IP Library Granted Patent US 12710790
Granted Patent B2
US 12710790 · App. 18/623,966 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Display device

Inventors: Seong Geun Won (Yongin-si, KR); Dong Jo Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Hyun Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Je Won Yoo (Yongin-si, KR); Seung Min Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Dan Bi Choi (Yongin-si, KR); Souk June Hwang (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G06F1/1652G09F9/301G09G3/035H10K59/80H10K77/111G09G2330/04
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Patent No.
US 12710790
App. No.
18/623,966
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a first substrate including a first area, a second area, and a bending area that is between the first area and the second area, and including a second inclined surface facing the bending area, a light-emitting element at the first area, and a first bending-protection layer at the first area and the second area, not overlapping the bending area, and including a first inclined surface facing the bending area and aligned with the second inclined surface.

Claims (19)

1 . A display device comprising:

a first substrate comprising a first area, a second area, and a bending area that is between the first area and the second area, and comprising a second inclined surface facing the bending area;

a light-emitting element at the first area;

a first bending-protection layer overlapping the bending area; and

a second bending-protection layer at the first area and the second area, not overlapping the bending area, and comprising a first inclined surface facing the bending area and aligned with the second inclined surface.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first second bending-protection layer comprises a first portion and a second portion spaced apart from each other with the bending area interposed therebetween, the first portion comprising the first inclined surface, and the second portion comprising a third inclined surface facing the bending area.

3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the first substrate comprises a third portion and a fourth portion spaced apart from each other with the bending area interposed therebetween, the third portion overlapping the first portion, and the fourth portion overlapping the second portion.

4 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein the fourth portion comprises a fourth inclined surface facing the bending area and aligned with the third inclined surface.

5 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the first portion further comprises;

a first surface facing the first substrate; and

a second surface opposite to the first surface, and

wherein a first inclined angle formed by the first surface and the first inclined surface is an acute angle.

6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the first inclined angle is in a range of 60° to 90°.

7 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the second surface comprises a heat-affected zone recessed vertically with respect to the second surface.

8 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the second surface comprises a heat-affected zone protruding vertically with respect to the second surface.

9 . The display device of claim 8 , wherein a width of the heat-affected zone in a direction parallel to the first substrate is in a range of 10 μm to 100 μm.

10 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first bending-protection layer has a thickness in a range of 50 μm to 200 μm.

11 . The display device of claim 10 , further comprising a signal line for transmitting an electrical signal to the light-emitting element, not overlapping with the second bending-protection layer, and overlapping the first bending-protection layer.

12 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a via layer and a pixel definition layer between the first substrate and the second bending-protection layer, and comprising inclined surfaces facing the bending area aligned with the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface.