Display device
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.
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 .