JP2009272066A - El element manufacturing method, the el element, backlight device for liquid-crystal display using the el element, lighting device using the el element, electronic advertising display device using the el element, and display device using the el element - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an EL element that facilitates manufacturing of cathode partition-walls so as to simplify alignment between each EL light-emitting pixel and each light-collecting lens. <P>SOLUTION: An EL element manufacturing method includes a photosensitive resin forming step, in which a plurality of transparent anodes, patterned corresponding to display pixels and a lens sheet having a plurality of light-extraction lens elements which are arrayed opposite to the plurality of anodes are, respectively provided and a photosensitive resin layer is formed on the plurality of anodes opposite to the lens sheet; and a partition-wall forming step in which the photosensitive resin layer is exposed and developed through the plurality of lens elements to thereby remove the photosensitive resin layer on the anodes, corresponding to the display pixels and to form each partition wall on the upper face of each anode by each part of the remaining photosensitive layer. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of an organic EL (electroluminescence) element used for a flat panel type display device, an illumination light source such as a backlight unit for liquid crystal, an electric decoration, a light source for a sign, etc. EL element manufacturing method, EL element, backlight device for liquid crystal display using EL element, illumination apparatus using EL element, electronic signage apparatus using EL element, and display using EL element Relates to the device.

  In general, an EL element includes a light-transmitting substrate and a structure that is provided on the light-transmitting substrate and has a structure in which a light-emitting layer containing a fluorescent organic compound is sandwiched between two transparent electrodes. Then, a DC voltage is applied between the two electrodes, electrons and holes are injected into the light emitting layer and recombined to generate excitons, and light is emitted when the excitons are deactivated. It is designed to emit light.

Conventionally, in such an EL element, when the light emitted from the light emitting layer is emitted from the light transmitting substrate, there is a problem that the light is totally reflected on the light transmitting substrate and the light is lost.
The light extraction efficiency at this time is generally said to be about 20%. For this reason, there is a problem that the higher the luminance is, the more input power is required. Not only that, the load on the EL element increases and the reliability of the EL element itself is lowered.
In order to improve the external extraction efficiency of light, a method has been proposed in which fine irregularities are formed on a substrate and a light beam lost due to total reflection is extracted to the outside.

However, when the EL element as described above is used in a display device, the distance between the light emitting layer and the lenticular lens (light condensing lens) becomes long, so that the light can be extracted but the image is blurred. There is a problem of end.
Further, in the case of a passive display device, a cathode partition for separating the cathode electrode for each pixel in a stripe shape is required (see Patent Document 1).
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  However, in the conventional cathode barrier described above, it is generally necessary to adjust the exposure time and development time of the photosensitive resin to adjust the taper angle of the cathode barrier, and the exposure uses a photomask. However, there is a problem that it becomes difficult to produce a cathode barrier rib and alignment of an EL light emitting pixel and a lenticular lens becomes difficult.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and facilitates the production of a cathode barrier rib and simplifies the alignment of an EL light emitting pixel and a light condensing lens. An object is to provide an element, a backlight device for a liquid crystal display using the EL element, an illumination device using the EL element, a digital signage device using the EL element, and a display device using the EL element.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 is a method for manufacturing an EL device, wherein a plurality of patterned transparent anodes and a plurality of light extraction arrays arranged opposite to the plurality of anodes are provided. A photosensitive resin forming step of forming a photosensitive resin layer on the upper surfaces of the plurality of anodes positioned on the opposite side of the lens sheet, and the photosensitive resin through the plurality of lens elements. A partition forming step of exposing and developing a layer to remove a portion of the photosensitive resin layer exposed and developed and forming a partition on the upper surface of the anode by the remaining portion of the photosensitive resin layer; A light emitting layer forming step of forming a light emitting layer on the upper surface of the anode from which the portion of the conductive resin layer has been removed, and an upper surface of the partition located on the opposite side of the anode and the light emitting layer located on the opposite side of the anode. Characterized in that it comprises a cathode forming step of forming a cathode on the surface.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the EL device manufacturing method of the first aspect, a light-transmitting substrate is further provided, the anode is formed on one surface of the light-transmitting substrate, and the lens sheet is the light-transmitting substrate. It is provided on the surface opposite to the anode of the optical substrate.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the EL element manufacturing method according to the first aspect, the lens element has a triangular prism shape.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the EL element manufacturing method according to the first aspect, the lens element has a trapezoidal shape.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the EL element manufacturing method according to the first aspect, the lens element is spherical.
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the EL element manufacturing method according to the first aspect, the lens element is aspherical.

The invention of claim 7 is an EL element, which is manufactured by the manufacturing method according to any one of claims 1 to 6.
The invention of claim 8 is an electronic signboard device, and uses an EL element manufactured by the manufacturing method according to any one of claims 1 to 6.
The invention of claim 9 is an illumination device, and condenses light from the EL element manufactured by the manufacturing method according to any one of claims 1 to 6 and the light emitting layer of the EL element. And a light diffusing member disposed on the light emitting side of the lens element.
The invention of claim 10 is a backlight device for a liquid crystal display, wherein the EL element manufactured by the manufacturing method according to any one of claims 1 to 6 and light from the light emitting layer of the EL element. And a light diffusing member arranged on the light emitting side of the lens element for condensing light.

  The invention of claim 11 is a display device, wherein an image display element that defines a display image according to transmission / shading in pixel units, and an illumination light source according to claim 9 on the back of the image display element The backlight device according to claim 10 is used as a backlight.

  According to the present invention, the partition wall for the cathode is formed by using the condensing lens element for extracting light, so that the partition wall can be easily manufactured in the manufacture of the EL element, and the EL light emitting pixel and the light extraction are obtained. The alignment of the lens element for the camera becomes simple. Accordingly, an EL element, a backlight device using the EL element, a lighting device, a digital signage device, and a display device can be easily provided.

(Embodiment 1)
Embodiments of an EL element manufacturing method according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
First, as shown in FIG. 1, stripes (bands) extending in the X-axis direction of the translucent substrate 1 are formed on one surface of the flat translucent substrate 1 having a predetermined thickness in the Z-axis direction. A plurality of transparent anodes 2 are formed at regular intervals in the Y-axis direction of the translucent substrate 1. The anode 2 is formed by a known technique corresponding to display pixels (not shown) arranged in a matrix.
Next, as shown in FIG. 2, a lenticular lens sheet 4 is integrally bonded to the surface of the translucent substrate 1 opposite to the anode 2 through an adhesive layer 3. The lenticular lens sheet 4 includes a translucent substrate 4a and a plurality of light extraction lens elements arranged on the substrate 4a in correspondence with display pixels (not shown) arranged in a matrix. 4b.
In this case, the lens element 4a has a trapezoidal shape in which the top section of the isosceles triangle is cut off. Therefore, an air layer 5 is formed between the lens elements 4b adjacent to each other. The adhesive layer 3 can be made of a photocurable resin. Furthermore, the translucent substrate 2 between the anode 2 and the lenticular lens sheet 4 can be omitted.

The translucent substrate 1 may be glass or plastic. In order to transmit the light from the light emitting layer 3 as much as possible, the total light transmittance is preferably 50% or more.
The transparent anode 2 is formed of ITO, IZO or the like formed by a dry process such as vapor deposition or sputtering. Here, the material to be deposited is not limited to the above-described materials, and any material that is transparent and has electrical conductivity may be used. The thickness is preferably about 10,000 mm or less. If it is too thick, the electrical conductivity is improved, but local spikes are likely to enter the transparent electrode, and the total light transmittance is reduced. If the height of the protrusion of the local spike is, for example, about 100 nm, a problem may occur in the subsequent film forming process.
The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 3 is formed using a pressure-sensitive adhesive or an adhesive. Urethane, acrylic, rubber, silicone, and vinyl resins can be used for the pressure-sensitive adhesive and adhesive. In addition, as the pressure-sensitive adhesive or adhesive, one that is pressed and adhered in a one-pack type, one that is cured by heat or light, and one that is cured by mixing two liquids or a plurality of liquids is used. Can do.
In the formation method of the adhesion layer 3, there exist the method of apply | coating directly to a joining surface, and the method of bonding what was prepared as a dry film previously. When the adhesive layer is prepared as a dry film, it is preferable because it can be easily handled in the manufacturing process.

The lens element 4b is typically a lenticular lens sheet or a triangular prism.
Examples of the shape of the lens element 4b include a triangular prism shape. Since the triangular prism has a high light condensing property in the front direction, an optical sheet with high brightness can be obtained. The shape of the lens element 4b includes a convex curved surface shape. Since light is emitted not only in the front direction but also in various directions, an optical sheet with a wide visual field range can be obtained.
The shape of the lens element 4b is not limited to the shape described above, and can be selected as appropriate depending on the light distribution characteristics required for the display device to be used. For example, a microlens shape, a polygonal pyramid shape including a triangular pyramid and a quadrangular pyramid may be selected.
The pitch of the lens elements 4b can be determined as appropriate. However, in order to align with the pixel structure in a recent display and prevent blurring of the image, the pitch is actually 10 μm to 500 μm, preferably 10 μm to 400 μm. Desired.
The lens element 4b can be molded using an electron beam curable resin such as a UV curable resin.
The lens element 4b is injected using PET (polyethylene terephthalate), PC (polycarbonate), PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate), COP (cycloolefin polymer), acrylonitrile styrene copolymer, acrylonitrile polystyrene copolymer, and the like. The light deflection element can also be formed by a molding method or a hot press molding method.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, a photosensitive resin layer 6 is formed with a certain thickness on one surface of the translucent substrate 1 and the anode 2 (photosensitive resin forming step described in claims) Equivalent to
In this case, if the photosensitive resin layer 6 is of a dry sheet type, the photosensitive resin layer 6 can be formed by affixing it, and if it is of a wet type, for example, by applying it. Can be formed.
The photosensitive resin layer 6 can be selected from a positive type and a negative type according to the light collection intensity distribution of the lenticular lens used. In the case of normal lens light collection, the positive type can be used. It can be used in the invention.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the parallel light beam 11 is incident from the base material 4a side of the lenticular lens sheet 4 to collect the parallel light beam 11 for each lens element 4b as shown by an arrow 12 in FIG. The photosensitive resin layer 6 is irradiated with light and exposed.
In this way, by forming a condensing intensity distribution as shown by the arrow 12 in FIG. 4 by each lens element 4b, an exposed portion and an unexposed portion are formed in the photosensitive resin layer 6.
Next, the exposed photosensitive resin layer 6 is developed to remove the exposed portion, as shown in FIG. 5, for forming a cathode corresponding to display pixels (not shown) arranged in a matrix. A cathode barrier rib 7 having a space 6a and an inverted trapezoidal cross-sectional shape is formed in an unexposed portion (corresponding to the barrier rib forming step described in the claims). This partition wall 7 is formed so as to surround the periphery of the cathode 9 described later.
The cathode partition 7 is formed of a photosensitive resin as shown in FIG. In this case, the partition wall 7 has a trapezoidal shape, but the shape of the partition wall 7 does not matter as long as the structure between the cathodes is electrically separated.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6, light emitting layers 8 are respectively formed on the upper surface of the anode 2 and the upper surface of the partition wall 7 in the space 6a by a well-known thin film forming means such as vacuum deposition (described in claims). This corresponds to the light emitting layer forming step).
Next, as shown in FIG. 7, a cathode 9 is formed on each of the upper surface of the light emitting layer 8 in the space 6a and the upper surface of the light emitting layer 8 on the partition wall 7 by a known thin film forming means such as vacuum deposition. This corresponds to the cathode forming step described in the above).
Examples of the light emitting layer 8 include white, blue, red, yellow, and green. Therefore, for example, as an example of a structure for displaying white, ITO / CuPc (copper phthalocyanine) / α-NPD is doped with rubrene 1%, dioctylanthracene is doped with 1% perylene / Alq3 / lithium fluoride / Al as a cathode. A configuration can be mentioned.
However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and it becomes possible if materials are appropriately selected so that the wavelengths of light emitted from the light emitting layer are R, G, and B. Further, when used in a full-color display application, full-color display is possible by separately applying R, G, and B, or by superimposing a color filter on white light.
The use of the carrier transport layer, the electron transport layer, the hole transport layer, or both carrier transport layers is not particularly limited, and can be used according to convenience.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram when the light emitted from the light emitting layer 8 is extracted by the lenticular lens sheet 4.
In the case of extracting light, a voltage is applied between the anode 2 and the cathode 9 to pass a current through the light emitting layer 8 in the space 6a. Thereby, the light emitted from the light emitting layer 8 is extracted as display light or illumination light 12 through the lens element 4 b of the lenticular lens sheet 4.
In this case, the direction of the light beam is reversed from that in forming the cathode partition wall 7, and the light beam 12 is extracted, so that the light extraction efficiency is improved.
Such an EL element can be used not only as an EL display element but also as an electronic signage apparatus.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 9 shows a structure in which a light diffusion member 10 is provided in a laminated state on a base material 4a on the light emission side of a lenticular lens sheet 4 of an EL element manufactured by the method of the present invention.
Thus, by combining the light diffusing member 10 with the EL element, for example, the viewing angle can be improved and the angle dependency of the tint can be eliminated.
Such an EL element with the light diffusing member 10 can be used as a lighting device or a backlight device of a liquid crystal display device.

The light diffusing member 10 preferably has a haze value of 20% or more. When the haze value is less than 20%, the diffusion performance becomes insufficient and the uniformity of in-plane luminance is deteriorated, which is not preferable. The light diffusing member 10 is formed by dispersing a light diffusing region in a transparent resin.
As the transparent resin, a thermoplastic resin, a thermosetting resin or the like can be used. For example, a polycarbonate resin, an acrylic resin, a fluorine acrylic resin, a silicone acrylic resin, an epoxy acrylate resin, a polystyrene resin, a cycloolefin polymer, Methyl styrene resin, fluorene resin, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylene, acrylonitrile styrene copolymer, acrylonitrile polystyrene copolymer, and the like can be used.

The light diffusion region is preferably made of light diffusion particles. This is because suitable diffusion performance can be easily obtained.
As the light diffusing particles, transparent particles made of an inorganic oxide or a resin can be used. As the transparent particles made of an inorganic oxide, for example, silica, alumina or the like can be used. The transparent particles made of resin include acrylic particles, styrene particles, styrene acrylic particles and cross-linked products thereof, melamine / formalin condensate particles, PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene), PFA (perfluoroalkoxy resin), FEP (tetrafluoroethylene). Fluoropolymer particles such as fluoroethylene / hexafluoropropylene copolymer), PVDF (polyfluorovinylidene), and ETFE (ethylene / tetrafluoroethylene copolymer), silicone resin particles, and the like can be used.
Moreover, you may use combining 2 or more types of transparent particles from the transparent particle mentioned above. Furthermore, the size and shape of the transparent particles are not particularly defined.

When light diffusing particles are used as the light diffusing region, the thickness of the light diffusing member is preferably 0.05 to 5 mm.
When the thickness of the light diffusing member is 0.05 to 5 mm, optimum diffusion performance and brightness can be obtained. On the other hand, if the thickness is less than 0.05 mm, the diffusion performance is insufficient, and if it exceeds 5 mm, the amount of resin is large, and the luminance is reduced due to absorption.
In the case where a thermoplastic resin is used as the transparent resin, air bubbles may be used as the light diffusion region.
That is, the internal surface of the bubble formed inside the thermoplastic resin causes diffused reflection of light, and a light diffusing function equivalent to or higher than that when the light diffusing particles are dispersed can be exhibited. Therefore, it becomes possible to make the film thickness of the light diffusing member thinner.
Examples of such a light diffusing member include white PET and white PP. White PET is a resin that is incompatible with PET, fillers such as titanium oxide (TiO ₂ ), barium sulfate (BaSO ₄ ), and calcium carbonate are dispersed in PET, and then the PET is stretched by a biaxial stretching method. By doing so, bubbles are generated around the filler to form.
In addition, the light-diffusion member consisting of a thermoplastic resin should just be extended | stretched by at least 1 axial direction. This is because bubbles can be generated around the filler by stretching in at least one axial direction.

Examples of the thermoplastic resin include polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene-2, 6-naphthalate, polypropylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, cyclohexanedimethanol copolymer polyester resin, isophthalic acid copolymer polyester resin, sporoglycol copolymer polyester. Resins, polyester resins such as fluorene copolymer polyester resins, polyolefin resins such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polymethylpentene, and alicyclic olefin copolymer resins, acrylic resins such as polymethyl methacrylate, polycarbonate, polystyrene, polyamide, polyether , Polyester amides, polyether esters, polyvinyl chloride, cycloolefin polymers, and copolymers containing these as components, Such as a mixture of these resins can be used are not particularly limited.
When bubbles are used as the light diffusion region, the thickness of the light diffusion member is preferably 25 to 500 μm.
When the thickness of the light diffusing member is less than 25 μm, the sheet is insufficiently squeezed and wrinkles are likely to occur in the manufacturing process and display, which is not preferable. In addition, when the thickness of the diffusion base material exceeds 500 μm, there is no particular problem with optical performance, but it is difficult to process into a roll shape due to increased rigidity, and slits cannot be easily formed. This is not preferable because the advantage of thinness obtained in this manner is reduced.

FIG. 10 shows an example of the lenticular lens sheet of the EL element in the present invention.
FIG. 10A shows an arrangement in which lens elements 4b having a trapezoidal longitudinal section are arranged on a sheet-like transparent substrate 4a in correspondence with display pixels. FIG. 10B shows an arrangement in which trapezoidal lens elements 4b having two triangular heads at the top are arranged in correspondence with display pixels on a sheet-like transparent substrate 4a. . Furthermore, FIG.10 (c) arrange | positions the lens element 4b whose longitudinal cross-sectional shape is an isosceles triangle corresponding to a display pixel on the sheet-like transparent base material 4a.
There are various types of lenticular lens sheets for extracting light, and the present invention is not limited to this as long as the intensity distribution of light by condensing can be made.

(Embodiment 3)
In FIG. 11, a liquid crystal panel (corresponding to the image display element described in claims) 14 is disposed opposite to the light exit surface side of the light diffusing member 10 of the EL element with the light diffusing member 10 shown in FIG. Thus, the liquid crystal display device 20 is configured.

Examples of the EL element according to the above embodiment will be described below.
Example 1
The light extraction lens sheet used for this invention was joined to the back surface of the glass substrate through the adhesive material. The light extraction lens sheet has a substantially square pyramid shape with a lens pitch of 300 μm. Thereafter, an ITO transparent electrode (hole injection electrode) was formed on the surface of the glass substrate opposite to the lens sheet by sputtering to a thickness of about 100 nm. The obtained ITO thin film was patterned and etched by a photolithography technique to form hole injection electrode layers constituting stripe patterns at intervals of 300 μm.
Next, a base layer (titanium nitride) and an electrode layer (aluminum) were formed as wiring electrodes by a sputtering method, respectively, were formed to film thicknesses of 50 nm and 300 nm, respectively, and patterned by photolithography. A passivation film (SiO 2) was formed (patterned) except for the light emitting layer, the base layer, and the portion where the electrode layer was in contact with the electron injection electrode. Thereafter, an element isolation structure was formed in order to separate the electron injection electrodes. The passivation film (SiO2) in the case of the present invention is desirably provided as necessary.

The surface of the substrate on which the ITO transparent electrode, the underlayer, the electrode layer, and the like were formed was washed with UV / O3, then coated with a resist film, and UV-exposed from the light extraction lens direction. After UV exposure, the resist was developed to produce a structure with an inverted trapezoidal taper. Thereafter, 4,4 ′, 4 ″ -tris (—N- (3-methylphenyl) -N-phenylamino) triphenylamine (hereinafter referred to as “m-MTDATA”) was deposited to a thickness of 40 nm to form a hole injection layer. Then, N, N′-diphenyl-N, N′-m-tolyl-4,4′-diamino-1,1′-biphenyl (hereinafter referred to as TPD) was deposited to a thickness of 35 nm, Further, tris (8-quinolinolato) aluminum (hereinafter referred to as Alq3) was vapor-deposited to a thickness of 50 nm to form an electron injection transport / light emitting layer.
An AlLi electron injection electrode (Li concentration: 7.2 at%) was formed to a thickness of 50 nm. The EL element substrate was transferred to another sputtering apparatus, and an Al protective electrode was formed to a thickness of 200 nm in a stripe shape every 300 μm in a direction perpendicular to the ITO anode by DC sputtering using an Al target.
Finally, after the connection with the glass sealing plate, a lighting test was performed, but it was lit without any problems. In addition, with the provision of the light extraction lens, an improvement in extraction efficiency of about 42% was observed with respect to the lens without the light extraction lens.

It is an explanatory perspective view which shows the example which has arrange | positioned the striped transparent anode on the translucent board | substrate in the manufacture process of the EL element concerning this invention. It is sectional drawing for description of the state which provided the lenticular lens sheet in the translucent board | substrate in the manufacture process of the EL element concerning this invention. It is sectional drawing for description at the time of forming the photosensitive resin layer in the transparent anode side in the manufacture process of the EL element concerning this invention. It is sectional drawing for description at the time of injecting a parallel light ray from the lenticular lens sheet side and exposing the photosensitive resin layer in the manufacture process of the EL element concerning this invention. It is sectional drawing for description at the time of developing the photosensitive resin layer exposed in the manufacture process of the EL element concerning this invention, and forming the partition for cathodes. It is sectional drawing for description at the time of forming a light emitting layer from the partition side in the manufacture process of the EL element concerning this invention. It is sectional drawing for description at the time of forming a cathode in a light emitting layer in the manufacture process of the EL element concerning this invention. It is sectional drawing for description in the case of extracting light using a lenticular lens sheet in the case of light emission of the EL element concerning this invention. It is a schematic sectional drawing which shows the example which provided the light-diffusion member in the lenticular lens sheet side of the EL element concerning this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the lenticular lens sheet concerning this invention. It is a schematic sectional drawing which shows an example at the time of comprising a liquid crystal display device using the EL element with a light-diffusion member concerning this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Translucent substrate, 2 ... Transparent anode, 3 ... Adhesive layer, 4 ... Lenticular lens sheet, 4a ... Base material, 4b ... Lens element, 5 ... Air layer, 6 ... Photosensitivity Resin, 7 ... partition wall for cathode, 8 ... light emitting layer, 9 ... cathode, 10 ... light diffusion member, 14 ... liquid crystal panel.

Claims (11)

A plurality of patterned transparent anodes;
Providing a lens sheet having a plurality of lens elements for light extraction arranged facing the plurality of anodes;
A photosensitive resin forming step of forming a photosensitive resin layer on the upper surfaces of the plurality of anodes located on the opposite side of the lens sheet;
By exposing and developing the photosensitive resin layer through the plurality of lens elements, the exposed and developed portions of the photosensitive resin layer are removed, and the remaining portions of the photosensitive resin layer are left on the upper surface of the anode. Forming a partition wall; and
A light emitting layer forming step of forming a light emitting layer on the upper surface of the anode from which the portion of the photosensitive resin layer has been removed;
A cathode forming step of forming a cathode on the upper surface of the partition located on the opposite side of the anode and the upper surface of the light emitting layer located on the opposite side of the anode;
A method for producing an EL element, comprising: Furthermore, a translucent substrate is provided,
2. The EL element according to claim 1, wherein the anode is formed on one surface of the translucent substrate, and the lens sheet is provided on a surface opposite to the anode of the translucent substrate. Production method.   2. The method of manufacturing an EL element according to claim 1, wherein the lens element has a triangular prism shape.   2. The method of manufacturing an EL element according to claim 1, wherein the lens element has a trapezoidal shape.   The method of manufacturing an EL element according to claim 1, wherein the lens element is spherical.   2. The method of manufacturing an EL element according to claim 1, wherein the lens element is aspherical.   An EL device manufactured by the manufacturing method according to claim 1.   The electronic signboard apparatus using the EL element manufactured with the manufacturing method of any one of Claims 1 thru | or 6. An EL device manufactured by the manufacturing method according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
A light diffusing member disposed on the light exit side of the lens element for collecting light from the light emitting layer of the EL element;
A lighting device comprising: An EL device manufactured by the manufacturing method according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
A light diffusing member disposed on the light exit side of the lens element for collecting light from the light emitting layer of the EL element;
A backlight device for a liquid crystal display, comprising: An image display element that defines a display image according to transmission / shading in pixel units;
On the back surface of the image display element, the lighting device according to claim 9 or the backlight device according to claim 10 is used as a backlight.
A display device.

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