IP Library Granted Patent US 11,727,874
Granted Patent B2
US 11,727,874 · App. 17/504,979 · Granted Aug 15, 2023

Display panel having an input sensing function and a display device

Inventors: Goeun Cha (Cheonan-si, KR); KyungTea Park (Seoul, KR); Keumdong Jung (Seoul, KR); Suk Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G09G3/3233G06V10/143G06V40/1318G09G3/2003G06F3/0446G09G2300/0452G09G2300/0809G09G2354/00
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Patent No.
US 11,727,874
App. No.
17/504,979
Granted
Aug 15, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display panel including: a plurality of light emitting pixels which emit light in response to a first scan signal, a second scan signal, and a light emission control signal; and a plurality of light sensing pixels which output a sensing signal corresponding to external light in response to the first scan signal and the second scan signal, wherein each of the plurality of light emitting pixels includes an organic light emitting diode including an anode and a cathode, the cathode receiving a first driving voltage, and each of the plurality of light sensing pixels includes an organic photodiode including a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the second electrode of the organic photodiode is electrically connected to the cathode of the organic light emitting diode to receive the first driving voltage.

Claims (54)

1. A display panel, comprising:

a light emitting pixel comprising a light emitting element including a first electrode and a second electrode, and a plurality of transistors; and

a light sensing pixel comprising a photo sensor including a first electrode and a second electrode, and a plurality of transistors,

wherein one of the plurality of transistors of the light emitting pixel is electrically connected to a scan line,

wherein the second electrode of the light emitting element and the second electrode of the photo sensor have an integral shape,

wherein the plurality of transistors of the light emitting pixel comprise:

a first transistor including a first electrode, a second electrode and a gate electrode;

a second transistor including a first electrode connected to the first electrode of the first transistor, a second electrode connected to a data line and a gate electrode connected to a first scan line; and

a third transistor including a first electrode connected to the second electrode of the first transistor, a second electrode connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor and a gate electrode connected to the first scan line,

wherein the plurality of transistors of the light sensing pixel comprise a reset transistor including a first electrode, a second electrode and a gate electrode directly connected to the first scan line.

2. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of transistors of the light sensing pixel further comprise:

an amplifying transistor including a first electrode connected to a first driving voltage line, a second electrode and a gate electrode connected to the second electrode of the reset transistor; and

an output transistor including a first electrode connected to the second electrode of the amplifying transistor, and a second electrode connected to a fingerprint sensing line and a gate electrode connected to a second scan line.

3. The display panel of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of transistors of the light emitting pixel further comprise a fourth transistor including a first electrode connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor, a second electrode configured to receive an initialization voltage and a gate electrode connected to the second scan line.

4. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode of the light emitting element and the first electrode of the photo sensor are connected a second driving voltage line.

5. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the light emitting element comprises an organic light emitting diode and the photo sensor comprises an organic photodiode.

6. A display device, comprising:

a display panel comprising a plurality of light emitting pixels and a plurality of light sensing pixels; and

a fingerprint readout circuit which controls the display panel and receives a fingerprint sensing signal through a fingerprint sensing line from the light sensing pixels,

wherein each of the plurality of light emitting pixels comprises a light emitting element including a first electrode and a second electrode, and

wherein each of the plurality of light sensing pixels comprises a photo sensor including a first electrode and a second electrode,

wherein the second electrode of the light emitting element and the second electrode of the photo sensor have an integral shape,

wherein each the plurality of light emitting pixels further comprises:

a first transistor including a first electrode, a second electrode and a gate electrode;

a second transistor including a first electrode connected to the first electrode of the first transistor, a second electrode connected to a data line and a gate electrode connected to a first scan line; and

a third transistor including a first electrode connected to the second electrode of the first transistor, a second electrode connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor and a gate electrode connected to the first scan line,

wherein each of the plurality of light sensing pixels further comprises a reset transistor including a first electrode, a second electrode and a gate electrode directly connected to the first scan line.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein each of the plurality of light sensing pixels further comprises:

an amplifying transistor including a first electrode connected to a first driving voltage line, a second electrode and a gate electrode connected to the second electrode of the reset transistor; and

an output transistor including a first electrode connected to the second electrode of the amplifying transistor, and a second electrode connected to a fingerprint sensing line and a gate electrode connected to a second scan line.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein each of the plurality of light emitting pixels further comprises a fourth transistor including a first electrode connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor, a second electrode configured to receive an initialization voltage and a gate electrode connected to the second scan line.

9. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the first electrode of the light emitting element and the first electrode of the photo sensor are connected a second driving voltage line.

10. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the light emitting element comprises an organic light emitting diode and the photo sensor comprises an organic photodiode.

11. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of light emitting pixels comprises a first color light emitting pixel, a second color light emitting pixel, and a third color light emitting pixel.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein

the first color light emitting pixel, at least one of the plurality of light sensing pixels, the second color light emitting pixel, and at least one of the plurality of light sensing pixels are sequentially arranged in a second direction crossing a first direction in a first row, and

at least one of the plurality of light sensing pixels and the third color light emitting pixel are sequentially arranged in the second direction in a second row adjacent to the first row.

13. A display device, comprising:

a base layer;

light emission electronic devices disposed on the base layer;

light sensing electronic devices disposed on the base layer;

an light emitting element comprising a first electrode electrically connected to at least one of the light emission electronic devices, a second electrode, and a light emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and

an photo sensor comprising a first electrode electrically connected to at least one of the light sensing electronic devices, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode,

wherein the second electrode of the light emitting element and the second electrode of the photo sensor have an integral shape, wherein

at least one of the light emission electronic devices is configured to control the light emitting element to emit light in response to a first scan signal,

at least one of the light sensing electronic devices stores a charge generated by the photo sensor in a charge storage node, and

at least one of the light sensing electronic devices resets the charge storage node in response to the first scan signal.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein

the base layer comprises a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, and

the light emitting element and the photo sensor are disposed above the base layer in the display area.

15. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the at least one light sensing electronic device comprises:

a reset transistor including a first electrode, a second electrode connected to the charge storage node and a gate electrode configured to receive the first scan signal;

an amplifying transistor including a first electrode connected to a first driving voltage line, a second electrode and a gate electrode connected to the charge storage node; and

an output transistor including a first electrode connected to the second electrode of the amplifying transistor, and a second electrode connected to a fingerprint sensing line and a gate electrode configured to receive a second scan signal.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0152466 · Nov 25, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
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