IP Library Granted Patent US 9,983,711
Granted Patent B2
US 9,983,711 · App. 14/749,312 · Granted May 29, 2018

Display device including touch sensor and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Kang Won Lee (Seoul, KR); Byeong Kyu Jeon (Busan, KR); Jeong Heon Lee (Seongnam-si, KR); Young Sik Kim (Cheonan-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G06F3/0412G06F3/044G06F2203/04103G06F2203/04111H05K3/4685H05K2201/10128H05K2201/10151
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Patent No.
US 9,983,711
App. No.
14/749,312
Granted
May 29, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a touch sensor unit provided on the display panel, and including a touch sensing area in which a touch sensor is provided and a non-sensing area around the touch sensing area, and a polarizer provided on the touch sensor unit and bonded to the touch sensor unit, an edge side of the polarizer and an edge side of the touch sensor unit being aligned.

Claims (56)

1. A display device, comprising:

a display panel including a plurality of pixels;

a touch sensor unit provided on the display panel, and including a touch sensing area in which a touch sensor is provided and a non-sensing area around the touch sensing area;

a polarizer provided on the touch sensor unit and bonded to the touch sensor unit, a lateral side of the polarizer and a lateral side of the non-sensing area of the touch sensor unit being aligned with each other; and

a cover window provided on the polarizer,

wherein a lateral side of the cover window is outside the lateral side of the polarizer, and the cover window covers the lateral side of the polarizer.

2. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lateral side of the polarizer and a lateral side of the touch sensor unit are provided inside a lateral side of the cover window.

3. The display device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the cover window includes a light blocking member covering at least a portion of the non-sensing area, and the light blocking member covers the lateral side of the display panel.

4. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the cover window includes a light blocking member covering at least a portion of the non-sensing area,

a touch wire connected to the touch sensor is provided in the non-sensing area, and

an internal edge of the non-sensing area is aligned with an internal edge of the light blocking member or is provided inside the internal edge of the light blocking member.

5. The display device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein a touch substrate included in the touch sensor unit includes at least one of a cyclic olefin polymer (COP) film, a non-elongation polycarbonate (PC) film, and a triacetyl cellulose (TAC) film.

6. The display device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the polarizer includes a circular polarizer.

7. The display device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein:

an end of the touch wire forms a pad, and

the polarizer includes a compressor hole exposing the pad.

8. The display device as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising a touch driver connected to the touch sensor unit and separated from the lateral side of the polarizer by greater than a predetermined distance.

9. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

a plurality of touch electrodes is provided in the touch sensing area,

the plurality of touch electrodes includes a plurality of first touch electrodes and a plurality of second touch electrodes that are separated from each other, do not overlap each other, and are alternately disposed,

the first touch electrodes are arranged in a first direction and are connected to each other by a plurality of first connectors, and

the second touch electrodes are arranged in a second direction that is different from the first direction and are connected to each other by a plurality of second connectors.

10. The display device as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising an insulating layer provided between the first connector and the second connector and insulating the first connector from the second connector.

11. The display device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein:

the first connector is provided at a same layer as the first touch electrode and is integrated with the first touch electrode, and

the second connector is provided at a different layer from the second touch electrode.

12. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

a plurality of touch electrodes is provided in the touch sensing area, and

the plurality of touch electrodes is provided between a touch substrate and the polarizer.

13. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

a plurality of touch electrodes is provided in the touch sensing area, and

the plurality of touch electrodes is provided between a touch substrate and the display panel.

14. A display device, comprising:

a display panel including a plurality of pixels;

a touch sensor unit provided on the display panel, and including a touch sensing area in which a touch sensor is provided and a non-sensing area around the touch sensing area, a touch wire connected to the touch sensor being provided in the non-sensing area; and

a polarizer provided on the touch sensor unit and bonded to the touch sensor unit, wherein:

an internal edge of the non-sensing area is aligned with an internal edge of a light blocking member or is provided inside the internal edge of the light blocking member.

15. The display device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein a lateral side of the polarizer and a lateral side of the touch sensor unit are provided inside a lateral side of the display panel.

16. The display device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein a touch substrate included in the touch sensor unit includes at least one of a cyclic olefin polymer (COP) film, a non-elongation polycarbonate (PC) film, and a triacetyl cellulose (TAC) film.

17. The display device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the polarizer includes a circular polarizer.

18. A method for manufacturing a display device, the method comprising:

providing a base substrate on which a touch sensor is formed;

forming a plurality of compressor holes in a base polarizer;

bonding the base substrate and the base polarizer;

cutting the base substrate and the base polarizer by a unit of a cell and forming a plurality of touch sensor units and a plurality of polarizers that are bonded; and

compressing a touch driver on the touch sensor unit through the compressor hole.

19. The method as claimed in claim 18 , wherein:

the providing of a base substrate on which the touch sensor is formed includes:

forming a plurality of touch electrodes and a plurality of touch wires on a mother substrate; and

cutting the mother substrate by a unit of the base substrate.

20. The method as claimed in claim 18 , wherein compressor holes arranged in a direction from among the plurality of compressor holes are connected to each other.

21. The method as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the compressor holes are separated from each other.

22. The method as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the touch driver is separated from a lateral side of the polarizer by greater than a predetermined distance.

23. The method as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the base substrate includes at least one of a cyclic olefin polymer (COP) film, a non-elongation poly carbonate (PC) film, and a triacetyl cellulose (TAC) film.

24. The method as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the polarizer includes a circular polarizer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2015
From: LEE, KANG WON; JEON, BYEONG KYU; LEE, JEONG HEON; KIM, YOUNG SIK
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035899/0447 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0166442 · Nov 26, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160147346A1 · May 26, 2016