# US 10,310,560 B2 · Stretchable display device and method of manufacturing stretchable display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,310,560 B2 - Document ID: US10310560B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/675,096 - Filed: 2017-08-11 - Published: 2018-02-15 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2016-08-11 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jinwoo Choi; Youngse Jang; Haeyun Choi; Sungkook Park; Jaeik Lim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10310560B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - G02B 26/0825: {the reflecting element being a flexible sheet or membrane, e.g. for varying the focus (flexible mirrors for cosmetic use A45D42/24)} - G06F 1/1637: {Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing} - G06F 3/041: Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means - H05B 33/14: characterised by the chemical or physical composition or the arrangement of the electroluminescent material {, or by the simultaneous addition of the electroluminescent material in or onto the light source} - H05B 33/22: characterised by the chemical or physical composition or the arrangement of auxiliary dielectric or reflective layers - H10K 59/1213: {the pixel elements being TFTs} - H10K 59/131: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals - H10K 77/111: {Flexible substrates} - G06F 2203/04102: Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper - H10K 2102/311: {Flexible OLED} - Y02E 10/549: Organic PV cells - Y02P 70/50: Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION - Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS ## Abstract A stretchable display device includes a substrate having a plurality of islands spaced apart from each other, and a plurality of bridges connecting each of the plurality of islands. A plurality of display units is disposed above the plurality of islands, respectively. A plurality of metal wirings are electrically connected to each of the plurality of display units. The plurality of metal wirings are disposed above the plurality of bridges. Each of the plurality of bridges includes a first region curved convexly in a first direction on a plane, and a second region curved concavely in the first direction. The second region is connected to the first region. Each of the plurality of metal wirings has a first width, and each of the plurality of bridges have a second width that is greater than the first width. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A stretchable display device comprising: a substrate comprising a plurality of islands spaced apart from each other, and a plurality of bridges connecting each of the plurality of islands; a plurality of display units disposed above the plurality of islands, respectively; and a plurality of metal wirings electrically connected to each of the plurality of display units, the plurality of metal wirings being disposed above the plurality of bridges, wherein each of the plurality of bridges comprises a first region curved convexly in a first direction on a plane, and a second region curved concavely in the first direction, the second region being connected to the first region, wherein each of the plurality of metal wirings has a first width, and each of the plurality of bridges have a second width that is greater than the first width, and wherein each of the plurality of display units comprises a display area, a non-display area that is outside of the display area, and a dam portion arranged within the non-display area, the dam portion surrounding the display area. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The stretchable display device of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of metal wirings is arranged along an outer edge having a convex shape in the first region and the second region, and is spaced apart from an inner edge having a concave shape in the first region and the second region. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The stretchable display device of claim 2, wherein the first width is from about 40% to about 70% of the second width. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The stretchable display device of claim 2, wherein each of the plurality of bridges comprises a third region connecting one end of the first region to one end of the second region above the plane, and a corresponding metal wiring of the plurality of metal wirings obliquely crosses a width of the bridge in the third region. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The stretchable display device of claim 4, wherein the first region, the second region, and the third region are sequentially arranged. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The stretchable display device of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of display units comprises at least one organic light-emitting diode emitting red light, blue light, green light, or white light. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The stretchable display device of claim 6, wherein each of the plurality of display units comprises at least one pixel, and the at least one pixel comprises a red organic light-emitting diode emitting the red light, a blue organic light-emitting diode emitting the blue light, and a green organic light-emitting diode emitting the green light. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The stretchable display device of claim 7, wherein the at least one pixel comprises a plurality of pixels. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The stretchable display device of claim 6, wherein each of the plurality of display units comprises at least one thin film transistor electrically connected to the at least one organic light-emitting diode, and the plurality of metal wirings comprise a first metal wiring and a second metal wiring each of which is electrically connected to the at least one thin film transistor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The stretchable display device of claim 9, wherein the at least one thin film transistor comprises an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, the first metal wiring is connected to the gate electrode, and the second metal wiring is connected to the source electrode. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The stretchable display device of claim 10, wherein the first metal wiring comprises a same material as that of the gate electrode, and the second metal wiring comprises a same material as that of the source electrode and the drain electrode. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The stretchable display device of claim 1, further comprising: a thin film encapsulation layer disposed above the plurality of display units, the thin film encapsulation layer sealing the plurality of display units. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The stretchable display device of claim 12, wherein the thin film encapsulation layer is separately arranged above each of the plurality of display units. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The stretchable display device of claim 12, wherein the thin film encapsulation layer comprises at least one organic layer and at least one inorganic layer. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The stretchable display device of claim 14, wherein the at least one inorganic layer has an area greater than that of the at least one organic layer, and the at least one inorganic layer covers the dam portion. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The stretchable display device of claim 1, further comprising: a first protective filial disposed above the plurality of display units, and a second protective film disposed on a bottom surface of the substrate, the first protective film and the second protective film comprising a stretched sheet. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The stretchable display device of claim 16, further comprising: a functional layer disposed above the first protective film, the functional layer comprising a polarization layer or a touchscreen layer. ### Claim 18 A display device, comprising: a plurality of display substrates spaced apart from each other; a plurality of display units, each of the plurality of display units being disposed on a corresponding display substrate of the plurality of display substrates; a plurality of bridges interconnecting the plurality of display substrates; and a plurality of wirings electrically connecting the plurality of display units, each of the plurality of wirings being disposed on a corresponding bridge of the plurality of bridges, wherein each of the plurality of bridges is twisted or curved, and wherein each of the plurality of display units comprises a display area, a non-display area that is outside of the display area, and a dam portion arranged within the non-display area, the dam portion surrounding the display area. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The display device of claim 18, wherein each of the plurality of bridges comprises a first region curved convexly and a second region curved concavely, the second region being connected to the first region. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The display device of claim 18, wherein each of the plurality of metal wirings has a first width, and each of the plurality of bridges have a second width that is greater than the first width. ### Claim 21 (depends on 18) The display device of claim 18, wherein the display device comprises a plurality of pixels and each of the plurality of display units includes a distinct subset of the plurality of pixels.