STRETCHABLE DISPLAY

• US 20160320878A1
• Filed: 11/02/2015
• Published: 11/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: CHOI, Won Il, HONG, Jong Ho, PARK, Won Sang
• Granted Patent: US 9,791,989 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04102 Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0443 using a single layer of sensing electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0446 using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/035 for flexible display surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3233 with pixel circuitry controlling the current through the light-emitting element
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/12 Active-matrix OLED [AMOLED] displays
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/131 Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/353 characterised by the geometrical arrangement of the RGB subpixels
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 77/111 Flexible substrates

Abstract

A stretchable display includes: a stretchable substrate including first areas and second areas; main pixels disposed on the first areas of the stretchable substrate, the main pixels configured to display different colors; and at least one sub-pixel disposed on the second areas of the stretchable substrate, the at least one sub-pixel being configured to display one color that is the same as any one of the main pixels.

Claims

1. A stretchable display comprising:

a stretchable substrate comprising first areas and second areas;

main pixels disposed on the first areas of the stretchable substrate, the main pixels configured to display different colors; and

at least one sub-pixel disposed on the second areas of the stretchable substrate, the at least one sub-pixel being configured to display one color that is the same as any one of the main pixels.

2. The stretchable display of claim 1, further comprising:

sensing lines disposed on the stretchable substrate,

wherein a resistance of the sensing lines is configured to change in response to a degree of distortion of the stretchable substrate.

3. The stretchable display of claim 2, wherein the sensing lines comprise:

first sensing lines disposed extending in a first direction; and

second sensing lines disposed crossing the first sensing lines,

wherein the first sensing lines and the second sensing lines are insulated from each other.

4. The stretchable display of claim 2, wherein the sensing lines comprise at least one material selected from the group consisting of metal nano wire, carbon nano tube, and graphene.

5. The stretchable display of claim 1, wherein:

the first areas comprises islands; and

the second areas comprises horizontal bridges and vertical bridges.

6. The stretchable display of claim 5, wherein the stretchable substrate comprises cutouts disposed between adjacent first areas and adjacent second areas, and the first area and the second area are disposed adjacently.

7. The stretchable display of claim 1, wherein:

the first areas comprises first small substrates; and

the second areas comprises second small substrates.

8. The stretchable display of claim 7, wherein the first small substrate and the second small substrate are made of different materials.

9. The stretchable display of claim 8, wherein the second small substrate is made of a stretchable material.

10. The stretchable display of claim 7, wherein the second areas connect adjacent first areas.

11. The stretchable display of claim 1, wherein the main pixels comprise a red pixel, a green pixel, and a blue pixel.

12. The stretchable display of claim 11, wherein the sub-pixel comprises a green pixel.

13. The stretchable display of claim 1, wherein the sub-pixel is selectively driven in response to a degree of distortion of the stretchable substrate.

14. The stretchable display of claim 13, wherein the stretchable substrate is configured to stretch in a first direction.

15. The stretchable display of claim 14, wherein the stretchable substrate is configured to simultaneously stretch in the first direction and a second direction,

wherein the second direction is orthogonal to the first direction.

16. The stretchable display of claim 1, further comprising:

a touch substrate disposed on the stretchable substrate; and

sensing lines disposed on the touch substrate,

wherein a resistance of the sensing lines is configured to change in response to a degree of distortion of the stretchable substrate.

17. The stretchable display of claim 16, wherein:

the sensing lines comprise;

first sensing lines disposed extending in a first direction; and

second sensing lines disposed crossing the first sensing lines.

18. The stretchable display of claim 17, wherein:

the sensing lines comprise at least one material selected from the group consisting of metal nano wire, carbon nano tube, and graphene.

19. The stretchable display of claim 1, wherein:

each of the main pixels and sub-pixels comprises;

a transistor; and

a light emitting element connected to the transistor.

20. The stretchable display of claim 1, further comprising:

a touch substrate disposed on the stretchable substrate,

wherein a resistance of the touch substrate is configured to change in response to a degree of distortion of the stretchable substrate.