IP Library Granted Patent US 10,079,353
Granted Patent B2
US 10,079,353 · App. 15/810,249 · Granted Sep 18, 2018

Light-emitting device with flexible substrates

Inventors: Tatsuya Sakuishi (Kanagawa, JP); Yutaka Uchida (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroki Adachi (Atsugi, JP); Saki Eguchi (Tochigi, JP); Junpei Yanaka (Tochigi, JP); Kayo Kumakura (Tochigi, JP); Seiji Yasumoto (Tochigi, JP); Kohei Yokoyama (Kanagawa, JP); Akihiro Chida (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L51/0097B32B37/02B32B37/10B32B37/18H01L51/003B32B2250/05B32B2307/202B32B2307/40B32B2307/50B32B2307/536H01L2251/5338
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Patent No.
US 10,079,353
App. No.
15/810,249
Granted
Sep 18, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flexible device is provided. The hardness of a bonding layer of the flexible device is set to be higher than Shore D of 70, or preferably higher than or equal to Shore D of 80. The coefficient of expansion of a flexible substrate of the flexible device is set to be less than 58 ppm/° C., or preferably less than or equal to 30 ppm/° C.

Claims (68)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a first substrate having flexibility;

a second substrate having flexibility;

an element layer between the first substrate and the second substrate;

an insulating layer between the first substrate and the element layer;

a first bonding layer between the first substrate and the insulating layer; and

a second bonding layer between the second substrate and the element layer,

wherein an edge of the first bonding layer is inside an edge of the insulating layer when seen from a top view,

wherein the element layer comprises a light-emitting element,

wherein the first substrate comprises a third portion whose coefficient of expansion is less than 58 ppm/° C., and

wherein the second substrate comprises a fourth portion whose coefficient of expansion is less than 58 ppm/° C.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first bonding layer comprises a first portion whose hardness is higher than Shore D of 70, and

wherein the second bonding layer comprises a second portion whose hardness is higher than Shore D of 70.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the coefficient of expansion of the third portion is less than or equal to 30 ppm/° C., and

wherein the coefficient of expansion of the fourth portion is less than or equal to 30 ppm/° C.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating layer comprises:

a first silicon oxynitride film;

a silicon nitride film over the first silicon oxynitride film;

a second silicon oxynitride film over the silicon nitride film;

a silicon nitride oxide film over the second silicon oxynitride film; and

a third silicon oxynitride film over the silicon nitride oxide film.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first bonding layer comprises an epoxy resin, and

wherein the second bonding layer comprises an epoxy resin.

6. A light-emitting device comprising:

a first substrate having flexibility;

a second substrate having flexibility;

an element layer between the first substrate and the second substrate;

an insulating layer between the first substrate and the element layer;

a first bonding layer between the first substrate and the insulating layer; and

a second bonding layer between the second substrate and the element layer,

wherein an edge of the first bonding layer is inside an edge of the insulating layer when seen from a top view,

wherein the element layer comprises a light-emitting element,

wherein the first substrate comprises a third portion whose coefficient of expansion is less than 58 ppm/° C.,

wherein the second substrate comprises a fourth portion whose coefficient of expansion is less than 58 ppm/° C., and

wherein a display portion comprising the light-emitting element is a curved display portion.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 6 , wherein a display surface of the display portion is bent.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 6 ,

wherein a housing of the light-emitting device comprises a front surface and a side surface, and

wherein the display portion comprises a region corresponding to the front surface and a region corresponding to the side surface.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 6 ,

wherein a housing of the light-emitting device comprises a front surface, a shorter side surface, and a longer side surface, and

wherein the display portion comprises a region corresponding to the front surface, a region corresponding to the shorter side surface, and a region corresponding to the longer side surface.

10. A portable information terminal comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 6 .

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first bonding layer comprises an epoxy resin, and

wherein the second bonding layer comprises an epoxy resin.

12. A light-emitting device comprising:

a first substrate having flexibility;

a second substrate having flexibility;

an element layer between the first substrate and the second substrate;

an insulating layer between the first substrate and the element layer;

a first bonding layer between the first substrate and the insulating layer; and

a second bonding layer between the second substrate and the element layer,

wherein an edge of the first bonding layer is inside an edge of the insulating layer when seen from a top view,

wherein the element layer comprises a light-emitting element,

wherein the first substrate comprises a third portion whose coefficient of expansion is less than 58 ppm/° C.,

wherein the second substrate comprises a fourth portion whose coefficient of expansion is less than 58 ppm/° C., and

wherein the light-emitting device is a foldable light-emitting device.

13. The light-emitting device according to claim 12 , wherein the light-emitting device is foldable so that a first region of a display surface of the light-emitting device and a second region of the display surface face each other.

14. The light-emitting device according to claim 12 , wherein the light-emitting device is foldable so that a first region of a display surface of the light-emitting device and a second region of the display surface do not face each other.

15. The light-emitting device according to claim 12 , wherein the light-emitting device is foldable so that a first region of a display surface of the light-emitting device and a second region of the display surface face each other and the second region of the display surface and a third region of the display surface do not face each other.

16. A portable information terminal comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 12 .

17. The light-emitting device according to claim 12 ,

wherein the first bonding layer comprises an epoxy resin, and

wherein the second bonding layer comprises an epoxy resin.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2018
From: SAKUISHI, TATSUYA; UCHIDA, YUTAKA; ADACHI, HIROKI; EGUCHI, SAKI; YANAKA, JUNPEI; KUMAKURA, KAYO; YASUMOTO, SEIJI; YOKOYAMA, KOHEI; CHIDA, AKIHIRO
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044636/0667 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-029756 · Feb 19, 2014 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15252295 · Aug 31, 2016
Continuation 14621914 · Feb 13, 2015
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