This application claims priority to and benefits of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2022-0073257 under 35 U.S.C. § 119, filed on Jun. 16, 2022, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The disclosure relates to a display device and a manufacturing method thereof.
With recent development of display-related technologies, display devices that may be transformed at a stage of use such as folding, rolling in a roll shape, or stretching like a rubber band are being researched and developed. Since these display devices may be transformed into various forms, a demand for both of the large-sized display at the use stage and the down-sized display for portability may be satisfied.
In the case of such a flexible display device, as a stress of greater than a breaking strength due to excessive bending or repeated stress due to repetitive bending is applied to the display device, there are problems in that the lifespan of the display device may be shortened, and elements and wiring may be damaged.
The flexible display device has a thin thickness for the bending, and impact resistance may be reduced, and there is a problem that the device may be damaged.
The above information disclosed in this Background section is only for enhancement of understanding of the background of the disclosure, and therefore it may contain information that does not form the prior art that is already known in this country to a person of ordinary skill in the art.
Embodiments provide a display device having excellent durability and excellent flexibility.
A display device according to an embodiment may include a display panel, an organic layer disposed on a surface of the display panel, a polysilazane layer disposed on the organic layer and including a spaced region, and a resin layer disposed in the spaced region of the polysilazane layer. An elastic modulus of the resin layer may be lower than an elastic modulus of the polysilazane layer.
The polysilazane layer may include an inorganic polysilazane or an organic polysilazane.
The polysilazane layer may include at least one of a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a compound represented by Chemical Formula 2:
In Chemical Formula 1, n may be an integer between 1 and 10000.
The polysilazane layer may further include inorganic nanoparticles.
A content of the inorganic nanoparticles may be in a range of about 5 wt % to about 30 wt % of the polysilazane layer.
A thickness of the polysilazane layer may be in a range of about 5 um to about 100 um in a cross-sectional view.
An elastic modulus of the display device may be in a range of about 5 GPa to about 10 GPa.
The organic layer may include a polyimide.
An elastic modulus of the resin layer may be in a range of about 10 MPa to about 1 GPa.
The resin layer may be provided in plural.
The display device may include a folding part and a folding periphery, and the resin layer may be disposed on the bending part.
A shape of the resin layer in a cross-sectional view may be a curved shape, a semicircular shape, a quadrangular shape, a trapezoidal shape, or an inverted trapezoidal shape.
The display device may further include an organic auxiliary layer disposed on a surface of each of the polysilazane layer and the resin layer may be further included.
The organic auxiliary layer and the organic layer may include a same material.
A manufacturing method of a display device according to an embodiment may include preparing a substrate, forming a resin layer on an area of the substrate, forming a polysilazane layer on another area of the substrate, forming an organic layer on the resin layer and the polysilazane layer, forming a display panel on the organic layer, and removing the substrate. An elastic modulus of the resin layer may be lower than an elastic modulus of the polysilazane layer.
The substrate may be a glass substrate.
The forming of the resin layer may be performed by an inkjet process.
The removing of the substrate may be performed by an etching process.
The manufacturing method may further include forming an organic auxiliary layer on the substrate between the preparing of the substrate and the forming of the resin layer.
The removing of the substrate may be performed by laser irradiation.
A foldable electronic device according to an embodiment may include a display panel, an organic layer disposed on a surface of the display panel, a polysilazane layer disposed on the organic layer and including a spaced region, and a resin layer disposed in the spaced region of the polysilazane layer. An elastic modulus of the resin layer may be lower than an elastic modulus of the polysilazane layer.
The foldable electronic device may be a mobile phone or a tablet device.
The foldable electronic device may further include a folding part and a folding periphery, wherein the resin layer may be disposed on the folding part.
The polysilazane layer may be disposed on the folding periphery.
According to embodiments, the display device with excellent durability while having an excellent flexibility characteristic may be provided.
The disclosure will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which embodiments of the disclosure are shown. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the disclosure.
In order to clearly describe the disclosure, parts that are not connected with the description will be omitted, and the same elements or equivalents are referred to by the same reference numerals throughout the specification.
Further, since sizes and thicknesses of constituent members shown in the accompanying drawings are arbitrarily given for better understanding and ease of description, the disclosure is not limited to the illustrated sizes and thicknesses. In the drawings, the thicknesses of layers, films, panels, regions, etc., are exaggerated for clarity. In the drawings, for better understanding and ease of description, thicknesses of some layers and areas are excessively displayed.
When an element, such as a layer, is referred to as being “on”, “connected to”, or “coupled to” another element or layer, it may be directly on, connected to, or coupled to the other element or layer or intervening elements or layers may be present. When, however, an element or layer is referred to as being “directly on”, “directly connected to”, or “directly coupled to” another element or layer, there are no intervening elements or layers present.
Spatially relative terms, such as “beneath”, “below”, “under”, “lower”, “above”, “upper”, “over”, “higher”, “side” (e.g., as in “sidewall”), and the like, may be used herein for descriptive purposes, and, thereby, to describe one elements relationship to another element(s) as illustrated in the drawings. Spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of an apparatus in use, operation, and/or manufacture in addition to the orientation depicted in the drawings. For example, if the apparatus in the drawings is turned over, elements described as “below” or “beneath” other elements or features would then be oriented “above” the other elements or features. Thus, the term “below”, for example, can encompass both an orientation of above and below. Furthermore, the apparatus may be otherwise oriented (e.g., rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations), and, as such, the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments and is not intended to be limiting. As used herein, the singular forms, “a”, “an”, and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Moreover, the terms “comprises”, “comprising”, “includes”, and/or “including” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof.
In the specification, the phrase “in a plan view” means when an object is viewed from above, and the phrase “in a cross-sectional view” means when a cross-section taken by vertically cutting an object portion is viewed from the side.
In the specification and the claims, the phrase “at least one of” is intended to include the meaning of “at least one selected from the group of” for the purpose of its meaning and interpretation. For example, “at least one of A and B” may be understood to mean “A, B, or A and B.”
Unless otherwise defined or implied herein, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used have the same meaning as commonly understood by those skilled in the art to which this disclosure pertains. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and should not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal sense unless clearly defined in the specification.
A manufacturing method of a display device according to an embodiment of the disclosure will be described in detail with reference to accompanying drawings.
Hereinafter, each constituent element of the display device according to the embodiment is described with reference to
The organic layer 400 may be disposed between the display panel 500, and the polysilazane layer 200 and the resin layer 300 and may flatten a step difference between the upper surfaces of the polysilazane layer 200 and the resin layer 300. The organic layer 400 may also fill a separation space that may be formed between the polysilazane layer 200 and the resin layer 300. The organic layer 400 may include a polyimide.
The polysilazane layer 200 may include an organic polysilazane or an inorganic polysilazane. The inorganic polysilazane may be composed of Si—H, Si—N, and N—H, and the organic polysilazane may include an organic material substituted. The polysilazane layer 200 may include a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 or Chemical Formula 2 below. In Chemical Formula 1, n may be an integer between 1 and 10000. The compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 may be inorganic polysilazane, and the compound represented by Chemical Formula 2 may be organic polysilazane. According to an embodiment, the polysilazane layer 200 may include both of an organic polysilazane and an inorganic polysilazane.
According to an embodiment, the polysilazane layer 200 may include inorganic nanoparticles. The inorganic nanoparticles may be aluminum oxide or graphene oxide.
The inorganic nanoparticles may be dispersed in the polysilazane layer 200. A content of the inorganic nanoparticles may be in a range of about 5 wt % to about 30 wt % of the polysilazane layer 200. In case that the polysilazane layer 200 includes inorganic nanoparticles, the strength of the polysilazane layer 200 may be further increased and the display panel 500 may be more stably supported.
An elastic modulus of the display device including the polysilazane layer 200 may be in a range of about 5 GPa to about 10 GPa. The polysilazane layer 200 may have a higher elastic modulus than the resin layer 300 and may stably support the display panel. The elastic modulus of the display device may increase as the thickness of the polysilazane layer 200 increases or as a content of polysilazane in the polysilazane layer 200 increases.
Pencil hardness of the polysilazane layer 200 may be 9H. Since the polysilazane layer 200 has a high pencil hardness, the polysilazane layer 200 may stably support the display panel. The thickness of the polysilazane layer 200 may be in a range of about 5 um to about 100 um. This may be a thickness range of the polysilazane layer 200 to secure durability and flexibility characteristics for the display device.
The polysilazane layer 200 may have a spaced region, and the resin layer 300 may be disposed in the spaced region. The resin layer 300 may have a relatively low elastic modulus. An elastic modulus of the resin layer 300 may be in a range of about 10 MPa to about 1 GPa. The resin layer 300 may include a polymer resin having a such elastic modulus. The resin layer 300 may function as a dam during forming of the polysilazane layer 200 during the manufacturing process. The resin layer 300 may have a low elastic modulus, so it can be readily folded by being stretched or shrunk during the folding. In the display device according to the embodiment, the region where the resin layer 300 is disposed may be a region in which the folding or the bending is performed. The An area of the resin layer 300 may be in a range of about 1% to about 5% of an area of the entire display device in a plan view, but is not limited thereto. According to an embodiment, more than one resin layer 300 may be disposed.
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The display device according to the embodiment may include a polysilazane layer as a substrate instead of a glass substrate or a polyimide substrate, and a resin layer between the polysilazane layer to enable the folding. Therefore, the durability of the display device may be secured while securing a flexibility characteristic.
Hereinafter, a manufacturing method of the display device according to an embodiment of the disclosure is described in detail.
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The description of the polysilazane layer 200 is the same as described above. The detailed description of the same constituent elements is omitted. For example, the polysilazane layer 200 may include an organic polysilazane or an inorganic polysilazane. The polysilazane layer 200 may include a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 or Chemical Formula 2 below. According to an embodiment, the polysilazane layer 200 may include both of an organic polysilazane and an inorganic polysilazane.
The polysilazane layer 200 may include inorganic nanoparticles. The inorganic nanoparticles may be aluminum oxide or graphene oxide. A content of the inorganic nanoparticles may be in a range of about 5 wt % to about 30 wt % of the polysilazane layer 200.
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As described above, in the display device according to the embodiment, the durability and flexibility characteristics of the display device may be simultaneously realized by applying a polysilazane layer 200 and a resin layer 300 as a substrate instead of a glass substrate or a polyimide substrate.
Such a display device may be applied to an electronic device such as a mobile phone or a tablet. These electronic devices may be foldable. Hereinafter, an electronic device to which such display device is applied is described.
Embodiments have been disclosed herein, and although terms are employed, they are used and are to be interpreted in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purpose of limitation. In some instances, as would be apparent by one of ordinary skill in the art, features, characteristics, and/or elements described in connection with an embodiment may be used singly or in combination with features, characteristics, and/or elements described in connection with other embodiments unless otherwise specifically indicated. Accordingly, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure as set forth in the claims.
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10-2022-0073257 | Jun 2022 | KR | national |