IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,720,218
Granted Patent B2
US 11,720,218 · App. 17/569,640 · Granted Aug 8, 2023

Data processing device

Inventor: Hiroshi Matsumoto (Aiko, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 11,720,218
App. No.
17/569,640
Granted
Aug 8, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a highly browsable data processing device or a highly portable data processing device, a data processing device including the following is devised: an input/output unit provided with a display portion which can be folded and unfolded and a sensor portion that can sense the folded and unfolded states of the display portion and can supply data on fold, and an arithmetic unit that stores a program for executing different processing depending on the data on fold.

Claims (42)

1. A foldable device comprising:

a first housing, a second housing, and a link between the first housing and the second housing; and

a flexible display panel including a display portion continuously provided over a top surface of the first housing, a top surface of the link, and a top surface of the second housing,

wherein when the foldable device is folded such that the top surface of the first housing faces the top surface of the second housing, part of the display portion which does not face a user of the foldable device is configured to stop display,

wherein the display portion comprises:

a first substrate having flexibility;

a first adhesive layer over the first substrate;

a transistor over the first adhesive layer;

an insulating layer over the transistor;

a lower electrode of a light-emitting element over the insulating layer;

a partition having a region overlapping with a first part of the lower electrode;

a layer containing a light-emitting organic compound, the layer overlapping with a second part of the lower electrode;

an upper electrode of the light-emitting element over the layer;

a photodiode below the light-emitting element;

a coloring layer over the upper electrode;

a second adhesive layer over the coloring layer; and

a second substrate having flexibility, and

wherein the photodiode is not overlapped with the light-emitting element and the coloring layer.

2. The foldable device according to claim 1 , wherein the foldable device is configured to be folded such that a back surface of the first housing faces a back surface of the second housing.

3. The foldable device according to claim 1 , wherein one of a source and a drain of the transistor is electrically connected to the lower electrode through a conductive layer.

4. The foldable device according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting element is configured to emit light to an outside of the flexible display panel through the coloring layer and the second substrate.

5. A foldable device comprising:

a first housing, a second housing, and a link between the first housing and the second housing; and

a flexible display panel including a display portion continuously provided over a top surface of the first housing, a top surface of the link, and a top surface of the second housing,

wherein when the foldable device is folded such that the top surface of the first housing faces the top surface of the second housing, part of the display portion which does not face a user of the foldable device is configured to stop display,

wherein the display portion comprises:

a first substrate having flexibility;

a first adhesive layer over the first substrate;

a transistor over the first adhesive layer;

an insulating layer over the transistor;

a lower electrode of a light-emitting element over the insulating layer;

a partition having a region overlapping with a first part of the lower electrode;

a layer containing a light-emitting organic compound, the layer overlapping with a second part of the lower electrode;

an upper electrode of the light-emitting element over the layer;

a photodiode below the light-emitting element, the photodiode not overlapping with a channel formation region of the transistor;

a coloring layer over the upper electrode;

a second adhesive layer over the coloring layer; and

a second substrate having flexibility, and

wherein the photodiode is not overlapped with the light-emitting element and the coloring layer.

6. The foldable device according to claim 5 , wherein the foldable device is configured to be folded such that a back surface of the first housing faces a back surface of the second housing.

7. The foldable device according to claim 5 , wherein one of a source and a drain of the transistor is electrically connected to the lower electrode through a conductive layer.

8. The foldable device according to claim 5 , wherein the light-emitting element is configured to emit light to an outside of the flexible display panel through the coloring layer and the second substrate.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-138895 · Jul 2, 2013 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16572908 · Sep 17, 2019
Continuation 15695195 · Sep 5, 2017
Continuation 14311842 · Jun 23, 2014
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