Flexible displays

A display and flexible carrier technology, applied in the direction of instruments, electrical solid-state devices, semiconductor devices, etc., can solve problems such as component failure, excessive minimum curvature radius, and reduced reliability

Active Publication Date: 2015-04-15
APPLE INC
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However, if left unattended, permanent bending in flexible displays can lead to reduced reliability or component failure, increased resistivity of remote electrod

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[0036] Electronic devices may include displays. A display can be used to display images to a user. figure 1 , 2 An exemplary electronic device that may have a display is shown in and 3 .

[0037] figure 1 , 2 An exemplary electronic device that may have a display is shown in and 3 . figure 1 It is shown how electronic device 10 may have the shape of a laptop computer having an upper housing 12A and a lower housing 12B with components such as keyboard 16 and touchpad 18 . figure 2 It is shown how electronic device 10 may be a handheld device such as a cellular telephone, music player, gaming device, navigation unit, or other compact device. image 3 It is shown how electronic device 10 may be a tablet computer. These are merely illustrative examples. electronic equipment, such as figure 1 , 2 Exemplary electronic devices 10 of and 3 may be laptop computers, computer monitors with embedded computers, tablet computers, cell phones, media players, other handheld and port...

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An electronic device may be provided with an organic light-emitting diode display with minimized border regions. The border regions may be minimized by providing the display with bent edge portions having neutral plane adjustment features that facilitate bending of the bent edge portions while minimizing damage to the bent edge portions. The neutral plane adjustment features may include a modified backfilm layer of the display in which portions of the backfilm layer are removed in a bend region. A display device may include a substrate, a display panel on the substrate having display pixels, and peripheral circuitry proximate the display panel and configured to drive the display pixels. A portion of the periphery of the substrate may be bent substantially orthogonal to the display panel to reduce an apparent surface area of the display device. The bent portion may include an electrode for communication with the peripheral circuitry.

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[0001] This application claims U.S. Patent Application 13 / 932,834, filed July 1, 2013, U.S. Provisional Patent Application 61 / 680,679, filed August 7, 2012, U.S. Provisional Patent Application 61 / 681,509, filed August 9, 2012, and Priority to US Provisional Patent Application 61 / 748,705 filed January 3, 2013, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. Background technique [0002] The present invention relates generally to electronic devices, and more particularly to electronic devices having displays. [0003] Electronic devices often include displays. For example, cellular telephones and portable computers often include displays for presenting information to users. Electronic devices may have housings, such as housings formed of plastic or metal. Components for electronic equipment such as display components may be mounted in the housing. [0004] Incorporating displays into housings for electronic devices is challenging. Size and weight are often importa...

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IPC IPC(8): H05K1/02H01L51/00G02F1/1333G02F1/1345H05K1/18
CPCH05K1/028G02F2001/133388H05K2201/0979H05K2201/09036G02F1/133305H05K2201/10128H05K1/189H01L27/326G02F1/133388Y02E10/549H10K59/131H10K77/111H10K2102/311H10K59/121
Inventor B·W·德格纳陈介伟D·C·马修P·S·德尔扎伊克金相河S·格里斯潘J·Z·钟J-P·奎劳孙国华朴英培V·古普塔
Owner APPLE INC
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