IP Library Granted Patent US 12681598
Granted Patent B2
US 12681598 · App. 18/669,227 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Display apparatus

Inventors: NamSu Choi (Paju-si, KR); Eunmin Jo (Paju-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
G06F3/04164G06F3/0412G06F3/041662G06F3/0421G06F3/0445G06F3/0446G06F2203/04111G06F2203/04112
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Patent No.
US 12681598
App. No.
18/669,227
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a display apparatus. The display apparatus comprises a display panel including a front portion including a display area and a non-display area, a bending portion, and a back portion bent from the bending portion and disposed rearward of the front portion; a plurality of touch routing lines disposed in the non-display area and electrically connected to a plurality of touch electrodes disposed in the display area; and a plurality of auxiliary lines disposed below the plurality of touch routing lines, in which the plurality of touch routing lines are discontinuously disposed on the bending portion while having a predetermined length.

Claims (52)

1 . A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel including a display area and a non-display area;

a touch routing line disposed in the non-display area and electrically connected to a touch electrode disposed in the display area; and

a touch pad disposed in the non-display area and electrically connected to the touch routing line,

wherein, the touch routing line includes an upper touch routing line and a lower touch routing line disposed below the upper touch routing line,

wherein, between the display area and the touch pad, the upper touch routing line and the lower touch routing line are spaced apart from each other and alternately disposed in a direction that crosses a direction that the upper touch routing line is arranged,

wherein the upper touch routing line and the lower touch routing line are each being a plurality,

wherein the non-display area includes a bending area comprising a first section and a second section,

wherein, in the first section of the bending area, the plurality of upper touch routing lines are disposed only on even-numbered ones among the plurality of lower touch routing lines, and

wherein, in the second section of the bending area, the plurality of upper touch routing lines are disposed only on odd-numbered ones among the plurality of lower touch routing lines.

2 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

an insulating layer disposed between the plurality of upper touch routing lines and the plurality of lower touch routing lines.

3 . The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the insulating layer includes a contact hole, and the plurality of upper touch routing lines is connected to the plurality of lower touch routing lines through the contact hole.

4 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

an encapsulation layer disposed between the display panel and the plurality of touch electrodes.

5 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a protective layer disposed on the plurality of upper touch routing lines.

6 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a portion in which the touch routing line is disposed in the non-display area includes n equal sections in a direction that crosses a direction that touch routing line is arranged, n being a natural number equal to or greater than two,

wherein the plurality of upper touch routing lines are discontinuously disposed on the portion while each of the plurality of upper touch routing lines have a length in the direction of each of the n sections.

7 . The display apparatus of claim 1 ,

the plurality of upper touch routing lines are discontinuously disposed on the bending portion while each of the plurality of upper touch routing lines have a predetermined length.

8 . The display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the bending portion includes n equal sections in a direction that crosses a bending direction of the bending portion, and wherein the predetermined length is a length in the bending direction of each of the n sections, n being a natural number equal to or greater than two.

9 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of upper touch routing lines and the plurality of lower touch routing lines do not overlap each other in at least one portion.

10 . A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel including a display area and a non-display area;

a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed in the display area;

a plurality of signal lines disposed in the non-display area and positioned outside the display area;

an encapsulation layer disposed on the plurality of light-emitting elements and the plurality of signal lines;

a plurality of first touch electrodes disposed on the encapsulation layer in the display area and arranged in a first direction;

a plurality of second touch electrodes disposed on the encapsulation layer in the display area and arranged in a second direction that crosses the first direction;

first touch electrode connection lines connecting the plurality of first touch electrodes to each other;

second touch electrode connection lines disposed between the plurality of first touch electrodes and connecting the plurality of second touch electrodes to each other;

touch routing lines disposed on the encapsulation layer in the non-display area and electrically connected to the plurality of first touch electrodes or the plurality of second touch electrodes,

wherein the touch routing lines include an upper touch routing line and a lower touch routing line disposed below the upper touch routing line,

wherein the second touch electrode connection line and the lower upper touch routing line are formed by a same process and of a same material,

wherein, between the display area and the touch pad, the upper touch routing line and the lower touch routing line are spaced apart from each other and alternately disposed in a direction that crosses a direction that the upper touch routing line is arranged,

wherein the upper touch routing line and the lower touch routing line are each being a plurality,

wherein the non-display area includes a bending area comprising a first section and a second section,

wherein, in the first section of the bending area, the plurality of upper touch routing lines are disposed only on even-numbered ones among the plurality of lower touch routing lines, and

wherein, in the second section of the bending area, the plurality of upper touch routing lines are disposed only on odd-numbered ones among the plurality of lower touch routing lines.

11 . The display apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising:

an insulating layer disposed between the plurality of upper touch routing lines and the plurality of lower touch routing lines.

12 . The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the insulating layer includes a contact hole, and the plurality of upper touch routing lines are connected to the plurality of lower touch routing lines through the contact hole.

13 . The display apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising:

a protective layer disposed on the plurality of upper touch routing lines.

14 . The display apparatus of claim 10 , wherein

a portion in which the touch routing line is disposed in the non-display area includes n equal sections in a first direction that crosses a second direction that touch routing line is arranged, n being a natural number equal to or greater than two,

wherein the plurality of upper touch routing lines are discontinuously disposed on the portion while each of the plurality of upper touch routing lines have a length in the first direction of each of the n sections.

15 . The display apparatus of claim 10 , wherein

the plurality of upper touch routing lines are discontinuously disposed on the bending portion while each of the plurality of upper touch routing line have a predetermined length.

16 . The display apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the bending portion includes n equal sections in a direction that crosses a bending direction of the bending portion, and wherein the predetermined length is a length in the bending direction of each of the n sections, n being a natural number equal to or greater than two.

17 . The display apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of upper touch routing lines and the plurality of lower touch routing lines do not overlap each other in at least one portion.