IP Library Granted Patent US 12,555,541
Granted Patent B2
US 12,555,541 · App. 19/174,065 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Display device

Inventors: Hee Rim Song (Yongin-si, KR); Hee Jean Park (Yongin-si, KR); Yu Jin Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Cheol Gon Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Mu Kyung Jeon (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G09G3/3233G06V40/1318H10K39/34H10K59/131G09G2300/0426G09G2300/0819G09G2300/0842G09G2310/08G09G2360/14
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Patent No.
US 12,555,541
App. No.
19/174,065
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes display pixels each including a light emitting part including a light emitting element and a pixel driver applying a driving current to the light emitting element, and light sensing pixels each including a light sensing part including an optical element and a sensing driver, the sensing driver applying a sensing current to a sensing line according to a photocurrent of the optical element. The sensing driver includes a first sensing transistor controlling the sensing current flowing through the sensing line according to a voltage of a first electrode of the optical element, and a second sensing transistor initializing the first electrode of the optical element to a first level voltage. A channel layer of the first sensing transistor and a channel layer of the second sensing transistor are made of different materials.

Claims (27)

1 . A display device comprising:

scan write lines, scan initialization lines, scan control lines, and light emitting lines extending in a first direction;

data lines and sensing lines extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction;

display pixels each including a light emitting part including a light emitting element and a pixel driver applying a driving current to the light emitting element according to a data voltage of one of the data lines; and

light sensing pixels each including a light sensing part including an optical element and a sensing driver, the sensing driver applying a sensing current to one of the sensing lines according to a photocurrent of the optical element, wherein

the sensing driver of a first light sensing pixel among the light sensing pixels is disposed on a side of the pixel driver of a first display pixel among the display pixels, and

the sensing driver of the first light sensing pixel overlaps at least one of the scan write lines, at least one of the scan initialization lines, at least one of the scan control lines, at least one of the light emitting lines, and at least one of the sensing lines in a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the pixel driver of a second display pixel among the display pixels is disposed on another side of the pixel driver of the first display pixel, and

the sensing driver of a second light sensing pixel among the light sensing pixels is disposed on a side of the pixel driver of the second display pixel.

3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the sensing driver of the first light sensing pixel, the sensing driver of the second light sensing pixel, the pixel driver of the first display pixel, and the pixel driver of the second display pixel overlap a first scan write line among the scan write lines, a first scan initialization line among the scan initialization lines, a first scan control line among the scan control lines, and a first light emitting line among the light emitting lines in the third direction.

4 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the sensing driver of a second light sensing pixel among the light sensing pixels is disposed on another side of the pixel driver of the first display pixel, and

the pixel driver of a second display pixel among the display pixels is disposed on a side of the sensing driver of the second light sensing pixel.

5 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the pixel driver of a second display pixel among the display pixels is disposed on a side of the sensing driver of the first light sensing pixel, and

the pixel driver of the first display pixel and the pixel driver of the second display pixel are arranged in the second direction.

6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein a length of the sensing driver of the first light sensing pixel in the second direction is greater than a length of the pixel driver of the first display pixel and a length of the pixel driver of the second display pixel in the second direction.

7 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the sensing driver of the first light sensing pixel overlaps a first scan write line and a second scan write line among the scan write lines, a first scan initialization line and a second scan initialization line among the scan initialization lines, a first scan control line and a second scan control line among the scan control lines, and a first light emitting line and a second light emitting line among the light emitting lines in the third direction.

8 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein

the pixel driver of the first display pixel overlaps the first scan write line, the first scan initialization line, the first scan control line, and the first light emitting line in the third direction, and

the pixel driver of the second display pixel overlaps the second scan write line, the second scan initialization line, the second scan control line, and the second light emitting line in the third direction.

9 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the sensing driver comprises:

a first sensing transistor controlling the sensing current flowing through one of the sensing lines according to a voltage of a first electrode of the optical element; and

a second sensing transistor initializing the first electrode of the optical element to a first level voltage, and

a channel layer of the first sensing transistor and a channel layer of the second sensing transistor are made of different materials.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2025
From: SONG, HEE RIM; PARK, HEE JEAN; LEE, YU JIN; LEE, CHEOL GON; JEON, MU KYUNG
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 070785/0574 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0050809 · Apr 25, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 18108823 · Feb 13, 2023
Related Publication 20250239227A1 · Jul 24, 2025
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