IP Library Granted Patent US 8,790,149
Granted Patent B2
US 8,790,149 · App. 13/586,846 · Granted Jul 29, 2014

Method of fabricating flexible display device

Inventors: Chun-Jan Wang (Hsin-Chu, TW); Chia-Hao Chang (Hsin-Chu, TW); Chih-Jen Yang (Hsin-Chu, TW); Chuan-Hsiu Chang (Hsin-Chu, TW); Lan-Kai Yeh (Hsin-Chu, TW)
Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
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Patent No.
US 8,790,149
App. No.
13/586,846
Granted
Jul 29, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of fabricating flexible display device includes providing a flexible display panel having an uneven surface, and forming at least one filling layer on the uneven surface of the flexible display panel. The filling layer includes an organic filling layer polymerized by a precursor layer, or an inorganic filling layer including nanometer-scale carbon structure.

Claims (21)

1. A method of fabricating a flexible display device, comprising:

providing a flexible display panel having an uneven surface;

forming at least one precursor layer on the uneven surface of the flexible display panel;

performing a polymerization process to polymerize the precursor layer to at least one filling layer;

forming at least one adhesion-enhanced layer on the flexible display panel, wherein the adhesion-enhanced layer comprises a first adhesion-enhanced layer, a second adhesion-enhanced layer and a third adhesion-enhanced layer, the filling layer comprises a first filling layer and a second filling layer, the first filling layer is formed between the first adhesion-enhanced layer and the second adhesion-enhanced layer, the second filling layer is formed between the second adhesion-enhanced layer and the third adhesion-enhanced layer; and

using an adhesive layer to attach a barrier film on the third adhesion-enhanced layer, wherein the third adhesion-enhanced layer has an even surface.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the precursor layer is formed on the uneven surface of the flexible display panel through a vacuum thermal evaporation process or a printing process.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the precursor layer comprises an acrylic-based precursor layer or a parylene-based precursor layer.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adhesion-enhanced layer comprises a metal layer, a metal oxide layer, a metal nitride layer, a silicon oxide layer, or a silicon nitride layer.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the flexible display panel comprises a substrate and a plurality of display elements disposed on the substrate, and the uneven surface is formed by a gap between a surface of the display elements and a surface of the substrate.

6. A method of fabricating a flexible display device, comprising:

providing a flexible display panel, wherein the flexible display panel has an uneven surface; and

forming at least one filling layer on the uneven surface of the flexible display panel, wherein the filling layer comprises a plurality of carbon nanotubes, carbon nanoparticles, or carbon nanowires.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the filling layer is formed through a CVD process.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising using an adhesive layer to attach a barrier film on the filling layer, wherein the filling layer has an even surface.

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising forming at least one adhesion-enhanced layer on the flexible display panel.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the adhesion-enhanced layer comprises a metal layer, a metal oxide layer, a metal nitride layer, a silicon oxide layer, or a silicon nitride layer.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the adhesion-enhanced layer is formed between the flexible display panel and the filling layer.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the adhesion-enhanced layer comprises a first adhesion-enhanced layer and a second adhesion-enhanced layer, the first adhesion-enhanced layer is formed between the flexible display panel and the filling layer, and the second adhesion-enhanced layer is formed on the filling layer.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising using an adhesive layer to attach a barrier film on the second adhesion-enhanced layer, wherein the second adhesion-enhanced layer has an even surface.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the adhesion-enhanced layer comprises a first adhesion-enhanced layer, a second adhesion-enhanced layer, and a third adhesion-enhanced layer, the filling layer comprises a first filling layer and a second filling layer, the first filling layer is formed between the first adhesion-enhanced layer and the second adhesion-enhanced layer, the second filling layer is formed between the second adhesion-enhanced layer and the third adhesion-enhanced layer, and the method further comprises using an adhesive layer to attach the barrier film on the third adhesion-enhanced layer, wherein the third adhesion-enhanced layer has an even surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2012
From: WANG, CHUN-JAN; CHANG, CHIA-HAO; YANG, CHIH-JEN; CHANG, CHUAN-HSIU; YEH, LAN-KAI
To: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 028794/0323 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 100149963 A · Dec 30, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130171902A1 · Jul 4, 2013