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Granted Patent B2
US 12,532,643 · App. 18/275,283 · Granted Jan 20, 2026

Display device

Inventor: Toshihiro Kaneko (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H10K59/873H10K59/124H10K59/8731
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Patent No.
US 12,532,643
App. No.
18/275,283
Granted
Jan 20, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a substrate layer including a second resin substrate layer provided on an inorganic substrate layer; a light-emitting element layer provided above the second resin substrate layer; and a sealing film provided on the light-emitting element layer. A through hole is included in a non-display region and formed in a thickness direction of the substrate layer. In the non-display region, a recess portion is formed around the through hole of the second resin substrate layer. The resin substrate layer has an end face facing inside the recess portion, and the end face includes an inclined end face. The inorganic sealing layer extends into the recess portion to cover the inclined end face, and comes into contact with the inorganic substrate layer in the recess portion. The inorganic sealing layer has an end face toward the through hole, and the end face is positioned apart from a peripheral edge of the through hole.

Claims (26)

1 . A display device, comprising:

a substrate layer including an inorganic substrate layer and a resin substrate layer provided on the inorganic substrate layer;

a light-emitting element layer provided above the resin substrate layer and including a plurality of light-emitting elements;

a sealing film including an inorganic sealing layer provided to cover the plurality of light-emitting elements;

a display region configured to display an image with light emitted from the light-emitting elements, and a non-display region positioned inside the display region and shaped into an island; and

a through hole included in the non-display region and formed in a thickness direction of the substrate layer,

wherein, in the non-display region, a recess portion is formed around the through hole of the resin substrate layer to expose the inorganic substrate layer on a bottom of the recess portion,

the resin substrate layer has an end face facing inside the recess portion, the end face including an inclined end face inclined and positioned closer to the through hole toward the inorganic substrate layer,

the inorganic sealing layer extends from the display region into the recess portion to cover the inclined end face in the non-display region, and comes into contact with the inorganic substrate layer in the recess portion, and

the inorganic sealing layer has an end face toward the through hole, the end face being positioned apart from a peripheral edge of the through hole.

2 . The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sealing film includes: a first inorganic sealing layer and a second inorganic sealing layer both of which function as the inorganic sealing layer; and an organic sealing layer provided between the first inorganic sealing layer and the second inorganic sealing layer.

3 . The display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the organic sealing layer is provided only outside the recess portion.

4 . The display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein an end face of the first inorganic sealing layer toward the through hole and an end face of the second inorganic sealing layer toward the through hole are formed flush with each other.

5 . The display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first inorganic sealing layer is positioned below the second inorganic sealing layer, and extends from the inclined end face of the resin substrate layer to a surface of the inorganic substrate layer in the recess portion, and

the second inorganic sealing layer covers an end face of the first inorganic sealing layer toward the through hole, and comes into contact with the inorganic substrate layer toward the through hole with respect to the end face of the first inorganic sealing layer.

6 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between an end face of the inorganic sealing layer toward the through hole and a peripheral edge of the through hole is 600 μm or more and 800 μm or less.

7 . The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the inorganic sealing layer and the inorganic substrate layer is formed of at least one inorganic material selected from silicon oxide, silicon nitride, and silicon oxynitride.

8 . The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the plurality of light-emitting elements includes: a first electrode; a light-emitting functional layer provided on the first electrode; and a second electrode provided on the light-emitting functional layer.

9 . The display device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the light-emitting functional layer is an organic electroluminescence layer configured to emit light when a current is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2023
From: KANEKO, TOSHIHIRO
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 064450/0047 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240107860A1 · Mar 28, 2024
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