IP Library Granted Patent US 6,987,284
Granted Patent B2
US 6,987,284 · App. 10/438,940 · Granted Jan 17, 2006

Active matrix type display device and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 6,987,284
App. No.
10/438,940
Granted
Jan 17, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacturing an active matrix type display device, which is reliable and flexible, is provided. An active matrix type display device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a first substrate, which is flexible; a thin glass layer provided on the first substrate via an adhesion layer, and having projections and depressions on a surface thereof opposing to the first substrate, the projections and depressions having rounded tips and bottoms; active elements provided on the thin glass layer, each active element corresponding to a pixel; a display provided above the thin glass layer, and driven by the active elements to display an image pixel by pixel; and a second substrate provided on the display, and having an opposing electrode formed thereon.

Claims (6)

1. An active matrix type display device comprising: a first substrate, which is flexible; a thin glass layer provided on the first substrate via an adhesion layer, and having projections and depressions on a surface thereof opposing to the first substrate, the projections and depressions having rounded tips and bottoms;

active elements provided on the thin glass layer, each active element corresponding to a pixel;

a display provided above the thin glass layer, and driven by the active elements to display an image pixel by pixel; and

a second substrate provided on the display, and having an opposing electrode formed thereon.

2. The active matrix type display device according to claim 1 , wherein a height of the projections and depressions is a fiftieth or more and a half or less of a thickness of the thin glass layer.

3. The active matrix type display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first substrate is formed of a plastic.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 8, 2012
From: TOSHIBA MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY CENTRAL INC.
Reel/Frame 028339/0316 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2011
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD. (50%)
Reel/Frame 026859/0632 →