IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,882,736
Granted Patent B2
US 11,882,736 · App. 17/332,437 · Granted Jan 23, 2024

Display device

Inventors: Changmoo Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Donghyeon Lee (Seoul, KR); Jongin Ahn (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/131H01L25/18H05K1/189H10K50/844H10K50/87H10K77/111H05K1/0346H05K1/147H05K2201/0154H05K2201/10128H10K2102/311
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Patent No.
US 11,882,736
App. No.
17/332,437
Granted
Jan 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display panel including a bending area and a non-bending area adjacent to the bending area, a base substrate disposed under the display panel and including a through-hole overlapping the bending area, a conductive part filling the through-hole, a flexible printed circuit board including a first surface connected to the conductive part and second a surface opposite to the first surface, a first film contacting the first surface of the flexible printed circuit board overlapping the non-bending area, and a protection member contacting an upper surface of the first film.

Claims (39)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel including a bending area and a non-bending area adjacent to the bending area;

a base substrate disposed under the display panel and including a through-hole overlapping the bending area;

a conductive part filling the through-hole;

a flexible printed circuit board including:

a first surface connected to the conductive part; and

a second surface opposite to the first surface;

a first film contacting the first surface of the flexible printed circuit board overlapping the non-bending area; and

a protection member contacting an upper surface of the first film.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second surface of the flexible printed circuit board overlapping the bending area is exposed.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a step is formed in the flexible printed circuit board overlapping the bending area with respect to the base substrate.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the protection member includes:

a heat dissipation member disposed on the first film; and

a buffer member disposed on the heat dissipation member.

5. The display device of claim 4 , further comprising:

a second film disposed between the buffer member and the base substrate.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the base substrate and the flexible printed circuit board include a same material.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the base substrate and the flexible printed circuit board include plastic.

8. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a driving circuit chip contacting the second surface of the flexible printed circuit board overlapping the non-bending area.

9. The display device of claim 8 , further comprising:

a cover tape covering the driving circuit chip and extending along the second surface of the flexible printed circuit board.

10. The display device of claim 9 , further comprising:

a printed circuit board spaced apart from the driving circuit chip and contacting an end of the second surface of the flexible printed circuit board.

11. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

an optical member disposed on the display panel; and

a cover window disposed on the optical member.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the cover window includes plastic.

13. A display device comprising:

a display panel including a bending area and a non-bending area adjacent to the bending area;

a base substrate disposed under the display panel and including a through-hole overlapping the bending area;

a conductive part filling the through-hole;

a flexible printed circuit board including:

a first surface connected to the conductive part; and

a second surface opposite to the first surface;

a first film contacting the first surface of the flexible printed circuit board overlapping the non-bending area; and

a second film contacting an upper surface of the first film.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the second surface of the flexible printed circuit board overlapping the bending area is exposed.

15. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the second film is disposed between the first film and the base substrate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2021
From: LEE, CHANGMOO; LEE, DONGHYEON; AHN, JONGIN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0129715 · Oct 7, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220109041A1 · Apr 7, 2022