IP Library Granted Patent US 11,503,727
Granted Patent B2
US 11,503,727 · App. 17/114,141 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Display device

Inventors: Dongwoo Seo (Suwon-si, KR); Dongjin Park (Seongnam-si, KR); Jaiku Shin (Hwaseong-si, KR); Sung Chul Choi (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
H05K5/0217H05K5/0017H01L25/0753H01L51/5237H01L2251/5338
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Patent No.
US 11,503,727
App. No.
17/114,141
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a display module having a first non-foldable area, a foldable area, and a second non-foldable area, which are arranged in a first direction in a unfolded state; and a first support layer disposed under the display module and having a lattice pattern including a plurality of first holes overlapping the foldable area, wherein the first holes are arranged in the first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction, and wherein: each of the first holes has a first width in the second direction and a second width in the first direction, the first width is in a range from about 2,000 μm to about 9,000 μm, and the second width is in a range from about 100 μm to about 250 μm.

Claims (51)

1. A display device comprising:

a display module having a first non-foldable area, a foldable area, and a second non-foldable area, which are arranged in a first direction in a unfolded state; and

a first support layer disposed under the display module and having a lattice pattern including a plurality of first holes overlapping the foldable area,

wherein the first holes are arranged in the first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction,

wherein:

each of the first holes has a first width in the second direction and a second width in the first direction,

the first width is about 5,500 μm, and

the second width is about 150 μm, and

wherein the lattice pattern comprises:

a plurality of first branches disposed between the first holes adjacent to each other in the first direction and extending in the second direction; and

a plurality of second branches disposed between the first holes adjacent to each other in the second direction and extending in the first direction,

wherein each of the first branches has a third width in the first direction, and

wherein the third width is about 100 μm.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein an end of the first supporting layer protrudes outward beyond an end of the display module.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein:

each of the second branches has a fourth width in the second direction, and

the fourth width is in a range from about 121 μm to about 200 μm.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first branches has a hexagonal shape in a cross-section when viewed in the second direction.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first support layer comprises a metal material.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first support layer comprises:

a first portion disposed under the first non-foldable area and extending in the first direction from the lattice pattern; and

a second portion disposed under the second non-foldable area and extending in the first direction from the lattice pattern.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein center points of the first holes adjacent to each other in the first direction are shifted in the second direction and spaced apart from each other.

8. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a second support layer disposed under the first support layer, wherein the second support layer comprises:

a first plate overlapping the first non-foldable area; and

a second plate overlapping the second non-foldable area and spaced apart from the first plate in the first direction.

9. The display device of claim 8 , further comprising a sub-cover layer disposed between the first support layer and the second support layer and folded or unfolded integrally with the first support layer.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display module is inwardly folded such that an upper surface of the first non-foldable area and an upper surface of the second non-foldable area face each other when the display module is folded about a folding axis in the foldable area.

11. A display device comprising:

a display module having a first non-foldable area, a foldable area, and a second non-foldable area, which are arranged in a first direction in a unfolded state; and

a first support layer disposed under the display module and having a lattice pattern including a plurality of first holes overlapping the foldable area,

wherein the first holes are arranged in the first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction, and wherein:

each of the first holes has a first width in the second direction and a second width in the first direction,

the first width is in a range from about 2,000 μm to about 9,000 μm, and

the second width is in a range from about 100 μm to about 150 μm,

wherein the lattice pattern comprises:

a plurality of first branches disposed between the first holes adjacent to each other in the first direction and extending in the second direction; and

a plurality of second branches disposed between the first holes adjacent to each other in the second direction and extending in the first direction,

wherein each of the first branches has a hexagonal shape in a cross-section when viewed in the second direction, and

wherein a width of an upper surface of the first branch is equal to a width of a lower surface of the first branch when viewed in the second direction, and the width of the upper surface of the first branch is smaller than a third width corresponding to a width of a center portion of the first branch.

12. A display device comprising:

a display module having a first non-foldable area, a foldable area, and a second non-foldable area, which are arranged in a first direction in a unfolded state; and

a first support layer disposed under the display module and having a lattice pattern including a plurality of first holes overlapping the foldable area,

wherein the first holes are arranged in the first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction,

wherein each of the first holes has a first width in the second direction and a second width in the first direction,

wherein the first width is in a range from about 2,000 μm to about 9,000 μm,

wherein the second width is in a range from about 100 μm to about 150 μm, and

wherein a plurality of second holes is further defined in the lattice pattern, the second holes are arranged in the first direction and the second direction and disposed between the first holes adjacent to each other in the first direction, and a width of each second hole in the second direction of each of the second holes is smaller than the first width of each first hole in the second direction.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the lattice pattern comprises a plurality of first branches disposed between the first holes adjacent to each other in the first direction and extending in the second direction, the second holes arranged in the second direction are defined in each of the first branches, and a width of each first branch in the first direction is greater than the second width of each first hole in the first direction.

14. The display device of claim 12 , wherein a distance between the second holes adjacent to each other in the second direction is smaller than the first width of each first hole in the second direction.

15. The display device of claim 12 , wherein center points of the second holes adjacent to each other in the first direction are disposed at same positions in the second direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2020
From: SEO, DONGWOO; PARK, DONGJIN; SHIN, JAIKU; CHOI, SUNG CHUL
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054568/0300 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2020-0018529 · Feb 14, 2020 · national
KR 10-2020-0023759 · Feb 26, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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