Foldable display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12399306-B2
Application number	US-202017927319-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 5, 2020
Priority date	May 26, 2020
Publication date	Aug 26, 2025
Grant date	Aug 26, 2025

Abstract

A foldable display device includes a window. The window includes a first sub window, a second sub window, and an adhesive layer for coupling the first sub window and the second sub window to each other. The first sub window includes a first base layer having light transmittance of 90% or more and a first anti-fingerprint layer disposed on an upper surface of the first base layer, and the second sub window includes a second base layer disposed on the first sub window. A contact angle of a folding area of an upper surface of the first sub window is less than a contact angle of a peripheral area of the upper surface of the first sub window.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A foldable display device comprising:
a display panel; and
a window disposed on the display panel and comprising a folding area and a peripheral area,
wherein the window comprises:
a first sub window comprising a first base layer having light transmittance of 90 percentages (%) or more and a first anti-fingerprint layer disposed on an upper surface of the first base layer;
a second sub window comprising a second base layer disposed on the first sub window; and
an adhesive layer configured to couple the first sub window to the second sub window,
wherein a contact angle of the folding area of an upper surface of the first sub window is less than a contact angle of the peripheral area of the upper surface of the first sub window.

2. The foldable display device of claim 1 , wherein the contact angle of the folding area of the upper surface of the first sub window is 62 degrees (°) or less.

3. The foldable display device of claim 2 , wherein an adhesive force of the folding area of the upper surface of the first sub window to the adhesive layer is 150 gram-force per inch (gf/inch) or more.

4. The foldable display device of claim 1 , wherein the contact angle of the peripheral area of the upper surface of the first sub window is 112° or more.

5. The foldable display device of claim 1 , wherein the first base layer comprises polyimide, polycarbonate, polyamide, triacetylcellulose, or polymethylmethacrylate.

6. The foldable display device of claim 1 , wherein the second sub window comprises polyethylene terephthalate.

7. The foldable display device of claim 1 , wherein the second sub window further comprises at least one of a hard coating layer, a second anti-fingerprint layer, or an anti-reflection layer, which is disposed on an upper surface of the second base layer.

8. The foldable display device of claim 1 , wherein the second sub window further comprises a second anti-fingerprint layer disposed on an upper surface of the second base layer, and
the second anti-fingerprint layer overlaps the folding area and the peripheral area and has a substantially uniform thickness.

9. The foldable display device of claim 1 , wherein the first anti-fingerprint layer comprises perfluoro polyether.

10. The foldable display device of claim 9 , wherein an atomic percent (at %) of fluorine in the folding area of the first anti-fingerprint layer is less than an atomic percent (at %) of fluorine in the peripheral area of the first anti-fingerprint layer.

11. The foldable display device of claim 10 , wherein the atomic percent of fluorine in the folding area of the first anti-fingerprint layer is less than an atomic percent of oxygen in the folding area of the first anti-fingerprint layer.

12. The foldable display device of claim 1 , wherein the first anti-fingerprint layer is not disposed on at least partial area of the folding area of the upper surface of the first sub window.

13. The foldable display device of claim 1 , wherein, in the folding area of the upper surface of the first sub window, an occupied area per unit area of the first anti-fingerprint layer on an area adjacent to the peripheral area is less than the occupied area per unit area of the first anti-fingerprint layer on an area corresponding to a center of the folding area.

14. The foldable display device of claim 1 , further comprising a color filter disposed on the display panel.

15. The foldable display device of claim 1 , comprising an input sensor disposed on the display panel.

16. A foldable display device comprising:
a display panel; and
a window disposed on the display panel and comprising a folding area and a peripheral area,
wherein the window comprises:
a first sub window comprising a first base layer having light transmittance of 90% or more and a perfluoro polyether layer disposed on an upper surface of the first base layer;
a second sub window disposed on the first sub window; and
an adhesive layer configured to couple the first sub window to the second sub window,
wherein an adhesive force of the folding area of an upper surface of the first sub window to the adhesive layer is greater than an adhesive force of the peripheral area of the upper surface of the first sub window.

17. The foldable display device of claim 16 , wherein the adhesive force of the folding area of the upper surface of the first sub window to the adhesive layer is 150 gf/inch or more.

18. The foldable display device of claim 17 , wherein the adhesive force of the folding area of the upper surface of the first sub window to the adhesive layer is 100 gf/inch or more greater than the adhesive force of the peripheral area of the upper surface of the first sub window.

19. The foldable display device of claim 16 , wherein an atomic percent of fluorine in the folding area of the perfluoro polyether layer is less than an atomic percent of fluorine in the peripheral area of the perfluoro polyether layer.

20. The foldable display device of claim 16 , wherein the perfluoro polyether layer is not disposed on at least partial area of the folding area of the upper surface of the first sub window.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Kyung-Man
• Koo Minsang
• Kim Sanghoon
• Choi Min-Hoon
• Hwang Seongjin

Classifications

• H10K59/87 Primary

  Passivation; Containers; Encapsulations · CPC title

• H10K77/00

  Constructional details of devices covered by this subclass and not covered by groups H10K10/80, H10K30/80, H10K50/80 or H10K59/80 · CPC title

• H04M1/0214

  Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position (combined with translation movement H04M1/0235) · CPC title

• H10K2102/311

  Flexible OLED · CPC title

• B32B27/08

  of synthetic resin · CPC title