IP Library Granted Patent US 9,431,618
Granted Patent B2
US 9,431,618 · App. 14/459,565 · Granted Aug 30, 2016

Display device

Inventors: Takuya Kawata (Atsugi, JP); Akihiro Chida (Isehara, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L51/0097H01L2251/5338H01L2251/55Y02E10/549Y10T428/10Y10T428/1086
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Patent No.
US 9,431,618
App. No.
14/459,565
Granted
Aug 30, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device, an electronic device, or a lighting device that is unlikely to be broken is provided. A flexible first substrate and a flexible second substrate overlap with each other with a display element provided therebetween. A flexible third substrate is bonded on the outer surface of the first substrate, and a flexible fourth substrate is bonded on the outer surface of the second substrate. The third substrate is formed using a material softer than the first substrate, and the fourth substrate is formed using a material softer than the second substrate.

Claims (26)

1. A display device comprising:

a first substrate and a second substrate overlapping with each other with a display element provided therebetween; and

a third substrate and a fourth substrate overlapping with each other with the first substrate and the second substrate provided therebetween,

wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are in contact with the third substrate and the fourth substrate, respectively,

wherein each of the first substrate and the second substrate includes an organic resin material,

wherein a Young's modulus of the first substrate and the second substrate is larger than or equal to 1 GPa and smaller than or equal to 100 GPa,

wherein a Young's modulus of the third substrate and the fourth substrate is smaller than or equal to one fiftieth of the Young's modulus of the first substrate and the second substrate, and

wherein the display device is configured to be bent at any part.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display element is a light-emitting element.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the light-emitting element is electrically connected to a transistor.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein a semiconductor layer of the transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of a first pair of the first substrate and the third substrate and a second pair of the second substrate and the fourth substrate has a light-transmitting property.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of each of the third substrate and the fourth substrate is greater than or equal to 2 times and less than or equal to 100 times that of the first substrate or the second substrate.

7. A display device comprising:

a first substrate and a second substrate overlapping with each other with a display element provided therebetween; and

a third substrate and a fourth substrate overlapping with each other with the first substrate and the second substrate provided therebetween,

wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are in contact with the third substrate and the fourth substrate, respectively,

wherein a Young's modulus of the first substrate and the second substrate is larger than or equal to 1 GPa and smaller than or equal to 100 GPa,

wherein a Young's modulus of the third substrate and the fourth substrate is smaller than or equal to one fiftieth of the Young's modulus of the first substrate and the second substrate,

wherein the third substrate and the fourth substrate comprise silicone rubber or fluorine rubber, and

wherein the display device is configured to be bent at any part.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the display element is a light-emitting element.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the light-emitting element is electrically connected to a transistor.

10. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein a semiconductor layer of the transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor.

11. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein at least one of a first pair of the first substrate and the third substrate and a second pair of the second substrate and the fourth substrate has a light-transmitting property.

12. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein a thickness of each of the third substrate and the fourth substrate is greater than or equal to 2 times and less than or equal to 100 times that of the first substrate or the second substrate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2014
From: KAWATA, TAKUYA; CHIDA, AKIHIRO
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 033535/0875 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-169542 · Aug 19, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150048349A1 · Feb 19, 2015