Display Device Coating Layer Impact Resistance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Thin display devices are prone to damage during manufacturing due to their thin thickness, necessitating research into structures that combine thinness with improved impact resistance.
Innovation Solution
A display device with a coating layer under the display panel, comprising a base layer with organic material and dispersed fillers, providing enhanced impact resistance and multiple functional capabilities, manufactured using a molding technique that allows for precise thickness and shape control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of stationary object
If the display device is made thin to reduce number of functional layers, then the device thickness is reduced, but the impact resistance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies composite materials by combining an organic base layer with inorganic filler particles (such as alumina, silica, or titania) to create a coating layer that provides both mechanical strength and impact resistance. This composite structure allows the display device to maintain thin overall thickness while the filler-reinforced coating layer compensates for the reduced structural support that would normally come from multiple thick functional layers.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements local quality by creating a coating layer with non-uniform filler distribution and varying thickness across different regions of the display panel. The coating layer is configured to provide enhanced protection in specific areas that require greater impact resistance, while maintaining thinner sections in areas where flexibility or other properties are prioritized, thus resolving the contradiction between overall thinness and localized strength requirements.
2Device complexity
If a single coating layer is used under the display panel, then the device complexity is reduced, but the functional capabilities may be insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a single coating layer that simultaneously performs multiple functions: mechanical protection against impact, optical functions through light-transmissive fillers, electrical properties through conductive or shielded filler configurations, and thermal management capabilities. This multi-functional coating layer replaces what would traditionally require multiple separate functional layers, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining comprehensive functional capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses composite materials with diverse filler types (light-transmissive, conductive, magnetic, or heat-resistant particles) dispersed in the organic base layer to enable a single coating layer to deliver multiple functional properties. By carefully selecting and combining different filler materials, the coating achieves optical transparency, electrical conductivity, magnetic shielding, or thermal resistance as needed, all within one integrated layer structure.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enhances the reliability and durability of thin display devices by providing impact resistance and simplifying the manufacturing process, while reducing the device's thickness and part complexity.
Implementation Method 1
forming a coating layer on the lower surface of the display panel by curing the preliminary coating material
Data Source
AI summary
A display device includes a display panel including a first region, and a second region surrounding the first region, and a coating layer disposed under the display panel, and overlapping the first region and the second region. The coating layer includes a base layer including an organic material, and a plurality of fillers dispersed in the base layer, the coating layer has a viscosity of about 1000 cps or greater, a lower surface of the coating layer includes a first lower surface overlapping the first region, and a second lower surface overlapping the second region, and a surface roughness of the first lower surface is greater than a surface roughness of the second lower surface.


