Input sensing part and display device including the same
An input sensing part includes: a plurality of first sensing electrodes in an active area; a plurality of second sensing electrodes in the active area and adjacent to the first sensing electrodes; a plurality of first sensing lines in an inactive area around the active area, extending to the active area, and connected to the first sensing electrodes via portions of the first and second sensing electrodes in a plan view; and a plurality of second sensing lines in the inactive area and extending from the second sensing electrodes.
1 . An input sensing part comprising:
a plurality of first sensing electrodes in an active area;
a plurality of second sensing electrodes in the active area and adjacent to the first sensing electrodes;
a plurality of first sensing lines in an inactive area around the active area, extending to the active area, and connected to the first sensing electrodes via portions of the first and second sensing electrodes in a plan view;
a plurality of second sensing lines in the inactive area and extending from the second sensing electrodes,
wherein a first group of the first sensing lines comprises a first sensing line and a second sensing line,
wherein each of the first sensing line and the second sensing line are connected respectively to first and second sensing electrodes that are adjacent to each other along sides in a radial direction and the first and second sensing electrodes are an equal radial distance from a center area of the active area,
the first sensing line and the second sensing line extend parallel to each other toward a center area of the active area, and the first sensing line and the second sensing line are bent in an area within the active area that is adjacent to the center area, such that each of the first sensing line and the second sensing line includes a first line segment and a second line segment in the area within the active area, and each of the first and second line segments are not colinear such that the first line segments extend parallel to each other, and the second line segments extend parallel to each other in a same direction from corresponding ones of the first line segments to corresponding ones of the first and second sensing electrodes, and
each of the first sensing line and the second sensing line is connected to a respective portion of each of the first and second sensing electrodes.
2 . The input sensing part of claim 1 , wherein the first and second sensing electrodes are on a same layer as the second sensing lines, and the first sensing lines are below the first and second sensing electrodes and the second sensing lines.
3 . The input sensing part of claim 2 , further comprising a first insulating layer between the first sensing lines and the first and second sensing electrodes, wherein the first sensing lines are connected to the first sensing electrodes via contact holes defined in portions of the first insulating layer adjacent to the center area.
4 . The input sensing part of claim 1 , wherein the first sensing electrodes comprise:
a plurality of first-first sensing portions adjacent to the center area and arranged in a radial shape with respect to the center area; and
a plurality of first-second sensing portions spaced apart from the first-first sensing portions in the radial direction and respectively connected to the first-first sensing portions,
wherein the first sensing lines are connected to portions of the first-first sensing portions adjacent to one sides of the first-first sensing portions, which face the center area.
5 . The input sensing part of claim 4 , wherein an h-th first-first sensing portion extends in one direction, an h-th first-second sensing portion is spaced apart from the h-th first-first sensing portion in the one direction, and h is an integer number equal to or greater than zero.
6 . The input sensing part of claim 4 , wherein an h-th first-first sensing portion extends in one direction, an h-th first-second sensing portion is spaced apart from the h-th first-first sensing portion in a direction crossing the one direction, and the h is an integer number equal to or greater than zero.
7 . The input sensing part of claim 4 , further comprising a plurality of first connection patterns below the first-first sensing portions and the first-second sensing portions to connect the first-first sensing portions and the first-second sensing portions, respectively.
8 . The input sensing part of claim 7 , wherein the first connection patterns are connected to the first-first sensing portions and the first-second sensing portions via first contact holes defined in a first insulating layer between the first-first and first-second sensing portions and the first connection patterns.
9 . The input sensing part of claim 4 , wherein the second sensing electrodes comprise:
a plurality of second-first sensing portions between the first-first sensing portions and the first-second sensing portions; and
a plurality of second-second sensing portions spaced apart from the second-first sensing portions in the radial direction, outside the first-second sensing portions, and respectively connected to the second-first sensing portions,
wherein the second sensing lines extend from the second-second sensing portions, and
wherein the first sensing lines extend via portions of the first-first sensing portions, portions of some first-second sensing portions, portions of the second-first sensing portion, and portions of some second-second sensing portions in a plan view.
10 . The input sensing part of claim 9 , wherein the second-first sensing portions surround the other sides of the first-first sensing portions, respectively, except the one sides of the first-first sensing portions.
11 . The input sensing part of claim 9 , wherein the first-second sensing portions are adjacent to borders of the second-first sensing portions, which face outward.
12 . The input sensing part of claim 9 , wherein borders of each of the first-second sensing portions, which faces outward, comprises a first side and a second side, which form an angle smaller than 180 degrees, an h-th second-second sensing portion is between a first side of an h-th first-second sensing portion and a second side of an (h+1)th first-second sensing portion, and the h is an integer number equal to or greater than zero.
13 . The input sensing part of claim 9 , further comprising a plurality of second connection patterns below the second-first sensing portions and the second-second sensing portions to connect the second-first sensing portions and the second-second sensing portions, respectively.
14 . The input sensing part of claim 13 , wherein the second connection patterns connect the second-first sensing portions and the second-second sensing portions via second contact holes defined in a first insulating layer between the second-first and second-second sensing portions and the second connection patterns.
15 . The input sensing part of claim 9 , further comprising a dummy sensing portion in the center area, wherein the dummy sensing portion is connected to one second-first sensing portion among the second-first sensing portions.
16 . An input sensing part comprising:
a plurality of first-first sensing portions adjacent to a center area and arranged in a radial shape with respect to the center area;
a plurality of first-second sensing portions spaced apart from the first-first sensing portions in a radial direction and connected to the first-first sensing portions;
a plurality of second-first sensing portions between the first-first sensing portions and the first-second sensing portions;
a plurality of second-second sensing portions spaced apart from the second-first sensing portions in the radial direction, outside the first-second sensing portions, and respectively connected to the second-first sensing portions;
a plurality of first sensing lines extending toward the center area and connected to the first-first sensing portions;
a plurality of second sensing lines extending from the second-second sensing portions,
wherein the first sensing lines are bent in an area within an active area that is adjacent to the center area such that each first sensing line includes a first line segment and a second line segment in the area within the active area and the first and second line segments are not colinear such that the first line segments extend parallel to each other, and the second line segments extend parallel to each other in a same direction from corresponding ones of the first line segments to corresponding ones of the first and second sensing electrodes.
17 . The input sensing part of claim 16 , wherein the first sensing lines extend via portions of the first-first sensing portions, portions of some first-second sensing portions, portions of the second-first sensing portions, and portions of some second-second sensing portions in a plan view.
18 . The input sensing part of claim 16 , wherein the first sensing lines are connected to portions of the first-first sensing portions adjacent to sides of the first-first sensing portions, which face the center area.
19 . A display device comprising:
a display panel; and
an input sensing part on the display panel, the input sensing part comprising:
a plurality of first sensing electrodes in an active area;
a plurality of second sensing electrodes in the active area and adjacent to the first sensing electrodes;
a plurality of first sensing lines in an inactive area around the active area, extending to the active area, and connected to the first sensing electrodes via portions of the first and second sensing electrodes in a plan view;
a plurality of second sensing lines in the inactive area and extending from the second sensing electrodes,
wherein a first group of the first sensing lines comprises a first sensing line and a second sensing line,
wherein each of the first sensing line and the second sensing line are connected respectively to first and second sensing electrodes that are adjacent to each other along sides in a radial direction and the first and second sensing electrodes are an equal radial distance from a center area of the active area,
the first sensing line and the second sensing line extend parallel to each other toward a center area of the active area, and the first sensing line and the second sensing line are bent in an area within the active area that is adjacent to the center area, such that each of the first sensing line and the second sensing line includes a first line segment and a second line segment in the area within the active area, and each of the first and second line segments are not colinear such that the first line segments extend parallel to each other, and the second line segments extend parallel to each other in a same direction from corresponding ones of the first line segments to corresponding ones of the first and second sensing electrodes, and
each of the first sensing line and the second sensing line is connected to a respective portion of each of the first and second sensing electrodes.
20 . An electronic device comprising:
a display device comprising:
a display panel; and
an input sensing part disposed on the display panel,
wherein the input sensing part comprising:
a plurality of first sensing electrodes in an active area;
a plurality of second sensing electrodes in the active area and adjacent to the first sensing electrodes;
a plurality of first sensing lines in an inactive area around the active area, extending to the active area, and connected to the first sensing electrodes via portions of the first and second sensing electrodes in a plan view; and
a plurality of second sensing lines in the inactive area and extending from the second sensing electrodes,
wherein a first group of the first sensing lines comprises a first sensing line and a second sensing line,
wherein each of the first sensing line and the second sensing line are connected respectively to first and second sensing electrodes that are adjacent to each other along sides in a radial direction and the first and second sensing electrodes are an equal radial distance from a center area of the active area,
the first sensing line and the second sensing line extend parallel to each other toward a center area of the active area, and the first sensing line and the second sensing line are bent in an area within the active area that is adjacent to the center area, such that each of the first sensing line and the second sensing line includes a first line segment and a second line segment in the area within the active area, and each of the first and second line segments are not colinear such that the first line segments extend parallel to each other, and the second line segments extend parallel to each other in a same direction from corresponding ones of the first line segments to corresponding ones of the first and second sensing electrodes, and
each of the first sensing line and the second sensing line is connected to a respective portion of each of the first and second sensing electrodes.