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Granted Patent B2
US 11,366,538 · App. 16/994,996 · Granted Jun 21, 2022

Display device including an align key

Inventors: Young Rae Kim (Cheonan-si, KR); Jung Tae Kim (Seoul, KR); Kyung Min Park (Seongnam-si, KR); Dong-Yoon So (Hwaseong-si, KR); Ji Hyeon Ryu (Asan-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G06F3/0412G06F2203/04103
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Patent No.
US 11,366,538
App. No.
16/994,996
Granted
Jun 21, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a first substrate, a display structure, a sensing structure, a sensing signal transmission film, and an image signal transmission film. The first substrate includes a display region and a non-display region at least partially surrounding the display region. The non-display region includes a first portion and a second portion facing the first portion. The display structure is disposed in the display region. The sensing structure is disposed on the display structure. The sensing signal transmission film is electrically connected to the sensing structure. The image signal transmission film is electrically connected to the display structure. The sensing signal transmission film is disposed in the first portion of the non-display region. The image signal transmission film is disposed in the second portion of the non-display region.

Claims (59)

1. A display device, comprising:

a first substrate including a display region and a non-display region at least partially surrounding the display region, wherein the non-display region includes a first portion and a second portion facing the first portion;

a display structure disposed in the display region;

a sensing structure disposed on the display structure;

a first align key and a second align key, wherein the second align key is disposed adjacent to the first align key;

a sensing signal transmission film disposed in the first portion of the non-display region, the sensing signal transmission film being electrically connected to the sensing structure;

an image signal transmission film disposed in the second portion of the non-display region, the image signal transmission film being electrically connected to the display structure;

a second substrate facing the first substrate; and

a sealing member disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the sealing member at least partially surrounding the display structure,

wherein the first align key is disposed between the display structure and the sealing member.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the sensing signal transmission film is disposed on the second substrate.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein:

the first align key is disposed in the first portion on the first substrate.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display structure includes:

an active pattern disposed on the first substrate;

a gate electrode disposed on the active pattern;

a source electrode disposed on the gate electrode; and

a drain electrode disposed on the gate electrode,

wherein the first align key is disposed on a same layer as the active pattern.

5. The display device of claim 4 , further comprising:

a metal pattern disposed on the first align key,

wherein the metal pattern at least partially overlaps the first align key, and

wherein the metal pattern is disposed on a same layer as the source and drain electrodes.

6. The display device of claim 5 , further comprising:

an insulating layer disposed between the first align key and the metal pattern, the insulating layer configured to transmit light.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein:

the second align key is disposed in the first portion of the first substrate.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein an area of the second align key is smaller than an area of the first align key.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a shape of the first align key is different from a shape of the second align key.

10. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein a planar shape of the first align key is a cross-shape,

wherein the first align key has a cross-shaped opening, and

wherein a planar shape of the second align key is a step shape.

11. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second align key is disposed between the display structure and the sealing member.

12. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the second align key is disposed on a same layer as the source and drain electrodes.

13. The display device of claim 5 ,

wherein the second align key is disposed on a same layer as the metal pattern, and

wherein the metal pattern is spaced apart from the second align key.

14. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the second align key is disposed on a same layer as the active pattern.

15. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the sensing signal transmission film is disposed on the second substrate through the first and second align keys.

16. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a third align key disposed in the second portion of the first substrate.

17. The display device of claim 16 , wherein the sealing member is disposed between the display structure and the third align key.

18. A display device, comprising:

a first substrate including a display region and a non-display region at least partially surrounding the display region, wherein the non-display region includes a first portion and a second portion facing the first portion;

a display structure disposed in the display region;

a second substrate facing the first substrate, the second substrate including a sealing member at least partially surrounding a boundary of the second substrate;

a sensing structure disposed on the second substrate;

a sensing signal transmission film disposed in the first portion of the non-display region, the sensing signal transmission film being electrically connected to the sensing structure;

an image signal transmission film disposed in the second portion of the non-display region, the image signal transmission film being electrically connected to the display structure;

a first align key and a second align key which are disposed in the first portion; and

a third align key disposed in the second portion,

wherein the display structure includes:

an active pattern disposed on the first substrate;

a gate electrode disposed on the active pattern;

a source electrode disposed on the gate electrode; and

a drain electrode disposed on the gate electrode,

wherein the first align key is disposed on a same layer as the active pattern, and each of the second and third align keys is disposed on a same layer as the source and drain electrodes, and

wherein an area of the first align key is larger than an area of the second align key, and an area of the third align key is larger than the area of the first align key.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2020
From: KIM, YOUNG RAE; KIM, JUNG TAE; PARK, KYUNG MIN; SO, DONG-YOON; RYU, JI HYEON
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053511/0748 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0169537 · Dec 18, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210191551A1 · Jun 24, 2021
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