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US 12,743,170 · App. 19/047,434 · Granted Sep 22, 2026

Display device

Inventors: Jong-Hwa Kim (Seoul, KR); Kyungsu Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Jeongyun Han (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G06F3/04164G06F3/0446H10K59/126H10K59/131H10K59/40H10K59/8792H10K59/871H10K59/873
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Patent No.
US 12,743,170
App. No.
19/047,434
Granted
Sep 22, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device including a window having a light shielding region and a transmission region, a display panel disposed under the window, and an input detection sensor disposed therebetween and including first electrodes, second electrodes, first signal lines connected to one ends of the first electrodes, second signal lines connected to one ends of the second electrodes, and third signal lines connected to the other ends of the second electrodes. Each of first to n th first signal lines includes bent parts bent multiple times, resistances of the bent parts decrease in a first direction, the first to n th first signal lines are connected to the first electrodes that are arranged farther away from the bent parts in the first direction, and the bent parts of the first to n th first signal lines overlap the light shielding region.

Claims (87)

1 . A display device comprising:

a display panel; and

an input detection sensor on the display panel,

wherein the input detection sensor comprises:

a first electrode extending in a first direction and positioned in a sensing region;

a second electrode extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and positioned in the sensing region;

a third electrode extending in the second direction;

a first pad in a first pad region located outside the sensing region;

a second pad in the first pad region;

a third pad in a second pad region located outside the sensing region and spaced apart from the first pad region in the second direction;

a fourth pad in the second pad region;

a first signal line connecting between a first end of the first electrode and the first pad;

a second signal line connecting between a second end of the first electrode and the second pad;

a third signal line connecting between a first end of the second electrode and the third pad; and

a fourth signal line connecting between a first end of the third electrode and the fourth pad,

the third electrode is placed further from the second pad region than the second electrode,

the first signal line comprises a first portion that is extended in the first direction,

the third signal line comprises a first portion that is bent multiple times,

the fourth signal line comprises a first portion that is placed further from the first portion of the first signal line than the first portion of the third signal line,

the first portion of the third signal line overlaps the first portion of the first signal line in the second direction,

the first portion of the fourth signal line overlaps the first portion of the third signal line in the second direction, and

the first portion of the fourth signal line is shorter than the first portion of the third signal line.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first signal line further comprises a second portion bent from the first portion of the first signal line and extended in the second direction.

3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the second portion of the first signal line comprises a first-first line part, a first-second line part, and a first intermediate part between the first-first line part and the first-second line part and extending in a direction crossing the first direction and the second direction or the second direction, and

the first-second line part is disposed farther from the sensing region than the first-first line part in the first direction.

4 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein the first portion of the third signal line comprises a second-first line part, a second-second line part, and a second intermediate part between the second-first line part and the second-second line part and extending in a direction crossing the first direction and the second direction or the second direction,

the second-second line part is disposed farther from the sensing region than the second-first line part in the first direction, and

the second-first line part and the second-second line part are disposed farther from the second electrode than the first-second line part in the first direction.

5 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein the first-first line part, the first-second line part, the second-first line part, and the second-second line part are substantially extended in a same direction,

the first-first line part and the second-first line part each extends non-parallel to the first direction, and

the first-second line part and the second-second line part each extends non-parallel to the first direction.

6 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein the first intermediate part and the second intermediate part are extended in a same direction.

7 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein the first portion of the third signal line further comprises a second-third line part disposed farther from the sensing region than the second-second line part in the first direction and a third intermediate part between the second-second line part and the second-third line part, and

the second-third line part overlaps the second-second line part in the first direction.

8 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the third signal line further comprises a second portion bent from the first portion of the third signal line and facing the sensing region in the second direction.

9 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the input detection sensor further comprises:

a fourth electrode extending in the second direction and between the second electrode and the third electrode;

a fifth pad in the second pad region; and

a fifth signal line connecting between a first end of the fourth electrode and the fifth pad.

10 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein the fifth signal line comprises a first portion that is bent multiple times,

each of the first portion of the third signal line and the fifth signal line comprises:

a second-first line part;

a second-second line part;

a second intermediate part between the second-first line part and the second-second line part and extending in a direction crossing the first direction and the second direction or the second direction;

a second-third line part disposed farther from the sensing region than the second-second line part in the first direction; and

a third intermediate part between the second-second line part and the second-third line part,

the second-second line part is disposed farther from the sensing region than the second-first line part in the first direction, and

the second-third line part overlaps the second-second line part in the first direction.

11 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein the second-second line part of the fifth signal line and the second-third line part of the fifth signal line are positioned between the second-second line part of the third signal line and the second-third line part of the third signal line in the first direction.

12 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein a line width of the first portion of the third signal line is substantially uniform.

13 . An electronic device comprising:

a display device,

wherein the display device comprises:

a display panel; and

an input detection sensor on the display panel,

wherein the input detection sensor comprises:

a first electrode extending in a first direction and positioned in a sensing region;

a second electrode extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and positioned in the sensing region;

a third electrode extending in the second direction;

a first pad in a first pad region located outside the sensing region;

a second pad in the first pad region;

a third pad in a second pad region located outside the sensing region and spaced apart from the first pad region in the second direction;

a fourth pad in the second pad region;

a first signal line connecting between a first end of the first electrode and the first pad;

a second signal line connecting between a second end of the first electrode and the second pad;

a third signal line connecting between a first end of the second electrode and the third pad; and

a fourth signal line connecting between a first end of the third electrode and the fourth pad,

the third electrode is placed further from the second pad region than the second electrode,

the first signal line comprises a first portion that is extended in the first direction,

the third signal line comprises a first portion that is bent multiple times,

the fourth signal line comprises a first portion that is placed further from the first portion of the first signal line than the first portion of the third signal line,

the first portion of the third signal line overlaps the first portion of the first signal line in the second direction,

the first portion of the fourth signal line overlaps the first portion of the third signal line in the second direction, and

the first portion of the fourth signal line is shorter than the first portion of the third signal line.

14 . The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the electronic device is one of a television, a monitor, a mobile phone, a tablet PC, a navigation unit for a vehicle, a game console, and a smart watch.

15 . The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the first signal line further comprises a second portion bent from the first portion of the first signal line and extended in the second direction.

16 . The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the second portion of the first signal line comprises a first-first line part, a first-second line part, and a first intermediate part between the first-first line part and the first-second line part and extending in a direction crossing the first direction and the second direction or the second direction, and

the first-second line part is disposed farther from the sensing region than the first-first line part in the first direction.

17 . The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the first portion of the third signal line comprises a second-first line part, a second-second line part, and a second intermediate part between the second-first line part and the second-second line part and extending in a direction crossing the first direction and the second direction or the second direction,

the second-second line part is disposed farther from the sensing region than the second-first line part in the first direction, and

the second-first line part and the second-second line part are disposed farther from the second electrode than the first-second line part in the first direction.

18 . The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the first-first line part, the first-second line part, the second-first line part, and the second-second line part are substantially extended in a same direction,

the first-first line part and the second-first line part each extends non-parallel to the first direction, and

the first-second line part and the second-second line part each extends non-parallel to the first direction.

19 . The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the first intermediate part and the second intermediate part are extended in a same direction.

20 . The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the first portion of the third signal line further comprises a second-third line part disposed farther from the sensing region than the second-second line part in the first direction and a third intermediate part between the second-second line part and the second-third line part, and

the second-third line part overlaps the second-second line part in the first direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2026
From: KIM, JONG-HWA; LEE, KYUNGSU; HAN, JEONGYUN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074649/0675 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0107903 · Sep 10, 2018 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 18607114 · Mar 15, 2024
Continuation 17990725 · Nov 20, 2022
Continuation 17237069 · Apr 22, 2021
Continuation 16537614 · Aug 11, 2019
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