Foldable Display Bottom Plate for Bubble Removal and Heat Dissipation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Electroluminescent display devices face issues with screen defects due to bubbles generated during the lamination process and heat dissipation challenges, particularly in foldable display devices.

Innovation Solution

A foldable display device design incorporating a bottom plate with folding patterns and aperture patterns that facilitate bubble removal and enhanced heat dissipation, utilizing a stacked metal structure with varying hole patterns to improve adhesion and reduce heat generation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If a lamination process is used to bond the display module, then bonding strength is improved, but bubbles are generated causing screen defects

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebonding strengthVSAvoidscreen defects
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The bottom plate is segmented with multiple aperture patterns (first aperture patterns and second aperture patterns) that divide the bonding area into regions, allowing bubbles to escape through these segmented pathways during the lamination process while maintaining bonding strength in the remaining areas

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The harmful bubbles are extracted from the bonding process by providing dedicated escape pathways through the aperture patterns in the bottom plate, allowing bubbles to be removed from the bonding interface without compromising the overall bonding strength

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Power

If circuit components are heated for operation, then display function is improved, but heat accumulation causes afterimage phenomenon

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay functionVSAvoidheat accumulation
Core Design Contradiction:
PowerVSTemperature

Solution Approach 1:

The bottom plate has different local qualities with first aperture patterns in regions corresponding to circuit components and second aperture patterns in other regions, creating localized heat dissipation pathways where heat is generated while maintaining structural integrity in other areas

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The heat that would normally cause afterimage phenomenon is converted into a beneficial effect by using the aperture patterns as heat dissipation pathways, allowing the heat to be efficiently removed through the bottom plate to the system middle frame, thus preventing afterimage while maintaining display performance

Inventive Principle:
Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

3Strength

If a solid bottom plate structure is used, then structural strength is improved, but heat dissipation is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestructural strengthVSAvoidheat dissipation
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The bottom plate is designed with a porous structure containing multiple aperture patterns that provide heat dissipation pathways while maintaining overall structural strength, effectively combining the benefits of solid structure with heat dissipation capabilities

Inventive Principle:
Principle #31Porous materials

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 effectively prevents screen defects by removing bubbles and enhances heat dissipation, increasing the lifespan and reducing power consumption of the display device.

Implementation Method 1

bubbles generated during the lamination process can cause screen defects, so a bubble removal method is required

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectBubble removal: Bubble

Implementation Method 2

The display device may have an afterimage phenomenon caused by the heating of circuit components, so a heat dissipation plan is required

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectHeat dissipation: Heat Sink

Data Source

PatentEP4610770A1Display device
Publication Date: 2025.09.03 LG DISPLAY CO LTD
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AI summary

Disclosed is a display device in which bubbles generated in a bonding process of a display module can be eliminated, which comprises a foldable display device comprising a system middle frame capable of folding relative to a folding axis, and a foldable display module having a folding area that is bonded with the system middle frame and capable of folding relative to the folding axis, and a plurality of flat areas connected through the folding area, wherein the foldable display module comprises a display panel including the plurality of flat areas and the folding area, and a bottom plate that is bonded between the display panel and the system middle frame and includes a plurality of folding patterns disposed in the folding area and a plurality of aperture patterns disposed in the plurality of flat areas.