# US 2014/0152646 A1 · Cubic display and manufacturing method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0152646 A1 - Document ID: US20140152646A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/937,146 - Filed: 2013-07-08 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-05 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Ki-Nyeng Kang; Mu-Gyeom Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140152646A1 ## CPC - G09G 3/2085: {Special arrangements for addressing the individual elements of the matrix, other than by driving respective rows and columns in combination} - G09G 3/035: {for flexible display surfaces} - H10K 59/80: Constructional details - H10K 59/131: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals - H10K 2102/311: {Flexible OLED} - Y02E 10/549: Organic PV cells - Y02P 70/50: Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product - Y10T 29/49124: On flat or curved insulated base, e.g., printed circuit, etc. - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - 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 - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A multisided display device includes a flexible substrate configured to have a shape of a polyhedron and including a plurality of flattened portions, a plurality of bending portions, a first surface having a plurality of pixels thereon, and a second surface opposite the first surface, a plurality of rigid substrates corresponding to the plurality of flattened portions and positioned at the second surface of the flexible substrate, a scan driver for supplying a scan signal to the plurality of pixels, and a data driver for supplying a data signal to the plurality of pixels. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A multisided display device comprising: a flexible substrate configured to have a shape of a polyhedron and comprising: a plurality of flattened portions; a plurality of bending portions; a first surface having a plurality of pixels thereon; and a second surface opposite the first surface; a plurality of rigid substrates corresponding to the plurality of flattened portions and positioned at the second surface of the flexible substrate; a scan driver for supplying a scan signal to the plurality of pixels; and a data driver for supplying a data signal to the plurality of pixels. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The multisided display device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of flattened portions and the plurality of bending portions collectively have the shape of the polyhedron in an unfolded state, and wherein the flexible substrate is configured to have the shape of the polyhedron by bending the plurality of bending portions. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The multisided display device of claim 2, wherein the first surface of the flexible substrate is configured to be toward an inside of the polyhedron, and wherein the pixels are at areas corresponding to the flattened portions and to the bending portions. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The multisided display device of claim 3, wherein each of the pixels comprise: a transparent pixel electrode; an organic emission layer on the pixel electrode; and a reflective common electrode on the organic emission layer, and wherein the pixels are configured to emit light toward the flexible substrate. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The multisided display device of claim 3, further comprising: a barrier layer between the flexible substrate and the pixels; and a thin film encapsulation layer on the pixels. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The multisided display device of claim 5, wherein the thin film encapsulation layer covers the scan driver or the data driver. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The multisided display device of claim 2, wherein the flexible substrate further comprises a bonding portion at an edge of a first one of the flattened portions, and wherein the bonding portion is configured to overlap and be affixed to an inner surface of a second one of the flattened portions. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The multisided display device of claim 7, wherein the scan driver and the data driver are at the first surface of the flexible substrate, and are configured to respectively supply the scan signal and the data signal to at least one of the flattened portions. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The multisided display device of claim 8, wherein one of the scan driver or the data driver is on the bonding portion, and wherein an other one of the scan driver or the data driver is on one of the flattened portions or one of the bending portions. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The multisided display device of claim 8, wherein the scan driver and the data driver are on an area of the bonding portion, and wherein the bonding portion is at a location corresponding to the rigid substrate. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The multisided display device of claim 8, further comprising: a plurality of first scan signal lines arranged in a first direction; a plurality of second scan signal lines arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction; and a plurality of data signal lines arranged in the first direction, wherein the first scan signal lines, the second scan signal lines, and the data signal lines are between the data driver and the pixels, wherein the scan driver and the data driver are arranged in parallel. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The multisided display device of claim 11, further comprising an insulating layer between the first scan signal lines and the second scan signal lines, wherein the second scan signal lines are electrically coupled to respective ones of the first scan signal lines through via holes in the insulating layer. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The multisided display device of claim 1, further comprising a transparent bonding layer between the flexible substrate and the rigid substrate, wherein the second surface of the flexible substrate is toward an outside of the polyhedron. ### Claim 14 A method manufacturing a multisided display device, the method comprising: providing a rigid substrate; forming a transparent bonding layer and a flexible substrate on the rigid substrate; forming a plurality of pixels, a scan driver, and a data driver on the flexible substrate; cutting the rigid substrate and the flexible substrate to comprise a plurality of flattened portions, a plurality of bending portions, and a plurality of bonding portions; removing portions of the rigid substrate such that remaining portions of the rigid substrate are at an outer surface of respective ones of the flattened portions; and bending the bending portions to form a polyhedron. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the removing the portions of the rigid substrate causes the rigid substrate and the flexible substrate to be in a shape of the polyhedron in an unfolded state. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the plurality of pixels, the scan driver, and the data driver are formed at a first surface configured to face toward an inside of the polyhedron. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising: forming a barrier layer between the flexible substrate and the plurality of pixels; and forming a thin film encapsulation layer on the pixels, wherein the pixels are at the flattened portions and the bending portions. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein one of the scan driver or the data driver is at one of the bonding portions, and wherein an other one of the scan driver or the data driver is at one of the flattened portions or one of the bending portions. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the scan driver and the data driver are at one of the bonding portions, and wherein the removing the portions of the rigid substrate causes the remaining portions of the rigid substrate to be at an outer surface of the bonding portions. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising: folding the bonding portion inside one of the flattened portions; and bonding the bonding portion to the one of the flattened portions.