US 11,842,016 B2
Flexible display device having protrusion pattern in data pads
Kiyoung Sung, Seoul (KR); Sangho Kim, Paju-si (KR); and Eunjin Oh, Busan (KR)
Assigned to LG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/680,822.
Application 17/680,822 is a continuation of application No. 17/029,515, filed on Sep. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,294,515.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0154491 (KR), filed on Nov. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0179512 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G09G 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G09G 3/3233 (2016.01)
CPC G06F 3/044 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G09G 3/035 (2020.08); G09G 3/3233 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); G09G 2380/02 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible display device, comprising:
a single display panel on a base layer, the display panel having an active area including a plurality of pixels displaying an image and a non-active area;
first data pads disposed in the non-active area adjacent to the active area of the display panel and electrically connected with the plurality of pixels;
third data pads disposed in the non-active area of the display panel in a direction away from the first data pads and the active area;
second data pads disposed between the first data pads and the third data pads;
connection lines connecting the second data pads and the third data pads;
an insulating layer disposed on the first data pads, the second data pads and the third data pads;
a drive circuit disposed to overlap the first data pads and the second data pads;
an input sensing circuit disposed on the base layer and electrically connected with the second data pads; and
a bending area disposed between the active area and the first data pads in the non-active area, the bending area disposed between the active area and the drive circuit.