IP Library Granted Patent US 11,871,639
Granted Patent B2
US 11,871,639 · App. 17/981,453 · Granted Jan 9, 2024

Display device

Inventors: Kwanghyeok Kim (Cheonan-si, KR); Miyoung Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Soyeon Park (Yongin-si, KR); Yong-Hwan Park (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10K59/40G06F3/0412G06F3/0446H10K50/844H10K59/131
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Patent No.
US 11,871,639
App. No.
17/981,453
Granted
Jan 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device including: a display panel including a light emitting element; and an input detection layer disposed on the display panel and including sensing electrodes and trace lines electrically connected to the sensing electrodes, respectively, in which at least one of the trace lines includes a single layer part including one conductive layer, and a multilayer part including at least two conductive layers disposed on different layers, a length of an i th trace line and a length of a j th trace line are different from each other, each of the i th trace line and the j th trace line includes the single layer part and the multilayer part, and a length ratio of the single layer part and the multilayer part of the i th trace line is different from a length ratio of the single layer part and the multilayer part of the j th trace line.

Claims (57)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel including a light emitting element configured to generate light; and

an input detection layer disposed on the display panel and including:

a plurality of sensing electrodes disposed on the display panel and arranged in one direction; and

a plurality of trace lines electrically connected to the plurality of sensing electrodes, respectively,

wherein at least one of the trace lines comprises:

a single layer part including one conductive layer; and

a multilayer part including at least two conductive layers disposed on different layers,

wherein a length of an i th trace line among the trace lines and a length of a j th trace line among the trace lines are different from each other,

wherein each of the i th trace line and the j th trace line comprises the single layer part and the multilayer part, and

wherein a length ratio of the single layer part and the multilayer part of the i th trace line is different from a length ratio of the single layer part and the multilayer part of the j th trace line.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein:

a total length of the j th trace line is greater than a total length of the i th trace line; and

a length ratio of the single layer part to the total length of thei th trace line is greater than a length ratio of the single layer part to the total length of the j th trace line.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein:

the trace lines are grouped into a plurality of groups;

each of trace lines of a first group among the groups comprises the single layer part and the multilayer part; and

a length of the single layer part of each of the trace lines of the first group is the same.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein:

the trace lines of the first group include the j th trace line and the i th trace line; and

a width of the single layer part of the j th trace line is different from a width of the single layer part of the i th trace line.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein:

a length of the j th trace line is greater than a length of the i th trace line; and

the width of the single layer part of the i th trace line is less than the width of the single layer part of the j th trace line.

6. The display device of claim 3 , wherein at least one of the trace lines of the first group further comprises a compensation part.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein:

the trace lines of the first group include the j th trace line and the i th trace line each comprising the compensation part;

a length of the j th trace line is greater than a length of the i th trace line; and

a length of the compensation part of the i th trace line is greater than a length of the compensation part of the j th trace line.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the input detection layer further comprises:

a first insulating layer; and

a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein:

the multilayer part comprises a first wiring layer disposed on the second insulating layer and a second wiring layer disposed on the first insulating layer; and

the single layer part comprises one of the first and second wiring layers.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the multilayer part comprises a contact portion where the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer are connected.

11. The display device of claim 9 , wherein:

each of the sensing electrodes is disposed on the second insulating layer;

the single layer part comprises the first wiring layer; and

the first wiring layer is integrally formed with the sensing electrodes.

12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein:

the display panel further comprises an encapsulation layer covering the light emitting element; and

the input detection layer is disposed directly on the encapsulation layer.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein:

the encapsulation layer comprises:

a first inorganic layer;

an organic layer disposed on the first inorganic layer; and

a second inorganic layer disposed on the organic layer and contacting the first inorganic layer to seal the organic layer; and

one ends of the trace lines extends along the second inorganic layer and is disposed outside the organic layer.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein:

the input detection layer further comprises a first insulating layer disposed on the second inorganic layer, and a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer;

the multilayer part comprises a first wiring layer disposed on the second insulating layer and a second wiring layer disposed on the first insulating layer; and

the single layer part comprises one of the first and second wiring layers.

15. The display device of claim 12 , wherein:

the display panel comprises an active area to display an image and a peripheral area disposed outside the active area;

the sensing electrodes are disposed in the active area; and

the trace lines are disposed in the peripheral area.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2024
From: KIM, KWANGHYEOK; KIM, MIYOUNG; PARK, SOYEON; PARK, YONG-HWAN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068426/0500 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0062185 · May 25, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17137326 · Dec 29, 2020
Related Publication 20230063211A1 · Mar 2, 2023
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