Flexible display device including touch sensor
A flexible display device including a touch sensor is disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a flexible substrate, a light emission layer formed over the flexible substrate, and an encapsulation layer formed over the light emission layer and comprising a plurality of encapsulating thin films and a touch detecting layer configured to detect a touch input. The encapsulating thin films include at least one inorganic film and at least one organic film and the touch detecting layer is interposed between a selected one of the at least one inorganic film and a selected one of the at least one organic film that are adjacent to each other.
1. A display device, comprising:
a substrate;
a plurality of first touch electrodes disposed on the substrate and arranged in a first direction;
a plurality of second touch electrodes disposed on the substrate and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction; and
a first dummy pattern, which is disposed inside a first touch electrode of the plurality of first touch electrodes, separated from an outer edge of the first touch electrode, insulated from the first touch electrode, and has an island shape,
wherein:
the first dummy pattern has an edge curved at a first axis that is parallel to the first direction and passes a center of the first touch electrode such that the first dummy pattern is symmetrical with respect to the first axis.
2. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a second dummy pattern, which is disposed inside another first touch electrode of the plurality of first touch electrodes adjacent to the first touch electrode, separated from an outer edge of the another first touch electrode, insulated from the another first touch electrode, and has an island shape,
wherein the second dummy pattern has a same shape as the first dummy pattern.
3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the first dummy pattern and the second dummy pattern are symmetrical to each other with respect to a second axis parallel to the second direction.
4. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a third dummy pattern, which is disposed outside the first touch electrode, adjacent to the outer edge of the first touch electrode, insulated from the first touch electrode, and has an island shape,
wherein the third dummy pattern extends in a straight form.
5. The display device of claim 4 , further comprising a fourth dummy pattern, which is disposed outside a second touch electrode of the plurality of second touch electrodes, adjacent to an outer edge of the second touch electrode, insulated from the second touch electrode, and has an island shape,
wherein:
the fourth dummy pattern extends in a straight form; and
an edge of the third dummy pattern and an edge of the fourth dummy pattern face each other.
6. The display device of claim 4 , further comprising a fourth dummy pattern, which is disposed outside another first touch electrode of the plurality of first touch electrodes, adjacent to an outer edge of the another first touch electrode, insulated from the another first touch electrode, and has an island shape,
Wherein:
the fourth dummy pattern has a same shape as the third dummy pattern; and
the third dummy pattern and the fourth dummy pattern are symmetrical to each other.
7. A display device, comprising:
a substrate;
a plurality of first touch electrodes disposed on the substrate and arranged in a first direction;
a plurality of second touch electrodes disposed on the substrate and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction;
a first dummy pattern, which is disposed inside a first touch electrode of the plurality of first touch electrodes, separated from an outer edge of the first touch electrode, insulated from the first touch electrode, and has an island shape; and
a second dummy pattern, which is disposed outside the first touch electrode, adjacent to the outer edge of the first touch electrode, insulated from the first touch electrode, and has an island shape,
wherein the first dummy pattern has an edge curved at a first axis that is parallel to the first direction and passes a center of the first touch electrode such that the first dummy pattern is symmetrical with respect to the first axis.
8. The display device of claim 7 , further comprising a third dummy pattern, which is disposed inside another first touch electrode of the plurality of first touch electrodes adjacent to the first touch electrode, separated from an outer edge of the another first touch electrode, insulated from the another first touch electrode, and has an island shape,
wherein the third dummy pattern has a same shape as the first dummy pattern.
9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the first dummy pattern and the third dummy pattern are symmetrical to each other with respect to a second axis parallel to the second direction.
10. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the second dummy pattern extends in a straight form.
11. The display device of claim 10 , further comprising a fourth dummy pattern, which is disposed outside a second touch electrode of the plurality of second touch electrodes, adjacent to an outer edge of the second touch electrode, insulated from the second touch electrode, and has an island shape,
wherein:
the fourth dummy pattern extends in a straight form; and
an edge of the second dummy pattern and an edge of the fourth dummy pattern face each other.
12. The display device of claim 10 , further comprising a fourth dummy pattern, which is disposed outside another first touch electrode of the plurality of first touch electrodes, adjacent to an outer edge of the another first touch electrode, insulated from the another first touch electrode, and has an island shape,
wherein:
the fourth dummy pattern has a same shape as the second dummy pattern; and
the second dummy pattern and the fourth dummy pattern are symmetrical to each other.