Display device with a narrow frame

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a display device capable of narrowing the area of the frame. In order to achieve this object, the display device according to the present invention has a substrate having a plurality of arranged display elements and a wiring layer of a power source on the peripheral side; a bank layer for mutually separating the display elements; an electrode layer for covering the plurality of display elements and the bank layer; and a sealing substrate for further covering the electrode layer by joining the peripheral portion of the substrate and the sealing portion circling around the periphery via a joining element such as an adhesive; wherein the periphery of the sealing substrate is positioned inside the periphery of the substrate, and the peripheral portion of the electrode layer is connected to the wiring of the power source within the sealing portion.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A display device, comprising:
 a substrate including a plurality of display elements, a bank layer that separates each of the display elements, and a wiring layer;   a common electrode layer that is spread out to the periphery of the substrate and covers said plurality of display elements and said bank layer; and   a multilayer thin film for covering the substrate,   wherein a flat peripheral portion of the common electrode layer is laminated to a flat top face of the wiring layer through laminated flat conductive films which form a linear electrical connection area in plane, and the connection area is continuously positioned outside of the bank layer along sides of the substrate where a wiring tape is not connected, and the multilayer thin film extends beyond the connection area of the common electrode layer and the wiring layer.   
     
     
       2. The display device according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one thin film among the multilayer thin film has gas barrier properties or anti-environmental properties. 
     
     
       3. The display device according to  claim 1 , wherein the substrate is a square substrate, and the common electrode layer and the wiring layer are connected at one side of the substrate by laminating the common electrode layer and the wiring layer together using the laminated flat conductive films. 
     
     
       4. The display device according to  claim 1 , wherein the substrate is a square substrate, and the common electrode layer and the wiring layer are connected at two sides of the substrate by laminating the common electrode layer and the wiring layer together using the laminated flat conductive films. 
     
     
       5. The display device according to  claim 1 , wherein the substrate is a square substrate, and the common electrode layer and the wiring layer are connected at three sides of the substrate by laminating the common electrode layer and the wiring layer together using the laminated flat conductive films. 
     
     
       6. The display device according to  claim 1 , wherein the multilayer thin film includes an inorganic layer. 
     
     
       7. The display device according to  claim 6 , wherein the inorganic layer is made of a material selected from SiO 2 , SiN and SiON. 
     
     
       8. The display device according to  claim 1 , wherein the multilayer thin film includes an organic layer. 
     
     
       9. The display device according to  claim 8 , wherein the organic layer includes fluoric macromolecules. 
     
     
       10. The display device according to  claim 8 , wherein the organic layer is made of a material selected from polyethylene, polystyrene and polypropylene. 
     
     
       11. The display device according to  claim 1 , wherein the multilayer thin film is formed by laminating an organic layer/inorganic layer/organic layer. 
     
     
       12. The display device according to  claim 1 , wherein the multilayer thin film is formed by laminating an inorganic layer/organic layer/inorganic layer. 
     
     
       13. A manufacturing method of a display device, comprising:
 a step of forming at least a wiring layer at a part of the periphery of a substrate to which an electrical circuit is to be formed;   a step of forming an element separation layer comprising a plurality of grooves for mutually separating a plurality of display elements excluding an area over the wiring layer of the substrate;   a step of forming said display elements to each of the plurality of grooves of the element separation layer;   a step of forming a common electrode layer on the plurality of display elements, the element separation layer, and the wiring layer, respectively; and   a sealing step of directly forming a multilayer thin film above the common electrode layer and the substrate;   wherein a flat peripheral portion of the common electrode layer is laminated to a flat top face of the wiring layer through laminated flat conductive films which form a linear electrical connection area in plane; and the connection area is continuously positioned outside of the element separation layer along sides of the substrate where a wiring tape is not connected, and the multilayer thin film extends beyond the connection area.   
     
     
       14. A display device, comprising
 a substrate having a display area, a first connection area that is positioned between the display area and a first edge of the substrate, a second connection area that is positioned between the display area and a second edge of the substrate, a third connection area that is positioned between the display area and a third edge of the substrate, and a fourth connection area that is positioned between the display area and a fourth edge of the substrate;   a first electrode disposed in the display area;   a second electrode disposed above the display area, the first connection area, the second connection area, the third connection area, and the fourth connection area;   a light emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and   a first wiring electrically connected to the second electrode in the first connection area, the second connection area, the third connection area, and the fourth connection area,   wherein the display area is positioned between the first connection area and the second connection area,   wherein the display area is positioned between the third connection area and the fourth connection area, and   wherein the first connection area, the second connection area, the third connection area and the fourth connection area are spaced apart from each other.   
     
     
       15. The display device according to claim 14, further comprising a second wiring formed via an insulation film below the first wiring. 
     
     
       16. The display device according to claim 15,
 wherein at least one of the first connection area, the second connection area, the third connection area, and the fourth connection area is divided into two blocks, and   wherein the second wiring is positioned between the two blocks.   
     
     
       17. The display device according to claim 14,
 wherein the substrate is one of a polygonal substrate and a square substrate, and   wherein the first edge, the second edge, the third edge, and the fourth edge of the substrate are four sides of the substrate.   
     
     
       18. The display device according to claim 14, further comprising a multilayer thin film for covering the substrate,
 wherein the light emitting layer is disposed between the substrate and the multilayer thin film.   
     
     
       19. The display device according to claim 18,
 wherein the multilayer thin film includes a first organic layer, an inorganic layer, and a second organic layer, and   wherein the inorganic layer is disposed between the first organic layer and the second organic layer.   
     
     
       20. The display device according to claim 19, wherein the first organic layer and the second organic layer are made of a material selected from polyethylene, polystyrene and polypropylene. 
     
     
       21. The display device according to claim 19, wherein the inorganic layer is made of a material selected from SiO 2 , SiN and SiON. 
     
     
       22. The display device according to claim 18,
 wherein the multilayer thin film includes a first inorganic layer, an organic layer, and a second inorganic layer, and   wherein the organic layer is disposed between the first inorganic layer and the second inorganic layer.   
     
     
       23. The display device according to claim 22, wherein the organic layer is made of a material selected from polyethylene, polystyrene and polypropylene. 
     
     
       24. The display device according to claim 22, wherein the first inorganic layer and the second inorganic layer are made of a material selected from SiO 2 , SiN and SiON.