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Granted Patent B2
US 10,854,829 · App. 16/103,845 · Granted Dec 1, 2020

Flexible display device

Inventors: Eun Ho Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Dong Wook Yang (Suwon-si, KR); Hyun Dae Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Woo Seok Han (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H01L51/0097H01L27/3276
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Patent No.
US 10,854,829
App. No.
16/103,845
Granted
Dec 1, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flexible display device includes: a substrate including a main area, a first edge area arranged in a first direction with respect to the main area and including a first data pad portion, and a second edge area arranged in a second direction, which intersects the first direction, with respect to the main area and including a second data pad portion; and a flexible film on which first and second signal pad portions connected to the first and second data pad portions, respectively, are arranged. The first edge area may be bent along a first bending line, which extends in the second direction, and the second edge area may be bent along a second bending line, which extends in the first direction.

Claims (55)

1. A flexible display device comprising:

a substrate comprising: a main area; a first edge area arranged in a first direction with respect to the main area, a first data pad portion disposed in the first edge area; and a second edge area arranged in a second direction, which intersects the first direction, with respect to the main area, a second data pad portion disposed in the second edge area; and

a flexible film on which first and second signal pad portions connected to the first and second data pad portions, respectively, are arranged,

wherein

the first edge area is bent along a first bending line, which extends in the second direction, and

the second edge area is bent along a second bending line, which extends in the first direction.

2. The flexible display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first pixel unit connected to a first data line disposed in the main area; and

a second pixel unit connected to a second data line disposed in the second edge area,

wherein

the first data line is connected to the first data pad portion, and

the second data line is connected to the second data pad portion.

3. The flexible display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first signal pad portion is connected directly to the first data pad portion, and

the second signal pad portion is connected directly to the second data pad portion.

4. The flexible display device of claim 1 , wherein the first data pad portion is not connected to the second data pad portion.

5. The flexible display device of claim 1 , wherein

the substrate further includes a third edge area arranged in a third direction, which is opposite the second direction, with respect to the main area, a third data pad portion being disposed in the third edge area,

a third signal pad portion connected to the third data pad portion is further disposed on the flexible film, and

the third edge area is bent along a third bending line, which extends in the first direction.

6. The flexible display device of claim 5 , further comprising a third pixel unit connected to a third data line disposed in the third edge area,

wherein the third data line is connected to the third data pad portion.

7. The flexible display device of claim 5 , further comprising a scan driver disposed in the third edge area of the substrate,

wherein the scan driver is connected to the third data portion.

8. The flexible display device of claim 5 , wherein display portions to display an image are disposed in the main area and the first through third edge areas.

9. The flexible display device of claim 1 , further comprising a driver integrated circuit on the flexible film,

wherein the driver integrated circuit is connected to the first and second signal pad portions.

10. The flexible display device of claim 1 , wherein the second data pad portion extends in the second direction.

11. The flexible display device of claim 1 , wherein the second data pad portion extends in the first direction.

12. The flexible display device of claim 1 , wherein

the flexible film includes a tail portion extending in the second direction, and

the second signal pad portion is arranged at the tail portion.

13. A flexible display device comprising:

a substrate comprising: a main area, a first pixel unit disposed in the main area; a first edge area arranged in a first direction with respect to the main area, a second pixel unit and a first data pad portion disposed in the first edge area; and a second edge area arranged in a second direction, which intersects the first direction, with respect to the main area, a third pixel unit and a second data pad portion disposed in the second edge area,

wherein

the first edge area is bent along a first bending line, which extends in the second direction,

the second edge area is bent along a second bending line, which extends in the first direction,

the third pixel unit includes a first switching element connected to a first data line arranged in the second edge area, and

the first data line is connected to the second data pad portion.

14. The flexible display device of claim 13 , further comprising a flexible film on which first and second signal pad portions connected to the first and second data pad portions, respectively, are arranged.

15. The flexible display device of claim 14 , wherein

the first signal pad portion is connected directly to the first data pad portion, and

the second signal pad portion is connected directly to the second data pad portion.

16. The flexible display device of claim 14 , further comprising a driver integrated circuit on the flexible film,

wherein the driver integrated circuit is connected to the first and second signal pad portions.

17. The flexible display device of claim 14 , wherein

the flexible film includes a tail portion extending in the second direction, and

the second signal pad portion is arranged at the tail portion.

18. The flexible display device of claim 13 , wherein the second data pad portion extends in the first or second direction.

19. The flexible display device of claim 13 , wherein the first data line is not connected to the first data pad portion.

20. The flexible display device of claim 13 , wherein

the substrate further includes a third edge area arranged in a third direction, which is opposite the second direction, with respect to the main area, a fourth pixel unit and a third data pad portion disposed in the third edge area,

the third edge area is bent along a third bending line, which extends in the first direction,

the fourth pixel unit includes a second switching element connected to a second data line disposed in the third edge area, and

the second data line is connected to the third data pad portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2018
From: LEE, EUN HO; YANG, DONG WOOK; LEE, HYUN DAE; HAN, WOO SEOK
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046828/0714 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0146772 · Nov 6, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190140200A1 · May 9, 2019