IP Library Granted Patent US 9,577,212
Granted Patent B2
US 9,577,212 · App. 14/688,303 · Granted Feb 21, 2017

Display device and organic light emitting diode display

Inventors: Jung-Min Lee (Yongin, KR); Choong-Ho Lee (Yongin, KR); Kie Hyun Nam (Yongin, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H01L51/524B82Y10/00H01L27/3258H01L27/3276H01L51/0048H01L51/525H01L51/5243H01L51/5246
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Patent No.
US 9,577,212
App. No.
14/688,303
Granted
Feb 21, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate, a display unit formed on the substrate, a sealing substrate bonded to the substrate by a bonding layer surrounding the display unit, the sealing substrate comprising a complex member and an insulating member, wherein the complex member has a resin matrix and a plurality of carbon fibers and the insulator is connected to an edge of the complex member and comprises a penetration hole, a metal layer disposed at one side of the sealing substrate wherein the one side faces the substrate, and a conductive connection unit filling in the penetration hole and contacting the metal layer. The complex member and the insulator may be coupled by tongue and groove coupling along a thickness direction of the sealing substrate where the protrusion-groove coupling structure is top-to-bottom symmetric and the insulator may have a thickness identical to that of the complex member.

Claims (36)

1. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display comprising:

a substrate;

a display unit formed on the substrate and comprising a common power line and a common electrode;

a sealing substrate bonded to the substrate by a bonding layer surrounding the display unit and comprising a complex member and an insulator, wherein the complex member comprises a resin matrix and a plurality of carbon fibers and wherein the insulator is connected to the complex member and comprises a first penetration hole and a second penetration hole;

a first conducting unit formed over an inner side and an outer side of the sealing substrate through the first penetration hole and configured to supply a first electric signal to the common power line; and

a second conducting unit formed over an inner side and an outer side of the sealing substrate through the second penetration hole and configured to supply a second electric signal to the common electrode,

wherein the complex member is coupled to the insulator by tongue and groove coupling along a thickness direction of the sealing substrate, wherein the tongue and groove are top-to-bottom symmetric, and wherein the insulator has a thickness identical to that of the complex member.

2. The OLED display of claim 1 , further comprising:

a pad unit disposed at an outer side of the display unit and comprising a first pad unit electrically connected to the common power line and a second pad unit electrically connected to the common electrode; and

a connective bonding layer disposed between the first pad unit and the first conducting unit, and between the second pad unit and the second conducting unit.

3. The OLED display of claim 2 , wherein the common power line comprises a first common power line and a second common power line crossing each other, and

the first pad unit and the second pad unit are alternately and repeatedly disposed along one direction of the substrate.

4. The OLED display of claim 2 , wherein the conductive bonding layer is conductive in a thickness direction and is insulating in directions other than the thickness direction.

5. The OLED display of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first pad unit disposed at an outer side the display unit and electrically connected to the common power line and a conductive bonding layer disposed between the first pad unit and the first conducting unit,

the second conducting unit closely contacting the common electrode.

6. The OLED display of claim 5 , further comprising:

a plurality of spacers below the common electrode in the display unit,

wherein the common electrode forms a protrusion portion corresponding to the spacer.

7. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the first conducting unit comprises a first inner layer formed on an inner side of the insulator, a first connecting unit filling in the first penetration hole, and a first outer layer formed on an outer side of the insulator, and

wherein the second conducting unit comprises a second inner layer formed over an inner side of the insulator and an inner layer of the complex member, a second connection unit filling in the second penetration hole, and a second outer layer formed on an outer side of the insulator.

8. The OLED display of claim 7 , wherein the second inner layer contacts the bonding layer and faces the display unit, and

wherein the first inner layer is disposed at an outer side of the second inner layer at a predetermined distance from the second inner layer.

9. The OLED display of claim 8 , wherein the second inner layer is formed as a metal foil comprising at least one of aluminum and copper.

10. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the complex member comprises first, second, third and fourth complex layers, the first and fourth complex layers having a first width, and the second and third complex layers having a second width different than the first width, and

wherein each of the first through fourth complex layers comprises a resin matrix and a plurality of carbon fibers.

11. The OLED display of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of carbon fibers are weaved to cross each other and have a single arrangement direction in each of the first through fourth complex layers.

12. The OLED display of claim 10 , wherein:

carbon fibers of the first complex layer and carbon fibers of the fourth complex layer are arranged in a first direction, and

carbon fibers of the second complex layer and carbon fibers of the third complex layer are arranged in a second direction, wherein the second direction crosses the first direction.

13. The OLED display of claim 10 , wherein the insulator comprises first, second, third and fourth insulation layers, the first and fourth insulation layers having a first width, and the second and third insulation layers having a second width different than the first width, and

wherein each one of the first through fourth insulation layers comprises a resin matrix and a plurality of reinforcing fibers.

14. The OLED display of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of reinforcing fibers are weaved to cross each other and have a single arrangement in each of the first through fourth insulation layers.

15. The OLED display of claim 13 , wherein:

reinforcing fibers of the first insulation layer and reinforcing fibers of the fourth insulation layer are arranged in a first direction, and

reinforcing fibers of the second insulation layer and reinforcing fibers of the third insulation layer are arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2015
From: LEE, JUNG-MIN; LEE, CHOONG-HO; NAM, KIE HYUN
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035435/0102 →
MERGER Recorded Apr 17, 2015
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035454/0129 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2010-0107708 · Nov 1, 2010 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 13069254 · Mar 22, 2011
Related Publication 20150221887A1 · Aug 6, 2015