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Granted Patent B2
US 11,444,263 · App. 16/765,052 · Granted Sep 13, 2022

Flexible display panel, and display device having thin film packaging layer with protrusions

Inventors: Xiaodong Meng (Beijing, CN); Lingling Ma (Beijing, CN); Zihua Li (Beijing, CN); Zhibo Wen (Beijing, CN); Hengbo Liu (Beijing, CN); Yu Yuan (Beijing, CN); Lu Cai (Beijing, CN); Dong Xu (Beijing, CN); Guofang Xu (Beijing, CN); Xinpeng Gao (Beijing, CN); Qiang Wang (Beijing, CN); Ruiqing Zhang (Beijing, CN); Qiang Guo (Beijing, CN); Wenqiang Jin (Beijing, CN); Xudong Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.; Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
H01L51/5253H01L51/0097H01L51/56H01L33/22H01L33/24H01L2251/301H01L2251/5338
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Patent No.
US 11,444,263
App. No.
16/765,052
Granted
Sep 13, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flexible display panel. The flexible display panel includes: a flexible substrate; a display element arranged on the flexible substrate; and a packaging layer covering the display element, the packaging layer including an inorganic thin film and an organic thin film that are stacked alternately, in which two protrusion structures that are engaged with each other are arranged between at least two adjacent thin films of the packaging layer.

Claims (23)

1. A flexible display panel, comprising:

a flexible substrate;

a display element arranged on the flexible substrate; and

a packaging layer covering the display element, the packaging layer comprising an inorganic thin film and an organic thin film that are stacked alternately, and comprising a first inorganic thin film, an organic thin film, and a second inorganic thin film that are stacked sequentially,

wherein two protrusion structures that are engaged with each other are arranged between at least two adjacent thin films of the packaging layer, and a longitudinal section of each protrusion perpendicular to the flexible substrate is a semi-ellipse or a semi-circle,

wherein a first protrusion structure and a second protrusion structure that are engaged with each other are arranged between the first inorganic thin film and the organic thin film, and the first protrusion structure and the first inorganic thin film are of an integrated structure,

wherein a third protrusion structure and a fourth protrusion structure that are engaged with each other are arranged between the organic thin film and the second inorganic thin film, and the third protrusion structure and the organic thin film are of an integrated structure.

2. The flexible display panel of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion structure comprises a plurality of protrusions arranged in an array.

3. A display device, comprising the flexible display panel of claim 1 .

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the protrusion structure comprises a plurality of protrusions arranged in an array.

5. A method for packaging a flexible display panel, wherein the flexible display panel comprises:

a flexible substrate;

a display element arranged on the flexible substrate; and

a packaging layer covering the display element, the packaging layer comprising an inorganic thin film and an organic thin film that are stacked alternately, and comprising a first inorganic thin film, an organic thin film, and a second inorganic thin film that are stacked sequentially,

wherein two protrusion structures that are engaged with each other are arranged between at least two adjacent thin films of the packaging layer, and a longitudinal section of each protrusion perpendicular to the flexible substrate is a semi-ellipse or a semi-circle,

wherein a first protrusion structure and a second protrusion structure that are engaged with each other are arranged between the first inorganic thin film and the organic thin film, and the first protrusion structure and the first inorganic thin film are of an integrated structure,

wherein a third protrusion structure and a fourth protrusion structure that are engaged with each other are arranged between the organic thin film and the second inorganic thin film, and the third protrusion structure and the organic thin film are of an integrated structure,

the method comprising:

alternately depositing an inorganic thin film and an organic thin film on a display element arranged on a flexible substrate to form a packaging layer covering the display element; and

forming two protrusion structures that are engaged with each other between at least two adjacent thin films of the packaging layer.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the alternately depositing the inorganic thin film and the organic thin film comprises: sequentially depositing a first inorganic thin film, depositing an organic thin film, and depositing a second inorganic thin film.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the depositing the first inorganic thin film comprises: depositing a first inorganic thin film integrated with the first protrusion structure on the display element arranged on the flexible substrate.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the depositing the organic thin film comprises: depositing an organic thin film integrated with the third protrusion structure on the first inorganic thin film.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2022
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060666/0773 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2020
From: MENG, XIAODONG; MA, LINGLING; LI, ZIHUA; WEN, ZHIBO; LIU, HENGBO; YUAN, YU; CAI, LU; XU, DONG; XU, GUOFANG; GAO, XINPENG; WANG, QIANG; ZHANG, RUIQING; GUO, QIANG; JIN, WENQIANG; WANG, XUDONG
To: ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052693/0081 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201821801419.7 · Nov 2, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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