Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9750140-B2
Application number	US-201514656387-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2015
Priority date	Mar 14, 2014
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

The disclosure provides a display device including a first substrate, a display region disposed above the first substrate; a second substrate; a sealant disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and outside the display region; and, a plurality of spacers disposed within the sealant. In particular, the first substrate and the second substrate are bonded together via the sealant. Further, the first substrate has a side wall including a first cutting crack surface and a first median crack surface, wherein a roughness of the first cutting crack surface is different from that of the first median crack surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device, comprising: a first substrate, wherein a display region is disposed above the first substrate; a second substrate; a sealant disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and outside the display region; and a plurality of spacers disposed within the sealant, wherein the first substrate has a side wall comprising a first cutting crack surface and a first median crack surface, and a roughness of the first cutting crack surface is different from that of the first median crack surface, wherein the sealant comprises a stable cutting region, the plurality of spacers are disposed within the stable cutting region, and the stable cutting region is adjacent to the peripheral boundary of the display device, wherein a ratio between an area occupied by the spacers and the stable cutting region is from 1% to 5%.

2. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a total thickness of the first cutting crack surface and the first median crack surface to a thickness of the first substrate is between 0.3 and 1.

3. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a first angle defined by the first cutting crack surface and the first median crack surface is larger than 90 degrees and less than 270 degrees.

4. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second substrate has a side wall comprising a second cutting crack surface and a second median crack surface, and a roughness of the second cutting crack surface is different from that of the second median crack surface.

5. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stable cutting region has a width between 50 μm and 150 μm.

6. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a distance between one of the plurality of spacers and the side wall of the second substrate is from 0 to 200 μm, and a distance between the one of the plurality of spacers and the side wall of the first substrate is greater than the distance between the one of the plurality of spacers and the side wall of the second substrate.

7. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a planarization layer is disposed between the first substrate and the sealant.

8. The display device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the plurality of spacers are disposed on the planarization layer, and the plurality of spacers are disposed between the second substrate and the planarization layer.

9. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sealant comprises a linear portion and an U-shaped portion, wherein a distance between the display region and a sealant border, which is disposed between the linear portion and the U-shaped portion, is greater than a distance between the display region and the linear portion.

10. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a test circuit disposed along edges of the first substrate which is substantially coincided with edges of the second substrate, and a first contacting pad is electrically connected to a second contacting pad via the test circuit, and the first contacting pad and the second contacting pad are disposed outside the display region.

11. A display device, comprising:
a first substrate, wherein a display region is disposed above the first substrate, and wherein the first substrate has a side wall comprising a first cutting crack surface and a first median crack surface, and a roughness of the first cutting crack surface is different from that of the first median crack surface;
a second substrate;
a sealant disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and outside the display region; and
a first contacting pad and a second contacting pad disposed on the first substrate and outside the display region;
a test circuit disposed along edges of the first substrate which is substantially coincided with edges of the second substrate, and the first contacting pad is electrically connected to the second contacting pad via the test circuit; and
a first circuit and a second circuit, wherein the first circuit electrically connects to the first contacting pad, and the second circuit electrically connects to the second contacting pad, wherein the first circuit and the second circuit are disposed on a circuit board.

12. The display device as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising:
a driving element electrically connected to the first contacting pad and the second contacting pad, wherein the driving element provides a signal to the first contacting pad and the second contacting pad.

13. The display device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the signal is a common electrode voltage signal or a ground voltage signal.

14. The display device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the sealant consists of a linear portion and an U-shaped portion, wherein a distance between the display region and a sealant border, which is disposed between the linear portion and the U-shaped portion, is greater than a distance between the display region and the linear portion.

15. The display device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the sealant comprises a stable cutting region, a plurality of spacers are disposed on the stable cutting region, and the stable cutting region is adjacent to edges of the first substrate which is substantially coincided with edges of the second substrate, and wherein a ratio between an area occupied by the spacers and the stable cutting region is from 1% to 5%.

16. The display device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the stable cutting region has a width between 50 μm and 150 μm.

17. The display device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein a ratio of a total thickness of the first cutting crack surface and the first median crack surface to a thickness of the first substrate is between 0.3 and 1.

18. The display device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the second substrate has a side wall comprising a second cutting crack surface and a second median crack surface, and a roughness of the second cutting crack surface is different from that of the second median crack surface.

Assignees

• Innolux Corp

Inventors

• Chen Hung-Kun
• Shen Po-Hung
• Huang Hui- Min
• Wu Shih-Hsiung
• Lai Jui-Chu
• Peng Huan-Kuang
• Chang Hong-Kang
• Kao Yu-Chien
• Sung Li-Wei

Classifications

• G02F2001/133388

  Physics · mapped topic

• H05K2201/09154

  Bevelled, chamferred or tapered edge · CPC title

• G02F1/133351

  Manufacturing of individual cells out of a plurality of cells, e.g. by dicing · CPC title

• H01L51/525

  Electricity · mapped topic

• Y10T428/24355

  Continuous and nonuniform or irregular surface on layer or component [e.g., roofing, etc.] · CPC title