CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority from Korean Patent Application No. 10-2019-0154491, filed on Nov. 27, 2019, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

BACKGROUND

Field of the Disclosure

The present disclosure relates to a flexible display device, and more particularly, to a flexible display device in which durability of a data pad portion disposed in a non-display area is improved.

Description of the Background

Various display devices used for multimedia devices, such as televisions, cellular phones, tablet computers, navigation units, or game machines, are currently being developed. Such a display device includes a display module, and the display module includes a display panel and a drive circuit. The drive circuit is configured to supply a data signal to the display panel.

When the drive circuit is mounted on the display panel, predetermined heat and pressure are applied. In this process, a part of the display panel is bent so that the display panel is brought into contact with the ends of the drive circuit rather than input/output bumps of the drive circuit. Therefore, short circuits may occur. As a result, the display device may have defects.

SUMMARY

Accordingly, the present disclosure is to suppress defects of a display device caused by short circuits between a display panel and the ends of a drive circuit when the display panel is bent.

The present disclosure is not limited to the above-mentioned feature or features that are not mentioned above, can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following descriptions.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a flexible display device includes: a display panel having an active area including a plurality of pixels displaying an image and a non-active area surrounding the active area. The flexible display device also includes 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. Further, the flexible display device includes pads disposed in a direction away from the first data pads and the active area and second data pads which are disposed between the first data pads and the pads.

The second data pads and the pads are connected with each other through connection lines, respectively. An insulating layer may be disposed to cover an upper part of the display panel and a part of the first data pads, the second data pads and the pads. The flexible display device may include a protrusion pattern located between the second data pads and the pads and disposed on the upper part of the insulating layer.

Other detailed matters of the exemplary aspects are included in the detailed description and the drawings.

According to the present disclosure, even when the display panel is bent, it is possible to suppress short circuits between the display panel and the ends of a drive circuit.

Accordingly, no short circuit occurs between display panel and the ends of the drive circuit, thereby suppressing the flow of an overcurrent in the display panel.

Also, according to the present disclosure, it is possible to suppress the degradation of display quality caused by the flow of an overcurrent in the display panel. Therefore, the durability of the display device can be improved.

The effects according to the present disclosure are not limited to the contents exemplified above, and more various effects are included in the present specification.

