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Granted Patent B2
US 12,530,921 · App. 18/104,580 · Granted Jan 20, 2026

Display device

Inventors: Kwang Soo Bae (Yongin-si, KR); Gun Hee Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Dae Young Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Min Oh Choi (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 12,530,921
App. No.
18/104,580
Granted
Jan 20, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a sub-pixel on a substrate and including a light emitting element; a photo-sensing pixel on the substrate and including a light-receiving element including a light-receiving layer configured to obtain a sensing signal corresponding to light emitted from the light emitting element; a touch sensor configured to obtain information about a touch input and including a conductive layer, wherein the conductive layer includes a hole area overlapping the light-receiving layer in a plan view.

Claims (35)

1 . A display device comprising:

a sub-pixel on a substrate and including a light emitting element;

a photo-sensing pixel on the substrate and including a light-receiving element including a light-receiving layer configured to obtain a sensing signal corresponding to light emitted from the light emitting element;

a touch sensor configured to obtain information about a touch input and including a conductive layer,

wherein the conductive layer includes a hole area overlapping the light-receiving layer in a plan view,

wherein the conductive layer includes a protrusion adjacent to the hole area to define the hole area,

wherein the conductive layer includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer, and

wherein the protrusion extends from a portion of the second conductive layer, and overlaps the light-receiving layer without overlapping the first conductive layer in the plan view.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the sub-pixel includes an emission area from which the light is emitted from the light emitting element, and

wherein the photo-sensing pixel includes a light-receiving area configured to receive the light.

3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein a portion of the conductive layer surrounds the emission area, and another portion of the conductive layer surrounds the light-receiving area.

4 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the conductive layer surrounds a portion of the light-receiving area in the hole area in the plan view.

5 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the conductive layer includes a first area and a second area,

wherein the first area of the conductive layer is adjacent to the hole area and surrounds at least a portion of the hole area, and

wherein the second area of the conductive layer is spaced apart from the hole area.

6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the first area of the conductive layer has a first width and the second area of the conductive layer has a second width, and

wherein the first width is greater than the second width.

7 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the conductive layer further includes a third area,

wherein the third area of the conductive layer is an area connecting adjacent second areas, and

wherein the third area has a polygonal shape forming an opening area.

8 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the conductive layer further includes a third area,

wherein the third area of the conductive layer is an area connecting adjacent second areas, and

wherein the third area has a shape in which the adjacent second areas intersect each other without forming an opening area.

9 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the hole area has a rectangular shape in the plan view.

10 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the conductive layer is spaced apart from the emission area by a separation distance, and

wherein a diameter of the hole area is smaller than the separation distance.

11 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein the separation distance is 8.0 μm or more and 15 μm or less.

12 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the sub-pixel includes a first sub-pixel configured to emit light of a first color, a second sub-pixel configured to emit light of a second color, and a third sub-pixel configured to emit light of a third color, and

wherein the light-receiving area is adjacent to an emission area of the first sub-pixel and an emission area of the third sub-pixel in a first direction, and is adjacent to an emission area of the second sub-pixel in a second direction different from the first direction.

13 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second conductive layer is more spaced apart from the substrate than the first conductive layer.

14 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the hole area is 7.5 μm or less.

15 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer is patterned by a wet etching process.

16 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the light-receiving element includes at leasts one of a photo diode, a CMOS image sensor, a CCD camera, or a photo transistor.

17 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer forms a driving electrode and a receiving electrode of the touch sensor.

18 . An electronic device comprising the display device of claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THRID CONVEYING PARTY'S NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 062753 FRAME: 0108. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNEMENT . Recorded Mar 10, 2023
From: BAE, KWANG SOO; KIM, GUN HEE; LEE, DAE YOUNG; CHOI, MIN OH
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063289/0684 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2023
From: BAE, KWANG SOO; KIM, GUN HEE; LEE, DAE YOUNG; MIN OH, MIN OH
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062753/0108 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0032966 · Mar 16, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230298378A1 · Sep 21, 2023
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