IP Library Granted Patent US 10,804,336
Granted Patent B2
US 10,804,336 · App. 16/299,140 · Granted Oct 13, 2020

Display device

Inventors: Yeon Tae Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Chung Yi (Seongnam-si, KR); Young Kwan Kim (Seoul, KR); Young Soo No (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H01L27/3223H01L27/323H01L27/3258H01L27/3262H01L27/3276
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Patent No.
US 10,804,336
App. No.
16/299,140
Granted
Oct 13, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display unit including transistors disposed in a display area and signal lines arranged in a non-display area located along an edge of the display area, at least one of the signal lines being electrically connected to the transistors; and an input sensing unit disposed over the display unit and including sensing electrodes disposed on the display area, sensing lines arranged on the non-display area, and a first dummy pattern disposed on the non-display area and spaced apart from the sensing electrodes as compared with the sensing line, wherein the first dummy pattern overlaps a first signal line of the signal lines, the first signal line being spaced farthest from the display area, a planar shape of an overlap pattern formed by overlapping the first dummy pattern and the first signal line coincides with a planar shape of an alignment mark.

Claims (46)

1. A display device, comprising:

a display unit comprising transistors disposed in a display area and signal lines arranged in a non-display area located along an edge of the display area, at least one of the signal lines being electrically connected to the transistors; and

an input sensing unit disposed over the display unit and comprising sensing electrodes disposed on the display area, sensing lines arranged on the non-display area, and a first dummy pattern disposed on the non-display area and spaced apart from the sensing electrodes, at least one of the sensing lines being electrically connected to the sensing electrodes,

wherein the first dummy pattern overlaps a first signal line of the signal lines, the first signal line being spaced farthest from the display area, and

wherein the display device further comprises an alignment mark, the alignment mark comprising:

a first portion having an area of the first signal line including an overlap between the first signal line and the first dummy pattern in a plan view; and

a second portion having an area of the first dummy pattern that protrudes from the first portion and does not overlap the first signal line in the plan view.

2. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first dummy pattern is isolated from the signal lines and the sensing lines.

3. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first signal line extends along the edge of the display unit, forms a closed loop, and is isolated from the transistors.

4. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein each of the transistors unit comprises:

a semiconductor layer comprising a channel;

a first conductive layer disposed on the semiconductor layer and comprising a gate electrode; and

a second conductive layer disposed on the first conductive layer and comprising a source electrode and a drain electrode, and

wherein the first conductive layer comprises the first signal line.

5. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein each of the transistors unit comprises:

a semiconductor layer comprising a channel;

a first conductive layer disposed on the semiconductor layer and comprising a gate electrode; and

a second conductive layer disposed on the first conductive layer and comprising a source electrode and a drain electrode, and

wherein the second conductive layer comprises the first signal line.

6. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first dummy pattern and the first signal line are configured to absorb light.

7. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first dummy pattern comprises a plurality of sub-line patterns arranged in parallel with each other.

8. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein a first side surface of the display unit adjacent to the first signal line forms an acute angle with an upper surface of the display unit,

wherein a first side surface of the input sensing unit aligned with the first side surface of the display unit, forms an obtuse angle with the upper surface of the display unit, and

wherein a distance from the first dummy pattern to the first side surface of the input sensing unit is greater than a distance from the first signal line to the first side surface of the display unit.

9. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein a first portion of the first dummy pattern has a smaller area than a second portion of the first dummy pattern.

10. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein the input sensing unit further comprises a second dummy pattern disposed on the non-display area and spaced apart from the sensing electrodes, the first portion of the alignment mark including an overlap between the first signal line and the first dummy pattern in the plan view, and

wherein the alignment mark comprises a third portion having an area of the second dummy pattern that does not overlap the first signal line in the plan view.

11. The display device of claim 10 ,

wherein the second dummy pattern has a total area different from a total area of the first dummy pattern.

12. The display device of claim 10 ,

wherein the second dummy pattern has a shape different from a shape of the first dummy pattern.

13. The display device of claim 10 ,

wherein the input sensing unit further comprises a third dummy pattern disposed on the non-display area and spaced apart from the sensing electrodes, and

wherein the first portion of the alignment mark including an overlap between the first signal line and the third dummy pattern in the plan view and the alignment mark comprises a fourth portion having an area of the third dummy pattern that does not overlap the first signal line in the plan view.

14. The display device of claim 13 ,

wherein the second dummy pattern has a shape different from a shape of the first dummy pattern, and

wherein the third dummy pattern has a shape different from the shape of the second dummy pattern.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2019
From: KIM, YEON TAE; YI, CHUNG; KIM, YOUNG KWAN; NO, YOUNG SOO
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 048566/0625 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0086741 · Jul 25, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200035762A1 · Jan 30, 2020
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