IP Library Granted Patent US 8,319,725
Granted Patent B2
US 8,319,725 · App. 12/769,298 · Granted Nov 27, 2012

Display device

Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,319,725
App. No.
12/769,298
Granted
Nov 27, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The display device includes: a flexible display panel including a display portion in which scanning lines and signal lines cross each other; a supporting portion for supporting an end portion of the flexible display panel; a signal line driver circuit for outputting a signal to the signal line, which is provided for the supporting portion; and a scanning line driver circuit for outputting a signal to the scanning line, which is provided for a flexible surface of the display panel in a direction which is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the supporting portion.

Claims (86)

1. A display device comprising:

a flexible display panel comprising a display portion including a scanning line and a signal line;

a supporting portion for supporting an end portion of the flexible display panel;

a signal line driver circuit for outputting a signal to the signal line, the signal line driver circuit provided in the supporting portion; and

a scanning line driver circuit for outputting a signal to the scanning line, the scanning line driver circuit provided along an edge portion of the flexible display panel in a direction which is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the supporting portion.

2. A display device comprising:

a flexible display panel comprising a display portion including a scanning line and a signal line;

a supporting portion for supporting an end portion of the flexible display panel;

a signal line driver circuit for outputting a signal to the signal line, the signal line driver circuit provided in the supporting portion; and

a scanning line driver circuit comprising a first circuit portion and a second circuit portion each for outputting a signal to the scanning line, the first circuit portion and the second circuit portion provided along an edge portion of the flexible display panel in a direction which is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the supporting portion,

wherein the first circuit portion and the second circuit portion are spaced from each other.

3. A display device comprising:

a flexible display panel comprising a display portion including a scanning line and a signal line;

a supporting portion for supporting an end portion of the flexible display panel;

a signal line driver circuit for outputting a signal to the signal line, the signal line driver circuit provided in the supporting portion; and

a scanning line driver circuit comprising a first circuit portion and a second circuit portion each for outputting a signal to the scanning line, the first circuit portion and the second circuit portion provided along both edge portions of the flexible display panel in a direction which is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the supporting portion.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a groove for providing a stress concentration region between the display portion and the supporting portion.

5. The display device according to claim 2 , further comprising a groove for providing a stress concentration region between the display portion and the supporting portion.

6. The display device according to claim 3 , further comprising a groove for providing a stress concentration region between the display portion and the supporting portion.

7. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the signal line driver circuit comprises a plurality of circuit portions, and

wherein the plurality of circuit portions are spaced from each other.

8. The display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the signal line driver circuit comprises a plurality of circuit portions, and

wherein the plurality of circuit portions are spaced from each other.

9. The display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the signal line driver circuit comprises a plurality of circuit portions, and

wherein the plurality of circuit portions are spaced from each other.

10. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the signal line driver circuit comprises a transistor, and

wherein the transistor comprises a single crystal semiconductor.

11. The display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the signal line driver circuit comprises a transistor, and

wherein the transistor comprises a single crystal semiconductor.

12. The display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the signal line driver circuit comprises a transistor, and

wherein the transistor comprises a single crystal semiconductor.

13. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the scanning line driver circuit comprises a transistor, and

wherein the transistor comprises a non-single crystal semiconductor.

14. The display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the scanning line driver circuit comprises a transistor, and

wherein the transistor comprises a non-single crystal semiconductor.

15. The display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the first circuit portion and the second circuit portion each comprises a transistor, and

wherein the transistor comprises a non-single crystal semiconductor.

16. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the scanning line driver circuit comprises a transistor, and

wherein the transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor.

17. The display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the scanning line driver circuit comprises a transistor, and

wherein the transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor.

18. The display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the first circuit portion and the second circuit portion each comprises a transistor, and

wherein the transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor.

19. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the signal line driver circuit comprises a first transistor,

wherein the scanning line driver circuit comprises a second transistor, and

wherein a structure of the first transistor is different from a structure of the second transistor.

20. The display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the signal line driver circuit comprises a first transistor,

wherein the scanning line driver circuit comprises a second transistor, and

wherein a structure of the first transistor is different from a structure of the second transistor.

21. The display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the signal line driver circuit comprises a first transistor,

wherein the scanning line driver circuit comprises a second transistor, and

wherein a structure of the first transistor is different from a structure of the second transistor.

22. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display portion comprises a first transistor,

wherein the scanning line driver circuit comprises a second transistor, and

wherein a channel layer of the first transistor and a channel layer of the second transistor comprise the same material.

23. The display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the display portion comprises a first transistor,

wherein the scanning line driver circuit comprises a second transistor, and

wherein a channel layer of the first transistor and a channel layer of the second transistor comprise the same material.

24. The display device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the display portion comprises a first transistor,

wherein the scanning line driver circuit comprises a second transistor, and

wherein a channel layer of the first transistor and a channel layer of the second transistor comprise the same material.

25. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a reinforce plate overlapped with the scanning line driver circuit.

26. The display device according to claim 2 , further comprising a reinforce plate overlapped with the scanning line driver circuit.

27. The display device according to claim 3 , further comprising a reinforce plate overlapped with the scanning line driver circuit.

28. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein a stress concentration region is provided between the first circuit portion and the second circuit portion.

29. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the supporting portion comprises at least one of a battery, an antenna, a CPU, and a memory.

30. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the supporting portion comprises at least one of a battery, an antenna, a CPU, and a memory.

31. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the supporting portion comprises at least one of a battery, an antenna, a CPU, and a memory.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2010
From: OKAMOTO, SATOHIRO; ARAI, YASUYUKI; KAWAMATA, IKUKO; MIYAGUCHI, ATSUSHI; MORIYA, YOSHITAKA
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-112378 · May 2, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100277448A1 · Nov 4, 2010