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Granted Patent B2
US 12,048,224 · App. 17/455,566 · Granted Jul 23, 2024

Display device

Inventors: Hyungbae Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Taejoon Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Jaewoo Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/40G06F3/0446H10K50/844G06F2203/04111H10K2102/311
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Patent No.
US 12,048,224
App. No.
17/455,566
Granted
Jul 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display panel and an input sensor disposed on the display panel. The input sensor includes a plurality of first areas repeatedly arranged in a first direction, a plurality of second areas repeatedly arranged in the first direction, an inorganic insulating layer disposed in the first areas, an organic insulating layer disposed in the first areas and the second areas, and a sensing electrode disposed on the organic insulating layer. The first areas are alternately arranged in the first direction with the second areas, and the input sensor includes openings in the second areas that are formed by removing portions of the inorganic insulating layer from the second areas.

Claims (63)

1. A display device, comprising:

a display panel; and

an input sensor disposed on the display panel, wherein the input sensor includes:

a plurality of first areas repeatedly arranged in a first direction;

a plurality of second areas repeatedly arranged in the first direction;

an inorganic insulating layer disposed in the first areas, but not in the second areas;

an organic insulating layer disposed in the first areas, and in the second areas; and

a sensing electrode disposed on the organic insulating layer and the inorganic insulating layer,

wherein the first areas are alternately arranged in the first direction with the second areas, and

the input sensor includes openings in the second areas that are formed by removing portions of the inorganic insulating layer from the second areas, and

the sensing electrode includes

an upper sensing portion disposed on the inorganic insulating layer in a corresponding first area of the plurality of first areas, and

a lower sensing portion that extends from the upper sensing portion and is disposed on the organic insulating layer in a corresponding second area of the plurality of second areas, in an area where the inorganic insulating layer is not disposed,

wherein the display device is rolled in a first direction and the openings are repeatedly arranged in the first direction, and

each of the openings extends along a second direction that crosses the first direction.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the sensing electrode comprises:

a plurality of first sensing electrodes; and

a plurality of second sensing electrodes, wherein the plurality of second sensing electrodes are insulated from the plurality of first sensing electrodes when crossing the first sensing electrodes.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein each of the first sensing electrodes comprises:

a plurality of first sensing portions; and

a bridge portion that connects two adjacent first sensing portions of the plurality of first sensing portions, and

each of the second sensing electrodes comprises:

a plurality of second sensing portions; and

an extension portion that extends between two adjacent second sensing portions of the plurality of second sensing portions.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the input sensor comprises:

a first conductive layer disposed on the organic insulating layer; and

a second conductive layer disposed on the inorganic insulating layer.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein

the bridge portion is formed from the first conductive layer, and the first sensing portions, the second sensing portions, and

the extension portion are formed from the second conductive layer.

6. The display device of claim 4 , wherein

the bridge portion is formed from the first conductive layer, and

the extension portion is formed from the second conductive layer.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein

at least one of the first sensing portions comprises:

a first upper sensing portion disposed in a corresponding first area of the plurality of first areas; and

a first lower sensing portion disposed a corresponding second area of the plurality of second areas, and

at least one of the second sensing portions comprises:

a second upper sensing portion disposed in a corresponding first area of the plurality of first areas; and

a second lower sensing portion disposed in a corresponding second area of the plurality of second areas.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein

the first and second lower sensing portions are formed from the first conductive layer, and

the first and second upper sensing portions are formed from the second conductive layer.

9. The display device of claim 7 , wherein

the first lower sensing portion overlaps the first upper sensing portion in the corresponding first area, and

the second lower sensing portion overlaps the second upper sensing portion in the corresponding first area.

10. The display device of claim 7 , wherein

the first lower sensing portion is electrically connected to the first upper sensing portion, and

the second lower sensing portion is electrically connected to the second upper sensing portion.

11. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the input sensor further comprises a second inorganic insulating layer that overlaps the second areas.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the second inorganic insulating layer is spaced apart from the inorganic insulating layer in the second areas.

13. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the third inorganic insulating layer extends from the second inorganic insulating layer and is integrally formed with the second inorganic insulating layer.

14. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic insulating layer comprises a side surface in the opening, and the side surface has an inclined surface.

15. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the input sensor further comprises a base insulating layer disposed between the organic insulating layer and the display panel.

16. The display device of claim 15 , wherein the base insulating layer comprises an inorganic material, and the base insulating layer includes openings that correspond to the second areas.

17. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display panel comprises:

a light emitting element layer that includes a light emitting element; and

an encapsulation layer disposed on the light emitting element layer.

18. The display device of claim 17 , wherein the encapsulation layer comprises:

a first inorganic layer;

an organic layer disposed on the first inorganic layer; and

a second inorganic layer disposed on the organic layer.

19. The display device of claim 18 , wherein one of the first and second inorganic layers include openings that correspond to the second areas.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2021
From: KIM, HYUNGBAE; KIM, TAEJOON; CHOI, JAEWOO
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058153/0717 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0023169 · Feb 22, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220271096A1 · Aug 25, 2022