DISPLAY PANEL OF A SOLID DISPLAY APPARATUS, FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY APPARATUSES

• US 20110279417A1
• Filed: 10/29/2010
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kim, Na-Young, KANG, Ki-Nyeng
• Application Number:
  US12/915,804
• Publication Number:
  US 20110279417A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/204
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/08 Active matrix structure, i.e. with use of active elements, inclusive of non-linear two terminal elements, in the pixels together with light emitting or modulating elements
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/035 for flexible display surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/20 for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/32 semiconductive, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/549 Organic PV cells
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 70/50 Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

Abstract

A display panel of a solid display apparatus including: a pixel unit having pixels formed on surfaces constituting a polyhedron; scan drive units generating scan signals and supplying the scan signals to the pixels; and data drive units generating data signals according to input images and supplying the data signals to the pixels, wherein the pixel unit is formed on a flexible substrate.

Claims

1. A display panel of a solid display apparatus comprising:

a pixel unit having pixels formed on surfaces constituting a polyhedron;

scan drive units generating scan signals and supplying the scan signals to the pixels; and

data drive units generating data signals according to input images and supplying the data signals to the pixels,

wherein the pixel unit is formed on a flexible substrate.

2. The display panel of claim 1, wherein the solid display apparatus has a polyhedron form, and the scan drive units and the data drive units are disposed on surfaces of the display panel that face an inside of the polyhedron.

3. The display panel of claim 1, wherein the scan drive units and the data drive units respectively supply scan signals and data signals to the pixel unit in a wireless system.

4. The display panel of claim 1, wherein the solid display apparatus is formed by folding the surfaces into a polyhedron and bonding the surfaces to each other.

5. The display panel of claim 1, wherein the scan drive units and the data drive units are approximately parallel to each other.

6. The display panel of claim 5, further comprising:

a first wiring layer having first scan signal transmitting wires transmitting a scan signal output from the scan drive units, the first scan signal transmitting wires being aligned in a first direction;

a second wiring layer having second scan signal transmitting wires transmitting the scan signal received via the first scan signal transmitting wires to the pixels, the second scan signal transmitting wires being aligned in a second direction; and

an insulating layer interposed between the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer and having via holes formed to expose at least one of the first scan signal transmitting wires and at least one of the second scan signal transmitting wires,

wherein the at least one of the first scan signal transmitting wires and the at least one of the second scan signal transmitting wires are connected to each other through at least one of the via holes, and

wherein a data signal is transmitted from the data drive units along the first direction.

7. The display panel of claim 5, further comprising:

a first wiring layer having first data signal transmitting wires transmitting a data signal output from the data drive units, the first data signal transmitting wires being aligned in a first direction;

a second wiring layer having second data signal transmitting wires transmitting the data signal received via the first data signal transmitting wires to the pixels, the second data signal transmitting wires being aligned in a second direction; and

an insulating layer interposed between the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer and having via holes formed to expose at least one of the first scan signal transmitting wires and at least one of the second scan signal transmitting wires,

wherein the at least one of the first data signal transmitting wires and the at least one of the second data signal transmitting wires are connected to each other through at least one of the via holes, and

wherein a scan signal is transmitted from the scan drive units along the first direction.

8. The display panel of claim 1, wherein the pixels are consecutively aligned on the surfaces constituting the solid display apparatus.

9. The display panel of claim 1, wherein the pixels comprise organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs).

10. A flexible display apparatus comprising:

a pixel unit having pixels disposed on a flexible substrate that is prepared as a development figure form of a polyhedron;

at least one bonding unit formed close to some edges of the flexible substrate prepared as the development figure form of the polyhedron to bond the surfaces of the flexible substrate to each other when the flexible substrate is folded to form the polyhedron;

scan drive units generating scan signals and supplying the scan signals to the pixels; and

data drive units generating data signals according to input images and supplying the data signals to the pixels.

11. The flexible display apparatus of claim 10, wherein at least one of the scan drive units and the data drive units is disposed on the at least one bonding unit.

12. The flexible display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the pixels are aligned on surfaces that face an outside of the polyhedron when the flexible display apparatus is folded to form the polyhedron.

13. The flexible display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the scan drive units and the data drive units are aligned on surfaces that face an inside of the polyhedron when the flexible display apparatus is folded to form the polyhedron.

14. The flexible display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the scan drive units and the data drive units respectively supply scan signals and data signals to the pixel unit in a wireless system.

15. The flexible display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the scan drive units and the data drive units are approximately parallel to each other.

16. The flexible display apparatus of claim 15, further comprising:

a first wiring layer having first scan signal transmitting wires transmitting a scan signal output from the scan drive units, the first scan signal wires being aligned in a first direction;

a second wiring layer having second scan signal transmitting wires transmitting the scan signal received via the first scan signal transmitting wires to the pixels, the second scan signal transmitting wires being aligned in a second direction; and

an insulating layer interposed between the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer and having via holes formed to expose at least one of the first scan signal transmitting wires and at least one of the second scan signal transmitting wires,

wherein the at least one of the first scan signal transmitting wires and the at least one of the second scan signal transmitting wires are connected to each other through at least one of the via holes, and

wherein a data signal is transmitted from the data drive units along the first direction.

17. The flexible display apparatus of claim 15, further comprising:

a first wiring layer having first data signal transmitting wires transmitting a data signal output from the data drive units, the first data signal transmitting wires being aligned in a first direction;

a second wiring layer having second data signal transmitting wires transmitting the data signal received via the first data signal transmitting wires to the pixels, the second data signal transmitting wires being aligned in a second direction; and

an insulating layer interposed between the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer and having via holes formed to expose at least one of the first scan signal transmitting wires and at least one of the second scan signal transmitting wires,

wherein the at least one of the first data signal transmitting wires and the at least one of the second data signal transmitting wires are connected to each other through at least one of the via holes, and

wherein a scan signal is transmitted from the scan drive units along the first direction.

18. The flexible display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the pixels are consecutively aligned on the flexible substrate that is prepared in a development figure form of the polyhedron.

19. The flexible display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the pixels comprise organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs).