IP Library Granted Patent US 11,730,049
Granted Patent B2
US 11,730,049 · App. 16/293,504 · Granted Aug 15, 2023

Display device

Inventors: Ye Chan Goh (Hwaseong-si, KR); Byung Hoon Chae (Asan-si, KR); Gil Jae Choi (Cheonan-si, KR); Seung Kyun Hong (Cheonan-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10K77/111B32B3/263B32B3/30H10K59/131H10K50/844H10K2102/311
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Patent No.
US 11,730,049
App. No.
16/293,504
Granted
Aug 15, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device having a display area and a non-display area disposed in the vicinity of the display area and including a bending area, the display device includes: a substrate; a first organic insulating layer disposed on the substrate; and a trench structure disposed in the non-display area, the trench structure including sidewalls formed by the first organic insulating layer and a bottom surface located in the bending area, wherein the bending area is disposed on a side of the display area.

Claims (32)

1. A display device having a display area and a non-display area disposed in a vicinity of the display area and comprising a bending area, the display device comprising:

a substrate;

a third organic insulating layer disposed on the substrate;

an inorganic insulating layer disposed between the third organic insulating layer and the substrate and including an inorganic insulating opening which exposes the substrate;

a first organic insulating layer at least partially filling the inorganic insulating opening and contacting the substrate;

a second organic insulating layer disposed between the third organic insulating layer and the substrate; and

a trench structure disposed in the non-display area, the trench structure comprising an uncovered open top, sidewalls formed by the third organic insulating layer, and a bottom surface located in the bending area,

wherein the bending area is disposed on a side of the display area,

wherein the non-display area further includes a dam area between the bending area and the display area,

wherein a dam portion including the third organic insulating layer is disposed in the dam area,

wherein the inorganic insulating opening overlaps with the trench structure and a width of the inorganic insulating opening is greater than a width of the trench structure,

wherein the display device comprises a first side extending along a first direction and a second side extending along a second direction intersecting the first direction,

wherein the bending area is located in the first direction with respect to the display area,

wherein a length of the bending area is greater than a length of the trench in the second direction, and

wherein a width of the trench, in the first direction, is the same as a width of the bending area, in the first direction.

2. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first bending connection area disposed on a first side of the bending area and located between the bending area and the display area; and

a second bending connection area disposed on a second side of the bending area.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the sidewalls of the trench structure comprise a first sidewall disposed on a first side of the trench structure and a second sidewall disposed on a second side of the trench structure.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein

the first sidewall is located in the first bending connection area, and

the second sidewall is located in the second bending connection area.

5. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the first sidewall is located at a boundary between the bending area and the first bending connection area, and

wherein the second sidewall is located at a boundary between the bending area and the second bending connection area.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the bottom surface of the trench structure is formed by the second organic insulating layer.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the bottom surface of the trench structure is formed by the third organic insulating layer, and wherein a thickness of the third organic insulating layer at the bottom surface of the trench structure is smaller than a thickness of the third organic insulating layer on the sidewalls of the trench structure.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the bottom surface of the trench structure comprises an uneven structure.

9. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the bottom surface of the trench structure comprises a concavely curved surface.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the trench structure comprises a plurality of sub-trench structures isolated from one another in the first direction.

11. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first organic insulating layer completely fills the inorganic insulating opening and is disposed between the substrate and the third organic insulating layer.

12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the trench structure completely overlaps with the inorganic insulating opening.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2019
From: GOH, YE CHAN; CHAE, BYUNG HOON; CHOI, GIL JAE; HONG, SEUNG KYUN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0044136 · Apr 16, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190319201A1 · Oct 17, 2019