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Granted Patent B2
US 11,455,006 · App. 17/204,012 · Granted Sep 27, 2022

Display device

Inventors: Wonki Hong (Yongin-si, KR); Hyungchul Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Jongin Baek (Yongin-si, KR); Donghwan Lee (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G06F1/1616G06F1/1643H01L27/323
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Patent No.
US 11,455,006
App. No.
17/204,012
Granted
Sep 27, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a folding area and a non-folding area, a display panel including a plurality of pixels, and a digitizer arranged at one side of the display panel and including a plurality of loop coils, where, when a hovering event of an input unit is detected in the folding area, the digitizer increases an alternating current signal applied to at least one loop coil of the plurality of loop coils arranged in the folding area, and calculates a hovering height of the input unit based on a change in a magnetic field between the input unit and loop coils of the plurality of loop coils, the loop coils including a loop coil overlapping the input unit and adjacent loop coils around the input unit.

Claims (26)

1. A display device including a folding area and a non-folding area, the display device comprising:

a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels; and

a digitizer arranged at one side of the display panel and comprising a plurality of loop coils,

wherein, when a hovering event of an input unit is detected in the folding area, the digitizer increases an alternating current signal applied to at least one loop coil of the plurality of loop coils arranged in the folding area, and calculates a hovering height of the input unit based on a change in a magnetic field between the input unit and loop coils of the plurality of loop coils, the loop coils including a loop coil overlapping the input unit and adjacent loop coils around the input unit.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of loop coils has a first width and a first thickness in the folding area and a second width and a second thickness in the non-folding area, the second width being less than the first width, and the second thickness being greater than the first thickness.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of loop coils has a linear shape.

4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of loop coils has a zigzag shape.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein each of the plurality of loop coils has a linear shape in the non-folding area and a zigzag shape in the folding area.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of through holes are defined in the plurality of loop coils in the folding area.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of loop coils includes a first portion corresponding to the folding area and a second portion corresponding to the non-folding area, and an end portion of the first portion contacts an end portion of the second portion.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the end portion of the first portion of the plurality of loop coils overlaps above the end portion of the second portion.

9. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the end portion of the first portion of the plurality of loop coils overlaps under the end portion of the second portion.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of loop coils includes a first portion corresponding to the folding area and a second portion corresponding to the non-folding area, and the first portion and the second portion are provided as a single body.

11. The display device of claim 1 , wherein, when a hovering event of the input unit is detected in the folding area, the digitizer extends the folding area.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the digitizer increases an alternating current voltage applied to at least one loop coil of the plurality of loop coils arranged in the extended folding area.

13. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the digitizer increases an alternating current voltage applied to at least one loop coil of the plurality of loop coils arranged within a range from a position of the input unit in the extended folding area.

14. A display device including a folding area and a non-folding area, the display device comprising

a digitizer comprising a plurality of loop coils, wherein the plurality of loop coils has a first width and a first thickness in the folding area and a second width and a second thickness in the non-folding area, the second width being less than the first width, and the second thickness being greater than the first thickness,

wherein, when a hovering event of an input unit is detected in the folding area, the digitizer increases an alternating current signal applied to at least one loop coil of the plurality of loop coils arranged in the folding area.

15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein each of the plurality of loop coils has a linear shape.

16. The display device of claim 14 , wherein each of the plurality of loop coils has a zigzag shape.

17. The display device of claim 16 , wherein each of the plurality of loop coils has a linear shape in the non-folding area and a zigzag shape in the folding area.

18. The display device of claim 14 , wherein a plurality of through holes are defined in the plurality of loop coils in the folding area.

19. The display device of claim 14 , wherein, when a hovering event of the input unit is detected in the folding area, the digitizer extends the folding area, and

the digitizer increases an alternating current voltage applied to at least one loop coil of the plurality of loop coils arranged in the extended folding area.

20. The display device of claim 19 , wherein the digitizer increases an alternating current voltage applied to at least one loop coil of the plurality of loop coils arranged within a range from a position of the input unit in the extended folding area.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2021
From: HONG, WONKI; KIM, HYUNGCHUL; BAEK, JONGIN; LEE, DONGHWAN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055619/0477 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0121796 · Sep 21, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220091632A1 · Mar 24, 2022
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