Light emitting display apparatus with reduced non-display area
A light emitting display apparatus includes a first base substrate including a first pad portion including a first pad connected to a routing line, a display area, and a first boundary region provided between the display area and the first pad portion and a second base substrate including a second pad portion including a second pad connected to the routing line, a connection region where a link line is provided, and a second boundary region provided between the connection region and the second pad portion. The second base substrate is bonded to a rear surface of the first base substrate, a thickness of the first base substrate in the first pad portion is less than a thickness of the first base substrate in the first boundary region, and a thickness of the second base substrate in the second pad portion is less than a thickness of the second base substrate in the second boundary region.
1 . A light emitting display apparatus comprising:
a first base substrate including a first pad portion, a display area, and a first boundary region between the display area and the first pad portion, the first pad portion including a first pad connected to a routing line; and
a second base substrate including a second pad portion and a second boundary region connected to the second pad portion, the second pad portion including a second pad connected to the routing line;
wherein:
the second base substrate is bonded to a rear surface of the first base substrate,
a thickness of the first base substrate in the first pad portion is less than a thickness of the first base substrate in the first boundary region, and
a thickness of the second base substrate in the second pad portion is less than a thickness of the second base substrate in the second boundary region, and
wherein the first pad portion comprises:
a first slope portion inclined from the first boundary region; and
a first flat portion extending toward an end of the first base substrate from the first slope portion, and
the second pad portion comprises:
a second slope portion inclined from the second boundary region; and
a second flat portion extending toward an end of the second base substrate from the second slope portion.
2 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first pad is connected to a signal line extending from the display area,
the second pad is connected to a link line extending from the second boundary region, and
the first pad is connected to the second pad through the routing line.
3 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first pad extends to the first slope portion,
the second pad extends to the second slope portion, and
the routing line covers the first pad and the second pad respectively extending to the first slope portion and the second slope portion.
4 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein a first insulation layer is provided between the signal line and the first pad and the signal line is connected to the first pad through a first contact hole provided in the first insulation layer, and
a second insulation layer is provided between the link line and the second pad and the link line is connected to the second pad through a second contact hole provided in the second insulation layer.
5 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein a sum of a thickness of the first base substrate, a thickness of the signal line, a thickness of the first insulation layer, a thickness of the first pad, and a thickness of the routing line in the first flat portion and a thickness of the second base substrate, a thickness of the link line, a thickness of the second insulation layer, a thickness of the second pad, and a thickness of the routing line in the second flat portion is set to be less than or equal to a sum of a thickness of the first base substrate and a thickness of the second base substrate in the first boundary region and the second boundary region.
6 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the routing line connected to the first pad extends to the second pad portion and is connected to the second pad through a first lateral surface of the first base substrate and a first lateral surface of the second base substrate, and
wherein each of the first lateral surface of the first base substrate and the first lateral surface of the second base substrate includes a lateral engraved pattern, and the routing line extends in the lateral engraved pattern in each of the first lateral surface of the first base substrate and the first lateral surface of the second base substrate.
7 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first base substrate includes a first flat engraved pattern in the first slope portion and the first flat portion of the first base substrate, and
the second based substrate includes a second flat engraved pattern in the second slope portion and the second flat portion of the second base substrate.
8 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 7 , comprising:
a signal line extending from the display area and a first insulation layer covering the signal line, the signal line connected to the first pad through a contact hole in the first insulation layer, wherein the signal line, the first insulation layer, the routing line and the first pad extend in the first flat engraved pattern; and
a second insulation layer covering the link line, the second pad connected to the link line through a contact hole in the second insulation layer, wherein the link line, the second insulation layer, the routing line and the second pad extend in the second flat engraved pattern.
9 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a second lateral surface is opposite to a first lateral surface adjacent to the first pad portion among lateral surfaces of the first base substrate,
a second lateral surface is opposite to a first lateral surface adjacent to the second pad portion among lateral surfaces of the second base substrate, and
an insertion engraved pattern concavely recessed into the second lateral surfaces of the first base substrate and the second base substrate is formed in the second lateral surfaces.
10 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 5 , comprising a coating layer that covers the routing line,
wherein a sum of the thickness of the first base substrate, the thickness of the signal line, the thickness of the first insulation layer, the thickness of the first pad, the thickness of the routing line, and a thickness of the coating layer in the first flat portion and the thickness of the second base substrate, the thickness of the link line, the thickness of the second insulation layer, the thickness of the second pad, the thickness of the routing line, and a thickness of the coating layer in the second flat portion is less than or equal to a sum of the thickness of the first base substrate and the thickness of the second base substrate in the first boundary region and the second boundary region.
11 . A light emitting display apparatus comprising:
a first body including a first central area, a first pad portion, and a first boundary region between the first central area and the first pad portion, the first pad portion including a first flat portion and a first slope portion between the first boundary region and the first flat portion on a first surface of the first pad portion, a thickness of the first body in the first flat portion of the first pad portion is less than a thickness of the first body in the first boundary region;
a first pad on the first flat portion of the first pad portion;
a routing line extending on the first surface of the first pad portion and on a first lateral surface of the first pad portion that meets the first surface, the routing line in contact with the first pad, and
a second body including a second central area, a second pad portion, and a second boundary region between the second central area and the second pad portion, the second pad portion including a second flat portion and a second slope portion between the second boundary region and the second flat portion on a first surface of the second pad portion, a thickness of the second body in the second flat portion of the second pad portion is less than a thickness of the second body in the second boundary region,
wherein the second body has a rear surface bonded to a rear surface of the first body.
12 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first pad includes a slope portion proximate to the first boundary region first boundary region.
13 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the routing line is in contact with the slope portion of the first pad.
14 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the routing line is on the first pad.
15 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first lateral surface of the first pad portion includes a lateral engraved pattern, and the routing line is in the lateral engraved pattern.
16 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the first lateral surface of the first pad portion extends beyond the routing line.
17 . A light emitting display apparatus comprising:
a first base substrate including a first pad portion, a display area, and a first boundary region between the display area and the first pad portion, the first pad portion including a first engraved pattern that extends along a front surface and an edge surface of the first pad portion; and
a second base substrate having a rear surface bonded to a rear surface of the first base substrate, the second base substrate including a second pad portion and a second boundary region connected to the second pad portion, the second pad portion including a second engraved pattern that extends along a front surface and an edge surface of the second pad portion, the second engraved pattern in communication with the first trench;
a first pad in the first engraved pattern;
a second pad in the second engraved pattern; and
a routing line in both the first engraved pattern and the second engraved pattern and in contact with both the first pad and the second pad,
wherein the first pad includes a slope portion proximate to the first boundary region, and the routing line is on and in contact with the slope portion of the first pad.
18 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the routing line is fully embedding in the first trench and the second trench along the edge surfaces of the first pad portion and the second pad portion.