Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10181576-B2
Application number	US-201715661640-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 27, 2017
Priority date	Sep 12, 2016
Publication date	Jan 15, 2019
Grant date	Jan 15, 2019

Abstract

A display device includes a display panel, and a protective member disposed outside the display panel. The circuit layer includes a display area and a non-display area, and a first bending line and a second bending line crossing the first bending line are defined are defined in the non-display area. The non-display area includes: a first non-display area bent from the display area with respect to the first bending line; a second non-display area bent from the display area with respect to the second bending line; and a corner non-display area bent from the second non-display area with respect to the first bending line and bent from the first non-display area with respect to the second bending line. A slit is defined in the protective member, and the slit overlap at least a part of the first bending line and the second bending line.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
a display panel comprising a circuit layer and a display element layer; and
a protective member disposed outside the display panel,
wherein the circuit layer includes:
a display area in which a pixel circuit is disposed; and
a non-display area which is disposed in a periphery of the display area, and in which a first bending line and a second bending line crossing the first bending line are defined,

wherein the non-display area includes:
a first non-display area disposed outside the first bending line, and inside the second bending line, and bent from the display area with respect to the first bending line;
a second non-display area disposed outside the second bending line and inside the first bending line, and bent from the display area with respect to the second bending line; and
a corner non-display area disposed outside the first bending line, and outside the second bending line, bent from the second non-display area with respect to the first bending line, and bent from the first non-display area with respect to the second bending line,
wherein a slit is defined in the protective member,
wherein the slit overlaps at least one of a first part of the first bending line, a first part of the second bending line, a second part of the first bending line extending from the first part of the first bending line, and a second part of the second bending line extending from the first part of the second bending line,
wherein the first part of the first bending line and the first part of the second bending line define a border of the corner non-display area, and
the protective member comprises a plurality of base films and the first slit is defined through a part of the plurality of base films.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the circuit layer further comprises:
a driving circuit disposed in the second non-display area, wherein the driving circuit provides a driving signal to the pixel circuit; and
a connection signal line connected to the driving circuit, and disposed to overlap the first non-display area, the second non-display area and the corner non-display area.

3. The display device of claim 2 , further comprising:
a flexible printed circuit board coupled to the first non-display area, and electrically connected to the connection signal line.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the protective member comprises:
a first protective member disposed on a first surface of the display panel; and
a second protective member disposed on a second surface of the display panel opposite to the first surface,
wherein the slit includes at least one of:
a first slit defined to overlap the first part of the first bending line of the first protective member; and
a second slit defined to overlap the second part of the first bending line of the first protective member.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the slit further comprises at least one of:
a third slit defined to overlap the first part of the first bending line of the second protective member; and
a fourth slit defined to overlap the second part of the first bending line of the second protective member.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the first slit and the second slit are continuously connected to each other.

7. The display device of claim 5 , wherein a length of the first slit and a length of the second slit are substantially equal to each other.

8. The display device of claim 5 , wherein
a width of the first slit is equal to or less than a width of the third slit,
a width of the second slit is equal to or greater than a width of the fourth slit, and
the width of the third slit is equal to or less than the width of the fourth slit.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display element layer comprises an organic light-emitting diode connected to the pixel circuit.

10. A display device comprising:
a display panel; and
a protective member disposed outside the display panel,
wherein the display panel includes:
a display area in which a pixel is disposed; and
a non-display area which is adjacent to a periphery of the display area, and in which a signal line is disposed, and a first bending line, a second bending line crossing the first bending line and a third bending line crossing the first bending line and the second bending line at a single point are defined, and

wherein the non-display area includes:
a first non-display area disposed outside the first bending line and inside the second bending line, bent outwards from the display area with respect to the first bending line, and bent inwards with respect to the third bending line;
a second non-display area disposed outside the second bending line and inside the first bending line, bent outwards from the display area with respect to the second bending line, and bent inwards with respect to the third bending line; and
a corner non-display area disposed outside the first bending line and outside the second bending line, bent outwards from the second non-display area with respect to the first bending line, and bent outwards from the first non-display area with respect to the second bending line.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the first non-display area is bent outwards with a first radius of curvature, and bent inwards with a second radius of curvature greater than the first radius of curvature.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the corner non-display area is bent outwards with a third radius of curvature substantially equal to the first radius of curvature.

13. The display device of claim 10 , wherein a first opening is defined in the display panel to overlap the corner non-display area.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein an edge of the first opening overlaps the third bending line.

15. The display device of claim 13 , wherein an edge of the first opening overlaps the first bending line and the second bending line.

16. The display device of claim 13 , wherein a single point is defined inside the first opening.

17. The display device of claim 13 , wherein a second opening corresponding to the first opening is defined in the protective member.

18. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the signal line comprises a connection signal line overlapping the first non-display area, the second non-display area and the corner non-display area.

19. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the pixel comprises a pixel circuit, and an organic light-emitting diode electrically connected to the pixel circuit.

20. A display device comprising:
a display panel comprising a circuit layer and a display element layer;
a first protective member disposed on a first surface of the display panel; and
a second protective member disposed on a second surface of the display panel opposite to the first surface,
wherein the circuit layer includes:
a display area in which a pixel circuit is disposed; and
a non-display area which is disposed in a periphery of the display area, and in which a first bending line and a second bending line crossing the first bending line are defined,

wherein the non-display area includes:
a first non-display area disposed outside the first bending line, and inside the second bending line, and bent from the display area with respect to the first bending line;
a second non-display area disposed outside the second bending line and inside the first bending line, and bent from the display area with respect to the second bending line; and
a corner

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chung Yun-Mo
• SEO ILhun
• YOON Hojin
• Lee Daewoo
• Yi Minseong
• Cho Miyeon

Classifications

• H01L51/5246

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/0097

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G09G3/3266 Primary

  Details of drivers for scan electrodes · CPC title

• H01L51/5253 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/3276

  Electricity · mapped topic