US 12,033,545 B2
Display device and method of providing the same
Yi Joon Ahn, Seoul (KR); Jung Hun Noh, Yongin-si (KR); Eun Kyung Yeon, Suwon-si (KR); and Jae Been Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/297,809.
Application 18/297,809 is a continuation of application No. 17/126,210, filed on Dec. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,636,785.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0173004 (KR), filed on Dec. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0260431 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G09F 9/30 (2006.01); H10K 71/00 (2023.01); H10K 77/10 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC G09F 9/301 (2013.01) [H10K 71/00 (2023.02); H10K 77/111 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a flexible substrate comprising:
a folding area at which the flexible substrate is bendable,
a non-folding area adjacent to the folding area along a first direction,
the folding area and the non-folding area each provided in plurality including folding areas and non-folding areas, respectively, and
the folding areas and the non-folding areas repeatedly arranged along the first direction;
a light-emitting element layer on a first surface of the flexible substrate; and
a support on a second surface of the flexible substrate which is opposite to the first surface, the support being bendable together with the flexible substrate,
wherein the support includes:
a first portion corresponding to the folding area,
a second portion corresponding to the non-folding area, and
a through hole extended through the first portion of the support, and
wherein the support includes a glass material.