Flexible panel and method for manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10263019-B2
Application number	US-201815957211-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 19, 2018
Priority date	Apr 19, 2017
Publication date	Apr 16, 2019
Grant date	Apr 16, 2019

Abstract

A flexible panel includes a substrate, a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a sacrificial layer, and a metal wiring layer. The substrate has an active area, a peripheral area, and an intermediate area. The first insulating layer is in the three areas of the substrate, and the first insulating layer in the intermediate area has a first pattern. The second insulating layer is on the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer in the intermediate area has a first opening extending along a first direction, so that the second insulating layer does not cover the first pattern of the first insulating layer. The sacrificial layer is between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer in the intermediate area, and does not cover the first pattern of the first insulating layer. The metal wiring layer extends between the active area and the peripheral area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A flexible panel, comprising:
a substrate having an active area, a peripheral area, and an intermediate area, wherein the intermediate area is located between the active area and the peripheral area;
a first insulating layer located in the active area, the peripheral area, and the intermediate area of the substrate, wherein the first insulating layer has a first pattern in the intermediate area;
a second insulating layer located on the first insulating layer, wherein the second insulating layer has a first opening in the intermediate area, and the first opening extends along a first direction, and the second insulating layer does not cover the first pattern of the first insulating layer;
a sacrificial layer located between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer in the intermediate area, wherein the sacrificial layer does not cover the first pattern of the first insulating layer; and
a metal wiring layer extending between the active area and the peripheral area, wherein in the active area and the peripheral area, the metal wiring layer is located above the second insulating layer, and in the intermediate area, the metal wiring layer is in contact with the first pattern of the first insulating layer through the first opening.

2. The flexible panel according to claim 1 , wherein in the intermediate area the metal wiring layer covers the first insulating layer having the first pattern.

3. The flexible panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first pattern extends along a second direction, the second direction is orthogonal to the first direction, and the second direction refers to a direction from the active area to the peripheral area.

4. The flexible panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first pattern comprises at least one protruding portion, and in the intermediate area the metal wiring layer comprises a second pattern located on the at least one protruding portion.

5. The flexible panel according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the sacrificial layer covered by the second insulating layer has a third pattern, and the third pattern is located on two sides of the first opening and extends separately on the two sides to correspond to the first pattern.

6. The flexible panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first pattern is a stripe pattern.

7. The flexible panel according to claim 6 , wherein the stripe pattern comprises a plurality of bar-shaped protruding portions and a plurality of opening portions among the bar-shaped protruding portions, and a distance between adjacent two of the bar-shaped protruding portions is in a range of 2.5 μm to 100 μm.

8. A flexible panel, comprising:
a substrate having an active area, a peripheral area, and an intermediate area, wherein the intermediate area is located between the active area and the peripheral area;
a first insulating layer located in the active area, the peripheral area, and the intermediate area of the substrate, wherein the first insulating layer has a first pattern in the intermediate area;
a second insulating layer located on the first insulating layer, wherein in the intermediate area, the second insulating layer has a first opening extending along a first direction, and the second insulating layer does not cover the first pattern of the first insulating layer;
a transistor structure located on the second insulating layer and located in the active area, wherein the transistor structure comprises a gate, a channel layer, a drain, and a source; and
a metal wiring layer extending between the active area and the peripheral area, wherein in the active area and the peripheral area, the metal wiring layer is located above the second insulating layer, in the active area the metal wiring layer is electrically connected to the transistor structure, and in the intermediate area the metal wiring layer is in contact with the first pattern of the first insulating layer through the first opening.

9. The flexible panel according to claim 8 , further comprising a sacrificial layer located between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer in the intermediate area, and in the intermediate area the sacrificial layer does not cover the first pattern of the first insulating layer.

10. The flexible panel according to claim 8 , wherein in the intermediate area the metal wiring layer covers the first insulating layer having the first pattern.

11. The flexible panel according to claim 8 , wherein the first pattern extends along a second direction, the second direction is orthogonal to the first direction, and the second direction refers to a direction from the active area to the peripheral area.

12. The flexible panel according to claim 8 , wherein the first pattern comprises at least one protruding portion, and in the intermediate area the metal wiring layer comprises a second pattern located on the at least one protruding portion.

13. The flexible panel according to claim 8 , wherein the first pattern is a stripe pattern.

14. The flexible panel according to claim 13 , wherein the stripe pattern comprises a plurality of bar-shaped protruding portions and a plurality of opening portions among the bar-shaped protruding portions, and a distance between adjacent two of the bar-shaped protruding portions is in a range of 2.5 μm to 100 μm.

Assignees

• Au Optronics Corp

Inventors

• Wang pei-yun
• Jiang cheng-wei
• Hsu Ting-Yu
• Huang ya-qin
• Hsiao Hsiang-Yun
• Chen Chia-Kai

Classifications

• H10P50/283

  by chemical means · CPC title

• H01L27/1248

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/1262 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L21/31116

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/1244

  Electricity · mapped topic