This application claims priority from and the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2020-0181123, filed on Dec. 22, 2020, which is hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes as if fully set forth herein.
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to a manufacturing method of a display device, and more specifically, to a manufacturing method of glass for a display device.
Recently, various mobile electronic devices such as portable phones, navigation systems, digital cameras, electronic books, portable game machines, or various terminals applied with display devices such as liquid crystal display (LCD) devices or organic light emitting display (OLED) devices are being used.
In a typical display device used in such a mobile electronic device, a cover window may be provided transparently, such as one being formed with glass, so that a user can see a display portion in front of the display panel. Since the cover window is formed on the outermost part of the display device, it must be strong against external impact to protect the display panel inside the display device.
In addition, instead of conventional electronic devices that used a switch or keyboard as an input device, recently, a structure that uses a touch panel that is integrated with a display screen has become widespread, and thus, compared to the conventional mobile devices, the surface of the cover window is more frequently in contact with fingers and the like and accordingly, the cover window with a stronger strength is required.
In addition, as a display device becomes thinner, the thickness of the cover window also becomes thinner, and such a thin cover window is not easy to handle in the manufacturing process.
The above information disclosed in this Background section is only for understanding of the background of the inventive concepts, and, therefore, it may contain information that does not constitute prior art.
Methods according to illustrative embodiments are capable of providing a sturdy cover window for a display device so as to be resistant to impacts provided to front and side surfaces of the cover window.
Embodiments are to provide a manufacturing method of glass that is resistant to breakage by having a constant curvature on a side surface of the glass.
Additional features of the inventive concepts will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the inventive concepts.
A manufacturing method of a display device according to an embodiment includes: forming a laminate by laminating resins on first and second side surfaces of a glass; removing the resins along a laser irradiation line by irradiating a laser on the laminate; separating the laminate into a plurality of laminates by performing primary etching using an etching liquid composition; vertically stacking the plurality of laminates; and performing secondary chemical etching on a structure formed by stacking the plurality of laminates.
In the removing of the resins by irradiating the laser on the laminate, a plurality of grooves may be formed on the glass along the laser irradiation line.
In the removing of the resins by irradiating the laser on the laminate, physical properties of the glass may be changed along the laser irradiation line.
After the separating the laminate into a plurality of laminates by primary etching the laminate using the etching liquid composition, a curvature radius of a side surface of the glass may be larger than a curvature radius of a side surface of the glass after the second spinning etching is performed on the structure on which the plurality of laminates are stacked.
In the separating the laminate into the plurality of laminates through primary etching by using the etching liquid composition, a curvature radius of a side surface of the glass may be larger than a thickness of the glass.
After the performing of the secondary chemical etching on the structure formed by stacking the plurality of laminates, a difference between a curvature radius of a side surface of the glass and a thickness of the glass may be within 10%.
A thickness of the glass may be about 30 μm to about 100 μm.
The manufacturing method of the display device may further include, after the performing of the secondary chemical etching on the structure formed by stacking the plurality of laminates, separately separating the glass by removing the resin from the structure.
A manufacturing method of a display device according to another embodiment includes: forming a laminate by laminating resins on first and second side surfaces of a glass; removing the resins along a laser irradiation line by irradiating a laser on the laminate; separating the laminate into a plurality of laminates by performing primary etching using an etching liquid composition; and removing the resin from the laminate.
In the removing of the resins by irradiating the laser on the laminate, a plurality of grooves may be formed on the glass along the laser irradiation line.
In the removing of the resins by irradiating the laser on the laminate, physical properties of the glass may be changed along the laser irradiation line.
In the separating the laminate into the plurality of laminates through primary etching by using the etching liquid composition, a curvature radius of a side surface of the glass may be larger than a thickness of the glass.
A thickness of the glass may be about 30 μm to about 100 μm.
A manufacturing method of a display device according to another embodiment includes: irradiating a glass with a laser; and separating the glass irradiated with the laser into a plurality of pieces by performing etching using an etching liquid composition.
In the irradiating the glass with a laser, a plurality of grooves may be formed in the glass along a laser irradiation line.
In the irradiating the glass with a laser, physical properties of the glass may be changed along the laser irradiation line.
The manufacturing method of the display device may further include, after the separating the glass into the plurality of pieces by etching the laser-irradiated glass with the etching liquid composition, performing secondary etching on the separated individual glass.
After performing the secondary etching on the separated individual glass, a difference between a curvature radius of a side of the glass and a thickness of the glass may be within 10%.
The separated individual glass may be secondarily etched by spinning etching.
A thickness of the glass may be about 30 μm to about 100 μm.
According to the embodiments, a manufacturing method of glass of which a side surface of the glass has a constant curvature, and thus is resistant to breakage when an impact is made to the side surface of the glass.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are illustrative and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed.
The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate illustrative embodiments of the invention, and together with the description serve to explain the inventive concepts.
In the following description, for the purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of various embodiments or implementations of the invention. As used herein “embodiments” and “implementations” are interchangeable words that are non-limiting examples of devices or methods employing one or more of the inventive concepts disclosed herein. It is apparent, however, that various embodiments may be practiced without these specific details or with one or more equivalent arrangements. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid unnecessarily obscuring various embodiments. Further, various embodiments may be different, but do not have to be exclusive. For example, specific shapes, configurations, and characteristics of an embodiment may be used or implemented in another embodiment without departing from the inventive concepts.
Unless otherwise specified, the illustrated embodiments are to be understood as providing illustrative features of varying detail of some ways in which the inventive concepts may be implemented in practice. Therefore, unless otherwise specified, the features, components, modules, layers, films, panels, regions, and/or aspects, etc. (hereinafter individually or collectively referred to as “elements”), of the various embodiments may be otherwise combined, separated, interchanged, and/or rearranged without departing from the inventive concepts.
The use of cross-hatching and/or shading in the accompanying drawings is generally provided to clarify boundaries between adjacent elements. As such, neither the presence nor the absence of cross-hatching or shading conveys or indicates any preference or requirement for particular materials, material properties, dimensions, proportions, commonalities between illustrated elements, and/or any other characteristic, attribute, property, etc., of the elements, unless specified. Further, in the accompanying drawings, the size and relative sizes of elements may be exaggerated for clarity and/or descriptive purposes. When an embodiment may be implemented differently, a specific process order may be performed differently from the described order. For example, two consecutively described processes may be performed substantially at the same time or performed in an order opposite to the described order. Also, like reference numerals denote like elements.
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. To this end, the term “connected” may refer to physical, electrical, and/or fluid connection, with or without intervening elements. For the purposes of this disclosure, “at least one of X, Y, and Z” and “at least one selected from the group consisting of X, Y, and Z” may be construed as X only, Y only, Z only, or any combination of two or more of X, Y, and Z, such as, for instance, XYZ, XYY, YZ, and ZZ. As used herein, the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
Although the terms “first,” “second,” etc. may be used herein to describe various types of elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are used to distinguish one element from another element. Thus, a first element discussed below could be termed a second element without departing from the teachings of the disclosure.
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” 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. It is also noted that, as used herein, the terms “substantially,” “about,” and other similar terms, are used as terms of approximation and not as terms of degree, and, as such, are utilized to account for inherent deviations in measured, calculated, and/or provided values that would be recognized by one of ordinary skill in the art.
Various embodiments are described herein with reference to sectional and/or exploded illustrations that are schematic illustrations of idealized embodiments and/or intermediate structures. As such, variations from the shapes of the illustrations as a result, for example, of manufacturing techniques and/or tolerances, are to be expected. Thus, embodiments disclosed herein should not necessarily be construed as limited to the particular illustrated shapes of regions, but are to include deviations in shapes that result from, for instance, manufacturing. In this manner, regions illustrated in the drawings may be schematic in nature and the shapes of these regions may not reflect actual shapes of regions of a device and, as such, are not necessarily intended to be limiting.
Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure is a part. 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 idealized or overly formal sense, unless expressly so defined herein.
Hereinafter, a manufacturing method of a display device according to an embodiment will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of glass in a display device.
Hereinafter, the glass manufacturing process according to an embodiment will be described in detail.
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When the curved surface of glass 100 is formed similarly to the constant curvature, the impact strength applied to the side can be increased.
That is, in the manufacturing method of glass according to an embodiment, the side of the glass 100 may have a curved surface close to the constant curvature through laser irradiation, primary etching, and secondary etching. Therefore, it is possible to increase the strength with respect to the side impact of the glass 100.
Hereinafter, a manufacturing method of glass according to another embodiment will be described.
The forming a laminate by laminating the resin in the upper and lower portions of the glass (S10), removing the resin and forming the groove in the glass or changing physical properties by irradiating the laser (S20); and cutting the laminate by performing primary chemical etching (S30) are the same as those according to the embodiment of
The manufacturing method according to the embodiment as shown in
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The manufacturing method of the glass according to the embodiment of
When the curved surface of the glass 100 is formed similarly to the constant curvature, the impact strength applied to the side can be increased.
Although certain embodiments and implementations have been described herein, other embodiments and modifications will be apparent from this description. Accordingly, the inventive concepts are not limited to such embodiments, but rather to the broader scope of the appended claims and various obvious modifications and equivalent arrangements as would be apparent to a person of ordinary skill in the art.
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10-2020-0181123 | Dec 2020 | KR | national |