IP Library Granted Patent US 12,131,674
Granted Patent B2
US 12,131,674 · App. 18/205,597 · Granted Oct 29, 2024

Electronic device including crack detection wiring

Inventors: Kyungsu Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Jong-Hwa Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Jeongyun Han (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G09G3/006H05K3/42H10K59/131G02F1/133305
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Patent No.
US 12,131,674
App. No.
18/205,597
Granted
Oct 29, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device including: a display module including a front surface and a rear surface opposite the front surface and including a module hole that penetrates from the front surface to the rear surface; and an electronic module overlapping the module hole. The display module includes a crack detection wiring including a hole wiring disposed in a hole area, and a first detection wiring and a second detection wiring of the crack detection wiring are connected to the hole wiring and disposed on different layers with a detection insulating layer interposed therebetween.

Claims (30)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a display module defining a module hole that penetrates from the display module; and

an electronic module overlapping the module hole,

wherein the display module comprises:

a display member divided into an active area, a peripheral area adjacent to the active area, and a hole area at least partially surrounded by the active area, and defining a groove overlapping the hole area and surrounding the module hole;

an input detection member disposed on the display member and including a detection insulating layer and conductive patterns; and

a crack detection wiring including a hole wiring insulated from the conductive patterns and overlapping the hole area, a first detection wiring and a second detection wiring connected to one end and the other end of the hole wiring, and a trace wiring connected to the first detection wiring and the second detection wiring,

wherein the hole wiring comprises:

a first outer wiring, one end of which is connected to the first detection wiring,

a second outer wiring spaced apart from the first outer wiring across the module hole and having one end of which is connected to the second detection wiring,

an inner wiring surrounding at least a portion of the module hole and connected to the first outer wiring and second outer wiring.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the inner wiring is closer to the module hole than the first and second outer wirings.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the crack detection wiring further comprises:

a first connection wiring connecting the other end of the first outer wiring and one end of the inner wiring, and

a second connection wiring connecting the other end of the second outer wiring and the other end of the inner wiring.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the first outer wiring, the second outer wiring, the inner wiring, the first connection wiring, and the second connection wiring are connected to each other and have an open-curved shape.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the hole wiring overlaps the groove on the plane.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first detection wiring and the second detection wiring are disposed on different layers with the detection insulating layer interposed therebetween.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the hole wiring is disposed on the same layer as either the first detection wiring or the second detection wiring.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a first width of at least one of the first detection wiring and the second detection wiring is greater than a second width of the hole wiring.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first detection wiring and the second detection wiring are arranged to be spaced apart from each other with a separation space,

wherein the display module further comprises a dummy pattern disposed in the separation space.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the dummy pattern is disposed on the same layer as conductive patterns.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the display module comprises a flat part disposed between the display member and the input detection member,

wherein the flat part comprises a flat organic film overlapping the hole area of the display member and a flat inorganic film covering the flat organic film and overlapping the active area and the hole area.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the hole wiring overlaps the flat organic film.

13. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the trace wiring comprises:

an input trace wiring connected to the first detection wiring and an output trace wiring connected to the second detection wiring, and

the input trace wiring and the output trace wiring are disposed on the same layer.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the first detection wiring is disposed below the detection insulating layer, and the one end of the second outer wiring is connected to one end of the first detection wiring through a first contact hole penetrating the detection insulating layer, the input trace wiring is connected to the other end of the first detection wiring through a second contact hole penetrating the detection insulating layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: LEE, KYUNGSU; KIM, JONG-HWA; HAN, JEONGYUN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063873/0746 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0151886 · Nov 30, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17682900 · Feb 28, 2022
Continuation 16698947 · Nov 27, 2019
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