Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12501801-B2
Application number	US-202418614822-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2024
Priority date	Mar 7, 2013
Publication date	Dec 16, 2025
Grant date	Dec 16, 2025

Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention provides a highly reliable display device. In particular, a display device to which a signal or a power supply potential can be supplied stably is provided. Further, a bendable display device to which a signal or a power supply potential can be supplied stably is provided. The display device includes, over a flexible substrate, a display portion, a plurality of connection terminals to which a signal from an outside can be input, and a plurality of wirings. One of the plurality of wirings electrically connects one of the plurality of connection terminals to the display portion. The one of the plurality of wirings includes a first portion including a plurality of separate lines and a second portion in which the plurality of lines converge.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A display device comprising:
a display portion over a substrate; a plurality of connection terminals over the substrate; and a plurality of wirings over the substrate, the plurality of wirings being provided between the display portion and the plurality of connection terminals, wherein the substrate comprises a bending portion and a flat portion provided continuously from the bending portion, wherein at least one of the plurality of wirings comprises a first portion that is split into a plurality of regions by at least one opening and a second portion where the plurality of regions converge, wherein the second portion has a first wiring width, wherein the first portion and the at least one opening comprise a first region located at the bending portion and a second region located at the flat portion, wherein the second portion comprises a region located at the flat portion, wherein the first region of the first portion has a second wiring width which includes the at least one opening, wherein the second wiring width is larger than the first wiring width, wherein the at least one of the plurality of wirings comprises a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer, wherein the second conductive layer comprises a region in contact with a top surface of the first conductive layer in the second portion, wherein, in the first portion, the second conductive layer comprises a region not overlapping with the first conductive layer, wherein the first conductive layer comprises the same material as a gate electrode of a transistor provided in the display portion, and wherein the second conductive layer comprises the same material as one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the transistor.

2 . The display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a first insulating layer comprises a region provided under the first conductive layer, wherein a second insulating layer comprises a region provided over the first conductive layer and under the second conductive layer, wherein the first insulating layer is connected to a base insulating layer provided below the transistor provided in the display portion, wherein the second insulating layer is connected to a gate insulating layer of the transistor, and wherein, in the first portion, the second conductive layer comprises a region in contact with the first insulating layer which does not overlap with the first conductive layer.

3 . The display device according to claim 2 , wherein one end of the at least one opening in a short side direction is located at the flat portion.

4 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein one end of the at least one opening in a short side direction is located at the flat portion.

5 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein one end of the at least one opening in a short side direction is located at the flat portion.

6 . A display device comprising:
a display portion over a substrate; a plurality of connection terminals over the substrate; and a plurality of wirings over the substrate, the plurality of wirings being provided between the display portion and the plurality of connection terminals, wherein the substrate comprises a bending portion and a flat portion provided continuously from the bending portion, wherein at least one of the plurality of wirings comprises a first portion that is split into a plurality of regions by at least one opening and a second portion where the plurality of regions converge, wherein the second portion has a first wiring width, wherein the first portion and the at least one opening comprise a first region located at the bending portion and a second region located at the flat portion, wherein the second portion comprises a region located at the flat portion, wherein the first region of the first portion has a second wiring width which includes the at least one opening, wherein the second wiring width is larger than the first wiring width, wherein the at least one of the plurality of wirings comprises a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer, wherein the second conductive layer comprises a region in contact with the first conductive layer in the second portion, and wherein, in the first portion, the second conductive layer comprises a region not overlapping with the first conductive layer.

7 . The display device according to claim 6 , wherein one end of the at least one opening in a short side direction is located at the flat portion.

8 . A display device comprising:
a display portion over a substrate; a plurality of connection terminals over the substrate; and a plurality of wirings over the substrate, the plurality of wirings being provided between the display portion and the plurality of connection terminals, wherein the substrate comprises a bending portion and a flat portion provided continuously from the bending portion, wherein at least one of the plurality of wirings comprises a first portion that is split into a plurality of regions by at least one opening and a second portion where the plurality of regions converge, wherein the second portion has a first wiring width, wherein the first portion and the at least one opening comprise a first region located at the bending portion and a second region located at the flat portion, wherein the second portion comprises a region located at the flat portion, wherein the first region of the first portion has a second wiring width which includes the at least one opening, wherein the second wiring width is larger than the first wiring width, wherein the at least one of the plurality of wirings comprises a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer, wherein a first insulating layer comprises a region provided under the first conductive layer, wherein a second insulating layer comprises a region provided over the first conductive layer and under the second conductive layer, wherein the first insulating layer is connected to a base insulating layer provided in the display portion, wherein the second insulating layer is connected to a gate insulating layer of the transistor, wherein the second conductive layer comprises a region in contact with a top surface of the first conductive layer in the second portion, and wherein, in the first portion, the second conductive layer comprises a region in contact with the first insulating layer which does not overlap with the first conductive layer.

9 . The display device according to claim 8 , wherein one end of the at least one opening in a short side direction is located at the flat portion.

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Yamazaki Shunpei
• Yoshizumi Kensuke

Classifications

• G04G9/0088

  by controlling light sources, e.g. electroluminescent diodes · CPC title

• H10D86/443

  adapted for preventing breakage, peeling or short circuiting · CPC title

• H10D86/60

  wherein the TFTs are in active matrices · CPC title

• H10K2102/311

  Flexible OLED · CPC title

• H10K59/1201

  Manufacture or treatment · CPC title