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Granted Patent B2
US 11,315,997 · App. 16/826,389 · Granted Apr 26, 2022

Display device using a flexible substrate with alignment marks for folding

Inventors: Hayata Aoki (Tokyo, JP); Kengo Kato (Tokyo, JP); Jun Hanari (Tokyo, JP); Yasuyuki Yamada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
H01L27/3262B32B3/02H01L51/56H01L2251/5338
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Patent No.
US 11,315,997
App. No.
16/826,389
Granted
Apr 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Display device includes a flexible substrate, a plurality of pixels disposed on a first surface of flexible substrate, and a plurality of alignment marks disposed along one side of the flexible substrate and identified each other. The plurality of alignment marks may be arranged in the same layer. When the plurality of pixels includes thin film transistor, the plurality of alignment marks may be formed of the same metal layer as the metal layer forming thin film transistor.

Claims (39)

1. A display device comprising:

a flexible substrate;

pixels disposed on a first surface of the flexible substrate; and

alignment marks disposed along one side of the flexible substrate and being distinguishable from each other, wherein

a distance between any two neighboring alignment marks is constant.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the alignment marks are arranged in a same layer.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein each of the pixels includes a thin film transistor, and

the alignment marks are formed from a same metal layer forming the thin film transistor.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the alignment marks is constituted by an opening part provided in an organic insulating film on the first surface.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the alignment marks is constituted by a concave part provided on an end surface of the flexible substrate.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the alignment marks has a different shape.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the alignment marks has an indicator, and each indicator is different.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein indicators are numerals, letters, symbols, or combinations thereof.

9. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the indicators are arranged on the first surface;

other indicators corresponding to the alignment marks are arranged on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the flexible substrate, and

the indicators on the first surface and the other indicators on the second surface are distinguishable from each other.

10. A display device comprising:

a flexible substrate;

pixels disposed on a first surface of the flexible substrate;

first alignment marks arranged along one side of the flexible substrate;

a resin film connected on the first surface, and

second alignment marks arranged along one side of the resin film, wherein

the first alignment marks and the second alignment marks are arranged on a same straight line and are distinguishable from each other.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein each of the second alignment marks has a different shape.

12. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein each of the second alignment marks has an indicator, and each indicator is different.

13. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein indicators are numerals, letters, symbols, or combinations thereof.

14. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein each of the second alignment marks is constituted by a concave part provided on an end surface of the flexible substrate.

15. A display device comprising:

a flexible substrate;

pixels disposed on a first surface of the flexible substrate;

a first alignment mark arranged along one side of the flexible substrate;

a spacer disposed adjacent to a second surface of the flexible substrate opposite to the first surface; and

second alignment marks disposed along one side of the spacer and being distinguishable from each other, wherein

the flexible substrate has a curved part such that a part of the second surface faces another part of the second surface via the spacer,

the first alignment mark is disposed in a region opposite to a region in which the pixels are disposed with respect to the curved part,

one of the second alignment marks faces the first alignment mark in a planar view, and

each of the second alignment marks has a different shape.

16. The display device according to claim 15 , wherein each of the second alignment marks has an indicator, and each indicator is different.

17. The display device according to claim 16 , wherein indicators are numerals, letters, symbols, or combinations thereof.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2020
From: AOKI, HAYATA; KATO, KENGO; HANARI, JUN; YAMADA, YASUYUKI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 052191/0187 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-193981 · Oct 4, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2018029603 · Aug 7, 2018
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