Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9431618-B2
Application number	US-201414459565-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 14, 2014
Priority date	Aug 19, 2013
Publication date	Aug 30, 2016
Grant date	Aug 30, 2016

Abstract

A display device, an electronic device, or a lighting device that is unlikely to be broken is provided. A flexible first substrate and a flexible second substrate overlap with each other with a display element provided therebetween. A flexible third substrate is bonded on the outer surface of the first substrate, and a flexible fourth substrate is bonded on the outer surface of the second substrate. The third substrate is formed using a material softer than the first substrate, and the fourth substrate is formed using a material softer than the second substrate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
a first substrate and a second substrate overlapping with each other with a display element provided therebetween; and
a third substrate and a fourth substrate overlapping with each other with the first substrate and the second substrate provided therebetween,
wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are in contact with the third substrate and the fourth substrate, respectively,
wherein each of the first substrate and the second substrate includes an organic resin material,
wherein a Young's modulus of the first substrate and the second substrate is larger than or equal to 1 GPa and smaller than or equal to 100 GPa,
wherein a Young's modulus of the third substrate and the fourth substrate is smaller than or equal to one fiftieth of the Young's modulus of the first substrate and the second substrate, and
wherein the display device is configured to be bent at any part.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display element is a light-emitting element.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the light-emitting element is electrically connected to a transistor.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein a semiconductor layer of the transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of a first pair of the first substrate and the third substrate and a second pair of the second substrate and the fourth substrate has a light-transmitting property.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of each of the third substrate and the fourth substrate is greater than or equal to 2 times and less than or equal to 100 times that of the first substrate or the second substrate.

7. A display device comprising:
a first substrate and a second substrate overlapping with each other with a display element provided therebetween; and
a third substrate and a fourth substrate overlapping with each other with the first substrate and the second substrate provided therebetween,
wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are in contact with the third substrate and the fourth substrate, respectively,
wherein a Young's modulus of the first substrate and the second substrate is larger than or equal to 1 GPa and smaller than or equal to 100 GPa,
wherein a Young's modulus of the third substrate and the fourth substrate is smaller than or equal to one fiftieth of the Young's modulus of the first substrate and the second substrate,
wherein the third substrate and the fourth substrate comprise silicone rubber or fluorine rubber, and
wherein the display device is configured to be bent at any part.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the display element is a light-emitting element.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the light-emitting element is electrically connected to a transistor.

10. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein a semiconductor layer of the transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor.

11. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein at least one of a first pair of the first substrate and the third substrate and a second pair of the second substrate and the fourth substrate has a light-transmitting property.

12. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein a thickness of each of the third substrate and the fourth substrate is greater than or equal to 2 times and less than or equal to 100 times that of the first substrate or the second substrate.

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Kawata Takuya
• Chida Akihiro

Classifications

• G06F1/1652

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

• Y02E10/549

  Organic PV cells · CPC title

• Y02P70/50

  Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product · CPC title

• H10K2102/3035

  Edge emission · CPC title

• H10K2102/3026

  Top emission · CPC title