# US 10,504,936 B2 · Stretchable display device

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- Number: US 10,504,936 B2
- Document ID: US10504936B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/988,711
- Filed: 2018-05-24
- Published: 2019-05-09
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2017-11-07
- Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Gyung Soon Park; Il-Joo Kim; Jun Ki Jeong
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10504936B2

## CPC

- H10D 86/60: wherein the TFTs are in active matrices
- H10D 86/411: {characterised by materials, geometry or structure of the substrates}
- H10D 86/443: {adapted for preventing breakage, peeling or short circuiting}
- H10D: INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

## Abstract

A stretchable display device includes: a first pixel substrate includes a first body part and a first hinge part connected to the first body part; a second pixel substrate includes a second body part and a second hinge part connected to the second body part. A second direction neighboring cutout pattern is disposed between the first hinge part connected to the first body part and the second hinge part connected to the second body part; a first power line disposed at the first hinge part connected to the first body part and a second power line disposed at a second hinge part is connected to the second body part. The first power line and second power line are disposed at substantially equal distances in the first direction based on a reference line extending in correspondence to the second direction neighboring cutout pattern.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A stretchable display device comprising:
a first pixel substrate including a first body part and a first hinge part connected to the first body part;
a second pixel substrate including a second body part and a second hinge part connected to the second body part and adjacent to the first pixel substrate in a first direction on a plane;
a second direction neighboring cutout pattern disposed between the first hinge part connected to the first body part and the second hinge part connected to the second body part;
a first power line disposed at the first hinge part connected to the first body part and applied with a first power voltage; and
a second power line disposed at the second hinge part connected to the second body part and applied with the first power voltage, wherein the first power line and the second power line are disposed at substantially equal distances in the first direction from a reference line, wherein the reference line extends in a second direction in correspondence to the second direction neighboring cutout pattern, and wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The stretchable display device of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of first pixel substrates and second pixel substrates each respectively connected one of a plurality of body parts and a respective one of a plurality of hinge parts, wherein the second direction neighboring cutout pattern extends between two or more first pixel substrates and second pixel substrates.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The stretchable display device of claim 1, wherein the first power line and the second power line are disposed with a symmetrical structure based on the reference line.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The stretchable display device of claim 1, further comprising:
a third power line disposed at the first hinge part connected to the first body part and applied with a second power voltage; and
a fourth power line disposed at the second hinge part connected to the second body part and applied with the second power voltage, and
the third power line and the fourth power line are disposed at a same distance in the first direction based on the reference line.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The stretchable display device of claim 4, wherein the third power line and the fourth power line are disposed with a symmetrical structure based on the reference line.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The stretchable display device of claim 4, further comprising:
a first data line disposed at the first hinge part connected to the first body part and applied with a first data voltage; and
a second data line disposed at the second hinge part connected to the second body part and applied with a second data voltage, and
the first data line and the second data line are disposed at the same distance based on the reference line in the first direction.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The stretchable display device of claim 6, wherein the first data line is disposed between the first power line and the third power line, and the second data line is disposed between the second power line and the fourth power line.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The stretchable display device of claim 7, wherein the first power line is disposed closer to the reference line than the third power line, and the second power line is disposed closer to the reference line than the fourth power line.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The stretchable display device of claim 7, wherein the third power line is disposed closer to the reference line than the first power line, and the fourth power line is disposed closer to the reference line than the second power line.

### Claim 10 (depends on 4)

The stretchable display device of claim 4, further comprising:
a third pixel substrate adjacent to the second pixel substrate in the second direction on a plane;
a fourth pixel substrate adjacent to the first pixel substrate in the second direction on a plane; and
a first direction neighboring cutout pattern disposed between the second pixel substrate and the third pixel substrate and between the first pixel substrate and the fourth pixel substrate.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The stretchable display device of claim 10, wherein the first power line is connected to the fourth pixel substrate and is disposed in a zigzag pattern that bypasses the first direction neighboring cutout pattern, and the second power line is connected to the third pixel substrate and is disposed in the zigzag pattern that bypasses the first direction neighboring cutout pattern.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The stretchable display device of claim 11, wherein the third power line is connected to the fourth pixel substrate and is disposed in the zigzag pattern that bypasses the first direction neighboring cutout pattern, and the fourth power line is connected to the third pixel substrate and is disposed in the zigzag pattern that bypasses the first direction neighboring cutout pattern.

### Claim 13 (depends on 10)

The stretchable display device of claim 10, wherein first body part has four sides, and the first power line is extended to the first body part by bypassing a third cutout direction neighboring cutout pattern and is bent at a third hinge part connected to a third side of the first body part.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The stretchable display device of claim 1, wherein each of the first body part and the second body part includes at least four pixels disposed in at least a 2×2 matrix shape, and each of the at least four pixels includes a light-emitting element emitting light of a predetermined color.

### Claim 15

A stretchable display device comprising:
a first pixel substrate;
a second pixel substrate connected to the first pixel substrate in a first direction on a plane;
a third pixel substrate connected to the second pixel substrate in a second direction on a plane;
a fourth pixel substrate connected to the first pixel substrate in the second direction on a plane;
a first direction neighboring cutout pattern disposed between the first pixel substrate and the fourth pixel substrate and between the second pixel substrate and the third pixel substrate;
a second direction neighboring cutout pattern disposed between the first pixel substrate and the second pixel substrate and between the third pixel substrate and the fourth pixel substrate;
a first power line applied with a first power voltage, a first data line applied with a first data voltage, and a third power line applied with a second power voltage disposed at the first pixel substrate and the fourth pixel substrate; and
a second power line applied with the first power voltage, a second data line applied with a second data voltage, and a fourth power line applied with the second power voltage disposed at the second pixel substrate and the third pixel substrate,
wherein the first data line is disposed between the first power line and the third powerline,
wherein the second data line is disposed between the second power line and the fourth power line,
wherein a first arrangement of the first power line, the first data line, and the third power line and a second arrangement of the second power line, the second data line, and the fourth power line are symmetrical structure based on a reference line, and
wherein the reference line extends in the second direction corresponding to the second direction neighboring cutout pattern.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The stretchable display device of claim 15, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The stretchable display device of claim 16, wherein the first power line and the second power line are disposed in a zigzag pattern that bypasses the first direction neighboring cutout pattern.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The stretchable display device of claim 17, wherein the first power line and the second power line are disposed at a same distance in the first direction based on the reference line.

### Claim 19 (depends on 15)

The stretchable display device of claim 15,
wherein the third power line and the fourth power line are disposed with the symmetrical structure based on the reference line.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The stretchable display device of claim 19, wherein the third power line and the fourth power line are disposed in a zigzag pattern that bypasses the first direction neighboring cutout pattern.

### Claim 21 (depends on 20)

The stretchable display device of claim 20, wherein the third power line and the fourth power line are disposed at a same distance based on the reference line in the first direction.

### Claim 22 (depends on 19)

The stretchable display device of claim 19,
wherein the first data line and the second data line are disposed with a symmetrical structure based on the reference line.
