US Patent Issued to Sharp on Sept. 23 for "Display device that improves light extraction efficiency from light emitting element by functioning as a mirror" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,430, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Display device that improves light extraction efficiency from light emitting element by functioning as a mirror" was invented by Akira Ohshima (Sakai, Japan) and Yasushi Asaoka (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a substrate, and a light-emitting element provided on the substrate and including a light-emitting portion, a first reflective layer overlapping with the light-emitting portion and reflecting external light, and a light-exiting portion adjacent to the light-emitting portion. The light-emitting portion includes a first ele...