IP Library Granted Patent US 10,394,387
Granted Patent B2
US 10,394,387 · App. 14/741,236 · Granted Aug 27, 2019

Display device including touch sensor and driving method thereof

Inventors: Seung Lyong Bok (Hwaseong-si, KR); Won Ki Hong (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G06F3/0421G06F3/044G06F3/0412
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Patent No.
US 10,394,387
App. No.
14/741,236
Granted
Aug 27, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device including a touch sensor and a driving method thereof, and more particularly, a curved display device including a touch sensor and a driving method thereof, are presented. The display device includes: a touch sensor unit including a plurality of touch sensors; and at least one touch surface curved to along a first direction, wherein the touch surface includes a center region and edge regions positioned at both sides of the center region along the first direction, and wherein a sensitivity of the touch sensor in the center region is higher than a sensitivity of the touch sensors in the edge regions.

Claims (40)

1. An organic light emitting display device comprising:

a display panel;

an encapsulation layer on the display panel;

a substrate on the encapsulation layer;

a touch sensor unit including a plurality of touch sensors and a plurality of touch wires on the substrate;

a plurality of pixels including a plurality of light emitting layers between pixel electrodes and an opposed electrode arranged in the display panel; and

a plurality of signal lines and a plurality of thin film transistors in the display panel,

wherein the plurality of touch sensors comprises a plurality of first sense cells arranged in a first direction on the substrate, and a plurality of second sense cells arranged in a second direction on the substrate,

wherein the display panel has a first portion, a second portion and a third portion, the first portion and the second portion are curved, and the third portion between first portion and second portion is substantially flat,

wherein the substrate including the touch sensor unit has a fourth portion, a fifth portion and a sixth portion, the fourth portion and the fifth portion are curved, and the sixth portion between the fourth portion and the fifth portion is substantially flat,

wherein the first portion is substantially entirely overlapped with the fourth portion in a plan view,

wherein the second portion is substantially entirely overlapped with the fifth portion in the plan view,

wherein the third portion is substantially entirely overlapped with the sixth portion in the plan view,

wherein the encapsulation layer includes at least one inorganic insulating layer and an organic insulating layer,

wherein the first sense cells and the second sense cells are on a same layer,

wherein the second sense cells are alternately arranged with the first sense cells so that the second sense cells do not overlap the first sense cells in the plan view, and

wherein the first sense cells and the second sense cells have a substantially quadrangular shape, respectively.

2. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein an area of the first sense cell in the fourth portion or in the fifth portion is different from an area of the second sense cell in the sixth portion.

3. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the first or second sense cells in the fourth portion or in the fifth portion are not connected from the first or second sense cells in the sixth portion.

4. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the first portion and the second portion are symmetric in a side view with respect to a center of the third portion.

5. An organic light emitting display device comprising:

a display panel;

an encapsulation layer on the display panel;

an insulating layer on the encapsulation layer;

a touch sensor unit including a plurality of touch sensors and a plurality of touch wires on the insulating layer;

a plurality of pixels including a plurality of light emitting layer between pixel electrodes and an opposed electrode arranged in the display panel; and

a plurality of signal lines and a plurality of thin film transistors in the display panel,

wherein the plurality of touch sensors comprises a plurality of first sense cells arranged in a first direction on the insulating layer, and a plurality of second sense cells arranged in a second direction on the insulating layer,

wherein the display panel has a first portion, a second portion and a third portion, the first portion and the second portion are curved, and the third portion between first portion and second portion is substantially flat,

wherein the insulating layer has a fourth portion, a fifth portion and a sixth portion, the fourth portion and the fifth portion are curved, and the sixth portion between the fourth portion and the fifth portion is substantially flat,

wherein the first portion is substantially entirely overlapped with the fourth portion in a plan view,

wherein the second portion is substantially entirely overlapped with the fifth portion in the view,

wherein the third portion is substantially entirely overlapped with the sixth portion in the plan view,

wherein the encapsulation layer includes at least one inorganic insulating layer and an organic insulating layer,

wherein the first sense cells and the second sense cells are on a same layer,

wherein the second sense cells are alternately arranged with the first sense cells so that the second sense cells do not overlap the first sense cells in the plan view, and

wherein the first sense cells and the second sense cells have a substantially quadrangular shape, respectively.

6. The organic light emitting display device of claim 5 , wherein an area of the first sense cell in the fourth portion or in the fifth portion is different from an area of the second sense cell in the sixth portion.

7. The organic light emitting display device of claim 5 , wherein the first or second sense cells in the fourth portion or in the fifth portion are not connected from the first or second sense cells in the sixth portion.

8. The organic light emitting display device of claim 5 , wherein the first portion and the second portion are symmetric in a side view with respect to a center of the third portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2015
From: BOK, SEUNG LYONG; HONG, WON KI
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 035847/0397 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0166826 · Nov 26, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160147375A1 · May 26, 2016
Cited By (1)
US 12,561,024