Organic EL display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10826019-B2
Application number	US-201716314869-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 10, 2017
Priority date	Aug 18, 2016
Publication date	Nov 3, 2020
Grant date	Nov 3, 2020

Abstract

A display device includes: a plurality of organic layers each made of an organic material and each having a predetermined modulus of elasticity and a predetermined thickness; and a plurality of inorganic layers each made of an inorganic material and each having a predetermined modulus of elasticity and a predetermined thickness. The plurality of organic layers and the plurality of inorganic layers are stacked together to constitute a device body which forms the display device. A quotient obtained by dividing the sum of flexural rigidities of the plurality of inorganic layers by the sum total of the sum of flexural rigidities of the plurality of organic layers and the sum of the flexural rigidities of the plurality of inorganic layers is 0.78 or higher and 1 or lower.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
a plurality of organic layers each made of an organic material and each having a modulus of elasticity and a thickness; and
a plurality of inorganic layers each made of an inorganic material and each having a modulus of elasticity and a thickness,
the plurality of organic layers and the plurality of inorganic layers being stacked together to constitute a device body which defines the display device, wherein
a quotient is obtained by: (i) dividing a sum of flexural rigidities of the plurality of inorganic layers by (ii) a sum total of a sum of flexural rigidities of the plurality of organic layers plus the sum of the flexural rigidities of the plurality of inorganic layers, the quotient is 0.78 or higher and 1 or lower.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the quotient is 0.83 or higher and 1 or lower.

3. The display device of claim 1 , the device satisfying Expression 1

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wherein λ represents a distance (μm) from one surface of the device body to a neutral plane of the device body,
Ei represents a modulus of elasticity (Pa) of one organic or inorganic layer included in the plurality of organic or inorganic layers and constituting an i-th layer (where i is a natural number from 1 to n) from the one surface of the device body, and
hi represents a distance (μm) from the one surface of the device body to a surface, of the one organic or inorganic layer constituting the i-th layer, facing the other surface of the device body.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein
the one organic or inorganic layer constituting the i-th layer has a flexural rigidity EiIi satisfying an expression:
EiIi=bEi {( hi −λ)3−( hi −1−λ)3}/3,

wherein b is a width of the device body, the width being parallel to a center axis of a radius of bend of the device body.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of inorganic layers includes a hard coat on a first surface of the device body.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the hard coat has a highest flexural rigidity of the plurality of inorganic layers.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of inorganic layers includes a rigidifying layer on a second surface of the device body.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the rigidifying layer has a second highest flexural rigidity of the plurality of inorganic layers.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein, the device body includes a display panel which has a color filter, and a touch panel which is stacked on the display panel.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein, the device body includes a display panel including a color filter and a touch panel.

11. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the display panel is an organic electroluminescence (EL) display panel.

12. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the display panel is an organic electroluminescence (EL) display panel.

Assignees

• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Ochi Takashi
• Ishida Mamoru
• Sonoda Tohru
• Senoo Tohru
• Hirase Takeshi

Classifications

• H10K59/873

  Encapsulations · CPC title

• H10K2101/00

  Properties of the organic materials covered by group H10K85/00 · CPC title

• H10K50/8445

  multilayered coatings having a repetitive structure, e.g. having multiple organic-inorganic bilayers · CPC title

• H10K50/80 Primary

  Constructional details · CPC title

• H05B33/12

  Light sources with substantially two-dimensional [2D] radiating surfaces · CPC title