WO2013118474A1 - 表示パネルおよびその製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a display panel such as an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) panel and a manufacturing method thereof.
- a display panel such as an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) panel and a manufacturing method thereof.
- an organic EL display panel in which an organic EL element is disposed on a substrate is becoming popular as a display device.
- the organic EL display panel has characteristics such as high visibility because it uses an organic EL element that performs self-emission, and excellent impact resistance because it is a complete solid element.
- An organic EL element is a current-driven light-emitting element, and is configured by laminating a functional layer such as a light-emitting layer that performs electroluminescence phenomenon by recombination of carriers (holes, electrons) between an anode and a cathode electrode pair. Is done.
- the organic EL element corresponding to each color of red (R), green (G), and blue (B) is a subpixel, and a combination of three subpixels of R, G, and B is 1. It corresponds to a pixel (one pixel).
- the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of suppressing fluctuations in the light emission amount in the light emission region in units of subpixels.
- a display panel which is one embodiment of the present invention includes an interlayer insulating layer, a plurality of openings formed in a matrix, a partition layer disposed above the interlayer insulating layer, and the opening unit A pixel electrode formed on the interlayer insulating layer; a light emitting layer formed in the opening and above the pixel electrode; an insulating film formed between the pixel electrode and the light emitting layer; And a portion of the interlayer insulating layer located in at least one of the plurality of openings in plan view has a flat surface having a flat surface and a protrusion having a surface raised from the flat region.
- the insulating film covers at least a part of the protruding region and does not cover at least a part of the flat region.
- an insulating film is formed between the pixel electrode and the light-emitting layer so as to cover an upper portion of the protruding region, and the pixel electrode and the light-emitting layer are formed above the protruding region. Is electrically insulated from each other, so that no current flows in the light emitting layer located above the region where the insulating film is formed. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the area of the portion where the current density is not uniform and to suppress the variation in the light emission amount.
- FIG. 7A is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A ′ in FIG. 6.
- FIG. 7B is a sectional view taken along line B-B ′ in FIG. 6.
- It is a top view which shows the layout of a TFT layer.
- It is a top view which shows the layout of a partition layer.
- It is a schematic process drawing which shows the manufacturing process of the display panel which concerns on embodiment.
- FIG. 1 It is a schematic cross section which shows a part of manufacturing process of the display panel which concerns on embodiment.
- A is a schematic cross section which shows the state in which the TFT layer was formed on the board
- B is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a state in which an interlayer insulating layer is formed on the TFT layer.
- C is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a state in which a pixel electrode is formed on an interlayer insulating layer. It is a schematic cross section which shows a part of manufacturing process of the display panel which concerns on embodiment.
- A) is a schematic cross section which shows the state by which the insulating film was formed on the pixel electrode.
- (B) is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a state in which a partition layer is formed on the interlayer insulating layer and the pixel electrode. It is a schematic cross section which shows a part of manufacturing process of the display panel which concerns on embodiment.
- (A) is a schematic cross section which shows the state in which the positive hole injection layer and the positive hole transport layer were formed on the insulating film.
- (B) is a schematic cross section which shows the state by which the light emitting layer was formed on the positive hole transport layer. It is a schematic cross section which shows a part of manufacturing process of the display panel which concerns on embodiment.
- (A) is a schematic cross section which shows the state by which the electron carrying layer and the electron injection layer were formed on the light emitting layer.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic process diagram illustrating a manufacturing process of a display panel according to Modification Example 1.
- FIG. 12 is a plan view showing a layout of an insulating film of a display panel according to Modification 3.
- FIG. (A) is a top view which shows the layout of the insulating film of the display panel which concerns on the modification 4
- (b) is a top view which shows the layout of the insulating film of the display panel which concerns on the modification 5.
- a display panel includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film facing the gate electrode, a semiconductor layer facing the gate electrode with the gate insulating film interposed therebetween, and the semiconductor layer electrically
- a plurality of driving units each including a thin film transistor having a source electrode and a drain electrode connected to each other are formed in a matrix, a transistor array having a matrix arrangement, an interlayer insulating layer positioned above the transistor array, and formed in a matrix Partitioning a plurality of openings, a partition layer disposed above the interlayer insulating layer, a pixel electrode formed on the interlayer insulating layer in units of the opening, and in the opening, the pixel electrode A light emitting layer formed above the light emitting layer, and an insulating film formed between the pixel electrode and the light emitting layer, wherein the transistor array is arranged in a row direction.
- Including a source signal wiring and a second power signal wiring arranged along the column direction, and a portion of the interlayer insulating layer located in the at least one opening includes a flat region having a flat surface, the gate electrode, A protruding region having a surface raised from the flat region above a region where at least two of the drain electrode, the source electrode, the first power signal wiring, and the second power signal wiring overlap.
- the insulating film covers at least part of the protruding region and does not cover at least part of the flat region.
- the portion of the pixel electrode formed on the protruding region has a shape protruding from the other portions.
- the light emitting layer formed on the protruding portion of the pixel electrode has a thinner film thickness than that of the other portions. Since the electric resistance is small in the thin portion of the light emitting layer, more current flows. Then, the thin film portion emits light strongly, which causes problems such as uneven brightness and accelerated deterioration. That is, it is predicted that the portion of the light emitting layer formed above the projecting region concentrates the electric charge and causes the problem of brightness unevenness and the promotion of deterioration.
- an insulating film is formed between the pixel electrode and the light-emitting layer so as to cover an upper portion of the protruding region, and the pixel electrode and the light-emitting layer are formed above the protruding region. Is electrically insulated from each other, so that no current flows in the light emitting layer located above the region where the insulating film is formed. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the area of the portion where the current density is not uniform, and to suppress the uneven brightness and the variation with time of the light emission amount.
- the light-emitting layer located above the flat region when the light-emitting layer located above the flat region is turned on, the light-emitting layer located above the insulating film is not It is in a lighting state.
- the protruding region includes a portion where the first power signal wiring and the second power signal wiring overlap, or the first power signal wiring.
- the electrode wiring in the same layer and the second power supply signal wiring and the electrode wiring in the same layer are located above the overlapping portion.
- the protruding region is located above a region where at least two of the gate electrode, the drain electrode, and the source electrode overlap.
- the display panel includes a hole injection layer between the pixel electrode and the light emitting layer, and the insulating film is more than the pixel than the hole injection layer. It is located on the electrode side.
- a hole injection layer is provided between the pixel electrode and the light emitting layer, and the insulating film is formed on the hole injection layer. It is characterized by.
- the insulating film is separated from an edge of the opening in a plan view.
- the insulating film is thinner than the partition layer and is continuous with the edge of the opening in a plan view.
- the plurality of openings include a first opening in which a first light-emitting layer emitting a first emission color is formed, and the first opening. And a second opening formed with a second light emitting layer having a light emission color different from that of the first light emitting layer and having a light emitting efficiency higher than that of the first light emitting layer.
- the insulating film located in the region has a larger area in plan view than the insulating film located in the second opening.
- each of the light-emitting layers formed in the plurality of openings has any one light emission color of red, blue, and green, and blue
- the insulating film located in the opening in which the light emitting layer having a light emitting color is formed is disposed in the opening in which the light emitting layer having a green light emitting color and the light emitting layer having a red light emitting color are formed.
- the area is larger in plan view than the insulating film located.
- the insulating film located in the opening in which the light emitting layer having a red light emitting color is formed has the light emitting layer having a green light emitting color.
- the area is larger in plan view than the insulating film located in the opening in which is formed.
- a display panel manufacturing method includes a substrate preparation step of preparing a substrate, a gate electrode on the substrate, a gate insulating film facing the gate electrode, and the gate insulating film.
- a plurality of driving units including thin film transistor elements each having a semiconductor layer facing the gate electrode and source and drain electrodes electrically connected to the semiconductor layer are arranged in a matrix to form a transistor array substrate.
- the interlayer insulating layer formed in the interlayer insulating layer forming step includes a flat region having a flat surface in a portion scheduled to be located in at least one of the openings, the gate electrode, the drain electrode, the source electrode, Above the region where at least two of the first power supply signal wiring and the second power supply signal wiring overlap, there is a protruding region whose surface is raised from the flat region.
- the the insulating film forming step at least part of the upper covers of the projecting region, and forming the insulating film so as not to cover at least a portion of the upward of the flat region.
- the light emitting layer positioned above the insulating film when the light emitting layer positioned above the flat region is in a lighting state. Is a non-lighting state.
- the protruding region is located above a portion where the first power signal wiring and the second power signal wiring overlap. It is characterized by.
- the protruding region is positioned above a region where at least two of the gate electrode, the drain electrode, and the source electrode overlap. It is characterized by doing.
- the insulating film is thinner than the partition layer and is continuous with the edge of the opening in a plan view.
- the plurality of openings include a first opening in which a first light emitting layer emitting a first emission color is formed; A second opening formed with a second light-emitting layer having a light emission color different from that of the first light-emitting layer and having a light emission efficiency higher than that of the first light-emitting layer.
- the insulating film located in the opening is larger in area in plan view than the insulating film located in the second opening.
- the light emitting layer formed in each opening in the light emitting layer forming step is any one of red, blue, and green.
- the light emitting layer having a blue emission color is formed so as to cover the protruding region to be formed above.
- the insulating film has a larger area in plan view than the insulating film formed so as to cover the protruding region where the light emitting layer having red and green emission colors is to be formed above. To do.
- the said light emitting layer which has a red luminescent color is formed upwards.
- the insulating film formed so as to cover the projected area is more than the insulating film formed so as to cover the projected area where the light emitting layer having a green emission color is to be formed above. It is characterized by a large area in plan view.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a configuration of a display device 1 having a display panel 100 according to an embodiment.
- the display device 1 includes a display panel 100 and a drive control unit 20 connected thereto.
- the display panel 100 is a panel using an electroluminescence phenomenon of an organic material, and a plurality of organic EL elements are arranged in a matrix, for example.
- the drive control unit 20 includes four drive circuits 21 to 24 and a control circuit 25.
- the arrangement of the drive control unit 20 with respect to the display panel 100 is not limited to this.
- FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of the display panel 100.
- the display panel 100 is a so-called top emission type in which the upper side of FIG. 2A and 2B are cross-sectional views of different portions of the display panel 100, respectively.
- FIGS. 2A and 2B show an A-A ′ sectional view and a B-B ′ sectional view in FIG. 6, respectively. Details of FIG. 6 will be described later.
- the display panel 100 includes a substrate 101, a TFT layer 102, an interlayer insulating layer 103, a pixel electrode 104, an insulating film 105, a partition wall layer 106, a hole injection layer 107, a hole transport layer 108, a light emitting layer 109, an electron transport layer 110, An electron injection layer 111 and a common electrode 112 are provided.
- Substrate 101 is alkali-free glass, soda glass, non-fluorescent glass, phosphate glass, borate glass, quartz, acrylic resin, styrene resin, polycarbonate resin, epoxy resin, polyethylene, polyester, silicone resin, alumina It consists of insulating materials such as.
- the TFT layer 102 is provided for each subpixel, and a pixel circuit including a thin film transistor element is formed in each.
- the TFT layer 102 includes a gate electrode 102a, a gate insulating film layer 102b, a source electrode 102c, a drain electrode 102c, a channel layer 102d, and the like.
- an extraction electrode 102e (see FIG. 4) electrically connected to the pixel circuit is formed.
- a structure in which the TFT layer 102 is formed over the substrate 101 is also referred to as a thin film transistor array substrate.
- the source electrode and the drain electrode need not be particularly distinguished here, and thus the same reference numerals are given to both. Further, the source electrode and the drain electrode are collectively referred to as a “source / drain electrode”.
- the interlayer insulating layer 103 is made of an insulating material such as polyimide resin or acrylic resin, and is for flattening a step on the upper surface of the TFT layer 102. However, the step cannot be completely flattened, and has a flat region 103a having a flat surface and a protruding region 103b that is raised from the flat region 103a.
- a contact hole (contact portion) 113 (see FIG. 4) for exposing a part of the upper surface of the extraction electrode 102e is formed in a portion of each interlayer insulating layer 103 on each extraction electrode 102e.
- a passivation film which is a thin film made of SiO (silicon oxide) or SiN (silicon nitride), covers the TFT layer 102 and the extraction electrode 102e between the interlayer insulating layer 103 and the substrate 101 and protects them. May be formed.
- the flat region may not have a completely flat surface.
- the flat region 103a may include a recess having a recessed surface. Further, the flat region 103a may include a portion having a relatively gentle bulge than the protruding region 103b.
- the protrusions 103b may be used for protrusions of 1 / 2d or more, and the flat regions 103a may be used for protrusions less than 1 / 2d.
- the degree of bulging that separates the protruding region 103b and the flat region 103a is not limited to 1 ⁇ 2d, and may be larger than 1 ⁇ 2d (for example, 2 / 3d) or smaller than 1 ⁇ 2d. (For example, 1 / 5d). It should be noted that the degree of bulging that separates the protruding region 103b and the flat region 103a may be appropriately set according to the ink physical properties of the layer printed in the partition walls, the process conditions during application / drying, etc.
- the pixel electrode 104 is provided individually for each subpixel, enters the contact hole 113 provided in the interlayer insulating layer 103, and is electrically connected to the extraction electrode 102e.
- the pixel electrode 104 includes, for example, Ag (silver), Al (aluminum), aluminum alloy, Mo (molybdenum), APC (silver, palladium, copper alloy), ARA (silver, rubidium, gold alloy), MoCr (molybdenum). It is made of a light-reflective conductive material such as MoW (alloy of molybdenum and tungsten), NiCr (alloy of nickel and chromium), ACL (alloy of aluminum, cobalt, germanium, and lanthanum).
- MoW alloy of molybdenum and tungsten
- NiCr alloy of nickel and chromium
- ACL alloy of aluminum, cobalt, germanium, and lanthanum
- a known transparent conductive film may be provided on the surface of the pixel electrode 10.
- a material of the transparent conductive film for example, indium tin oxide (ITO) or indium zinc oxide (IZO) can be used.
- the insulating film 105 is made of an organic insulating material such as polyimide resin, acrylic resin, or novolak type phenol resin, or an inorganic insulating material such as SiO (silicon oxide) or SiN (silicon nitride), and the protruding region 103b of the pixel electrode 104. It is formed on the part formed above. Thus, the pixel electrode 104 and the light emitting layer 109 are electrically insulated above the protruding region 103b, and a portion corresponding to the upper portion of the protruding region 103b of the light emitting layer 109 is defined as a non-light emitting region.
- the insulating film 105a in FIG. 2 (a) and the insulating film 105b in FIG. 2 (b) are formed in different locations and sizes, but the materials used are the same. If there is no particular need to distinguish between them, they may be simply referred to as “insulating film 105”.
- the insulating film 105 and the partition wall layer 106 may be formed simultaneously or separately.
- the partition layer 106 (hereinafter also referred to as “bank”) is formed on the pixel electrode 104 and has an opening 106 a provided for each subpixel.
- the partition layer 106 is made of, for example, an insulating organic material (for example, an acrylic resin, a polyimide resin, a novolac type phenol resin, or the like).
- the partition layer 106 functions as a structure for preventing the applied ink from overflowing when the light emitting layer 109 is formed by a coating method, and when the light emitting layer 109 is formed by a vapor deposition method, the vapor deposition mask. It functions as a structure for mounting.
- the hole injection layer 107 is provided for the purpose of promoting the injection of holes from the pixel electrode 104 to the light emitting layer 109.
- the hole injection layer 107 is formed of an oxide such as silver (Ag), molybdenum (Mo), chromium (Cr), vanadium (V), tungsten (W), nickel (Ni), iridium (Ir), or the like. It is a layer made of a conductive polymer material such as PEDOT (mixture of polythiophene and polystyrene sulfonic acid).
- PEDOT mixture of polythiophene and polystyrene sulfonic acid
- the hole injection layer 107 made of metal oxide injects holes into the light emitting layer 109 stably or by assisting the generation of holes. Have a large work function.
- the hole injection layer 107 is made of a conductive polymer material such as PEDOT (a mixture of polythiophene and polystyrene sulfonic acid).
- the hole injection layer 107 is composed of an oxide of a transition metal, a plurality of levels can be obtained by taking a plurality of oxidation numbers. As a result, hole injection is facilitated. The driving voltage can be reduced.
- the hole transport layer 108 is formed using a polymer compound that does not have a hydrophilic group.
- a polymer compound that does not have a hydrophilic group for example, polyfluorene or a derivative thereof, or a polymer compound such as polyarylamine or a derivative thereof that does not have a hydrophilic group can be used.
- the hole transport layer 108 has a function of transporting holes injected from the hole injection layer 107 to the light emitting layer 109.
- the light emitting layer 109 is a portion that emits light by recombination of carriers (holes and electrons), and is configured to include an organic material corresponding to any of R, G, and B colors.
- the light emitting layers 109 are respectively formed in the openings 106a of the partition wall layer 106, and thus are formed for each subpixel.
- the light emitting layer is, for example, an oxinoid compound, a perylene compound, a coumarin compound, an azacoumarin compound, an oxazole compound, an oxadiazole compound, a perinone compound, a pyrrolopyrrole compound, a naphthalene compound, an anthracene compound, fluorene described in JP-A-5-163488.
- the electron transport layer 110 has a function of transporting electrons injected from the common electrode 112 to the light emitting layer 109, and includes, for example, an oxadiazole derivative (OXD), a triazole derivative (TAZ), a phenanthroline derivative (BCP, Bphen). ) Or the like.
- OXD oxadiazole derivative
- TEZ triazole derivative
- BCP phenanthroline derivative
- Bphen phenanthroline derivative
- the electron injection layer 111 has a function of promoting injection of electrons from the common electrode 112 to the light emitting layer 109.
- the electron injection layer 111 includes, for example, a low work function metal such as lithium, barium, calcium, potassium, cesium, sodium, and rubidium, a low work function metal salt such as lithium fluoride, and a low work function metal oxide such as barium oxide. It is formed using etc.
- the common electrode 112 is provided in common to each subpixel, and is formed of a light-transmitting material having conductivity such as ITO (indium tin oxide) or IZO (indium zinc oxide).
- a sealing layer, a black matrix, a color filter, or the like may be formed on the common electrode 112.
- FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram illustrating a pixel circuit formed in the TFT layer 102.
- the pixel circuit includes a gate line 102f, a data line 102g, a power supply line 102h, a selection transistor 102i, a driving transistor 102j, and a storage capacitor 102k.
- the selection transistor 102i and the driving transistor 102j are thin film transistor elements.
- FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the layout of the TFT layer 102.
- the TFT layer 102 is formed in a region partitioned in a matrix (matrix) in the row direction (X direction) and the column direction (Y direction).
- gate lines 102f are arranged in each row, and data lines 102g and power supply lines 102h are arranged in each column.
- One TFT layer 102 is formed in one section. Focusing on each TFT layer 102, it can be seen that the selection transistor 102i, the drive transistor 102j, and the storage capacitor 102k are formed in one section.
- the source / drain electrode of the driving transistor 102j is electrically connected to the extraction electrode 102e, and the extraction electrode 102e is electrically connected to the pixel electrode 104 through the contact hole 113.
- the gate line 102f, the data line 102g, and the power supply line 102h are collectively referred to as “power supply signal wiring”, and the power supply signal wiring arranged along the row direction (X direction) is defined as the first power supply signal wiring, and the column direction.
- the power supply signal wiring arranged along (Y direction) is defined as a second power supply signal wiring.
- the first power supply signal wiring is the gate line 102f
- the second power supply signal wiring is the data line 102g and the power supply line 102h.
- FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a layout of the partition wall layer 106.
- the partition layer 106 includes a plurality of openings 106a provided in a matrix in the row direction (X direction) and the column direction (Y direction).
- one opening 106a is about 70 ⁇ m in the row direction and about 210 ⁇ m in the column direction.
- a selection transistor 102i In each opening 106a, a selection transistor 102i, an electrode wiring stacked portion 102m, and a power signal wiring stacked portion 102n are located, respectively.
- the electrode wiring is a wiring connecting the gate electrode and the source / drain electrode of the thin film transistor element and the power supply signal wiring, and a wiring connecting the source / drain electrode of the selection transistor 102i and the gate electrode of the driving transistor 102j.
- the source / drain electrode also functions as an electrode wiring.
- the electrode wiring stacked portion 102m includes a gate electrode of the driving transistor 102j, which is an electrode wiring in the same layer as the gate line (first power signal wiring), and a data line 102g (second power signal wiring). This is the portion where the source / drain electrodes of the select transistor 102i, which are electrode wirings in the same layer, overlap.
- the power supply signal wiring stacked portion 102n is a portion where the first power supply signal wiring and the second power supply signal wiring overlap.
- the electrode wiring stacked portion 102m is a portion where the gate line 102f and the data line 102g overlap.
- the first power signal wiring is the gate line 102f
- the second power signal wiring is the data line 102g.
- the pixel electrode 104 is shown by a broken line so that the lower TFT layer 102 can be seen as if it is transparent. The same applies to FIG. 6 and FIG.
- FIG. 6 is a plan view showing the layout of the insulating film 105.
- an insulating film 105a is formed in the opening 106a so as to cover a portion corresponding to the upper portion of the selection transistor 102i and the electrode wiring stacked portion 102m, and corresponds to the upper portion of the power signal wiring stacked portion 102n.
- An insulating film 105b is formed so as to cover the part.
- both the insulating films 105a and 105b may be formed away from the opening edge 106b, which is the edge of the opening 106a. By being separated from the edge of the opening, the insulating film 105a is not positioned under the partition layer 106, and thus the height of the partition layer is easily kept constant.
- portions where electrodes and wiring overlap each other like the thin film transistor element, the electrode wiring laminated portion 102m, and the power signal wiring laminated portion 102n form a large convex portion, and therefore the interlayer insulating layer 103 laminated thereon is formed.
- portions corresponding to those above are not completely flattened, and a protruding region 103b is formed.
- the protruding region 103b is formed above a region where at least two of the gate electrode 102a, the source electrode 102c, the drain electrode 102c, the gate line 102f, the data line 102g, and the power supply line 102h overlap.
- the protruding region 103b may be above a region where at least two of the gate electrode 102a, the source electrode 102c, and the drain electrode 102c overlap in the thin film transistor element.
- the protruding region 103b may be above a region where at least two of the gate line 102f, the data line 102g, and the power supply line 102h overlap.
- the portion of the light emitting layer 109 formed above the protruding region 103b has a smaller film thickness than the portion formed above the flat region 103a. Since the electric resistance is low in the portion where the film thickness is small, the electric charge tends to concentrate, and as a result of more current flowing and local deterioration being promoted, there is a possibility that a local non-light emitting region is generated.
- the insulating film 105 is formed so as to cover a portion corresponding to the upper part of the protruding region 103b of the pixel electrode 104, light emission located above the region where the insulating film is formed.
- the pixel electrode 104 and the light emitting layer 109 are electrically insulated so that no current flows. Thereby, local deterioration of the light emitting layer 109 can be suppressed, and generation of a local non-light emitting region can be suppressed.
- the thickness of the insulating film 105 is smaller than the thickness of the partition wall layer 106.
- the insulating film 105 is not provided, the amount of light emitted from the light-emitting element varies due to the deterioration of the light-emitting layer located above the protruding region.
- the insulating film 105 is provided, so that variation in the amount of light emission can be suppressed as compared with the case where the same current is applied. .
- region with a partition is also considered, when the structure covered with a partition is employ
- the insulating film 105 is provided in the opening portion partitioned by the partition wall instead of the partition wall, the opening portion can be widened, and the functional layer can be provided even when high definition is advanced. It can be formed with higher accuracy.
- the pixel electrode 104 and the light emitting layer 109 are electrically insulated and no current flows. However, this is completely insulated.
- the present invention is not limited to the case where no current flows at all, but includes the case where some current flows. For example, if the electric resistance of the insulating film 105 is larger than the electric resistance of the hole injection layer 107, the current flowing to the corresponding portion can be suppressed and the occurrence of local deterioration can be suppressed to some extent.
- the insulating film 105 may cover only a part of the protruding region 103b.
- a plurality of insulating films 105b separated from each other may be formed in the protruding region 103b.
- the insulating film 105b is formed in each protruding portion, thereby suppressing the occurrence of non-light emitting regions while suppressing a decrease in the light emission amount of the openings. can do.
- the configuration of the display panel 100 has been described above. Next, an example of a method for manufacturing the display panel 100 will be described.
- FIGS. 7 is a schematic process diagram showing the manufacturing process of the display panel 100
- FIGS. 8 to 11 are partial cross-sectional views schematically showing the manufacturing process of the display panel 100.
- FIG. 8 to 11 show a process of forming the cross section shown in FIG. 2A as a representative example.
- a substrate 101 on which a TFT layer 102 is formed is prepared (step S1 in FIG. 7).
- an interlayer insulating layer 103 having a thickness of about 4 [ ⁇ m] is formed on the TFT layer 102 using an organic material having excellent insulating properties based on the photoresist method (FIG. 8B). 7 step S2).
- a protruding region 103b is formed on the surface of the interlayer insulating layer 103 in accordance with the unevenness of the surface of the lower TFT layer 102.
- the pixel electrode 104 made of a metal material having a thickness of about 400 [nm] is formed for each sub-pixel based on the vacuum deposition method or the sputtering method (step S3 in FIG. 7). .
- insulating film 105 is formed (step S4 in FIG. 7). Specifically, it is formed by the following process. First, a paste-like insulating film material containing a photosensitive resist is uniformly applied on the interlayer insulating layer 103. A mask patterned in accordance with the position of the protruding region 103b is overlaid thereon. Subsequently, the mask is exposed from above to form an insulating film pattern. Thereafter, excess insulating film material is washed out with an aqueous or non-aqueous etching solution (developer). Thereby, the insulating film 105 is formed.
- developer aqueous or non-aqueous etching solution
- the TFT layer 102 is formed in step S1 of FIG. 7, it is known in advance at which position of the thin film transistor array substrate the thin film transistor element is formed and at which position the electrode and the wiring overlap. Therefore, since the location where the protruding region 103b is formed is known in advance, the insulating film 105 may be formed accordingly.
- the insulating film 105 is formed of an inorganic insulating material such as SiO (silicon oxide) or SiN (silicon nitride), after forming the film by CVD, sputtering, or the like, a resist is applied based on the photolithography method for patterning. Alternatively, the resist may be removed by wet etching or dry etching.
- an inorganic insulating material such as SiO (silicon oxide) or SiN (silicon nitride
- the partition wall layer 106 is formed based on the photolithography method.
- a pasty partition layer material containing a photosensitive resist is prepared as the partition layer material. This partition layer material is uniformly applied on the pixel electrode 104 and the insulating film 105. A mask formed in the pattern of the opening 106a shown in FIG. 5 is overlaid thereon. Subsequently, exposure is performed on the mask to form a partition wall layer pattern. Thereafter, excess partition wall layer material is washed out with an aqueous or non-aqueous etching solution (developer). Thereby, patterning of the partition wall layer material is completed. Thus, the opening 106a to be the light emitting layer forming region is defined, and the partition wall layer 106 having a water-repellent surface is completed (Step S5 in FIG. 7).
- a conductive polymer material such as PEDOT (a mixture of polythiophene and polystyrene sulfonic acid) is applied into the opening 106a by an ink jet method to form a hole injection layer 107.
- PEDOT a mixture of polythiophene and polystyrene sulfonic acid
- the hole transport layer 108 is formed thereon by the ink jet method (Step S7 in FIG. 7).
- the ink for the light emitting layer in which the organic material constituting the light emitting layer 109 and the solvent are mixed at a predetermined ratio, is applied in the opening 106a using the inkjet method, the ink is applied to the ink.
- the contained solvent is evaporated to dryness, and heated and fired as necessary to form the light emitting layer 109 (step S8 in FIG. 8).
- a material constituting the electron transport layer 110 is formed on the light emitting layer 109 and the partition wall layer 106 based on a vacuum deposition method. Thereby, the electron transport layer 110 is formed (step S9 in FIG. 8).
- the material constituting the electron injection layer 111 is formed by a method such as a vapor deposition method, a spin coating method, or a cast method, thereby forming the electron injection layer 111 (step S10 in FIG. 8).
- the common electrode 112 is formed (step S11 in FIG. 8).
- a sealing layer is formed on the surface of the common electrode 112 by forming a light transmissive material such as SiN or SiON by a sputtering method, a CVD method, or the like.
- the display panel 100 is completed through the above steps.
- the insulating film 105 is formed on the pixel electrode 104.
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- the hole injection layer 107 is formed using a sputtering method or the like using silver (Ag), molybdenum (Mo), chromium (Cr), vanadium (V), tungsten (W), nickel (Ni), iridium (Ir), or the like.
- the insulating film 105 may be formed over the hole injection layer 107 instead of over the pixel electrode 104.
- the hole injection layer 107 is formed on the pixel electrode 104, and then the partition layer 106 is formed above the hole injection layer 107.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic process diagram showing the manufacturing process of the display panel according to the first modification.
- the case where the structure of the modification 1 is applied to the manufacturing process of the display panel 100 of embodiment is demonstrated.
- steps S41 to S43 in FIG. 12 are the same as steps S1 to S3 in FIG. 7, the description thereof is omitted here.
- step S43 the hole injection layer 107 is formed on the pixel electrode 104 by sputtering (step S44).
- an insulating film 105 having a thickness of 10 to 100 [ ⁇ m] is formed on a portion corresponding to the upper portion of the protruding region 103b of the hole injection layer 107 (step S45).
- a partition wall layer 106 is formed on the hole injection layer 107 and the insulating film 105.
- the partition layer 106 is formed by the same method as Step S5 in FIG.
- step S48 to step S51 are the same as step S8 to step S11 in FIG.
- Step S44 may include a step of patterning the hole injection layer 107.
- the pixel electrode 104 and the hole injection layer 107 may be patterned at once.
- the insulating film 105 is not necessarily formed between the pixel electrode 104 and the light emitting layer 109 because the supply of holes or electrons to the portion corresponding to the upper part of the protruding region 103 b of the light emitting layer 109 may be suppressed. It does not have to be. For example, it may be formed between any layers between the light emitting layer 109 and the common electrode 112.
- the insulating film 105 is formed below the light emitting layer 109, the film thickness distribution of the light emitting layer 109 in the vicinity of the end of the insulating film 105 may be adversely affected. However, the insulating film 105 is formed above the light emitting layer 109. Thus, such an adverse effect can be eliminated.
- the insulating film is formed so as to cover only the upper part of the protruding region, but the present invention is not limited to this.
- the main insulating film part 105d1 formed so as to cover the upper part of the normal projecting region and the part along the opening edge 106b in the opening part 106a are also above.
- a peripheral insulating film portion 105d2 may be provided.
- the peripheral insulating film portion 105d2 is formed integrally with the main insulating film portion 105d1 (corresponding to the insulating films 105a and 105b), and as shown in FIG. 13, the insulating film opening is formed inside the opening 106a.
- the shape has a portion 105e.
- the partition wall layer 106 forms a wall-shaped bank.
- the ink that is in contact with the wall surface of the bank has water repellency and wettability of the wall surface. Therefore, the film thickness tends to be non-uniform at the periphery of the formed light emitting layer 109.
- an insulating film also in the portion along the opening edge 106b as in this modification, it is possible to prevent current from flowing in the portion where the film thickness is likely to be non-uniform. Local degradation can be suppressed and the occurrence of local non-light emitting regions can be suppressed.
- the organic EL elements corresponding to each color of red (R), green (G), and blue (B) are sub-pixels, and three sub-pixels R, G, and B are used.
- One pixel (one pixel) is composed of a combination of pixels.
- the organic materials used for the light emitting layer 109 for each color of R, G, and B are not the same in luminous efficiency, and the organic material for G color usually has the highest luminous efficiency, and is used for B color. Organic materials have the lowest luminous efficiency. Therefore, a driving current larger than that of the R and G light emitting layers 109 (R) and 109 (G) must be supplied to the B light emitting layer 109 (B).
- the thin film transistor element and the electrode wiring disposed below the B light emitting layer 109 (B) are thin film transistor elements and electrodes disposed below the R and G light emitting layers 109 (R) and 109 (G).
- the thin film transistor element and the electrode wiring arranged under the R light emitting layer 109 (R) may be larger in size than the wiring, and the thin film transistor element disposed under the G light emitting layer 109 (G). In some cases, the size is larger than the electrode wiring.
- the protruding region formed in the B sub-pixel light emitting region is larger in size than the protruding region formed in the R and G sub-pixel light emitting regions, and is formed in the R sub-pixel light emitting region.
- the projected area is larger in size than the projected area formed in the G-color sub-pixel light emitting area. Therefore, the local deterioration occurrence area in the B light emitting layer 109 (B) is the largest, and then the local deterioration occurrence area becomes smaller in the order of R color and G color.
- the opening 106a (B) in which the B-color light emitting layer 109 (B) is formed according to the size of the protruding region formed in the sub-pixel light emitting region of each color.
- the insulating film 105a (B) formed in the sub-pixel light-emitting region is the largest, and is formed in the sub-pixel light-emitting region in the opening 106a (G) where the G-color light-emitting layer 109 (G) is formed.
- the insulating film may be formed so that the size of the insulating film 105a (G) to be minimized.
- the R and G subpixels are formed.
- the portion corresponding to the upper portion of the flat region that does not have any problem even if the light is emitted is covered with the insulating film, which causes unnecessary reduction in the amount of light emission, which is not preferable.
- the present invention is not limited to this case.
- an insulating film having the largest area may be formed in the opening in which the transistor having the largest transistor area when viewed from above is formed.
- the size of the insulating layer may be changed depending on the luminous efficiency of the light emitting layer. That is, you may form so that the insulating layer located in the opening part in which the light emitting layer with large luminous efficiency was formed may become large.
- the peripheral insulating film portion 105d2 may be formed in a portion along the opening edge 106b. In this case, in addition to the same effect as that of the fourth modification, the same effect as that of the third modification can be obtained.
- FIG. 1 shows a configuration in which each layer of the TFT layer 102 to the common electrode 112 is laminated on the substrate 101.
- any one of the layers may be omitted, or another layer such as a transparent conductive layer may be further included.
- FIG. 13 shows a configuration in which the insulating film 105 is continuous with the edge of the partition wall layer 106.
- the insulating film 105 may be separated from the partition layer 106.
- the display panel and the manufacturing method thereof according to the present invention are suitable for, for example, a display panel used as a home or public facility, or various display devices for business use, a television device, a display for a portable electronic device, and the manufacturing method thereof. Is available.
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本発明の一態様に係る表示パネルは、ゲート電極と、前記ゲート電極と対向するゲート絶縁膜と、前記ゲート絶縁膜を介して前記ゲート電極と対向する半導体層と、前記半導体層と電気的に接続されたソース電極及びドレイン電極と、を有する薄膜トランジスタを含む駆動部が複数、マトリクス状に配置されてなるトランジスタアレイと、前記トランジスタアレイの上方に位置する層間絶縁層と、行列状に形成された複数の開口部を区画し、前記層間絶縁層の上方に配された隔壁層と、前記開口部単位で前記層間絶縁層上に形成された画素電極と、前記開口部内であって、前記画素電極の上方に形成された発光層と、前記画素電極と前記発光層との間に形成された絶縁膜と、を有し、前記トランジスタアレイは、行方向に沿って配された第1電源信号配線および列方向に沿って配された第2電源信号配線を含み、前記層間絶縁層の、少なくとも1つの前記開口部内に位置する部分は、表面が平坦な平坦領域と、前記ゲート電極、前記ドレイン電極、前記ソース電極、前記第1電源信号配線、及び前記第2電源信号配線のうち少なくとも2つ以上が重畳した領域の上方において、前記平坦領域よりも表面が隆起した突出領域と、を有し、前記絶縁膜は、前記突出領域の少なくとも一部の上方は覆い、前記平坦領域の少なくとも一部の上方は覆わないことを特徴とする。
[1-1.全体構成]
図1は実施の形態に係る表示パネル100を有する表示装置1の構成を示す模式ブロック図である。図1に示すように、表示装置1は、表示パネル100と、これに接続された駆動制御部20とを有し構成されている。表示パネル100は、有機材料の電界発光現象を利用したパネルであり、複数の有機EL素子が、例えば、マトリクス状に配列され構成されている。駆動制御部20は、4つの駆動回路21~24と制御回路25とから構成されている。
表示パネル100の構成について、図2を用い説明する。
基板101は、無アルカリガラス、ソーダガラス、無蛍光ガラス、燐酸系ガラス、硼酸系ガラス、石英、アクリル系樹脂、スチレン系樹脂、ポリカーボネート系樹脂、エポキシ系樹脂、ポリエチレン、ポリエステル、シリコーン系樹脂、アルミナ等の絶縁性材料からなる。
TFT層102は、サブピクセル毎に設けられており、各々には薄膜トランジスタ素子を含む画素回路が形成されている。図2に示すように、TFT層102は、ゲート電極102a、ゲート絶縁膜層102b、ソース電極102c、ドレイン電極102c、チャネル層102d等を含む。TFT層102の上面には、画素回路に電気的に接続された引出電極102e(図4参照)が形成されている。なお、基板101上にTFT層102を形成したものを、薄膜トランジスタアレイ基板ともいう。なお、ソース電極およびドレイン電極については、ここでは特に区別しなくてもよいため、双方に同一の符号を付している。また、ソース電極とドレイン電極とをまとめて「ソースドレイン電極」という。
層間絶縁層103は、ポリイミド系樹脂またはアクリル系樹脂等の絶縁材料からなり、TFT層102の上面の段差を平坦化するためのものである。しかし、段差を完全には平坦化することはできず、表面が平坦な平坦領域103aと平坦領域103aよりも隆起した突出領域103bとを有する。層間絶縁層103の各引出電極102e上の部分には引出電極102eの上面の一部を露出するためのコンタクトホール(コンタクト部)113(図4参照)が形成されている。
<画素電極>
画素電極104は、サブピクセル毎に個別に設けられており、層間絶縁層103に設けられたコンタクトホール113内に入り込んで引出電極102eに電気的に接続されている。画素電極104は、例えば、Ag(銀)、Al(アルミニウム)、アルミニウム合金、Mo(モリブデン)、APC(銀、パラジウム、銅の合金)、ARA(銀、ルビジウム、金の合金)、MoCr(モリブデンとクロムの合金)、MoW(モリブデンとタングステンの合金)、NiCr(ニッケルとクロムの合金)、ACL(アルミニウム、コバルト、ゲルマニウム、ランタンの合金)等の光反射性導電材料からなる。
絶縁膜105は、ポリイミド系樹脂、アクリル系樹脂、ノボラック型フェノール樹脂等の有機絶縁材料や、SiO(酸化シリコン)やSiN(窒化シリコン)等の無機絶縁材料からなり、画素電極104の突出領域103b上に形成された部分の上に形成されている。これにより、突出領域103bの上方において、画素電極104と発光層109との間を電気的に絶縁し、発光層109の突出領域103bの上方に相当する部分を非発光領域とする。
隔壁層106(以下、「バンク」とも言う)は、画素電極104上に形成されており、サブピクセル毎に設けられた開口部106aを有する。隔壁層106は、例えば、絶縁性の有機材料(例えばアクリル系樹脂、ポリイミド系樹脂、ノボラック型フェノール樹脂等)からなる。隔壁層106は、発光層109を塗布法で形成する場合には塗布されたインクがあふれ出ないようにするための構造物として機能し、発光層109を蒸着法で形成する場合には蒸着マスクを載置するための構造物として機能する。
正孔注入層107は、画素電極104から発光層109への正孔の注入を促進させる目的で設けられている。正孔注入層107は、例えば、銀(Ag)、モリブデン(Mo)、クロム(Cr)、バナジウム(V)、タングステン(W)、ニッケル(Ni)、イリジウム(Ir)などの酸化物、あるいは、PEDOT(ポリチオフェンとポリスチレンスルホン酸との混合物)などの導電性ポリマー材料からなる層である。上記の内、酸化金属からなる正孔注入層107は、正孔(ホール)を安定的に、または正孔(ホール)の生成を補助して、発光層109に対し正孔(ホール)を注入する機能を有し、大きな仕事関数を有する。本実施の形態においては、正孔注入層107は、PEDOT(ポリチオフェンとポリスチレンスルホン酸との混合物)などの導電性ポリマー材料からなる。
正孔輸送層108は、親水基を備えない高分子化合物を用い形成されている。例えば、ポリフルオレンやその誘導体、あるいはポリアリールアミンやその誘導体などの高分子化合物であって、親水基を備えないものなどを用いることができる。
発光層109は、キャリア(正孔と電子)の再結合による発光を行う部位であり、R,G,Bのいずれかの色に対応する有機材料を含むように構成されている。発光層109は、隔壁層106の開口部106a内にそれぞれ形成されており、そのため、サブピクセル毎に形成されていることになる。発光層は、例えば、特開平5-163488号公報に記載のオキシノイド化合物、ペリレン化合物、クマリン化合物、アザクマリン化合物、オキサゾール化合物、オキサジアゾール化合物、ペリノン化合物、ピロロピロール化合物、ナフタレン化合物、アントラセン化合物、フルオレン化合物、フルオランテン化合物、テトラセン化合物、ピレン化合物、コロネン化合物、キノロン化合物及びアザキノロン化合物、ピラゾリン誘導体及びピラゾロン誘導体、ローダミン化合物、クリセン化合物、フェナントレン化合物、シクロペンタジエン化合物、スチルベン化合物、ジフェニルキノン化合物、スチリル化合物、ブタジエン化合物、ジシアノメチレンピラン化合物、ジシアノメチレンチオピラン化合物、フルオレセイン化合物、ピリリウム化合物、チアピリリウム化合物、セレナピリリウム化合物、テルロピリリウム化合物、芳香族アルダジエン化合物、オリゴフェニレン化合物、チオキサンテン化合物、シアニン化合物、アクリジン化合物、8-ヒドロキシキノリン化合物の金属錯体、2-ビピリジン化合物の金属錯体、シッフ塩とIII族金属との錯体、オキシン金属錯体、希土類錯体等の蛍光物質等を挙げることができる。
電子輸送層110は、共通電極112から注入された電子を発光層109へ輸送する機能を有し、例えば、オキサジアゾール誘導体(OXD)、トリアゾール誘導体(TAZ)、フェナンスロリン誘導体(BCP、Bphen)などを用い形成されている。
電子注入層111は、共通電極112から発光層109への電子の注入を促進させる機能を有する。電子注入層111は、例えば、リチウム、バリウム、カルシウム、カリウム、セシウム、ナトリウム、ルビジウム等の低仕事関数金属、及びフッ化リチウム等の低仕事関数金属塩、酸化バリウム等の低仕事関数金属酸化物などを用いて形成されている。
共通電極112は、各サブピクセル共通に設けられており、例えば、ITO(酸化インジウムスズ)、IZO(酸化インジウム亜鉛)等の導電性を有する光透過性材料で形成されている。
以下、TFT層102、画素電極104、絶縁膜105、隔壁層106のレイアウトについて説明する。
ここでは、実施の形態に係る表示パネル100の製造方法について、図7~図11を用いて説明する。なお、図7は、表示パネル100の製造過程を示す模式工程図であり、図8~図11は、表示パネル100の製造過程を模式的に示す部分断面図である。図8~図11は、代表例として図2(a)に示す断面が形成される過程を示す。
以上、本発明の構成を実施の形態に基づいて説明したが、本発明はこれらの実施の形態に限られない。例えば、以下のような変形例を実施することができる。
30 ディスペンサ
100,200 表示パネル
101 基板
102 TFT層
102a ゲート電極
102b ゲート絶縁膜
102c ソース電極,ドレイン電極,ソースドレイン電極
102d チャネル層
102e 引出電極
102f ゲート線
102g データ線
102h 電源線
102i 選択トランジスタ
102j 駆動トランジスタ
102k 保持容量
102m 電極配線積層部
102n 電源信号配線積層部
103 層間絶縁層
103a 平坦領域
103b 突出領域
104 画素電極
105,105a,105b,105d絶縁膜
105d1 主絶縁膜部
105d2 周縁絶縁膜部
105e 絶縁膜開口部
106 隔壁層
106a 開口部
106b 開口縁
107 正孔注入層
108 正孔輸送層
109 発光層
110 電子輸送層
111 電子注入層
112 共通電極
113 コンタクトホール
Claims (19)
- ゲート電極と、前記ゲート電極と対向するゲート絶縁膜と、前記ゲート絶縁膜を介して前記ゲート電極と対向する半導体層と、前記半導体層と電気的に接続されたソース電極及びドレイン電極と、を有する薄膜トランジスタを含む駆動部が複数、マトリクス状に配置されてなるトランジスタアレイと、
前記トランジスタアレイの上方に位置する層間絶縁層と、
行列状に形成された複数の開口部を区画し、前記層間絶縁層の上方に配された隔壁層と、
前記開口部単位で前記層間絶縁層上に形成された画素電極と、
前記開口部内であって、前記画素電極の上方に形成された発光層と、
前記画素電極と前記発光層との間に形成された絶縁膜と、
を有し、
前記トランジスタアレイは、行方向に沿って配された第1電源信号配線および列方向に沿って配された第2電源信号配線を含み、
前記層間絶縁層の、少なくとも1つの前記開口部内に位置する部分は、表面が平坦な平坦領域と、前記ゲート電極、前記ドレイン電極、前記ソース電極、前記第1電源信号配線、及び前記第2電源信号配線のうち少なくとも2つ以上が重畳した領域の上方において、前記平坦領域よりも表面が隆起した突出領域と、を有し、
前記絶縁膜は、前記突出領域の少なくとも一部の上方は覆い、前記平坦領域の少なくとも一部の上方は覆わない
ことを特徴とする表示パネル。 - 前記平坦領域の上方に位置する前記発光層を点灯状態としたときに、前記絶縁膜の上方に位置する前記発光層は、非点灯状態である
ことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の表示パネル。 - 前記突出領域は、前記第1電源信号配線と前記第2電源信号配線とが重なっている部分、または、前記第1電源信号配線と同層の電極配線と前記第2の電源信号配線と同層の電極配線とが重なっている部分の上方に位置する
ことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の表示パネル。 - 前記突出領域は、前記ゲート電極、前記ドレイン電極、前記ソース電極のうち少なくとも2つ以上が重畳した領域の上方に位置する
ことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の表示パネル。 - 前記画素電極と前記発光層との間に正孔注入層を有し、
前記絶縁膜は、前記正孔注入層よりも前記画素電極側に位置する
ことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の表示パネル。 - 前記画素電極と前記発光層との間に正孔注入層を有し、
前記絶縁膜は、前記正孔注入層上に形成されている
ことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の表示パネル。 - 前記絶縁膜は、平面視において前記開口部の縁から離間している
ことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の表示パネル。 - 前記絶縁膜は、前記隔壁層よりも厚みが薄く、平面視において前記開口部の縁と連続している
ことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の表示パネル。 - 前記複数の開口部は、第1の発光色を発する第1の発光層が形成された第1の開口部と、前記第1の発光層とは発光色が異なり、かつ、前記第1の発光層よりも発光効率が高い第2の発光層が形成された第2の開口部と、を有し、前記第1の開口部内に位置する前記絶縁膜は、前記第2の開口部内に位置する前記絶縁膜よりも、平面視において面積が大きい
ことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の表示パネル。 - 前記複数の開口部内に形成された前記発光層はそれぞれ、赤色、青色、緑色のうちいずれか1つの発光色を有し、青色の発光色を有する前記発光層が形成された前記開口部内に位置する前記絶縁膜は、緑色の発光色を有する前記発光層および赤色の発光色を有する前記発光層が形成された前記開口部内に位置する前記絶縁膜よりも、平面視において面積が大きい
ことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の表示パネル。 - 赤色の発光色を有する前記発光層が形成された前記開口部内に位置する前記絶縁膜は、緑色の発光色を有する前記発光層が形成された前記開口部内に位置する前記絶縁膜よりも、平面視において面積が大きい
ことを特徴とする請求項10に記載の表示パネル。 - 基板を準備する基板準備工程と、
前記基板上に、ゲート電極と、前記ゲート電極と対向するゲート絶縁膜と、前記ゲート絶縁膜を介して前記ゲート電極と対向する半導体層と、前記半導体層と電気的に接続されたソース電極及びドレイン電極と、を有する薄膜トランジスタ素子を含む駆動部を行列状に複数配置して、トランジスタアレイ基板を形成するトランジスタアレイ基板形成工程と、
前記トランジスタアレイ基板上に、層間絶縁層を形成する層間絶縁層形成工程と、
前記層間絶縁層上に、前記複数の駆動部に対応して複数の画素電極を行列状に配置する画素電極形成工程と、
前記画素電極の上方において、前記層間絶縁層の一部の上方を覆うように絶縁膜を形成する絶縁膜形成工程と、
前記複数の画素電極のそれぞれに対応した位置に開口部を区画する隔壁層を、前記層間絶縁層および前記絶縁膜上に形成する隔壁層形成工程と、
前記開口部内であって前記絶縁膜の上方に発光層を形成する発光層形成工程と、を含み、
前記トランジスタアレイ基板は、行方向に沿って配された第1電源信号配線および列方向に沿って配された第2電源信号配線を含み、
前記層間絶縁層形成工程において形成される前記層間絶縁層は、少なくとも1つの前記開口部内に位置する予定の部分において表面が平坦な平坦領域と、前記ゲート電極、前記ドレイン電極、前記ソース電極、前記第1電源信号配線、及び前記第2電源信号配線のうち少なくとも2つ以上が重畳した領域の上方において、前記平坦領域よりも表面が隆起した突出領域とを有し、
前記絶縁膜形成工程において、前記突出領域の少なくとも一部の上方は覆い、前記平坦領域の少なくとも一部の上方は覆わないように前記絶縁膜を形成する
ことを特徴とする表示パネルの製造方法。 - 前記平坦領域の上方に位置する前記発光層を点灯状態としたときに、前記絶縁膜の上方に位置する前記発光層は、非点灯状態である
ことを特徴とする請求項12に記載の表示パネルの製造方法。 - 前記突出領域は、前記第1電源信号配線と前記第2電源信号配線とが重なっている部分の上方に位置する
ことを特徴とする請求項12に記載の表示パネルの製造方法。 - 前記突出領域は、前記ゲート電極、前記ドレイン電極、前記ソース電極のうち少なくとも2つ以上が重畳した領域の上方に位置する
ことを特徴とする請求項12に記載の表示パネルの製造方法。 - 前記絶縁膜は、前記隔壁層よりも厚みが薄く、平面視において前記開口部の縁と連続していることを特徴とする請求項13に記載の表示パネルの製造方法。
- 前記複数の開口部は、第1の発光色を発する第1の発光層が形成された第1の開口部と、前記第1の発光層とは発光色が異なり、かつ、前記第1の発光層よりも発光効率が高い第2の発光層が形成された第2の開口部と、を有し、
前記第1の開口部内に位置する前記絶縁膜は、前記第2の開口部内に位置する前記絶縁膜よりも、平面視において面積が大きい
ことを特徴とする請求項12に記載の表示パネルの製造方法。 - 前記発光層形成工程においてそれぞれの前記開口部内に形成される前記発光層は、それぞれ赤色、青色、緑色のうちいずれか1つの発光色を有し、
前記絶縁膜形成工程において形成される前記絶縁膜のうち、青色の発光色を有する前記発光層が上方に形成される予定の前記突出領域を覆うように形成される前記絶縁膜は、赤色および緑色の発光色を有する前記発光層が上方に形成される予定の前記突出領域を覆うように形成される前記絶縁膜よりも、平面視において面積が大きい
ことを特徴とする請求項12に記載の表示パネルの製造方法。 - 前記絶縁膜形成工程において形成される前記絶縁膜のうち、赤色の発光色を有する前記発光層が上方に形成される予定の前記突出領域を覆うように形成される前記絶縁膜は、緑色の発光色を有する前記発光層が上方に形成される予定の前記突出領域を覆うように形成される前記絶縁膜よりも、平面視において面積が大きい
ことを特徴とする請求項12に記載の表示パネルの製造方法。
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