IP Library Granted Patent US 12,346,152
Granted Patent B2
US 12,346,152 · App. 18/668,524 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Electronic device

Inventors: Hyeyoung Nam (Cheonan-si, KR); Boyun Kim (Cheonan-si, KR); Namhee Park (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G06F1/1605G02B1/14G06F1/1652G09F9/301
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Patent No.
US 12,346,152
App. No.
18/668,524
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes: a display panel having an active region and a peripheral region adjacent to the active region; an electronic module disposed below the display panel; a first light-blocking element disposed on the display panel and overlapping the peripheral region; and a second light-blocking element disposed on the electronic module with the display panel interposed therebetween. A hole is at least partially surrounded by the active region is defined in a portion of the display panel. The second light blocking element is disposed in an area adjacent to the hole, when viewed in a plan view. The first light-blocking element has a first thickness and the second light-blocking element has a second thickness less than the first thickness.

Claims (28)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display panel in which a hole is defined;

a plurality of layers disposed on the display panel and including a first layer and a second layer attached to a first surface of the first layer; and

a light-blocking pattern disposed between the first layer and the second layer,

wherein the first surface of the first layer comprises an uneven surface.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first layer and the light-blocking pattern are disposed between the display panel and the second layer.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of layers further includes a window,

the window is spaced apart from the display panel with the first layer, the second layer, and the light-blocking pattern interposed therebetween, and

the first layer is an impact absorbing layer.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the second layer is attached to the window and the first surface of the first layer.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of layers further includes a hard coating layer disposed on a second surface of the first layer opposing the first surface of the first layer.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of layers further includes a protective layer,

the protective layer is spaced apart from the display panel with the first layer, the second layer, and the light-blocking pattern interposed therebetween, and

the first layer is a window.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the second layer is attached to the protective layer and the first surface of the first layer.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the first layer includes a glass substrate or a synthetic resin film.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a peripheral light-blocking pattern surrounding at least a portion of the light-blocking pattern, when viewed in a plan view,

wherein a thickness of the light-blocking pattern is less than or equal to a thickness of the peripheral light-blocking pattern.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the thickness of the peripheral light-blocking pattern is greater than or equal to three times the thickness of the light-blocking pattern.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the light-blocking pattern ranges from 0.5 μm to 1.5 μm.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the light-blocking pattern overlaps the hole.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the light-blocking pattern is completely covered by the second layer, and

wherein the second layer overlaps the hole, when viewed in a plan view.

14. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the light-blocking pattern is exposed without being covered by the second layer.

15. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second layer is disposed between the display panel and the first layer.

16. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein an inner surface of the light-blocking pattern is aligned with a side surface of the display panel defining the hole.

17. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the light-blocking pattern comprises a first portion being covered by the second layer and a second portion without being covered by the second layer, and

wherein the second portion overlaps the hole, when viewed in a plan view.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0020250 · Feb 19, 2020 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 18093279 · Jan 4, 2023
Continuation 17142048 · Jan 5, 2021
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