IP Library Granted Patent US 12681536
Granted Patent B2
US 12681536 · App. 18/456,184 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Display device

Inventors: Hirotsugu Kishimoto (Yongin-si, KR); Yong-Kwan Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Hyunjae Na (Yongin-si, KR); Sungguk An (Yongin-si, KR); Seokwon Jang (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G06F1/1643G06F1/1616G06F1/1656H04M1/0216H04M1/0268
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Patent No.
US 12681536
App. No.
18/456,184
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a display module having a first non-folding region, a folding region foldable with respect to a folding axis, and a second non-folding region sequentially arranged along a first direction; a lower plate under the display module and having a plurality of plate openings overlapping the folding region; and a digitizer film under the lower plate and having a first region overlapping the first non-folding region and a portion of the folding region, a second region overlapping the folding region, and a third region overlapping a portion of the folding region and the second non-folding region. The digitizer film has a plurality of holes passing therethrough in the second region and includes a plurality of coils not overlapping the second region.

Claims (52)

1 . A display device comprising:

a display module having a first non-folding region, a folding region foldable with respect to a folding axis, and a second non-folding region sequentially arranged along a first direction;

a lower plate under the display module and having a plurality of plate openings overlapping the folding region; and

a digitizer film under the lower plate and having a first region overlapping the first non-folding region and a portion of the folding region, a second region overlapping the folding region, and a third region overlapping a portion of the folding region and the second non-folding region,

wherein the digitizer film has a plurality of holes passing therethrough in the second region,

wherein the digitizer film comprises a plurality of coils not overlapping the second region,

wherein the plurality of holes extend along a second direction crossing the first direction,

wherein the plurality of holes comprise a first hole group and a second hole group spaced apart from each other in the first direction,

wherein the first hole group and the second hole group are arranged in a staggered manner, and

wherein a distance between the first hole group and the second hole group is in a range of 50 μm to 300 μm in a non-folding state.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of coils comprise:

a plurality of first coils in the first region and extending along the first direction;

a plurality of second coils in the first region and extending along a second direction crossing the first direction;

a plurality of third coils in the third region and extending along the first direction; and

a plurality of fourth coils in the third region and extending along the second direction, and

wherein the plurality of first coils and the plurality of second coils are electrically separated from the plurality of third coils and the plurality of fourth coils.

3 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the digitizer film further comprises:

a base layer having an upper surface and a lower surface facing the upper surface;

a first conductive layer comprising a part of the plurality of coils on the upper surface of the base layer; and

a second conductive layer comprising a remaining part of the plurality of coils on the lower surface of the base layer, and

wherein the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer do not overlap the second region.

4 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein the digitizer film further comprises a first adhesive layer on the upper surface of the base layer and covering the first conductive layer, and

wherein the first adhesive layer covers the part of the plurality of coils.

5 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein the digitizer film further comprises a second adhesive layer on the lower surface of the base layer and covering the second conductive layer, and

wherein the second adhesive layer covers the remaining part of the plurality of coils.

6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the digitizer film further comprises a first cover layer attached to the first adhesive layer and a second cover layer attached to the second adhesive layer,

wherein the plurality of holes pass through the first cover layer, the first adhesive layer, the base layer, the second adhesive layer, and the second cover layer.

7 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second region has a width smaller than that of the folding region.

8 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein the width of the second region is in a range of 0.5 mm to 4 mm.

9 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein a length of each of the plurality of holes in the second direction is in a range of 10 mm to 50 mm in a non-folding state.

10 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein a width of each of the plurality of holes in the first direction is in a range of 20 μm to 300 μm in a non-folding state.

11 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising an adhesive layer between the lower plate and the digitizer film and overlapping the first non-folding region and the second non-folding region, and

wherein the adhesive layer does not overlap the folding region to expose the plurality of plate openings.

12 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the folding region has a width in a range of 5 mm to 50 mm.

13 . A display device comprising:

a display module having a first non-folding region, a folding region foldable with respect to a folding axis, and a second non-folding region sequentially arranged along a first direction;

a lower plate under the display module and having plate openings overlapping the folding region defined therein; and

a digitizer film under the lower plate and having a first region overlapping the first non-folding region and a portion of the folding region, a second region overlapping the folding region, and a third region overlapping a portion of the folding region and the second non-folding region,

wherein the digitizer film has a plurality of holes passing therethrough in the second region,

wherein the second region of the digitizer film has a width smaller than that of the folding region, and

wherein a length of each of the plurality of holes in the second direction is in a range of 10 mm to 50 mm in a non-folding state.

14 . The display device of claim 13 , wherein the digitizer film comprises:

a plurality of first coils in the first region and extending along the first direction;

a plurality of second coils in the first region and extending along a second direction crossing the first direction;

a plurality of third coils in the third region and extending along the first direction; and

a plurality of fourth coils in the third region and extending along the second direction, and

wherein the plurality of first coils and the plurality of second coils are electrically separated from the plurality of third coils and the plurality of fourth coils.

15 . The display device of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of holes extend along a second direction crossing the first direction,

wherein the plurality of holes comprise a first hole group and a second hole group spaced apart from each other in the first direction, and

wherein the first hole group and the second hole group are arranged in a staggered manner.

16 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein a distance between the first hole group and the second hole group is in a range of 50 μm to 300 μm in a non-folding state.

17 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein a width of each of the plurality of holes in the first direction is in a range of 20 μm to 300 μm in a non-folding state.