IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,315,285
Granted Patent B2
US 12,315,285 · App. 18/595,358 · Granted May 27, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Kwang Soo Bae (Yongin-si, KR); Gee-Bum Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Bokwang Song (Yongin-si, KR); Dae-Young Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Min Oh Choi (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G06V40/1318G06F3/0412G06F3/0421G09G3/3233H10K59/126H10K59/65G09G2300/0426G09G2300/0819G09G2300/0842G09G2300/0861G09G2310/08G09G2360/14H10K59/35
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Patent No.
US 12,315,285
App. No.
18/595,358
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a display panel including a light emitting element and a photosensitive element; an input sensor comprising a sensing electrode on the display panel; and an anti-reflection layer on the input sensor. The anti-reflection layer includes: a light shielding pattern having a first opening corresponding to the light emitting element and a second opening corresponding to the photosensitive element. The sensing electrode includes a plurality of line portions, the plurality of line portions includes a first line portion overlapping the light shielding pattern and arranged between the first opening and the second opening on a plane. A distance between the first line portion and an edge of the second opening is less than a distance between the first line portion and an edge of the first opening.

Claims (56)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel comprising:

a base layer;

a pixel defining layer on the base layer, the pixel defining layer having a pixel opening and a photosensitive opening adjacent to the pixel opening;

a light emitting element on the base layer, the light emitting element comprising a first color light emitting element, a second color light emitting element, and a third color light emitting element, one of the first color light emitting element, the second color light emitting element, and the third color light emitting element being in the pixel opening of the pixel defining layer;

a photosensitive element on the base layer and in the photosensitive opening in the pixel defining layer; and

a thin-film encapsulation layer covering the light emitting element and the photosensitive element; and

an input sensor comprising a sensing electrode on the thin-film encapsulation layer,

wherein the sensing electrode comprises a plurality of line portions, and

wherein the plurality of line portions comprises a first line portion overlapping the pixel defining layer and the photosensitive opening on a plane.

2. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising an anti-reflection layer on the input sensor,

wherein the anti-reflection layer comprises a color filter and a light shielding pattern having a first opening corresponding to the pixel opening and a second opening corresponding to the photosensitive opening, and

wherein the first opening has a first color opening corresponding to the first color light emitting element, a second color opening corresponding to the second color light emitting element, and a third color opening corresponding to the third color light emitting element.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the color filter overlaps the light emitting element and the photosensitive element.

4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the light shielding pattern overlaps the photosensitive element on the plane.

5. The display device of claim 2 , wherein on the plane, the pixel opening entirely overlaps the first opening and the photosensitive entirely overlaps the second opening.

6. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the photosensitive element is arranged at a center of an area defined by one first color light emitting element, two second color light emitting, and one third color light emitting element.

7. The display device of claim 2 , wherein a shortest distance between the first line portion and an edge of the first opening is greater than a line width of the first line portion on a plane.

8. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the first line portion is disposed between the first opening and the second opening on a plane, and

wherein a shortest distance between the first line portion and an edge of the first opening is greater than a shortest distance between the first line portion and an edge of the second opening by a line width of the first line portion or more than the line width of the first line portion on a plane.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the pixel opening has a first pixel opening corresponding to the first color light emitting element, a second pixel opening corresponding to the second color light emitting element, and a third pixel opening corresponding to the third color light emitting element.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of line portions further comprises:

a second line portion overlapping the pixel defining layer and arranged between the first pixel opening and the second pixel opening on the plane; and

a third line portion overlapping the pixel defining layer and arranged between the second pixel opening and the third pixel opening on the plane,

wherein, on the plane, the second line portion does not overlap the first color light emitting element and the second color light emitting element, and the third line portion does not overlap the second color light emitting element and the third color light emitting element.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein a shortest distance between the second line portion and an edge of the first pixel opening is substantially equal to a shortest distance between the second line portion and an edge of the second pixel opening on a plane, and

wherein a shortest distance between the third line portion and the edge of the second pixel opening is substantially equal to a shortest distance between the third line portion and an edge of the third pixel opening on a plane.

12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first line portion comprises a first edge overlapping the pixel defining layer and a second edge overlapping the photosensitive opening on a plane.

13. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first line portion overlaps the photosensitive element in the photosensitive opening.

14. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first line portion has a closed line shape defining an opening corresponding to the photosensitive opening on the plane.

15. A display device comprising:

a display panel comprising:

a base layer;

a pixel defining layer on the base layer, the pixel defining layer having a pixel opening and a photosensitive opening adjacent to the pixel opening;

a light emitting element on the base layer and in the pixel opening in the pixel defining layer;

a photosensitive element on the base layer and in the photosensitive opening in the pixel defining layer; and

a thin-film encapsulation layer covering the light emitting element and the photosensitive element; and

an input sensor comprising a sensing electrode on the thin-film encapsulation layer,

wherein the sensing electrode comprises a plurality of line portions, and

wherein the plurality of line portions comprises a first line portion having a first edge and a second edge,

wherein the first edge overlaps the pixel defining layer on a plane, and

wherein the second edge overlaps the photosensitive element in the photosensitive opening on a plane.

16. The display device of claim 15 , wherein the light emitting element comprises a first color light emitting element, a second color light emitting element, and a third color light emitting element, and

the pixel opening has a first pixel opening corresponding to the first color light emitting element, a second pixel opening corresponding to the second color light emitting element, and a third pixel opening corresponding to the third color light emitting element.

17. The display device of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of line portions further comprises:

a second line portion overlapping the pixel defining layer and arranged between the first pixel opening and the second pixel opening on the plane; and

a third line portion overlapping the pixel defining layer and arranged between the second pixel opening and the third pixel opening on the plane,

wherein, on the plane, the second line portion does not overlap the first color light emitting element and the second color light emitting element, and the third line portion does not overlap the second color light emitting element and the third color light emitting element.

18. The display device of claim 17 , wherein a shortest distance between the second line portion and an edge of the first pixel opening is substantially equal to a shortest distance between the second line portion and an edge of the second pixel opening on a plane, and

wherein a shortest distance between the third line portion and the edge of the second pixel opening is substantially equal to a shortest distance between the third line portion and an edge of the third pixel opening on a plane.

19. The display device of claim 15 , further comprising:

a color filter; and

a light shielding pattern having a first opening corresponding to the pixel opening and a second opening corresponding to the photosensitive opening, and

wherein the light emitting element comprises a first color light emitting element, a second color light emitting element, and a third color light emitting element, and

the first opening has a first color opening corresponding to the first color light emitting element, a second color opening corresponding to the second color light emitting element, and a third color opening corresponding to the third color light emitting element.

20. The display device of claim 19 , wherein the color filter overlaps the light emitting element and the photosensitive element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2024
From: BAE, KWANG SOO; KIM, GEE-BUM; SONG, BOKWANG; LEE, DAE-YOUNG; CHOI, MIN OH
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069664/0288 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0043221 · Apr 7, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 18160216 · Jan 26, 2023
Related Publication 20240249552A1 · Jul 25, 2024
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