Organic EL display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9685494-B2
Application number	US-201514823509-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 11, 2015
Priority date	Aug 22, 2014
Publication date	Jun 20, 2017
Grant date	Jun 20, 2017

Abstract

A terminal is formed on a substrate. An anisotropic conductive film is disposed on the terminal. A flexible printed board is connected to the terminal via the anisotropic conductive film. At least one opening is formed in the terminal. An adhesion reinforcing portion as a projection is formed inside the opening. The adhesion reinforcing portion is formed of a material having higher adhesion to the anisotropic conductive film than a material constituting the surface of the terminal, and is adhered to the anisotropic conductive film.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
a substrate including a display region and a terminal formed in a region outside the display region;
an anisotropic conductive member disposed on the terminal;
a flexible printed board connected to the terminal via the anisotropic conductive member;
at least one opening formed in the terminal; and
a first projection disposed inside the opening of the terminal and adhered to the anisotropic conductive member.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
adhesion between the first projection and the anisotropic conductive member is higher than adhesion between the terminal and the anisotropic conductive member.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
a stacked structure including a plurality of layers is formed in the display region of the substrate, and
a material of the first projection is the same as a material of any of the plurality of layers.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first projection is formed of SiO 2 .

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
a thin film transistor including at least one insulating film is formed on the substrate, and
the first projection is located in the same layer as the insulating film.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the terminal includes a metal film and a conductive film covering the metal film,
the conductive film overlaps an upper surface of the first projection and side surfaces of the first projection, and
the conductive film exposes at least a portion of the upper surface.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second terminal next to the terminal; and
a second projection disposed between the terminal and the second terminal and adhered to the anisotropic conductive member.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein
adhesion between the second projection and the anisotropic conductive member is higher than adhesion between the terminal and the anisotropic conductive member.

9. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein
the first projection and the second projection are formed of a same material.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the opening is formed at a position not overlapping a terminal of the flexible printed board in a plan view.

11. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the flexible printed board includes two terminals connected to the terminal formed on the substrate, and
the opening is located between the two terminals in a plan view.

12. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein
a power supply voltage is supplied from the two terminals to the terminal.

13. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the opening is formed at a position not overlapping a central region of the terminal in a length direction thereof in a plan view.

14. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein
the terminal includes the opening and a second opening disposed away from the opening, and
the central region is located between the opening and the second opening.

15. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a third terminal disposed aligned with the terminal and not including an opening, wherein
a width of the terminal is larger than a width of the third terminal.

16. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first projection is in contact with an end of the terminal.

17. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein further comprising a plurality of first projections including the first projection,
the terminal is rectangular and includes four corner portions, and
each of the first projections is disposed at each of the four corner portions.

18. A display device comprising:
a substrate;
a plurality of terminals disposed along one side of the substrate;
an anisotropic conductive member disposed on the plurality of terminals; and
a flexible printed board connected to the plurality of terminals via the anisotropic conductive member, wherein
the plurality of terminals include a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal arranged in this order,
each of the first terminal, the second terminal, and the third terminal includes at least one opening,
a first projection adhered to the anisotropic conductive member is disposed inside the opening,
a second projection adhered to the anisotropic conductive member is disposed between the first terminal and the second terminal,
a third projection adhered to the anisotropic conductive member is disposed between the second terminal and the third terminal,
the second projection and the third projection are connected at a region between the second terminal and the one side, and
adhesion between the first projection and the anisotropic conductive member is higher than adhesion between the plurality of terminals and the anisotropic conductive member.

19. The display device according to claim 18 , wherein
a thin film transistor including at least one insulating film is formed on the substrate, and
the first projection is located in the same layer as the insulating film.

20. The display device according to claim 18 , wherein
the first projection, the second projection, and the third projection are formed of a same material.

Assignees

• Japan Display Inc

Inventors

• Odaka Kazuhiro
• Hanari Jun
• Sato Toshihiro

Classifications

• H05K1/117 Primary

  Pads along the edge of rigid circuit boards, e.g. for pluggable connectors · CPC title

• G02F1/00

  Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics · CPC title

• H05K2201/10136

  Liquid Crystal display [LCD] · CPC title

• H05K3/323

  by applying an anisotropic conductive adhesive layer over an array of pads · CPC title

• H05K2201/0979

  Redundant conductors or connections, i.e. more than one current path between two points · CPC title