IP Library Granted Patent US 10,672,755
Granted Patent B2
US 10,672,755 · App. 16/379,811 · Granted Jun 2, 2020

Conductive layer structures for substrates

Inventor: Yuan-Lin Wu (Miao-Li County, TW)
Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
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Patent No.
US 10,672,755
App. No.
16/379,811
Granted
Jun 2, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An example substrate includes a surface, a plurality of thin film layers disposed on the surface, and a conductive layer disposed on the surface. The conductive layer includes a bending structure. The bending structure includes a wavy edge and includes a plurality of openings, where a shape of at least one opening of the plurality of openings has a contour having a first curved portion, and a curvature of a portion of the wavy edge is different from a curvature of the first curved portion.

Claims (29)

1. A display device, comprising:

a substrate including a surface;

a thin film transistor disposed on the surface;

a light emitting diode element disposed on the surface and electrically connected to the thin film transistor; and

a conductive layer disposed on the surface, the conductive layer including a bending structure, the bending structure comprising an undulating edge and including a plurality of openings where a shape of at least one opening of the plurality of openings has a contour having a first curved portion,

wherein a curvature of a portion of the undulating edge is different from a curvature of the first curved portion.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one opening has an area between 5 μm 2 and 500 μm 2 .

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one opening further includes a second curved portion, where a curvature of the first curved portion is different than a curvature of the second curved portion.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer further includes:

a conductive line extending along a first direction, the conductive line including a wiring portion, a connecting portion, and the bending structure, the connecting portion disposed between the bending structure and the wiring portion, the connecting portion having a first width along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the wiring portion having a second width along the second direction, and the first width being greater than the second width.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the thin film transistor includes a source contact and a drain contact, where a material of the conductive line, and a material of at least one of the source contact and the drain contact are the same.

6. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, where a material of the conductive line and a material of the gate electrode are the same.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer includes a first layer and a second layer disposed on the first layer, a material of the first layer being different than a material of the second layer.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer includes a first layer and a second layer disposed on the first layer, a thickness of the first layer is different than a thickness of the second layer.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer includes a touch signal line, the touch signal line including the bending structure.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer includes a touch electrode, the touch electrode including the bending structure.

11. A substrate, comprising:

a surface;

a plurality of thin film transistors disposed on the surface; and

a conductive layer disposed on the surface, the conductive layer including a bending structure, the bending structure comprising an undulating edge and including a plurality of openings, where a shape of at least one opening of the plurality of openings has a contour having a first curved portion,

wherein a curvature of a portion of the undulating edge is different from a curvature of the first curved portion.

12. The substrate of claim 11 , wherein the at least one opening has an area between 5 μm 2 and 500 μm 2 .

13. The substrate of claim 11 , wherein the at least one opening further includes a second curved portion, where a curvature of the first curved portion is different than a curvature of the second curved portion.

14. The substrate of claim 11 , wherein the conductive layer further includes:

a conductive line extending along a first direction, the conductive line including a wiring portion, a connecting portion, and the bending structure, the connecting portion disposed between the bending structure and the wiring portion, the connecting portion having a first width along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the wiring portion having a second width along the second direction, and the first width being greater than the second width.

15. The substrate of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of thin film transistors includes a first patterned metal layer, where a material of the conductive line and a material of the first patterned metal layer are the same.

16. The substrate of claim 11 , wherein the conductive layer includes a first layer and a second layer disposed on the first layer, a material of the first layer being different than a material of the second layer.

17. The substrate of claim 11 , wherein the conductive layer includes a first layer and a second layer disposed on the first layer, a thickness of the first layer is different than a thickness of the second layer.

18. The substrate of claim 11 , wherein the conductive layer includes an electrode, the electrode including the bending structure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2024
From: INNOLUX CORPORATION
To: RED OAK INNOVATIONS LIMITED
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