IP Library Granted Patent US 12,740,147
Granted Patent B2
US 12,740,147 · App. 18/402,895 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Electronic device

Inventors: Takumi Sano (Tokyo, JP); Yasushi Tomioka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Magnolia White Corporation
H10D86/60H10D86/441H10D86/411H10W90/00
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Patent No.
US 12,740,147
App. No.
18/402,895
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

To realize a stretchable electronic device having high reliability. The configuration of the present invention is as follows. In a stretchable electronic device in which an active area and a terminal area are continuously formed, a scanning line having a meander structure and a signal line having a meander structure are formed in the active area, terminal wirings and terminals are formed on a base material extending in a second direction and aligned in a first direction in the terminal area, and the base material configures a reinforcing material continuous in the first direction in the part where the terminal is formed.

Claims (46)

1 . An electronic device comprising:

a base material that has a meander structural part and an element area part;

a wiring that is positioned at the meander structural part; and

an element that is positioned at the element area part and connected to the wiring,

wherein the electronic device has an active area and a terminal area,

in the active area, a plurality of element area parts is provided, and the meander structural part is formed so as to connect the element area parts to each other,

a plurality of terminals aligned in a first direction is formed in the terminal area,

the base material has a connecting part in the terminal area,

the plurality of terminals is positioned at the connecting part,

the connecting part is continuously formed in the first direction and configured to control a Young's modulus of the terminal area in the first direction so as to reduce stress caused by a difference in stretchability between the electronic device and an external flexible wiring substrate.

2 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the width of the connecting part in a second direction intersecting the first direction is the same as that of the terminal in the second direction.

3 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the width of the connecting part in a second direction intersecting the first direction is smaller than that of the terminal in the second direction.

4 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the base material is formed of polyimide.

5 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the connecting part has an insulating layer positioned between the plurality of terminals, and

the insulating layer is formed of a material different from the base material.

6 . The electronic device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the thickness of the insulating layer is smaller than that of the base material.

7 . The electronic device according to claim 5 ,

wherein a Young's modulus of the insulating layer is larger than that of the base material.

8 . The electronic device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the width of the insulating layer in a second direction intersecting the first direction is the same as that of each of the plurality of terminals in the second direction.

9 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of terminals has a first line aligned in the first direction and a second line separated in a second direction intersecting the first line and the first direction.

10 . An electronic device in which an active area and a terminal area are continuously formed, the device comprising:

a base material that has a meander structural part and an element area part;

a wiring that is positioned at the meander structural part; and

an element that is positioned at the element area part and connected to the wiring,

wherein in the active area, a plurality of element area parts is provided, and the meander structural part is formed so as to connect the element area parts to each other,

a plurality of terminals aligned in a first direction is formed in the terminal area,

the plurality of terminals is formed on one surface of the base material,

on the other surface of the base material, a connecting part is formed in parts corresponding to the plurality of terminals,

the connecting part being formed of a material having a Young's modulus larger than that of the base material and configured to control a mechanical property of the terminal area in the first direction.

11 . The electronic device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the thickness of the connecting part is smaller than that of the base material.

12 . The electronic device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the width of the connecting part in a second direction intersecting the first direction is the same as that of each of the plurality of terminals.

13 . The electronic device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the connecting part is metal.

14 . The electronic device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the connecting part is indium tin oxide.

15 . The electronic device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the connecting part is an inorganic insulating film.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071639/0162 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2024
From: SANO, TAKUMI; TOMIOKA, YASUSHI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 066003/0603 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-003665 · Jan 13, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240243137A1 · Jul 18, 2024
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