Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10367173-B1
Application number	US-201815921677-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Mar 15, 2018
Priority date	Mar 15, 2018
Publication date	Jul 30, 2019
Grant date	Jul 30, 2019

Abstract

A display device is provided, and includes a display panel, a polarizer layer, and a cover layer. The polarizer layer is disposed on the display panel and has a first thickness. The cover layer is directly formed on the polarizer layer and has a second thickness. The cover layer has a pencil hardness greater than or equal to 6H, and the first thickness is greater than the second thickness.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
a display panel;
a polarizer layer disposed on the display panel and having a first thickness; and
a cover layer directly formed on the polarizer layer and having a second thickness;
wherein the cover layer has a pencil hardness greater than or equal to 6H, and the first thickness is greater than the second thickness, and
wherein an area of the polarizer layer is greater than an area of the display panel, and a first distance between an edge of the display panel and an edge of the polarizer layer is in a range from 0 to 5 millimeters.

2. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the second thickness to the first thickness is in a range from 0.05 to 0.9.

3. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second thickness is in a range from 10 micrometers to 100 micrometers.

4. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display panel has a third thickness, and a ratio of the third thickness to a sum of the first thickness and the second thickness is in a range from 0.8 to 1.2.

5. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an edge of the cover layer is spaced apart from the edge of the polarizer layer by a second distance, and the second distance is in a range from 0 to 20 micrometers.

6. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cover layer comprises a first sub-layer, and the first sub-layer comprises a plurality of first recess portions.

7. The display device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the display device has a main region and a foldable region, and the first recess portions are disposed in the foldable region.

8. The display device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the cover layer further comprises a second sub-layer, and at least a portion of the second sub-layer is filled in the first recess portions.

9. The display device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein a Young's modulus of the second sub-layer is less than a Young's modulus of the first sub-layer.

10. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display device has a main region and a foldable region, the display panel comprises a supporting substrate and a display layer disposed on the supporting substrate, and the supporting substrate comprises a second recess portion in the foldable region.

11. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cover layer comprises a first sub-layer and a second sub-layer, and the first sub-layer and the second sub-layer have different Young's moduli.

12. The display device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the display device has a main region and a foldable region, the first sub-layer is disposed in the main region, and the second sub-layer is disposed in the foldable region.

13. The display device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the second sub-layer comprises a plurality of third recess portions, and the first sub-layer extends into the foldable region, and at least a portion of the first sub-layer is filled in the third recess portions.

14. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display device has a main region and a foldable region, the cover layer has a cover surface away from the polarizer layer, the cover surface has a first part in the main region and a second part in the foldable region, wherein a roughness of the second part of the cover surface in the foldable region is greater than a roughness of the first part of the cover surface in the main region.

15. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display device has a main region and a foldable region, the cover layer is disposed in the foldable region, and
wherein the display device further comprises a cover plate disposed in the main region, the cover plate is adhered to the polarizer layer with an adhesive layer, and a Young's modulus of the cover plate is greater than a Young's modulus of the cover layer.

16. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display device has a main region and a foldable region, the polarizer layer includes a plurality of fourth recess portions in the foldable region, and a portion of the cover layer is filled in the fourth recess portions.

17. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display device has a main region and a foldable region, wherein the display device further comprises an adhesive layer disposed between the display panel and the polarizer layer, the adhesive layer comprises a first adhesive part in the main region and a second adhesive part in the foldable region, and a Young's modulus of the second adhesive part is less than a Young's modulus of the first adhesive part.

Assignees

• Innolux Corp

Inventors

• Wu Yuan-Lin
• Lee Kuan-Feng
• Yueh Jui-Jen

Classifications

• H04M1/0268

  including a flexible display panel · CPC title

• H10W90/00

  Package configurations · CPC title

• H10W70/688

  Flexible insulating substrates · CPC title

• H10W70/611

  for connecting multiple chips together · CPC title

• G06F1/1652

  the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable · CPC title