IP Library Granted Patent US 9,287,341
Granted Patent B2
US 9,287,341 · App. 14/530,506 · Granted Mar 15, 2016

Flexible display device including folding section

Inventors: Jun Hyuk Cheon (Seoul, KR); Kwang Jun Kim (Seoul, KR); Hee June Kwak (Yongin-si, KR); Mu Gyeom Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L27/3276H01L27/3213H01L27/3216H01L27/3218H01L27/3237H01L51/52H01L2251/5338
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Patent No.
US 9,287,341
App. No.
14/530,506
Granted
Mar 15, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flexible display device includes a folding section formed on a flexible substrate, a flat section connected to the folding section, and a display area for displaying an image, wherein the display area is formed on the folding section and the flat section, wherein each of the display areas of the folding section and the flat section includes a plurality of pixels and a plurality of wires for supplying electrical signals to the pixels, and wherein the wires in the display area of the folding section include a winding wire extending in a winding configuration on the flexible substrate.

Claims (36)

1. A flexible display device comprising:

a folding section formed on a flexible substrate;

a flat section connected to the folding section; and

a display area for displaying an image, wherein the display area is formed on the folding section and the flat section,

wherein each of the display areas of the folding section and the flat section includes a plurality of pixels and a plurality of wires for supplying electrical signals to the pixels, and

wherein the wires in the display area of the folding section include a winding wire extending in a winding configuration on the flexible substrate.

2. The flexible display device of claim 1 , wherein the winding wire in the display area of the folding section is formed having a wave-line shape.

3. The flexible display device of claim 1 , wherein the winding wire in the display area of the folding section includes a bent portion that extends and bends at a pre-determined angle.

4. The flexible display device of claim 1 , wherein the winding wire in the display area of the folding section branches out and extends from the wires in the display area of the flat section, and

a vertical width of the winding wire repeatedly increases and decreases along a direction in which the winding wire extends.

5. The flexible display device of claim 1 , wherein the wires in the display area of the folding section have a longer length per unit area than the wires in the display area of the flat section.

6. The flexible display device of claim 1 , wherein the winding wire in the display area of the folding section extends in a direction in which the folding section is folded.

7. The flexible display device of claim 1 , wherein the winding wire in the display area of the folding section includes a gate wire.

8. A flexible display device comprising:

a folding section;

a flat section connected to the folding section; and

a display area for displaying an image, wherein the display area is formed on the folding section and the flat section,

wherein each of the display areas of the folding section and the flat section includes a plurality of pixels, and

wherein the pixels in the display area of the folding section have boundaries that are inclined with respect to the boundaries of the pixels in the display area of the flat section.

9. The flexible display device of claim 8 , wherein the pixels in the display area of the folding section have a rhombic shape.

10. The flexible display device of claim 8 , wherein each pixel in the display area of the folding section is divided into at least three subpixels.

11. The flexible display device of claim 8 , wherein each pixel in the display area of the folding section is equally divided into four subpixels, and

the four subpixels respectively emit red light, green light, blue light, and white light.

12. The flexible display device of claim 8 , wherein the display area in the folding section includes pixels that are smaller than the pixels in the display area of the flat section.

13. A flexible display device comprising:

a folding section formed on a flexible substrate;

a flat section connected to the folding section; and

a display area for displaying an image, wherein the display area is formed on the folding section and the flat section,

wherein each of the display areas of the folding section and the flat section includes a plurality of pixels and a plurality of wires for supplying electrical signals to the pixels,

wherein the wires in the display area of the folding section include a winding wire extending in a winding configuration on the flexible substrate, and

wherein the pixels in the display area of the folding section have boundaries that are inclined with respect to the boundaries of the pixels in the display area of the flat section.

14. The flexible display device of claim 13 , wherein the winding wire includes a portion extending parallel to the boundaries of the pixels in the display area of the folding section.

15. The flexible display device of claim 13 , wherein the winding wire branches out and extends from the wires in the display area of the flat section, and surrounds the pixels in the display area of the folding section.

16. The flexible display device of claim 13 , wherein the flat section includes at least two flat sections, and

the folding section is disposed between adjacent flat sections.

17. The flexible display device of claim 13 , wherein the display area is an organic light emitting diode display panel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2014
From: CHEON, JUN HYUK; KIM, KWANG JUN; KWAK, HEE JUNE; KIM, MU GYEOM
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0070390 · Jun 10, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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