Bendable Display Pad Layout With Grooved Wire Isolation

The insulating layer is segmented by forming bending grooves that divide it into multiple regions. These grooves create physical separations between adjacent peripheral wires, preventing direct contact and potential short circuits while allowing the pad area to be minimized.

The bending groove acts as an intermediary insulating structure between adjacent peripheral wires. By introducing this intermediate element, the patent ensures electrical isolation between wires that would otherwise be in close proximity due to the reduced pad area.

Instead of using multiple stacked insulating layers throughout the entire structure, the patent applies insulating material locally only where needed - specifically in the bending grooves between peripheral wires. This localized approach provides electrical isolation where required while avoiding the bending damage issues associated with multiple stacked layers across the entire device.

The patent extracts the essential function of electrical isolation from the context of multiple stacked layers and implements it through a simplified single-layer structure with bending grooves. This removes the harmful modulus differences between multiple layers while preserving the necessary insulation function.

The patent removes the insulating material from the bending areas by forming grooves, extracting only the portions that would cause damage during bending. This leaves the insulating layer continuous in non-bending areas for electrical isolation while eliminating material residue in bending zones that would otherwise cause damage.

The continuous insulating layer is segmented by removing material in bending grooves, creating a discontinuous structure that is optimized for both electrical isolation and bending durability. The segmentation allows the insulator to maintain its protective function where needed while avoiding damage in bending regions.