IP Library Granted Patent US 9,406,698
Granted Patent B2
US 9,406,698 · App. 13/974,220 · Granted Aug 2, 2016

Display device and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Yoshiharu Hirakata (Kanagawa, JP); Takeshi Nishi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
H01L27/1214G02F1/1339G02F1/133308H01L51/524H01L51/5246H01L27/1225H01L51/56H01L2251/5338
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Patent No.
US 9,406,698
App. No.
13/974,220
Granted
Aug 2, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device in which reliability of a display element is improved is provided. Alternatively, a display device in which reliability of a transistor is improved is provided. Alternatively, a display device in which an increase in an area of a periphery region is suppressed is provided. A display device includes a display region including a display element between a first flexible substrate and a second flexible substrate in which the display region is surrounded by a first continuous sealant, the first sealant is surrounded by a second continuous sealant, and the second sealant is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate and on at least one of a side surface of the first substrate and a side surface of the second substrate.

Claims (37)

1. A display device comprising:

a first flexible substrate and a second flexible substrate;

an insulating film over the first flexible substrate;

a first continuous sealant between the insulating film and the second flexible substrate; and

a second sealant between the insulating film and the second flexible substrate, the second sealant surrounding the first sealant,

wherein the first continuous sealant comprises glass,

wherein the second sealant comprises a first member and a second member,

wherein the first member is in contact with a side surface of the first flexible substrate and a side surface of the second flexible substrate,

wherein a side surface of the second member is in contact with the first member, and

wherein a bottom surface of the second member is in contact with a top surface of the insulating film.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first member comprises a resin material or glass.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first member comprises a resin material.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second member comprises a metal material.

5. An electronic appliance comprising the display device according to claim 1 .

6. The display device according to claim 1 , the display device further comprises a transistor comprising an oxide semiconductor layer over the first flexible substrate,

wherein the oxide semiconductor layer comprises at least one of indium, gallium, and zinc.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , the display device further comprises a transistor comprising an oxide semiconductor layer over the first flexible substrate,

wherein the transistor comprising an AlOx layer over the oxide semiconductor layer.

8. A display device comprising:

a first flexible substrate and a second flexible substrate;

an insulating film over and in contact with the first flexible substrate;

a first continuous sealant between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate; and

a second sealant between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate, the second sealant surrounding the first continuous sealant,

wherein the first continuous sealant and the second sealant are in contact with the insulating film,

wherein the first continuous sealant comprises glass,

wherein the second sealant comprises a first member and a second member,

wherein the first member is in contact with a side surface of the first flexible substrate and a side surface of the second flexible substrate,

wherein a side surface of the second member is in contact with the first member, and

wherein a bottom surface of the second member is in contact with a top surface of the insulating film.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the first member comprises a resin material or glass.

10. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the first member comprises a resin material.

11. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the second member comprises a metal material.

12. An electronic appliance comprising the display device according to claim 8 .

13. The display device according to claim 8 , the display device further comprises a transistor comprising an oxide semiconductor layer over the first flexible substrate,

wherein the oxide semiconductor layer comprises at least one of indium, gallium, and zinc.

14. The display device according to claim 8 , the display device further comprises a transistor comprising an oxide semiconductor layer over the first flexible substrate,

wherein the transistor comprising an AlOx layer over the oxide semiconductor layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2013
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; HIRAKATA, YOSHIHARU; NISHI, TAKESHI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031069/0191 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-188057 · Aug 28, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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