Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11516919-B2
Application number	US-202017114917-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 8, 2020
Priority date	Feb 21, 2020
Publication date	Nov 29, 2022
Grant date	Nov 29, 2022

Abstract

A display device is provided. The display device includes an auxiliary substrate, a display substrate, and a circuit board. The auxiliary substrate includes an auxiliary circuit. The display substrate is disposed on the auxiliary substrate. The display substrate includes a circuit. The circuit board is electrically connected to the auxiliary substrate. The circuit of the display substrate is electrically connected to the auxiliary circuit through a first conductive via, and the circuit board provides a signal to the auxiliary circuit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device, comprising:
an auxiliary substrate, the auxiliary substrate comprising an auxiliary circuit;
a display substrate disposed on the auxiliary substrate, the display substrate comprising a circuit;
a functional layer disposed between the display substrate and the auxiliary substrate; and
a circuit board electrically connected to the auxiliary substrate;
wherein the circuit of the display substrate is electrically connected to the auxiliary circuit through a first conductive via, and the circuit board provides a signal to the auxiliary circuit,
wherein the first conductive via comprises a through hole penetrating through the circuit of the display substrate, the display substrate and the functional layer, a first conductive structure, and a second conductive structure,
the first conductive structure is disposed in the through hole and the second conductive structure is disposed on the first conductive structure and the circuit.

2. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the circuit board is at least partially overlapped with the auxiliary substrate in a normal direction of the display substrate.

3. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a flexible printed circuit board, wherein the auxiliary circuit is electrically connected to the circuit board through the flexible printed circuit board.

4. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a conductive pattern, wherein the conductive pattern is disposed on the auxiliary substrate, the auxiliary substrate is a flexible substrate, and the circuit board is electrically connected to the auxiliary substrate through the conductive pattern, and the circuit board is at least overlapped with the display substrate in a normal direction of the display substrate when the auxiliary substrate is bent.

5. The display device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein a portion of the conductive pattern is not overlapped with the display substrate in the normal direction of the display substrate.

6. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the circuit board is disposed on a surface of the auxiliary substrate that is farther from the display substrate, and the auxiliary circuit is electrically connected to the circuit board through a second conductive via.

7. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display substrate has a first side and the auxiliary substrate has a second side, the first side is adjacent to the second side, and a width of the first side is greater than a width of the second side.

8. The display device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the display substrate has a third side, the third side is connected to the first side, and the auxiliary substrate has a fourth side, the fourth side is connected to the second side, the third side is adjacent to the fourth side, and a width of the fourth side is greater than a width of the third side.

9. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the circuit comprises a plurality of signal lines, and a maximum distance between the first conductive structure and an upper surface of the display substrate is greater than a maximum distance between one of the plurality of signal lines and the upper surface of the display substrate.

10. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the circuit comprises a plurality of signal lines, and a top surface of the first conductive structure is aligned with a top surface of one of the plurality of signal lines.

11. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an area of the auxiliary substrate is different from an area of the display substrate.

12. A display device, comprising:
an auxiliary substrate, the auxiliary substrate comprising an auxiliary circuit;
a display substrate disposed on the auxiliary substrate, wherein the display substrate has an upper surface, a lower surface, a first side surface and a second side surface, the upper surface is opposite the lower surface, the first side surface is opposite the second side surface, the first side surface and the second side surface are connected to the upper surface and the lower surface, the display substrate comprises a circuit, the circuit has a transmission portion and a connection portion connected to the transmission portion, the transmission portion is disposed on the upper surface, and the connection portion is disposed on the first side surface; and
a circuit board adjacent to the first side surface of the display substrate and electrically connected to the auxiliary substrate;
wherein the transmission portion of the circuit is electrically connected to the auxiliary circuit through the connection portion, the circuit board provides a signal to the auxiliary circuit, and the first side surface is between the second side surface and the circuit board.

13. The display device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the transmission portion and the connection portion are made of a same material.

14. The display device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the transmission portion and the connection portion are made of different materials.

15. The display device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein an area of the auxiliary substrate is greater than an area of the display substrate.

16. The display device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the auxiliary circuit comprises a plurality of branch circuits with different lengths.

17. The display device as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the plurality of branch circuits have bent portions and are staggered from each other.

18. The display device as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the display substrate is electrically connected to an end portion of at least one of the plurality of branch circuits.

Assignees

• Innolux Corp

Inventors

• Huang Wan-Ling
• Shih Jian-Jung
• Hsieh Tsau-Hua

Classifications

• H10W90/00

  Package configurations · CPC title

• H05K2201/045

  Hierarchy auxiliary PCB, i.e. more than two levels of hierarchy for daughter PCBs are important · CPC title

• H05K2201/09509

  Blind vias, i.e. vias having one side closed · CPC title

• H05K1/0289

  having a matrix lay-out, i.e. having selectively interconnectable sets of X-conductors and Y-conductors in different planes · CPC title

• H05K3/321

  by conductive adhesives · CPC title