Sony Patent | Display device

Patent: Display device

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Publication Number: 20220115629

Publication Date: 20220414

Applicant: Sony

Abstract

A display device has a display panel provided with a plurality of light emitting elements 10 including a light emitting part 30, and a lens member 50 through which light emitted from the light emitting part 30 passes, in which when a distance (an offset amount) between a normal LN passing through a center of the light emitting part 30 and a normal LN’ passing through a center of the lens member 50 is defined as D.sub.0, a value of the distance (offset amount) D.sub.0 is not 0 in at least some of the light emitting elements 10 provided in the display panel.

Claims

1. A display device comprising a display panel provided with a plurality of light emitting elements, each of the light emitting elements including: a light emitting part; and a lens member through which light emitted from the light emitting part passes wherein, when a distance between a normal passing through a center of the light emitting part and a normal passing through a center of the lens member is D.sub.0, a value of the distance D.sub.0 is not 0 in at least some of the light emitting elements provided in the display panel.

2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein a reference point is assumed, and the distance D.sub.0 depends on a distance D.sub.1 from the reference point to the normal passing through the center of the light emitting part.

3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein a reference point is assumed to be in the display panel.

4. The display device according to claim 3, wherein the reference point is not located in a central region of the display panel.

5. The display device according to claim 3, wherein a plurality of reference points are assumed.

6. The display device according to claim 3, wherein, when one reference point is assumed, the reference point is not included in the central region of the display panel, and when a plurality of reference points are assumed, at least one reference point is not included in the central region of the display panel.

7. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the reference point is assumed to be outside the display panel.

8. The display device according to claim 7, wherein a plurality of reference points are assumed.

9. The display device according to claim 1, wherein light emitted from each light emitting element and passing through the lens member converges on a certain region of a space outside the display device.

10. The display device according to claim 1, wherein light emitted from each light emitting element and passing through the lens member diverges in a space outside the display device.

11. The display device according to claim 1, wherein light emitted from each light emitting element and passing through the lens member is parallel light.

12. The display device according to claim 1, wherein a reference point is set, a plurality of light emitting elements are arranged in a first direction and a second direction different from the first direction, and when a distance from the reference point to a normal passing through the center of the light emitting part is defined as D.sub.1, values of the distance D.sub.0 in the first direction and the second direction are defined as D.sub.0-X and D.sub.0-Y, and values of the distance D.sub.1 in the first direction and the second direction are defined as D.sub.1-X and D.sub.1-Y, D.sub.0-X changes linearly with respect to a change of D.sub.1-X, and D.sub.0-Y changes linearly with respect to a change of D.sub.1-Y, or D.sub.0-X changes linearly with respect to the change of D.sub.1-X, and D.sub.0-Y changes non-linearly with respect to the change of D.sub.1-Y, or D.sub.0-X changes non-linearly with respect to the change of D.sub.1-X, and D.sub.0-Y changes linearly with respect to the change of D.sub.1-Y, or D.sub.0-X changes non-linearly with respect to a change of D.sub.1-X, and D.sub.0-Y changes non-linearly with respect to a change of D.sub.1-Y.

13. The display device according to claim 1, wherein a reference point is set, and when a distance from the reference point to the normal passing through the center of the light emitting part is defined as D.sub.1, the value of the distance D.sub.0 increases as a value of the distance D.sub.1 increases.

14. The display device according to claim 1, wherein a color filter layer is provided on a light incidence side or a light emitting side of the lens member.

15. The display device according to claim 14, wherein an orthographic projection image of the lens member coincides with an orthographic projection image of the color filter layer, or is included in the orthographic projection image of the color filter layer.

16. The display device according to claim 14, wherein, in the light emitting element in which the value of the distance D.sub.0 is not 0, a normal passing through a center of the color filter layer and the normal passing through the center of the light emitting part coincide with each other.

17. The display device according to claim 14, wherein, in the light emitting element in which the value of the distance D.sub.0 is not 0, a normal passing through a center of the color filter layer and the normal passing through the center of the lens member coincide with each other.

18. The display device according to claim 14, wherein a light absorption layer is formed between the color filter layers of the adjacent light emitting elements.

19. The display device according to claim 1, wherein a light absorption layer is formed between the adjacent lens members.

20. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting part provided in the light emitting element includes an organic electroluminescence layer.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a display device including a plurality of light emitting elements.

BACKGROUND ART

[0002] In recent years, development of a display device (an organic EL display) using an organic electroluminescence (EL) element as a light emitting element has been progressing. In this display device, for example, an organic layer including at least a light emitting layer and a second electrode (an upper electrode) are formed on a first electrode (a lower electrode) formed separately for each pixel. In addition, for example, each of a red light emitting element in which an organic layer emitting white light and a red color filter are combined, a green light emitting element in which an organic layer emitting white light and a green color filter are combined, and a blue light emitting element in which an organic layer emitting white light and a blue color filter are combined is provided as a sub pixel, and one pixel is configured of these sub pixels.

[0003] In addition, a technique for changing a shape of a lens member in accordance with a film thickness of a color filter provided in each light emitting element in order to reduce color shift due to a change in viewing angle is known from JP 2013-120731 A.

CITATION LIST

Patent Literature

[PTL 1]

[0004] JP 2013-120731** A**

SUMMARY

Technical Problem

[0005] However, the above patent literature does not mention any technique of controlling a moving direction of light which is emitted from a light emitting layer and passes through a lens member depending on a position of a light emitting element in a display device. That is, there is no mention of the state in which an image from a display device is emitted toward a certain region of an external space.

[0006] Therefore, an object of the present disclosure is to provide a display device having a configuration and structure with which it is possible to reliably and accurately control a state in which an image from a display device is emitted toward a certain region of an external space.

Solution to Problem

[0007] A display device of the present disclosure for achieving the above object is a display device that has a display panel provided with a plurality of light emitting elements, each of the light emitting elements including

a light emitting part and a lens member (an on-chip micro lens) through which light emitted from the light emitting part passes, wherein, when a distance (an offset amount) between a normal passing through a center of the light emitting part and a normal passing through a center of the lens member is D.sub.0, a value of the distance (offset amount) D.sub.0 is not 0 in at least some of the light emitting elements provided in the display panel.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0008] FIG. 1 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of light emitting elements constituting (and located within a reference point of) a display device of a first embodiment.

[0009] FIG. 2 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of light emitting elements constituting (and located away from the reference point of) the display device of the first embodiment.

[0010] FIGS. 3A and 3B are schematic diagrams showing a positional relationship between a light emitting element and the reference point in the display device of the first embodiment.

[0011] FIGS. 4A, 4B, 4C and 4D are diagrams schematically showing a change of D.sub.0-X with respect to a change of D.sub.1-X and a change of D.sub.0-Y with respect to a change of D.sub.1-Y.

[0012] FIGS. 5A, 5B, 5C and 5D are diagrams schematically showing a change of D.sub.0-X with respect to a change of D.sub.1-X and a change of D.sub.0-Y with respect to a change of D.sub.1-Y.

[0013] FIGS. 6A, 6B, 6C and 6D are diagrams schematically showing a change of D.sub.0-X with respect to a change of D.sub.1-X and a change of D.sub.0-Y with respect to a change of D.sub.1-Y.

[0014] FIGS. 7A, 7B, 7C and 7D are diagrams schematically showing a change of D.sub.0-X with respect to a change of D.sub.1-X and a change of D.sub.0-Y with respect to a change of D.sub.1-Y.

[0015] FIGS. 8A and 8B are diagrams schematically showing an example of arrangement relationships of the light emitting part, a color filter layer, and a lens member in the display device of the first embodiment.

[0016] FIG. 9A is a graph showing the result of simulating a relationship between a light beam angle .theta. (unit: degrees) and a light amount (luminance) when the distance D.sub.0 is changed, and FIG. 9B is a graph showing an increase in the light amount (luminance) as compared with the case of a conventional display device.

[0017] FIG. 10 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of light emitting elements constituting (and located away from the reference point of) a first modified example of the display device of the first embodiment.

[0018] FIG. 11 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of light emitting elements constituting (and located away from the reference point of) a second modified example of the display device of the first embodiment.

[0019] FIGS. 12A and 12B are diagrams schematically showing a positional relationship between a light emitting element and a reference point in a display device of a second embodiment.

[0020] FIG. 13 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of light emitting elements constituting (and located within a reference point of) a display device of a third embodiment.

[0021] FIG. 14 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of light emitting elements constituting (and located away from the reference point of) the display device of the third embodiment.

[0022] FIG. 15 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of light emitting elements constituting (and located within a reference point of) a display device of a fourth embodiment.

[0023] FIG. 16 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of light emitting elements constituting (and located away from the reference point of) the display device of the fourth embodiment.

[0024] FIG. 17 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of light emitting elements constituting (and located within a reference point of) a third modified example of the display device of the first embodiment.

[0025] FIG. 18 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of light emitting elements constituting (and located away from the reference point of) the third modified example of the display device of the first embodiment.

[0026] FIG. 19 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of light emitting elements constituting (and located within a reference point of) a fourth modified example of the display device of the first embodiment.

[0027] FIG. 20 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of light emitting elements constituting (and located away from the reference point of) the fourth modified example of the display device of the first embodiment.

[0028] FIG. 21 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of light emitting elements constituting (and located away from a reference point of) a first modified example of the display device of the third embodiment.

[0029] FIGS. 22A, 22B, 22C and 22D are diagrams schematically showing an arrangement of light emitting elements in the display device of the first embodiment.

[0030] FIGS. 23A and 23B, and 23C and 23D are diagrams schematically showing an arrangement relationship between a second electrode and the color filter layer in the display device of the first embodiment.

[0031] FIGS. 24A, 24B, and 24C are schematic partial end views of a substrate or the like for explaining a method of manufacturing the lens member in the light emitting element of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1.

[0032] FIG. 25 is a conceptual diagram of an image display device constituting a head-mounted display of a fifth embodiment.

[0033] FIG. 26 is a schematic diagram of the head-mounted display of the fifth embodiment viewed from above.

[0034] FIG. 27 is a schematic diagram of the head-mounted display of the fifth embodiment viewed from the front.

[0035] FIGS. 28A and 28B are a schematic diagram of the head-mounted display of the fifth embodiment from a lateral side and a schematic enlarged cross-sectional view showing a part of a reflective volume hologram diffraction grating in the head-mounted display of the fifth embodiment, respectively.

[0036] FIGS. 29A and 29B show an example in which the display device of the present disclosure is applied to a mirrorless type digital still camera with interchangeable lenses, with FIG. 29A showing a front view of the digital still camera and FIG. 29B showing a rear view thereof.

[0037] FIGS. 30A, 30B, and 30C are conceptual diagrams for explaining relationships of a normal LN passing through the center of the light emitting part, a normal LN’ passing through the center of the lens member, and a normal LN” passing through a center of a wavelength selection part.

[0038] FIG. 31 is a conceptual diagram for explaining relationships of the normal LN passing through the center of the light emitting part, the normal LN’ passing through the center of the lens member, and the normal LN” passing through the center of the wavelength selection part.

[0039] FIGS. 32A and 32B are conceptual diagrams for explaining relationships of the normal LN passing through the center of the light emitting part, the normal LN’ passing through the center of the lens member, and the normal LN” passing through the center of the wavelength selection part.

[0040] FIG. 33 is a conceptual diagram for explaining relationships of the normal LN passing through the center of the light emitting part, the normal LN’ passing through the center of the lens member, and the normal LN” passing through the center of the wavelength selection part.

[0041] FIGS. 34A and 34B are conceptual diagrams of light emitting elements of a first example and a second example having a resonator structure.

[0042] FIGS. 35A and 35B are conceptual diagrams of light emitting elements of a third example and a fourth example having a resonator structure.

[0043] FIGS. 36A and 36B are conceptual diagrams of light emitting elements of a fifth example and a sixth example having a resonator structure.

[0044] FIG. 37A is a conceptual diagram of light emitting element of a seventh example having a resonator structure, and FIGS. 37B and 37C are conceptual diagrams of light emitting elements of an eighth example having a resonator structure.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

[0045] Hereinafter, the present disclosure will be described on the basis of embodiments with reference to the figures, but the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments, and the various numerical values and materials in the embodiments are examples. Also, the description will be given in the following order.

1. Description of an overall display device of the present disclosure 2. First embodiment (display device) 3. Second embodiment (modification of first embodiment) 4. Third embodiment (modification of first embodiment and second embodiment) 5. Fourth embodiment (other modification of first embodiment and second embodiment) 6. Fifth embodiment (example in which display devices of first embodiment to fourth embodiment are applied to a head-mounted display)

2. Other

[0046] In a display device of the present disclosure, a reference point (reference region) is assumed, and a distance D.sub.0 can be set in forms that depend on a distance D.sub.1 from the reference point (reference region) to a normal passing through a center of a light emitting part. Also, the reference point (reference region) may include some extent of extension.

[0047] Here, various normals are vertical lines with respect to a light emitting surface of a display panel. Further, various orthographic projection images, which will be described later, are orthographic projection images with respect to the light emitting surface of the display panel.

[0048] In the display device of the present disclosure including the above preferred forms, the reference point may have a configuration assumed to be in the display panel, and in this case, the reference point may have a configuration not located in a central region of the display panel, or the reference point may have a configuration located in the central region of the display panel, and in these cases, the reference point may have a configuration in which one reference point is assumed or a plurality of reference points are assumed. In addition, in these cases, a value of the distance D.sub.0 may be 0 in some light emitting elements, and the value of the distance D.sub.0 may not be 0 in the remaining light emitting elements.

[0049] Alternatively, in the display device of the present disclosure including the above preferred forms, in a case in which one reference point is assumed, the reference point may have a configuration that is not included in the central region of the display panel, or the reference point may have a configuration that is included in the central region of the display panel. Further, in a case in which a plurality of reference points are assumed, at least one reference point may have a configuration that is not included in the central region of the display panel.

[0050] Alternatively, in the display device of the present disclosure including the above preferred forms, the reference point may have a configuration that is assumed to be outside (in an external region of) the display panel, and in this case, the reference point may have a configuration in which one reference point is assumed or a plurality of reference points are assumed. In addition, in these cases, the value of the distance D.sub.0 may be non-zero in all the light emitting elements in the configuration.

[0051] Further, in the display device of the present disclosure including the preferred forms and configurations described above, the light that is emitted from each light emitting element and passes through a lens member may be set in such a form that it converges (condenses) in a certain region of a space outside the display device, the light that is emitted from each light emitting element and passes through the lens member may be set in such a form that it diverges in the space outside the display device, or the light that is emitted from each light emitting element and passes through the lens member may be set in the form of parallel light.

[0052] Furthermore, in the display device of the present disclosure including the preferable forms and configurations described above, the value of the distance (offset amount) D.sub.0 may be set in a different form depending on a position occupied by the light emitting element in the display panel. Specifically,

the reference point is set, the plurality of light emitting elements are arranged in a first direction and a second direction different from the first direction, and when a distance from the reference point to a normal passing through a center of a light emitting part is defined as D.sub.1, values of the distance D.sub.0 in the first direction and the second direction are defined as D.sub.0-X and D.sub.0-Y, and values of the distance D.sub.1 in the first direction and the second direction are defined as D.sub.1-X and D.sub.1-Y, D.sub.0-X may change linearly with respect to a change of D.sub.1-X, and D.sub.0-Y may change linearly with respect to a change of D.sub.1-Y, or D.sub.0-X may change linearly with respect to the change of D.sub.1-X, and D.sub.0-Y may change non-linearly with respect to the change of D.sub.1-Y, or D.sub.0-X may change non-linearly with respect to the change of D.sub.1-X, and D.sub.0-Y may change linearly with respect to the change of D.sub.1-Y, or D.sub.0-X may change non-linearly with respect to the change of D.sub.1-X, and D.sub.0-Y may change non-linearly with respect to the change of D.sub.1-Y.

[0053] Alternatively, the display device of the present disclosure including the preferred forms and configurations described above may have a form in which, the reference point is set, and

when the distance from the reference point to the normal passing through the center of the light emitting part is defined as D.sub.1, the value of the distance D.sub.0 increases as the value of the distance D.sub.1 increases.

[0054] Here, the fact that D.sub.0-X changes linearly with respect to the change of D.sub.1-X, and D.sub.0-Y changes linearly with respect to the change of D.sub.1-Y indicates that they satisfy the following relationships.

D.sub.0-X=k.sub.XD.sub.1-X

D.sub.0-Y=k.sub.YD.sub.1-Y

Here, k.sub.X and k.sub.Y are constants. That is, D.sub.0-X and D.sub.0-Y change on the basis of a linear function. On the other hand, the fact that D.sub.0-X changes non-linearly with respect to the change of D.sub.1-X, and D.sub.0-Y changes linearly with respect to the change of D.sub.1-Y indicates that they satisfy the following relationships.

D.sub.0-X=f.sub.X(D.sub.1-X)

D.sub.0-Y=f.sub.Y(D.sub.1-Y)

[0055] Here, f.sub.X and f.sub.Y are functions that are not linear functions (for example, quadratic functions).

[0056] Alternatively, the change of D.sub.0-X with respect to the change of D.sub.1-X and the change of D.sub.0-Y with respect to the change of D.sub.1-Y may be regarded as a stepwise change. In addition, in this case, looking at the stepwise change as a whole, the change may be set in a form in which the change changes linearly, or a form in which the change changes non-linearly. Further, when the display panel is divided into M.times.N regions, in one region, the change in D.sub.0-X with respect to the change in D.sub.1-X and the change in D.sub.0-Y with respect to the change in D.sub.1-Y may be invariant or constant. The number of light emitting elements in one region is not limited, and 10.times.10 can be exemplified.

[0057] Furthermore, the display device of the present disclosure including the preferred forms and configurations described above may have a form in which a wavelength selection part is provided on a light incidence side or a light emitting side of the lens member. In this case, an orthographic projection image of the lens member may have a form in which it coincides with an orthographic projection image of the wavelength selection part or is included in the orthographic projection image of the wavelength selection part. By adopting the latter configuration, it is possible to reliably inhibit occurrence of color mixing between adjacent light emitting elements. Further, in these cases, the light emitting element in which the value of the distance D.sub.0 is not 0 can be formed in the following forms.

(a) A form in which the normal passing through the center of the wavelength selection part and the normal passing through the center of the light emitting part coincide with each other. (b) A form in which the normal passing through the center of the wavelength selection part and the normal passing through the center of the lens member coincide with each other. (c) A form in which the normal passing through the center of the wavelength selection part and the normal passing through the center of the light emitting part do not coincide with each other, and the normal passing through the center of the wavelength selection part and the normal passing through the center of the lens member do not coincide with each other.

[0058] By adopting either of the latter configurations (b) and (c), it is possible to reliably inhibit occurrence of color mixing between adjacent light emitting elements. Also, the center of the wavelength selection part indicates a centroid point of an area of a region occupied by the wavelength selection part. Alternatively, in a case in which a planar shape of the wavelength selection part is circular, elliptical, square, rectangular, or a regular polygon, centers of these figures correspond to the center of the wavelength selection part, or in a case in which these figures are such figures of which a part is notched, centers of the figures in which the notched part is complemented correspond to the center of the wavelength selection part, or in a case in which these figures are connected figures, centers of the figures in which the connected part is removed and the removed part is complemented correspond to the center of the wavelength selection part. Further, in these cases, a form in which a light absorption layer (a black matrix layer) is formed between the wavelength selection parts of the adjacent light emitting elements can be adopted, whereby occurrence of color mixing between the adjacent light emitting elements can be reliably inhibited. The wavelength selection part can be configured of, for example, a color filter layer, and the color filter layer is formed of a resin to which a colorant composed of a desired pigment or dye is added and is adjusted by selecting a pigment or dye such that light transmittance in a target wavelength range such as red, green, or blue is high and light transmittance in other wavelength ranges is low. Alternatively, the wavelength selection part may be configured of a photonic crystal, a wavelength selection element to which plasmon is applied (a color filter layer having a conductor lattice structure in which a lattice-shaped hole structure is provided in a conductor thin film; for example, see JP 2008-177191 A), a thin film made of an inorganic material such as amorphous silicon, and quantum dots. Hereinafter, the wavelength selection part will be described as a representative of the color filter layer, but the wavelength selection part is not limited to the color filter layer. Also, a size of the wavelength selection part (for example, the color filter layer) may be appropriately changed in accordance with the light emitted by the light emitting element. In a case in which the light absorption layer (black matrix layer) is provided between the wavelength selection parts (for example, color filter layers) of the adjacent light emitting elements, a size of the light absorption layer (black matrix layer) may be appropriately changed in accordance with the light emitted by the light emitting element.

[0059] Furthermore, the display device of the present disclosure including the preferred forms and configurations described above may be configured to have a form in which the light absorption layer (black matrix layer) is formed between adjacent lens members, and this also makes it possible to reliably inhibit occurrence of color mixing between the adjacent light emitting elements.

[0060] These light absorption layers (black matrix layers) are made of, for example, a black resin film (specifically, for example, a black polyimide resin) having an optical density of 1 or more with which a black colorant is mixed, or configured of a thin film filler utilizing interference of thin films. The thin film filter is formed by stacking two or more thin films made of, for example, a metal, a metal nitride or a metal oxide, and attenuates the light by utilizing interference of thin films. Specifically, as the thin film filter, one in which Cr and chromium(III) oxide (Cr.sub.2O.sub.3) are alternately laminated can be exemplified.

[0061] Furthermore, in the display device of the present disclosure including the preferred forms and configurations described above, the light emitting part provided in the light emitting element may have a form including an organic electroluminescence layer. That is, the display device of the present disclosure including the various preferred forms and configurations described above may have a form of an organic electroluminescence display device (an organic EL display device), and may have a form in which the light emitting element is configured of an organic electroluminescence element (an organic EL element). Alternatively, the light emitting part may have a form including a light emitting diode (LED).

[0062] The normal passing through the center of the lens member coincides with an optical axis of the lens member. The lens member may have a hemispherical form, may have a form including a part of a sphere, may have a form including a truncated cone shape (a three-dimensional shape in which a cross-sectional shape of the lens member obtained when the lens member is cut along a virtual plane including the optical axis of the lens member is trapezoidal), or may have a form in which the cross-sectional shape of the lens member obtained when the lens member is cut along a virtual plane including the optical axis of the lens member is rectangular (square or rectangular), and broadly, the lens member may have a form including a shape suitable for functioning as a lens. The lens member (on-chip micro lens) may be made of, for example, a transparent resin material such as an acrylic resin, an epoxy resin, a polycarbonate resin, or a polyimide resin, or a transparent inorganic material such as SiO.sub.2, and the transparent resin material can be obtained using melt flow, can be obtained using etching back, can be obtained using a combination of a photolithography technique using a gray tone mask and an etching method, or can also be obtained using a method such as forming the transparent resin material into a lens shape on the basis of a nano print method. A flattening film may be formed between the color filter layer and the lens member with the same material as the lens member.

[0063] In the display device of the present disclosure, as an arrangement of pixels (or sub-pixels), a delta arrangement can be exemplified, or a stripe arrangement, a diagonal arrangement, a rectangle arrangement, and a PenTile arrangement can be exemplified. An arrangement of the wavelength selection part may also be a delta arrangement, or a stripe arrangement, a diagonal arrangement, a rectangle arrangement, or a PenTile arrangement on the basis of the arrangement of pixels (or sub-pixels).

[0064] The display device can be used, for example, for a monitor device constituting a personal computer, and can be used for a television receiver, a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a monitor device incorporated in a game device, or a display device incorporated in a projector. Alternatively, the display device can be applied to an electronic view finder (EVF) or a head-mounted display (HMD), and can be applied to a display device for virtual reality (VR), mixed reality (MR), or augmented reality (AR). Alternatively, the display device can constitute an image display device in an electronic book, an electronic paper such as an electronic newspaper, a signboard, a poster, a bulletin board such as a blackboard, rewritable paper as a substitute for printer paper, a display part for a home appliance, a card display part such as a point card, an electronic advertisement, and an electronic POP. By using the display device of the present disclosure as a light emitting device, various lighting devices including a backlight device for a liquid crystal display device and a planar light source device can be configured.

[0065] The head-mounted display includes, for example:

(a) a frame mounted on an observer’s head; and (b) an image display device mounted on the frame.

[0066] The image display device includes:

(A) an image forming device including the display device of the present disclosure; and (B) an optical device on and from which light emitted from an image forming device is incident and emitted.

[0067] The optical device includes:

(B-1) a light guide plate inside of which incident light from an image forming device (specifically, the display device of the present disclosure) propagates by total reflection and then is emitted toward an observer; (B-2) a first deflection means (configured of, for example, a volume hologram diffraction grating) for deflecting the light incident on the light guide plate so that the light incident on the light guide plate is totally reflected inside the light guide plate; and (B-3) a second deflection means (configured of, for example, a volume hologram diffraction grating) for deflecting the light propagating inside the light guide plate by total reflection a plurality of times in order to emit the light propagating through the inside of the light guide plate by total reflection from the light guide plate.

[0068] Alternatively, the head-mounted display can be, for example, a retinal projection type display based on Maxwell vision which displays an image by directly projecting an image (luminous flux) onto an observer’s retina, specifically, a retinal projection type head-mounted display.

[0069] Hereinafter, a form in which the light emitting part provided in the light emitting element includes an organic electroluminescence layer, that is, a form in which the display device of the present disclosure is configured of an organic electroluminescence display device (organic EL display device), will be described.

[0070] The display device includes:

a first substrate and a second substrate; and a plurality of light emitting elements positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate and arranged in a two-dimensional shape, the light emitting elements each include a light emitting part, the light emitting part provided on a substrate formed on the first substrate at least includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic layer (including a light emitting layer including an organic electroluminescence layer) sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode, and light from the organic layer is emitted to the outside through the second substrate, or is emitted to the outside through the first substrate.

[0071] That is, the display device of the present disclosure can be a top emission type (top surface light emitting type) display device that emits light from the second substrate (top surface light emitting type display device), or can also be a bottom emission type (bottom surface light emitting type) display device that emits light from the first substrate (bottom surface light emitting type display device).

[0072] As described above, the light emitting part is configured of the first electrode, the organic layer, and the second electrode. A center of the light emitting part indicates a centroid point of an area of a region (light emitting region) in which an electrode on the first substrate side and the organic layer are in contact with each other. The electrode on the first substrate side may be in contact with a part of the organic layer, or the organic layer may be in contact with a part of the electrode on the first substrate side. Specifically, they may be configured such that a size of the electrode on the first substrate side is smaller than that of the organic layer, or the size of the electrode on the first substrate side is the same as that of the organic layer, but an insulating layer is formed in a part between the electrode on the first substrate side and the organic layer, or the size of the electrode on the first substrate side is larger than that of the organic layer.

[0073] In addition, the organic layer can have a form of emitting white light, and in this case, the organic layer can have a form configured of at least two light emitting layers that emit light of different colors. Specifically, the organic layer can have a laminated structure in which three layers of a red light emitting layer that emits red light (wavelength: 620 nm to 750 nm), a green light emitting layer that emits green light (wavelength: 495 nm to 570 nm), and a blue light emitting layer that emits blue light (wavelength: 450 nm to 495 nm) are laminated and emits white light as a whole. Alternatively, the organic layer can have a structure in which two layers of a blue light emitting layer that emits blue light and a yellow light emitting layer that emits yellow light are laminated and emits white light as a whole. Alternatively, the organic layer can have a structure in which two layers of a blue light emitting layer that emits blue light and an orange light emitting layer that emits orange light are laminated and emits white light as a whole. The organic layer may be shared by a plurality of light emitting elements, or may be individually provided in each light emitting element. In addition, a red light emitting element is configured by combining such an organic layer (light emitting part) that emits white light with a red color filter layer (or a flattening layer that functions as a red color filter layer), a green light emitting element is configured by combining the organic layer (light emitting part) that emits white light with a green color filter layer (or a flattening layer that functions as a green color filter layer), and a blue light emitting element is configured by combining an organic layer (light emitting part) that emits white light and a blue color filter layer (or a flattening layer that functions as a blue color filter layer). The flattening layer will be described later. As described above, one pixel is configured of a combination of sub-pixels of the red light emitting element, the green light emitting element, and the blue light emitting element described above. In some cases, one pixel may be configured of a red light emitting element, a green light emitting element, a blue light emitting element, and a light emitting element (or a light emitting element that emits light of a complementary color) that emits white (or a fourth color). Also, it can also be a display device that generates a monochromatic image. In a form including at least two light emitting layers that emit different colors, in reality, light emitting layers that emit different colors may be mixed and not clearly separated into each layer.

[0074] Alternatively, the organic layer can have a form including one light emitting layer. In this case, the light emitting element can be configured of, for example, a red light emitting element having an organic layer including a red light emitting layer, a green light emitting element having an organic layer including a green light emitting layer, or a blue light emitting element having an organic layer including a blue light emitting layer. In the case of a color display device, one pixel is configured of these three types of light emitting elements (sub-pixels). Alternatively, the organic layer can also be configured of a laminated structure of a red light emitting element having an organic layer including a red light emitting layer, a green light emitting element having an organic layer including a green light emitting layer, and a blue light emitting element having an organic layer including a blue light emitting layer. Also, although it is not necessary to form the color filter layer in principle, the color filter layer may be provided for improving color purity.

[0075] The substrate is formed on or above the first substrate. As a material constituting the substrate, an insulating material such as SiO.sub.2, SiN, and SiON can be exemplified. The substrate can be formed on the basis of a forming method suitable for the material constituting the substrate, specifically, for example, a known method such as various CVD methods, various coating methods, various PVD methods including sputtering and vacuum vapor deposition methods, various printing methods including a screen printing method, a plating methods, an electrodeposition method, a dipping method, and a sol-gel method.

[0076] A light emitting element driving part is provided below or under the substrate, but is not limited thereto. The light emitting element driving part is configured of, for example, a transistor (specifically, for example, MOSFET) formed on a silicon semiconductor substrate constituting the first substrate, or a thin film transistor (TFT) provided on various substrates constituting the first substrate. The transistor or TFT constituting the light emitting element driving part and the electrode on the first substrate side can be connected via a contact hole (a contact plug) formed in the substrate or the like. The light emitting element driving part may have a well-known circuit configuration. The electrode on the second substrate side is connected to the light emitting element driving part via a contact hole (a contact plug) formed in the substrate or the like on an outer peripheral portion of the display panel.

[0077] The electrode on the first substrate side is provided for each light emitting element. The organic layer is provided for each light emitting element, or is provided to be shared by the light emitting elements. The electrode on the second substrate side may be a common electrode in a plurality of light emitting elements. That is, the electrode on the second substrate side may be a so-called solid electrode. The first substrate is disposed below or under the substrate, and the second substrate is disposed above the second electrode. The light emitting element is formed on the first substrate side, and the light emitting part is provided on the substrate.

[0078] The first substrate or the second substrate can be formed of a silicon semiconductor substrate, a high distortion point glass substrate, soda glass (Na.sub.2O/CaO/SiO.sub.2) substrate, a borosilicate glass (Na.sub.2O/B.sub.2O.sub.3/SiO.sub.2) substrate, a forsterite (2MgO/SiO.sub.2) substrate, lead glass (Na.sub.2O/PbO/SiO.sub.2)) substrate, various glass substrates having a surface on which an insulating material layer is formed, a quartz substrate, a quartz substrate having a surface on which an insulating material layer is formed, and an organic polymer (which has a form of a polymer material, such as a flexible plastic film, plastic sheet, or plastic substrate made of a polymer material) such as polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polyvinylphenol (PVP), polyethersulfone (PES), polyimide, polycarbonate, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), or polyethylene naphthalate (PEN). The material constituting the first substrate and the second substrate may be the same or different. However, in the case of a top surface light emitting type display device, the second substrate is required to be transparent to the light from the light emitting element and in the case of a bottom surface light emitting type display device, the first substrate is required to be transparent to the light from the light emitting element.

[0079] In a case in which the first electrode functions as an anode electrode, as the material constituting the first electrode, for example, a metal such as platinum (Pt), gold (Au), silver (Ag), chromium (Cr), tungsten (W), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), or tantalum (Ta), or alloy (for example, Ag–Pd–Cu alloy, Al–Nd alloy, Al–Cu alloy, or Al–Cu–Ni alloy containing silver as a main component and containing 0.3% by mass to 1% by mass of palladium (Pd) and 0.3% by mass to 1% by mass of copper (Cu)), which have a high work function can be exemplified. Further, in a case in which a conductive material having a small work function value and a high light reflectance such as aluminum (Al) or alloy containing aluminum, it can be used as an anode electrode by providing an appropriate hole injection layer to improve hole injection characteristics. As a thickness of the first electrode, 0.1 .mu.m to 1 .mu.m can be exemplified. Alternatively, in a case in which a light reflecting layer is provided, which will be described later, the first electrode is required to be transparent to the light from the light emitting element, and thus, as the material constituting the first electrode, various transparent conductive materials such as a transparent conductive material having, as a base layer, indium oxide, indium-tin oxide (including indium tin oxide (ITO), sn-doped In.sub.2O.sub.3, crystalline ITO, and amorphous ITO), indium-zinc oxide (indium zinc oxide (IZO)), indium-gallium oxide (IGO), indium-doped gallium-zinc oxide (IGZO, and In–GaZnO.sub.4), IFO (F-doped In.sub.2O.sub.3), ITiO (Ti-doped In.sub.2O.sub.3), InSn, InSnZnO, tin oxide (SnO.sub.2), ATO (Sb-doped SnO.sub.2), FTO (F-doped SnO.sub.2), zinc oxide (ZnO), aluminum oxide-doped zinc oxide (AZO), gallium-doped zinc oxide (GZO), B-doped ZnO, AlMgZnO (aluminum oxide and magnesium oxide-doped zinc oxide), antimony oxide, titanium oxide, NiO, spinel oxide, oxide having a YbFe.sub.2O.sub.4 structure, gallium oxide, titanium oxide, niobium oxide, nickel oxide, etc. Alternatively, it can also have a structure in which a transparent conductive material having excellent hole injection characteristics such as indium tin oxide (ITO) and indium zinc oxide (IZO) is laminated on a reflective film having high light reflectivity such as a dielectric multilayer film or aluminum (Al) or an alloy thereof (for example, Al–Cu–Ni alloy). On the other hand, in a case in which the first electrode functions as a cathode electrode, the first electrode is preferably made of a conductive material having a small work function value and high light reflectance, but a conductive material having high light reflectance used as an anode electrode can also be used as a cathode electrode by providing an appropriate electron injection layer thereon to improve electron injection characteristics thereof.

[0080] As a material constituting the second electrode (semi-light transmitting material or light transmitting material), in a case in which the second electrode functions as a cathode electrode, it is preferably formed of a conductive material having a small work function value to transmit emitted light and efficiently inject electrons into the organic layer (light emitting layer), for example, a metal or alloy having a small work function such as aluminum (Al), silver (Ag), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), sodium (Na), strontium (Sr), an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal and silver (Ag) [for example, magnesium (Mg)-silver (Ag) alloy (Mg–Ag alloy)], magnesium-calcium alloy (Mg–Ca alloy), aluminum (Al)-lithium (Li) alloy (Al–Li alloy), etc., can be exemplified, and among them, Mg–Ag alloy is preferable, and Mg:Ag=5:1 to 30:1 can be exemplified as a volume ratio of magnesium and silver. Alternatively, as a volume ratio of magnesium to calcium, Mg:Ca=2:1 to 10:1 can be exemplified. As a thickness of the second electrode, 4 nm to 50 nm, preferably 4 nm to 20 nm, and more preferably 6 nm to 12 nm can be exemplified. Alternatively, at least one material selected from the group consisting of Ag–Nd–Cu, Ag–Cu, Au and Al–Cu can be exemplified. Alternatively, the second electrode can be configured to have a laminated structure of the above-mentioned material layer and a so-called transparent electrode (for example, a thickness of 3.times.10.sup.-8 m to 1.times.10.sup.-6 m) made of, for example, ITO or IZO from the organic layer side. A bus electrode (an auxiliary electrode) made of a low resistance material such as aluminum, aluminum alloy, silver, silver alloy, copper, copper alloy, gold, or gold alloy may be provided for the second electrode to achieve reduction in resistance of the second electrode as a whole. An average light transmittance of the second electrode is preferably 50% to 90%, preferably 60% to 90%. On the other hand, in a case in which the second electrode functions as an anode electrode, it is preferably made of a conductive material that transmits emitted light as needed and has a large work function value.

[0081] As a method for forming the first electrode and the second electrode, for example, an electron beam deposition method, a thermal filament deposition method, a vapor deposition method including a vacuum vapor deposition method, a sputtering method, a chemical vapor deposition method (CVD method), a MOCVD method, a combination of an ion plating method and an etching method, Various printing methods such as a screen printing method, an inkjet printing method and a metal mask printing method, a plating method (an electroplating method and an electroless plating method), a lift-off method, a laser ablation method, a sol-gel method, etc., can be exemplified. According to various printing methods and plating methods, it is possible to directly form the first electrode and the second electrode having a desired shape (pattern). In a case in which the second electrode is formed after the organic layer is formed, in particular, it is preferable to perform the film forming on the basis of a film forming method such as a vacuum vapor deposition method in which energy of film-forming particles is small, or a film forming method such as a MOCVD method from the viewpoint of preventing damage to the organic layer. When the organic layer is damaged, non-emission pixels (or non-emission sub-pixels) called “dead points” may be generated due to generation of a leakage current.

[0082] Although the organic layer includes the light emitting layer containing the organic light emitting material, specifically, the organic layer may be configured to have, for example, a laminated structure of a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, and an electron transport layer, a laminated structure of a light emitting layer that also serves as a hole transport layer and an electron transport layer, and a laminated structure of a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer and an electron injection layer. As a method for forming the organic layer, a physical vapor deposition method (PVD method) such as a vacuum vapor deposition method, a printing method such as a screen printing method or an inkjet printing method, a laser transfer method in which a laminated structure of a laser absorption layer and an organic layer formed on a transfer substrate is irradiated with a laser, thereby separating the organic layer on the laser absorption layer to transfer the organic layer, and various coating methods can be exemplified. In a case in which the organic layer is formed on the basis of the vacuum vapor deposition method, for example, a so-called metal mask is used, and the organic layer can be obtained by depositing a material that has passed through openings provided in the metal mask.

[0083] A light shielding part may be provided between a light emitting element and a light emitting element. As a light shielding material constituting the light shielding part, specifically, a material capable of blocking light such as titanium (Ti), chromium (Cr), tungsten (W), tantalum (Ta), aluminum (Al), and MoSi.sub.2 can be exemplified. The light shielding part can be formed using an electron beam vapor deposition method, a hot filament vapor deposition method, a vapor deposition method including a vacuum vapor deposition method, a sputtering method, a CVD method, an ion plating method, or the like.

[0084] A protective layer is preferably formed to cover electrodes on the second substrate side. Further, the protective layer can have a form in which a lens member is formed on or above the protective layer, or a form in which a color filter layer is formed on or above the protective layer and a lens member is formed on or above the color filter layer, or a form in which the lens member is formed on or above the protective layer and the color filter layer is formed on or above the lens member. In addition, a flattening layer may be further formed on these. As described above, the flattening layer that functions as a color filter layer may be provided.

[0085] As a material constituting the protective layer and the flattening layer, acrylic resin can be exemplified, and SiO.sub.2, SiN, SiON, SiC, amorphous silicon (a-Si), Al.sub.2O.sub.3, and TiO.sub.2 can also be exemplified. The protective layer and the flattening layer may have a single-layer structure or may be configured of a plurality of layers. As a method for forming the protective layer and the flattening layer, they can be formed on the basis of known methods such as various CVD methods, various coating methods, various PVD methods including a sputtering method and a vacuum vapor deposition method, and various printing methods such as a screen printing method. Further, as the method for forming the protective layer and the flattening layer, an atomic layer deposition (ALD) method can also be adopted. The protective layer and the flattening layer may be shared by a plurality of light emitting elements, or may be individually provided in each light emitting element.

[0086] The flattening layer and the second substrate are joined via, for example, a resin layer (sealing resin layer). As a material constituting the resin layer (sealing resin layer), thermosetting adhesives such as acrylic adhesives, epoxy adhesives, urethane adhesives, silicone adhesives, and cyanoacrylate adhesives, and ultraviolet curable adhesives can be exemplified. The resin layer (sealing resin layer) may also serve as the flattening layer.

[0087] As described above, in some cases, the flattening layer may have a form having a function as a color filter layer. Such a flattening layer may be made of a well-known color resist material. A transparent filter may be arranged for the light emitting element that emits white. By making the flattening layer also function as a color filter layer in this way, the organic layer and the flattening layer (color filter layer) are close to each other, and thus even when an angle of the light emitted from the light emitting element is widened, color mixing can be effectively prevented and viewing angle characteristics thereof are improved. However, the color filter layer may be provided on or above the flattening layer and below or under the flattening layer independently of the flattening layer.

[0088] On an outermost surface (specifically, for example, an outer surface of the second substrate) that emits light from the display panel, an ultraviolet absorbing layer, a contamination prevention layer, a hard coat layer, and an antistatic layer may be formed and a protective member (for example, a cover glass) may be arranged.

[0089] In the display panel, an insulating layer and an interlayer insulating layer are formed, and as an insulating material constituting these, SiO.sub.2, non-doped silicate glass (NSG), boron phosphorus silicate glass (BPSG), PSG, BSG, AsSG, SbSG, PbSG, spin-on glass (SOG), low temperature oxide (LTO, low temperature CVD-SiO.sub.2), SiO.sub.X-based materials (materials constituting silicon-based oxide films) such as low-melting glass and glass paste, SiN-based materials including SiON-based materials, SiOC, SiOF, or SiCN can be exemplified. Alternatively, an inorganic insulating material such as titanium oxide (TiO.sub.2), tantalum oxide (Ta.sub.2O.sub.5), aluminum oxide (Al.sub.2O.sub.3), magnesium oxide (MgO), chromium oxide (CrO.sub.x), zirconium oxide (ZrO.sub.2), niobium oxide (Nb.sub.2O.sub.5), tin oxide (SnO.sub.2), vanadium oxide (VO.sub.x) can be exemplified. Alternatively, various resins such as polyimide resin, epoxy resin, acrylic resin, and low dielectric constant insulating materials such as SiOCH, organic SOG, and fluorine resin (for example, materials having a dielectric constant k (=.epsilon./.epsilon..sub.0) of 3.5 or less, specifically, for example, fluorocarbon, cycloperfluorocarbon polymer, benzocyclobutene, cyclic fluororesin, polytetrafluoroethylene, amorphous tetrafluoroethylene, polyaryl ether, aryl fluoride ether, polyimide fluoride, amorphous carbon, parylene (polyparaxylylene), fullerene fluoride) can be exemplified, and Silk (a trademark of The Dow Chemical Co., a coating type low dielectric constant interlayer insulating film material) and Flare (a trademark of Honeywell Electronic Materials Co., a polyallyl ether (PAE)-based material) can also be exemplified. In addition, these can be appropriately used alone or in combination. In some cases, the substrate may be made of the materials described above. The insulating layer, the interlayer insulating layer, and the substrate can be formed using a known method such as various CVD methods, various coating methods, various PVD methods including a sputtering method and a vacuum vapor deposition method, various printing methods such as a screen printing method, a plating method, an electrodeposition method, an immersion method, a sol-gel method, etc.

[0090] The organic EL display device preferably has a resonator structure in order to further improve light extraction efficiency. Specifically, the light emitted by the light emitting layer is resonated between a first interface formed by an interface (alternatively, an interface formed by an interface between a light reflecting layer and an interlayer insulating layer in a structure in which the interlayer insulating layer is provided below the first electrode and the light reflecting layer is provided below the interlayer insulating layer) between the first electrode and the organic layer and a second interface formed by an interface between the second electrode and the organic layer to emit some of the light from the second electrode. In addition, when an optical distance from the maximum light emitting position of the light emitting layer to the first interface is OL.sub.1, an optical distance from the maximum light emitting position of the light emitting layer to the second interface is OL.sub.2, and m.sub.1 and m.sub.2 are integers, the configuration satisfying the following equations (1-1) and (1-2) can be formed.

0.7{-.PHI.1/(2.pi.)+m.sub.1}.ltoreq.2.times.OL.sub.1/.lamda..ltoreq.1.2{- -.PHI.1/(2.pi.)+m.sub.1} (1-1)

0.7{-.PHI.2/(2.pi.)+m.sub.2}.ltoreq.2.times.OL.sub.2/.lamda..ltoreq.1.29- {-.PHI.2/(2.pi.)+m.sub.2} (1-2)

[0091] Here, reference signs are as follows.

.lamda.: The maximum peak wavelength of a spectrum of light generated in the light emitting layer (or desired wavelength in the light generated in the light emitting layer) .PHI..sub.1: A phase shift amount of light reflected at the first interface (part: radian). Here, -2.pi.<.PHI..sub.1.ltoreq.0 .PHI..sub.2: A phase shift amount of light reflected at the second interface (part: radian). Here, -2.pi.<.PHI..sub.2.ltoreq.0

[0092] Here, a value of m.sub.1 is a value of 0 or more, and a value of m.sub.2 is a value of 0 or more independently of the value of m.sub.1, and a form of (m.sub.1, m.sub.2)=(0,0), a form of (m.sub.1, m.sub.2)=(0,1), a form of (m.sub.1, m.sub.2)=(1,0), and a form of (m.sub.1, m.sub.2)=(1,1) can be exemplified.

[0093] A distance L.sub.1 from the maximum light emitting position of the light emitting layer to the first interface indicates an actual distance (physical distance) from the maximum light emitting position of the light emitting layer to the first interface, and a distance L.sub.2 from the maximum light emitting position of the light emitting layer to the second interface indicates an actual distance (physical distance) from the maximum light emitting position of the light emitting layer to the second interface. Further, the optical distance is also called an optical path length, and generally indicates n.times.L when a light beam passes a distance L through a medium having a refractive index n. The same applies to the following. Therefore, when an average refractive index is defined as n.sub.ave, the following relationship is present.

OL.sub.1=L.sub.1.times.n.sub.ave

OL.sub.2=L.sub.2.times.n.sub.ave

[0094] Here, the average refractive index n.sub.ave is obtained by summing a product of a refractive index and a thickness of each layer constituting the organic layer (or the organic layer, the first electrode, and the interlayer insulating layer) and dividing it by a thickness of the organic layer (or the organic layer, the first electrode, and the interlayer insulating layer).

[0095] The light emitting element may be designed by determining the desired wavelength .lamda. (specifically, for example, a wavelength of red, a wavelength of green, and a wavelength of blue) of the light generated in the light emitting layer and obtaining various parameters such as OL.sub.1 and OL.sub.2 in the light emitting element on the basis of the equations (1-1) and (1-2).

[0096] The first electrode or the light reflecting layer and the second electrode absorb some of incident light and reflect the rest. Therefore, a phase shift occurs in the reflected light. Phase shift amounts .PHI..sub.1 and .PHI..sub.2 can be obtained by measuring values of a real part and an imaginary part of a complex refractive index of materials constituting the first electrode or the light reflecting layer and the second electrode using, for example, an ellipsometer, and performing a calculation on the basis of these values (see, for example, “Principles of Optic,” Max Born and Emil Wolf, 1974 (PERGAMON PRESS)). Refractive indexes of the organic layer, the interlayer insulating layer, and the like (or the refractive index of the first electrode when the first electrode absorbs some of the incident light and reflects the rest) can be obtained by performing the measurement using an ellipsometer.

[0097] As a material that constitutes the light reflecting layer, aluminum, aluminum alloy (for example, Al–Nd and Al–Cu), Al/Ti laminated structure, Al–Cu/Ti laminated structure, chromium (Cr), silver (Ag), silver alloy (for example, Ag–Cu, Ag–Pd–Cu, and Ag–Sm–Cu) can be exemplified. The light reflecting layer can be formed using, for example, an electron beam deposition method, a thermal filament deposition method, a vapor deposition method including a vacuum vapor deposition method, a sputtering method, a CVD method, an ion plating method, a plating method (an electroplating method and an electroless plating method), a lift-off method, a laser ablation method, a sol-gel method, etc. Depending on the material constituting the light reflecting layer, it is preferable to form a base layer made of, for example, TiN in order to control a crystal state of the light reflecting layer to be formed.

[0098] As described above, in the organic EL display device having a resonator structure, in reality, a red light emitting element configured of an organic layer that emits white light [in some cases, a red light emitting element configured of a combination of an organic layer that emits white light and a red color filter layer (or a flattening layer that functions as a red color filter layer)] resonates red light emitted by a light emitting layer to emit reddish light (light having a peak in an optical spectrum in a red region) from the second electrode. In addition, a green light emitting element configured of an organic layer that emits white light [in some cases, a green light emitting element configured of a combination of an organic layer that emits white light and a green color filter layer (or a flattening layer that functions as a green color filter layer)] resonates green light emitted by a light emitting layer to emit greenish light (light having a peak in an optical spectrum in a green region) from the second electrode. Further, a blue light emitting element configured of an organic layer that emits white light [in some cases, a blue light emitting element configured of a combination of an organic layer that emits white light and a blue color filter layer (or a flattening layer that functions as a blue color filter layer)] resonates a blue light emitted by a light emitting layer to emit bluish light (light having a peak in an optical spectrum in a blue region) from the second electrode. That is, each light emitting element may be designed by determining the desired wavelength X (specifically, the wavelength of red, the wavelength of green, and the wavelength of blue) of the light generated in the light emitting layer and obtaining various parameters such as OL.sub.1, OL.sub.2, and the like in each of the red light emitting element, the green light emitting element, and the blue light emitting element on the basis of the equations (1-1) and (1-2). For example, paragraph [0041] of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2012-216495 discloses an organic EL element having a resonator structure having an organic layer as a resonance part, and paragraph [0041] of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2012-216495 discloses that since a distance from a light emitting point (an light emitting surface) to a reflecting surface can be adjusted appropriately, a film thickness of an organic layer is preferably 80 nm or more and 500 nm or less, and more preferably 150 nm or more and 350 nm or less. Usually, a value of (L.sub.1+L2=L.sub.0) is different in a red light emitting element, a green light emitting element, and a blue light emitting element.

[0099] In an organic EL display device, it is preferable that a thickness of a hole transport layer (a hole supply layer) and a thickness of an electron transport layer (an electron supply layer) be approximately equal. Alternatively, the electron transport layer (electron supply layer) may be thicker than the hole transport layer (hole supply layer), which makes it possible to supply sufficient electrons to a light emitting layer, which is necessary for high efficiency with a low drive voltage. That is, the hole supply can be increased by disposing the hole transport layer between the first electrode, which corresponds to an anode electrode, and the light emitting layer, and forming the hole transport layer with a film thickness thinner than that of the electron transport layer. In addition, this makes it possible to obtain a carrier balance in which there is no excess or deficiency of holes and electrons and an amount of carrier supply is sufficiently large, and thus high luminous efficiency can be obtained. Further, since there is no excess or deficiency of holes and electrons, a carrier balance cannot be easily lost, drive deterioration can be inhibited, and a light emitting life span can be extended.

First Embodiment

[0100] A first embodiment relates to the display device of the present disclosure. FIG. 1 shows a schematic partial cross-sectional view of light emitting elements constituting (and located within a reference point of) the display device of the first embodiment, and FIG. 2 shows a schematic partial cross-sectional view of light emitting elements (located away from the reference point). Also, FIG. 3A schematically shows a positional relationship between a light emitting element provided in a display panel of the display device of the first embodiment and the reference point, and FIGS. 8A and 8B schematically show an arrangement relationship between a light emitting part, a color filter layer, and a lens member in the display panel of the first embodiment. Specifically, the display device of the first embodiment is configured of an organic EL display device, and specifically, the light emitting element of the first embodiment is configured of an organic EL element. Further, the display device of the first embodiment is a top emission type (a top surface light emitting type) display device (a top surface light emitting type display device) that emits light from a second substrate. An electrode on a first substrate side is a first electrode, and an electrode on a second substrate side is a second electrode.

[0101] The display device of the first embodiment has a display panel provided with a plurality of light emitting elements 10 (10R, 10G, and 10B), each of the light emitting elements including:

a light emitting part 30; and a lens member (an on-chip micro lens) 50 through which light emitted from the light emitting part 30 passes, and when a distance between a normal LN passing through a center of the light emitting part 30 and a normal LN’ passing through a center of the lens member 50 is defined as D.sub.0, a value of the distance D.sub.0 is not 0 in at least some of the light emitting elements 10 provided in the display panel. Further, a center of the light emitting part 30 indicates a centroid point of an area of a region at which a first electrode 31 and an organic layer 33, which will be described later, are in contact with each other.

[0102] In addition, a reference point P is assumed, and the distance D.sub.0 depends on a distance D.sub.1 from the reference point P to the normal LN passing through the center of the light emitting part 30.

[0103] In the display device of the first embodiment, the reference point P is assumed to be in the display panel. However, the reference point P is not located (not included) in a central region of the display panel. In FIGS. 3A, 3B, 12A, and 12B, the central region of the display panel is indicated by a black triangle mark, the light emitting element 10 is indicated by a square mark, the center of the light emitting part 30 is indicated by a black square mark, and the reference point P is indicated by a black circle. In addition, a positional relationship between the light emitting element 10 and the reference point P is schematically shown in FIG. 3A, but one reference point P is assumed. Since the reference point P may include extension to some extent, the value of the distance D.sub.0 is 0 in some light emitting elements 10 (specifically, one or a plurality of light emitting elements 10 included in the reference point P), and the value of the distance D.sub.0 is not 0 in the remaining light emitting elements 10. The value of the distance (an offset amount) D.sub.0 differs depending on a position occupied by the light emitting element on the display panel.

[0104] As described above, in the display device of the first embodiment or a second embodiment to a fifth embodiment, which will be described later, the light emitting part 30 provided in the light emitting element 10 includes an organic electroluminescence layer (an organic EL layer). That is, the display devices of the first embodiment to the fifth embodiment are configured of an organic electroluminescence display device (an organic EL display device), and the light emitting element 10 is configured of an organic electroluminescence element (an organic EL element).

[0105] In the display device of the embodiment, the light emitted from each light emitting element 10 and passing through the lens member 50 converges (condenses) on a certain region of a space outside the display device. Alternatively, the light emitted from each light emitting element 10 and passing through the lens member 50 is diverged in a space outside the display device. Alternatively, the light emitted from each light emitting element 10 and passing through the lens member 50 is parallel light. Whether the light that has passed through the lens member 50 is convergent light, divergent light, or parallel light is based on specifications required for the display device. In addition, power of the lens member 50 and the like may be designed on the basis of the specifications. In a case in which the light that has passed through the lens member 50 is convergent light, a position of the space in which an image emitted from the display device is formed may or may not be on a normal of the reference point P, which depends on specifications required for the display device. In order to control a display dimension, a display position, and the like of the image emitted from the display device, an optical system through which the image emitted from the display device passes may be disposed. What kind of optical system is disposed also depends on specifications required for the display device, but for example, an imaging lens system can be exemplified.

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