Stretchable Heat Dissipation Layer for Curved OLED Displays

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing OLED flexible display devices face issues with heat dissipation due to non-stretchable heat dissipation films, leading to pleats, bubbles, and cracks at curved corners, which affect display quality.

Innovation Solution

A display module with a heat dissipation layer featuring a stretchable structure in the arc surface region, including a thermal conductive film with through holes arranged in an array, an electromagnetic shielding film, and an adhesive film, which can be compressed and stretched to match the arc surface of the display panel, preventing pleats and cracks.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Temperature

If a non-stretchable heat dissipation film is attached to curved corner regions of the display screen, then heat dissipation function is provided, but the film forms pleats and bubbles at the corners, causing cracks or defects in the display screen

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveheat dissipationVSAvoiddisplay screen integrity
Core Design Contradiction:
TemperatureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The heat dissipation film is designed with a stretchable structure including through-holes that enable the film to stretch and conform to the curved corner regions of the display screen. This flexibility allows the film to accommodate the arc-shaped edges without forming pleats or bubbles, thereby preventing cracks and maintaining display screen integrity while preserving the heat dissipation function.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

Solution Approach 2:

The heat dissipation film's physical parameters are modified by introducing through-holes that change the film's mechanical properties. These holes allow the film to expand and stretch in the corner regions, transforming it from a rigid non-stretchable structure to a flexible one that can adapt to curved surfaces without compromising heat dissipation performance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Shape

If the heat dissipation film is stretched to fit the arc surface, then the film conforms to the display screen shape, but the non-stretchable material forms pleats and redundant portions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvearc surface conformityVSAvoidfilm attachment quality
Core Design Contradiction:
ShapeVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The heat dissipation film incorporates a stretchable structure with through-holes that enable the film to elastically deform and conform to the arc-shaped edges of the display screen. This flexible design allows the film to stretch without forming pleats or redundant portions, ensuring high attachment quality and precise conformity to the desired shape.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

Solution Approach 2:

The heat dissipation film is segmented by introducing through-holes that divide the continuous film structure into regions that can independently stretch and adapt. This segmentation allows different portions of the film to accommodate the curved geometry of the display screen corners, achieving precise shape conformity without manufacturing defects.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Reliability

If the heat dissipation film is made stretchable to accommodate curved edges, then pleats and bubbles are prevented, but the film structure becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveattachment qualityVSAvoidheat dissipation film structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The heat dissipation film employs a stretchable structure achieved through through-holes, which provides the necessary flexibility to accommodate curved edges and prevent attachment defects. This design maintains relative structural simplicity by using a regular array of holes rather than complex geometric patterns, balancing reliability improvement with manageable structural complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

Solution Approach 2:

The heat dissipation film utilizes a porous structure with through-holes that provides stretchability while maintaining a relatively simple and manufacturable design. The regular array of holes creates a predictable mechanical behavior that allows the film to conform to curved surfaces without requiring complex structural modifications, thus improving attachment quality without excessive complexity.

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 absorbs redundant areas, prevents bubbles and cracks, and ensures efficient heat transfer and display quality by allowing the heat dissipation layer to conform to the display panel's shape, improving the overall manufacturing and display quality.

Implementation Method 1

The heat dissipation layer includes a stretchable structure in an arc surface region with an arc edge. The stretchable structure includes a through hole in the thermal conductive film

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElasticity: Elasticity

Implementation Method 2

The heat dissipation layer includes a thermal conductive film

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectThermal conduction: Conduction (thermal)

Data Source

PatentUS20230020481A1Display module, manufacture method thereof and display apparatus
Publication Date: 2023.01.19 CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display module, including a display panel: a cover plate on a light-emitting side of the display panel; and a heat dissipation layer on a back side of the display panel. The back side faces away from the light-emitting side. Edges of the cover plate, the display panel and the heat dissipation layer are bent toward the back side of the display panel to form a shape-matched arc surface. The display panel further includes a planar portion and edges surrounding the planar portion. At least part of an edge of an orthographic projection of the display module on a plane where the planar portion of the display panel is located is arc. The heat dissipation layer includes a stretchable structure in an arc surface region having an arc edge.