Patent ID: 11968866
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A display device comprising:
a resin substrate;
a thin-film transistor layer disposed on the resin substrate;
a light emitter disposed on the thin-film transistor layer;
a display region; and
a frame region disposed around the display region,
wherein the frame region includes
a terminal section disposed at an end of the frame region, and
a bending section extending in one direction between the terminal section and the display region,

the thin-film transistor layer has a stack of, in sequence, a semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film, a first metal film, a first interlayer insulating film, a second metal film, a second interlayer insulating film, a third metal film, a first flattening film, a fourth metal film, and a second flattening film,
the light emitter includes
a plurality of first electrodes arranged on the second flattening film,
an edge cover covering perimeters of the plurality of first electrodes,
a luminous layer, and
a second electrode,

the bending section has a slit extending through the gate insulating film, the first interlayer insulating film and the second interlayer insulating film along the bending section,
the slit is filled with a filling layer,
the display region includes
a plurality of first display wires composed of the third metal film,
the first flattening film covering the plurality of individual first display wires,
a plurality of second display wires arranged on the first flattening film and composed of the fourth metal film, and
the second flattening film covering the plurality of individual second display wires,

the bending section includes
a plurality of first connection wires arranged on an upper surface of the filling layer in a direction intersecting with a direction where the bending section extends, the plurality of first connection wires electrically connecting terminals at the terminal section to the plurality of first display wires, the plurality of first connection wires being composed of the third metal film,
a first resin film covering the plurality of first connection wires, the first resin film being made of a material identical to a material of the first flattening film, the first resin film being disposed in a layer identical to a layer where the first flattening film is disposed, and
a plurality of second connection wires arranged on an upper surface of the first resin film in the direction intersecting with the direction where the bending section extends, the plurality of second connection wires being composed of the fourth metal film,

each of the plurality of second connection wires is electrically connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of first connection wires via a display-side contact portion adjacent to the display region in the bending section and via a terminal-side contact portion adjacent to the terminal section in the bending section, and
the first and second connection wires do not overlap each other at least partly between the display-side and terminal-side contact portions.