Display Device with Micro Cover Layer and Manufacturing Method for the Same

摘要

There is provided a flexible display having a plurality of innovations configured to allow bending of a portion or portions to reduce apparent border size and/or utilize the side surface of an assembled flexible display.

主权项

1. A display apparatus, comprising:
a base layer having a bend allowance section between a first portion and a second portion of the base layer; a plurality of thin-film transistors provided on the base layer, said plurality of thin-film transistors implementing a plurality of pixel circuits and a driving circuit; a plurality of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) elements disposed on the first portion of the base layer, each of the plurality of OLED elements being connected to corresponding ones of the pixel circuits; an encapsulation over the OLED elements; a printed circuit film attached to the second portion of the base layer; and a micro-coating layer disposed over the bend allowance section of the base layer, wherein the plurality of thin-film transistors includes at least one low-temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) thin-film transistor (TFT) and at least one oxide TFT.