IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,778,859
Granted Patent B2
US 11,778,859 · App. 16/684,944 · Granted Oct 3, 2023

Display device

Inventors: Jin Woo Park (Yongin-si, KR); Won Kyu Kwak (Yongin-si, KR); Dong Wook Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Hyun-Chol Bang (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/1213G09G3/2003G09G3/3225H10K59/126H10K59/38G09G2360/145H10K59/131
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Patent No.
US 11,778,859
App. No.
16/684,944
Granted
Oct 3, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device including a display panel including a plurality of transistors and displaying an image on a front surface thereof; and a sensing module on a rear surface of the display panel, wherein the display panel includes a first region that overlaps the sensing module and a second region that does not overlap the sensing module, a W/L ratio of one of the transistors in the first region is greater than a W/L ratio of another of the transistors in the second region, the W/L ratio being obtained by dividing a width of a channel of the transistor by a length of the channel.

Claims (64)

1. A display device, comprising:

a display panel including a plurality of transistors and displaying an image on a front surface thereof; and

a sensing module on a rear surface of the display panel, wherein:

the display panel includes a first region that overlaps the sensing module and a second region that does not overlap the sensing module,

a W/L ratio of one of the transistors in the first region is greater than a W/L ratio of another of the transistors in the second region, the W/L ratio being obtained by dividing a width of a channel of the transistor by a length of the channel, and

the transistors in the second region each include a bent region between a source and a drain, and the transistors in the first region do not include a bent region, and

the number of transistors with bent regions is greater than the number of transistors with non-bent regions.

2. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the one transistor in the first region and the other transistor in the second region are driving transistors.

3. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the display panel includes a plurality of pixels, and

a pixel density of the first region is smaller than a pixel density of the second region.

4. The display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the pixel density of the first region is 20% to 90% of the pixel density of the second region.

5. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first region includes a transmitting region.

6. The display device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein an area occupied by a transmitting region is 20% to 90% of a total area of the first region.

7. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display panel further includes:

a first substrate on which the plurality of transistors are disposed, and

a light blocking layer between the first substrate and at least one transistor of the plurality of transistors.

8. The display device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the light blocking layer blocks infrared rays.

9. The display device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the light blocking layer is in the first region and not in the second region.

10. The display device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein:

in the first region, the plurality of transistors include a driving transistor, a switching transistor, and a compensation transistor, and

the light blocking layer overlaps the driving transistor and the switching transistor and does not overlap the compensation transistor.

11. The display device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein:

in the first region, the plurality of transistors include a driving transistor, a switching transistor, and a compensation transistor, and

the light blocking layer overlaps all of the driving transistor, the switching transistor, and the compensation transistor.

12. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a color filter layer on the front surface of the display panel, wherein the color filter layer does not overlap the first region.

13. The display device as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising a transparent layer overlapping the first region.

14. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a luminance of a pixel in the first region is higher than a luminance of a pixel in the second region.

15. A display device comprising a display panel including a plurality of pixels, wherein:

the display panel includes a first region and a second region, a plurality of pixels being included on the first region and the second region,

a pixel density of the first region is smaller than a pixel density of the second region,

a W/L ratio of one transistor in the first region is greater than a W/L ratio of another transistor in the second region, the W/L ratio being obtained by dividing a width of a channel of the transistor by a length of the channel, and

the transistors in the second region each include a bent region between a source and a drain, and the transistors in the first region do not include a bent region, and

the number of transistors with bent regions is greater than the number of transistors with non-bent regions.

16. The display device as claimed in claim 15 , further comprising a sensing module on a rear surface of the display panel, wherein the sensing module overlaps the first region.

17. The display device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the pixel density of the first region is 20% to 90% of the pixel density of the second region.

18. The display device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the first region includes a transmitting region.

19. The display device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the one transistor in the first region and the other transistor in the second region are driving transistors.

20. The display device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the display panel further includes:

a first substrate on which the one transistor in the first region and the other transistor in the second region are disposed, and

a light blocking layer between the first substrate and at least one of the one transistor or the other transistor.

21. The display device as claimed in claim 20 , wherein the light blocking layer is only in the first region and not in the second region.

22. The display device as claimed in claim 15 , further comprising:

a color filter layer on a front surface of the display panel, the color filter layer not overlapping the first region, and

a transparent layer overlapping the first region.

23. The display device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein a luminance of one pixel in the first region is higher than a luminance of one pixel in the second region.

24. A display device, comprising:

a display panel including a plurality of pixels and displaying an image on a front surface thereof; and

a sensing module on a rear surface of the display panel, wherein

the display panel includes a first region that overlaps the sensing module and a second region that does not overlap the sensing module,

a luminance of one pixel in the first region is higher than a luminance of one pixel in the second region, and

the transistors in the second region each include a bent region between a source and a drain, and the transistors in the first region do not include a bent region, and

the number of transistors with bent regions is greater than the number of transistors with non-bent regions.

25. The display device as claimed in claim 24 , wherein:

the display panel includes a plurality of pixels, and

a W/L ratio of one transistor in the first region is greater than a W/L ratio of another transistor in the second region, the W/L ratio being obtained by dividing a width of a channel of the transistor by a length of the channel.

26. The display device as claimed in claim 24 , wherein a pixel density of the first region is smaller than a pixel density of the second region.

27. The display device as claimed in claim 24 , wherein the display panel further includes:

a first substrate on which a plurality of transistors are disposed, and

a light blocking layer between the first substrate and at least one transistor of the plurality of transistors.

28. The display device as claimed in claim 27 , wherein the light blocking layer is in the first region and not in the second region.

29. The display device as claimed in claim 24 , further comprising:

a color filter layer on the front surface of the display panel, the color filter layer not overlapping the first region, and

a transparent layer overlapping the first region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2019
From: PARK, JIN WOO; KWAK, WON KYU; KIM, DONG WOOK; BANG, HYUN-CHOI
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0140835 · Nov 15, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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