IP Library Granted Patent US 11,448,927
Granted Patent B2
US 11,448,927 · App. 16/828,608 · Granted Sep 20, 2022

Display device and fabrication method thereof

Inventors: Zhuan Gao (Shanghai, CN); Xinzhao Liu (Shanghai, CN)
Assignees: Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.; Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
G02F1/13458G02F1/133528G02F1/136286H05K1/189H05K2201/10136
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Patent No.
US 11,448,927
App. No.
16/828,608
Granted
Sep 20, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Display device and fabrication method are provided. The display device includes a first substrate and a flexible circuit board. The first substrate includes a step region, first alignment marks, and a base substrate. The step region includes a bonding region and the bonding region includes a plurality of first pads arranged in at least one row along a first direction. The flexible circuit board is bonded in the bonding region and includes second alignment marks. Orthographic projections of the first alignment marks on a plane of the base substrate do not overlap an orthographic projection of the flexible circuit board on the plane of the base substrate, and do not overlap orthographic projections of the second alignment marks on the plane of the base substrate.

Claims (67)

1. A display device, comprising:

a first substrate, including a step region, wherein the step region includes a bonding region and a fan-out routing region, and the bonding region includes a plurality of first pads arranged in at least one row along a first direction; and

a flexible circuit board, bonded in the bonding region through the plurality of first pads, wherein:

the first substrate further includes first alignment marks and a base substrate, wherein the first alignment marks are located on two sides of the fan-out routing region of the step region in the first direction and orthographic projections of the first alignment marks on a plane of the base substrate do not overlap with an orthographic projection of the first pads on the plane of the base substrate;

the flexible circuit board includes second alignment marks located on the two sides of the fan-out routing region of the step region in the first direction;

the first alignment marks and the second alignment marks are used to align the first substrate with the flexible circuit board, respectively; and

the orthographic projections of the first alignment marks on the plane of the base substrate do not overlap an orthographic projection of the flexible circuit board on the plane of the base substrate, and do not overlap orthographic projections of the second alignment marks on the plane of the base substrate.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the step region further includes a first sub-region;

an orthographic projection of the first sub-region on the plane of the base substrate does not overlap an orthographic projection of the bonding region on the plane of the base substrate; and

the first alignment marks are located in the first sub-region.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , further including a polarizer at a side of a light-emitting surface of the first substrate, wherein the polarizer includes third alignment marks and the third alignment marks are multiplexed as the first alignment marks.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the bonding region includes blank regions; and

the blank regions are located at sides of the plurality of first pads in the first direction.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein a two-dimensional bar code is disposed in the blank regions.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the orthographic projections of the second alignment marks on the plane of the base substrate do not overlap orthographic projections of the plurality of first pads on the plane of the base substrate.

7. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein for one first alignment mark and one corresponding second alignment mark:

a distance L is between the orthographic projection of the first alignment mark on the plane of the base substrate and the orthographic projection of the corresponding second alignment mark on the plane of the base substrate, wherein L=√{square root over (dx 2 +dy 2 )}, dx is a preset difference between a horizontal coordinate X 1 of the each first alignment mark and a horizontal coordinate X 2 of the corresponding second alignment mark, and dy is a preset difference between a vertical coordinate Y 1 of the each first alignment mark and a vertical coordinate Y 2 of the corresponding second alignment mark.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein L is smaller than 5 mm.

9. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the horizontal coordinate and the vertical coordinate of a first alignment mark are coordinates of a geometric center of the first alignment mark.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the plurality of first pads includes first pads A and first pads B;

the first pads A extend along a second direction, the second direction intersecting the first direction;

a first pad group A includes at least one first pad A;

a first pad group B includes multiple first pads B;

two first pad groups B are located at sides of the first pad group A; and

a distance between adjacent first pads A is smaller than a distance between adjacent first pads B.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein:

along a direction from the first pad group A to the first pad groups B and starting at a first pad A and a first pad B adjacent to the first pad A, a distance between adjacent first pads B increases gradually.

12. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein:

a distance between adjacent first pads B increases gradually in an arithmetic sequence.

13. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein:

the flexible circuit board includes second pads A and second pads B;

orthographic projection of the second pads A on the plane of the base substrate overlap orthographic projection of the first pads A on the plane of the base substrate; and

orthographic projection of the second pads B on the plane of the base substrate overlap orthographic projection of the first pads B on the plane of the base substrate.

14. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the orthographic projection of a first alignment mark on the plane of the base substrate includes a hollow part and a first part surrounding the hollow part; and

an orthographic projection of the hollow part on the plane of the base substrate is a crisscross shape or a T shape.

15. A display device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the orthographic projection of a first alignment mark on the plane of the base substrate is a crisscross shape or an L shape.

16. A display device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first alignment marks are not located in the bonding region, and

the orthographic projections of the first alignment marks on the plane of the base substrate do not overlap an orthographic projection of the bonding region on the plane of the base substrate.

17. A display device according to claim 1 , wherein:

orthographic projections of the second alignment marks on the plane of the base substrate do not overlap with the orthographic projection of the first pads on the plane of the base substrate.

18. A display device, comprising:

a first substrate, including a step region, wherein the step region includes a bonding region, and the bonding region includes a plurality of first pads arranged in at least one row along a first direction; and

a flexible circuit board, bonded in the bonding region through the plurality of first pads, wherein:

the first substrate further includes first alignment marks and a base substrate;

the flexible circuit board includes second alignment marks; and

orthographic projections of the first alignment marks on a plane of the base substrate do not overlap an orthographic projection of the flexible circuit board on the plane of the base substrate, and do not overlap orthographic projections of the second alignment marks on the plane of the base substrate, wherein:

the first substrate further includes a plurality of scanning lines arranged along a second direction and extending along the first direction;

the step region includes a first edge, a second edge, and a third edge that are sequentially connected one with another;

the second edge is parallel to the plurality of scanning lines;

the first edge and the second edge form a first angle;

the third edge and the second edge form a second angle; and

the first angle is smaller than the second angle.

19. The display device according to claim 18 , wherein:

the step region further includes a first sub-region;

an orthographic projection of the first sub-region on the plane of the base substrate does not overlap an orthographic projection of the bonding region on the plane of the base substrate; and

the first alignment marks are located in the first sub-region.

20. The display device according to claim 18 , further including a polarizer at a side of a light-emitting surface of the first substrate, wherein the polarizer includes third alignment marks and the third alignment marks are multiplexed as the first alignment marks.

21. The display device according to claim 18 , wherein:

the bonding region includes blank regions; and

the blank regions are located at sides of the plurality of first pads in the first direction.

22. The display device according to claim 21 , wherein a two-dimensional bar code is disposed in the blank regions.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2022
From: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO.,LTD.
To: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH
Reel/Frame 059498/0307 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2020
From: GAO, ZHUAN; LIU, XINZHAO
To: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 052213/0812 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201911322256.3 · Dec 20, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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