IP Library Granted Patent US 11,720,193
Granted Patent B2
US 11,720,193 · App. 17/665,080 · Granted Aug 8, 2023

Display module

Inventors: Kwan-Ho Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Gyeongnam Bang (Seoul, KR); Sangwon Lee (Seoul, KR); Hyunjae Na (Seoul, KR); Hoseok Son (Gwangmyeong-si, KR); Sungyeon Cho (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jaseung Ku (Seoul, KR); Taehyeog Jung (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G06F3/0412G06F3/047G06F3/0443
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Patent No.
US 11,720,193
App. No.
17/665,080
Granted
Aug 8, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device including an input sensing unit. The input sensing unit includes sensors and signal lines connecting the sensors to a driving circuit for sensing a touch. The signal lines may include reception signal lines and transmission signal lines. A resistance value of the reception signal line connected to the sensor relatively far from the driving circuit is smaller than a resistance value of the reception signal line connected to the sensor relatively close to the driving circuit.

Claims (37)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel including a first region and a second region spaced apart from the first region in a first direction;

a driving circuit disposed on the second region;

sensors disposed on the display panel and overlapping the first region; and

lines disposed on the display panel and electrically connected to the sensors, respectively, and extending from the sensors toward the second region,

wherein:

the lines comprise first lines and second lines;

the first lines and the second lines are spaced apart from each other in a second direction crossing the first direction with the driving circuit interposed therebetween;

a first line of the first lines closest to the second lines has a first bent portion bent toward the second lines and a first extended portion extending along the first direction;

a second line of the second lines closest to the first lines has a second bent portion bent toward the first lines and a second extended portion extending along the first direction;

the first bent portion and the second bent portion are disposed between the driving circuit and the first region; and

the first extended portion and the second extended portion spaced apart from each other with the driving circuit interposed therebetween.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein:

the sensors comprise first sensors arranged along the first direction, and second sensors arranged along the second direction;

the lines further comprise third lines and fourth lines;

the first lines are electrically connected to some second sensors of the second sensors, respectively;

the second lines are electrically connected to remaining second sensors of the second sensors, respectively;

the third lines are electrically connected to some first sensors of the first sensors, respectively; and

the fourth lines are electrically connected to a remaining first sensor of the first sensors, respectively.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the some first sensors and the remaining first sensors are sequentially arranged along the first direction.

4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein a number of the some first sensors and a number of the remaining first sensors are the same, and the number of the some second sensors and number of the remaining second sensors are the same.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises a light-emitting element layer disposed in the first region and an encapsulation layer sealing the light-emitting element layer.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the sensors are disposed directly on the encapsulation layer.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the sensors have a mesh shape.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a first distance between the first bent portion and the second bent portion is less than a second distance between the first extended portion and the second extended portion.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first lines and the second lines are symmetrical with respect to the driving circuit.

10. A display device comprising:

a display panel including a first region and a second region spaced apart from the first region in a first direction;

sensors disposed on the display panel and overlapping the first region; and

lines disposed on the display panel and electrically connected to the sensors, respectively, and extending from the sensors toward the second region,

wherein:

the lines comprise first lines and second lines;

the first lines and the second lines are spaced apart from each other in a second direction crossing the first direction;

a first line of the first lines closest to the second lines has a first bent portion bent toward the second lines and a first extended portion extending away from the first region along the first direction;

a second line of the second lines closest to the first lines has a second bent portion bent toward the first lines and a second extended portion extending away from the first region along the first direction;

a first distance between the first bent portion and the second bent portion is less than a second distance between the first extended portion and the second extended portion; and

the first and second bent portions are closer to the sensor than the first and second extended portions.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0052488 · Apr 24, 2017 · national
Continuity (3)
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