Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Takaaki Nagata

Kaoru Hatano

Satoshi Seo

Tatsuya Okano

Hisao Ikeda

Yasuhiro Jinbo

Akihiro Chida

Kohei Yokoyama

Shunpei Yamazaki

Hideaki Shishido

Hiroyuki Miyake

Kouhei Toyotaka

Yoshitaka Dozen

Shinichi Hirasa

Junichiro Sakata

Ryoji Nomura

Takahiro Kawakami

Tomoya Aoyama

Yuji Iwaki

Nozomu Sugisawa

Tatsuya Sakuishi

Masayuki Sakakura

Daisuke Kubota

Tetsuji Ishitani

Takuya Tsurume

Akio Yamashita

Mikio Yukawa

Taisuke Kamada

Shuhei Yoshitomi

Tatsunori Inoue

Noriko Miyairi

Mika Jikumaru

Michiko Aizawa

It is an object to provide a flexible light-emitting device with long lifetime in a simple way and to provide an inexpensive electronic device with long lifetime using the flexible light-emitting device. A flexible light-emitting device is provided, which includes a substrate having flexibility and a light-transmitting property with respect to visible light; a first adhesive layer over the substrate; an insulating film containing nitrogen and silicon over the first adhesive layer; a light-emitting element including a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and an EL layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; a second adhesive layer over the second electrode; and a metal substrate over the second adhesive layer, wherein the thickness of the metal substrate is 10 μm to 200 μm inclusive. Further, an electronic device using the flexible light-emitting device is provided.

Flexible light-emitting device and EL module including transparent conductive film

Provided is a display device with extremely high resolution, a display device with higher display quality, a display device with improved viewing angle characteristics, or a flexible display device. Same-color subpixels are arranged in a zigzag pattern in a predetermined direction. In other words, when attention is paid to a subpixel, another two subpixels exhibiting the same color as the subpixel are preferably located upper right and lower right or upper left and lower left. Each pixel includes three subpixels arranged in an L shape. In addition, two pixels are combined so that pixel units including subpixel are arranged in matrix of 3×2.

Display device

A display device that can switch between normal display and see-through display is provided. Visibility in see-through display is improved. A liquid crystal element overlaps with a light-emitting element. The light-emitting element, a transistor, and the like overlapping with the liquid crystal element transmit visible light. When the liquid crystal element blocks external light, an image is displayed with the light-emitting element. When the liquid crystal element transmits external light, an image displayed with the light-emitting element is superimposed on a transmission image through the liquid crystal element.

Display device and driving method of display device

Provided is a display device with extremely high resolution, a display device with higher display quality, a display device with improved viewing angle characteristics, or a flexible display device. Same-color subpixels are arranged in a zigzag pattern in a predetermined direction. In other words, when attention is paid to a subpixel, another two subpixels exhibiting the same color as the subpixel are preferably located upper right and lower right or upper left and lower left. Each pixel includes three subpixels arranged in an L shape. In addition, two pixels are combined so that pixel units including subpixel are arranged in matrix of 3&#xd7;2.

A flexible display device is manufactured with high yield. A display device having high resistance to repeated bending is provided. The display device is manufactured by forming a separation layer over a support substrate; forming, over the separation layer, an inorganic insulating layer including a first portion and a second portion; forming a display element over the inorganic insulating layer to be overlapped with the first portion; forming a connection electrode over the inorganic insulating layer to be overlapped with the second portion; sealing the display element; separating the support substrate and the inorganic insulating layer using the separation layer; attaching a substrate to the inorganic insulating layer to be overlapped with the first portion; and etching the second portion using the substrate as a mask to expose the connection electrode.

Method of manufacturing display device, display device, display module, and electronic device

It is an object to provide a flexible light-emitting device with long lifetime in a simple way and to provide an inexpensive electronic device with long lifetime using the flexible light-emitting device. A flexible light-emitting device is provided, which includes a substrate having flexibility and a light-transmitting property with respect to visible light; a first adhesive layer over the substrate; an insulating film containing nitrogen and silicon over the first adhesive layer; a light-emitting element including a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and an EL layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; a second adhesive layer over the second electrode; and a metal substrate over the second adhesive layer, wherein the thickness of the metal substrate is 10 &#x3bc;m to 200 &#x3bc;m inclusive. Further, an electronic device using the flexible light-emitting device is provided.

Light-emitting device having fluorescent and phosphorescent materials

Provided is a display device or an input/output device in which reflection of outside light is reduced. The display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a first surface. A transistor is over the first surface. The second substrate includes a second surface. A first structure having a projection, a second structure having a projection, a black matrix covering the first structure and the second structure, and a color filter are over the second surface. The first surface faces the second surface. The black matrix has a plurality of projections reflecting the projection of the first structure and the projection of the second structure. A planar shape of the first structure is different from a planar shape of the second structure.

Organic light-emitting device having a color filter

Display device including light-emitting layer

Film and light-emitting device

It is known that a light-emitting element utilizing organic EL deteriorates due to moisture. Therefore, a sealing technique to prevent moisture permeation is important. A light-emitting device including a light-emitting element utilizing organic EL is manufactured over a support substrate having flexibility and a high heat dissipation property (e.g., stainless steel or duralumin), and the light-emitting device is sealed with a stack body having moisture impermeability and a high light-transmitting property or with glass having moisture impermeability and a high light-transmitting property and having a thickness greater than or equal to 20 &#x3bc;m and less than or equal to 100 &#x3bc;m.

Light-emitting device, display device, and method for manufacturing the same

An object of the present invention is to provide a light-emitting element with high luminous efficiency, and a light-emitting element of low-voltage driving. Another object is to provide a light-emitting device with low power consumption by using the light-emitting element. Another object is to provide an electronic appliance with low power consumption by using the light-emitting device in a display portion. A light-emitting element includes, between a pair of electrodes, a layer containing a composite material of a first organic compound and an inorganic compound and a layer containing a second organic compound being in contact with the layer containing the composite material, wherein the second organic compound does not have a peak of an absorption spectrum in a wavelength region of 450 to 800 nm if the second organic compound is compounded with the inorganic compound.

Light-emitting element, light-emitting device, and electronic appliance

Flexible light-emitting device

To simply provide a flexible light-emitting device with long lifetime. To provide a flexible light-emitting device with favorable display characteristics, high yield, and high reliability without display unevenness. Provided is a flexible light-emitting device including: a substrate having flexibility and a property of transmitting visible light; an adhesive layer provided over the substrate; a conductive layer having a property of transmitting visible light provided over the adhesive layer; an insulating layer disposed over the conductive layer; a transistor provided over the insulating layer; an interlayer insulating layer covering the transistor, a light-emitting element including a first electrode electrically connected to source or drain electrodes of the transistor and provided over the interlayer insulating layer, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and a layer including an organic compound having a light-emitting property provided between the first and second electrodes; and a sealing layer covering the light-emitting element.

Light-emitting device, flexible light-emitting device, electronic device, and method for manufacturing light-emitting device and flexible-light emitting device

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Takaaki Nagata