Display device
The present disclosure relates to a display device for improving productivity. The display device having a touch sensor is configured such that the total thickness of at least one inorganic insulation layer disposed on the region above each of dams is different from the total thickness of the at least one inorganic insulation layer disposed on a trench region between the dams. Thus, a photoresist for forming a routing line is formed so as to have a uniform thickness on the region above each of the dams and the trench region between the dams, and thus productivity is improved.
1. A display device comprising:
a light-emitting element disposed in an active area of a substrate;
a touch sensor disposed on the light-emitting element;
an encapsulation unit disposed between the light-emitting element and the touch sensor, the encapsulation unit comprising a plurality of inorganic encapsulation layers and at least one organic encapsulation layer disposed between the inorganic encapsulation layers,
a touch pad disposed in a pad area of the substrate, the touch pad being connected to the touch sensor via a routing line; and
a first dam and a second dam disposed between the active area and the pad area,
wherein a total thickness of at least one inorganic insulation layer disposed on a region above each of the first and second dams is different from a total thickness of the at least one inorganic insulation layer disposed in a trench region between the first dam and the second dam, and
wherein the touch sensor comprises a touch insulating film disposed on the light-emitting element, wherein the touch insulating film is disposed in the trench region.
2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the total thickness of the at least one inorganic insulation layer disposed on the region above each of the first and second dams is less than the total thickness of the at least one inorganic insulation layer disposed in the trench region between the first dam and the second dam.
3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein a total thickness of the at least one inorganic insulation layer disposed between the first dam and the second dam and the routing line is less than a total thickness of the at least one inorganic insulation layer disposed between a thin-film layer, exposed between the first dam and the second dam, and the routing line.
4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the touch sensor comprises:
the touch insulation film disposed on the encapsulation unit; and
a touch-sensing line and a touch-driving line disposed with the touch insulation film interposed therebetween, and
wherein the at least one inorganic insulation layer comprises at least one of the inorganic encapsulation layers and the touch insulation film.
5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein one of the plurality of inorganic encapsulation layers is disposed between the first dam and the second dam and the routing line, and
wherein the plurality of inorganic encapsulation layers and the touch insulation film are disposed between the thin-film layer, exposed between the first dam and the second dam, and the routing line.
6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the touch pad comprises:
a lower touch pad electrode disposed on the substrate; and
an upper touch pad electrode connected to the lower touch pad electrode exposed through a touch contact hole penetrating the inorganic encapsulation layers and the touch insulation film.
7. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the thin-film layer exposed between the first dam and the second dam is electrically connected to a cathode of the light-emitting element.
8. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein a total number of the at least one inorganic insulation layer disposed between the first dam and the second dam and the routing line is less than a total number of the at least one inorganic insulation layer disposed between a thin-film layer, exposed between the first dam and the second dam, and the routing line.
9. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a touch buffer film disposed on the encapsulation unit,
wherein the touch sensor comprises:
the touch insulation film disposed on the touch buffer film; and
a touch-sensing line and a touch-driving line disposed with the touch insulation film interposed therebetween, and
wherein the at least one inorganic insulation layer comprises at least one of the inorganic encapsulation layers, the touch buffer film, and the touch insulation film.
10. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein at least one of the inorganic encapsulation layers is disposed between the first dam and the second dam and the routing line, and
wherein the plurality of inorganic encapsulation layers, the touch buffer film, and the touch insulation film are disposed between the thin-film layer, exposed between the first dam and the second dam, and the routing line.
11. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the touch pad comprises:
a lower touch pad electrode disposed on the substrate; and
an upper touch pad electrode connected to the lower touch pad electrode exposed through a touch contact hole penetrating the touch buffer film and the touch insulation film.
12. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a color filter disposed above or under the touch sensor.
13. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a thin-film transistor disposed in the active area and connected to the light-emitting element.
14. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a low-voltage supply line disposed on the substrate and below the first dam and the second dam.
15. The display device according to claim 14 , further comprising:
an auxiliary electrode disposed between the low-voltage supply line and a cathode of the light-emitting element, and electrically connecting the low-voltage supply line and the cathode to each other.
16. The display device according to claim 15 , wherein the second dam includes a first sub-dam and a second sub-dam, and the auxiliary electrode is partially disposed between the first sub-dam and the second sub-dam.
17. The display device according to claim 16 , wherein the auxiliary electrode is at least partially disposed on a side surface of the first sub-dam of the second dam.
18. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein the second dam is closer to the pad area than the first dam.
19. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein the second dam is higher than the first dam.
20. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein the routing line above the second dam is higher than the routing line above the first dam.
21. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein the second dam covers a side surface of the low-voltage supply line.
22. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein the touch pad includes a lower touch pad electrode and an upper touch pad electrode extending from the routing line, the upper touch pad electrode electrically connected to the lower touch pad electrode, the lower touch pad electrode formed of the same material as a source electrode and a drain electrode of a driving thin-film transistor disposed in the active area and connected to the light-emitting element, the upper touch pad electrode formed of the same material as the routing line.
23. The display device according to claim 22 , wherein the low-voltage supply line is formed of the same material as the source electrode and the drain electrode of the driving thin-film transistor.
24. A display device comprising:
a light-emitting element disposed in an active area of a substrate;
a touch sensor disposed on the light-emitting element;
an encapsulation unit disposed between the light-emitting element and the touch sensor, the encapsulation unit comprising a plurality of inorganic encapsulation layers and at least one organic encapsulation layer disposed between the inorganic encapsulation layers,
a touch pad disposed in a pad area of the substrate, the touch pad being connected to the touch sensor via a routing line;
a first dam and a second dam disposed between the active area and the pad area;
a low-voltage supply line disposed on the substrate and below the first dam and the second dam; and
an auxiliary electrode disposed between the low-voltage supply line and the first dam and the second dam and electrically connecting the low-voltage supply line and a cathode of the light-emitting element;
wherein the second dam includes a first sub-dam and a second sub-dam, and the auxiliary electrode is partially disposed between the first sub-dam and the second sub-dam.
25. The display device according to claim 24 , wherein a total thickness of at least one inorganic insulation layer disposed on a region above each of the first dam and the second dam is different from a total thickness of the at least one inorganic insulation layer disposed in a trench region between the first dam and the second dam.