# US 2019/0172391 A1 · Display device and electronic apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0172391 A1 - Document ID: US20190172391A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/271,415 - Filed: 2019-02-08 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2007-10-23 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Junichi Yamashita; Katsuhide Uchino - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190172391A1 ## CPC - G09G 3/3233: with pixel circuitry controlling the current through the light-emitting element - G09G 3/3225: using an active matrix - H10K 59/121: characterised by the geometry or disposition of pixel elements - H10K 59/123: Connection of the pixel electrodes to the thin film transistors [TFT] - H10K 59/1315: {comprising structures specially adapted for lowering the resistance} - H10K 59/80522: {combined with auxiliary electrodes} - G09G 3/3258: with pixel circuitry controlling the voltage across the light-emitting element - G09G 2300/0426: Layout of electrodes and connections - H10K 59/35: comprising red-green-blue [RGB] subpixels - H10K 59/353: {characterised by the geometrical arrangement of the RGB subpixels} - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract A display device including: a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in a matrix, each including an electro-optical element having a structure in which a display functional layer is sandwiched between an upper electrode and a lower electrode; and an auxiliary interconnect contact in a pixel area in which the plurality of sub-pixels are arranged in a matrix and electrically connecting the upper electrode to an auxiliary interconnect, wherein m (m is an integer equal to or larger than two) sub-pixels adjacent to each other along an arrangement direction of the sub-pixels are regarded as one group, and n (n is a natural number smaller than m) auxiliary interconnect contacts are formed for each group. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device, comprising: a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in a matrix with rows and columns, the plurality of sub-pixels divided into a plurality of groups, each group including a plurality of m sub-pixels adjacent to each other along an arrangement direction of the sub-pixels, each sub-pixel including an electro-optical element having a structure in which a display functional layer is disposed between an upper electrode and a lower electrode, the arrangement direction in each group including two sub-pixels adjacent to each other along the row direction, an auxiliary interconnect contact provided for each group; and a plurality of auxiliary interconnect contacts in a pixel area in which the plurality of sub-pixels are arranged in the matrix, the plurality of auxiliary interconnect contacts electrically connecting the m sub-pixels to an auxiliary interconnect, a plurality of n auxiliary interconnect contacts formed and associated with each group having the plurality of m sub-pixels. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device as recited in claim 1, wherein the auxiliary interconnect is formed at the same layer level as a layer level of the lower electrode. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display device as recited in claim 1, wherein the sub-pixel includes a pixel contact for electrically connecting the electro-optical element to a pixel circuit, and m sub-pixels adjacent to each other along a first direction of a row direction and a column direction as arrangement directions of the sub-pixels are combined into one group, and the pixel contacts are provided for the m sub-pixels of the same group in such a way that positions of the pixel contacts with respect to the m sub-pixels are aligned with each other along the first direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display device as recited in claim 1, wherein the sub-pixel includes a pixel contact for electrically connecting the electro-optical element to a pixel circuit, and two sub-pixels adjacent to each other along a first direction of a row direction and a column direction as arrangement directions of the sub-pixels are combined into one group, and the pixel contacts are provided for two sub-pixels of the same group in such a manner as to face each other along the first direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display device as recited in claim 1, wherein m sub-pixels adjacent to each other along a first direction of a row direction and a column direction as arrangement directions of the sub-pixels are combined into one group, and a position of combining of the sub-pixels in the first direction is different between an odd-numbered column and an even-numbered column. ### Claim 6 A display device, comprising: a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in a matrix of rows and columns, the plurality of sub-pixels divided into a plurality of groups, each group including a plurality sub-pixels adjacent to each other along an arrangement direction of the sub-pixels, each sub-pixel including an electro-optical element having a structure in which a display functional layer is disposed between an upper electrode and a lower electrode; and a plurality of auxiliary interconnect contacts in a pixel area in which the plurality of sub-pixels are arranged in the matrix and electrically connecting the m sub-pixels to an auxiliary interconnect, a plurality of n auxiliary interconnect contacts formed and associated with each group having the plurality of m sub-pixels; wherein, the first plurality of m sub-pixels is an integer equal to or larger than two and the plurality of n auxiliary interconnect contacts is a natural number smaller than m. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The display device as recited in claim 6, wherein the auxiliary interconnect is formed at the same layer level as a layer level of the lower electrode. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The display device as recited in claim 6, wherein the sub-pixel includes a pixel contact for electrically connecting the electro-optical element to a pixel circuit, and m sub-pixels adjacent to each other along a first direction of a row direction and a column direction as arrangement directions of the sub-pixels are combined into one group, and the pixel contacts are provided for the m sub-pixels of the same group in such a way that positions of the pixel contacts with respect to the m sub-pixels are aligned with each other along the first direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The display device as recited in claim 6, wherein the sub-pixel includes a pixel contact for electrically connecting the electro-optical element to a pixel circuit, and two sub-pixels adjacent to each other along a first direction of a row direction and a column direction as arrangement directions of the sub-pixels are combined into one group, and the pixel contacts are provided for two sub-pixels of the same group in such a manner as to face each other along the first direction. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The display device as recited in claim 6, wherein m sub-pixels adjacent to each other along a first direction of a row direction and a column direction as arrangement directions of the sub-pixels are combined into one group, and a position of combining of the sub-pixels in the first direction is different between an odd-numbered column and an even-numbered column. ### Claim 11 A display device, comprising: a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in a matrix of rows and columns, the plurality of sub-pixels divided into a plurality of groups, each group including a plurality of m sub-pixels adjacent to each other along an arrangement direction of the sub-pixels, each sub-pixel including an electro-optical element having a structure in which a display functional layer is disposed between an upper electrode and a lower electrode; and a plurality of n auxiliary interconnect contacts formed and associated with each group having the plurality of m sub-pixels, wherein, the auxiliary interconnect includes silver, and the auxiliary interconnect is arranged zigzag shape.