IP Library Granted Patent US 12,321,549
Granted Patent B2
US 12,321,549 · App. 18/382,532 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Electronic device

Inventors: Yuan-Lin Wu (Miao-Li County, TW); Kuan-Feng Lee (Miao-Li County, TW)
Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
G06F3/041662G06F3/0412G06F3/041661G06F3/044H10K59/40H10K77/111G06F2203/04102H10K2102/311
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Patent No.
US 12,321,549
App. No.
18/382,532
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides an electronic device including a substrate, a circuit layer, an organic structure, and a sensing structure. The circuit layer is disposed on the substrate, and the circuit layer includes a switch. The organic structure is disposed on the substrate, and in a top view of the electronic device, the organic structure is adjacent to an edge of the substrate. The sensing structure is disposed on the circuit layer, and the sensing structure includes a sensing unit and a wire electrically connected to the sensing unit. The wire crosses over the organic structure and is electrically connected to the switch.

Claims (37)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a substrate;

a circuit layer disposed on the substrate, and the circuit layer comprising a first switch;

an organic structure disposed on the substrate, wherein in a top view of the electronic device, the organic structure is adjacent to an edge of the substrate; and

a sensing structure disposed on the circuit layer, and the sensing structure comprising a sensing unit and a first wire electrically connected to the sensing unit;

wherein the first wire crosses over the organic structure and is electrically connected to the first switch, and

wherein the substrate comprises a folding region and a non-folding region, the sensing unit is disposed on the folding region, and the first switch is disposed on the non-folding region.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising an insulating layer disposed between the organic structure and the first wire.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the insulating layer comprises organic material.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein in the top view of the electronic device, the organic structure is disposed between the first switch and the edge of the substrate.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein in the top view of the electronic device, the first switch is located between the organic structure and the edge of the substrate.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuit layer further comprises an electronic unit and a pixel circuit configured to control the electronic unit, and the pixel circuit comprises a second switch, wherein the second switch comprises metal oxide, and the first switch comprises polysilicon.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensing structure is configured to sense an input by touch in a first mode and is configured to sense another input by an input device in a second mode.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuit layer comprises a plurality of electronic units, the sensing structure comprises a plurality of openings, and one of the plurality of openings overlaps at least one of the plurality of electronic units.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensing structure comprises a plurality of first sensing regions configured to sense an input by touch in a first mode, and the sensing structure further comprises a plurality of second sensing regions configured to sense the another input by an input device in a second mode.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the plurality of first sensing regions are overlapped with the plurality of second sensing regions.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the first mode and the second mode are operated by the sensing structure at different times.

12. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the plurality of first sensing regions are not overlapped with the plurality of second sensing regions.

13. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the first mode and the second mode are operated by the sensing structure at a same time.

14. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein at least two of the plurality of second sensing regions are surrounded by one of the plurality of first sensing regions.

15. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the sensing structure comprises a first number of openings corresponding to one of the plurality of second sensing regions and a second number of openings corresponding to another one of the plurality of second sensing regions, and the first number is different from the second number.

16. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the substrate comprises a folding region and a non-folding region, and an area of one of the plurality of second sensing regions in the folding region is less than an area of another one of the plurality of second sensing regions in the non-folding region.

17. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the substrate comprises a folding region and a non-folding region, and a distribution density of the plurality of second sensing regions in the folding region is less than a distribution density of the plurality of second sensing regions in the non-folding region.

18. An electronic device, comprising:

a substrate;

a circuit layer disposed on the substrate, and the circuit layer comprising a first switch;

an organic structure disposed on the substrate, wherein in a top view of the electronic device, the organic structure is adjacent to an edge of the substrate; and

a sensing structure disposed on the circuit layer, and the sensing structure comprising a sensing unit and a first wire electrically connected to the sensing unit;

wherein the first wire crosses over the organic structure and is electrically connected to the first switch,

wherein the circuit layer further comprises a second wire disposed under the organic structure and electrically connected to the first wire and the first switch.

19. An electronic device, comprising:

a substrate;

a circuit layer disposed on the substrate, and the circuit layer comprising a first switch;

an organic structure disposed on the substrate, wherein in a top view of the electronic device, the organic structure is adjacent to an edge of the substrate; and

a sensing structure disposed on the circuit layer, and the sensing structure comprising a sensing unit and a first wire electrically connected to the sensing unit;

wherein the first wire crosses over the organic structure and is electrically connected to the first switch,

wherein the circuit layer further comprises an electronic unit, a pixel circuit configured to control the electronic unit, and a gate driver electrically connected to the pixel circuit, and the first switch is located between the gate driver and the organic structure in a top view of the electronic device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2023
From: WU, YUAN-LIN; LEE, KUAN-FENG
To: INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065302/0678 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202211508548.8 · Nov 29, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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