Flexible display

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016270209-A1
Application number	US-201514870615-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 30, 2015
Priority date	Mar 10, 2015
Publication date	Sep 15, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A flexible display is disclosed. In one aspect, the flexible display includes a flexible substrate including a display area, a pad area, and a plurality of chamfer areas formed at opposing ends of the pad area. The flexible display also includes an insulating layer formed over the flexible substrate and a display unit formed over the flexible substrate in the display area. Each of the chamfer areas is adjacent to the display area in a first direction. The insulating layer formed in each of the chamfer areas includes a closed-engraved pattern having a stripe shape extending in a second direction that at least partially crosses the first direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A flexible display, comprising:
a flexible substrate including a display area, a pad area, and a plurality of chamfer areas formed at opposing ends of the pad area; an insulating layer formed over the flexible substrate; and a display unit formed over the flexible substrate in the display area, wherein each of the chamfer areas is adjacent to the display area in a first direction, and wherein the insulating layer formed in each of the chamfer areas includes a closed-engraved pattern having a stripe shape extending in a second direction that at least partially crosses the first direction.

2 . The flexible display of claim 1 , wherein each of the chamfer areas is bent in a second direction crossing the first direction.

3 . The flexible display of claim 1 , wherein:
each of the chamfer areas includes a chamfer cut line, and each of the chamfer cut lines is formed as a straight line inclined with respect to at least one side of the flexible substrate.

4 . The flexible display of claim 3 , wherein the insulating layer formed in each of the chamfer areas comprises:
a plurality of first barriers extending parallel to the second direction, and a second barrier contacting the first barriers and extending parallel to the chamfer cut line.

5 . The flexible display of claim 4 , wherein:
the closed-engraved pattern is a first engraved pattern, and the second barrier includes a closed second engraved pattern having a stripe shape parallel to the chamfer cut line.

6 . The flexible display of claim 5 , wherein:
the insulating layer formed in the chamfer area includes an embossed pattern contacting the first barriers, and a dummy pattern is formed on the embossed pattern.

7 . The flexible display of claim 5 , wherein the insulating layer formed in each of the chamfer areas comprises: i) an opening in which a dummy pattern is formed and ii) a third barrier contacting the first barriers and surrounding the opening.

8 . The flexible display of claim 1 , wherein:
each of the chamfer areas includes a chamfer cut line, and each of the chamfer cut lines includes a first cut line parallel to at least one side of the flexible substrate and a second cut line crossing the first cut line.

9 . The flexible display of claim 8 , wherein the insulating layer formed in each of the chamfer areas comprises:
a plurality of first barriers extending parallel to the second direction, and a second barrier contacting the first barriers, and at least a portion of the second barrier is formed parallel to an edge of the chamfer area including the chamfer cut line.

10 . The flexible display of claim 9 , wherein:
the closed-engraved pattern is a first engraved pattern, and the second barrier includes a closed second engraved pattern elongated along the edge of the chamfer area.

11 . The flexible display of claim 10 , wherein the second engraved pattern comprises:
a first linear portion parallel to the first cut line, a second linear portion parallel to the second cut line, and a curved portion connecting the first linear portion and the second linear portion.

12 . The flexible display of claim 9 , wherein:
the insulating layer formed in each of the chamfer areas includes an embossed pattern contacting the first barriers, and a dummy pattern is formed on the embossed pattern.

13 . The flexible display of claim 9 , wherein the insulating layer formed in each of the chamfer areas comprises: i) an opening in which a dummy pattern is formed and ii) a third barrier contacting the first barriers and surrounding the opening.

14 . The flexible display of claim 1 , wherein:
the insulating layer includes at least one of a buffer layer, a gate insulating layer, and an interlayer insulating layer, and the closed-engraved pattern is formed in at least one of the buffer layer, the gate insulating layer, and the interlayer insulating layer.

15 . The flexible display of claim 1 , wherein the display unit further comprises at least one organic light-emitting diode (OLED), and wherein the flexible display further comprises a driver formed on the flexible substrate in the pad area.

16 . The flexible display of claim 1 , further comprising a cover window covering the flexible substrate.

17 . The flexible display of claim 16 , wherein the cover window includes a curved portion covering the chamfer areas.

18 . A flexible display, comprising:
a flexible substrate including a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, wherein the display area includes a plurality of pixels, wherein the non-display area includes: i) a pad area formed on one side of the display area and ii) a pair of chamfer areas formed on opposing sides of the pad area; an insulating layer formed over the flexible substrate; and a rigid cover window including a flat area and a pair of curved areas formed on opposing sides of the flat area, wherein the flexible substrate is attached to the cover window such that the chamfer areas are respectively bent along the curved areas of the cover window, and wherein the insulating layer formed in each of the chamfer areas is engraved to form a pattern having a stripe shape.

19 . The flexible display of claim 18 , wherein each of the chamfer areas is adjacent to the display area in a first direction and wherein the stripe shape of each of the patterns at least partially extends in a second direction crossing the first direction.

20 . The flexible display of claim 18 , wherein each of the chamfer areas includes a chamfer cut line, and each of the chamfer cut lines is formed as a straight line inclined with respect to at least one side of the flexible substrate.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cho Se Il

Classifications

• Y02E10/549

  Organic PV cells · CPC title

• G06F1/1652 Primary

  the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable · CPC title

• H10K59/88

  Dummy elements, i.e. elements having non-functional features · CPC title

• H10K59/873

  Encapsulations · CPC title

• H10K59/805

  Electrodes · CPC title