# US 12,114,530 B2 · Display device including a first electrode including an end portion inside a trench > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,114,530 B2 - Document ID: US12114530B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/651,833 - Filed: 2022-02-21 - Published: 2022-09-08 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2021-03-02 - Assignees: Japan Display Inc. - Applicants: Japan Display Inc. - Inventors: Hiroumi Kinjo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12114530B2 ## CPC - H10K 59/124: Insulating layers formed between TFT elements and OLED elements - H10K 59/121: characterised by the geometry or disposition of pixel elements - H10K 59/353: {characterised by the geometrical arrangement of the RGB subpixels} - H10K 59/80515: {characterised by their shape} - H10K 59/80521: {characterised by their shape} - H10K 59/12: Active-matrix OLED [AMOLED] displays - H10K 59/122: Pixel-defining structures or layers, e.g. banks - H10K 2102/341: {Short-circuit prevention} - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract According to one embodiment, a display device comprises a pixel circuit, an insulating layer that covers the pixel circuit and includes a first trench, a first electrode disposed on the insulating layer, an organic layer disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the organic layer, and a first filling layer that fills at least a part of the first trench. An end portion of the first electrode is located inside the first trench and is covered with the first filling layer. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device comprising: a pixel circuit; an insulating layer that covers the pixel circuit and includes a first trench; a first electrode disposed on the insulating layer; an organic layer disposed on the first electrode; a second electrode disposed on the organic layer; and a first filling layer that fills at least a part of the first trench, wherein an end portion of the first electrode is located inside the first trench and is covered with the first filling layer, the first trench has a grid pattern that overlaps boundaries of a plurality of pixels, and an end portion of the first electrode is located inside the first trench over an entire circumference of the first electrode and is covered with the first filling layer. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein a part of the second electrode is located on the first filling layer. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein an end portion of the organic layer is located on the first filling layer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the insulating layer includes a first layer and a second layer covering the first layer, the first trench is formed in the second layer, the first layer includes a contact hole located at a bottom of the first trench, and the first electrode is connected to the pixel circuit through the contact hole. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the first filling layer includes a second trench, the organic layer includes a first portion located outside the second trench and a second portion located inside the second trench, and the first portion and the second portion are spaced apart from each other. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, further comprising a second filling layer that fills the second trench and covers the second portion, wherein a part of the second electrode is located on the second filling layer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein a part of the end portion of the first electrode is located on a side surface of the first trench. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein a part of the end portion of the first electrode is located at a bottom of the first trench. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein an upper surface of the first filling layer protrudes from an upper surface of the insulating layer. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein an upper surface of the first filling layer is located below an upper surface of the insulating layer. ### Claim 11 A display device comprising: a pixel circuit; an insulating layer that covers the pixel circuit and has a first trench; a first electrode disposed on the insulating layer; an organic layer disposed on the first electrode; a second electrode disposed on the organic layer; and a first filling layer that fills the first trench, wherein the first electrode includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer connected to the first conductive layer, an end portion of the first conductive layer is located inside the first trench and is covered with the first filling layer, the second conductive layer is located on the insulating layer and the first filling layer, the insulating layer includes a connector surrounded by the first trench, and a part of the first conductive layer is located on the connector and is in contact with the second conductive layer. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The display device of claim 11, wherein an end portion of the second conductive layer is covered with the organic layer. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The display device of claim 11, wherein the insulating layer further includes a second trench, the organic layer includes a first portion located outside the second trench and a second portion located inside the second trench, and the first portion and the second portion are spaced apart from each other. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The display device of claim 13, wherein the second conductive layer includes a third portion located outside the second trench and a fourth portion located inside the second trench, the third portion is covered with the first portion, and the fourth portion is covered with the second portion. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The display device of claim 14, wherein an end portion of the third portion is covered with the first portion. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The display device of claim 13, further comprising a second filling layer that fills the second trench and covers the second portion, wherein a part of the second electrode is located on the second filling layer. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The display device of claim 11, wherein the insulating layer includes a first layer and a second layer covering the first layer, the first trench is formed in the second layer, the first layer includes a contact hole located at a bottom of the first trench, and the first conductive layer is connected to the pixel circuit through the contact hole. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The display device of claim 11, wherein an end portion of the first conductive layer is located on a side surface of the first trench.