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Granted Patent B2
US 11,599,217 · App. 17/547,850 · Granted Mar 7, 2023

Touch display device

Inventors: Sang-Hyuk Won (Gimpo-si, KR); Min-Joo Kim (Seoul, KR); Seon-Hee Lee (Incheon, KR)
Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,599,217
App. No.
17/547,850
Granted
Mar 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch display device includes a display unit including a plurality of pixels disposed in an active area, an encapsulation unit disposed on the display unit, the encapsulation unit being configured to seal the plurality of pixels, and a touch sensor unit including an organic buffer layer disposed on the encapsulation unit and a plurality of touch sensors disposed on the organic buffer layer in the active area, wherein the end of the organic buffer layer and the end of the encapsulation unit are disposed in a bezel area adjacent to the bezel area so as to have a stepped end profile, and a plurality of touch routing lines connected to the plurality of touch sensors of the touch sensor unit and disposed in the bezel area is disposed along the stepped end profile of the end of the organic buffer layer and the end of the encapsulation unit.

Claims (31)

1. A touch display device comprising:

a display unit comprising a plurality of pixels disposed in an active area;

an encapsulation unit disposed on the display unit and sealing the plurality of pixels;

an organic buffer layer on the encapsulation unit;

a touch sensor unit on the organic buffer layer, and the touch sensor unit including first touch electrodes arranged in a first direction, second touch electrodes arranged in a second direction, a first bridge electrode interconnecting adjacent first touch electrodes, and a second bridge electrode interconnecting adjacent second touch electrodes;

a touch insulating layer disposed between the first bridge and the second bridge;

first touch routing lines electrically connected to the first touch electrodes; and

second touch routing lines electrically connected to the second touch electrodes,

wherein an end portion of the organic buffer layer is disposed further inwards than an end portion of the encapsulation unit.

2. The touch display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first touch routing lines and the second touch routing lines comprises:

an upper routing line disposed along the end portion of the organic buffer layer; and

a lower routing line disposed along the end portion of the encapsulation unit,

wherein the upper routing line and the lower routing line are connected to each other via a contact hole in the touch insulating layer.

3. The touch display device according to claim 2 , further comprising a touch buffer layer disposed between the organic buffer layer and the touch sensor unit,

wherein the upper routing line and the lower routing line are connected to each other via a contact hole in the touch insulating layer and the touch buffer layer.

4. The touch display device according to claim 3 , wherein the touch buffer layer covers the end portion of the encapsulation unit and the end portion of the organic buffer layer,

wherein the upper routing line is disposed on the touch insulating layer, and the lower routing line is disposed under touch buffer layer, and

wherein the contact hole is formed in the touch insulation layer and the touch buffer.

5. The touch display device according to claim 3 , wherein the touch buffer layer covers the end portion of the encapsulation unit and the end portion of the organic buffer layer,

wherein the upper routing line is disposed on the touch insulating layer, and the lower routing line is disposed between the touch buffer layer and the touch insulating layer, and

wherein the contact hole is formed in the touch insulating layer.

6. The touch display device according to claim 2 , wherein the upper routing line is disposed on the touch insulating layer, and the lower routing line is disposed under the touch insulating layer, and

wherein the contact hole is formed in the touch insulating layer.

7. The touch display device according to claim 2 , further comprising a touch passivation layer overlapping with the end portion of the organic buffer layer in a bezel area, and overlapping with a contact hole configured to interconnect the upper and lower routing lines.

8. The touch display device according to claim 7 , further comprising a dam unit surrounding the active area, and

wherein an end of the touch passivation layer is disposed further inwards than the dam unit while not overlapping the dam unit in the bezel area.

9. The touch display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second bridge electrode has a mesh pattern shape, and the first bridge electrode has a line pattern shape.

10. The touch display device according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the organic buffer layer is equal or similar to a thickness of the encapsulation unit.

11. The touch display device according to claim 1 , wherein a planar area in which the organic buffer layer is disposed is smaller than a planar area in which the encapsulation unit is disposed.

12. The touch display device according to claim 1 , wherein the end portion of the organic buffer layer includes a portion of an upper surface of the organic buffer layer and a side surface having a thickness gradually decreasing from the upper surface of the organic buffer layer, and

wherein the end portion of the encapsulation unit includes a portion of an upper surface of the encapsulation unit disposed further outwards than the end portion of the organic buffer layer and a side surface having a thickness gradually decreasing from the upper surface of the encapsulation unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2021
From: WON, SANG-HYUK; KIM, MIN-JOO; LEE, SEON-HEE
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058361/0498 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0176522 · Dec 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17134375 · Dec 26, 2020
Related Publication 20220100307A1 · Mar 31, 2022