IP Library Granted Patent US 10,121,800
Granted Patent B2
US 10,121,800 · App. 15/146,221 · Granted Nov 6, 2018

Display device including a substrate with regions of different hardness

Inventors: Kazuto Tsuruoka (Tokyo, JP); Toshihiro Sato (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
H01L27/1218H01L51/0097H01L2251/5338Y02E10/549Y02P70/521
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Patent No.
US 10,121,800
App. No.
15/146,221
Granted
Nov 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device is provided including a substrate having a first region and a second region, a plurality of pixels above the first region, and a connection terminal above the second region, wherein a Young's modulus of the second region is higher than a Young's modulus of the first region.

Claims (45)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate having a first region and a second region, a plurality of pixels above the first region, and a connection terminal above the second region;

wherein

the first region includes a first material,

the second region includes a second material that is in physical contact with the first material,

the second material does not overlap the first material in a planar view, and

a Young's modulus of the second material is higher than a Young's modulus of the first material.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate includes an organic material.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the organic material is polyimide.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second region of the substrate includes an inorganic material.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the Young's modulus of the first region is 3 GPa or more and 6 GPa or less.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the Young's modulus of the second region is 1.5 times or more and 3 times or less the Young's modulus of the first region.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second region surrounds the first region.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a protection film is arranged on an opposite side of the substrate from the plurality of the pixels.

9. A display device comprising:

a first substrate having flexible properties;

a plurality of pixels formed above the first substrate; and

a connection terminal formed above the first substrate,

wherein

the first substrate has a first region overlapping at least the plurality of pixels and a second region overlapping at least the connection terminal,

the first region includes a first material,

the second region includes a second material that is in physical contact with the first material,

the second material does not overlap the first material in a planar view, and

the second material is harder than the first material.

10. The display device according to claim 9 further comprising: a second substrate opposing the first substrate;

wherein

the first region overlaps the second substrate and the second region does not overlap the second substrate.

11. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the first region includes a first polyimide and the second region includes a second polyimide harder than the first polyimide.

12. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the first region includes an organic material and the second region includes an inorganic material.

13. The display device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the first substrate includes a first organic film extending from the first region to the second region continuously,

a first inorganic film extending from the first region to the second region continuously,

a second organic film arranged in the first region, overlapping the first organic film and the first inorganic film, and being in contact with the first inorganic film,

a third organic film arranged in the second region, overlapping the first organic film and the first inorganic film, and being in contact with the first inorganic film,

wherein the third organic film is harder than the second organic film.

14. The display device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the first substrate includes a first organic film extending from the first region to the second region continuously,

a first inorganic film extending from the first region to the second region continuously,

a second organic film arranged in the first region, overlapping the first organic film and the first inorganic film, and being in contact with the first inorganic film,

a second inorganic film arranged in the second region, overlapping the first organic film and the first inorganic film, and being in contact with the first inorganic film,

wherein the second inorganic film is harder than the second organic film.

15. The display device according to claim 13 ,

wherein a surface of the first substrate is the first organic film, the surface being an opposite side to the plurality of pixels.

16. The display device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the second region surrounds the first region.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2016
From: TSURUOKA, KAZUTO; SATO, TOSHIHIRO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 038455/0654 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-099396 · May 14, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160336537A1 · Nov 17, 2016