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Granted Patent B2
US 9,982,871 · App. 15/617,334 · Granted May 29, 2018

Light-emitting device

Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata (Ebina, JP); Akio Endo (Atsugi, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
F21V15/012F21Y2105/00F21Y2115/20H01L27/323H01L27/3262H01L2227/323H01L2251/5338
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Patent No.
US 9,982,871
App. No.
15/617,334
Granted
May 29, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device includes a strip-like high flexibility region and a strip-like low flexibility region arranged alternately in a direction. The high flexibility region includes a flexible light-emitting panel. The low flexibility region includes the light-emitting panel and a support panel having a lower flexibility than that of the light-emitting panel and overlapping with the light-emitting panel. it is preferable that the light-emitting panel include an external connection electrode and that a length in the direction of a low flexibility region A that overlaps with the external connection electrode be longer than a length in the direction of a low flexibility region B that is closest to the region A.

Claims (63)

1. A light-emitting device comprising:

a flexible light-emitting panel;

a first support that supports the flexible light-emitting panel;

a second support that supports the flexible light-emitting panel; and

a sensor capable of determining whether the light-emitting device is in an opened state or a folded state,

wherein the light-emitting device is foldable so that the flexible light-emitting panel is bent between the first support and the second support,

wherein the light-emitting device is capable of putting a region of the flexible light-emitting panel in a non-light-emitting state, the region being hidden in the folded state, and

wherein the first support and the second support are adjacent to each other and are apart from each other.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein light-emitting device is foldable in three.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first support is thicker than the flexible light-emitting panel.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the flexible light-emitting panel comprises:

a transistor;

an insulating layer over the transistor;

a light-emitting element over the insulating layer, the light-emitting element being electrically connected to the transistor; and

a touch sensor over the light-emitting element,

wherein the flexible light-emitting panel is foldable with a curvature radius greater than or equal to 1 mm and less than or equal to 10 mm.

5. A light-emitting device comprising:

a flexible light-emitting panel;

a first support that supports the flexible light-emitting panel;

a second support that supports the flexible light-emitting panel; and

a sensor capable of determining whether the light-emitting device is in an opened state or a folded state,

wherein the light-emitting device is foldable so that the flexible light-emitting panel is bent between the first support and the second support,

wherein the light-emitting device is capable of displaying different images in the opened state and the folded state, and

wherein the first support and the second support are adjacent to each other and are apart from each other.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 5 , wherein the light-emitting device is foldable in three.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 5 , wherein the first support is thicker than the flexible light-emitting panel.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the flexible light-emitting panel comprises:

a transistor;

an insulating layer over the transistor;

a light-emitting element over the insulating layer, the light-emitting element being electrically connected to the transistor; and

a touch sensor over the light-emitting element,

wherein the flexible light-emitting panel is foldable with a curvature radius greater than or equal to 1 mm and less than or equal to 10 mm.

9. A light-emitting device comprising:

a flexible light-emitting panel;

a first support that supports the flexible light-emitting panel;

a second support that supports the flexible light-emitting panel; and

a sensor capable of determining whether the light-emitting device is in an opened state or a folded state,

wherein the light-emitting device is foldable so that the flexible light-emitting panel is bent between the first support and the second support,

wherein the light-emitting device is capable of putting a region of the flexible light-emitting panel in a non-light-emitting state, the region being hidden in the folded state,

wherein the first support and the second support are adjacent to each other and are apart from each other,

wherein the first support is thicker than the flexible light-emitting panel,

wherein the flexible light-emitting panel comprises:

a transistor;

an insulating layer over the transistor;

a light-emitting element over the insulating layer, the light-emitting element being electrically connected to the transistor; and

a touch sensor over the light-emitting element,

wherein the flexible light-emitting panel is foldable with a curvature radius greater than or equal to 1 mm and less than or equal to 10 mm.

10. The light-emitting device according to claim 9 , wherein the light-emitting device is foldable in three.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 9 , wherein the light-emitting device is capable of displaying different images in the opened state and the folded state.

12. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible light-emitting panel comprises an electroluminescence element.

13. The light-emitting device according to claim 5 , wherein the flexible light-emitting panel comprises an electroluminescence element.

14. The light-emitting device according to claim 9 , wherein the flexible light-emitting panel comprises an electroluminescence element.

15. A light-emitting device comprising:

a flexible light-emitting panel;

a first support that supports the flexible light-emitting panel;

a second support that supports the flexible light-emitting panel; and

a sensor capable of determining whether the light-emitting device is in an opened state or a folded state,

wherein the light-emitting device is foldable so that the flexible light-emitting panel is bent between the first support and the second support,

wherein, when the sensor determines the light-emitting device is the folded state, the light-emitting device is capable of displaying an image that does not depend on an image in the opened state, and

wherein the first support and the second support are adjacent to each other and are apart from each other.

16. The light-emitting device according to claim 15 , wherein the flexible light-emitting panel comprises an electroluminescence element.

Priority Claims (3)
JP 2013-146291 · Jul 12, 2013 · national
JP 2013-146293 · Jul 12, 2013 · national
JP 2013-249155 · Dec 2, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14324678 · Jul 7, 2014
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