Electronic device including foldable display
According to certain embodiments, a foldable electronic device comprises: a flexible display disposed on a front surface of the foldable electronic device; a housing forming an exterior of the foldable electronic device and foldable around a folding axis, the housing comprising a bezel formed along an edge of the flexible display; a window stacked on the flexible display; and an adhesive layer bonding the window to another element, the adhesive layer comprising: a first area comprising a first adhesive; and a second area which is formed along an edge of the first area, and has an area which corresponds to the bezel, the second area comprising a second adhesive; wherein a strength of the second adhesive can be weakened in a different manner than the strength of the first adhesive.
1 . A foldable electronic device comprising:
a flexible display disposed on a front surface of the foldable electronic device;
a housing forming an exterior of the foldable electronic device and foldable around a folding axis, the housing comprising a bezel formed along an edge of the flexible display;
a window stacked on the flexible display; and
an adhesive layer bonding the window to another element, the adhesive layer comprising:
a first area comprising a first adhesive; and
a second area which is formed along an edge of the first area, and has an area which corresponds to the bezel, the second area comprising a second adhesive;
wherein a strength of the second adhesive can be weakened in a different manner than the strength of the first adhesive.
2 . The foldable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the second area is adjacent to the folding axis, covers a part of the edge of the first area fixing the first area to the window.
3 . The foldable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the second area comprises a first portion having a first width and a second portion having a second width smaller than the first width, and
the first portion is adjacent around the folding axis.
4 . The foldable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the second area comprises a first portion having a first width and a second portion having a second width greater than the first width, and
the second portion of the second area is adjacent around the folding axis, and covers a part of the edge of the first area, which is adjacent around the folding axis, fixing the first area to the window.
5 . The foldable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the second adhesive comprises an adhesive, wherein an adhesive strength of the adhesive is weakened when being foamed by heat.
6 . The foldable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the second adhesive comprises at least one of a monomer and an oligomer having an adhesive strengths that is weakened by an ultraviolet (UV) ray.
7 . The foldable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the second adhesive has a higher adhesive strength than the first adhesive.
8 . The foldable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the window is formed of a transparent material.
9 . The foldable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
boundary between the first area and the second area is covered by a bezel.
10 . The foldable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the another element comprises a protective layer.
11 . The foldable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein
the second area, is formed on the folding axis, surrounds edges of the flexible display and the window fixing the flexible display and the window.
12 . A foldable electronic device comprising:
a flexible display disposed on a front surface of the foldable electronic device;
a housing configured to form an exterior of the foldable electronic device and be foldable around an axis, the housing comprising a bezel formed along an edge of the flexible display;
a first window bonded to the flexible display;
a second window bonded on the first window having one side exposed to an outside of the foldable electronic device; and
an adhesive layer disposed between the flexible display and the first window bonding the flexible display and the first window, wherein
the adhesive layer comprises:
a first area comprising a first adhesive; and
a second area formed along an edge of the first area, having an area corresponding to the bezel, the second area comprising a second adhesive;
wherein an adhesive strength of the second adhesive can be weakened in a different way from the first adhesive.
13 . The foldable electronic device of claim 12 , wherein
the adhesive layer comprises a first adhesive layer bonding the flexible display and the first window, and a second adhesive layer bonding the first window and the second window,
the second adhesive of the first adhesive layer comprises at least one of a monomer or an oligomer of which adhesive strengths are weakened by an ultraviolet (UV) ray or when being foamed by heat.
14 . The foldable electronic device of claim 12 , wherein
a boundary between the first area and the second area of the adhesive layer is covered by the bezel.
15 . The foldable electronic device of claim 13 , wherein
the second window is exposed to an outside by the second adhesive of the second adhesive layer and is selectively separable.
16 . A foldable electronic device comprising:
a flexible display disposed on a front surface of the foldable electronic device;
a housing forming an exterior of the foldable electronic device and foldable around a folding axis, the housing comprising a bezel formed along an edge of the flexible display;
a window stacked on the flexible display; and
an adhesive layer bonding the window and another element of the flexible display, wherein
the adhesive layer comprises:
a first area, which is exposed to an outside comprising a first adhesive; and
a second area covered by the bezel and formed along an edge of the first area, comprising a second adhesive;
wherein an adhesive strength of the second adhesive can be weakened in a different way from the first adhesive.
17 . The foldable electronic device of claim 16 , wherein
the second area is adjacent to the folding axis, and covers a part of the edge of the first area fixing the first area to the window.
18 . The foldable electronic device of claim 16 , wherein
an adhesive strength of the second adhesive is weakened when being foamed by heat.
19 . The foldable electronic device of claim 16 , wherein
the window is formed of a transparent material.
20 . The foldable electronic device of claim 16 , comprising
a protective layer bonded on the window by the adhesive layer.