# US 2025/0098409 A1 · Manufacturing method of display device, display device, display module, and electronic device

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- Number: US 2025/0098409 A1
- Document ID: US20250098409A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/292,169
- Filed: 2022-08-08
- Published: 2025-03-20
- Earliest claimed: 2021-08-19
- Assignees: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Shinya SASAGAWA; Ryota HODO; Kentaro SUGAYA; Yoshikazu HIURA; Takahiro FUJIE
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250098409A1

## CPC

- H10K 59/1201: {Manufacture or treatment}
- G09F 9/00: Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements (in which the variable information is permanently attached to a movable support G09F11/00; abacus G06C1/00; slide-rules G06G1/00)
- G09F 9/30: in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements (panels comprising a number of electrodes in a single cell controlling light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. electro-optical or magneto-optical cell, G02F1/00)
- H05B 33/02: Details
- H05B 33/06: Electrode terminals
- H05B 33/10: Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture of electroluminescent light sources
- H05B 33/12: Light sources with substantially two-dimensional [2D] radiating surfaces
- H05B 33/22: characterised by the chemical or physical composition or the arrangement of auxiliary dielectric or reflective layers
- H05B 33/26: characterised by the composition or arrangement of the conductive material used as an electrode
- H05B 33/28: of translucent electrodes
- H10K 50/00: Organic light-emitting devices (integrated devices or assemblies of multiple devices H10K59/00, H10K65/00; organic semiconductor lasers H01S5/36)
- H10K 59/00: Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one organic light-emitting element covered by group H10K50/00
- H10K 59/122: Pixel-defining structures or layers, e.g. banks
- H10K 59/879: {comprising refractive means, e.g. lenses}
- H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES
- G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL

## Abstract

A display device with high display quality is provided. A first film is formed over a first pixel electrode; a first mask film is formed over the first film and a first conductive layer; the first film and the first mask film are processed to form a first layer and a first mask layer over the first pixel electrode and a second mask layer over the first conductive layer; a first insulating film is formed over the first mask layer and the second mask layer; a second insulating film is formed over the first insulating film with use of a photosensitive resin composite; a portion of the second insulating film that overlaps with the second mask layer is removed and a portion of the second insulating film that overlaps with the first mask layer is further removed; after performing heat treatment, part of the first mask layer is removed to expose a top surface of the first layer; and a common electrode is formed to cover the first layer, the first conductive layer, and the second insulating layer.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for manufacturing a display device, comprising:
forming a first pixel electrode and a first conductive layer;
forming a first film over the first pixel electrode;
forming a first mask film over the first film and the first conductive layer;
processing the first film and the first mask film to form a first layer and a first mask layer over the first pixel electrode and a second mask layer over the first conductive layer;
forming a first insulating film over the first mask layer and the second mask layer;
forming a second insulating film over the first insulating film with use of a photosensitive resin composite;
performing light exposure and development on the second insulating film to expose a portion of the first insulating film that overlaps with the second mask layer;
performing first etching treatment using the second insulating film as a mask to remove the portion of the first insulating film that overlaps with the second mask layer and reduce a thickness of part of the second mask layer;
performing light exposure and development on the second insulating film to expose a portion of the first insulating film that overlaps with the first mask layer and form a second insulating layer covering an end portion of the first layer;
performing second etching treatment using the second insulating layer as a mask to remove the portion of the first insulating film that overlaps with the first mask layer, form a first insulating layer overlapping with the second insulating layer, and reduce a thickness of part of the first mask layer;
performing heat treatment and then performing third etching treatment using the second insulating layer as a mask to remove part of the first mask layer and expose a top surface of the first layer;
forming a common electrode to cover the first layer, the first conductive layer, and the second insulating layer; and
removing part of the second mask layer by the second etching treatment or the third etching treatment to expose a top surface of the first conductive layer.

### Claim 2

A method for manufacturing a display device, comprising:
forming a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, and a first conductive layer;
forming a first film over the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode;
forming a first mask film over the first film and the first conductive layer;
processing the first film and the first mask film to form a first layer and a first mask layer over the first pixel electrode, form a second mask layer over the first conductive layer, and expose the second pixel electrode;
forming a second film over the first mask layer and the second pixel electrode;
forming a second mask film over the second film;
processing the second film and the second mask film to form a second layer and a third mask layer over the second pixel electrode and expose the first mask layer and the second mask layer;
forming a first insulating film over the first mask layer to the third mask layer;
forming a second insulating film over the first insulating film with use of a photosensitive resin composite;
performing light exposure and development on the second insulating film to expose a portion of the first insulating film that overlaps with the second mask layer;
performing first etching treatment using the second insulating film as a mask to remove the portion of the first insulating film that overlaps with the second mask layer and reduce a thickness of part of the second mask layer;
performing light exposure and development on the second insulating film to expose a portion of the first insulating film that overlaps with the first mask layer and a portion of the first insulating film that overlaps with the third mask layer, and form a second insulating layer overlapping with a region interposed between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode;
performing second etching treatment using the second insulating layer as a mask to remove the portion of the first insulating film that overlaps with the first mask layer and the portion of the first insulating film that overlaps with the third mask layer, form a first insulating layer overlapping with the second insulating layer, and reduce a thickness of part of the first mask layer and part of the third mask layer;
performing heat treatment and then performing third etching treatment using the second insulating layer as a mask to remove part of the first mask layer and part of the third mask layer and expose a top surface of the first layer and a top surface of the second layer;
forming a common electrode to cover the first layer, the second layer, the first conductive layer, and the second insulating layer; and
removing part of the second mask layer by the second etching treatment or the third etching treatment to expose a top surface of the first conductive layer.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method for manufacturing a display device, according to claim 1,
wherein the first layer comprises at least a first light-emitting layer.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method for manufacturing a display device, according to claim 3,
wherein the first layer comprises a first functional layer over the first light-emitting layer, and
wherein the first functional layer comprises at least one of a hole-injection layer, an electron-injection layer, a hole-transport layer, an electron-transport layer, a hole-blocking layer, and an electron-blocking layer.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method for manufacturing a display device, according to claim 1,
wherein an aluminum oxide film is formed by an ALD method as each of the first mask film and the first insulating film.

### Claim 6

A display device comprising:
a first light-emitting device;
a second light-emitting device;
a first lens;
a second lens;
a first insulating layer; and
a second insulating layer,
wherein the first light-emitting device comprises a first pixel electrode, a first light-emitting layer over the first pixel electrode, and a common electrode over the first light-emitting layer,
wherein the second light-emitting device comprises a second pixel electrode, a second light-emitting layer over the second pixel electrode, and the common electrode over the second light-emitting layer,
wherein the first lens overlaps with the first light-emitting device,
wherein the second lens overlaps with the second light-emitting device,
wherein the first insulating layer covers a side surface and part of a top surface of the first light-emitting layer and a side surface and part of a top surface of the second light-emitting layer,
wherein the second insulating layer overlaps with the side surface and the part of the top surface of the first light-emitting layer and the side surface and the part of the top surface of the second light-emitting layer with the first insulating layer therebetween,
wherein the common electrode covers the second insulating layer, and
wherein in a cross-sectional view, an end portion of the second insulating layer has a tapered shape with a taper angle less than 90°.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The display device according to claim 6,
wherein the second insulating layer covers at least part of a side surface of an end portion of the first insulating layer.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The display device according to claim 6,
wherein the first light-emitting device comprises a first functional layer between the first light-emitting layer and the common electrode, and
wherein the first functional layer comprises at least one of a hole-injection layer, an electron-injection layer, a hole-transport layer, an electron-transport layer, a hole-blocking layer, and an electron-blocking layer.

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

A display module comprising:
the display device according to claim 6; and
at least one of a connector and an integrated circuit.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

An electronic device comprising:
the display module according to claim 9; and
at least one of a housing, a battery, a camera, a speaker, and a microphone.

### Claim 11 (depends on 2)

The method for manufacturing a display device, according to claim 2,
wherein the first layer comprises at least a first light-emitting layer.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The method for manufacturing a display device, according to claim 11,
wherein the first layer comprises a first functional layer over the first light-emitting layer, and
wherein the first functional layer comprises at least one of a hole-injection layer, an electron-injection layer, a hole-transport layer, an electron-transport layer, a hole-blocking layer, and an electron-blocking layer.

### Claim 13 (depends on 2)

The method for manufacturing a display device, according to claim 2,
wherein an aluminum oxide film is formed by an ALD method as each of the first mask film and the first insulating film.