IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,046,070
Granted Patent B2
US 12,046,070 · App. 17/307,787 · Granted Jul 23, 2024

Display device

Inventors: Sangwoo Kim (Seoul, KR); Taekyung Ahn (Yongin-si, KR); Byung Han Yoo (Suwon-si, KR); Taehoon Yang (Yongin-si, KR); Dae-Young Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G06V40/1318H10K59/353H10K59/65
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Patent No.
US 12,046,070
App. No.
17/307,787
Granted
Jul 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display panel, and a sensor panel under the display panel, and including a fingerprint sensor, a proximity sensor between the fingerprint sensor and an edge of the sensor panel, and an illuminance sensor between the fingerprint sensor and the edge of the sensor panel, and adjacent to the proximity sensor.

Claims (64)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel comprising a display area comprising red pixels, green pixels, blue pixels, and infrared light emitting elements arranged along with the green pixels in a second direction crossing a first direction; and

a sensor panel under the display panel, and comprising:

a fingerprint sensor;

a proximity sensor between the fingerprint sensor and a first edge of the sensor panel in a plan view; and

an illuminance sensor between the fingerprint sensor and a second edge of the sensor panel in a plan view, and adjacent to the proximity sensor,

wherein the second edge extends in the first direction and the first edge extends is the second direction,

wherein each of the infrared light emitting elements has a smaller size than a light emitting element of each of the red pixels in a plan view,

wherein each of the infrared light emitting elements has a same size as a light emitting element of each of the green pixels in a plan view, and

wherein each of the infrared light emitting elements has a smaller size than a light emitting element of each of the blue pixels in a plan view.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the fingerprint sensor, the proximity sensor, and the illuminance sensor comprises at least one photo sensor.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the proximity sensor and the illuminance sensor are respectively adjacent to the first and second edges of the sensor panel.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises a non-display area around the display area.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the fingerprint sensor, the proximity sensor, and the illuminance sensor are overlapped by the display area in a plan view.

6. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the infrared light emitting elements overlap the proximity sensor in a plan view.

7. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the infrared light emitting elements are adjacent to the non-display area.

8. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the infrared light emitting elements being consecutively arranged between the two adjacent ones of the green pixels,

wherein each of the infrared light emitting elements is disposed between light emitting elements of two red pixels facing each other in a first diagonal direction crossing the first and second directions and between light emitting elements of two blue pixels facing each other in a second diagonal direction crossing the first diagonal direction, and

wherein the light emitting element of each of the red, green, and blue pixels and each of the infrared light emitting elements are defined by an opening part of a pixel defining layer.

9. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising an infrared cut filter between the display panel and the sensor panel, and overlapping the fingerprint sensor in a plan view.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the infrared cut filter does not overlap the illuminance sensor in a plan view.

11. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the infrared cut filter does not overlap the proximity sensor in a plan view.

12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the proximity sensor is adjacent to an upper end of the sensor panel in a plan view.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the illuminance sensor is adjacent to left and right sides of the sensor panel in a plan view.

14. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the illuminance sensor is adjacent to a lower end and left and right sides of the sensor panel in a plan view.

15. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the illuminance sensor is adjacent to one of left and right sides of the sensor panel in a plan view.

16. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display panel comprises:

a first display area comprising a first transmissive area, and a first pixel adjacent the first transmissive area;

a second display area around the first display area, overlapping the fingerprint sensor, and comprising a second pixel; and

a third display area around the second display area, and comprising a second transmissive area, and a third pixel adjacent the second transmissive area.

17. The display device of claim 16 , wherein the third display area overlaps the illuminance sensor in a plan view.

18. The display device of claim 16 , wherein the third display area overlaps the proximity sensor in a plan view.

19. A display device comprising:

a display panel comprising a display area comprising multiple red pixels, green pixels, blue pixels, and infrared light emitting elements arranged along with the green pixels in a second direction crossing a first direction;

a sensor panel under the display panel; and

an infrared cut filter between the display panel and the sensor panel, and wherein the sensor panel comprises:

a fingerprint sensor;

a proximity sensor between the fingerprint sensor and a first edge of the sensor pane in a plan view; and

an illuminance sensor between the fingerprint sensor and a second edge of the sensor panel in a plan view, the illuminance sensor being adjacent to the proximity sensor,

wherein the infrared cut filter overlaps the fingerprint sensor, and does not overlap the illuminance sensor or the proximity sensor, in a plan view,

wherein the second edge extends in the first direction,

wherein the first edge extends in the second direction,

wherein each of the infrared light emitting elements has a smaller size than a light emitting element of each of the red pixels in a plan view,

wherein each of the infrared light emitting elements has a same size as a light emitting element of each of the green pixels in a plan view, and

wherein each of the infrared light emitting elements has a smaller size than a light emitting element of each of the blue pixels in a plan view.

20. A display device comprising:

a display panel;

a sensor panel under the display panel; and

an infrared cut filter between the display panel and the sensor panel, and

wherein the sensor panel comprises:

a fingerprint sensor;

a proximity sensor between the fingerprint sensor and a first edge of the sensor pane in a plan view; and

an illuminance sensor between the fingerprint sensor and a second edge of the sensor panel in a plan view, the illuminance sensor being adjacent to the proximity sensor,

wherein the infrared cut filter overlaps the fingerprint sensor, and does not overlap the illuminance sensor or the proximity sensor, in a plan view,

wherein the second edge extends a first direction, and

wherein the first edge extends a second direction crossing the first direction,

wherein the display panel comprises:

at least one pixel; and

an infrared light emitting element,

wherein the at least one pixel comprises:

a red pixel;

a green pixel; and

a blue pixel, and

wherein the infrared light emitting element having a same size as a light emitting element of the green pixel in a plan view, and having a smaller size than a light emitting element of the red pixel in a plan view or having a smaller size than a light emitting element of the blue pixel in a plan view.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2021
From: KIM, SANGWOO; AHN, TAEKYUNG; YOO, BYUNG HAN; YANG, TAEHOON; LEE, DAE-YOUNG
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056133/0106 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0091543 · Jul 23, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220028934A1 · Jan 27, 2022
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