IP Library Granted Patent US 10,698,279
Granted Patent B2
US 10,698,279 · App. 15/984,913 · Granted Jun 30, 2020

Display device

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Patent No.
US 10,698,279
App. No.
15/984,913
Granted
Jun 30, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device including a first resin substrate having flexibility, a second resin substrate having flexibility facing the first resin substrate, an electro-optical layer between the first resin substrate and the second resin substrate, a semiconductor layer included in a transistor between the first resin substrate and the electro-optical layer, a plurality of wiring layers between the first resin substrate and the electro-optical layer, the plurality of wiring layers including a metal layer below the semiconductor layer, a first inorganic insulating layer between the metal layer and the first resin substrate, and a second inorganic insulating layer arranged in the second resin substrate between the electro-optical layer and the second resin substrate, a thickness of the second inorganic insulating layer being different from a thickness of the first inorganic insulating layer.

Claims (37)

1. A display device comprising:

a first resin substrate having flexibility;

a second resin substrate having flexibility and facing the first resin substrate;

an electro-optical layer between the first resin substrate and the second resin substrate;

a semiconductor layer included in a transistor between the first resin substrate and the electro-optical layer;

a plurality of wiring layers between the first resin substrate and the electro-optical layer, the plurality of wiring layers including a metal layer below the semiconductor layer;

a first inorganic insulating layer between the metal layer and the first resin substrate; and

a second inorganic insulating layer arranged in the second resin substrate between the electro-optical layer and the second resin substrate, a thickness of the second inorganic insulating layer being different from a thickness of the first inorganic insulating layer,

wherein

the second inorganic insulating layer includes a first insulating film, a second insulating film, a third insulating film, and a fourth insulating film,

the first insulating film is in contact with the second insulating film,

a main material of the third insulating film is a same as a main material of the first insulating film, and a main material of the fourth insulating film is a same as a main material of the second insulating film, and

the first insulating film, the second insulating film, the third insulating film, and the fourth insulating film are stacked in this order.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the first insulating film is different from a thickness of the second insulating film.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a main material of the first insulating film is different from a main material of the second insulating film.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

one or more third inorganic insulating layers between the metal layer and a wiring layer closest to the electro-optical layer among a plurality of wiring layers;

wherein

a density of the first inorganic insulating layer is higher than a density of the third inorganic insulating layer.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first organic insulating layer between the first inorganic insulating layer and the electro-optical layer; and

a second organic insulating layer between the second inorganic insulating layer and the electro-optical layer;

wherein

the first organic insulating layer is thicker than the second organic insulating layer in the case where the first inorganic insulating layer is thicker than the second inorganic insulating layer, and

the second organic insulating layer is thicker than the first organic insulating layer in the case where the second inorganic insulating layer is thicker than the first inorganic insulating layer.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the second organic insulating layer includes a color filter layer and a light shielding layer, and the light shielding layer is between the color filter layer and the electro-optical layer.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the second organic insulating layer includes an overcoat layer covering the color filter layer, and the light shielding layer is between the overcoat layer and the electro-optical layer.

8. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the second inorganic insulating layer is a stacked layer.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

one or more third inorganic insulating layers between the metal layer and a wiring layer closest to the electro-optical layer among a plurality of wiring layers;

a first organic insulating layer between the first inorganic insulating layer and the electro-optical layer; and

a second organic insulating layer between the second inorganic insulating layer and the electro-optical layer;

wherein

a thickness of the first insulating film is different from a thickness of the second insulating film;

a main material of the first insulating film is different from a main material of the second insulating film;

the first organic insulating layer is thicker than the second organic insulating layer in the case where the first inorganic insulating layer is thicker than the second inorganic insulating layer, and

the second organic insulating layer is thicker than the first organic insulating layer in the case where the second inorganic insulating layer is thicker than the first inorganic insulating layer.

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 May 21, 2018
From: HYODO, YOSUKE; OKA, SHINICHIRO; JIN, LU
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 045862/0025 →