Light emitting device and manufacturing method of the same
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Abstract
Not all of light generated in the light emitting layer comprising the organic material are taken out in the desirable direction. For example, light emitted in the lateral direction (the direction parallel to the substrate face) is not taken out and therefore is a loss. An object of the present invention is to provide a light emitting device structured so as to increase the amount of light which is taken out in a certain direction after emitted from a light emitting element, as well as a method of manufacturing this light emitting device.
In the present invention, an upper end portion of an insulating material 19 that covers an end portion of a first electrode 18 is formed to have a curved surface having a radius of curvature, a second electrode 23a is formed to have a slant face as going from its center portion toward its end portion along the curved surface. Light emitted from a light emitting layer comprising an organic material 20 that is formed on the second electrode 23a is reflected at the slant face of the second electrode 23a to increase the total amount of light taken out in the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 1A.
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13. A light emitting device comprising:
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a transistor; a first electrode connected to one of a source region of the thin film transistor and a drain region of the thin film transistor, an insulating material covering an end portion of the first electrode, a second electrode covering a side face of the insulating material and contacting with the first electrode, a light emitting layer comprising an organic material on the second electrode and a portion of the insulating material, a third electrode in contact with the light emitting layer comprising the organic material and a portion of the insulating material, and an auxiliary electrode in contact with the third electrode and becoming the same electric potential as the third electrode, wherein the auxiliary electrode comprises the same material as the second electrode. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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61. A method of manufacturing a light emitting device having the steps of comprising:
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forming a thin film transistor; forming an insulating material covering an end portion of a first electrode connected to one of a source region of the thin film transistor and a drain region of the thin film transistor, forming a second electrode in contact with the first electrode and a side face of the insulating material, and an auxiliary electrode on and in contact with the insulating material, forming a light emitting layer comprising an organic material to cover the second electrode and on a portion of the insulating material, and forming a third electrode in contact with the light emitting layer comprising the organic material and a portion of the insulating material after forming the auxiliary electrode, wherein the second electrode reflects a light emitted from the light emitting layer comprising the organic material, and wherein the third electrode is a conductive film through which a light is transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65)
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66. A light emitting device comprising:
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a transistor; a first electrode connected to one of a source region of the thin film transistor and a drain region of the thin film transistor, an insulating material covering an end portion of the first electrode, a second electrode covering a side face of the insulating material and contacting with the first electrode, a light emitting layer comprising an organic material on the second electrode and a portion of the insulating material, a third electrode in contact with the light emitting layer comprising the organic material and a portion of the insulating material, and an auxiliary electrode on the insulating material and in contact with the third electrode, wherein the second electrode reflects a light emitted from the light emitting layer comprising the organic material, and wherein the third electrode is a conductive film through which a light is transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76)
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77. A light emitting device comprising:
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a transistor; an interlayer insulating film over the transistor; a first electrode connected to one of a source region of the thin film transistor and a drain region of the thin film transistor, an insulating material covering an end portion of the first electrode and over the interlayer insulating film, a second electrode covering a side face of the insulating material and contacting with the first electrode, a light emitting layer comprising an organic material on the second electrode and a portion of the insulating material, a third electrode in contact with the light emitting layer comprising the organic material and a portion of the insulating material, and an auxiliary electrode on the insulating material and in contact with the third electrode, wherein the second electrode reflects a light emitted from the light emitting layer comprising the organic material, and wherein the third electrode is a conductive film through which a light is transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87)
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88. A method of manufacturing a light emitting device comprising:
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forming a thin film transistor; forming an interlayer insulating film over the thin film transistor; forming an insulating material over the interlayer insulating film, the insulating material covering an end portion of a first electrode connected to one of a source region of the thin film transistor and a drain region of the thin film transistor, forming a second electrode in contact with the first electrode and a side face of the insulating material, and an auxiliary electrode on and in contact with the insulating material, forming a light emitting layer comprising an organic material to cover the second electrode and on a portion of the insulating material, and forming a third electrode in contact with the light emitting layer comprising the organic material and a portion of the insulating material after forming the auxiliary electrode, wherein the second electrode reflects a light emitted from the light emitting layer comprising the organic material, and wherein the third electrode is a conductive film through which a light is transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (89, 90, 91, 92)
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