IP Library Granted Patent US 10,135,014
Granted Patent B2
US 10,135,014 · App. 15/686,872 · Granted Nov 20, 2018

Display device and method of manufacturing display device

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Patent No.
US 10,135,014
App. No.
15/686,872
Granted
Nov 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a display device, including a first substrate having flexibility including a pixel region and a frame region around the pixel region, a pixel arranged on a first surface of the first substrate in the pixel region, and a terminal section arranged in the frame region and connected to the pixel, in which the first substrate includes an adjustment region between the pixel and the terminal section, the adjustment region having a different Young's modulus from those of the pixel region and the frame region.

Claims (28)

1. A display device comprising:

a first substrate having flexibility including a pixel region and a frame region around the pixel region;

a pixel arranged on a first surface of the first substrate in the pixel region; and

a terminal section arranged in the frame region and connected to the pixel,

wherein the first substrate includes an adjustment region between the pixel and the terminal section, the adjustment region having a different Young's modulus from those of the pixel region and the frame region.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment region has a lower Young's modulus than those of the pixel region and the frame region.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein

the first substrate has a first side and a second side different from the first side, and

the adjustment region is provided from the first side to the second side, and the first substrate is bent along the adjustment region.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the first substrate is bent toward a second surface on the opposite side to the first surface.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first substrate includes a second substrate opposing the first surface of the first substrate and sealing the pixel region, and

the adjustment region is arranged outside the second substrate.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein

the first substrate further includes a driving circuit connected to the pixel, and

the adjustment region is arranged between the pixel and the driving circuit.

7. A method of manufacturing a display device, comprising:

forming a first substrate having flexibility on a supporting substrate;

forming an adjustment region having a different Young's modulus from those of other regions in the first substrate by processing a first surface on the opposite side to the supporting substrate of the first substrate

forming a pixel and a terminal section connected to the pixel with the adjustment region sandwiched therebetween;

separating the supporting substrate; and

bending the first substrate along the adjustment region.

8. The method of manufacturing the display device according to claim 7 , wherein the first substrate is bent toward a second surface on the opposite side to the first surface.

9. The method of manufacturing the display device according to claim 8 , wherein a Young's modulus of the adjustment region is reduced by performing pressurization processing for the adjustment region.

10. The method of manufacturing the display device according to claim 8 , wherein a Young's modulus of the adjustment region is reduced by performing glow discharge plasma processing for the adjustment region.

11. The method of manufacturing the display device according to claim 10 , wherein the glow discharge plasma processing is performed using glow discharge plasma of gas containing nitrogen monoxide.

12. The method of manufacturing the display device according to claim 7 , wherein the first substrate is formed using an organic resin material.

13. The method of manufacturing the display device according to claim 12 , wherein the first substrate is formed using polyimide.

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 Aug 25, 2017
From: NISHINOHARA, TAKUMA; KIMURA, YASUKAZU
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 043405/0584 →