Organic light-emitting display device and method for manufacturing organic light-emitting display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9490215-B2
Application number	US-201414547488-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 19, 2014
Priority date	Nov 21, 2013
Publication date	Nov 8, 2016
Grant date	Nov 8, 2016

Abstract

Provided are an organic light-emitting display device and a method for manufacturing the same. A flexible substrate of the organic light-emitting display device is bent across a bend line and includes a first area, a first bending area adjacent to the first area, a second bending adjacent to the first bending area, and a second area adjacent to the second bending area. A wiring is formed over the first area, the first bending area, the second bending area, and the second area of the flexible substrate to electrically connect a display unit formed in the first area and a pad unit formed in the second area. A first alignment key is formed over the flexible substrate, and a second alignment is formed over the flexible substrate. The first alignment key is positioned to overlap the second alignment key with the flexible substrate bent across the bend line.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An organic light-emitting display device comprising:
a flexible substrate bent across a bend line, the flexible substrate including a first area, a first bending area adjacent to the first area, a second bending area adjacent to the first bending area, and a second area adjacent to the second bending area, the flexible substrate bent such that the first area is positioned to at least partially overlap the second area and the first bending area is positioned to at least partially overlap the second bending area;
a display unit formed in the first area of the flexible substrate;
a pad unit formed in the second area of the flexible substrate;
a wiring unit configured to electrically connect together the display unit and the pad unit, the wiring unit formed across the first area, the first bending area, the second bending area, and the second area;
a first alignment key formed over the flexible substrate; and
a second alignment key formed over the flexible substrate,
wherein the first alignment key is positioned to overlap the second alignment key with the flexible substrate bent across the bend line.

2. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the first alignment key is located in the first area and the second alignment key is located in the second area.

3. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the first alignment key is located in the first bending area and the second alignment key is located in the second bending area.

4. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the first alignment key is positioned to overlap the second alignment key such that a center of the first alignment key is in line with a center of the second alignment key when viewed from a direction normal to the first area and the second area.

5. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the first alignment key has a circular shape and the second alignment key has a cross shape.

6. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 5 , wherein the first alignment key is positioned to overlap the second alignment key such that a center of the cross shape of the second alignment key is in line with a center of the circular shape of the first alignment key when viewed from a direction normal to the first area and the second area.

7. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the second alignment key extends from the first alignment key, the first alignment key and the second alignment key forming a rectangle.

8. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 7 , wherein a first portion of the rectangle corresponding to the first alignment key is in line with a second portion of the rectangle corresponding to the second alignment key when viewed from a direction normal to the first area and the second area.

9. The organic light emitting display device of claim 7 , wherein the rectangle spans across the first area, the first bending area, the second bending area, and the second area.

10. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the first alignment key includes a pattern of shapes and the second alignment key includes a line.

11. The organic light emitting display device of claim 10 , wherein the pattern of shapes includes a first row of shapes and a second row of shapes, and the line of the second alignment key is positioned between the first row of shapes and the second row of shapes when viewed from a direction normal to the first area and the second area.

12. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the wiring extends across the first bending area and the second bending area oblique to a direction of bending of the flexible substrate across the bend line.

13. The organic light emitting display device of claim 12 , wherein the wiring unit comprises a diamond-shaped wiring or a zigzag-shaped wiring.

14. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the display unit includes an organic light-emitting element and a thin-film transistor including a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, and wherein at least one of the first alignment key and the second alignment key is made of a same material as the source electrode and the drain electrode or is made of a same material of the gate electrode.

15. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an insulating layer formed on the flexible substrate;
wherein the first alignment key and the second alignment key are formed on the insulating layer.

16. The organic light emitting display device of claim 15 , wherein the insulating layer includes at least one of a buffer layer formed on the flexible substrate, a gate insulating layer formed on the buffer layer, and an interlayer insulating layer formed on the gate insulation layer.

17. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a sealing layer covering the display unit and the first alignment key.

18. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the display unit and the pad unit are formed on a first surface of the flexible substrate, and the organic light emitting display device further comprises:
a first film formed in the first area on a second surface of the flexible substrate that is opposite the first surface of the flexible substrate;
a second film formed in the second area of the second surface of the flexible substrate; and
wherein the first alignment key and the second alignment key are formed in an area not including the first film and second film.

19. An organic light-emitting display device comprising:
a flexible substrate, the flexible substrate including a first area, a first bending area adjacent to the first area, a second bending area adjacent to the first bending area, and a second area adjacent to the second bending area;
a display unit formed in the first area of the flexible substrate;
a pad unit formed in the second area of the flexible substrate;
a wiring unit configured to electrically connect together the display unit and the pad unit, the wiring unit formed across the first area, the first bending area, the second bending area, and the second area;
a first alignment key formed over the flexible substrate; and
a second alignment key formed over the flexible substrate,
wherein the first alignment key and the second alignment key are positioned to be symmetric with respect to a boundary between the first bending area and the second bending area.

20. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 19 , wherein a distance from a center of the first alignment key to the boundary is substantially the same as a distance from a center of the second alignment key to the boundary.

Assignees

• Lg Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Heeseok

Classifications

• H10W46/607

  Located on parts of packages, e.g. on encapsulations or on package substrates · CPC title

• H10W46/301

  for alignment · CPC title

• H10W46/101

  characterised by the type of information, e.g. logos or symbols · CPC title

• H10W46/00 Primary

  Marks applied to devices, e.g. for alignment or identification · CPC title

• H10K71/00

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