IP Library Granted Patent US 11,276,351
Granted Patent B2
US 11,276,351 · App. 16/793,404 · Granted Mar 15, 2022

Display device

Inventors: Kwang Sae Lee (Asan-si, KR); Won Kyu Kwak (Seongnam-si, KR); Ki Myeong Eom (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,276,351
App. No.
16/793,404
Granted
Mar 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display panel including an opening and a plurality of pixels that display an image, a crack detection line disposed along a periphery of the opening, and a plurality of data lines connected to the plurality of pixels. The crack detection line is connected to one of the plurality of data lines, and detects a crack at the periphery of the opening through a single pixel array connected to the one of the plurality of data lines.

Claims (30)

1. A display device, comprising:

a display panel comprising an opening, a lower display panel comprising a bending portion and a driving portion, and an upper display panel disposed on the lower display panel;

a crack detection line disposed along a periphery of the opening;

a plurality of data lines connected to a plurality of pixels,

wherein the opening is surrounded by a display area displaying an image, and

wherein the crack detection line is connected to one of the plurality of data lines, and detects a crack at the periphery of the opening through a single pixel array connected to the one of the plurality of data lines; and

a voltage application signal line comprising a voltage application line disposed in the upper display panel and a peripheral voltage application line disposed in the lower display panel.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a first end of the crack detection line receives a detection voltage through the voltage application signal line.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein a second end of the crack detection line is connected to a detection signal line, and the detection signal line is connected to the one of the plurality of data lines.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the detection signal line comprises a detection line disposed in the upper display panel and a peripheral detection line disposed in the lower display panel.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the peripheral detection line is disposed across the bending portion and the driving portion in the lower display panel.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the detection line and the peripheral detection line are electrically connected to each other through a detection line pad.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the lower display panel comprises the display area comprising the plurality of pixels, and a peripheral area disposed near the display area,

the bending portion and the driving portion are disposed in the peripheral area, and

the bending portion and the driving portion protrude in one direction away from the display area.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the opening is disposed in the display area.

9. The display device of claim 7 , wherein at least one of the plurality of pixels comprises an organic light emitting diode and a driving transistor that supplies a current to the organic light emitting diode.

10. The display device of claim 7 , further comprising:

a display panel crack detection wire that detects a crack of the display panel.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein a first end of the crack detection line receives a detection voltage through the voltage application signal line, and

wherein a first end of the display panel crack detection wire receives the detection voltage, and a second end of the display panel crack detection wire is connected to the one of the plurality of data lines.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the display panel crack detection wire is disposed across the bending portion and the driving portion of the lower display panel and an outer edge of the display area.

13. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral voltage application line is disposed across the bending portion and the driving portion of the lower display panel.

14. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the voltage application line and the peripheral voltage application line are electrically connected to each other through a voltage application line pad.

15. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the upper display panel comprises a touch sensor that senses a touch.

16. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a bending portion crack detection wire that detects a crack in the bending portion.

17. The display device of claim 16 , wherein a first end of the crack detection line receives a detection voltage through the voltage application signal line, and

wherein a first end of the bending portion crack detection wire receives the detection voltage, and a second end of the bending portion crack detection wire is connected to the one of the plurality of data lines.

18. The display device of claim 17 , wherein the bending portion crack detection wire is disposed across the bending portion and the driving portion of the lower display panel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2020
From: LEE, KWANG SAE; KWAK, WON KYU; EOM, KI MYEONG
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0019062 · Feb 19, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200265783A1 · Aug 20, 2020
Cited By (1)
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