IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,844,260
Granted Patent B2
US 11,844,260 · App. 17/136,663 · Granted Dec 12, 2023

Display device comprising thin glass layer

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Yoshiharu Hirakata (Kanagawa, JP); Kensuke Yoshizumi (Kanagawa, JP)
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Patent No.
US 11,844,260
App. No.
17/136,663
Granted
Dec 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The thickness of a display device including a touch sensor is reduced. Alternatively, the thickness of a display device having high display quality is reduced. Alternatively, a method for manufacturing a display device with high mass productivity is provided. Alternatively, a display device having high reliability is provided. Stacked substrates in each of which a sufficiently thin substrate and a relatively thick support substrate are stacked are used as substrates. One surface of the thin substrate of one of the stacked substrates is provided with a layer including a touch sensor, and one surface of the thin substrate of the other stacked substrate is provided with a layer including a display element. After the two stacked substrates are attached to each other so that the touch sensor and the display element face each other, the support substrate and the thin substrate of each stacked substrate are separated from each other.

Claims (85)

1. A display device comprising:

a light-emitting layer;

a sensor layer over the light-emitting layer without a glass substrate provided therebetween;

a first layer comprising a glass material over the sensor layer; and

a second layer comprising a glass material or an organic resin material,

wherein a thickness of the first layer comprising the glass material is greater than or equal to 10 μm and less than or equal to 200 μm,

wherein a thickness of the second layer comprising the glass material or the organic resin material is greater than or equal to 10 μm and less than or equal to 200 μm,

wherein the sensor layer is provided closer to a display surface side than the light-emitting layer, and

wherein the first layer comprising the glass material is provided closer to the display surface side than the sensor layer.

2. A display device comprising:

a light-emitting layer;

a sensor layer over the light-emitting layer;

a first layer comprising a glass material over the sensor layer; and

a second layer comprising a glass material or an organic resin material,

wherein a thickness of the first layer comprising the glass material is greater than or equal to 10 μm and less than or equal to 200 μm,

wherein a thickness of the second layer comprising the glass material or the organic resin material is greater than or equal to 10 μm and less than or equal to 200 μm,

wherein a display portion comprising the light-emitting layer has flexibility,

wherein the sensor layer is provided closer to a display surface side than the light-emitting layer, and

wherein the first layer comprising the glass material is provided closer to the display surface side than the sensor layer.

3. A display device comprising:

a light-emitting layer;

a sensor layer over the light-emitting layer;

a first layer comprising a glass material or an organic resin material over the sensor layer; and

a second layer comprising a glass material or an organic resin material,

wherein a thickness of the first layer comprising the glass material or the organic resin material is greater than or equal to 10 μm and less than or equal to 200 μm,

wherein a thickness of the second layer comprising the glass material or the organic resin material is greater than or equal to 10 μm and less than or equal to 200 μm,

wherein the sensor layer is provided closer to a display surface side than the light-emitting layer,

wherein the first layer comprising the glass material or the organic resin material is provided closer to the display surface side than the sensor layer, and

wherein the display device has flexibility.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first layer comprising the glass material is a first substrate, and

wherein the second layer comprising the glass material or the organic resin material is a second substrate provided below the light-emitting layer.

5. The display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first layer comprising the glass material is a first substrate, and

wherein the second layer comprising the glass material or the organic resin material is a second substrate provided below the light-emitting layer.

6. The display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the first layer comprising the glass material or the organic resin material is a first substrate, and

wherein the second layer comprising the glass material or the organic resin material is a second substrate provided below the light-emitting layer.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a light-emitting element, the light-emitting element comprising:

a first electrode;

the light-emitting layer over the first electrode; and

a second electrode over the light-emitting layer.

8. The display device according to claim 2 , further comprising a light-emitting element, the light-emitting element comprising:

a first electrode;

the light-emitting layer over the first electrode; and

a second electrode over the light-emitting layer.

9. The display device according to claim 3 , further comprising a light-emitting element, the light-emitting element comprising:

a first electrode;

the light-emitting layer over the first electrode; and

a second electrode over the light-emitting layer.

10. The display device according to claim 7 , further comprising:

a first insulating layer over the first electrode and under the light-emitting layer;

a spacer over the first insulating layer and under the light-emitting layer;

a third layer over the second electrode, the third layer including an organic material;

a fourth layer over the third layer, the fourth layer including an inorganic insulating material;

a first sensor electrode of a touch sensor over the fourth layer; and

a second sensor electrode of the touch sensor over the first sensor electrode.

11. The display device according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a first insulating layer over the first electrode and under the light-emitting layer;

a spacer over the first insulating layer and under the light-emitting layer;

a third layer over the second electrode, the third layer including an organic material;

a fourth layer over the third layer, the fourth layer including an inorganic insulating material;

a first sensor electrode of a touch sensor over the fourth layer; and

a second sensor electrode of the touch sensor over the first sensor electrode.

12. The display device according to claim 9 , further comprising:

a first insulating layer over the first electrode and under the light-emitting layer;

a spacer over the first insulating layer and under the light-emitting layer;

a third layer over the second electrode, the third layer including an organic material;

a fourth layer over the third layer, the fourth layer including an inorganic insulating material;

a first sensor electrode of a touch sensor over the fourth layer; and

a second sensor electrode of the touch sensor over the first sensor electrode.

13. The display device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the third layer includes a black matrix, and

wherein the fourth layer is an insulating layer.

14. The display device according to claim 11 ,

wherein the third layer includes a black matrix, and

wherein the fourth layer is an insulating layer.

15. The display device according to claim 12 ,

wherein the third layer includes a black matrix, and

wherein the fourth layer is an insulating layer.

16. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein a substrate comprising a glass material is not provided between the sensor layer and the light-emitting layer.

17. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second layer comprising the glass material or the organic resin material is provided below the first layer comprising the glass material.

18. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the second layer comprising the glass material or the organic resin material is provided below the first layer comprising the glass material.

19. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the second layer comprising the glass material or the organic resin material is provided below the first layer comprising the glass material or the organic resin material.

20. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the second layer comprising the glass material or the organic resin material is provided below the light-emitting layer.

Priority Claims (1)
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