IP Library › Granted Patent US 9,397,117
Granted Patent B2
US 9,397,117 · App. 14/702,118 · Granted Jul 19, 2016

Display device

Inventors: Satohiro Okamoto (Kanagawa, JP); Yasuyuki Arai (Kanagawa, JP); Ikuko Kawamata (Kanagawa, JP); Atsushi Miyaguchi (Kanagawa, JP); Yoshitaka Moriya (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H01L27/1218H01L27/1225
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Patent No.
US 9,397,117
App. No.
14/702,118
Granted
Jul 19, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The display device includes: a flexible display panel including a display portion in which scanning lines and signal lines cross each other; a supporting portion for supporting an end portion of the flexible display panel; a signal line driver circuit for outputting a signal to the signal line, which is provided for the supporting portion; and a scanning line driver circuit for outputting a signal to the scanning line, which is provided for a flexible surface of the display panel in a direction which is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the supporting portion.

Claims (82)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel comprising:

a display portion comprising a display element;

a first driver circuit;

a second driver circuit;

a first substrate having flexibility; and

a second substrate having flexibility,

wherein the display portion, the first driver circuit, and the second driver circuit are provided between the first substrate and the second substrate,

wherein the first substrate comprises a cut portion between the first driver circuit and the second driver circuit,

wherein the display portion is bendable between the first driver circuit and the second driver circuit and along a first direction, and

wherein the first driver circuit and the second driver circuit are provided along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the cut portion is a groove or a depression.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the cut portion is provided along the first direction.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first substrate, the display portion, and the second substrate are bendable between the first driver circuit and the second driver circuit.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a flexible printed circuit attached to an end portion of the display panel, wherein the end portion of the display panel is along the first direction.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , comprising a supporting portion at the end portion of the display panel, wherein the flexible printed circuit is provided in the supporting portion.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising an integrated circuit chip comprising a signal line driver circuit electrically connected to the display portion.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display element is a light-emitting element.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display element is a liquid crystal element.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display element is an electrophoretic display element.

11. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the first driver circuit, the second driver circuit, and the display portion comprises a transistor,

wherein the transistor comprises a semiconductor layer, and

wherein the semiconductor layer comprises indium and zinc.

12. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the semiconductor layer further comprises gallium.

13. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a battery being sheet-like.

14. A display device comprising:

a display panel comprising:

a display portion comprising a display element;

a first driver circuit;

a second driver circuit;

a first substrate having flexibility; and

a second substrate having flexibility,

wherein the display portion, the first driver circuit, and the second driver circuit are provided between the first substrate and the second substrate,

wherein the first substrate comprises a first cut portion between the first driver circuit and the second driver circuit,

wherein the second substrate comprises a second cut portion between the first driver circuit and the second driver circuit,

wherein the display portion is bendable between the first driver circuit and the second driver circuit and along a first direction, and

wherein the first driver circuit and the second driver circuit are provided along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

15. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein the first cut portion and the second cut portion are overlapped with each other.

16. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein each of the first cut portion and the second cut portion is a groove or a depression.

17. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein each of the first cut portion and the second cut portion is provided along the first direction.

18. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein the first substrate, the display portion, and the second substrate are bendable between the first driver circuit and the second driver circuit.

19. The display device according to claim 14 , further comprising a flexible printed circuit attached to an end portion of the display panel, wherein the end portion of the display panel is along the first direction.

20. The display device according to claim 19 , comprising a supporting portion at the end portion of the display panel, wherein the flexible printed circuit is provided in the supporting portion.

21. The display device according to claim 14 , further comprising an integrated circuit chip comprising a signal line driver circuit electrically connected to the display portion.

22. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein the display element is a light-emitting element.

23. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein the display element is a liquid crystal element.

24. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein the display element is an electrophoretic display element.

25. The display device according to claim 14 ,

wherein each of the first driver circuit, the second driver circuit, and the display portion comprises a transistor,

wherein the transistor comprises a semiconductor layer, and

wherein the semiconductor layer comprises indium and zinc.

26. The display device according to claim 25 , wherein the semiconductor layer further comprises gallium.

27. The display device according to claim 14 , further comprising a battery being sheet-like.

28. A display device comprising:

a display panel comprising:

a display portion comprising a display element;

a first driver circuit;

a second driver circuit;

a first substrate having flexibility; and

a second substrate having flexibility; and

an operation portion is provided for the display panel so that the display portion is capable of functioning as a touch display,

wherein the display portion, the first driver circuit, and the second driver circuit are provided between the first substrate and the second substrate,

wherein the first substrate comprises a cut portion between the first driver circuit and the second driver circuit,

wherein the display portion is bendable between the first driver circuit and the second driver circuit along a first direction, and

wherein the first driver circuit and the second driver circuit are provided along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

29. The display device according to claim 28 , wherein the operation portion is provided with a keyboard or an operation button.

30. The display device according to claim 28 , wherein the cut portion is a groove or a depression.

31. The display device according to claim 28 , wherein the cut portion is provided along the first direction.

32. The display device according to claim 28 , wherein the first substrate, the display portion, and the second substrate are bendable between the first driver circuit and the second driver circuit.

33. The display device according to claim 28 , further comprising a flexible printed circuit attached to an end portion of the display panel, wherein the end portion of the display panel is along the first direction.

34. The display device according to claim 33 , comprising a supporting portion at the end portion of the display panel, wherein the flexible printed circuit is provided in the supporting portion.

35. The display device according to claim 28 , further comprising an integrated circuit chip comprising a signal line driver circuit electrically connected to the display portion.

36. The display device according to claim 28 , wherein the display element is a light-emitting element.

37. The display device according to claim 28 , wherein the display element is a liquid crystal element.

38. The display device according to claim 28 , wherein the display element is an electrophoretic display element.

39. The display device according to claim 28 ,

wherein each of the first driver circuit, the second driver circuit, and the display portion comprises a transistor,

wherein the transistor comprises a semiconductor layer, and

wherein the semiconductor layer comprises indium and zinc.

40. The display device according to claim 39 , wherein the semiconductor layer further comprises gallium.

41. The display device according to claim 28 , further comprising a battery being sheet-like.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-112378 · May 2, 2009 · national
Continuity (4)
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