Display device including sensing patterns with different line widths and mesh opening shapes, and electronic device including the same

1 . A display device, comprising:

a display panel comprising a display area and a peripheral area adjacent to the display area, wherein the display area comprises a first area corresponding to an electro-optical module and through which an optical signal passes and a second area adjacent to the first area and by which the optical signal is blocked; and

a user input sensor layer disposed on the display panel,

wherein the user input sensor layer comprises:

a first sensing pattern overlapping the second area, wherein the first sensing pattern has a mesh shape defined by first conductive lines and comprises a plurality of first openings defined by the first conductive lines; and

a second sensing pattern overlapping the first area, wherein the second sensing pattern has a mesh shape defined by second conductive lines and comprises a plurality of second openings defined by the second conductive lines,

wherein a line width of the second conductive lines is greater than a line width of the first conductive lines,

wherein a shape of each of the plurality of second openings is different from a shape of each of the plurality of first openings.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first area comprises a first sub-area having a first light transmittance and a second sub-area having a second light transmittance lower than the first light transmittance, and wherein the second conductive lines overlap the second sub-area and do not overlap the first sub-area.

3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the second sensing pattern further comprises a third conductive line overlapping the first sub-area.

4 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein a line width of the third conductive line is smaller than the line width of the second conductive line.

5 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the display panel further comprises:

a plurality of first pixels disposed in the first sub-area;

a plurality of second pixels disposed in the second sub-area; and

a plurality of third pixels disposed in the second area,

wherein each of the first pixels comprises a first light emitting element and a first pixel circuit configured to drive the first light emitting element,

wherein each of the second pixels comprises a second light emitting element and a second pixel circuit configured to drive the second light emitting element,

wherein each of the third pixels comprises a third light emitting element and a third pixel circuit configured to drive the third light emitting element, and

wherein the first pixel circuit is disposed in the second sub-area.

6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein each of the first and second light emitting elements has a larger size than the third light emitting element when comparing the first to third light emitting devices that output the same color light.

7 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the first light emitting element has a same size as the second light emitting element when comparing the first and second light emitting devices that output the same color light.

8 . The display device of claim 5 , further comprising:

an antireflection layer disposed on the user input sensor layer,

wherein the anti-reflection layer comprises:

a first dividing layer disposed in the second area, the first dividing layer having a first width;

a second dividing layer disposed in the second sub-area, the second dividing layer having a second width greater than the first width; and

a plurality of color filters disposed in positions corresponding to the first to third light emitting elements in the first and second areas.

9 . The display device of claim 8 , wherein a first conductive line of the first conductive lines overlaps the first dividing layer, wherein a second conductive line of the second conductive lines overlaps the second dividing layer, wherein the line width of the first conductive line is smaller than the first width of the first dividing layer, and wherein the line width of the second conductive line is smaller than the second width of the second dividing layer.

10 . The display device of claim 8 , wherein the first dividing layer comprises a first opening pattern having a size corresponding to the third light emitting element,

wherein the second dividing layer comprises a second opening pattern having a size corresponding to the second light emitting element, and

wherein the second opening pattern has a larger size than the first opening pattern.

11 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein the second dividing layer further comprises a third opening pattern having a size corresponding to the first sub-area.

12 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein the anti-reflection layer further comprises a third dividing layer disposed in the first sub-area, the third dividing layer having a third width smaller than the second width, and

wherein the third dividing layer comprises a third opening pattern having a larger size than the first light emitting element.

13 . The display device of claim 12 , wherein the third opening pattern is larger than the second opening pattern.

14 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the user input sensor layer further comprises a dummy electrode electrically separated from the first and second conductive lines.

15 . An electronic device, comprising:

a display panel comprising a display area and a peripheral area adjacent to the display area, wherein the display area comprises a first area through which an optical signal passes and a second area adjacent to the first area and by which the optical signal is blocked;

a user input sensor layer disposed over the display panel; and

an electro-optical module disposed under the display panel and configured to receive the optical signal passing through the first area,

wherein the input sensor layer comprises:

a first sensing pattern overlapping the second area, wherein the first sensing pattern has a mesh shape defined by first conductive lines and comprises a plurality of first openings defined by the first conductive lines; and

a second sensing pattern overlapping the first area, wherein the second sensing pattern has a mesh shape defined by second conductive lines and comprises a plurality of second openings defined by the second conductive lines,

wherein a line width of each of the second conductive lines is greater than a line width of each of the first conductive lines,

wherein a shape of each of the plurality of second openings is different from a shape of each of the plurality of first openings.

16 . The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the first area comprises a first sub-area having a first light transmittance and a second sub-area having a second light transmittance lower than the first light transmittance, and

wherein the second conductive lines overlap the second sub-area and do not overlap the first sub-area.

17 . The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the second sensing pattern further comprises a third conductive line overlapping the first sub-area.

18 . The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein a line width of the third conductive line is smaller than the line width of each of the second conductive lines.

19 . The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the display panel further comprises:

a plurality of first pixels disposed in the first sub-area;

a plurality of second pixels disposed in the second sub-area; and

a plurality of third pixels disposed in the second area,

wherein each of the first pixels comprises a first light emitting element and a first pixel circuit configured to drive the first light emitting element,

wherein each of the second pixels comprises a second light emitting element and a second pixel circuit configured to drive the second light emitting element,

wherein each of the third pixels comprises a third light emitting element and a third pixel circuit configured to drive the third light emitting element, and

wherein the first pixel circuit is disposed in the second sub-area.

20 . The electronic device of claim 19 , further comprising:

an anti-reflection layer disposed over the user input sensor layer,

wherein the anti-reflection layer comprises:

a first dividing layer disposed in the second area, the first dividing layer having a first width;

a second dividing layer disposed in the second sub-area, the second dividing layer having a second width greater than the first width; and

a plurality of color filters disposed in positions corresponding to the first to third light emitting elements in the first and second areas.

21 . The electronic device of claim 20 , wherein a first conductive line of the first conductive lines overlaps the first dividing layer, wherein a second conductive line of the second conductive lines overlaps the second dividing layer, wherein the line width of the first conductive line is smaller than the first width of the first dividing layer, and wherein the line width of the second conductive line is smaller than the second width of the second dividing layer.

22 . The electronic device of claim 20 , wherein the first dividing layer comprises a first opening pattern having a size corresponding to the third light emitting element,

wherein the second dividing layer comprises a second opening pattern having a size corresponding to the second light emitting element, and

wherein the second opening pattern has a larger size than the first opening pattern.

23 . The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the shape of each of the plurality of first openings is quadrilateral and the shape of each of the plurality of second openings is hexagonal.