Film for display device, method of manufacturing film for display device, and electronic device
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsTai Yun JUNG, Seung Hwan BAEK, Jae Hyun JO, Min Ki KIM
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Abstract
A film for a display device includes a release layer including a protection portion and a pull-tab portion protruding from one side of the protection portion, an adhesive layer arranged on the release layer, and a thin-film layer arranged on the adhesive layer, where end portions of the protection portion, the adhesive layer, and the thin-film layer overlap each other in a plan view, and the protection portion and the pull-tab portion are arranged in a same layer as each other.
Claims20
A film for a display device, the film comprising:
- a release layer including a protection portion and a pull-tab portion protruding from one side of the protection portion;
- an adhesive layer arranged on the release layer;
- and
- a thin-film layer arranged on the adhesive layer,
- wherein end portions of the protection portion, the adhesive layer, and the thin-film layer overlap each other in a plan view, and
- wherein the protection portion and the pull-tab portion are arranged in a same layer as each other.
A method of manufacturing a film for a display device, the method comprising:
- forming a base adhesive layer on a first surface of a base release layer;
- forming a base thin-film layer on the base adhesive layer;
- forming a base support layer on a second surface of the base release layer;
- removing a first portion of the base thin-film layer and a first portion of the base adhesive layer;
- and
- removing a second portion of the base thin-film layer, a second portion of the base adhesive layer, a portion of the base release layer, and a portion of the base support layer,
- wherein in the removing the first portion of the base thin-film layer and the first portion of the base adhesive layer, a portion of the first surface is exposed, and
- wherein in the removing the second portion of the base thin-film layer, the second portion of the base adhesive layer, the portion of the base release layer, and the portion of the base support layer, a release layer including a protection portion and a pull-tab portion protruding from one side of the protection portion is formed by removing the portion of the base release layer.
An electronic device comprising a display device and a processor,
- wherein the display device comprises:
- a display panel;
- and
- a film attached to a rear surface of the display panel,
- wherein the film comprises:
- a thin-film layer;
- and
- an adhesive layer attached between the thin-film layer and the display panel, and
- wherein an edge of the thin-film layer comprises:
- first portions having end portions coinciding with the display panel in a plan view;
- and
- second portions arranged between the first portions and connecting the first portions to each other, wherein the second portions defines a step in the plan view.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.