Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024215400-A1
Application number	US-202318393953-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 22, 2023
Priority date	Dec 23, 2022
Publication date	Jun 27, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A display apparatus including a first base layer including a first auxiliary base layer and a second auxiliary base layer disposed on the first auxiliary base layer; and a semiconductor layer dispose on the first base layer. Polyimide of the first auxiliary base layer is arranged in a preset orientation, and polyimide of the second auxiliary base layer is arranged in an arbitrary orientation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display apparatus comprising:
a first base layer including a first auxiliary base layer and a second auxiliary base layer disposed on the first auxiliary base layer; and a semiconductor layer disposed on the first base layer, Wherein the first auxiliary base layer has a first density, and the second auxiliary base layer has a second density less than the first density.

2 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein polyimide of the first auxiliary base layer is arranged in a present orientation, and
polyimide of the second auxiliary base layer is arranged in an arbitrary orientation.

3 . The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first base layer further comprises a third auxiliary base layer between the first auxiliary base layer and second auxiliary base layer, and
Orientation of polyimide of the third auxiliary base layer is gradually changed from the present orientation to the arbitrary orientation in a direction from the first auxiliary base layer to the second auxiliary base layer.

4 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first auxiliary base layer has a first thermal expansion coefficient, and the second auxiliary base layer has a second thermal expansion coefficient greater than the first thermal expansion coefficient.

5 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first barrier layer disposed under the first base layer; a second base layer disposed under the first barrier layer; a second barrier layer disposed on the first base layer; and a buffer layer disposed on the second barrier layer.

6 . A method of manufacturing a display apparatus, the method comprising:
forming a first base layer and a first barrier layer, on a carrier substrate; coating, on the first barrier layer, a material for forming a second base layer, wherein the material for forming the second base layer includes polyacrylic acid and a solvent; drying the solvent included in the material for forming the second base layer; performing first curing of a surface of the material for forming the second base layer; and performing second curing of the material for forming the second base layer, to form the second base layer including a first auxiliary base layer and a second auxiliary base layer disposed on the first auxiliary base layer, wherein the drying of the solvent included in the material for forming the second base layer and the first curing of the surface of the material for forming the second base layer are performed simultaneously, the second curing is performed after the first curing and the first auxiliary base layer has a first density, and the second auxiliary base layer has a second density less than the first density.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the first auxiliary base layer and the second auxiliary base layer include polyimide,
the polyimide of the first auxiliary base layer is arranged in a preset orientation, and the polyimide of the second auxiliary base layer is arranged in an arbitrary orientation.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the second curing of the material for forming the second base layer to form the second base layer including the first auxiliary base layer and the second auxiliary base layer disposed on the first auxiliary base layer includes:
curing a first portion of the material for forming the second base layer, to form the first auxiliary base layer, the first portion being apart from a top surface of the material for forming the second base layer; and curing a second portion, of the material for forming the second base layer, adjacent to the top surface of the material for forming the second base layer, to form the second auxiliary base layer.

9 . The method of claim 6 , wherein, in the second curing of the material for forming the second base layer to form the second base layer including the first auxiliary base layer and the second auxiliary base layer disposed on the first auxiliary base layer, polyacrylic acid of the material for forming the second base layer is imidized to form polyimide.

10 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the solvent includes methylpyrrolidone (NMP, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone).

11 . The method of claim 6 , wherein a temperature of a process in which the drying of the solvent included in the material for forming the second base layer and the first curing are performed is at least 50° C. and not more than 90° C.

12 . The method of claim 6 , wherein a temperature of a process in which the second curing is performed is at least 450° C. and not more than 470° C.

13 . A method of manufacturing a display apparatus, the method comprising:
forming a first base layer and a first barrier layer, on a carrier substrate; coating, on the first barrier layer, a material for forming a first auxiliary base layer, wherein the material for forming the first auxiliary base layer includes polyacrylic acid and a first solvent; drying the first solvent of the material for forming the first auxiliary base layer; performing first auxiliary curing of the material for forming the first auxiliary base layer, to form the first auxiliary base layer; coating, on the first auxiliary base layer, a material for forming a second auxiliary base layer, wherein the material for forming the second auxiliary base layer includes polyacrylic acid and a second solvent; drying the second solvent of the material for forming the second auxiliary base layer; and performing second auxiliary curing of the material for forming the second auxiliary base layer, to form the second auxiliary base layer, wherein a second base layer includes the first auxiliary base layer and the second auxiliary base layer disposed on the first auxiliary base layer, the first auxiliary base layer has a first density, and the second auxiliary base layer has a second density less than the first density.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the first auxiliary base layer and the second auxiliary base layer include polyimide,
the polyimide of the first auxiliary base layer is arranged in a preset orientation, and the polyimide of the second auxiliary base layer is arranged in an arbitrary orientation.

15 . The method of claim 13 , wherein a temperature of a process in which the drying of the solvent included in the material for forming the first auxiliary base layer is performed is at least 70° C. and not more than 90° C.

16 . The method of claim 13 , wherein a temperature of a process in which the drying of the solvent included in the material for forming the second auxiliary base layer is performed is at least 30° C. and not more than 50° C.

17 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the first auxiliary curing of the material has a first auxiliary curing speed, and the second auxiliary curing of the material has a second auxiliary curing speed, and
the second auxiliary curing speed is greater than the first auxiliary curing speed.

18 . The method of claim 13 , wherein a temperature of a process of the first auxiliary curing of the material and the second auxiliary curing of the material is at least 450° C. and not more than 470° C.

19 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the first solvent and the second solvent each include methylpyrrolidone (NMP, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone).

20 . The method of claim 13 , wherein, in the first auxiliary curing of the material and the second auxiliary curing of the material, polyacrylic acid of the material for forming the first auxiliary base layer and the material for forming the second

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Seo Dongkyun
• Kim Youngjun
• Jung Hyunyoung
• Choi Seonhwa

Classifications

• H10K71/00

  Manufacture or treatment specially adapted for the organic devices covered by this subclass · CPC title

• H10K50/84

  Passivation; Containers; Encapsulations · CPC title

• H10K59/87 Primary

  Passivation; Containers; Encapsulations · CPC title

• H10K77/10 Primary

  Substrates, e.g. flexible substrates · CPC title

• H10K77/111

  Flexible substrates · CPC title