US 12,007,805 B2
Foldable display panel and manufacturing method of foldable display panel
Kang Liu, Guangdong (CN); and Baixiang Han, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Appl. No. 17/637,089
Filed by Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd., Guangdong (CN)
PCT Filed Jan. 11, 2022, PCT No. PCT/CN2022/071179
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/123549, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 6, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202111622431.8 (CN), filed on Dec. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0221757 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1616 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable display panel, comprising:
a flexible substrate, wherein the flexible substrate has a first region and second regions, the flexible substrate has at least two of the second regions, the first region is defined between adjacent two of the second regions, and the first region is a folded region;
display screens, wherein the display screens are disposed in the second regions;
a plurality of photo spacers, wherein the photo spacers are disposed in the first region, and widths of the photo spacers gradually decrease from the flexible substrate to a direction away from the flexible substrate;
wherein the display screens comprise a passivation layer, a planarization layer, and a pixel definition layer disposed in a stack sequentially, and
wherein the photo spacers comprise at least one layer of the passivation layer, the planarization layer, or the pixel definition layer.
 
16. A foldable display panel, comprising:
a flexible substrate, wherein the flexible substrate has a first region and second regions, the flexible substrate has at least two of the second regions, the first region is defined between adjacent two of the second regions, and the first region is a folded region;
display screens, wherein the display screens are disposed in the second regions;
a plurality of photo spacers, wherein the photo spacers are disposed in the first region, widths of the photo spacers gradually decrease from the flexible substrate to a direction away from the flexible substrate, and a material of the photo spacers is an organic photoresist material, and
wherein a bumpy surface is formed on a side of the plurality of photo spacers away from the flexible substrate; and when the foldable display panel is folded, the bumpy surface is folded to form a stress space;
wherein the display screens comprise a passivation layer, a planarization layer, and a pixel definition layer disposed in a stack sequentially, and
wherein the photo spacers comprise at least one layer of the passivation layer, the planarization layer, or the pixel definition layer.
 
17. A manufacturing method of a foldable display panel, comprising:
providing a flexible substrate, wherein the flexible substrate has a first region and second regions, the flexible substrate has at least two of the second regions, the first region is defined between adjacent two of the second regions, the foldable display panel is folded in the first region;
manufacturing at least two display screens on the flexible substrate, wherein the display screens are disposed in the second regions, and the display screens comprise a passivation layer, a planarization layer, and a pixel definition layer disposed in a stack sequentially;
manufacturing photo spacers on the flexible substrate, wherein the photo spacers are disposed in the first region, the photo spacers comprise at least one layer of the passivation layer, the planarization layer, or the pixel definition layer, and widths of the photo spacers gradually decrease from the flexible substrate to a direction away from the flexible substrate.