IP Library Granted Patent US 10,754,387
Granted Patent B2
US 10,754,387 · App. 16/473,261 · Granted Aug 25, 2020

Flexible display device

Inventors: Takao Saitoh (Sakai, JP); Yohsuke Kanzaki (Sakai, JP); Masaki Yamanaka (Sakai, JP); Yi Sun (Sakai, JP); Seiji Kaneko (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G06F1/1652G09F9/301H01L27/3276H01L51/0097
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Patent No.
US 10,754,387
App. No.
16/473,261
Granted
Aug 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a lead wiring line formed on a reinforcement film, and the lead wiring line includes a portion overlapping a bottom portion of a recessed portion in a plan view and a portion overlapping a head portion of a protruding portion in a plan view.

Claims (59)

1. A flexible display device comprising:

a display region;

a frame region surrounding the display region;

a terminal portion provided in an end portion of the frame region;

a bending region provided between the display region and the terminal portion; and

a lead wiring line configured to electrically connect a first wiring line located on one side of the bending region and a second wiring line located on a different side of the bending region,

wherein the bending region is a slit-shaped region formed by removing at least a part of an inorganic film including one or more layers,

the bending region is filled with a first resin layer including a plurality of recessed portions and a plurality of protruding portions, each of the recessed portions including a bottom portion having a smallest film thickness, and each of the protruding portions including a head portion having a largest film thickness,

the lead wiring line is formed on the first resin layer, and includes portions overlapping, in a plan view, the bottom portion and the head portion arranged in a first direction in which the lead wiring line extends, and

in each of the recessed portions in the first resin layer and in each of the protruding portions in the first resin layer, a step-like structure is formed by a portion overlapping the lead wiring line in a plan view and a portion not overlapping the lead wiring line in a plan view.

2. The flexible display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the lead wiring line formed on the first resin layer includes a portion overlapping, in a plan view, at least a part of borders between each of the recessed portions and each of the protruding portions arranged in a second direction that is a width direction of the lead wiring line.

3. The flexible display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the lead wiring line includes a plurality of openings, and

each of the plurality of openings of the lead wiring line does not overlap any of the bottom portion and the head portion in a plan view.

4. The flexible display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the lead wiring line includes a plurality of openings,

the lead wiring line includes a first wiring-line section located between one particular opening of the plurality of openings and a different one opening of the plurality of openings, the different one being adjacent the one particular opening on a first side thereof, and the first wiring-line section overlaps the bottom portion in a plan view, and

the lead wiring line includes a second wiring-line section located between the one particular opening and a still different one opening of the plurality of openings, the still different one being adjacent the one particular opening on a second side thereof, and the second wiring-line section overlaps the head portion in a plan view.

5. The flexible display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the recessed portions has an inversed half-sphere shape, and

each of the protruding portions has a half-sphere shape.

6. The flexible display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the recessed portions has an inversed pyramidal shape, and

each of the protruding portions has a pyramidal shape.

7. The flexible display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the recessed portions has an inversed conical shape, and

each of the protruding portions has a conical shape.

8. The flexible display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the recessed portions and each of the protruding portions are alternately arranged both in the first direction in which the lead wiring line extends and in a second direction that is a width direction of the lead wiring line.

9. The flexible display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the recessed portions and each of the protruding portions has a larger dimension measured in a second direction that is a width direction of the lead wiring line than a dimension measured in the first direction in which the lead wiring line extends, and

the bottom portion and the head portion has a planar shape.

10. The flexible display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the lead wiring line has two ends each of which has a straight-lined shape extending in the first direction.

11. The flexible display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least a part of the lead wiring line has two ends each of which has a curved-lined shape.

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

a second resin layer configured to cover the first resin layer and the lead wiring line.

13. The flexible display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the lead wiring line includes a plurality of openings, and

each of the plurality of openings of the lead wiring line does not overlap any of the bottom portion and the head portion in a plan view.

14. The flexible display device according to claim 13

wherein the lead wiring line formed on the first resin layer includes a portion overlapping, in a plan view, at least a part of borders between each of the recessed portions and each of the protruding portions arranged in a second direction that is a width direction of the lead wiring line.

15. The flexible display device according to claim 13

wherein the lead wiring line includes the plurality of openings,

the lead wiring line includes a first wiring-line section located between one particular opening of the plurality of openings and a different one opening of the plurality of openings, the different one being adjacent the one particular opening on a first side thereof, and the first wiring-line section overlaps the bottom portion in a plan view, and

the lead wiring line includes a second wiring-line section located between the one particular opening and a still different one opening of the plurality of openings, the still different one being adjacent the one particular opening on a second side thereof, and the second wiring-line section overlaps the head portion in a plan view.

16. The flexible display device according to claim 13 ,

wherein each of the recessed portions and each of the protruding portions are alternately arranged both in the first direction in which the lead wiring line extends and in a second direction that is a width direction of the lead wiring line.

17. The flexible display device according to claim 13 ,

wherein each of the recessed portions and each of the protruding portions has a larger dimension measured in a second direction that is a width direction of the lead wiring line than a dimension measured in the first direction in which the lead wiring line extends, and

the bottom portion and the head portion has a planar shape.

18. The flexible display device according to claim 13 ,

wherein the lead wiring line has two ends each of which has a straight-lined shape extending in the first direction.

19. The flexible display device according to claim 13 ,

wherein at least a part of the lead wiring line has two ends each of which has a curved-lined shape.

20. The flexible display device according to claim 13 , further comprising:

a second resin layer configured to cover the first resin layer and the lead wiring line.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2019
From: SAITOH, TAKAO; KANZAKI, YOHSUKE; YAMANAKA, MASAKI; SUN, YI; KANEKO, SEIJI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 049574/0443 →
Continuity (1)
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