Sakai Display Products Corporation

Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

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Sharp Corporation

Sakai Display Products Corportion

Katsuhiko Kishimoto

Kohichi Tanaka

Susumu Sakio

Yozo Narutaki

Yukiya Nishioka

Koshi Nishida

Kozo Yano

Hidenori Kawanishi

Kiyoshi Minoura

Shinji Shimada

Takuji Kato

Hideo Takei

Kazunobu Mameno

Shinichi Kawato

Yuhki Kobayashi

Hiroshi Tsuchiya

Kohzoh Nakamura

Masahiro Mitani

Shuichi Hirukawa

Rina Sato

Koji Takahashi

Kenji Hamada

Nobuaki Yamada

David James Montgomery

Shigetoshi Ito

Masato Imai

John Kevin Twynam

James Rowland Suckling

Hiroshi Iwata

Tohru Sonoda

Takashi Ochi

Naoki Takahashi

Takeshi Hirase

Yoshiji Ohta

Masaru Nomura

Yoshinobu Kawaguchi

Takeshi Shiomi

Kenichi Yoshimura

Masamichi Harada

Koichiro Fujita

Kazuyuki Endo

Susumu Ohmi

Yoshie Fujishiro

Toshiaki Kinosada

Yasuo Fukai

Junichi Kinomoto

Masaharu Yamashita

Hidenori Ogata

Toshihisa Uchida

Nobuhiro Kondoh

Nobuhiro Kondo

An organic EL device has a substrate, a drive circuit layer, a first inorganic protective layer, an organic planarizing layer, an organic EL element layer, and a TFE structure including a first inorganic barrier layer. When viewed from a normal line of the substrate, the organic planarizing layer is formed within a region where the first inorganic protective layer is formed, while an organic EL element is disposed within a region where the organic planarizing layer is formed. In a portion where the first inorganic protective layer and the first inorganic barrier layer are in direct contact with each other on a lead-out line of the drive circuit layer, the first inorganic barrier layer includes, in a cross-section parallel to a line width direction of the lead-out line, a lateral face having a taper angle of less than 90°.

Organic electroluminescent device including thin film encapsulation structure and method for producing same

A vapor deposition method and a vapor deposition apparatus that, when a vapor deposition material is deposited on a substrate, make it possible to form deposition layer pattern precisely so that the deposition layer pattern is formed uniformly without a gap formed between a deposition mask and the substrate. A deposition mask is disposed with its periphery held by a frame. A substrate on which a vapor deposition layer is to be formed is mounted over the deposition mask. A vapor deposition source is disposed facing the deposition mask and evaporates a vapor deposition material. The vapor deposition is performed while the substrate is pressed vertically at a position of a center of deflection of the deposition mask and on an upper surface of the substrate until that a length of the substrate substantially becomes identical to a length of the deposition mask being bowed down and expanded.

Vapor deposition apparatus, vapor deposition method, and method for manufacturing organic EL display apparatus

The present invention is equipped with: a substrate () that has a surface upon which a drive circuit containing a TFT () is formed; a planarizing layer () that makes the surface of the substrate () planar by covering the drive circuit; and an organic light emitting element () that is provided with a first electrode () formed upon the surface of the planarization film and connected to the drive circuit, an organic light emitting layer () formed upon the first electrode, and a second electrode () formed upon the organic light emitting layer. In addition, the planarizing layer () includes a first inorganic insulating layer () and an organic insulating layer () that are layered upon the drive circuit, and the surface of the organic insulating layer () is formed with an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of no more than 50 nm.

Organic EL display device in which the light of small sub-pixels are properly guided, and manufacturing method therefor

A mask member for a deposition mask is provided. The deposition mask has a resin film in which a pattern of opening portions is formed. The mask member includes a resin film and a reflective film. The reflective film is on a surface of the resin film. The reflective film is adapted to reflect light having wavelengths of laser light.

Deposition mask, mask member for deposition mask, method of manufacturing deposition mask, and method of manufacturing organic EL display apparatus

This organic EL device () has a substrate (), a drive circuit layer (), a first inorganic protective layer (Pa), an organic planarizing layer (Pb), an organic EL element layer (), and a TFE structure (). The TFE structure has a first inorganic barrier layer (), an organic barrier layer (), and a second inorganic barrier layer (). When viewed from a normal line of the substrate, the organic planarizing layer is formed within a region where the first inorganic protective layer is formed, while an organic EL element is disposed within a region where the organic planarizing layer is formed. The TFE structure has an exterior edge which intersects with a lead-out line () and which is situated between an exterior edge of the organic planarizing layer and an exterior edge of the first inorganic protective layer. In a portion where the first inorganic protective layer and the first inorganic barrier layer are in direct contact with each other on the lead-out line, the first inorganic barrier layer has, in a cross-section parallel to the line width direction of the lead-out line, a lateral face that is configured to have a taper angle θ () of less than 90°. The organic planarizing layer has a surface that is not more than 50 nm in arithmetic average roughness Ra.

Organic electroluminescent device and method for producing same

A deposition mask includes a resin film defining a plurality of opening portions. Each opening portions extends through the resin film. The resin film includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The second surface is a surface faced to a vapor deposition source during vapor deposition. The resin film defines dents comprising laser marks on the first surface. A mask member for a deposition mask is also provided.

This organic EL device () has a substrate (), a drive circuit layer (), a first inorganic protective layer (Pa), an organic planarizing layer (Pb), an organic EL element layer (), a second inorganic protective layer (Pa), and a TFE structure (). The TFE structure has a first inorganic barrier layer (), an organic barrier layer (), and a second inorganic barrier layer (). When viewed from a normal line of the substrate, the organic planarizing layer is formed within a region where the first inorganic protective layer is formed, while an organic EL element is disposed within a region where the organic planarizing layer is formed. The TFE structure has an exterior edge which intersects with a lead-out line () and which is situated between an exterior edge of the organic planarizing layer and an exterior edge of the first inorganic protective layer. In a portion where the first inorganic protective layer and the first inorganic barrier layer are in direct contact with each other on the lead-out line, the first inorganic barrier layer has, in a cross-section parallel to the line width direction of the lead-out line, a lateral face that is configured to have a taper angle &#x3b8; () of less than 90&#xb0;. The organic planarizing layer has a surface which exceeds 50 nm in arithmetic average roughness Ra, while the second inorganic protective layer has a surface that is not more than 50 nm in arithmetic average roughness Ra.

An organic EL device includes an active region including a plurality of organic EL elements and a peripheral region in a region other than the active region. The organic EL device includes an element substrate including a substrate supporting the organic EL elements; and a thin film encapsulation structure covering the organic EL elements and including a first inorganic barrier layer, an organic barrier layer in contact with a top surface of the first inorganic barrier layer, and a second inorganic barrier layer in contact with the top surface of the first inorganic barrier layer and a top surface of the organic barrier layer. The peripheral region includes a first protruding structure including a portion extending along at least one side of the active region, the first protruding structure supported by the substrate, and an extending portion, of the first inorganic barrier layer, extending onto the first protruding structure.

This organic-EL display apparatus comprises: a substrate with a drive circuit comprising a thin-film transistor (TFT), a planarizing layer to cover the drive circuit, and an organic light-emitting element formed upon the surface of the planarizing layer facing the opposite direction from the drive circuit. The TFT comprises a drain electrode, a source electrode, and a semiconductor layer that includes regions to be a channel of TFT and partially overlaps with the source and drain electrodes. Respective parts of a first conductor layer forming the drain electrode and a second conductor layer forming the source electrode are arranged in an alternating manner along a prescribed direction, and the region to be the channel is sandwiched between the part of the first conductor layer and the part of the second conductor layer.

Organic-EL display apparatus with zig-zag source drain electrodes and manufacturing method thereof

Organic EL display apparatus with suppressed color and/or luminance non-uniformity and method of manufacturing organic EL display apparatus

An organic EL device (D) according to an embodiment of the present invention has: a substrate (); a drive circuit layer () having a plurality of TFTs formed on the substrate; interlayer insulation layers (Pa,Pb) formed on the drive circuit layer; an organic EL element layer () formed on the interlayer insulation layers; and a thin-film sealing structure (DE) formed so as to cover the organic EL element layer. The interlayer insulation layers have contact holes (CH, CH). Contact parts (C, C) that connect the drive circuit layer and the organic EL element layer are formed inside the contact holes. The surface (Pb_Sb) of the interlayer insulation layers and the surface (C_Sb) of the contact parts are flush, and the arithmetic average roughness Ra of the surfaces are 50 nm or less.

Organic electroluminescent device with organic flattening layer having surface Ra of 50 nm or less and method for producing same

The present invention is equipped with: a substrate () that has a surface upon which a drive circuit containing a TFT () is formed; a planarization film () that makes the surface of the substrate planar by covering the drive circuit; and an organic light-emitting element () that is provided with a first electrode () formed upon the surface of the planarization film and connected to the drive circuit, an organic light-emitting layer () formed upon the first electrode, and a second electrode () formed upon the organic light-emitting layer. In addition, the planarization film has a two-layer structure comprising an inorganic insulating film () and an organic insulating film () that are layered upon the TFT, a conductor layer containing a titanium layer and a copper layer is embedded in the interior of a contact hole, and the first electrode is formed electrically connected to the conductor layer.

Organic EL display apparatus and manufacturing method therefor

According to an embodiment of the invention, the organic EL device () comprises: an element substrate () having a substrate () and a plurality of organic EL elements () supported by the substrate; a thin film encapsulation structure () formed above the plurality of organic EL elements and having at least one compound layered body (S) constituted by a first inorganic barrier layer (), an organic barrier layer () in contact with the upper surface of the first inorganic barrier layer and having a plurality of solid sections spread out discretely, and a second inorganic barrier layer () in contact with the upper surface of the first inorganic barrier layer and the upper surfaces of the plurality of solid sections of the organic barrier layer; an organic planarization layer () provided above the thin film encapsulation structure and formed from a photosensitive resin; and a touch sensor layer () disposed above the organic planarization layer.

Organic electroluminescent display device and method for producing same

A deposition mask in which a resin film can be completely removed in opening portions, a method of manufacturing the deposition mask, and a mask member for the deposition mask are provided. A light irradiation source for laser light is disposed on one side of a resin film () and emits the laser light for forming a pattern of opening portions. A reflective film () is provided on another side of the resin film () and reflects light having a wavelength of the laser light emitted from the light irradiation source for the laser light. The laser light reflected by the reflective film () is used to form the patterns of the opening portion () in the resin film ().

In the present embodiment, a sealing agent () sealing two substates contains a low melting-point glass material and is adhered to each of a first substrate () and a second substrate (), a barrier rib (), which is formed in such a manner as to surround the outer periphery of an electronic element (), is disposed between the sealing agent () and the electronic element (), and between the first substrate () and the second substrate (), and the sealing agent () is spaced apart from the barrier rib (). As a result, a deterioration of the electronic element, caused by the heat produced when sealing, may be prevented while the electronic element formed between the two substrates is protected from moisture and oxygen.

Substrate sealing structure body, and, display device and production method therefor

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Katsuhiko Kishimoto