# US 12,593,595 B2 · Display device having an optical adjustment element switchable between light changing states > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,593,595 B2 - Document ID: US12593595B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/272,915 - Filed: 2021-01-22 - Published: 2024-10-17 - Granted: 2026-03-31 - Earliest claimed: 2021-01-22 - Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Tazuko Kitazawa; Yoshihiro Ueta; Eiji Satoh; Zenken Kin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12593595B2 ## CPC - H10K 59/50: OLEDs integrated with light modulating elements, e.g. with electrochromic elements, photochromic elements or liquid crystal elements - H05B 33/02: Details - H05B 33/12: Light sources with substantially two-dimensional [2D] radiating surfaces - H05B 33/14: characterised by the chemical or physical composition or the arrangement of the electroluminescent material {, or by the simultaneous addition of the electroluminescent material in or onto the light source} - H10K 50/115: comprising active inorganic nanostructures, e.g. luminescent quantum dots - H10K 59/38: comprising colour filters or colour changing media [CCM] - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL ## Abstract This display device includes a first electrode and a second electrode overlapping each other in a plan view, a light-emitting layer containing quantum dots and overlapping the first electrode and the second electrode in a plan view, a third electrode capable of forming an electrical field between the second electrode and third electrode, and an optical adjustment element overlapping the light-emitting layer in a plan view and having light transmittance that changes in accordance with a potential difference between the second electrode and the third electrode. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device comprising: a first electrode and a second electrode overlapping each other in a plan view; a light-emitting layer containing quantum dots and overlapping the first electrode and the second electrode in the plan view; a third electrode capable of forming an electrical field between the second electrode and the third electrode; and an optical adjustment element overlapping the light-emitting layer in the plan view and having light transmittance that changes in accordance with a potential difference between the second electrode and the third electrode, wherein, in a case that the potential difference exceeds a first voltage, the optical adjustment element switches from a light blocking state to a transient state, and in a case that the potential difference exceeds a second voltage, the optical adjustment element switches from the transient state to a light transmitting state. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein the light-emitting layer is a wavelength conversion layer placed closer to a viewing surface than the first electrode and the second electrode, and is configured to perform wavelength conversion by photoluminescence, and an excitation light generating layer configured to generate excitation light by electroluminescence is placed between the first electrode and the second electrode. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display device according to claim 2, wherein the wavelength conversion layer absorbs blue light from the excitation light generating layer and emits red light or green light. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein during a non-light emission period of the light-emitting layer, the optical adjustment element is in the light blocking state, and during a light emission period of the light-emitting layer, the optical adjustment element is in the transient state or the light transmitting state. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein a potential of the first electrode and a potential of the third electrode are fixed. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The display device according to claim 4, wherein a potential of the second electrode during the light emission period is higher than a potential of the second electrode during the non-light emission period. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The display device according to claim 5, wherein the potential of the first electrode is equal to or greater than the potential of the third electrode. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein the optical adjustment element includes a liquid crystal layer, and a first polarizer and a second polarizer having polarization axes parallel to each other, and the liquid crystal layer is placed between the first polarizer and the second polarizer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The display device according to claim 8, wherein, in a case that the optical adjustment element is in the light blocking state, a polarization direction of light incident on the liquid crystal layer is rotated by 90 degrees, and in a case that the optical adjustment element is in the light transmitting state, the polarization direction of the light incident on the liquid crystal layer is maintained. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The display device according to claim 8, further comprising: a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate provided under the first electrode and the second electrode and including a thin film transistor, wherein the third electrode is provided above the first electrode and the second electrode, and the liquid crystal layer is placed between the second electrode and the third electrode. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The display device according to claim 8, wherein the first polarizer and the second polarizer are disposed between the second electrode and the third electrode. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The display device according to claim 8, wherein the first polarizer is placed between the second electrode and the third electrode, and the second polarizer is placed above the third electrode. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein the first electrode has light reflectivity, and the second electrode and the third electrode have a light transmitting property. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The display device according to claim 8, wherein the second electrode and the third electrode are provided adjacent to each other in a planar direction, and the liquid crystal layer adopts a transverse electrical field control mode. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein the optical adjustment element is in one of a plurality of optical states in accordance with the potential difference, and the optical adjustment element includes an electrophoretic layer containing a plurality of particles of toner movable by the electrical field between the second electrode and the third electrode. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The display device according to claim 15, wherein, in a case that the optical adjustment element is in the light blocking state, the toner overlaps the light-emitting layer in the plan view, and in a case that the optical adjustment element is in the light transmitting state, the toner does not overlap the light-emitting layer in the plan view. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein, in a case that the potential difference exceeds a third voltage, the optical adjustment element switches from the light blocking state to the transient state, and in a case that the potential difference exceeds a fourth voltage, the optical adjustment element switches from the transient state to the light transmitting state. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The display device according to claim 17, wherein, during a non-light emission period of the light-emitting layer, the optical adjustment element is in the light blocking state, and during a light emission period of the light-emitting layer, the optical adjustment element is in the transient state or the light transmitting state. ### Claim 19 (depends on 2) The display device according to claim 2, wherein the wavelength conversion layer is formed between the second electrode and the optical adjustment element.