Stack for manufacturing flexible element and method for manufacturing flexible element by using same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12154815-B2
Application number	US-201917260694-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 19, 2019
Priority date	Nov 20, 2018
Publication date	Nov 26, 2024
Grant date	Nov 26, 2024

Abstract

According to the present invention, a stack comprises, between a carrier substrate and a flexible substrate layer, a peeling power adjustment layer comprising polyimide, which has a refractive index higher than that of the flexible substrate layer, so that a flexible substrate can be more easily peeled from a carrier substrate layer, and thus a flexible element can be manufactured without damage to the element through a simpler process.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A laminate structure for manufacturing a flexible device, comprising:
a carrier substrate;
a peeling force adjusting layer comprising a polyimide and formed on the carrier substrate; and
a flexible substrate layer formed on the peeling force adjusting layer,
wherein the peeling force adjusting layer and the flexible substrate layer satisfy a Δn value defined by the following Equation 1 of at least 0.05:
Δ n=n 1 −n 2   [Equation 1]

wherein,
n 1 is an average value of a refractive index of TE (Transverse Electric) mode and a refractive index of TM (Transverse Magnetic) mode of the peeling force adjusting layer for light of 550 nm wavelength, and
n 2 is an average value of a refractive index of TE mode and a refractive index of TM mode of the flexible substrate layer for light of 550 nm wavelength,
wherein the average value of the refractive index of TE mode and the refractive index of TM mode of the flexible substrate layer for light of 550 nm wavelength is 1.55 or more and less than 1.65,
wherein the polyimide contained in the peeling force adjusting layer is a polymerization product of pyromellitic dianhydride and p-phenylenediamine,
wherein a ratio of the total moles of the p-phenylenediamine to the total moles of the pyromellitic dianhydride in the peeling force adjusting layer is 100:96-97,
wherein the polyimide contained in the peeling force adjusting layer is an imidized product of a polyamic acid containing a repeating structure of the following formula 5:

 and
wherein the flexible substrate layer comprises a polyimide that is a polymerization product of 2,2′-bis(trifluoromethyl)-4,4′-diamino biphenyl with pyromellitic dianhydride and 3,3′,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride, and
wherein a value of the peeling force of the peeling force adjusting layer is about 0.03 to about 0.05 N/cm.

2. The laminate structure for manufacturing a flexible device according to claim 1 , wherein the average value of the refractive index of TE mode and the refractive index of TM mode of the peeling force adjusting layer for light of 550 nm wavelength is 1.65 to 1.75.

3. The laminate structure for manufacturing a flexible device according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the peeling force adjusting layer is 0.1 to 3.5 microns.

4. A flexible device comprising the laminate structure according to claim 1 .

5. A method for manufacturing a flexible device comprising the steps of:
coating a polyimide precursor composition for manufacturing a peeling force adjusting layer on a carrier substrate and then curing the composition at a temperature of 200 to 300° C. to form the peeling force adjusting layer;
coating and curing a composition for manufacturing a flexible substrate layer on the peeling force adjusting layer to form the flexible substrate layer;
forming a device on the flexible substrate layer; and
peeling the flexible substrate layer on which the device is formed from the carrier substrate on which the peeling force adjusting layer is formed,
wherein the peeling force adjusting layer and the flexible substrate layer satisfy a Δn value defined by the following Equation 1 of at least 0.05:
Δ n=n 1 −n 2   [Equation 1]

wherein,
n 1 is an average value of a refractive index of TE (Transverse Electric) mode and a refractive index of TM (Transverse Magnetic) mode of the peeling force adjusting layer for light of 550 nm wavelength, and
n 2 is an average value of a refractive index of TE mode and a refractive index of TM mode of the flexible substrate layer for light of 550 nm wavelength,
wherein the average value of the refractive index of TE mode and the refractive index of TM mode of the flexible substrate layer for light of 550 nm wavelength is 1.55 or more and less than 1.65,
wherein the polyimide contained in the peeling force adjusting layer is a polymerization product of pyromellitic dianhydride and p-phenylenediamine,
wherein a ratio of the total moles of the p-phenylenediamine to the total moles of the pyromellitic dianhydride in the peeling force adjusting layer is 100:96-97,
wherein the polyimide contained in the peeling force adjusting layer is prepared by a polyamic acid containing a repeating structure of the following formula 5:

 and
wherein the flexible substrate layer contained a polyimide that is produced by polymerizing 2,2′-bis(trifluoromethyl)-4,4′-diamino biphenyl with pyromellitic dianhydride and 3,3′,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride, and
wherein a value of the peeling force of the peeling force adjusting layer is about 0.03 to about 0.05 N/cm.

6. The method for manufacturing a flexible device according to claim 5 , wherein a peeling force when peeling the flexible substrate layer from the carrier substrate coated with the peeling force adjusting layer is 0.1 N/cm or less.

7. The method for manufacturing a flexible device according to claim 5 , wherein the flexible device is a flexible display device.

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Park Chae Won
• Lee Jinho
• Park Chan Hyo

Classifications

• H10P72/7442

  Separation by peeling · CPC title

• H10P72/74 Primary

  using temporarily an auxiliary support · CPC title

• H10D86/0214

  using temporary substrates · CPC title

• H10D86/0212

  comprising manufacture, treatment or coating of substrates · CPC title

• H10D86/60

  wherein the TFTs are in active matrices · CPC title