# US 2014/0152171 A1 · Display panel and method for manufacturing same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0152171 A1 - Document ID: US20140152171A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/233,163 - Filed: 2011-09-29 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2011-09-29 - Assignees: Panasonic Corporation - Inventors: Tetsuro Kondoh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140152171A1 ## CPC - H05B 33/12: Light sources with substantially two-dimensional [2D] radiating surfaces - H05B 33/10: Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture of electroluminescent light sources - H10K 59/123: Connection of the pixel electrodes to the thin film transistors [TFT] - H10K 59/124: Insulating layers formed between TFT elements and OLED elements - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract A display panel displays images by feeding an electric power individually to each of a plurality of display elements that are two-dimensionally arranged. The plurality of display elements are provided indirectly on a surface of a substrate with an insulating film between the plurality of display elements and the substrate, and the insulating film has one opening in a part thereof corresponding to each at least two of the plurality of display elements that are adjacent to each other. Feed terminals corresponding one-to-one to the at least two display elements are provided on a part of the substrate that is exposed inside the opening so as to share the opening, and the at least two display elements are electrically connected with the respective feed terminals provided in the opening. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display panel that displays images by feeding an electric power individually to each of a plurality of display elements that are two-dimensionally arranged, wherein the plurality of display elements are provided indirectly on a surface of a substrate with an insulating film between the plurality of display elements and the substrate, the insulating film has one opening in a part thereof corresponding to each at least two of the plurality of display elements that are adjacent to each other, and feed terminals corresponding one-to-one to the at least two display elements are provided on a part of the substrate that is exposed inside the opening so as to share the opening. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display panel of claim 1, wherein the opening is provided in plural, the plurality of openings are dispersed over the insulating film, and the plurality of display elements each share one of the plurality of openings with at least another one of the plurality of display elements. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display panel of claim 1, wherein when viewed in plan, the part of the insulating film corresponding to the at least two display elements is positioned inside a region surrounded by a perimeter of the at least two display elements. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display panel of claim 1, wherein the plurality of display elements are arranged in a first direction and a second direction that intersects the first direction, and the feed terminals are provided in at least one of the first direction and the second direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display panel of claim 1, wherein when viewed in plan, the part of the insulating film corresponding to the at least two display elements is positioned outside a region surrounded by a perimeter of the at least two display elements. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display panel of claim 1, wherein the openings each have one of a pore shape and a groove shape. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display panel of claim 1, wherein the plurality of display elements each include a pixel electrode having an electrode part provided on the insulating film, a coupling part extending from the electrode part into the opening shared by the display element, and a connecting part provided in the opening, pixel electrodes included in each adjacent two of the plurality of display elements are provided in a first direction, two feed terminals corresponding one-to-one to the two display elements are provided in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the two pixel electrodes included in the adjacent two display elements extend toward each other to reach inside the opening shared by the two display elements, such that respective connecting parts of the two pixel electrodes are connected with the two feed terminals. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display panel claim 1, wherein the plurality of display elements each include a pixel electrode having an electrode part provided on the insulating film, a coupling part extending from the electrode part into the opening shared by the display element, and a connecting part provided in the opening, and a bank is provided on the insulating film so as to have a plurality of apertures corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of pixel electrodes at equal intervals. ### Claim 9 A method for manufacturing a display panel that displays images by feeding an electric power individually to each of a plurality of display elements that are two-dimensionally arranged, the method comprising: preparing a substrate including thereon a plurality of feed terminals corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of display elements; forming, on the substrate, an insulating film having one opening in a part thereof corresponding to each at least two of the plurality of feed terminals that are adjacent to each other; and forming, on the insulating film, at least two display elements that are to be connected one-to-one with the at least two feed terminals so as to be close to the opening. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The display panel of claim 2, wherein the plurality of display elements each include a pixel electrode having an electrode part provided on the insulating film, a coupling part extending from the electrode part into the opening shared by the display element, and a connecting part provided in the opening, and a bank is provided on the insulating film so as to have a plurality of apertures corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of pixel electrodes at equal intervals. ### Claim 11 (depends on 3) The display panel of claim 3, wherein the plurality of display elements each include a pixel electrode having an electrode part provided on the insulating film, a coupling part extending from the electrode part into the opening shared by the display element, and a connecting part provided in the opening, and a bank is provided on the insulating film so as to have a plurality of apertures corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of pixel electrodes at equal intervals. ### Claim 12 (depends on 4) The display panel of claim 4, wherein the plurality of display elements each include a pixel electrode having an electrode part provided on the insulating film, a coupling part extending from the electrode part into the opening shared by the display element, and a connecting part provided in the opening, and a bank is provided on the insulating film so as to have a plurality of apertures corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of pixel electrodes at equal intervals. ### Claim 13 (depends on 5) The display panel of claim 5, wherein the plurality of display elements each include a pixel electrode having an electrode part provided on the insulating film, a coupling part extending from the electrode part into the opening shared by the display element, and a connecting part provided in the opening, and a bank is provided on the insulating film so as to have a plurality of apertures corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of pixel electrodes at equal intervals. ### Claim 14 (depends on 6) The display panel of claim 6, wherein the plurality of display elements each include a pixel electrode having an electrode part provided on the insulating film, a coupling part extending from the electrode part into the opening shared by the display element, and a connecting part provided in the opening, and a bank is provided on the insulating film so as to have a plurality of apertures corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of pixel electrodes at equal intervals.