Display device with light emission separation layers of differing thicknesses
AssigneeSony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
InventorTomoyoshi Ichikawa
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Abstract
Pixels each including a light emitting unit formed by laminating a first electrode, an organic layer, and a second electrode are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix. The organic layer includes multiple light emitting layers of different types and a light emission separation layer. Each of the multiple light emitting layers of different types is laminated as a common layer extending continuously over the pixels. The light emission separation layer is arranged between two adjacent light emitting layers, and is formed so as to have a different configuration depending on a display color of the pixel.
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A display device comprising:
- a plurality of pixels including a first pixel, a second pixel, a third pixel and a fourth pixel that are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, and
- a partition wall between any two of the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel and the fourth pixel, each of the pixels including
- a first electrode above a substrate;
- a first light emitting layer above the first electrode;
- a first light emission separation layer above the first light emitting layer, the first light emission separation layer including at least one of a hole transport layer or an electron transport layer;
- a second light emitting layer above the first light emission separation layer;
- a second light emission separation layer above the second light emitting layer, the second light emission separation layer including at least one of a hole transport layer or an electron transport layer;
- a third light emitting layer above the second light emission separation layer;
- a second electrode above the third light emitting layer;
- a reflector between the substrate and the first electrode;
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- an optical adjustment layer between the first electrode and the reflector, and wherein
- a thickness of the first light emission separation layer is different from a thickness of the second light emission separation layer in at least one of the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel or the fourth pixel;
- a thickness of the optical adjustment layer in one of the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel or the fourth pixel is different from a thickness of the optical adjustment layer in another one of the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel or the fourth pixel;
- the first pixel and the second pixel are adjacent in a vertical direction in a first column of the two-dimensional matrix;
- the third pixel and the fourth pixel are adjacent in the vertical direction in a second column of the two-dimensional matrix;
- the first pixel and the fourth pixel are adjacent in a horizontal direction in a first row of the two-dimensional matrix;
- the second pixel and the third pixel are adjacent in the horizontal direction in a second row of the two-dimensional matrix;
- in a plan view, an area of a light emitting unit of the first pixel, an area of a light emitting unit of the second pixel, an area of a light emitting unit of the third pixel, and an area of a light emitting unit of the fourth pixel are different from each other;
- the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel have mutually different display colors;
- the mutually different display colors include a red display color, a green display color, and a blue display color;
- the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel have mutually different emission intensities for their mutually different display colors;
- the first pixel is for a red color;
- the second pixel is for a green color;
- the third pixel is for a blue color;
- the thickness of the first light emission separation layer for the first pixel is less than the thickness of the first light emission separation layer for the second pixel;
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- the thickness of the first light emission separation layer for the second pixel is less than the thickness of the first light emission separation layer for the third pixel.
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