Method for manufacturing an electro-optical device or electroluminescence display device

• US 7,880,167 B2
• Filed: 03/22/2005
• Issued: 02/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Konuma, Toshimitsu, Yamamoto, Kunitaka, Koyama, Jun, Yamazaki, Shunpei
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith; Zandra
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chiu; Tsz K
• Application Number:
  US11/085,077
• Publication Number:
  US 20050206313A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,142 Days
• Field of Search: 257/384, 257/642, 257/40, 257/59, 257/72, 257/61, 257/E21.414, 257/E29.151
• US Class Current: 257/59
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 27/12 the substrate being other than a semiconductor body, e.g. an insulating body
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 27/1214 comprising a plurality of TFTs formed on a non-semiconducting substrate, e.g. driving circuits for AMLCDs
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/80 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/84 Passivation; Containers; Encapsulations
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/841 Self-supporting sealing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/844 Encapsulations
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/87 Arrangements for heating or cooling
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/12 Active-matrix OLED [AMOLED] displays
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/124 Insulating layers formed between TFT elements and OLED elements
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/35 comprising red-green-blue [RGB] subpixels
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 71/135 using ink-jet printing
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/114 Poly-phenylenevinylene; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/146 poly N-vinylcarbazol; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/30 Coordination compounds
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/311 Phthalocyanine
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/324 comprising aluminium, e.g. Alq3
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/342 comprising iridium
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/346 comprising platinum
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/631 Amine compounds having at least two aryl rest on at least one amine-nitrogen atom, e.g. triphenylamine
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/649 Aromatic compounds comprising a hetero atom

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide an EL display device having high operation performance and reliability.

A third passivation film 45 is disposed under the EL element 203 comprising a pixel electrode (anode) 46, an EL layer 47 and a cathode 48, and diffusion of alkali metals from the EL element 203 formed by ink jet method into TFTs is prevented. Further, the third passivation film 45 prevents penetration of moisture and oxygen from the TFTs, and suppress degradation of the EL element 203 by dispersing the heat generated by the EL element 203.

Claims

1. A light emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

a thin film transistor over the substrate;

a first insulating film comprising an organic resin over the thin film transistor;

a second insulating film formed over the first insulating film, the second insulating film comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride, aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, nitrated aluminum oxide and diamond like carbon;

a first electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor, over the second insulating film;

a bank over the second insulating film, the bank covering an edge of the first electrode;

an EL layer disposed adjacent to a side edge of the bank, over the first electrode;

a second electrode covering the bank and the EL layer; and

a third insulating film covering the second electrode,

wherein the EL layer does not extend beyond the side edge of the bank, and

wherein the third insulating film comprises silicon nitride oxide film or a silicon nitride film.

2. The light emitting device according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting device is incorporated into an electronic device selected from the group consisting of a video camera, a digital camera, a goggle type display, a car navigation system, a personal computer, a mobile computer, a mobile telephone, an electronic book, an image playback device, and a car audio system.

3. A light emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

a thin film transistor over the substrate;

a first insulating film comprising an organic resin over the thin film transistor;

a second insulating film formed over the first insulating film, the second insulating film comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride, aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, nitrated aluminum oxide and diamond like carbon;

a first electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor, over the second insulating film;

a bank over the second insulating film, the bank covering an edge of the first electrode;

an EL layer disposed adjacent to a side edge of the bank, over the first electrode;

a second electrode covering the bank and the EL layer; and

a third insulating film covering the second electrode,

wherein a side surface of the bank is in contact with a side edge of the EL layer, and

wherein the EL layer does not extend beyond the side edge of the bank.

4. The light emitting device according to claim 3, wherein the light emitting device is incorporated into an electronic device selected from the group consisting of a video camera, a digital camera, a goggle type display, a car navigation system, a personal computer, a mobile computer, a mobile telephone, an electronic book, an image playback device, and a car audio system.

5. A light emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

a thin film transistor over the substrate;

a first insulating film comprising an organic resin over the thin film transistor;

a second insulating film formed over the first insulating film, the second insulating film comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride, aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, nitrated aluminum oxide and diamond like carbon;

a first electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor, over the second insulating film;

a bank over the second insulating film, the bank covering an edge of the first electrode;

an EL layer disposed adjacent to a side edge of the bank, over the first electrode;

a second electrode covering the bank and the EL layer; and

a third insulating film covering the second electrode,

wherein the EL layer does not extend beyond the side edge of the bank.

6. The light emitting device according to claim 5, wherein the light emitting device is incorporated into an electronic device selected from the group consisting of a video camera, a digital camera, a goggle type display, a car navigation system, a personal computer, a mobile computer, a mobile telephone, an electronic book, an image playback device, and a car audio system.

7. A light emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

a thin film transistor over the substrate;

a first insulating film comprising an organic resin over the thin film transistor;

a second insulating film formed over the first insulating film, the second insulating film comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride, aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, nitrated aluminum oxide and diamond like carbon;

a first electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor, over the second insulating film;

a bank over the second insulating film, the bank covering an edge of the first electrode;

an EL layer disposed adjacent to a side edge of the bank, over the first electrode;

a second electrode covering the bank and the EL layer; and

a third insulating film covering the second electrode,

wherein the EL layer comprises at least one layer selected from the group consisting of a light emitting layer, a hole injecting layer, a hole transporting layer, an electron injecting layer, and an electron transporting layer, and

wherein the EL layer does not extend beyond the side edge of the bank, and

wherein the third insulating film comprises silicon nitride oxide film or a silicon nitride film.

8. The light emitting device according to claim 7, wherein the light emitting device is incorporated into an electronic device selected from the group consisting of a video camera, a digital camera, a goggle type display, a car navigation system, a personal computer, a mobile computer, a mobile telephone, an electronic book, an image playback device, and a car audio system.

9. A light emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

a thin film transistor over the substrate;

a first insulating film comprising an organic resin over the thin film transistor;

a second insulating film formed over the first insulating film, the second insulating film comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride, aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, nitrated aluminum oxide and diamond like carbon;

a first electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor, over the second insulating film;

a bank over the second insulating film, the bank covering an edge of the first electrode;

an EL layer disposed adjacent to a side edge of the bank, over the first electrode;

a second electrode covering the bank and the EL layer; and

a third insulating film covering the second electrode,

wherein the EL layer comprises at least one layer selected from the group consisting of a light emitting layer, a hole injecting layer, a hole transporting layer, an electron injecting layer, and an electron transporting layer,

wherein a side surface of the bank is in contact with a side edge of the EL layer, and

wherein the EL layer does not extend beyond the side edge of the bank.

10. The light emitting device according to claim 9, wherein the light emitting device is incorporated into an electronic device selected from the group consisting of a video camera, a digital camera, a goggle type display, a car navigation system, a personal computer, a mobile computer, a mobile telephone, an electronic book, an image playback device, and a car audio system.

11. A light emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

a thin film transistor over the substrate;

a first insulating film comprising an organic resin over the thin film transistor;

a second insulating film formed over the first insulating film, the second insulating film comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride, aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, nitrated aluminum oxide and diamond like carbon;

a first electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor, over the second insulating film;

a bank over the second insulating film, the bank covering an edge of the first electrode;

an EL layer disposed adjacent to a side edge of the bank, over the first electrode;

a second electrode covering the bank and the EL layer; and

a third insulating film covering the second electrode,

wherein the EL layer comprises at least one layer selected from the group consisting of a light emitting layer, a hole injecting layer, a hole transporting layer, an electron injecting layer, and an electron transporting layer, and

wherein the EL layer does not extend beyond the side edge of the bank.

12. The light emitting device according to claim 11, wherein the light emitting device is incorporated into an electronic device selected from the group consisting of a video camera, a digital camera, a goggle type display, a car navigation system, a personal computer, a mobile computer, a mobile telephone, an electronic book, an image playback device, and a car audio system.