Color display apparatus having electroluminescence elements
First Claim
1. A color display apparatus comprising:
- a substrate;
thin film transistors formed on said substrate, each of said thin film transistors having a source electrode and a drain electrode;
electroluminescence elements respectively formed over said thin film transistors, each of said electroluminescence elements having a lower electrode connected to one of said source electrode or said drain electrode of said thin film transistor, a luminous element layer including at least a luminous layer, and a light passing upper electrode, sequentially formed in that order; and
color elements respectively arranged immediately above said upper electrode of said electroluminescence elements with no adhesive in between.
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Abstract
A color display apparatus comprises a substrate; thin film transistors formed on the substrate, each of the thin film transistors having a source electrode and a drain electrode; electroluminescence elements respectively formed over the thin film transistors and driven by the thin film transistors, each of the electroluminescence elements having a cathode connected to a source electrode or drain electrode of a thin film transistor, a luminous element layer, and an anode electrode sequentially disposed thereover. A color filter or fluorescent color conversion layer acting as a color element is formed on the side of the anode electrode of an electroluminescence element. The same luminous layer material is used for each display pixel to display a color image.
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33 Claims
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1. A color display apparatus comprising:
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a substrate;
thin film transistors formed on said substrate, each of said thin film transistors having a source electrode and a drain electrode;
electroluminescence elements respectively formed over said thin film transistors, each of said electroluminescence elements having a lower electrode connected to one of said source electrode or said drain electrode of said thin film transistor, a luminous element layer including at least a luminous layer, and a light passing upper electrode, sequentially formed in that order; and
color elements respectively arranged immediately above said upper electrode of said electroluminescence elements with no adhesive in between. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A color display apparatus comprising:
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a substrate;
thin film transistors formed on said substrate, each of said thin film transistors having a source electrode and a drain electrode;
electroluminescence elements respectively formed over said thin film transistors, each of said electroluminescence elements having a lower electrode connected to one of said source electrode or said drain electrode of said thin film transistor, a luminous element layer including at least a luminous layer, and a light passing upper electrode, sequentially formed in that order; and
color elements respectively arranged on the side of said anodes of said electroluminescence elements, wherein each of said upper electrodes of said electroluminescence elements is shaped in a comb, mesh, or grid pattern through which light can pass. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A color display apparatus comprising:
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a substrate;
thin film transistors formed on said substrate, each of said thin film transistors having a source electrode and a drain electrode; and
electroluminescence elements respectively formed over said thin film transistors, each of said electroluminescence elements having a lower electrode connected to one of said source electrode or said drain electrode, a luminous element layer including at least a luminous layer, and a light passing upper electrode, sequentially formed in that order, wherein said luminous layer for each of said electroluminescence elements is formed of a same material, and color filters are respectively provided over said upper electrodes of said electroluminescence elements. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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24. A color display apparatus having a plurality of display pixels on a substrate, said display pixels comprising:
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thin film transistors formed on said substrate, each of said thin film transistors having a source and a drain; and
electroluminescence elements respectively formed over said thin film transistors, each of said electroluminescence elements having a lower electrode connected to one of said source or said drain of said thin film transistor, a luminous element layer including at least a luminous layer, and a light passing upper electrode, sequentially formed in that order;
wherein an insulating layer separates at least said luminous layer of each of said display pixels, and respective color elements are provided over said upper electrode of said electroluminescence elements.
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