IP Library Granted Patent US 10,635,135
Granted Patent B2
US 10,635,135 · App. 15/478,816 · Granted Apr 28, 2020

Electronic device including display panel with notch portion

Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata (Kanagawa, JP); Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,635,135
App. No.
15/478,816
Granted
Apr 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display panel includes a flexible substrate, a first display region, a second display region, and a third display region. The first display region has a quadrangle outline and includes a first side and a second side forming a first corner portion of the outline. The second display region is in contact with the first side and the width of the second display region in a direction parallel to the first side coincides with the length of the first side. The third display region is in contact with the second side and the width of the third display region in a direction parallel to the second side coincides with the length of the second side. The substrate includes a notch portion corresponding a region facing the first display region with the first corner portion provided therebetween.

Claims (55)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a housing; and

a display panel comprising a first notch portion and a second notch portion opposite to the first notch portion,

wherein the display panel covers a top surface of the housing,

wherein a length of a first side between the first notch portion and the second notch portion is smaller than a length of a second side of the display panel opposite to the first side,

wherein the display panel comprises a first curved surface along a direction parallel to the first side,

wherein the display panel comprises a second curved surface and a third curved surface which are along a direction intersecting with the first side,

wherein the display panel comprises a display region in the first curved surface, the second curved surface, or the third curved surface,

wherein the first curved surface is located in a region between the first notch portion and the second notch portion,

wherein the second curved surface is located in a region between the first notch portion and the second side,

wherein the third curved surface is located in a region between the second notch portion and the second side.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display panel comprises a transistor,

wherein a semiconductor layer of the transistor comprises polycrystalline silicon.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display panel comprises a transistor,

wherein a semiconductor layer of the transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the display region of the display panel is located outside the housing.

5. An electronic device comprising:

a housing; and

a display panel comprising a first notch portion and a second notch portion opposite to the first notch portion,

wherein the display panel covers a top surface of the housing,

wherein the display panel comprises no notch portion in a second side opposite to a first side comprising the first notch portion and the second notch portion,

wherein the display panel comprises a first curved surface along a direction parallel to the first side,

wherein the display panel comprises a second curved surface and a third curved surface which are along a direction intersecting with the first side,

wherein the display panel comprises a display region in the first curved surface, the second curved surface, or the third curved surface,

wherein the first curved surface is located in a region between the first notch portion and the second notch portion,

wherein the second curved surface is located in a region between the first notch portion and the second side,

wherein the third curved surface is located in a region between the second notch portion and the second side.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the display panel comprises a transistor,

wherein a semiconductor layer of the transistor comprises polycrystalline silicon.

7. The electronic device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the display panel comprises a transistor,

wherein a semiconductor layer of the transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor.

8. The electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein the display region of the display panel is located outside the housing.

9. An electronic device comprising:

a housing; and

a display panel comprising a first notch portion and a second notch portion opposite to the first notch portion,

wherein the display panel covers a top surface of the housing,

wherein a length of a first side between the first notch portion and the second notch portion is smaller than a length of a second side of the display panel opposite to the first side,

wherein the display panel comprises no notch portion in the second side,

wherein the display panel comprises a first curved surface along a direction parallel to the first side,

wherein the display panel comprises a second curved surface and a third curved surface which are along a direction intersecting with the first side,

wherein the display panel comprises a display region in the first curved surface, the second curved surface, or the third curved surface,

wherein the first curved surface is located in a region between the first notch portion and the second notch portion,

wherein the second curved surface is located in a region between the first notch portion and the second side,

wherein the third curved surface is located in a region between the second notch portion and the second side.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the display panel comprises a transistor,

wherein a semiconductor layer of the transistor comprises polycrystalline silicon.

11. The electronic device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the display panel comprises a transistor,

wherein a semiconductor layer of the transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor.

12. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the display region of the display panel is located outside the housing.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2013-236966 · Nov 15, 2013 · national
JP 2013-236969 · Nov 15, 2013 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15228167 · Aug 4, 2016
Continuation 14537045 · Nov 10, 2014
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