IP Library Granted Patent US 10,551,650
Granted Patent B2
US 10,551,650 · App. 15/940,404 · Granted Feb 4, 2020

Manufacturing method of liquid crystal display device

Inventor: Makoto Yamamoto (Hyogo, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,551,650
App. No.
15/940,404
Granted
Feb 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device including a first substrate and a second substrate each including a flexible board, the manufacturing method includes a first step of forming the flexible board by forming, in a first region on a glass substrate, a first resin unit made of a first resin having a property of absorbing infrared light and forming, in a second region on the glass substrate, a second resin unit made of a second resin smaller in infrared absorptivity than the first resin; and a second step of, subsequent to the first step, irradiating the first resin unit with infrared light to cut a portion corresponding to the first region in the flexible board.

Claims (36)

1. A manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device including a first substrate and a second substrate each including a flexible board, the first substrate and the second substrate being disposed opposite each other, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the manufacturing method comprising:

a first step of forming the flexible board included in either the first substrate or the second substrate by forming a first resin unit made of a first resin having a property of absorbing infrared light in a first region on a glass substrate and forming a second resin unit made of a second resin smaller in infrared absorptivity than the first resin in a second region on the glass substrate; and

a second step of, subsequent to the first step, irradiating the first resin unit with infrared light to cut a portion corresponding to the first region in the flexible board, wherein

in the second step, the portion corresponding to the first region in the flexible board is cut by causing volume expansion on the first resin unit due to infrared light absorption to generate a crack in the second resin unit formed on the first resin unit.

2. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , further comprising

a third step of, subsequent to the second step, separating the glass substrate from the flexible board.

3. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein

a slit is formed in the first resin unit.

4. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first region is a region corresponding to an outside of an outer periphery of a display panel, and the second region is a region located inside the outer periphery.

5. A manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device including a first substrate and a second substrate each including a flexible board, the first substrate and the second substrate being disposed opposite each other, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the manufacturing method comprising:

a first step of forming, in a first region on a glass substrate, a first separating unit having a slit and including a light absorption film having a property of absorbing ultraviolet light, and forming, in a second region on the glass substrate, a second separating unit made of a material identical to a material for the first separating unit;

a second step of, subsequent to the first step, forming a flexible board made of a resin material on the first separating unit and the second separating unit; and

a third step of, subsequent to the second step, irradiating the first separating unit and the second separating unit with ultraviolet light to separate the glass substrate from the flexible board, and cutting a portion corresponding to the first region in the flexible board.

6. The manufacturing method according to claim 5 , wherein

in the third step,

the glass substrate is separated from the flexible substrate by irradiating the first separating unit and the second separating unit with the ultraviolet ray to crystallize the first separating unit and the second separating unit, and

the portion corresponding to the first region in the flexible board is cut by irradiating the first separating unit with the ultraviolet light to crystallize the first separating unit and by generating a stress concentration at an end of the slit.

7. The manufacturing method according to claim 5 , further comprising

a fourth step of, prior to the third step, forming a semiconductor layer unit having a slit, the semiconductor layer unit being made of a material identical to a material for a semiconductor layer constituting a thin-film transistor and being formed to overlap the first separating unit in planar view,

wherein

in the third step,

the glass substrate is separated from the flexible substrate by irradiating the first separating unit and the second separating unit with the ultraviolet ray to crystallize the first separating unit and the second separating unit, and

the portion corresponding to the first region in the flexible board is cut by irradiating the first separating unit and the semiconductor layer unit with the ultraviolet light to crystallize the first separating unit and the semiconductor layer unit and by generating a stress concentration at an end of the slit of each of the first separating unit and the semiconductor layer unit.

8. A manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device including a first substrate and a second substrate each including a flexible board, the first substrate and the second substrate being disposed opposite each other, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the manufacturing method comprising:

a first step of forming the flexible board included in either the first substrate or the second substrate by forming a first resin unit made of a first resin having a property of absorbing infrared light in a first region on a glass substrate and forming a second resin unit made of a second resin smaller in infrared absorptivity than the first resin in a second region on the glass substrate; and

a second step of, subsequent to the first step, irradiating the first resin unit with infrared light to cut a portion corresponding to the first region in the flexible board, wherein

the first substrate includes a terminal to be connected to an electronic component,

the first resin unit constituting a first flexible board included in the first substrate is formed outside the terminal in planar view, and

the first resin unit constituting a second flexible board included in the second substrate is formed inside the first resin unit constituting the first flexible board in planar view.

9. The manufacturing method according to claim 8 , further comprising

a third step of, subsequent to the second step, separating the glass substrate from the flexible board.

10. The manufacturing method according to claim 8 , wherein

a slit is formed in the first resin unit.

11. The manufacturing method according to claim 8 , wherein

the first region is a region corresponding to an outside of an outer periphery of a display panel, and the second region is a region located inside the outer periphery.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 064292/0775 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2018
From: YAMAMOTO, MAKOTO
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045926/0645 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-065238 · Mar 29, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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