Device for detecting and active input

1. A display device, comprising:

a base layer having an active area and a peripheral area proximate to the active area;

a circuit element layer disposed on the base layer and including a pixel transistor;

a display element layer disposed on the circuit element layer and comprising a light emitting element electrically connected to the pixel transistor;

a thin film encapsulation layer disposed on the display element layer;

a plurality of insulation layers disposed on the thin film encapsulation layer;

a first sensing electrode disposed on the thin film encapsulation layer, extending in a first direction, and disposed on the active area;

a second sensing electrode disposed on the thin film encapsulation layer, extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and disposed on the active area;

a first signal line electrically connected to a first terminal of the first sensing electrode;

a second signal line electrically connected to a first terminal of the second sensing electrode;

a first line at least partially overlapping the first sensing electrode in the active area and extending in the first direction in the active area;

a second line at least partially overlapping the second sensing electrode in the active area and extending in the second direction in the active area;

a first switching element defining a first current path in the first sensing electrode and the first line or blocking the first current path; and

a second switching element defining a second current path in the second sensing electrode and the second line or blocking the second current path.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first line and the second line are configured to receive a bias voltage.

3. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a connection signal line electrically connected to a second terminal opposite to the first terminal of the first sensing electrode in the first direction,

wherein the first switching element is disposed between the connection signal line and the first line.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the connection signal line is disposed above one insulation layer of the plurality of insulation layers, and

wherein the first line is disposed below the one insulation layer of the plurality of insulation layers.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first switching element comprises a switching transistor having a same structure and disposed on a same layer as the pixel transistor.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first switching element is disposed on the peripheral area.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first switching element is turned-on by a first switching signal to define the first current path, and

wherein the second switching element is turned-on by the first switching signal to define the second current path.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first sensing electrode is provided in plural, and the first line is provided in plural,

wherein the plurality of first lines correspond one-to-one with the plurality of first sensing electrodes.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of first lines are electrically connected to each other in the peripheral area.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first sensing electrode comprises first sensing portions arranged in the first direction and first intermediate portions disposed between adjacent sensing portions among the first sensing portions,

wherein the second sensing electrode comprises second sensing portions arranged in the second direction and second intermediate portions disposed between adjacent sensing portions among the second sensing portions,

wherein the first sensing portions and the second sensing portions are disposed above one insulation layer of the plurality of insulation layers, and

wherein one intermediate portion of the first intermediate portions and the second intermediate portions are disposed above the one insulation layer, and other intermediate portions are disposed below the one insulation layer.

11. The display device of claim 10 ,

wherein one line of the first line and the second line has an integrated shape and is disposed above the one insulation layer, and

wherein another line of the first line and the second line comprises an upper portion disposed above the one insulation layer and a lower portion disposed below the one insulation layer.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the one intermediate portion, of the first and second intermediate portions, is disposed in an area where the first sensing electrode crosses the second sensing electrode, and

wherein the one intermediate portion connects corresponding two first sensing portions among the first sensing portions or corresponding two second sensing portions among the second sensing portions.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein an opening is defined in the one line in an area where the first line crosses the second line,

wherein the lower portion comprises a lower bridge portion disposed inside of the opening and first and second extension portions disposed outside of the opening, wherein the lower bridge portion is disposed between the first and second extension portions, and

wherein the upper portion comprises a first upper bridge portion connecting the lower bridge portion and the first extension portion to each other and a second upper bridge portion connecting the lower bridge portion and the second extension portion to each other.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the first upper bridge portion at least partially overlaps the one line and is insulated from the one line.

15. The display device of claim 13 , wherein an opening is defined in the lower bridge portion, and

wherein the one intermediate portion is disposed inside of the opening of the lower bridge portion.

16. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the first upper bridge portion is at least partially surrounded by one first sensing portion among the first sensing portions, or

wherein the first upper bridge portion is at least partially surrounded by one first sensing portion among the first sensing portions and one second sensing portion among the second sensing portions.

17. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first sensing electrode is provided in plural,

wherein the first switching element is provided in plural,

wherein the plurality of first switching elements correspond one-to-one with the plurality of first sensing electrodes,

wherein the first line overlaps one first sensing electrode among the plurality of first sensing electrodes, and

wherein each of the plurality of first switching elements are electrically connected to the first line.

18. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a connection signal line disposed between the first line and a second terminal of the first sensing electrode, which is opposite to the first terminal of the first sensing electrode in the first direction,

wherein the first line and the connection signal line are electrically connected to each other, and

wherein the first line and the connection signal line are disposed on different layers from each other.

19. The display device of claim 18 , further comprising a voltage line configured to receive a bias voltage,

wherein the first line is disposed between the connection signal line and the first switching element, and

wherein the first switching element is disposed between the first line and the voltage line.

20. The display device of claim 18 , wherein the first line is disposed between the connection signal line and the first switching element, and

wherein the first switching element is disposed inside of a sensor control circuit.

21. The display device of claim 20 , further comprising:

a flexible circuit film electrically connected to the first signal line, the second signal line, the first line, and the second line; and

a main circuit board electrically connected to the flexible circuit film,

wherein the sensor control circuit is disposed on the flexible circuit film or the main circuit board.

22. An electronic device, comprising:

a display panel;

an input sensor configured to sense a change of a capacitance during a first mode and sense a change of a current during a second mode; and

an electronic pen configured to output an electromagnetic transmission signal,

wherein the display panel comprises a base layer having an active area and a peripheral area disposed around the active area, a pixel transistor disposed on the base layer, and a light emitting element electrically connected to the pixel transistor,

wherein the input sensor comprises:

a sensing electrode disposed on the active area;

a signal line electrically connected to a first terminal of the sensing electrode;

a line at least partially overlapping the sensing electrode in the active area, extending in the same direction as the sensing electrode in the active area, and configured to receive a bias voltage; and

a switching element configured to switch an electrical connection between the sensing electrode and the line.

23. The electronic device of claim 22 , further comprising a connection signal line electrically connected to a second terminal opposite to the first terminal of the sensing electrode in an extension direction of the sensing electrode,

wherein the switching element is disposed between the connection signal line and the line.