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Granted Patent B2
US 10,820,422 · App. 16/562,277 · Granted Oct 27, 2020

Display device including display unit having indented shape

Inventors: Minjun Jang (Yongin-si, KR); Sunghoon Kim (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H05K1/189H01L27/3223H01L27/3276H01L51/0096H01L51/5253H05K1/147H05K2201/056H05K2201/10128
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Patent No.
US 10,820,422
App. No.
16/562,277
Granted
Oct 27, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a substrate including a first indented portion indented inward along one side of the substrate; a first pad group and a second pad group that are spaced apart from each other on the substrate along the one side; a display unit located on the substrate and having a shape indented inward between the first pad group and the second pad group; an encapsulation layer encapsulating the display unit; a first wiring film including a third pad group connected to the first pad group; and a second wiring film including a fourth pad group connected to the second pad group. The first wiring film and the second wiring film are bent from a first surface of the substrate to a second surface of the substrate that is opposite to the first surface of the substrate, and the second wiring film is spaced apart from the first wiring film.

Claims (43)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate including a first indented portion indented inward along one side of the substrate;

a first pad group and a second pad group that are spaced apart from each other on the substrate along the one side;

a display unit located on the substrate and having a shape indented inward between the first pad group and the second pad group;

an encapsulation layer encapsulating the display unit;

a first wiring film including a third pad group connected to the first pad group, the first wiring film being bent from a first surface of the substrate to a second surface of the substrate that is opposite to the first surface of the substrate; and

a second wiring film including a fourth pad group connected to the second pad group, the second wiring film being bent from the first surface of the substrate to the second surface of the substrate and spaced apart from the first wiring film,

wherein the encapsulation layer includes at least one inorganic layer and at least one organic layer, an outermost layer of the encapsulation layer is an inorganic layer, and the inorganic layer covers a lateral surface of the substrate in which the first indented portion is provided.

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

a flexible printed circuit board connected to the first wiring film and the second wiring film.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the flexible printed circuit board includes an integrated circuit chip that overlaps the display unit.

4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein a maximum depth from an edge of a bent region of the first and second wiring film to the flexible printed circuit board is equal to or greater than a maximum depth from the edge of the bent region of the first and second wiring film to the first indented portion.

5. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the flexible printed circuit board includes a second indented portion facing the first indented portion and indented inward between the first wiring film and the second wiring film.

6. The display device of claim 2 , wherein a distance from one end of the first wiring film to the flexible printed circuit board is equal to or greater than a distance from an end of the first indented portion of the substrate to an end of the substrate.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the encapsulation layer includes at least one inorganic layer and at least one organic layer.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the encapsulation layer includes at least one inorganic layer and at least one organic layer, an outermost layer of the encapsulation layer is an inorganic layer, and the inorganic layer covers a lateral surface of the at least one organic layer.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a dummy pixel for testing is arranged outside the display unit along the first indented portion.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a first grounding portion grounded to the first wiring film and a second grounding portion grounded to the second wiring film are respectively arranged on the first wiring film and the second wiring film.

11. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a transparent substrate is arranged on the encapsulation layer.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein a black matrix is arranged on the transparent substrate at a location corresponding to an outside of the display unit.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein a first opening is provided in the black matrix at a location corresponding to the first indented portion.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein a second opening is provided in the transparent substrate at a location corresponding to the first opening.

15. The display device of claim 11 , further comprising:

a polarization film between the encapsulation layer and the transparent substrate.

16. The display device of claim 15 , further comprising:

an adhesive film between the polarization film and the transparent substrate.

17. The display device of claim 16 , further comprising:

a filling material spaced apart from the adhesive film and surrounding a periphery of the display unit, the filling material being located between the substrate and the transparent substrate.

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

a cover panel arranged on the second surface of the substrate and including a buffer material.

19. The display device of claim 18 , wherein an end of the cover panel coincides with an end of the substrate at the first indented portion.

20. The display device of claim 18 , wherein an end of the cover panel protrudes further to an outer side of the display unit than an end of the substrate at the first indented portion.

21. The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first pad group and the second pad group includes a plurality of pad wirings having oblique lines such that the plurality of pad wirings are symmetric with respect to a center of the first indented portion.

22. A display device comprising:

a substrate including a first indented portion indented inward along one side of the substrate;

a first pad group and a second pad group that are spaced apart from each other on the substrate along the one side;

a display unit located on the substrate and having a shape indented inward between the first pad group and the second pad group;

an encapsulation layer encapsulating the display unit;

a first wiring film including a third pad group connected to the first pad group, the first wiring film being bent from a first surface of the substrate to a second surface of the substrate that is opposite to the first surface of the substrate;

a second wiring film including a fourth pad group connected to the second pad group, the second wiring film being bent from the first surface of the substrate to the second surface of the substrate;

a first connection wiring film connecting the first wiring film to the second wiring film and located between the third pad group and the fourth pad group; and

a second connection wiring film arranged at a location facing the first connection wiring film,

wherein the first and second wiring films and the first and second connection wiring films form a through hole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2019
From: JANG, MINJUN; KIM, SUNGHOON
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050287/0579 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0106748 · Sep 6, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200084890A1 · Mar 12, 2020