IP Library Granted Patent US 12,379,811
Granted Patent B2
US 12,379,811 · App. 18/424,859 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Flexible display device

Inventors: Dohyun Kwon (Seongnam-si, KR); Choongyoul Im (Yongin-si, KR); Mi Jang (Seongnam-si, KR); Minjung Lee (Seoul, KR); Hyoungwook Jang (Anyang-si, KR); Kyuyoung Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Mugyeom Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Dongki Lee (Seongnam-si, KR); Junghun Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jangdoo Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 12,379,811
App. No.
18/424,859
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flexible display device including a display panel providing a base surface and a touch screen disposed on the base surface. The display panel may include a plurality of light emitting areas and a non-light emitting area disposed adjacent to the light emitting areas. A plurality of touch electrodes and a plurality of insulating layers of the touch screen may have a mesh shape through which openings corresponding to the plurality of light emitting areas are defined. Accordingly, a flexibility of the flexible display device is improved, and the touch electrode is prevented from being cracked.

Claims (59)

1. A flexible display device, comprising:

a display panel providing a base surface and comprising a plurality of light emitting areas and a non-light emitting area disposed adjacent to the light emitting areas; and

a touch screen disposed on the base surface, the touch screen comprising:

a plurality of conductive patterns disposed on the base surface, overlapped with the non-light emitting area, and non-overlapped with the light emitting areas;

a black matrix overlapped with the non-light emitting area and spaced apart from the plurality of conductive patterns in a thickness direction; and

a plurality of color filters disposed on the base surface, each of the plurality of color filters comprising a center portion overlapped with a corresponding light emitting area among the plurality of light emitting areas and an edge portion extending from the center portion and overlapped with the black matrix,

wherein the plurality of color filters comprise a first color filter and a second color filter adjacent to the first color filter; and

the edge portion of the first color filter is overlapped with the edge portion of the second color filter.

2. The flexible display device of claim 1 , wherein the touch screen further comprises an insulating layer covering the plurality of color filters.

3. The flexible display device of claim 1 , wherein the edge portion is disposed on a corresponding conductive pattern among the plurality of conductive patterns.

4. The flexible display device of claim 1 , wherein the black matrix contacts the plurality of color filters.

5. The flexible display device of claim 1 , wherein:

the plurality of conductive patterns comprise a plurality of first touch electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction; and

each of the plurality of first touch electrodes comprises a plurality of touch openings.

6. The flexible display device of claim 5 , wherein:

the edge portion is overlapped with the black matrix and a corresponding conductive pattern among the plurality of conductive patterns;

the plurality of conductive patterns comprise a plurality of first touch electrodes extending in the first direction and arranged in the second direction crossing the first direction and a plurality of second sensing parts;

each of the plurality of first touch electrodes comprises a plurality of first sensing parts arranged in the first direction and a plurality of first parts each connecting two first sensing parts adjacent to each other among the plurality of first sensing parts; and

the-plurality of second sensing parts are disposed adjacent to the plurality of first sensing parts.

7. The flexible display device of claim 6 , wherein:

the touch screen further comprises a plurality of second parts connecting two second sensing parts adjacent to each other in the second direction among the plurality of second sensing parts; and

the plurality of second parts are disposed on a layer different from a layer on which the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second sensing parts are disposed.

8. The flexible display device of claim 1 , wherein the first color filter is one of a red color filter, a green color filter, and a blue color filter, and

the second color filter is another one of a red color filter, a green color filter, and a blue color filter.

9. The flexible display device of claim 1 , wherein

the edge portion of the first color filter contacts the edge portion of the second color filter.

10. The flexible display device of claim 1 , wherein the edge portion is spaced apart from the plurality of conductive patterns in the thickness direction.

11. A flexible display device comprising;

a display panel providing a base surface and comprising a plurality of light emitting areas and a non-light emitting area disposed adjacent to the light emitting areas; and

a touch screen disposed on the base surface, the touch screen comprising:

a plurality of conductive patterns disposed on the base surface, overlapped with the non-light emitting area, and non-overlapped with the light emitting areas;

a black matrix overlapped with the non-light emitting area; and

a plurality of color filters disposed on the base surface, each of the plurality of color filters comprising a center portion overlapped with a corresponding light emitting area among the plurality of light emitting areas and an edge portion extending from the center portion and overlapped with the black matrix,

wherein the plurality of color filters comprise a first color filter and a second color filter adjacent to the first color filter; and

a portion of the black matrix is not overlapped with the edge portion of the first color filter and the edge portion of the second color filter.

12. A flexible display device comprising:

a display panel providing a base surface and comprising a plurality of light emitting areas and a non-light emitting area disposed adjacent to the light emitting areas; and

a touch screen disposed on the base surface, the touch screen comprising:

a plurality of conductive patterns disposed on the base surface. overlapped with the non-light emitting area, and non-overlapped with the light emitting areas;

a black matrix overlapped with the non-light emitting area; and

a plurality of color filters disposed on the base surface, each of the plurality of color filters comprising a center portion overlapped with a corresponding light emitting area among the plurality of light emitting areas and an edge portion extending from the center portion and overlapped with the black matrix,

wherein the plurality of color filters comprise a first color filter and a second color filter adjacent to the first color filter; and

a portion of the black matrix exposed from the edge portion of the first color filter and the edge portion of the second color filter.

13. The flexible display device of claim 12 , wherein the touch screen further comprises an insulating layer covering the plurality of color filters.

14. The flexible display device of claim 12 , wherein the edge portion is disposed on a corresponding conductive pattern among the plurality of conductive patterns.

15. The flexible display device of claim 12 , wherein the black matrix contacts the plurality of color filters.

16. The flexible display device of claim 12 , wherein:

the plurality of conductive patterns comprise a plurality of first touch electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction; and

each of the plurality of first touch electrodes comprises a plurality of touch openings.

17. The flexible display device of claim 16 , wherein:

the edge portion is overlapped with the black matrix and a corresponding conductive pattern among the plurality of conductive patterns;

the plurality of conductive patterns comprise a plurality of first touch electrodes extending in the first direction and arranged in the second direction crossing the first direction and a plurality of second sensing parts;

each of the plurality of first touch electrodes comprises a plurality of first sensing parts arranged in the first direction and a plurality of first parts each connecting two first sensing parts adjacent to each other among the plurality of first sensing parts; and the plurality of second sensing parts are disposed adjacent to the plurality of first sensing parts.

18. The flexible display device of claim 17 , wherein:

the touch screen further comprises a plurality of second parts connecting two second sensing parts adjacent to each other in the second direction among the plurality of second sensing parts; and

the plurality of second parts are disposed on a layer different from a layer on which the plurality of first touch electrodes and the plurality of second sensing parts are disposed.

19. The flexible display device of claim 12 , wherein the first color filter is one of a red color filter, a green color filter, and a blue color filter, and

the second color filter is another one of a red color filter, a green color filter, and a blue color filter.

20. The flexible display device of claim 12 , wherein the edge portion of the first color filter contacts the edge portion of the second color filter.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2025
From: KWON, DOHYUN; IM, CHOONGYOUL; JANG, MI; LEE, MINJUNG; JANG, HYOUNGWOOK; KIM, KYUYOUNG; KIM, MUGYEOM; LEE, DONGKI; LEE, JUNGHUN; LEE, JANGDOO
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (6)
KR 10-2015-0091392 · Jun 26, 2015 · national
KR 10-2015-0163510 · Nov 20, 2015 · national
KR 10-2015-0187755 · Dec 28, 2015 · national
KR 10-2016-0002740 · Jan 8, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0008197 · Jan 22, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0008200 · Jan 22, 2016 · national
Continuity (6)
Continuation 18113017 · Feb 22, 2023
Continuation 17740237 · May 9, 2022
Continuation 17007204 · Aug 31, 2020
Continuation 16234603 · Dec 28, 2018
Continuation 15153568 · May 12, 2016
Related Publication 20240231550A1 · Jul 11, 2024
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