IP Library Granted Patent US 12701859
Granted Patent B2
US 12701859 · App. 17/951,096 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Display device

Inventors: Seong-Yong Hwang (Seongnam-si, KR); Shinya Onoue (Hwaseong-si, KR); Dongjin Jeong (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K50/865H01Q1/243H10K50/844H10K59/122H10K2102/311
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Patent No.
US 12701859
App. No.
17/951,096
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display panel and a first shielding layer. The display panel includes a substrate, a display structure, and a sensing structure. The substrate includes a display area, a bending area, and a pad area. The display structure is disposed in the display area on the substrate. The sensing structure is disposed on the display structure, and includes sensing electrodes. The first shielding layer is disposed in the bending area on the substrate, and includes a same material as the sensing electrode.

Claims (70)

1 . A display device comprising:

a display panel comprising:

a substrate having a display area, a bending area, and a pad area,

a display structure disposed in the display area on the substrate, and

a sensing structure disposed on the display structure and comprising sensing electrodes;

an antenna disposed under the display panel in the pad area; a first shielding layer disposed in the bending area on the substrate and comprising a same material as the sensing electrode; and

a second shielding layer disposed in the pad area and covering a driving integrated circuit,

wherein one end of the second shielding layer overlaps the first shielding layer in the pad area to form a continuous conductive path between the first and second shielding layers,

wherein the second shielding layer comprises a conductive adhesive layer, a conductive layer, an adhesive layer, and a signal absorption layer, and wherein, in overlap, the conductive adhesive layer is in direct electrical contact with the first shielding layer to establish the continuous conductive path.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises connection electrodes disposed in the bending area on the substrate, and

the first shielding layer is disposed on and covers the connection electrodes.

3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the display panel disposed in the bending area is bent.

4 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein the first shielding layer is configured to prevent a noise signal generated by the antenna from being transmitted to the connection electrode.

5 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first shielding layer comprises:

a first metal layer comprising titanium;

a second metal layer disposed on the first metal layer and comprising aluminum; and

a third metal layer disposed on the second metal layer and comprising titanium.

6 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises an encapsulation structure disposed on the display structure, and

wherein the encapsulation structure comprises:

a first inorganic encapsulation layer comprising an inorganic insulating material;

an organic encapsulation layer disposed on the first inorganic encapsulation layer and comprising an organic insulating material; and

a second inorganic encapsulation layer disposed on the organic encapsulation layer and comprising an inorganic insulating material.

7 . The display device of claim 6 , wherein the sensing structure comprises:

a sensing connection electrode disposed on the encapsulation structure;

a first insulating layer disposed on the sensing connection electrode; and

a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer, and

wherein the sensing electrodes are disposed between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer.

8 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein the first shielding layer comprises a same material as the sensing connection electrode, a first sensing electrode, or a second sensing electrode.

9 . The display device of claim 6 , wherein the display panel further comprises:

insulating layers disposed on the substrate and comprising openings that expose a top surface of the substrate disposed in the bending area;

a blocking structure disposed in the display area that is adjacent to the bending area on the insulating layers and configured to prevent a leakage of the organic encapsulation layer; and

an organic insulating structure disposed in the openings of the insulating layers on the substrate.

10 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein the display panel further comprises:

a first planarization layer disposed in the display area on the insulating layers;

a second planarization layer disposed on the first planarization layer; and

a pixel defining layer disposed on the second planarization layer.

11 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein the blocking structure comprises:

a first blocking pattern comprising a same material as the first planarization layer;

a second blocking pattern disposed on the first blocking pattern and comprising a same material as the second planarization layer; and

a third blocking pattern disposed on the second blocking pattern and comprising a same material as the pixel defining layer.

12 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein the organic insulating structure comprises:

a first organic insulating layer filling the openings and comprising a same material as the first planarization layer;

a second organic insulating layer disposed on the first organic insulating layer and comprising a same material as the second planarization layer;

a third organic insulating layer disposed on the second organic insulating layer and comprising a same material as the pixel defining layer; and

a fourth organic insulating layer disposed on the third organic insulating layer.

13 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein a portion of the first shielding layer is disposed on a top surface of the organic insulating structure.

14 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein the display panel further comprises an organic insulating pattern disposed on the blocking structure and the organic insulating structure, and

the first shielding layer is disposed on the organic insulating pattern.

15 . The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein a conductive adhesive layer of the second shielding layer is in direct electrical contact with an upper surface of the driving integrated circuit, and a signal absorption layer of the second shielding layer comprises polyethylene terephthalate (PET) having a black color.

16 . The display device of claim 15 ,

wherein the first shielding layer is disposed on and covers connection electrodes in the bending area and extends continuously into the pad area, and the overlap between the first shielding layer and the second shielding layer is located in the pad area adjacent to the bending area.

17 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein the display panel further comprises pad electrodes spaced apart from the driving integrated circuit in the pad area on the substrate, and

the display device further comprises a connection film connected to the pad electrodes and configured to transmit signals generated by an external device to the display panel through the pad electrodes.

18 . The display device of claim 17 , wherein a portion of the second shielding layer overlaps the connection film.

19 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a bending protection layer disposed on the first shielding layer and configured to move a neutral plane of the display device in the bending area toward the bending protection layer.

20 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a polarizing film disposed on the sensing structure and configured to block an external light that is incident from an outside.

21 . A display device comprising:

a substrate having a display area, a bending area, and a pad area, and bent in the bending area;

a display structure disposed in the display area on the substrate;

a sensing structure disposed on the display structure and comprising sensing electrodes;

connection electrodes disposed in the bending area on the substrate;

a first shielding layer covering the connection electrodes on the connection electrodes and comprising a same material as the sensing electrode;

a driving integrated circuit disposed in the pad area on the substrate; and

a second shielding layer covering the driving integrated circuit on the driving integrated circuit

wherein one end of the second shielding layer overlaps the first shielding layer in the pad area to form a continuous conductive path between the first and second shielding layers,

wherein the second shielding layer comprises a conductive adhesive layer, a conductive layer, an adhesive layer, and a signal absorption layer, and wherein, in the overlap, the conductive adhesive layer is in direct electrical contact with the first shielding layer to establish the continuous conductive path.

22 . The display device of claim 21 , wherein:

the first shielding layer and the second shielding layer are noise blocking layers, and

the second shielding layer includes a different material from the first shielding layer.