IP Library Granted Patent US 11,375,052
Granted Patent B2
US 11,375,052 · App. 16/868,939 · Granted Jun 28, 2022

Display module including sensor and electronic device including the display module

Inventors: Jihun Heo (Suwon-si, KR); Jihoon Park (Suwon-si, KR); Seungho Hwang (Suwon-si, KR); Bongjae Rhee (Suwon-si, KR); Dongchurl Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Hyunwoo Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Sanggeun Han (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H04M1/0266G06F1/1684G06V40/1306
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Patent No.
US 11,375,052
App. No.
16/868,939
Granted
Jun 28, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes a display module including: a housing; a display including a first panel including a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a plurality of pixels interposed between the first surface and the second surface; a cover layer disposed on the first surface of the first panel; a second panel disposed on the second surface of the first panel; and a sensor coupled to the second surface of the first panel to provide a sensing area on the one surface of the housing.

Claims (26)

1. An electronic device comprising: a housing; a display including a first panel having a plurality of pixels interposed between a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a cover layer disposed on the first surface, and a second panel disposed on the second surface; and a sensor coupled to the second surface of the first panel of the display, wherein the display includes an opening in the second panel, wherein at least a portion of the sensor is disposed in the opening, wherein the second panel includes: a first layer coupled to the first panel on one surface of the second panel, and a second layer coupled to the first layer on a surface opposite the one surface, wherein the opening includes a first opening in the first layer, wherein the first opening is provided in a closed area of a second opening in the second layer, and wherein a circumference of the first opening is spaced apart from a circumference of the second opening in the second layer; and the second layer includes a conductive layer configured to provide electrical shielding, and wherein the first layer includes a layer configured to provide optical shielding; and the sensor is attached to the second surface of the first panel through an adhesive material disposed in the first opening, and wherein the electronic device further includes: a light shielding material disposed in a mounting area of the second surface of the first panel between the adhesive material and the first opening.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the light shielding material has a specified viscosity or less, and is configured to be dried at a room temperature.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a protrusion disposed on the first layer in an area between the second opening and the first opening, the protrusion having a closed-loop shape.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a light shielding adhesive material disposed on an entire area of the second surface of the first panel exposed through the first opening,

wherein the sensor is attached to the second surface of the first panel by the light shielding adhesive material.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the light shielding adhesive material is provided in an entire area of the second surface of the first panel exposed through the first opening by compression.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , further comprising:

a protrusion provided on the first layer in an area between the second opening and the first opening, the protrusion having a closed-loop shape.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein an entire area of the second surface of the first panel exposed through the first opening is covered by the sensor.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein a portion of the sensor is attached to the second surface of the first panel though the first opening by an adhesive material provided in the first opening, and

wherein a remaining portion of the sensor is attached to the first layer.

9. A display module comprising: a first panel including a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a plurality of pixels interposed between the first surface and the second surface; a cover layer disposed on the first surface of the first panel; a second panel disposed on the second surface of the first panel; and a sensor coupled to the second surface of the first panel, wherein the second panel includes a first layer coupled to the first panel on one surface of the second panel and a second layer coupled to the first layer, on a surface opposite to the one surface, wherein the second panel includes an opening extending through the second panel, wherein at least a portion of the sensor is disposed in the opening, wherein the opening includes a first opening in the first layer, wherein the first opening is provided inside a closed area of a second opening in the second layer, and wherein a circumference of the first opening is spaced apart from a circumference of the second opening on the second layer; and the second layer includes a conductive layer configured to provide electrical shielding, and wherein the first layer includes a layer configured to provide optical shielding; and the sensor is attached to the second surface of the first panel through an adhesive material disposed in the first opening, and wherein the electronic device further includes: a light shielding material disposed in a mounting area of the second surface of the first panel between the adhesive material and the first opening.

10. The display module of claim 9 , wherein the light shielding material has a specified viscosity or less, and is configured to be dried at a room temperature.

11. The display module of claim 9 , further comprising:

a protrusion disposed on the first layer in an area between the second opening and the first opening, the protrusion having a closed-loop shape.

12. The display module of claim 9 , further comprising:

a light shielding adhesive material disposed on an entire area of the second surface of the first panel exposed through the first opening,

wherein the sensor is attached to the second surface of the first panel by the light shielding adhesive material.

13. The display module of claim 12 , wherein the light shielding adhesive material is disposed on the entire area of the second surface of the first panel exposed through the first opening by compression.

14. The display module of claim 13 , further comprising:

a protrusion disposed on the first layer in an area between the second opening and the first opening, the protrusion having a closed-loop shape.

15. The display module of claim 9 , wherein an entire area of the second surface of the first panel exposed through the first opening is covered by the sensor.

16. The display module of claim 15 , wherein a portion of the sensor is attached to the second surface of the first panel through the first opening by an adhesive material disposed in the first opening, and

wherein a remaining portion of the sensor is attached to the first layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2020
From: HEO, JIHUN; PARK, JIHOON; HWANG, SEUNGHO; RHEE, BONGJAE; KIM, DONGCHURL; KIM, HYUNWOO; HAN, SANGGEUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0054182 · May 9, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200358891A1 · Nov 12, 2020
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