Flexible display, method for manufacturing same, and support substrate for flexible display

US10991898B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-10991898-B2
Application numberUS-201716607339-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateSep 13, 2017
Priority dateSep 13, 2017
Publication dateApr 27, 2021
Grant dateApr 27, 2021

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Abstract

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A flexible display supporting substrate of the present disclosure includes: a glass base (11); a plastic film (12) which has a surface (12s), the surface having a polish recess (12c), the plastic film being supported by the glass base (11); and an oxide layer (20) overlying a part of the surface (12s) of the plastic film (12) and covering at least part of the polish recess (12c).

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The invention claimed is: 1. A flexible display production method comprising: providing a flexible display supporting substrate which includes a glass base and a plastic film on the glass base; polishing a part of a surface of the plastic film, thereby forming a polish recess in the surface of the plastic film; and forming a sintered layer so as to locally cover at least part of the polish recess in the surface of the plastic film, wherein forming the sintered layer includes supplying a liquid material locally to the polish recess formed in the surface of the plastic film, and forming the sintered layer from the liquid material by irradiating the liquid material with an infrared light beam emitted from an infrared light source to locally heat the liquid material. 2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the liquid material is a sol which contains an alkoxide. 3. The method of claim 1 , wherein forming the sintered layer includes heating the liquid material to 350° C. or higher. 4. The method of claim 1 , comprising forming a first gas barrier film so as to cover the surface of the plastic film, forming an OLED device so as to be supported by the flexible substrate, and forming a second gas barrier film so as to be supported by the flexible substrate and so as to cover the OLED device.

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  • Thermal treatment, e.g. annealing in the presence of a solvent vapour · CPC title

  • Active-matrix OLED [AMOLED] displays · CPC title

  • Encapsulations · CPC title

  • Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product · CPC title

  • in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements (panels comprising a number of electrodes in a single cell controlling light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. electro-optical or magneto-optical cell, G02F1/00) · CPC title

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What does patent US10991898B2 cover?
A flexible display supporting substrate of the present disclosure includes: a glass base (11); a plastic film (12) which has a surface (12s), the surface having a polish recess (12c), the plastic film being supported by the glass base (11); and an oxide layer (20) overlying a part of the surface (12s) of the plastic film (12) and covering at least part of the polish recess (12c).
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Sakai Display Products Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H01L51/0097. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Apr 27 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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