IP Library Granted Patent US 12,268,048
Granted Patent B2
US 12,268,048 · App. 18/524,839 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Light-emitting device having flexibility

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Shingo Eguchi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H10K50/8445H10K50/84H10K50/8426H10K50/844H10K59/12H10K59/124H10K59/131H10K59/38H10K50/865H10K77/111H10K2102/311H10K2102/351
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Patent No.
US 12,268,048
App. No.
18/524,839
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A highly reliable light-emitting device is provided. Damage to an element due to externally applied physical power is suppressed. Alternatively, in a process of pressure-bonding of an FPC, damage to a resin and a wiring which are in contact with a flexible substrate due to heat is suppressed. A neutral plane at which stress-strain is not generated when a flexible light-emitting device including an organic EL element is deformed, is positioned in the vicinity of a transistor and the organic EL element. Alternatively, the hardness of the outermost surface of a light-emitting device is high. Alternatively, a substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion of 10 ppm/K or lower is used as a substrate that overlaps with a terminal portion connected to an FPC.

Claims (56)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a light-emitting device having flexibility; and

a display portion,

wherein the light-emitting device comprises:

a flexible substrate comprising an organic resin;

an organic layer over the flexible substrate;

a pixel portion over the organic layer;

a first scan line driver circuit and a second scan line driver circuit over the organic layer; and

a terminal electrode over the organic layer,

wherein the first scan line driver circuit is provided along a first longitudinal side of the pixel portion,

wherein the second scan line driver circuit is provided along a second longitudinal side of the pixel portion,

wherein the flexible substrate is fixed in a position overlapping with the terminal electrode with the organic layer therebetween and not overlapping with the pixel portion, the first scan line driver circuit, and the second scan line driver circuit,

wherein a flexible printed circuit is electrically connected to the terminal electrode,

wherein the flexible printed circuit overlaps with the flexible substrate with the organic layer therebetween, and

wherein the display portion comprises a portion which is curved in a short-side direction of the display portion.

2. An electronic device comprising:

a light-emitting device having flexibility; and

a display portion,

wherein the light-emitting device comprises:

a flexible substrate comprising an organic resin;

an organic layer over the flexible substrate;

a pixel portion over the organic layer;

a first scan line driver circuit and a second scan line driver circuit over the organic layer; and

a terminal electrode over the organic layer,

wherein the display portion comprises:

a transistor over the organic layer;

a planarization layer over the transistor; and

a light-emitting element over the planarization layer,

wherein the light-emitting element is electrically connected to the transistor,

wherein the first scan line driver circuit is provided along a first longitudinal side of the pixel portion,

wherein the second scan line driver circuit is provided along a second longitudinal side of the pixel portion,

wherein the flexible substrate is fixed in a position overlapping with the terminal electrode with the organic layer therebetween and not overlapping with the pixel portion, the first scan line driver circuit, and the second scan line driver circuit,

wherein a flexible printed circuit is electrically connected to the terminal electrode,

wherein the flexible printed circuit overlaps with the flexible substrate with the organic layer therebetween, and

wherein the display portion comprises a portion which is curved in a short-side direction of the display portion.

3. An electronic device comprising:

a light-emitting device having flexibility; and

a display portion,

wherein the light-emitting device comprises:

a flexible substrate comprising an organic resin;

an organic layer over the flexible substrate;

a pixel portion over the organic layer;

a first scan line driver circuit and a second scan line driver circuit over the organic layer; and

a terminal electrode over the organic layer,

wherein the display portion comprises:

a transistor over the organic layer;

a planarization layer over the transistor; and

a light-emitting element over the planarization layer,

wherein the light-emitting element is electrically connected to the transistor,

wherein a neutral plane is located in the planarization layer, the transistor, the light-emitting element, or in a vicinity of the light-emitting element and the transistor,

wherein the first scan line driver circuit is provided along a first longitudinal side of the pixel portion,

wherein the second scan line driver circuit is provided along a second longitudinal side of the pixel portion,

wherein the flexible substrate is fixed in a position overlapping with the terminal electrode with the organic layer therebetween and not overlapping with the pixel portion, the first scan line driver circuit, and the second scan line driver circuit,

wherein a flexible printed circuit is electrically connected to the terminal electrode,

wherein the flexible printed circuit overlaps with the flexible substrate with the organic layer therebetween, and

wherein the display portion comprises a portion which is curved in a short-side direction of the display portion.

Priority Claims (4)
JP 2012-107283 · May 9, 2012 · national
JP 2012-107284 · May 9, 2012 · national
JP 2012-108190 · May 10, 2012 · national
JP 2013-044857 · Mar 7, 2013 · national
Continuity (8)
Continuation 18128507 · Mar 30, 2023
Continuation 17008939 · Sep 1, 2020
Continuation 16536609 · Aug 9, 2019
Continuation 16006281 · Jun 12, 2018
Continuation 15484451 · Apr 11, 2017
Continuation 14802642 · Jul 17, 2015
Division 13886474 · May 3, 2013
Related Publication 20240099054A1 · Mar 21, 2024
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