The disclosure relates to an electronic device, and in particular, relates to an electronic device that may improve the appearance flatness problem caused by air bubbles between the adhesive layer and other stacked layers through the grooves of the adhesive layer.
Electronic devices or splicing electronic devices have been widely applied in different fields such as communication, display, vehicle, or aviation. With the vigorous advancement of electronic devices, the development of the electronic devices moves towards thinness and lightness. Therefore, the requirements for reliability, quality, and flatness of the overall appearance of the electronic devices continue to grow.
The disclosure provides an electronic device capable of improving the appearance flatness problem caused by air bubbles between an adhesive layer and other stacked layers through grooves of the adhesive layer.
According to an embodiment of the disclosure, an electronic device includes a support substrate, a first substrate, a semiconductor element, and an adhesive layer. The first substrate is disposed on the support substrate. The semiconductor element is disposed on the first substrate. The adhesive layer is disposed between the support substrate and the first substrate. The adhesive layer includes a plurality of grooves.
To make the aforementioned more comprehensible, several embodiments accompanied with drawings are described in detail as follows.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate exemplary embodiments of the disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.
The accompanying drawings are included together with the detailed description provided below to provide a further understanding of the disclosure. Note that in order to make the accompanying drawings to be more comprehensible to readers and for the sake of clarity of the accompanying drawings, only part of the electronic device is depicted in the accompanying drawings of the disclosure, and specific elements in the drawings are not depicted according to actual scales. In addition, the numbers and sizes of the elements in each drawing are provided for illustration only and are not used to limit the scope of the disclosure.
In the following specification and claims, the words “containing” and “including” are open-ended words and therefore should be interpreted as “containing but not limited to . . . ”.
It should be understood that when an element or a film layer is referred to as being “on” or “connected to” another element or film layer, it can be directly on the another element or film layer or be directly connected to the another element or film layer, or an inserted element or film layer may be provided therebetween (not a direct connection). In contrast, when the element is referred to as being “directly on” another element or film layer or “directly connected to” another element or film layer, an inserted element or film layer is not provided therebetween.
Although the terms “first”, “second”, “third” . . . may be used to describe various elements, the elements are not limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish a single element from other elements in the specification. The same terms may not be used in the claims, and the elements in the claims may be replaced with first, second, third . . . according to the order declared by the elements in the claims. Therefore, in the following description, the first element may be the second element in the claims.
In the text, the terms “about”, “approximately”, “substantially”, “roughly” generally mean a range within 10%, 5%, 3%, 2%, 1%, or 0.5% of a given value. The number given here is an approximate number, that is, the meanings of “about”, “approximately”, “substantially”, and “roughly” may still be implied without specifying “about”, “approximately”, “substantially”, and “roughly”.
In some embodiments of the disclosure, regarding the words such as “connected”, “interconnected”, etc. referring to bonding and connection, unless specifically defined, these words mean that two structures are in direct contact or two structures are not in direct contact, and other structures are provided to be disposed between the two structures. The word for joining and connecting may also include the case where both structures are movable or both structures are fixed. In addition, the word “coupled” may include any direct or indirect electrical connection means.
In some embodiments of the disclosure, an optical microscopy (OM), a scanning electron microscope (SEM), a film thickness profile measuring instrument (α-step), an elliptical thickness measuring instrument, or other suitable methods may be adopted to measure an area, a width, a thickness, or a height of each element or to measure a distance or spacing between elements. In detail, according to some embodiments, the scanning electron microscope may be used to obtain a cross-sectional structural image of an element to be measured, and to measure the area, width, thickness, or height of each element, or the distance or spacing between the elements.
The electronic device of the disclosure may include a display device, a backlight device, an antenna device, a sensing device, or a splicing device, but not limited thereto. The electronic device may be a bendable or flexible electronic device. The display device may be a non-self-luminous display device or a self-luminous display device. The antenna device may be a liquid crystal antenna device or a non-liquid crystal antenna device, and the sensing device may be a sensing device that senses capacitance, light, heat, or ultrasound, but not limited thereto. The semiconductor element included in the electronic device may include a passive element and an active element, such as a capacitor, a resistor, an inductor, a diode, and a transistor. The diode may include a light emitting diode (LED) or a photodiode. The light emitting diode may include but not limited to an organic LED (OLED), a sub-millimeter LED (mini LED), a micro LED, or a quantum dot LED. The splicing device may be, for example, a display splicing device or an antenna splicing device, but is not limited thereto. Note that the electronic device may be any combination of the foregoing, but is not limited thereto. Hereinafter, the disclosure is described with an electronic device.
It should be understood that in the following embodiments, the features of several different embodiments may be replaced, recombined, and mixed to complete other embodiments without departing from the spirit of the disclosure. As long as the features of the embodiments do not violate or do not conflict with the spirit of the disclosure, they may be mixed and matched arbitrarily.
Descriptions of the disclosure are given with reference to the exemplary embodiments illustrated by the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers are used in the drawings and the description to refer to the same or like parts.
With reference to
In this embodiment, a direction X, a direction Y, and a direction Z are different directions. The direction X is, for example, an extending direction of the support substrate 110, and the direction Y is, for example, a normal direction of the support substrate 110. The direction X is substantially perpendicular to the direction Y, and the directions X and Y are each substantially perpendicular to the direction Z, but it is not limited thereto.
To be specific, the adhesive layer 150 is disposed on the support substrate 110 and is disposed between the support substrate 110 and the first substrate 120, for example, the adhesive layer 150 is located between the support substrate 110 and the driving substrate 160. In this embodiment, the adhesive layer 150 may be attached to the support substrate 110 by, for example, air lamination or vacuum lamination. A material of the adhesive layer 150 may be, for example, an optically clear adhesive (OCA), optical clear resin (OCR), a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA), other suitable adhesive materials, or a combination of the foregoing, but it is not limited thereto. A Young's modulus of the adhesive layer 150 may be, for example, 0.001 MPa to 500 MPa (0.001 MPa≤Young's modulus≤500 MPa), but it is not limited thereto.
The driving substrate 160 is disposed on the adhesive layer 150. The driving substrate 160 may be an active driving substrate or a passive driving substrate. For instance, the driving substrate 160 may include a driving circuit (not shown) formed by scan lines, data lines, and/or transistors, but it is not limited thereto. The driving substrate 160 may be coupled to the first substrate 120, and the driving substrate 160 may drive the semiconductor element 130 through the first substrate 120. In this embodiment, the driving substrate 160 may be, for example, a rigid substrate, a flexible substrate, or a combination of the foregoing. For instance, a material of the driving substrate 160 may include glass, quartz, sapphire, a silicon wafer, a silicon carbide wafer, ceramics, polycarbonate, polymethylmethacrylate, siloxane, polyimid, polyethylene terephthalate, other suitable substrate materials, or a combination of the foregoing, but it is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the driving substrate 160 may be bendable.
A plurality of adhesive layers 140 (2 are schematically shown in
To be specific, each of the adhesive layers 140 has a first side 141 and a second side 142 opposite to each other. The first side 141 is the side of the adhesive layer 140 facing the support substrate 110 and is the side of the adhesive layer 140 facing the driving substrate 160. The second side 142 is the side of the adhesive layer 140 facing the semiconductor element 130 and is the side of the adhesive layer 140 facing the first substrate 120. In this embodiment, each of the adhesive layers 140 includes a plurality of grooves 143. Herein, the grooves 143 are located at the side (i.e., the first side 141) of the adhesive layer 140 facing the support substrate 110, so that the first side 141 of the adhesive layer 140 is nonplanar, but it is not limited thereto. The grooves 143 do not disconnect the adhesive layer 140, and the grooves 143 do not connect the first side 141 and the second side 142.
With reference to
Since air bubbles may be easily generated when the substrates are attached, in this embodiment, the grooves 143 may be treated as exhaust channels to provide the function of exhaust. In this way, the air bubbles between the adhesive layer 140 and the driving substrate 160 may be discharged towards the edges 144 of the adhesive layer 140 through and along the grooves 143 (i.e., exhaust channels), and the problem of poor electrical connection between the first substrate 120 and the driving substrate 160 due to air bubbles may thus be improved. Herein, the air bubbles are generated, for example, when the adhesive layer 140 is attached to the driving substrate 160 or are generated during other post-processes (e.g., high temperature) after the adhesive layer 140 is attached to the driving substrate 160, but it is not limited thereto.
With reference to
With reference to
A plurality of first substrates 120 (2 are schematically shown in
The semiconductor element 130 is disposed on the first substrates 120. In this embodiment, the semiconductor element 130 may be, for example, a light emitting diode, but it is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the semiconductor element 130 may also be a semiconductor element such as a chip.
The protection layer 170 is disposed on the semiconductor element 130. The protection layer 170 may cover the semiconductor element 130 and the first substrates 120. In this embodiment, a material of the protection layer 170 may be, for example, polyethylene terephthalate or other suitable transparent materials, but it is not limited thereto.
In this embodiment, the grooves 143 are arranged to be disposed in the adhesive layers 140 between the driving substrate 160 and the first substrates 120, and the grooves 143 are disposed at the sides (i.e., the first sides 141) of the adhesive layers 140 facing the support substrate 110. However, the positions of the grooves 143 are not limited thereto in the disclosure, as long as the grooves disposed in the adhesive layers may extend to the edges of the adhesive layers. For instance, in some embodiments, the grooves may also be disposed at the sides (i.e., the second sides 142) (not shown) of the adhesive layers 140 facing the first substrates 120. In some embodiments, the grooves may also be disposed at both the first sides 141 and the second sides 142 (not shown) of the adhesive layers 140. In some embodiments, the grooves may also be disposed in the adhesive layer 150 located between the support substrate 110 and the driving substrate 160, as shown in
In some embodiments, when the support substrate is a circuit board or a circuit substrate with a circuit design, the driving substrate and the adhesive layers are not required to be additionally arranged. Herein, the first substrates may be directly bonded onto the support substrate (not shown) through the adhesive layers.
Other embodiments are described for illustration in the following. It should be noted that the reference numerals and part of the content in the previous embodiment are used in the following embodiments, in which identical reference numerals indicate identical or similar elements, and repeated description of the same technical content is omitted. Please refer to the descriptions of the previous embodiments for the omitted contents, which will not be repeated hereinafter.
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In this embodiment, the grooves 153 are disposed in the adhesive layer 150. The grooves 153 are located at the side (i.e., the first side 151) of the adhesive layer 150 facing the support substrate 110, but it is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the grooves may also be located at the side (i.e., the second side 152) (not shown) of the adhesive layer 150 facing the driving substrate 160. In some embodiments, the grooves may also be disposed at both the first side 151 and the second side 152 (not shown) of the adhesive layers 150. In some embodiments, the grooves may also be disposed in both the adhesive layers 140 and the adhesive layer 150 (not shown).
In this embodiment, the design of the grooves 153 is substantially the same as or similar to the design of the grooves 143 in
To be specific, with reference to
The adhesive layer 180 is disposed between the decorative board 190 and the support substrate 110. The adhesive layer 180 has a first side 181 and a second side 182 opposite to each other. Herein, the first side 181 is the side of the adhesive layer 180 facing the decorative board 190. The second side 182 is the side of the adhesive layer 180 facing the support substrate 110, and a thickness of adhesive layer 180 may be between 50 μm and 500 μm (50 μm≤the thickness of the adhesive layer≤500 μm).
In this embodiment, the grooves 183 are located at the side (i.e., the second side 182) of the adhesive layer 180 facing the support substrate 110, but it is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the grooves may also be located at the side (i.e., the first side 181) (not shown) of the adhesive layer 180 facing the decorative board 190. In some embodiments, the grooves may also be disposed at both the first side 181 and the second side 182 (not shown) of the adhesive layers 180. In some embodiments, the grooves may also be disposed in both the adhesive layers 140 and the adhesive layer 150 and/or the adhesive layer 180 (not shown).
In this embodiment, the design of the grooves 183 is substantially the same as or similar to the design of the grooves 143 in
In view of the foregoing, in the electronic device provided by the embodiments of the disclosure, the adhesive layer has plural grooves (i.e., exhaust channels), so that air bubbles between the adhesive layer and other stacked layers (e.g., between the adhesive layer and the driving substrate) may be discharged towards the edges of the adhesive layer through the plurality of grooves. In this way, the problem of poor overall appearance flatness of the electronic device caused by air bubbles is improved. By adjusting the height range of the grooves, air bubbles may be discharged through the grooves, and the adhesive layer may be separated from the release layer without the risk of disconnection. Further, the angle of the apex angle of the each of the grooves is 60 degrees to 110 degrees, so that the grooves may provide a stable structure to support the adhesive layer.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the disclosed embodiments without departing from the scope or spirit of the disclosure. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the disclosure covers modifications and variations provided that they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.
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202210080746.2 | Jan 2022 | CN | national |
This application claims the priority benefit of U.S. application Ser. No. 63/196,686, filed on Jun. 4, 2021, and China application serial no. 202210080746.2, filed on Jan. 24, 2022. The entirety of each of the above-mentioned patent applications is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
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63196686 | Jun 2021 | US |