IP Library Granted Patent US 12,144,240
Granted Patent B2
US 12,144,240 · App. 18/515,402 · Granted Nov 12, 2024

Flexible panel

Inventor: Masumi Nishimura (Minato-ku, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
H10K77/111H01R12/62H10K50/805H10K50/814H10K50/824H10K50/84H10K50/844H10K59/122H10K59/125H10K59/131H10K2102/00H10K2102/311H10K2102/351Y02E10/549
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,144,240
App. No.
18/515,402
Granted
Nov 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a display device including a flexible display panel, the risk of disconnection of a wiring due to bending is reduced. A display panel includes a display function layer including display elements and a wiring on one major surface of a base material having flexibility. The display panel includes, on the one major surface of the base material, an organic-film-covered wiring area where the surface of the wiring is covered with an organic planarization film that is an organic insulating film in direct contact with the wiring. The display panel includes, in the plane thereof, a display area where the display elements are arranged and a component mounting area that is a peripheral area located outside the display area. As the organic-film-covered wiring area, a curved area is provided in the peripheral area.

Claims (22)

1. A flexible panel comprising:

a substrate having flexibility;

a pixel area in which a thin film transistor is arranged on the substrate;

a peripheral area positioned adjacent to the pixel area in a plan view;

a first inorganic film on the substrate;

a second inorganic film on the first inorganic film; and

a wiring on the second inorganic film disposed in the peripheral area,

wherein the peripheral area comprises a first area that includes the first inorganic film and the second inorganic film, a second area that includes the first inorganic film without the second inorganic film, and a third area without the first inorganic film and the second inorganic film,

the second area is arranged between the first area and the third area,

the substrate has a first thickness in the first area, a second thickness in the second area, and a third thickness in the third area,

the third thickness is smaller than the first thickness, and

the wiring is disposed from the first area to the third area across the second area.

2. The flexible panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the wiring is in contact with the second inorganic film in the first area, the first inorganic film in the second area, and the substrate in the third area.

3. The flexible panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an organic insulating film on the wiring, wherein

the organic insulating film covers the wiring and is in contact with the wiring in the third area.

4. The flexible panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the substrate includes a curved portion in the peripheral area, and

the curved portion is in the third area.

5. The flexible panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the substrate is polyimide.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-220147 · Nov 11, 2016 · national
Continuity (8)
Continuation 18160410 · Jan 27, 2023
Continuation 17731296 · Apr 28, 2022
Continuation 17314443 · May 7, 2021
Continuation 16520962 · Jul 24, 2019
Continuation 16141298 · Sep 25, 2018
Continuation 15961409 · Apr 24, 2018
Continuation 15792904 · Oct 25, 2017
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