises:
an anode;
a first light-emitting layer over the anode;
a second light-emitting layer over the first light-emitting layer;
a third light-emitting layer over the second light-emitting layer;
a fourth light-emitting layer over the third light-emitting layer;
and
a cathode over the fourth light-emitting layer,
wherein the first light-emitting layer, the second light-emitting layer, the third light- emitting layer, and the fourth light-emitting layer overlap with each other,
wherein the first light-emitting layer comprises a first light-emitting substance and a first host material,
wherein the second light-emitting layer comprises a second light-emitting substance and a second host material,
wherein the third light-emitting layer comprises a third light-emitting substance and a third host material,
wherein the fourth light-emitting layer comprises a fourth light-emitting substance and a fourth host material,
wherein each of the first light-emitting substance and the fourth light-emitting substance is configured to emit blue light having a shorter wavelength than a wavelength of each of the second light-emitting substance and the third light-emitting substance,
wherein the first light-emitting substance is the same as the fourth light-emitting substance,
wherein the first light-emitting substance is different from the second light- emitting substance and the third light-emitting substance, and
wherein the first host material is different from the second host material and the third host material.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/211,658Filed 6 Dec 2018 · continuation
Priority: JP 2008-18022910 Jul 2008
Published: US 2019/0115372 A118 Apr 2019
Granted: 19 Nov 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

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Application12/499,271Parent of this continuation · filed 8 Jul 2009
Application14/169,553Parent of this continuation · filed 31 Jan 2014
US 8,760,046 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 24 Jun 2014
Application14/674,346Parent of this continuation · filed 31 Mar 2015
US 9,006,965 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Apr 2015
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