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Granted Patent B2
US 9,564,473 · App. 14/819,962 · Granted Feb 7, 2017

Display device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP); Yoshiharu Hirakata (Ebina, JP); Hisao Ikeda (Zama, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L27/323G02F1/13338G02F1/133305G02F1/133308H01L27/156H01L27/3244H01L27/3293H01L51/5237H03K17/962H03K17/9627H01L2251/5338
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Patent No.
US 9,564,473
App. No.
14/819,962
Granted
Feb 7, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Display of a display device is made less likely to appear divided when a plurality of display panels are used as one screen. Provided is a display device including two display units and a foldable housing that includes a joint portion between the two display units and supports the two display units. Each display unit includes a display panel including a display region and a non-display region and a support having a first surface overlapped with the display region and a second surface that meets the first surface and is overlapped with the non-display region. The two display units are placed in the housing in an opened state such that the first surfaces of the supports face the same direction and the second surfaces of the supports face each other.

Claims (33)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a support; and

a display panel continuously overlapping a front surface, a first side surface, and a back surface of the support,

wherein the display panel comprises a display region over the front surface and a first part of the first side surface of the support, and

wherein the display panel comprises a non-display region over a second part of the first side surface and the back surface of the support.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises the non-display region surrounding the display region over the front surface and the first part of the first side surface of the support.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises a capacitive touch sensor.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises an optical touch sensor.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel comprises a light-emitting element.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel is flexible.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel does not overlap a second side surface of the support.

8. An electronic device comprising:

a support; and

a display panel continuously overlapping a front surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, and a back surface of the support,

wherein the display panel comprises a display region over the front surface, a first part of the first side surface, and a first part of the second side surface of the support, and

wherein the display panel comprises a non-display region over a second part of the first side surface, a second part of the second side surface, and the back surface of the support.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the display panel further comprises the non-display region surrounding the display region over the front surface, the first part of the first side surface, and the first part of the second side surface of the support.

10. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the display panel further comprises a capacitive touch sensor.

11. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the display panel further comprises an optical touch sensor.

12. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the display panel comprises a light-emitting element.

13. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the display panel is flexible.

14. An electronic device comprising:

a support;

a display panel continuously overlapping a front surface, a first side surface, and a back surface of the support; and

a housing in which the support and the display panel are incorporated,

wherein the display panel comprises a display region over the front surface and a first part of the first side surface of the support, and

wherein the display panel comprises a non-display region over a second part of the first side surface and the back surface of the support.

15. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the display panel further comprises the non-display region surrounding the display region over the front surface and the first part of the first side surface of the support.

16. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the display panel further comprises a capacitive touch sensor.

17. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the display panel further comprises an optical touch sensor.

18. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the display panel comprises a light-emitting element.

19. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the display panel is flexible.

20. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the display panel does not overlap a second side surface of the support.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-090873 · Apr 24, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 14255257 · Apr 17, 2014
Related Publication 20160035797A1 · Feb 4, 2016