IP Library Granted Patent US 8,797,471
Granted Patent B2
US 8,797,471 · App. 13/833,113 · Granted Aug 5, 2014

Display device with a base material made of plastic

Inventors: Hitoshi Azuma (Yokohama, JP); Susumu Sasaki (Chiba, JP); Tomio Yaguchi (Sagamihara, JP); Takao Ebine (Otaki, JP); Katsuyuu Takahashi (Mobara, JP); Shoichi Uchino (Annaka, JP); Akiko Iwata (Chiba, JP)
Assignees: Japan Display Inc.; Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,797,471
App. No.
13/833,113
Granted
Aug 5, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate which sandwiches a liquid crystal between itself and the first substrate, wherein the first substrate has thin film transistors and a wiring connection portion in which are formed terminals connected to the thin film transistors, a wiring substrate connected to the terminals is disposed in the wiring connection portion, the second substrate is a plastic substrate, and has an adhesive layer and an inorganic insulating layer formed on top of the adhesive layer, and the adhesive layer covers the wiring connection portion and one portion of the wiring substrate.

Claims (31)

1. A display device comprising a base material made of plastic, thin film transistors formed above the base material, a wiring connection portion formed above the base material, wherein

the wiring connection portion has terminals which are connected to the thin film transistors,

a wiring substrate is disposed in the wiring connection portion and connected to the terminals,

the base material has a first region which overlaps the wiring connection portion and a second region which overlaps the thin film transistors,

the wiring connection portion and one portion of the wiring substrate are covered by an adhesive layer, and

the adhesive layer is disposed from the first region to the second region continuously.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the base material is a plastic substrate.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the plastic substrate is a flexible substrate.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the wiring substrate is a flexible printed circuit board.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive layer is a coated layer.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein an inorganic insulating layer is formed above the base material, the thin film transistors formed on the inorganic insulating layer.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the inorganic insulating layer contains silicon nitride.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a counter substrate which faces the base material,

wherein the counter substrate is attached to the base material with the adhesive layer.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the counter substrate is a plastic substrate.

10. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the counter substrate overlaps with the wiring connection portion and the one portion of the wiring substrate.

11. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein

the counter substrate has a third region which faces the second region, and

the adhesive layer overlaps with the third region in a plan view.

12. A display device comprising a base material made of plastic, thin film transistors formed above the base material, a wiring connection portion formed above the base material, wherein

the wiring connection portion has terminals which are connected to the thin film transistors,

a wiring substrate is disposed in the wiring connection portion and connected to the terminals,

the base material has a first region which overlaps the wiring connection portion and a second region which overlaps the thin film transistors,

the wiring connection portion and one portion of the wiring substrate are covered by a coated layer, and

the coated layer is disposed from the first region to the second region continuously.

13. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein an inorganic insulating layer is formed above the base material, the thin film transistors formed on the inorganic insulating layer.

14. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the base material is a plastic substrate.

15. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a display area, wherein the thin film transistors are disposed in the display area.

16. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the base material has a main surface, and the adhesive layer covers an entirety of the main surface.

17. The display device according to claim 12 , further comprising a display area, wherein the thin film transistors are disposed in the display area.

18. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the base material has a main surface, and the coated layer covers an entirety of the main surface.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
To: MAGNOLIA PURPLE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071890/0202 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 065615/0327 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 30, 2013
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 031892/0274 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 30, 2013
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.
Reel/Frame 031892/0224 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2013
From: AZUMA, HITOSHI; SASAKI, SUSUMU; YAGUCHI, TOMIO; EBINE, TAKAO; TAKAHASHI, KATSUYUU; UCHINO, SHOICHI; IWATA, AKIKO
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 030010/0449 →
COMPANY SPLIT DOCUMENTS WHICH CONVEY 50% OWNERSHIP TO EACH OF THE RECEIVING PARTIES Recorded Mar 15, 2013
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.; IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030004/0822 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 15, 2013
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030010/0579 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-043293 · Feb 25, 2008 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 12320095 · Jan 16, 2009
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