US 11,943,980 B2
Display device and method of providing the same
Hayoung Choi, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/716,277.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0087977 (KR), filed on Jul. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0006021 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H10K 59/131 (2023.01); H10K 59/80 (2023.01); H10K 71/00 (2023.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.01); H10K 77/10 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/131 (2023.02) [H10K 59/873 (2023.02); H10K 71/00 (2023.02); H10K 59/1201 (2023.02); H10K 77/111 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of providing a display device, the method comprising:
providing a display module including:
a display panel including a display area and a pad area which includes a first pad part,
a first lower film attached to the display panel at the display area, and a second lower film attached to the display panel at the pad area,
a first adhesive layer which attaches the first lower film to the display panel at the display area, the first adhesive layer having a first thickness, and
a second adhesive layer which attaches the second lower film to the display panel at the pad area, the second adhesive layer having a preliminary thickness which is the same as the first thickness;
providing first pressing of the second adhesive layer which has the preliminary thickness to form a pre-pressed display module including the first pad part;
providing a first conductive film on the first pad part of the pre-pressed display module;
providing a circuit board facing the first pad part of the pre-pressed display module with the first conductive film therebetween; and
providing second pressing of the second adhesive layer to electrically connect the first pad part of the pre-pressed display module to the circuit board,
wherein the first pressing includes pressing only a portion of the second adhesive layer which corresponds to the first pad part of the display panel.