US 11,994,904 B2
Display device having adhesive member at folding area
Kyung-Mok Lee, Bucheon-si (KR); Hojin Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Minsung Kwon, Hwaseong-si (KR); Dong-Youb Lee, Cheonan-si (KR); Suk-Ho Lee, Incheon (KR); and Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/996,990.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0102280 (KR), filed on Aug. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0055760 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G09G 3/3225 (2016.01); H10K 50/842 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 1/1616 (2013.01) [G09G 3/3225 (2013.01); H10K 50/8426 (2023.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a folding area at which the display device is folded based on an axis extending in a first direction;
a non-folding area adjacent to the folding area;
a display panel including pixels, and a driving chip which is connected to the pixels and provides a control signal to the pixels for controlling the pixels, the driving chip directly mounted to the display panel;
a polyimide protective film facing the display panel; and
an adhesive member disposed between the display panel and the polyimide protective film,
wherein at least some of the pixels are disposed between the folding area and the driving chip in a second direction crossing the first direction, and
wherein the adhesive member has a thickness of about 15 micrometers to about 18 micrometers, is in direct contact with the display panel and the polyimide protective film, and couples the polyimide protective film to the display panel.