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Granted Patent B2
US 11,106,099 · App. 15/623,876 · Granted Aug 31, 2021

Display device and electronic device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP); Daisuke Kubota (Atsugi, JP); Hideki Uochi (Atsugi, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 11,106,099
App. No.
15/623,876
Granted
Aug 31, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A highly reliable display device is provided. In a flexible display device including at least a first display region and a second display region, at least a portion of a wiring provided in the first display region or the second display region has a meandering shape or a chain-like shape. Since the wiring has a meandering shape or a chain-like shape, a short-circuit, a disconnection, or the like of the wiring due to curving or bending of the display device does not occur easily. The wiring having a meandering shape or a chain-like shape can prevent defective operation, lowered reliability, or the like of the display device.

Claims (104)

1. A display device comprising:

a first display region;

a second display region; and

a first region,

wherein the first display region and the second display region are adjacent to each other with the first region therebetween,

wherein the first display region comprises a curved surface forming a bent portion,

wherein the first display region comprises a first wiring,

wherein the first wiring meanders in the first display region in a repeating pattern selected from one or more of a triangular wave, a sine wave, an arc, a meandering combination of straight lines, a meandering combination of straight lines and curves, and a chain-like shape,

wherein the meandering first wiring is provided on the bent portion,

wherein the first wiring is a first scan line, and

wherein the first region is a non-display region.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a first substrate and a second substrate,

wherein the first display region, the second display region and the first region are provided between the first substrate and the second substrate.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the first substrate and the second substrate have flexibility.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the first display region and the second display region comprises a first display element and a second display element,

wherein the first display element is configured to reflect visible light, and

wherein the second display element is configured to emit visible light.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the first display element is a liquid crystal element.

6. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the second display element is an organic EL element.

7. A display device comprising:

a first display region;

a second display region; and

a first region,

wherein the first display region and the second display region are adjacent to each other with the first region therebetween,

wherein the first region is a non-display region,

wherein the first region comprises a curved surface forming a bent portion,

wherein the first display region comprises a first wiring,

wherein the second display region comprises a second wiring,

wherein the first region comprises a third wiring,

wherein the first wiring is electrically connected to the third wiring,

wherein the second wiring is electrically connected to the third wiring,

wherein the third wiring meanders in the first region in a repeating pattern selected from one or more of a triangular wave, a sine wave, an arc, a meandering combination of straight lines, a meandering combination of straight lines and curves, and a chain-like shape,

wherein the meandering third wiring is provided on the bent portion, and

wherein each of the first wiring and the second wiring is a scan line.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , further comprising a first substrate and a second substrate,

wherein the first display region, the second display region, and the first region are provided between the first substrate and the second substrate.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the first substrate and the second substrate have flexibility.

10. The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein each of the first display region and the second display region comprises a first display element and a second display element,

wherein the first display element is configured to reflect visible light, and

wherein the second display element is configured to emit visible light.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the first display element is a liquid crystal element.

12. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the second display element is an organic EL element.

13. An electronic device comprising:

the display device according to claim 7 ;

a housing; and

a hinge portion,

wherein the housing is configured to be bent at the hinge portion.

14. A display device comprising:

a first display region;

a second display region; and

a first region,

wherein the first display region and the second display region are adjacent to each other with the first region therebetween,

wherein the first region is a non-display region,

wherein the first region comprises a curved surface forming a bent portion,

wherein the first display region comprises a first wiring,

wherein the second display region comprises a second wiring,

wherein the first region comprises a third wiring,

wherein the first wiring is electrically connected to the third wiring,

wherein the second wiring is electrically connected to the third wiring,

wherein the third wiring meanders in the first region in a repeating pattern selected from one or more of a triangular wave, a sine wave, an arc, a meandering combination of straight lines, a meandering combination of straight lines and curves, and a chain-like shape,

wherein the meandering third wiring is provided on the bent portion,

wherein each of the first wiring and the second wiring is a scan line,

wherein each of the first display region and the second display region comprises a first display element and a second display element,

wherein the first display element is configured to reflect visible light, and

wherein the second display element is configured to emit visible light.

15. The display device according to claim 14 ,

wherein the first display element is a liquid crystal element, and

wherein the second display element is an organic EL element.

16. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second display region comprises a second wiring,

wherein the second wiring does not meander in the second display region, and

wherein the second wiring is a second scan line.

17. The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the first wiring meanders in the first display region in a repeating pattern selected from one or more of a triangular wave, a sine wave, an arc, a meandering combination of straight lines, a meandering combination of straight lines and curves, and a chain-like shape, and

wherein the second wiring does not meander in the second display region.

18. The display device according to claim 14 ,

wherein the first wiring meanders in the first display region in a repeating pattern selected from one or more of a triangular wave, a sine wave, an arc, a meandering combination of straight lines, a meandering combination of straight lines and curves, and a chain-like shape, and

wherein the second wiring does not meander in the second display region.

19. A display device comprising:

a first display region comprising a matrix of pixels;

a second display region; and

a first region,

wherein the first display region and the second display region are adjacent to each other with the first region therebetween,

wherein the first display region comprises a curved surface forming a bent portion,

wherein the first display region comprises a first wiring,

wherein the first wiring meanders in the matrix of pixels between adjacent rows,

wherein the meandering first wiring is provided on the bent portion,

wherein the first wiring is a first scan line, and

wherein the first region is a non-display region.

20. The display device according to claim 19 , wherein the first wiring meanders in a repeating pattern selected from one or more of a triangular wave, a sine wave, an arc, a meandering combination of straight lines, a meandering combination of straight lines and curves, and a chain-like shape.

21. The display device according to claim 20 ,

wherein the second display region comprises a second wiring,

wherein the first region comprises a third wiring,

wherein the first region comprises a curved surface forming a different bent portion,

wherein the first wiring is electrically connected to the third wiring,

wherein the second wiring is electrically connected to the third wiring,

wherein the second wiring is a scan line,

wherein the second wiring does not meander in the second display region,

wherein the third wiring meanders in a repeating pattern selected from one or more of a triangular wave, a sine wave, an arc, a meandering combination of straight lines, a meandering combination of straight lines and curves, and a chain-like shape, and

wherein the meandering third wiring is provided on the different bent portion.

22. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the bent portion has a curvature radius less than or equal to 1 mm.

23. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the bent portion has a curvature radius less than or equal to 1 mm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2017
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; KUBOTA, DAISUKE; UOCHI, HIDEKI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 042724/0469 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP JP2016-125667 · Jun 24, 2016 · national
JP JP2016-131297 · Jul 1, 2016 · national
JP JP2016-154452 · Aug 5, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170371190A1 · Dec 28, 2017
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