Rollable display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020337161-A1
Application number	US-202016853943-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 21, 2020
Priority date	Apr 22, 2019
Publication date	Oct 22, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

A display device includes a display module and a housing. At least one roller is disposed in the housing. The display module is configured to be wound on the at least one roller and to be inserted and drawn from the housing. The display module comprises a display panel, a window on the display panel and an adhesion layer between the display panel and the window. The adhesion layer comprises a first polymer layer having positive charges and a second polymer layer having negative charges. The second polymer layer is directly disposed on the first polymer layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display device, comprising:
a display module; a housing; at least one roller disposed in the housing, wherein the display module is configured to be wound on the at least one roller and to be inserted and draw n from the housing; wherein the display module comprises:
a display panel;
a window on the display panel; and
an adhesion layer between the display panel and the window, the adhesion layer comprising:
a first polymer layer having positive charges; and
a second polymer layer having negative charges, the second polymer layer is directly disposed on the first polymer layer.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the adhesion layer is directly disposed between the display panel and the window.

3 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first polymer layer comprises a cation polymer that is obtained by polymerizing at least one selected from monomers including a styrene group, a diene group, an acrylate group, an aldehyde group, an epoxide group, an acrylonitrile group, or a cyanoacryl group.

4 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second polymer layer comprises an anion polymer that is obtained by polymerizing at least one selected from monomers including an isobutylene group, a styrene group, a diene group, or a vinylalkylether.

5 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the adhesion layer further comprises:
an anion layer disposed directly on a first surface of the first polymer layer; a second surface of lire first polymer layer that is opposite the first surface of the first polymer layer, the second surface of the first polymer layer that is disposed directly on a second surface of the second polymer layer; and a cation layer that is disposed directly on a first surface of the second polymer layer that is opposite the second surface of the second polymer layer.

6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the anion layer comprises at feast one of OH − , O − and O 2 − .

7 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the cation layer comprises at least one of F + , O + , O 2 + , H + , and N 2 + .

8 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one roller solely includes a first roller; and the display panel and the window are both configured to be wound on the first roller.

9 . The display device of claim 8 , further comprising at least one supplementary roller, that is spaced apart from the first roller and is configured to guide the display module.

10 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises:
a lower frame; an upper frame opposite to the lower frame, the upper frame defining an opening from which the display module is inserted and drawn; and a side frame disposed between the lower frame and the upper frame.

11 . The display device of claim 10 , further comprising:
a supporting substrate that is configured to support the display module; and the at least one roller comprises a first roller, a second roller and a third roller, wherein the adhesion layer is further disposed between the display module and the supporting substrate, wherein the window is configured to be wound on the first roller; wherein the display panel is configured to be wound on the second roller; and wherein the supporting substrate is configured to be wound on the third roller.

12 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein the adhesion layer is directly disposal between the display panel and the window and between the supporting substrate and the display panel, wherein:
when the display module is inserted into the housing, the first polymer layer and the second polymer layer are configured to be separated from each other, and the display panel, the window, and the supposing substrate are configured to be spaced apart from each other, and when the display module is drawn from the housing, the first polymer layer and the second polymer layer are configured to adhere to each other, and the display panel, the window, and the supporting substrate are configured to combine to each other to form a single object.

13 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein the first to third rollers are spaced apart from each other in a first direction, which is a drawing direction of the display module,
the first roller is disposed between the second roller and the third roller, the first roller and the third roller do not overlap with the upper frame in a direction of a thickness of the display device, a distance between the first roller and the second roller is less than a distance between the second roller and the third roller, and at least a portion of the second roller overlaps with the upper frame in the direction of the thickness of the display device.

14 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein:
the first to third rollers are spaced apart from each other in a thickness direction of the display module, and overlap with at least a portion of the upper frame in the thickness direction of the display module, a first distance between the first roller and the lower frame is less than a second distance between the second roller and the lower frame, and the second distance is less than a third distance between the third roller and the lower frame.

15 . A display device, comprising:
a display module including a display panel, a window on the display panel, and an adhesion layer between the display panel and the window; a housing, the display module configured to be inserted and drawn from the housing; a first roller disposed in the housing and configured to wind the window thereon; and a second roller disposed in the housing and configured to wind the display panel thereon, wherein the adhesion layer comprises:
a first polymer layer having positive charges; and
a second polymer layer having negative charges, the second polymer layer is directly disposed on the first polymer layer.

16 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein:
when the display module is inserted into the housing, the first polymer layer and the second polymer layer are separated from each other, and the display panel and the window are spaced apart from each other, and when the display module is drawn from the housing, the first polymer layer and the second polymer layer are adhered to each other, and the display panel and the window are combined to form a single object.

17 . The display device of claim 15 , further comprising:
an ion-generation part disposed on the housing, wherein the ion-generation part provides positive and/or negative ions to the display module when the display module is inserted into the housing.

18 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein:
the first polymer layer comprises a cation polymer that is obtained by polymerizing at least one selected from monomers including a styrene group, a diene group, an acrylate group, an aldehyde group, an epoxide group, an acrylonitrile group, or a cyanoacryl group; and the second polymer layer comprises an anion polymer that is obtained by polymerizing at least one selected from monomers including an isobutylene group, a styrene group, a diene group, or a vinylalkylether.

19 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein the display module comprises:
an anion layer disposed directly on a first surface of the first polymer layer; a second surface of the first polymer layer that is opposite the first surface of the first polymer layer is disposed directly on a second surface of the second polymer layer; and a cation layer that is disposed directly on a first surfac

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Jinhwan
• Koo Hyunwoo
• Kim Taewoong
• Choi Dongwon
• Hayk Kachatryan

Classifications

• H10K59/87

  Passivation; Containers; Encapsulations · CPC title

• H05K5/0017 Primary

  with operator interface units · CPC title

• B32B27/281 Primary

  comprising polyimides · CPC title

• B32B17/10

  of synthetic resin · CPC title

• B32B27/36

  comprising polyesters · CPC title