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Granted Patent B2
US 11,074,025 · App. 13/970,888 · Granted Jul 27, 2021

Display device and method for manufacturing the same

Inventor: Yoshiharu Hirakata (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
G06F3/1446G06F1/1643G06F1/1692G06F3/0412G06F3/0445G06F2203/04103
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Patent No.
US 11,074,025
App. No.
13/970,888
Granted
Jul 27, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a thinned display device with a touch sensor and to provide a highly reliable display device. A sensor layer including an electrode of a touch sensor is formed in advance over a support substrate which is different from a substrate which forms a display device so that the sensor layer can be separated, the sensor layer is separated from the support substrate, and the separated sensor layer is attached to one surface of a substrate the other surface of which is provided with a component such as a color filter, with a bonding layer interposed therebetween.

Claims (45)

1. A method for manufacturing a display device comprising:

a first step of stacking a separation layer, a layer to be separated, and a sensor layer in this order over a support substrate;

a second step of separating a stacked body including the layer to be separated and the sensor layer from the support substrate, the separating is caused at an interface between the separation layer and the layer to be separated;

a third step of sealing a display element between a first surface of a first substrate and a second substrate with a sealant, the first surface provided with a color filter;

a fourth step of providing the stacked body over and in contact with a second surface of the first substrate which is opposite to the first surface, with a first bonding layer interposed between the stacked body and the second surface after the third step;

a fifth step of providing a first transistor and a second transistor over the second substrate,

wherein the method further comprising a step of providing a polarizing plate over the sensor layer with a second bonding layer interposed between the polarizing plate and the sensor layer, after the fourth step,

wherein a first electrode of the sensor layer extends beyond the first substrate, and

wherein the second transistor is electrically connected to the display element overlapping with the first electrode and a second electrode of the sensor layer,

wherein an electrode of the first transistor extends beyond an end portion of the first substrate, and

wherein the electrode is electrically connected to an FPC (flexible printed circuit).

2. The method for manufacturing the display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a step of pressure bonding of the FPC which is electrically connected to the electrode of the first transistor, after the fourth step.

3. The method for manufacturing the display device according to claim 1 , wherein the separation layer is a metal layer.

4. The method for manufacturing the display device according to claim 1 , wherein the layer to be separated is an oxide layer or a resin layer.

5. The method for manufacturing the display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first substrate is further provided with one of a black matrix, a spacer, an electrode of a liquid crystal element, an overcoat of a liquid crystal element, and an alignment film of a liquid crystal element.

6. A method for manufacturing a display device comprising:

stacking a separation layer, a layer to be separated, and a sensor layer in this order over a support substrate;

separating a stacked body including the layer to be separated and the sensor layer from the support substrate, the separating is caused at an interface between the separation layer and the layer to be separated; sealing a display element between a first surface of a first substrate and a second substrate with a sealant, the first surface provided with a color filter; and

providing the stacked body in contact with a second surface of the first substrate which is opposite to the first surface, with a first bonding layer interposed between the stacked body and the second surface after the sealing step,

wherein a first electrode of the sensor layer extends beyond the first substrate, and

providing a polarizing plate over the sensor layer with a second bonding layer interposed therebetween, after the step of providing the stacked body in contact with the second surface of the first substrate,

wherein the sealant overlaps with end portions of the second bonding layer and the polarizing plate.

7. The method for manufacturing the display device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the second substrate is shorter than the first substrate, and

wherein a transistor is electrically connected to a dispay element overlapping with the first electrode and a second electrode of the sensor layer.

8. The method for manufacturing the display device according to claim 6 , further comprising a step of pressure bonding of an FPC which is electrically connected to the sensor layer, after the step of providing the stacked body in contact with the second surface of the first substrate.

9. The method for manufacturing the display device according to claim 6 , wherein the separation layer is a metal layer.

10. The method for manufacturing the display device according to claim 6 , wherein the layer to be separated is an oxide layer or a resin layer.

11. The method for manufacturing the display device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first substrate is further provided with one of a black matrix, a spacer, an electrode of a liquid crystal element, an overcoat of a liquid crystal element, and an alignment film of a liquid crystal element.

12. A method for manufacturing a display device comprising:

stacking a separation layer, a layer to be separated, and a sensor layer in this order over a support substrate;

separating a stacked body including the layer to be separated and the sensor layer from the support substrate, the separating is caused at an interface between the separation layer and the layer to be separated; sealing an organic EL element between a first surface of a first substrate and a second substrate with a sealant, the first surface provided with an auxiliary wiring to which one electrode of the organic EL element is electrically connected; and

providing the stacked body in contact with a second surface of the first substrate which is opposite to the first surface, with a first bonding layer interposed between the stacked body and the second surface of the first substrate after the sealing step,

wherein the sensor layer is formed through the following steps:

forming a first electrode and a second electrode with light-transmitting properties;

forming an insulating layer over the first electrode and the second electrode; and

forming a wiring in contact with the first electrode and over the insulating layer.

13. The method for manufacturing the display device according to claim 12 , further comprising a step of providing a polarizing plate over the sensor layer with a second bonding layer interposed therebetween, after the step of providing the stacked body in contact with the second surface of the first substrate,

wherein the first electrode of the sensor layer extends beyond the first substrate.

14. The method for manufacturing the display device according to claim 12 , further comprising a step of pressure bonding of an FPC which is electrically connected to the sensor layer, after the step of providing the stacked body in contact with the second surface of the first substrate.

15. The method for manufacturing the display device according to claim 12 , wherein the separation layer is a metal layer.

16. The method for manufacturing the display device according to claim 12 , wherein the layer to be separated is an oxide layer or a resin layer.

17. The method for manufacturing the display device according to claim 12 , wherein the first substrate is further provided with a black matrix or a spacer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 20, 2013
From: HIRAKATA, YOSHIHARU
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031043/0125 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2012-192826 · Sep 3, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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