Display device and method for manufacturing same
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTohru Sonoda, Takashi Ochi, Jumpei Takahashi
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Abstract
According to an aspect of the disclosure, in a non-display region inside a display region, an oxide semiconductor layer is provided in an island shape, a first opening is provided in a first inorganic insulating film so as to expose the oxide semiconductor layer in the non-display region, a common functional layer is provided so as to extend from the display region to the non-display region, and a second opening is provided so as to expose the oxide semiconductor layer in the common functional layer, a peripheral end of the second opening being surrounded by a peripheral end of the first opening in a plan view.
Claims20
A display device comprising:
- a resin substrate;
- a thin film transistor layer provided on the resin substrate and including a first inorganic insulating film;
- a light-emitting element layer provided on the thin film transistor layer and including a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged corresponding to a plurality of subpixels constituting a display region;
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- a sealing film provided on the light-emitting element layer to cover the light-emitting elements and including a second inorganic insulating film,
- a frame region being provided around the display region,
- a non-display region being provided in an island shape within the display region,
- a first electrode, a functional layer, and a second electrode being sequentially layered in each of the light-emitting elements, and
- the functional layer including a common functional layer provided in common to the plurality of subpixels,
- wherein an oxide semiconductor layer is provided in an island shape in the non-display region,
- a first opening is provided in the first inorganic insulating film to expose the oxide semiconductor layer in the non-display region,
- the common functional layer is provided to extend from the display region to the non-display region, and
- a second opening is provided to expose the oxide semiconductor layer in the common functional layer, a peripheral end of the second opening being surrounded by a peripheral end of the first opening in a plan view.
A method for manufacturing a display device, the method comprising:
- a thin film transistor layer forming step of forming a thin film transistor layer including a first inorganic insulating film on a resin substrate;
- a light-emitting element layer forming step of forming a light-emitting element layer on the thin film transistor layer, the lig,ht-emitting, element layer including a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged corresponding to a plurality of subpixels constituting a display region;
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- a sealing film forming step of forming a sealing film including a second inorganic insulating film on the light-emitting element layer to cover the light-emitting elements,
- a frame region being provided around the display region,
- a non-display region being provided in an island shape inside the display region,
- a first electrode, a functional layer, and a second electrode being sequentially layered in the light-emitting elements, and
- the functional layer including a common functional layer provided in common to the plurality of subpixels,
- wherein the thin film transistor layer forming step includes
- a semiconductor layer forming step of forming an oxide semiconductor layer in an island shape in the non-display region, and
- a first opening forming step of forming a first opening to expose the oxide semiconductor layer to the first inorganic insulating film in the non-display region,
- the light-emitting element layer forming step includes
- a functional layer forming step of forming the common functional layer to cover the oxide semiconductor layer exposed from the first opening and extend from the display region to the non-display region, and
- a functional layer removal step of removing the common functional layer of a portion covering the oxide semiconductor layer by irradiating the oxide semiconductor layer with laser light, and forming a second opening in the common functional layer to expose the oxide semiconductor layer, a peripheral end of the second opening being surrounded by a peripheral end of the first opening in a plan view, and
- in the sealing film forming step, the second inorganic insulating film is formed to cover the oxide semiconductor layer exposed from the second opening.
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