IP Library Granted Patent US 9,859,343
Granted Patent B2
US 9,859,343 · App. 15/492,083 · Granted Jan 2, 2018

Display device

Inventor: Ryoichi Ito (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
H01L27/323G06F3/044H01L51/0097G06F2203/04102G06F2203/04105G09G3/3225G09G2310/08H01L27/3244H01L2251/5338
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Patent No.
US 9,859,343
App. No.
15/492,083
Granted
Jan 2, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a flexible substrate having a display region including a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels having a pair of electrodes and a display element therebetween; a first electrode layer provided on the plurality of pixels; a second electrode layer provided on the first electrode layer; a third electrode layer provided on the second electrode layer; a piezoelectric material layer provided between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer; and a flexible material layer provided between the second electrode layer and the third electrode layer.

Claims (19)

1. A display device, comprising:

a flexible substrate having a display region, the display region including a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels having a pair of electrodes and a display element therebetween;

a first electrode layer provided on the plurality of pixels;

a second electrode layer provided on the first electrode layer;

a third electrode layer provided on the second electrode layer;

a piezoelectric material layer provided between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer; and

a flexible material layer provided between the second electrode layer and the third electrode layer.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first electrode layer, the second electrode layer and the piezoelectric material layer are included in a bending sensor detecting a direction and an amount of a bending of the substrate;

the second electrode layer, the third electrode layer and the flexible material layer are included in a press sensor detecting a pressure applied to a region overlapping the display region; and

the third electrode layer includes a plurality of electrodes arrayed in a matrix and is included in a touch sensor detecting a touch of a conductor with the region overlapping the display region based on mutual capacitance between the plurality of electrodes.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first electrode layer, the second electrode layer and the third electrode layer includes a transparent conductive layer.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first electrode layer, the second electrode layer and the third electrode layer includes a metal layer including openings in regions overlapping the plurality of pixels.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrode layer includes a plurality of electrodes arrayed in at least one of a row direction and a column direction.

6. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the display device is configured to perform driving in a time division manner such that:

the touch sensor is driven in a first frame period;

the press sensor is driven in a second frame period; and

the bending sensor is driven in a third frame period.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the first frame period and the third frame period include an overlapping period.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2017
From: ITO, RYOICHI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 042076/0186 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-099375 · May 18, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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