IP Library Granted Patent US 10,734,458
Granted Patent B2
US 10,734,458 · App. 15/882,417 · Granted Aug 4, 2020

Display apparatus including sensor

Inventors: Jangmi Kang (Yongin-si, KR); Jisun Kim (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L27/323G06F3/044G06F3/0412G06K9/0002G06K9/0004H01L27/3234H01L51/5225H01L51/5284G06F2203/04107H01L27/3216H01L27/3218H01L27/3272H01L27/3276
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Patent No.
US 10,734,458
App. No.
15/882,417
Granted
Aug 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus including a sensor includes: a pixel group including a predetermined number of pixels, each of which includes a pixel circuit and a light-emitting device electrically connected to the pixel circuit; and a sensing pixel including a sensing circuit and a sensing electrode connected to the sensing circuit, where the sensing electrode forms a variable capacitor with respect to a finger, and the sensing circuit is arranged around the pixel circuit of the pixel group.

Claims (37)

1. A display apparatus including a sensor, the display apparatus comprising:

a pixel group comprising a predetermined number of pixels, wherein each of the predetermined number of pixels includes a pixel circuit and a light-emitting device electrically connected to the pixel circuit; and

a sensing pixel comprising a sensing circuit and a sensing electrode connected to the sensing circuit, wherein the sensing electrode forms a variable capacitor with respect to a finger,

wherein the sensing circuit is arranged around pixel circuits of the pixel group, and the sensing electrode and an electrode of the light-emitting device are disposed in a same layer.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting device comprises:

a first electrode connected to the pixel circuit;

a second electrode opposite to the first electrode; and

an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and

the sensing electrode is disposed in a same layer as the first electrode of the light-emitting device.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein an opening is defined through the second electrode of the light-emitting device in a region corresponding to the sensing electrode.

4. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the sensing electrode extends along peripheries of first electrodes in light-emitting devices of the pixel group.

5. The display apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising:

an encapsulation layer on the light-emitting device.

6. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a shield line which prevents a parasitic capacitor among pixel circuits of the pixel group.

7. The display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the shield line is a floating wire.

8. The display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein a predetermined voltage is applied to the shield line.

9. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein pixel circuits in the pixel group are arranged symmetrically with one another at least in a transverse direction.

10. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the predetermined number of pixels comprises at least two sub-pixels.

11. A display apparatus including a sensor, the display apparatus comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of pixel circuits on the substrate;

a sensing circuit on the substrate and arranged to surround the plurality of pixel circuits;

a plurality of light-emitting devices on the pixel circuits, wherein the plurality of light-emitting device includes first electrodes and second electrodes opposite to the first electrodes, and each of the first electrodes is connected to a corresponding pixel circuit from among the plurality of pixel circuits; and

a sensing electrode on the sensing circuit, and electrically connected to the sensing circuit,

wherein the sensing electrode forms a variable capacitor with respect to a finger, and

wherein the sensing electrode and the first electrodes of the light-emitting device are disposed in a same layer.

12. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein

the sensing electrode is in a same layer as the first electrodes and extends along peripheries of the first electrodes of the plurality of light-emitting devices, and

an opening is defined through each of the second electrodes in a region corresponding to the sensing electrode.

13. The display apparatus of claim 11 , further comprising:

a shield line between the pixel circuits, wherein the shield line prevents a parasitic capacitor among the pixel circuits.

14. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the shield line is a floating wire.

15. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein a predetermined voltage is applied to the shield line.

16. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the pixel circuits are arranged symmetrically with each other at least in a transverse direction.

17. The display apparatus of claim 11 , further comprising:

an encapsulation layer on the plurality of light-emitting devices.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2018
From: KANG, JANGMI; KIM, JISUN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044756/0844 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0096376 · Jul 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190035859A1 · Jan 31, 2019
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