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US 12,490,626 · App. 18/739,238 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Display device

Inventor: YeongHo Yun (Goyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
H10K59/40G06F3/0443H10K59/122H10K59/131H10K59/65H10K59/873G06F2203/04111
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Patent No.
US 12,490,626
App. No.
18/739,238
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a substrate which includes a display area, an optical area disposed in the display area and including a through hole, and a non-display area, a first sensing line which is disposed in the non-display area and encloses an outer periphery of the display area, a second sensing line which is disposed inside more than the first sensing line and encloses an outer periphery of the display area and the through hole, and a plurality of metal patterns which is disposed along an outer periphery of the through hole below the second sensing line, and at least one of the plurality of metal patterns is electrically connected to the second sensing line. Accordingly, when a crack is generated in the non-display area or the optical area, a location where the crack is generated may be distinguished.

Claims (60)

1 . A display device, comprising:

a substrate comprising a display area, an optical area in the display area and including a through hole, and a non-display area enclosing the display area;

a first sensing line in the non-display area, the first sensing line enclosing an outer periphery of the display area;

a second sensing line inside more than the first sensing line, the second sensing line enclosing an outer periphery of the display area and the through hole; and

a plurality of metal patterns along an outer periphery of the through hole below the second sensing line,

wherein at least one of the plurality of metal patterns is electrically connected to the second sensing line.

2 . The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a metal line that connects the plurality of metal patterns.

3 . The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a metal line that connects the plurality of metal patterns, the metal line comprising:

a first part;

a second part opposite to the first part;

a third part connected to one end of the first part and one end of the second part; and

a fourth part opposite to the third part and connected to another end of the first part and another end of the second part,

wherein at least one of the first part, the second part, the third part, and the fourth part of the metal line includes a plurality of metal lines.

4 . The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the second part comprises two metal lines, the third part comprises three metal lines, and the fourth part comprises four metal lines.

5 . The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the first part, the second part, the third part, and the fourth part of the metal line have different resistance values.

6 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display area includes:

a plurality of thin film transistors on the substrate;

a plurality of light emitting diodes on the plurality of thin film transistors;

an encapsulation unit covering the plurality of light emitting diodes; and

a plurality of touch sensor electrodes and a plurality of touch bridge electrodes on the encapsulation unit, and

wherein the second sensing line is on a same layer as the plurality of touch sensor electrodes or the plurality of touch bridge electrodes.

7 . The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the first sensing line is on a same layer as the second sensing line.

8 . The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the plurality of thin film transistors includes:

a first thin film transistor on the substrate of the display area, the first thin film transistor comprising a first active layer including silicon, a first gate electrode, a first source electrode, and a first drain electrode; and

a second thin film transistor on the first thin film transistor, the second thin film transistor comprising a second active layer including oxide, a second gate electrode, a second source electrode, and a second drain electrode, and

wherein the plurality of metal patterns are on a same layer as the first gate electrode.

9 . The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the plurality of metal patterns are connected to the second sensing line by a contact hole that exposes a part of the plurality of metal patterns on the plurality of metal patterns.

10 . The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the contact hole is in at least two or more of the plurality of metal patterns and the second sensing line is electrically connected to the at least two or more of the plurality of metal patterns through the contact hole.

11 . The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one dam on the substrate, the at least one dam enclosing the through hole; and

at least one connection suppression unit on the substrate, the at least one connection suppression unit closer to the through hole than the at least one dam,

wherein the second sensing line is between the at least one dam and the at least one connection suppression unit.

12 . The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an optical electronic device that overlaps the optical area.

13 . A display device, comprising:

a substrate comprising a display area, an optical area in the display area and including a through hole, and a non-display area enclosing the display area; and

a second sensing line enclosing an outer periphery of the display area and the through hole,

wherein the display area includes a plurality of thin film transistors on the substrate, the plurality of thin film transistors comprising:

a first thin film transistor on the display area of the substrate, the first thin film transistor comprising a first active layer including polycrystalline silicon; and

a second thin film transistor comprising a second active layer including oxide.

14 . The display device according to claim 13 , wherein the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor are on different layers.

15 . The display device according to claim 14 , wherein the second thin film transistor is on the first thin film transistor.

16 . The display device according to claim 13 , further comprising:

a first planarization layer on the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor, and

a second planarization layer on the first planarization layer.

17 . The display device according to claim 16 , further comprising:

a third planarization layer on the second planarization layer.

18 . The display device according to claim 17 , further comprising:

an auxiliary electrode in at least one of the second planarization layer and the third planarization layer, the auxiliary electrode electrically connecting the second thin film transistor to a light emitting diode.

19 . The display device according to claim 18 , wherein the display area includes a bank, and an emission layer of the light emitting diode is exposed through an open area of the bank.

20 . The display device according to claim 19 , wherein the bank includes an opaque material.

21 . The display device according to claim 19 , wherein the bank includes a light blocking material made of at least one of color pigment, organic black, and carbon.

22 . The display device according to claim 18 , wherein an encapsulation unit is over the light emitting diode.

23 . The display device according to claim 22 , wherein the display area includes a plurality of touch sensor electrodes and a plurality of touch bridge electrodes on the encapsulation unit.

24 . The display device according to claim 23 , wherein the second sensing line is on a same layer as the plurality of touch sensor electrodes or the plurality of touch bridge electrodes.

25 . The display device according to claim 13 , wherein the second sensing line includes a first branch portion, a first outer portion, an inner portion, a second outer portion, and a second branch portion, and the inner portion is between the through hole and the first outer portion or the second outer portion.

26 . The display device according to claim 25 , further comprising:

at least one dam on the substrate, the at least one dam enclosing the through hole,

wherein the first branch portion and the second branch portion overlap the at least one dam.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2024
From: YUN, YEONGHO
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067689/0364 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2023-0191299 · Dec 26, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250212649A1 · Jun 26, 2025
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