IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,983,366
Granted Patent B2
US 11,983,366 · App. 17/553,036 · Granted May 14, 2024

Display device

Inventors: Gyungmin Baek (Yongin-si, KR); Hyuneok Shin (Gwacheon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G06F3/0443G06F3/0412G06F3/0446G06F3/0445G06F2203/04111G06F2203/04112
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Patent No.
US 11,983,366
App. No.
17/553,036
Granted
May 14, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display panel configured to display an image, and an input sensing layer disposed on the display panel. The input sensing layer includes a sensing insulating layer disposed on the display panel and a conductive layer disposed on the sensing insulating layer. The conductive layer includes a barrier layer disposed directly on the sensing insulating layer and including metal nitride and a main conductive layer disposed on the barrier layer.

Claims (66)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel configured to display an image; and

an input sensing layer disposed on the display panel,

wherein the input sensing layer comprises:

an insulating layer having a contact hole disposed on the display panel; and

a conductive layer disposed on the insulating layer,

wherein the conductive layer comprises:

a barrier layer that is disposed directly on the insulating layer and comprises metal nitride; and

a main conductive layer disposed on the barrier layer,

wherein a part of the barrier layer and a part of the main conductive layer are disposed in the contact hole.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the barrier layer contains titanium nitride (TiN).

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the main conductive layer comprises:

a first sub-conductive layer disposed on the barrier layer; and

a second sub-conductive layer disposed on the first sub-conductive layer.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the first conductive layer and the second sub-conductive layer comprise different metallic materials.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the first sub-conductive layer comprises aluminum or an aluminum alloy.

6. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the second sub-conductive layer comprises titanium or a titanium alloy.

7. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the second sub-conductive layer comprises titanium nitride (TiN).

8. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the main conductive layer comprises:

a first sub-conductive layer disposed on the barrier layer;

a second sub-conductive layer disposed on the first sub-conductive layer; and

a third sub-conductive layer disposed on the second sub-conductive layer.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the second sub-conductive layer comprises a material different from those of the first sub-conductive layer and the third sub-conductive layer.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein:

the first sub-conductive layer comprises titanium or a titanium alloy; and

the second sub-conductive layer comprises aluminum or an aluminum alloy.

11. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the third sub-conductive layer comprises titanium or titanium nitride (TiN).

12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the insulating layer is an organic layer comprising an organic material.

13. A display device comprising:

a display panel configured to display an image; and

an input sensing layer disposed on the display panel,

wherein the input sensing layer comprises:

a base insulating layer disposed on the display panel;

a first conductive layer disposed on the base insulating layer;

an insulating layer covering the first conductive layer; and

a second conductive layer disposed on the insulating layer,

wherein the second conductive layer comprises:

a second barrier layer comprising metal nitride; and

a second main conductive layer disposed on the second barrier layer.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the insulating layer is an organic layer comprising an organic material.

15. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the second barrier layer comprises titanium nitride (TiN).

16. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the second main conductive layer comprises:

a first sub-conductive layer disposed on the second barrier layer; and

a second sub-conductive layer disposed on the first sub-conductive layer.

17. The display device of claim 16 , wherein the first sub-conductive layer and the second sub-conductive layer comprise different metallic materials.

18. The display device of claim 17 , wherein:

the first sub-conductive layer comprises aluminum or an aluminum alloy; and

the second sub-conductive layer comprises titanium or titanium nitride (TiN).

19. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the second main conductive layer comprises:

a first sub-conductive layer disposed on the second barrier layer;

a second sub-conductive layer disposed on the first sub-conductive layer; and

a third sub-conductive layer disposed on the second sub-conductive layer.

20. The display device of claim 19 , wherein the second sub-conductive layer comprises a metallic material different from those of the first sub-conductive layer and the third sub-conductive layer.

21. The display device of claim 20 , wherein:

the first sub-conductive layer comprises titanium or a titanium alloy;

the second sub-conductive layer comprises aluminum or an aluminum alloy; and

the third sub-conductive layer comprises titanium or titanium nitride (TiN).

22. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the base insulating layer is an organic layer comprising an organic material.

23. The display device of claim 22 , wherein the first conductive layer comprises:

a first barrier layer disposed on the base insulating layer and comprising metal nitride; and

a first main conductive layer disposed on the first barrier layer.

24. The display device of claim 23 , wherein each of the first barrier layer and the second barrier layer comprises titanium nitride (TiN).

25. The display device of claim 23 , wherein the first main conductive layer comprises:

a first sub-conductive layer disposed on the first barrier layer; and

a second sub-conductive layer disposed on the first sub-conductive layer.

26. The display device of claim 25 , wherein the first sub-conductive layer and the second sub-conductive layer comprise different metallic materials.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2021
From: BAEK, GYUNGMIN; SHIN, HYUNEOK
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058532/0978 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0023175 · Feb 22, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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