Display device and method of fabricating the same
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsSun Hee Lee, Sunho Kim, Hyun Kim
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Abstract
A display device includes a display panel, a first protective member, and a second protective member. The display panel includes a front part, a first side part extending from the front part, and a pad portion extending from the first side part. A pad is on the pad portion, the first side part is bent, and each of the front part and the first side part displays an image. The first protective member is below the display panel and overlaps the front part and the first side part. The second protective member is below the display panel, in a same layer as the first protective layer, and overlaps the pad portion. The second protective member has a bending stiffness greater than a bending stiffness of the first protective member.
Claims20
A display device, comprising:
- a display panel including a front part, a first side part extending from the front part, and a pad portion extending from the first side part, wherein a pad is on the pad portion, the first side part is bent, and each of the front part and the first side part displays an image;
- a first protective member attached to a bottom surface of a base substrate of the display panel and overlapping the front part and the first side part;
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- a second protective member attached to the bottom surface of the base substrate of the display panel, wherein the second protective member overlaps the pad portion, and the second protective member is disposed between the pad portion and the first protective film,
- wherein the first protective member includes:
- a first protective film;
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- a first adhesive layer between the display panel and the first protective film.
A display device, comprising:
- a display panel including a front part, a first side part extending from the front part, and a pad portion extending from the first side part, wherein the display panel includes a base substrate divided into a portion corresponding to the front part, a portion corresponding to the first side part and a portion corresponding to the pad portion, a pad is on the pad portion, the first side part is bent, and each of the front part and the first side part displays an image;
- a first adhesive layer attached to a bottom surface of the portion of the base substrate corresponding to the front part and attached to a bottom surface of the portion of the base substrate corresponding to the first side part;
- a first protective film attached to the first adhesive layer;
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- a second protective member attached to a bottom surface of the portion of the base substrate corresponding to the pad portion, wherein the second protective member is disposed between the pad portion and the first protective film,
- wherein the second protective member has a modulus greater than a modulus of the first adhesive layer.
A method of fabricating a display device, the method comprising:
- preparing a display panel including a front part, a side part extending from the front part, and a pad portion extending from the side part, wherein the display panel includes a base substrate divided into a portion corresponding to the front part, a portion corresponding to the first side part and a portion corresponding to the pad portion, a pad is provided on the pad portion, and each of the front part and the side part displays an image;
- providing a first protective member on the portion of the base substrate corresponding to the front part and the portion of the base substrate corresponding to the side part;
- providing, on the surface of the portion of the base substrate corresponding to the pad portion, a second protective member having a bending stiffness greater than a bending stiffness of the first protective member, wherein the second protective member is disposed on a same surface of the base substrate as the first protective member such that the second protective member is disposed between the pad portion and the first protective member in a state where the side part is bent;
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- compressively bonding the pad and a printed circuit board to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.