IP Library Granted Patent US 11,101,445
Granted Patent B2
US 11,101,445 · App. 16/320,103 · Granted Aug 24, 2021

Flexible OLED display device having a bending angle

Inventors: Kun Pan (Wuhan, CN); Xiaoguang Zhu (Wuhan, CN); Shoucheng Wang (Wuhan, CN)
H01L51/5253H01L27/3244H01L51/0097H01L33/12H01L33/44H01L51/5256H01L2251/5338
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Patent No.
US 11,101,445
App. No.
16/320,103
Granted
Aug 24, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flexible OLED display device includes: a flexible substrate, a buffer layer, an OLED light emitting layer, and a thin film encapsulation layer; wherein a portion of the thin film encapsulation layer located in the non-display area has a thickness from a position close to the display area to a position away from the display area The flexible substrate and a portion of the thin film encapsulation layer located in the first bezel area and the second bezel area are bent along a direction away from the display surface.

Claims (28)

1. A flexible organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display device, comprising:

a flexible substrate comprising a display region and a non-display region disposed at the edge of the display region, the non-display region comprises a first border region, a second border region, a third border region and a fourth border region, the second border region disposed opposite to the first border region, and the third border region disposed opposite to the fourth border region;

a buffer layer disposed to a surface of the flexible substrate and the buffer layer disposed in the display region;

a light emitting OLED layer disposed on a surface of the buffer layer;

a thin film encapsulation layer disposed on the surface of the flexible substrate, and the thin film encapsulation layer completely covers the buffer layer and the light emitting OLED layer, the thin film encapsulation layer is disposed in the display region and the non-display region, and a thickness of the thin film encapsulation layer in a part of the non-display region decreases sequentially from a position near the display region to a position away from the display region; and

wherein the flexible substrate and the thin film encapsulation layer disposed in the first border region and the second border region are bent in a direction away from the display region, and the bending angle is greater than or equal to 90 degrees and less than or equal to 180 degrees.

2. The flexible OLED display device according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the flexible substrate and a part of the thin film encapsulation layer disposed in the third border region are bent in a direction away from the display region.

3. The flexible OLED display device according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the flexible substrate and a part of the thin film encapsulation layer disposed in the third border region and the fourth border region are bent in a direction away from the display region.

4. The flexible OLED display device according to claim 1 , wherein the thin film encapsulation layer comprises a first inorganic encapsulation layer, a first organic encapsulation layer and a second inorganic encapsulation layer disposed layer-by-layer.

5. The flexible OLED display device according to claim 4 , wherein a boundary of the first organic encapsulation layer is disposed in the first inorganic encapsulation layer.

6. The flexible OLED display device according to claim 4 , wherein a boundary of the second inorganic encapsulation layer is larger than a boundary of the first organic encapsulation layer, and the boundary of the second inorganic encapsulation layer contacts the boundary of the first inorganic encapsulation layer.

7. The flexible OLED display device according to claim 1 , wherein the thin film encapsulation layer comprises a third inorganic encapsulation layer, a second organic encapsulation layer, a fourth inorganic encapsulation layer, a third organic encapsulation layer and a fifth inorganic encapsulation layer stacked with one another.

8. The flexible OLED display device according to claim 7 , wherein a boundary of the second organic encapsulation layer is disposed in the third inorganic encapsulation layer; and a boundary of the third organic encapsulation layer is disposed in the fourth inorganic encapsulation layer.

9. The flexible OLED display device according to claim 7 , wherein a boundary of the fourth inorganic encapsulation layer is larger than a boundary of the second organic encapsulation layer, and the boundary of the fourth inorganic encapsulation layer contacts a boundary of the third inorganic encapsulation layer; a boundary of the fifth inorganic encapsulation layer is larger than the boundary of the third organic encapsulation layer, and the boundary of the fifth inorganic encapsulation layer contacts the boundary of the fourth inorganic encapsulation layer.

10. A flexible organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display device, comprising:

a flexible substrate comprising a display region and a non-display region disposed at the edge of the display region, the non-display region comprises a first border region, a second border region, a third border region and a fourth border region, the second border region disposed opposite to the first border region, and the third border region disposed opposite to the fourth border region;

a buffer layer disposed to a surface of the flexible substrate and the buffer layer disposed in the display region;

an light emitting OLED layer disposed on a surface of the buffer layer;

a thin film encapsulation layer disposed on the surface of the flexible substrate, and the thin film encapsulation layer completely covers the buffer layer and the light emitting OLED layer, the thin film encapsulation layer is disposed in the display region and the non-display region, and a thickness of the thin film encapsulation layer in the part of the non-display region decreases sequentially from a position near the display region to a position away from the display region; and

wherein the flexible substrate and the thin film encapsulation layer disposed in the first border region and the second border region are bent in a direction away from the display region.

11. The flexible OLED display device according to claim 10 , wherein a part of the flexible substrate and a part of the thin film encapsulation layer disposed in the third border region are bent in a direction away from the display region.

12. The flexible OLED display device according to claim 10 , wherein a part of the flexible substrate and a part of the thin film encapsulation layer disposed in the third border region and the fourth border region are bent in a direction away from the display region.

13. The flexible OLED display device according to claim 10 , wherein the thin film encapsulation layer comprises a first inorganic encapsulation layer, a first organic encapsulation layer and a second inorganic encapsulation layer, disposed layer-by-layer.

14. The flexible OLED display device according to claim 13 , wherein a boundary of the first organic encapsulation layer is disposed in the first inorganic encapsulation layer.

15. The flexible OLED display device according to claim 13 , wherein a boundary of the second inorganic encapsulation layer is larger than a boundary of the first organic encapsulation layer, and the boundary of the second inorganic encapsulation layer contacts the boundary of the first inorganic encapsulation layer.

16. The flexible OLED display device according to claim 10 , wherein the thin film encapsulation layer comprises a third inorganic encapsulation layer, a second organic encapsulation layer, a fourth inorganic encapsulation layer, a third organic encapsulation layer and a fifth inorganic encapsulation layer stacked with one another.

17. The flexible OLED display device according to claim 16 , wherein a boundary of the second organic encapsulation layer is disposed in the third inorganic encapsulation layer; and a boundary of the third organic encapsulation layer is disposed of the fourth inorganic encapsulation layer.

18. The flexible OLED display device according to claim 16 , wherein a boundary of the fourth inorganic encapsulation layer is larger than a boundary of the second organic encapsulation layer, and the boundary of the fourth inorganic encapsulation layer contacts a boundary of the third inorganic encapsulation layer; a boundary of the fifth inorganic encapsulation layer is larger than the boundary of the third organic encapsulation layer, and the boundary of the fifth inorganic encapsulation layer contacts the boundary of the fourth inorganic encapsulation layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2019
From: PAN, KUN; ZHU, XIAOGUANG; WANG, SHOUCHENG
To: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048115/0969 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811474006.7 · Dec 4, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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