E Ink Holdings Inc.

Chia-Chun Yeh

Ted-Hong Shinn

Henry Wang

Wei-Chou Lan

Yi-Sheng Lin

Xue-Hung Tsai

Sung-Hui Huang

Yao-Chou Tsai

Chih-Hsuan Wang

Kuo-Hsing Cheng

Kuan-Yi Lin

Chun-Yu Lu

Yu-Chieh Hung

Hsing-Kai Wang

Wei-Tsung Chen

Yu-Wen Chen

Yung-Sheng Chang

Chen-Chu Tsai

Fang-An Shu

Chuang-Chuang Tsai

Cheng-Hang Hsu

Hsing-Yi Wu

Kuo-Yen Chang

Chih-Hsiang Yang

Hsiao-Wen Zan

Wen-Chung Tang

Ming-Yen Chuang

Pei-Lin Huang

Po-Hsin Lin

Shu-Ping Yan

Pei-Chen Yu

Chen Chu Tsai

Po-Yu Hsiao

Yao Peng

Chi-Sheng Jiang

A display device includes a driving substrate, an electronic ink layer, and a conductive barrier layer. The electronic ink layer is located on the driving substrate. The conductive barrier layer is located on the electronic ink layer, the conductive barrier layer includes a conductive layer and a base layer, the conductive layer is located between the base layer and the electronic ink layer, and the conductive layer is separated from the electronic ink layer.

Display device and fabrication method of the same

A flexible display panel can be bent around an axis, and includes a flexible substrate and an accommodating structure. The accommodating structure is disposed on the flexible substrate and includes a plurality of polygonal microcups connected to each other, where the polygonal microcups are arranged regularly, and the axis is not substantially parallel to any sidewall of each polygonal microcup.

Flexible display panel

An electronic apparatus includes a flexible display device and a roller. The flexible display device includes a driving substrate, a display layer on the driving substrate, and a front protective layer covering the display layer. The flexible display device has an end portion fixed to the roller. The roller includes a holding groove, a receiving slot, and a retraction assembly. The holding groove is recessed from an external surface of the roller. The end portion is in the holding groove. The flexible display device further includes a main body portion outside the holding groove. A thickness of the end portion is less than a thickness of the main body portion. The receiving slot is recessed from the external surface. The retraction assembly is disposed in the receiving slot. When the retraction assembly abuts against the flexible display device, the retraction assembly is pressed into the receiving slot.

Electronic apparatus

A display device includes a flexible display panel, a sealant, and a first reinforcing structure. The flexible display panel includes a lower substrate, an upper substrate, and a display medium layer disposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate. Each of the lower substrate and the upper substrate has an edge region. A centerline of the flexible display panel is parallel to a short side of the flexible display panel. The sealant is disposed between the edge region of the lower substrate and the edge region of the upper substrate. The first reinforcing structure is disposed among the sealant, the edge region of the lower substrate, and the edge region of the upper substrate. The centerline of the flexible display panel passes through the first reinforcing structure, and the elastic modulus of the first reinforcing structure is greater than that of the sealant.

Display device

A display apparatus including a display panel and a display driver is provided. The display driver is coupled to the display panel. The display driver is configured to drive the display panel by at least one of a plurality of gray levels to display an image frame in a first state. The display driver is configured to drive the display panel by a predetermined gray level to display a standby frame in a second state. The display driver determines the predetermined gray level of the standby frame according to the gray levels of the image frame. In addition, a driving method of a display apparatus is also provided.

Display apparatus and driving method thereof

A display device includes an array substrate and two electronic ink layers. The array substrate includes two active regions and a folding region that connects these two active regions. The two active regions are located at two opposite sides of the folding region. The two electronic ink layers are respectively located on the two active regions. The folding region of the array substrate is located below a gap between the two electronic ink layers. When the display device is at an unfolded state, two edges of the two electronic ink layers are adjacent to each other. When the display device is at a folded state, the two electronic ink layers are located between the two active regions of the array substrate.

A flexible electronic device has a display region and a package region surrounding the display region. The flexible electronic device includes a substrate, a first protection film, a first adhesive layer, a display medium layer, and a flexible auxiliary layer. The first protection film is disposed to be opposite to the substrate. The first adhesive layer is disposed between the substrate and the first protection film, and at least located within the package region. The display medium layer is disposed between the substrate and the first protection film, and located within the display region. The flexible auxiliary layer is disposed on a surface of the first protection film, and located within the package region, wherein the flexible auxiliary layer overlaps the first adhesive layer in a thickness direction.

Flexible electronic device

A foldable display device includes a central connector, a first support structure, a second support structure, a cable, and a display panel. The central connector has an abutment post. The first support structure is pivoted to the central connector and includes a first recess, a first plate, a first support element, and plural first flexible elements. The second support structure is pivoted to the central connector and has a second recess, a second plate, a second support element, and plural second flexible elements. Two ends of the cable are respectively connected to one end of the first support element and one end of the second support element, and the cable abuts beneath the abutment post. A portion of the display panel is movably disposed over the first support structure, and another portion of the display panel is fixed on the second support structure.

Foldable display device

A carrier apparatus is adapted to carry a flexible substrate. The carrier apparatus includes two carrier plates, two adhesive layers, and two supporting units. The carrier plates have a gap with respect to each other, and each of the carrier plates has a first region and a second region, wherein the second regions of the carrier plates are adjacent to each other and are located between the first regions. The adhesive layers are respectively disposed in the first regions of the carrier plates. The supporting units are respectively disposed in the second regions of the carrier plates and are coplanar with the adhesive layers, wherein the flexible substrate is fixed on the carrier plates through the adhesive layers, and the supporting units are detachably attached to a bending zone of the flexible substrate by attractive force. A display including the carrier apparatus and a flexible display panel is provided.

Carrier apparatus and display

A flexible laminated structure includes a first protective layer, a plurality of patterned structures, and a second protective layer. The patterned structures are disposed on the first protective layer and expose a portion of the first protective layer. Each of the patterned structures has a first width adjacent to the first protective layer and a second width away from the first protective layer, and the first width is smaller than the second width. The second protective layer is disposed on the first protective layer and covers the patterned structures and the first protective layer.

Flexible laminated structure and display

A flexible laminated structure includes a first protection layer, a second protection layer directly contacting the first protection layer and a flexible material layer. The second protection layer having a plurality of openings, which are used to expose a portion of the first protection layer. The flexible material layer is disposed on the second protection layer and extends into the openings, and directly contacts the first protection layer exposed by the openings. An adhesion between the flexible material layer and the first protection layer is greater than an adhesion between the second protection layer and the first protection layer.

A circuit structure includes a flexible substrate, an inorganic barrier layer, a first wire, a second wire, a third wire, a fourth wire, an organic dielectric layer, a first conductive via, and a second conductive via. The inorganic barrier layer is disposed over the flexible substrate. The first and second wires are disposed on the inorganic barrier layer and contact the inorganic barrier layer. The first and second wires are separated from each other. The organic dielectric layer is disposed over the first and second wires. The third wire is disposed in the organic dielectric layer. The fourth wire is disposed above the organic dielectric layer. The first conductive via is disposed in the organic dielectric layer and contacts the first and third wires. The second conductive via is disposed in the organic dielectric layer and contacts the second and fourth wires.

Circuit structure

A foldable display device includes a display panel having two flat portions and a bend portion between the two flat portions; a hinge substantially aligned with and beneath the bend portion of the display panel; a plurality of slidable platforms between the hinge and a bottom surface of the bend portion of the display panel; and a repeatable adhering component between one of the slidable platforms and the bottom surface of the bend portion of the display panel, wherein the repeatable adhering component comprises a self-adhesive pad or a weak adhesive.

An electronic device package includes a carrying board, an electronic device, a first insulating layer, and a barrier layer. The carrying board includes a central area, an inner edge area, and an outer edge area. The inner edge area is located between the central area and the outer edge area. The electronic device is located in the central area. The first insulating layer is located on the carrying board and overlapped with the electronic device and extends from the central area to the inner edge area. The barrier layer is located on the carrying board. Here, the barrier layer includes a sidewall contact portion and an extending portion. The sidewall contact portion surrounds a side surface of the first insulating layer, and the extending portion extends from the sidewall contact portion to the outer edge area in a direction away from the first insulating layer.

Electronic device package

A pixel structure includes data lines disposed along a first direction, scan lines disposed along a second direction and pixel units periodically disposed along the first and the second directions. In a first pixel unit, a first switch element is coupled to a first scan line and a first data line, the second switch element is coupled to the first scan line, and a third switch element is coupled to the first scan line. In a second pixel unit, a fourth switch element is coupled to a second scan line, the first data line and the second switch element, and a fifth switch element is electrically coupled to the second scan line and the third switch element. In a third pixel unit, a sixth switch element is coupled to a third scan line, the first data line and the fifth switch element.

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Chia-Chun Yeh