IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,356,815
Granted Patent B2
US 12,356,815 · App. 18/013,534 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Display device and method for manufacturing display device

Inventors: Tohru Okabe (Sakai, JP); Shoji Okazaki (Sakai, JP); Shinsuke Saida (Sakai, JP); Shinji Ichikawa (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H10K59/131H10K59/1201H10K2102/311
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Patent No.
US 12,356,815
App. No.
18/013,534
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display region of an image, a terminal region provided with a plurality of terminals, and a bending region being a region between the display region and the terminal region and being bendable, the bending region includes a first resin layer, a plurality of relay wiring lines provided on the first resin layer and provided between the display region and the terminal region, and a second resin layer provided on the first resin layer and covering the plurality of relay wiring lines, and the first resin layer and the second resin layer in the bending region are provided with a plurality of slits having a depth from a surface of the second resin layer to the first resin layer at outer sides than the relay wiring lines provided at both ends among the plurality of relay wiring lines in a plan view.

Claims (57)

1. A display device comprising:

a display region of an image;

a terminal region provided with a plurality of terminals; and

a bending region being a region between the display region and the terminal region and being bendable,

wherein the bending region includes

a first resin layer,

a plurality of relay wiring lines provided on the first resin layer and provided between the display region and the terminal region, and

a second resin layer provided on the first resin layer and covering the plurality of relay wiring lines, and

the first resin layer and the second resin layer in the bending region are formed with a plurality of slits having a depth from a surface of the second resin layer to the first resin layer at outer sides than the relay wiring lines provided at both ends among the plurality of relay wiring lines in a plan view.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein when a direction from the display region to the terminal region is defined as a first direction, at least one of the plurality of slits penetrates through the first resin layer in the first direction.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least one of the plurality of slits has a depth extending through the second resin layer and the first resin layer.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein both end portions at outer sides than the relay wiring lines provided at the both ends in the bending region overlap the slits provided at both ends among the plurality of slits.

5. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the first resin layer in the bending region, a thickness at outer sides than the relay wiring lines provided at both ends among the plurality of relay wiring lines is thinner than a thickness of a region surrounded by the relay wiring lines provided at the both ends.

6. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the second resin layer in the bending region, a thickness at outer sides than the relay wiring lines provided at both ends among the plurality of relay wiring lines is thinner than a thickness of a region surrounded by the relay wiring lines provided at the both ends.

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

a plurality of first lead-out wiring lines extending from the display region in a direction of the bending region;

a plurality of second lead-out wiring lines extending in the direction of the bending region, respectively from the plurality of terminals; and

a first insulating layer covering the plurality of first lead-out wiring lines and the plurality of second lead-out wiring lines,

wherein, in each of the plurality of relay wiring lines,

one end portion is electrically connected to the corresponding first lead-out wiring line among the plurality of first lead-out wiring lines through a corresponding first contact hole among a plurality of the first contact holes formed in the first insulating layer, and

the other end portion is electrically connected to the corresponding second lead-out wiring line among the plurality of second lead-out wiring lines through a corresponding second contact hole among a plurality of the second contact holes formed in the first insulating layer.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , further comprising:

a second insulating layer provided at a lower layer of the plurality of first lead-out wiring lines and the plurality of second lead-out wiring lines,

wherein, in the bending region, the second insulating layer includes an opening extending in a direction intersecting the plurality of relay wiring lines.

9. The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the display region includes

a plurality of thin film transistors each of which includes a gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode that are provided at a layer different from a layer of the gate electrode,

the plurality of first lead-out wiring lines and the plurality of second lead-out wiring lines are provided at a layer identical to a layer of a plurality of the gate electrodes, and

the plurality of relay wiring lines are provided at a layer identical to a layer of a plurality of the source electrodes and a plurality of the drain electrodes.

10. The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the display region includes

a plurality of thin film transistors each including a gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode that are provided at a layer different from a layer of the gate electrode,

a first flattening layer covering the plurality of thin film transistors and including a resin material,

an intermediate electrode provided in an island shape on the first flattening layer and configured to be electrically connected to the drain electrode through a contact hole formed in the first flattening layer,

a second flattening layer covering the intermediate electrode, provided on the first flattening layer, and including a resin material, and

an anode electrode or a cathode electrode provided in an island shape on the second flattening layer,

the plurality of first lead-out wiring lines and the plurality of second lead-out wiring lines are provided at a layer identical to a layer of a plurality of the source electrodes and a plurality of the drain electrodes, and

the plurality of relay wiring lines are provided at a layer identical to a layer of the intermediate electrode.

11. A manufacturing method of a display device including

a display region of an image,

a terminal region provided with a plurality of terminals, and

a bending region being a region between the display region and the terminal region and being bendable,

the manufacturing method comprising:

forming the bending region,

wherein the forming of the bending region includes

forming a first resin layer,

forming a plurality of relay wiring lines between the display region and the terminal region on the first resin layer, and

forming a second resin layer covering the plurality of relay wiring lines on the first resin layer, and

forming a plurality of slits having a depth from a surface of the second resin layer to the first resin layer in the first resin layer and the second resin layer at outer sides than the relay wiring lines provided at both ends among the plurality of relay wiring lines in a plan view.

12. The manufacturing method of the display device according to claim 11 , further comprising:

cutting the first resin layer and the second resin layer in a manner that an outer edge portion of the plurality of slits is included, after the forming the plurality of slits, and singulating a display panel including the display region, the bending region, and the terminal region; and

bending the bending region in the display panel after the singulating.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2022
From: OKABE, TOHRU; OKAZAKI, SHOJI; SAIDA, SHINSUKE; ICHIKAWA, SHINJI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 062229/0485 →
Continuity (1)
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