Display device and electronic device including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2026040784-A1
Application number	US-202519242095-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 18, 2025
Priority date	Aug 2, 2024
Publication date	Feb 5, 2026
Grant date	—

Abstract

A display device includes a display panel including a non-display region in which a plurality of pad electrodes are disposed, and a driving unit including a plurality of bump electrodes. The bump electrodes include a plurality of first bump electrodes and a plurality of second bump electrodes. Each of the first bump electrodes and the second bump electrodes includes a plurality of protruding members, and a bonding layer covering the plurality of protruding members. A first area of each of the plurality of first bump electrodes is larger than a second area of each of the plurality of second bump electrodes. A first contact area between the bonding layer of each of the first bump electrodes and a first pad electrode is larger than a second contact area between the bonding layer of each of the second bump electrodes and a second pad electrode.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display device comprising:
a display panel comprising a display region in which pixels are disposed and a non-display region in which a plurality of pad electrodes are disposed; and a driving unit disposed on the display panel and comprising a plurality of bump electrodes, each of the plurality of bump electrodes connecting to a corresponding pad electrode among the plurality of pad electrodes, wherein the plurality of bump electrodes comprise: a plurality of first bump electrodes arranged along a first direction; and a plurality of second bump electrodes spaced apart from the plurality of first bump electrodes along a second direction crossing the first direction, and arranged along the first direction, wherein each of the plurality of first bump electrodes and the plurality of second bump electrodes comprises: a plurality of protruding members protruding to be adjacent to the display panel; and a bonding layer covering the plurality of protruding members and including a metal, the bonding layer of each of the plurality of first bump electrodes partially in contact with a first pad electrode among the plurality of pad electrodes and the bonding layer of each of the plurality of second bump electrodes partially in contact with a second pad electrode among the plurality of pad electrodes, wherein a first area of each of the plurality of first bump electrodes is larger than a second area of each of the plurality of second bump electrodes, and wherein a first contact area between the bonding layer of each of the plurality of first bump electrodes and the first pad electrode is larger than a second contact area between the bonding layer of each of the plurality of the second bump electrodes and the second pad electrode.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first adhesive layer disposed between the display panel and the driving unit and bonding the display panel to the driving unit, wherein the first adhesive layer comprises a non-conductive film.

3 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the driving unit further comprises:
a driving integrated circuit; and a driving pad disposed below a lower surface of the driving integrated circuit, and wherein the plurality of bump electrodes are disposed below the lower surface of the driving integrated circuit.

4 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein each of the plurality of first bump electrodes and the plurality of second bump electrodes further comprises an intermediate layer disposed between the plurality of protruding members and the bonding layer and electrically connected to the driving pad.

5 . The display device of claim 1 ,
wherein the first pad electrode overlaps each of the plurality of first bump electrodes on a plane, and the second pad electrode overlaps each of the plurality of second bump electrodes on the plane.

6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein a planar area of each of the plurality of protruding members in each of the plurality of first bump electrodes is larger than a planar area of each of the plurality of protruding members in each of the plurality of second bump electrodes.

7 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the number of the plurality of protruding members in each of the plurality of first bump electrodes is greater than the number of the plurality of protruding members in each of the plurality of second bump electrodes.

8 . The display device of claim 5 ,
wherein each of the plurality of protruding members in each of the plurality of first bump electrodes is arranged side by side in the second direction, and wherein each of the plurality of protruding members in each of the plurality of second bump electrodes is arranged side by side in the second direction.

9 . The display device of claim 1 ,
wherein the driving unit comprises: a first long side extending in the first direction; a second long side extending in the first direction and spaced apart from the first long side along the second direction; a first short side extending in the second direction and connecting the first long side and the second long side to each other; and a second short side extending in the second direction and spaced apart from the first short side along the first direction, and wherein the plurality of first bump electrode are disposed adjacent to the first long side, and the plurality of second bump electrodes are disposed adjacent to the second long side.

10 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of bump electrodes further comprise a plurality of third bump electrodes disposed adjacent to at least one of the first short side and the second short side and arranged along the second direction.

11 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein a third area of each of the plurality of third bump electrodes is larger than the second area.

12 . The display device of claim 10 ,
wherein each of the plurality of third bump electrodes comprise: a plurality of third protruding members protruding to be adjacent to the display panel; and a third bonding layer covering the plurality of protruding members, including a metal, and being partially in contact with one of the plurality of pad electrodes, and wherein a third contact area between the third bonding layer of each of the plurality of third bump electrodes and one of the plurality of pad electrodes is larger than the second contact area.

13 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first area is about 1.5 to about 3 times larger than the second area.

14 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the number of the plurality of first bump electrodes included in the driving unit is less than the number of the plurality of second bump electrodes included in the driving unit.

15 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of protruding members comprise a polymer material.

16 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein a width of each of the plurality of protruding members decreases as each of the plurality of protruding members approaches the display panel.

17 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of second bump electrodes are disposed closer to the display region than the plurality of first bump electrodes.

18 . A display device comprising:
a display panel comprising a display region in which pixels are disposed and a non-display region in which a plurality of pad electrodes are disposed; and a driving unit disposed on the display panel and comprising a plurality of bump electrodes, each of the plurality of bump electrodes connecting to a corresponding pad electrode among the plurality of pad electrodes, wherein the plurality of bump electrodes comprise: a plurality of first bump electrodes arranged along a first direction; and a plurality of second bump electrodes arranged along the first direction, wherein the plurality of first bump electrodes are spaced apart from the display region with the plurality of second bump electrodes interposed between the plurality of first bump electrodes and the display region, wherein each of the plurality of first bump electrodes and the plurality of second bump electrodes comprises: a plurality of protruding members protruding to be adjacent to the display panel; and a bonding layer covering the plurality of protruding members, the bonding layer of each of the plurality of first bump electrodes partially in contact with a first pad electrode among the plurality of pad electrodes and the bonding layer of each of the plurality of second bump electro

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Daegeun
• Kim Sujeong
• Jeon Eunjeong
• Pyoun Seoungbum

Classifications

• H10K59/95 Primary

  wherein all light-emitting elements are organic, e.g. assembled OLED displays · CPC title

• H10K59/131 Primary

  Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals · CPC title

• H10D86/441

  Interconnections, e.g. scanning lines · CPC title

• H10D86/60

  wherein the TFTs are in active matrices · CPC title

• H10K59/123

  Connection of the pixel electrodes to the thin film transistors [TFT] · CPC title