IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,335,878
Granted Patent B2
US 11,335,878 · App. 16/835,301 · Granted May 17, 2022

Window member for display device, display device, and manufacturing method for display device

Inventors: Kicheol Song (Suwon-si, KR); Youngmoon Kim (Asan-si, KR); Youngsang Park (Seoul, KR); Nari Ahn (Seongnam-si, KR); Hung Kun Ahn (Seongnam-si, KR); Jung-hun Jung (Asan-si, KR); Ojun Kwon (Hwaseong-si, KR); Junsu Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L51/524H01L27/323H01L27/3244H01L51/0031H01L51/0097H01L51/5281H01L51/56H01L2251/5338
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Patent No.
US 11,335,878
App. No.
16/835,301
Granted
May 17, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display module and a window member disposed on the display module, where the window member includes a base layer and a hard coating layer disposed on the base layer. A moisture absorption ratio of the window member is about 2.2% or greater under a first condition including a first temperature and a first humidity. The first temperature is about 60° C. or greater, and the first humidity is about 70% or greater.

Claims (63)

1. A display device comprising:

a display module; and

a window member disposed on the display module, wherein the window member comprises a base layer and a hard coating layer disposed on the base layer,

wherein a moisture absorption ratio of the window member is about 2.2% or less under a first condition including a first temperature and a first humidity,

wherein the first temperature is in a range of about 60° C. to about 85° C., and the first humidity is in a range of about 70% to about 98%, and

wherein the moisture absorption ratio is a numerical value measured after maintained for about 2 hours under the first condition.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first temperature is about 60° C., and

the first humidity is about 93%.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the moisture absorption ratio is a value in percentage corresponding to a ratio of a difference between a first weight and a second weight to the first weight of the window member,

wherein the first weight represents a weight of the window member before subjected to the first condition, and

the second weight represents a weight of the window member after maintained for about 2 hours under the first condition.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the first weight represents a weight of the window member after dried under a second condition different from the first condition.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein

the second condition includes a second temperature and a second humidity,

wherein the second temperature is in a range of about 60° C. to about 85° C., and the second humidity is about 0%.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a Young's modulus of the window member measured under the first condition is in a range of about 5 GPa to about 8 GPa.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein a test rate of a tensile test for measuring the Young's modulus is about 5 mm/min.

8. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the Young's modulus is measured in a section in which tensile strain of the window member is in a range of about 0.05% to about 0.5%.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a yield point of the base layer under the first condition is present in a section in which tensile strain of the base layer is not less than about 1.09%.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein hardness of the window member is in a range of about 0.3 GPa to about 50 GPa.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the hardness is measured on a surface of the hard coating layer by a Berkovich indenter hardness test.

12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the display module and the window member include a folding area.

13. A method for manufacturing a display device, the method comprising:

preparing a window member comprising a base layer and a hard coating layer disposed on the base layer;

preparing a first test sample having same physical properties as the window member;

performing a first test of measuring a moisture absorption ratio of the first test sample under a first condition including a first temperature and a first humidity;

preparing a second test sample having the same physical properties as the window member;

performing a second test of measuring a Young's modulus of the second test sample under the first condition;

preparing a third test sample having the same physical properties as the window member;

performing a third test of measuring a hardness of the third test sample under a second condition different from the first condition; and

coupling the window member to a display module when a predetermined condition is satisfied in at least one test selected from the first to third tests.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the performing the first test comprises:

drying the first test sample;

measuring a first weight of the dried first test sample;

maintaining the first test sample for about 2 hours under the first condition;

measuring a second weight of the first test sample; and

determining whether or not a value in percentage corresponding to a ratio of a difference between the first weight and the second weight to the first weight is about 2.2% or less.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the performing the second test comprises:

elongating the second test sample;

measuring the Young's modulus of the second test sample; and

determining whether or not the Young's modulus is in a range of about 5 GPa to about 8 GPa,

wherein a tensile rate of a tensile test to elongate the second test sample is about 5 mm/min, and

the Young's modulus is measured in a section in which tensile strain is in a range of about 0.05% to about 0.5%.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the performing the third test comprises:

disposing the third test sample on a stage;

measuring the hardness of the third test sample using a Berkovich diamond indenter; and

determining whether or not the hardness is in a range of about 0.3 GPa to about 50 GPa.

17. A window member for a display device, the window member comprising:

a base layer; and

a hard coating layer disposed on the base layer,

wherein a moisture absorption ratio of an entirety of the base layer and the hard coating layer is about 2.2% or less under a first condition including a first temperature and a first humidity,

wherein the first temperature is about 60° C., and the first humidity is about 93%, and

wherein the moisture absorption ratio is a numerical value measured after maintained for about 2 hours under the first condition.

18. The window member of claim 17 , wherein

the moisture absorption ratio is a value in percentage corresponding to a ratio of a difference between a first weight and a second weight to the first weight of the base layer and the hard coating layer,

wherein the first weight represents a weight of the entirety of the base layer and the hard coating layer before subjected to the first condition, and

the second weight represents a weight of the entirety of the base layer and the hard coating layer after maintained for about 2 hours under the first condition.

19. The window member of claim 17 , wherein

a Young's modulus of the entirety of the base layer and the hard coating layer under the first condition is in a range of about 5 GPa to about 8 GPa,

a yield point of the base layer under the first condition is present in a section in which tensile strain of the base layer is not less than about 1.09%, and

a hardness measured on a surface of the hard coating layer by a Berkovich indenter hardness test is in a range of about 0.3 GPa to about 50 GPa.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2020
From: SONG, KICHEOL; KIM, YOUNGMOON; PARK, YOUNGSANG; AHN, NARI; AHN, HUNG KUN; JUNG, JUNG-HUN; KWON, OJUN; PARK, JUNSU
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0071056 · Jun 14, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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