Display apparatus and method for manufacturing same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTatsuhito Goden, Somei Kawasaki, Masami Iseki
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Abstract
In a display apparatus, second organic EL elements are closer to the edge of a display portion than first organic EL elements. The voltage drop in the first organic EL element is larger than that in the second organic EL element. The thickness of the organic compound layer in the first organic EL element is different from the thickness of the organic compound layer in the second organic EL element. The light-extraction efficiency in the first organic EL element is higher than the light-extraction efficiency in the second organic EL element.
Claims5
A top emission-type organic electroluminescence (EL) display apparatus comprising:
- a display portion comprising a plurality of organic EL elements, each organic EL element including a plurality of thin film transistors which control driving the organic EL element, a lower electrode disposed in each organic EL element, an upper electrode which is a light-transmissive common electrode shared by the plurality of the organic EL elements and extends outside the display portion, and an organic compound layer disposed between the lower electrode and the upper electrode;
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- an auxiliary interconnect disposed at the peripheral area of the display portion and connected to the upper electrode;
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- a circuit that supplies a voltage for driving the plurality of organic EL elements to the upper electrode via the auxiliary interconnect,
- wherein the thickness of the organic compound layer of each organic EL element is determined so that the product of the light-extraction efficiency, determined by optical interference, and the driving current of the each organic EL element, is uniform.
A method for manufacturing a top emission-type organic electroluminescence (EL) display apparatus including,
- a display portion comprising a plurality of organic EL elements, each organic EL element including a plurality of thin film transistors which control driving the organic EL element, a lower electrode disposed in each organic EL element, an upper electrode which is a light-transmissive common electrode shared by the plurality of the organic EL elements and extends outside the display portion, and an organic compound layer disposed between the lower electrode and the upper electrode;
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- an auxiliary interconnect disposed at the peripheral area of the display portion and connected to the upper electrode:
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- a circuit that supplies a voltage for driving the plurality of organic EL elements to the upper electrode via the auxiliary interconnect,
- the method comprising:
- controlling film thickness of the organic compound layer of each organic EL element so that the product of the light-extraction efficiency, determined by optical interference, and the driving current of the each organic EL element, is uniform.
A method for manufacturing a top emission-type organic electroluminescence (EL) display apparatus including,
- a display portion comprising a plurality of organic EL elements, each organic EL element including a plurality of thin film transistors which control driving the organic EL element, a lower electrode disposed in each organic EL element, an upper electrode which is a light-transmissive common electrode shared by the plurality of the organic EL elements and extends outside the display portion, and an organic compound layer disposed between the lower electrode and the upper electrode;
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- an auxiliary interconnect disposed at the peripheral area of the display portion and connected to the upper electrode;
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- a circuit that supplies a voltage for driving the plurality of organic EL elements to the upper electrode via the auxiliary interconnect,
- the method comprising the steps of:
- forming a plurality of organic EL elements in each of a plurality of display apparatus areas on a substrate;
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- separating the substrate after the step of forming a plurality of organic EL elements, so as to obtain a plurality of display apparatuses,
- wherein the step of forming a plurality of organic EL elements comprises the substep of forming an organic compound layer by deposition using a mask having a plurality of sets of different opening patterns such that the openings in the central part are larger than the openings in the peripheral part.
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