Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Mayuko Sakamoto

Yasuaki Iwase

Yoshihisa Takahashi

Tokio Taguchi

Hiromi Katoh

Masao Moriguchi

Tetsunori Tanaka

Tokuo Yoshida

Yoshihiro Izumi

Yohsuke Kanzaki

Tim Michael Smeeton

Hiroyuki Moriwaki

Christopher James Brown

Kazuhiko Tsuda

Tamotsu Sakai

Isao Ogasawara

Akira Tagawa

Shoji Okazaki

Takaharu Yamada

Edward Andrew Boardman

Yuki Yasuda

Kenji Misono

Yukiya Nishioka

Yoshiki Nakatani

Yuhichi Saitoh

Yuichi Saito

Yosuke Kanzaki

Tomoyuki Nagai

Kenichi Ishii

Ikuo Ninomiya

Yu Yamane

Between an end edge on a terminal side of a resin substrate layer in a frame region and a display region, an inorganic layered film is provided with a first opening penetrating the inorganic layered film and causing at least a part of an upper face of the resin substrate layer to be exposed, a first filling layer is provided in an interior of the first opening to cover an edge portion thereof, a plurality of lead wiring lines are provided to the end edge on the terminal side in contact with upper faces of the inorganic layered film and the first filling layer, extend in parallel to each other in a direction intersecting the end edge on the terminal side in the frame region, and are electrically connected to a plurality of terminals respectively.

Display device and production method thereof

A foldable display includes: a flexible display panel including: an impact absorbing layer including a metal film; and a display layer provided on a surface of the impact absorbing layer; a first region, a second region, and a third region that are included in a region of the flexible display panel, the third region being positioned between the first region and the second region; a first support substrate that is inflexible, the first support substrate supporting the first region from toward the impact absorbing layer; a second support substrate that is inflexible, the second support substrate supporting the second region from toward the impact absorbing layer; a folding mechanism connected to the first support substrate and the second support substrate, and overlapping with the third region in plan view; and a slit provided to the metal film at least in a first position at a shortest distance, from the third region, shorter than a shortest distance from an end portion of the first region across from the third region, or in a second position at a shortest distance, from the third region, shorter than a shortest distance from an end portion of the second region across from the third region.

Foldable display and method for manufacturing foldable display

A foldable display, includes a display layer with flexibility including a first display region, a second display region, and a third display region located between the first display region and the second display region; a cover with flexibility configured to cover the display layer; a first support substrate with inflexibility configured to support the first display region; a second support substrate with inflexibility configured to support the second display region; a bending part capable of bending including the third display region; and a shock absorbing layer provided between the display layer and the first support substrate and between the display layer and the second support substrate.

Foldable display

A method for manufacturing an electronic device includes the following: forming an island-shaped peeling layer onto a substrate; stacking a resin layer all over the peeling layer; forming a barrier layer over the resin layer; forming an electronic-circuit layer onto the upper surface of the barrier layer; and peeling off the resin layer from the substrate and the peeling layer.

Method for manufacturing electronic device

The present disclosure protects a flexible substrate and prevents the generation of a crack and the development of a crack inside a display device. A display device includes a display area and a frame region which is a non-display area provided outside the display area, and in the frame region, at least a flexible substrate and a moisture-proof layer are disposed in this order, and a metal oxide film is further provided between the flexible substrate and the moisture-proof layer.

Display device and method for manufacturing display device to inhibit development of display defects

A flexible organic EL display device includes a plurality of short ring wiring lines. Each of the plurality of short ring wiring lines contacts a flattening film that is a resin layer on an end face of a terminal portion region in the flexible organic EL display device.

Display device comprising frame region surrounding display region

A light-emitting device has improved impact resistance over conventional configurations. Such a light-emitting device includes a display panel layer, a housing layer, an impact absorbing layer adjacent the housing layer, a metal layer that is disposed between the impact absorbing layer and the display panel layer and that is deformable during an impact on the light-emitting device, and a compliant layer that is disposed between the metal layer and the display panel layer that enables a shape of the display panel layer to be maintained when the metal layer is deformed. Due to a compliance or low stiffness of the compliant layer, a permanent deformation of the metal layer due to an impact or device shape change is not discernibly transferred into the shape of the display panel layer, and the shape of the display panel layer is essentially maintained so that an impact or shape change does not adversely affect display performance.

Impact absorbing element for display device

A manufacturing method of a display device includes a layering process including steps of forming a PI layer on a carrier glass substrate, forming a base coat layer to cover the PI layer, and forming a TFT layer and a light-emitting element layer on the base coat layer, an exposing process including a step of exposing an end surface of the PI layer, and a peeling process including a step of peeling the carrier glass substrate from the PI layer by irradiating the lower face of the PI layer with a laser light beam.

Manufacturing method of display device

Provided is a manufacturing method of a display device in which, after a layered body including a resin layer, a TFT layer, and a light emitting element layer is formed on a substrate configured to form a plurality of display devices, the resin layer is irradiated with laser from a back face of the substrate and the substrate is peeled from the layered body using a laser peeling device. The manufacturing method of a display device includes acquiring optical information of the substrate that is peeled off, detecting each acquisition result of the plurality of display devices from each assigned position of the plurality of display devices relative to the substrate, and performing predetermined processing on the display device in a case that the acquisition result of the display device exceeds a threshold value.

Manufacturing method of display device and manufacturing apparatus of display device

A liquid crystal display device according to one aspect of the disclosure includes: a liquid crystal panel including a first substrate and a second substrate that oppose each other, and a liquid crystal layer of a horizontal alignment type provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a first polarizing plate and a second polarizing plate that sandwich the liquid crystal panel. A transparent conductive film layer connected to a ground potential is formed on the first substrate. A plurality of pixel electrodes are formed above the second substrate. A distance between the liquid crystal layer and the transparent conductive film layer ranges 15 &#x3bc;m to 200 &#x3bc;m.

Liquid crystal display device

A display device, which includes a lower face film, a TFT layer, and a light emitting element layer, includes a resin layer provided above the lower face film and below the TFT layer. A first region and a second region are included in a lower face of the resin layer, and the second region is a carbide pattern in which an amount of carbide per unit area is greater than an amount of carbide per unit area in the first region.

Display device, display device production method, and display device production device

A liquid crystal display device according to an aspect of the disclosure includes a liquid crystal panel including an element substrate, a counter substrate facing the element substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the element substrate and the counter substrate, an incident-side linear polarizing plate arranged on a light-incident side of the liquid crystal layer, and an emission-side linear polarizing plate arranged on a light-emission side of the liquid crystal layer. Each of the element substrate and the counter substrate uses a resin film as base material. A plurality of insulating films are formed on the base material. A contact hole is formed in the plurality of insulating films, the contact hole being rectangular in plan view. Either a long side or a short side of the contact hole is parallel with an absorption axis of the incident-side linear polarizing plate or the emission-side linear polarizing plate.

A liquid crystal display device wherein a first substrate and a second substrate are bonded together by a sealing material, a pixel electrode, a common electrode, a shift register, a clock line, and a power supply line are formed on the first substrate, a plurality of conductive particles are mixed into the sealing material, the plurality of conductive particles are maintained at a same potential as the common electrode, and the plurality of conductive particles are disposed at a position overlapping at least a part of the power supply line, when viewed from a normal direction of the first substrate.

In order to supply a low-level potential VSS from a trunk line for the low-level potential VSS to each stage of a shift register, a branch line and an auxiliary line are provided for every plurality of stages of the shift register, and the auxiliary lines are connected to the respective branch lines and the plurality of stages of the shift register. It is also possible to provide an auxiliary line having substantially the same length as the trunk line and to connect all of the branch lines and all of the stages in the shift register to this auxiliary line. A high-level potential VDD may also be supplied using the same method. Consequently, a scanning-signal-line driving circuit is provided in which the frame area and power consumption of a display panel can be reduced when formed on the display panel as an integral unit.

Scanning-signal-line driving circuit and display device including same

A display device includes a monolithic gate driver with drive signal trunk wiring lines that transmit drive signals (such as clock signals) made of a source metal in a region on the opposite side of a display region with respect to a shift register region. A VSS trunk wiring line arranged to transmit a low-level direct-current power supply potential is made of a source metal in a region between the shift register region and the display region. Each of bistable circuits defining a shift register and a drive signal trunk wiring line are connected by a drive signal branch wiring line made of a gate metal. Each bistable circuit and the VSS trunk wiring line are connected by a VSS branch wiring line made of a source metal.

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Osaka, Japan

Mayuko Sakamoto