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US 10,770,518 · App. 15/992,367 · Granted Sep 8, 2020

OLED-integrated touch sensor and OLED display device including the same

Inventors: Byung Jin Choi (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Woo Hyun Bae (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
H01L27/323G06F3/044G06F3/0412H01L51/5012H01L51/5206H01L51/5221H01L51/5253
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Patent No.
US 10,770,518
App. No.
15/992,367
Granted
Sep 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An OLED-integrated touch sensor includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED) device, and a touch electrode on a surface of the OLED device. The touch electrode includes a driving electrode formed on one surface of a base layer and a receiving electrode formed on an opposing surface of the base layer relative to the one surface. The touch electrode is combined with the OLED device such that the driving electrode faces the surface of the OLED device.

Claims (29)

1. An organic light emitting diode (OLED)-integrated touch sensor, comprising:

an organic light emitting diode (OLED) device; and

a touch electrode on a surface of the OLED device, the touch electrode including a driving electrode formed on one surface of a base layer and a receiving electrode formed on an opposing surface of the base layer relative to the one surface,

wherein the touch electrode is combined with the OLED device such that the driving electrode faces the surface of the OLED device;

the OLED device includes a display region and a non-display region, and the touch electrode is formed on at least one of the display region and the non-display region; and

the OLED device includes an anode, an organic layer including an organic emitting layer, a cathode, an encapsulation layer and a planarization layer which are sequentially formed, and the planarization layer includes a refractive index matching layer.

2. The OLED-integrated touch sensor of claim 1 , wherein the encapsulation layer includes an organic layer or an organic-inorganic hybrid layer.

3. The OLED-integrated touch sensor of claim 1 , wherein the touch electrode is formed only on the non-display region of the OLED device, not on the display region.

4. The OLED-integrated touch sensor of claim 1 , wherein the touch electrode is formed only on the display region of the OLED device, not on the non-display region.

5. The OLED-integrated touch sensor of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the driving electrode and the receiving electrode includes a multi-layered mesh structure including a metal layer and a metal oxide layer.

6. The OLED-integrated touch sensor of claim 5 , wherein the metal layer includes at least one selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, copper, aluminum, platinum, palladium, chromium, titanium, tungsten, niobium, tantalum, vanadium, calcium, iron, manganese, cobalt, nickel, zinc and an alloy thereof.

7. The OLED-integrated touch sensor of claim 5 , wherein the metal oxide layer includes at least one selected from the group consisting of indium tine oxide (ITO), indium zinc oxide (IZO), aluminum zinc oxide (AZO), gallium zinc oxide (GZO), indium tin zinc oxide (ITZO), zinc tin oxide (ZTO), indium gallium oxide (IGO), tin oxide (SnO 2 ) and zinc oxide (ZnO).

8. The OLED-integrated touch sensor of claim 5 , wherein a thickness of the metal oxide layer is in a range from 5 nm to about 200 nm.

9. The OLED-integrated touch sensor of claim 5 , wherein a refractive index of the metal oxide layer at a wavelength of 550 nm is in a range from 1.7 to 2.2.

10. The OLED-integrated touch sensor of claim 5 , wherein a thickness of the metal layer is in a range from 5 nm to about 250 nm.

11. The OLED-integrated touch sensor of claim 5 , wherein the touch electrode includes a triple-layered mesh structure that includes a first metal oxide layer, the metal layer and a second metal oxide layer which are sequentially stacked.

12. The OLED-integrated touch sensor of claim 5 , wherein the touch electrode includes a mesh pattern having a line width from 1 μm to 7 μm.

13. The OLED-integrated touch sensor of claim 5 , wherein the driving electrode includes a mesh electrode having an aperture ratio in a range from 80% to 98%.

14. An OLED display device comprising the OELD-integrated touch sensor of claim 1 .

15. An organic light emitting diode (OLED)-integrated touch sensor, comprising:

an organic light emitting diode (OLED) device; and

a touch electrode on a surface of the OLED device, the touch electrode including a driving electrode formed on one surface of a base layer and a receiving electrode formed on an opposing surface of the base layer relative to the one surface,

wherein the touch electrode is combined with the OLED device such that the driving electrode faces the surface of the OLED device; and

wherein the OLED device includes a display region and a non-display region, and the touch electrode is formed only on the display region of the OLED device, not on the non-display region.

16. An organic light emitting diode (OLED)-integrated touch sensor, comprising:

an organic light emitting diode (OLED) device; and

a touch electrode on a surface of the OLED device, the touch electrode including a driving electrode formed on one surface of a base layer and a receiving electrode formed on an opposing surface of the base layer relative to the one surface,

wherein the touch electrode is combined with the OLED device such that the driving electrode faces the surface of the OLED device; and

the OLED device includes a display region and a non-display region, and the touch electrode is formed only on the non-display region of the OLED device, not on the display region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2018
From: CHOI, BYUNG JIN; BAE, WOO HYUN
To: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045932/0457 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0066839 · May 30, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180350885A1 · Dec 6, 2018
Cited By (1)
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