IP Library Granted Patent US 11,038,151
Granted Patent B2
US 11,038,151 · App. 16/689,744 · Granted Jun 15, 2021

Display device

Inventors: Jin Ho Ju (Seoul, KR); Dong Ki Lee (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H01L51/5281G06F3/0412G06F3/0446H01L27/322H01L27/323H01L27/3272H01L51/0097G06F2203/04102G06F2203/04112H01L2251/5338
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Patent No.
US 11,038,151
App. No.
16/689,744
Granted
Jun 15, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device including a display unit having a first region, which is flat, and second regions, which are curved, and a touch sensor layer disposed on the display unit. The touch sensor layer includes a high refractive index layer having a first refractive index and a planarization layer disposed on the high refractive index layer and having a second refractive index, which is smaller than the first refractive index, and the high refractive index layer includes pattern parts.

Claims (51)

1. A display device comprising:

a display unit including a first region, which is flat, and second regions, which are curved; and

a touch sensor layer disposed on the display unit,

wherein:

the touch sensor layer comprises a high refractive index layer having a first refractive index and a planarization layer disposed on the high refractive index layer and having a second refractive index, which is smaller than the first refractive index;

the high refractive index layer includes pattern parts;

the pattern parts comprise first pattern parts disposed in the first region and second pattern parts disposed in the second regions;

each of the first pattern parts comprises a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of depressions;

each of the second pattern parts comprises a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of depressions;

the depressions of each of the first pattern parts have a first pitch; and

the depressions of each of the second pattern parts have a second pitch, which is smaller than the first pitch.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein:

each of the first region and the second regions includes light-emitting areas and non-light-emitting areas;

the first pattern parts overlap with the light-emitting areas of the first region in a thickness direction; and

the second pattern parts overlap with the light-emitting areas of each of the second regions in the thickness direction.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein each of the light-emitting areas includes a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode.

4. The display device of claim 2 , further comprising a buffer layer disposed between the touch sensor layer and the display unit,

wherein the buffer layer has a third refractive index greater than the first refractive index.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the high refractive index layer comprises a first high refractive index layer disposed on the buffer layer and a second high refractive index layer disposed on the first high refractive index layer.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein:

the touch sensor layer includes driving electrodes and sensing electrodes; and

the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes are disposed between the first and second high refractive index layers.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes do not overlap with the pattern parts in the thickness direction.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein:

the first high refractive index layer comprises first depressions and first protrusions;

the second high refractive index layer comprises second depressions and second protrusions; and

the first depressions overlap with the second depressions in the thickness direction.

9. The display device of claim 4 , further comprising:

a light-shielding member disposed on the planarization layer;

a color filter layer disposed on the planarization layer and on the light-shielding member; and

an overcoat layer disposed on the color filter layer,

wherein the light-shielding member does not overlap with the pattern parts in the thickness direction.

10. The display device of claim 9 , further comprising a light path changing layer disposed on the overcoat layer,

wherein:

the light path changing layer comprises a first light path changing layer disposed on the overcoat layer and a second light path changing layer disposed on the first light path changing layer and on the overcoat layer; and

the first light path changing layer does not overlap with the pattern parts in the thickness direction.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein:

the first light path changing layer has a fourth refractive index; and

the second light path changing layer has a fifth refractive index, which is greater than the fourth refractive index.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein a maximum thickness of the second light path changing layer is greater than a maximum thickness of the first light path changing layer.

13. A display device comprising:

a display unit including light-emitting areas and non-light-emitting areas; and

a touch sensor layer disposed on the display unit,

wherein:

the touch sensor layer comprises a high refractive index layer, which includes pattern parts that overlap with the light-emitting areas in a thickness direction, and touch electrodes, which overlap with the non-light-emitting areas in the thickness direction; and

each of the pattern parts comprises a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of depressions.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the touch sensor layer further comprises a planarization layer disposed on the high refractive index layer and having a smaller refractive index than the high refractive index layer.

15. The display device of claim 14 , further comprising a buffer layer disposed between the display unit and the high refractive index layer and having a greater refractive index than the high refractive index layer.

16. The display device of claim 15 , wherein:

the display unit includes a first region, which is flat, and second regions, which are curved; and

the depressions have a first pitch in the first region and a second pitch, which is smaller than the first pitch, in the second regions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2019
From: JU, JIN HO; LEE, DONG KI
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051070/0943 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0009491 · Jan 24, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200243802A1 · Jul 30, 2020
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