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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2017
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Inventor:
Kaoru Abe, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 51/52 (2006.01); H01L 51/50 (2006.01); H01L 51/56 (2006.01); H01L 27/32 (2006.01); H01L 51/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 51/5253 (2013.01); H01L 27/3244 (2013.01); H01L 51/0096 (2013.01); H01L 2227/323 (2013.01);
Abstract
To improve a degree of design freedom of a display surface of a device while maintaining a reliability of the device, provided is a display device including an active region that contributes to a display, and a notch formed in a position surrounded by an end portion of the active region. A protruding portion is formed on a peripheral end side of the active region where the notch is formed. A light-emitting layer is disconnected as a result of a step at the protruding portion.