IP Library Granted Patent US 10,437,283
Granted Patent B2
US 10,437,283 · App. 16/055,591 · Granted Oct 8, 2019

Display device and electronic device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP); Yoshiharu Hirakata (Ebina, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,437,283
App. No.
16/055,591
Granted
Oct 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display panel mounted on a curved surface, and driver circuits including circuit elements which are mounted on a plurality of plane surfaces provided on the back of the curved surface in a stepwise shape along the curved surface.

Claims (60)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a display panel comprising a display portion;

a printed board positioned on a back of the display panel;

a substrate positioned between the display panel and the printed board, and comprising a surface facing the printed board; and

a metal film comprising a region interposed between a surface of the substrate and the display panel, the surface of the substrate facing the printed board,

wherein the display portion comprises a pixel comprising an electroluminescence element,

wherein the display portion comprises a curved surface in both end portions in a first direction,

wherein the display portion comprises no curved surface in both end portions in a second direction intersecting with the first direction,

wherein the substrate comprises a plurality of terminals arranged along the second direction,

wherein the display panel and the printed board are electrically connected through the plurality of terminals, and

wherein the metal film and the display panel are not electrically connected with each other.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the curved surface of the display portion continuously extends from a top surface of the display portion to a side surface of the display portion.

3. An electronic device comprising:

a display panel comprising a display portion;

a printed board positioned on a back of the display panel;

a substrate positioned between the display panel and the printed board, and comprising a surface facing the printed board; and

a metal film comprising a region interposed between a surface of the substrate and the display panel, the surface of the substrate facing the printed board,

wherein the printed board comprises a driver circuit,

wherein a resin is provided between the driver circuit and the metal film,

wherein the display portion comprises a pixel comprising an electroluminescence element,

wherein the display portion comprises a curved surface in both end portions in a first direction,

wherein the display portion comprises no curved surface in both end portions in a second direction intersecting with the first direction,

wherein the substrate comprises a plurality of terminals arranged along the second direction,

wherein the display panel and the printed board are electrically connected through the plurality of terminals, and

wherein the metal film and the display panel are not electrically connected with each other.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein the curved surface of the display portion continuously extends from a top surface of the display portion to a side surface of the display portion.

5. An electronic device comprising:

a display panel comprising a display portion;

a printed board positioned on a back of the display panel;

a substrate positioned between the display panel and the printed board, and comprising a surface facing the printed board;

a metal film comprising a region interposed between a surface of the substrate and the display panel, the surface of the substrate facing the printed board; and

a touch panel overlapping with the display panel,

wherein the display portion comprises a pixel comprising an electroluminescence element,

wherein the display portion comprises a curved surface in both end portions in a first direction,

wherein the display portion comprises no curved surface in both end portions in a second direction intersecting with the first direction,

wherein the substrate comprises a first terminal portion and a second terminal portion,

wherein the first terminal portion and the second terminal portion do not overlap with each other,

wherein the touch panel is electrically connected to the first terminal portion,

wherein the second terminal portion comprises a plurality of terminals arranged along the second direction,

wherein the display panel and the printed board are electrically connected through the plurality of terminals, and

wherein the metal film and the display panel are not electrically connected with each other.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein the curved surface of the display portion continuously extends from a top surface of the display portion to a side surface of the display portion.

7. An electronic device comprising:

a display panel comprising a display portion;

a printed board positioned on a back of the display panel;

a substrate positioned between the display panel and the printed board, and comprising a surface facing the printed board;

a metal film comprising a region interposed between a surface of the substrate and the display panel, the surface of the substrate facing the printed board; and

a touch panel overlapping with the display panel,

wherein the printed board comprises a driver circuit,

wherein a resin is provided between the driver circuit and the metal film,

wherein the display portion comprises a pixel comprising an electroluminescence element,

the display portion comprises a curved surface in both end portions in a first direction,

wherein the display portion comprises no curved surface in both end portions in a second direction intersecting with the first direction,

wherein the substrate comprises a first terminal portion and a second terminal portion,

wherein the first terminal portion and the second terminal portion do not overlap with each other,

wherein the touch panel is electrically connected to the first terminal portion,

wherein the second terminal portion comprises a plurality of terminals arranged along the second direction,

wherein the display panel and the printed board are electrically connected through the plurality of terminals, and

wherein the metal film and the display panel are not electrically connected with each other.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the curved surface of the display portion continuously extends from a top surface of the display portion to a side surface of the display portion.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-193575 · Sep 3, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14010869 · Aug 27, 2013
Related Publication 20180348811A1 · Dec 6, 2018
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