Display device
The display device includes: a flexible display panel including a display portion in which scanning lines and signal lines cross each other; a supporting portion for supporting an end portion of the flexible display panel; a signal line driver circuit for outputting a signal to the signal line, which is provided for the supporting portion; and a scanning line driver circuit for outputting a signal to the scanning line, which is provided for a flexible surface of the display panel in a direction which is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the supporting portion.
1. A display device comprising:
a flexible display panel comprising a scanning line driver circuit and a display portion including a light-emitting element;
a flexible printed circuit attached to a first portion of the flexible display panel;
an IC mounted on the flexible printed circuit; and
a supporting portion in which the flexible printed circuit and the IC are provided,
wherein the flexible display panel comprises a stress concentration region between the display portion and the first portion of the flexible display panel,
wherein each of the IC and the stress concentration region is provided along a first direction in which the flexible display panel is bent, and
wherein the scanning line driver circuit comprises a region provided along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
2. The display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the flexible display panel comprises an element substrate and a sealing substrate, and
wherein the stress concentration region is provided in the sealing substrate.
3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the stress concentration region comprises a cut portion in the flexible display panel.
4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the supporting portion is provided along an end portion of the flexible display panel.
5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the supporting portion is more rigid than the flexible display panel.
6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the stress concentration region is provided outside the supporting portion.
7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the IC comprises a signal line driver circuit.
8. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a printed board electrically connected to the flexible printed circuit and in contact with the supporting portion.
9. A display device comprising:
a flexible display panel comprising a scanning line driver circuit and a display portion including a light-emitting element;
a flexible printed circuit attached to a first portion of the flexible display panel;
an IC mounted on a second portion of the flexible display panel that is between the display portion and the first portion; and
a supporting portion in which the flexible printed circuit and the IC are provided,
wherein the flexible display panel comprises a stress concentration region between the display portion and the first portion of the flexible display panel,
wherein each of the IC and the stress concentration region is provided along a first direction in which the flexible display panel is bent, and
wherein the scanning line driver circuit comprises a region provided along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
10. The display device according to claim 9 ,
wherein the flexible display panel comprises an element substrate and a sealing substrate, and
wherein the stress concentration region is provided in the sealing substrate.
11. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the stress concentration region comprises a cut portion in the flexible display panel.
12. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the supporting portion is provided along an end portion of the flexible display panel.
13. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the supporting portion is more rigid than the flexible display panel.
14. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the stress concentration region is provided outside the supporting portion.
15. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the IC comprises a signal line driver circuit.
16. The display device according to claim 9 , further comprising a printed board electrically connected to the flexible printed circuit and in contact with the supporting portion.