IP Library Granted Patent US 12,588,152
Granted Patent B2
US 12,588,152 · App. 18/769,682 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Display device including digitizer

Inventors: Seokwon Jang (Yongin-si, KR); Hyunjae Na (Yongin-si, KR); Youngjin Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Sunhaeng Cho (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H05K5/0018G06F1/1641G06F3/046
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Patent No.
US 12,588,152
App. No.
18/769,682
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display panel including a first non-folding region, a second non-folding region, and a folding region interposed between the first non-folding region and the second non-folding region, and a digitizer disposed under the display panel and divided into an active region and a non-active region surrounding the active region. The digitizer includes a first sensing coil disposed in the active region, a first compensating layer disposed on the first sensing coil to cover the first sensing coil, a second sensing coil disposed under the first sensing coil in the active region, a bridge line disposed under the second sensing coil, and a second compensating layer disposed under the bridge line to cover the bridge line. A surface of the first compensating layer, which is opposite to a surface of the first compensating layer covering the first sensing coil, is flat.

Claims (66)

1 . A display device comprising:

a display panel including a first non-folding region, a second non-folding region, and a folding region interposed between the first non-folding region and the second non-folding region; and

a digitizer disposed under the display panel and divided into an active region and a non-active region surrounding the active region,

wherein the digitizer includes:

a first sensing coil disposed in the active region;

a first compensating layer disposed on the first sensing coil to cover the first sensing coil;

a second sensing coil disposed under the first sensing coil in the active region;

a bridge line disposed under the second sensing coil; and

a second compensating layer disposed under the bridge line to cover the bridge line,

wherein a surface of the first compensating layer, which is opposite to a surface of the first compensating layer covering the first sensing coil, is flat,

wherein a surface of the second compensating layer, which is opposite to a surface of the second compensating layer covering the bridge line, is flat, and

wherein each of the first compensating layer and the second compensating layer has a thickness in a range of about 25 μm to about 74 μm.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the first compensating layer is equal to the thickness of the second compensating layer.

3 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein a relative deviation between the thickness of the first compensating layer and the thickness of the second compensating layer is in a range of about 1% to about 10%.

4 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a third compensating layer interposed between the first compensating layer and the second compensating layer to cover the second sensing coil.

5 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein a thickness of the first compensating layer, a thickness of the second compensating layer, and a thickness of the third compensating layer are equal to each other.

6 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein one of a thickness of the first compensating layer, a thickness of the second compensating layer, and a thickness of the third compensating layer is different from another of the thickness of the first compensating layer, the thickness of the second compensating layer, and the thickness of the third compensating layer.

7 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the digitizer further includes:

a first support layer, a second support layer, a third support layer, and a fourth support layer, which are sequentially stacked one on another, and

wherein the first support layer is disposed on the first compensating layer,

the second support layer is interposed between the first sensing coil and the second sensing coil,

the third support layer is interposed between the second sensing coil and the bridge line, and

the fourth support layer is disposed under the second compensating layer.

8 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein each of the first support layer, the second support layer, the third support layer, and the fourth support layer includes at least one selected from glass fiber reinforced plastic, carbon fiber reinforced plastic, and aramid fiber reinforced plastic.

9 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein a thickness of the first support layer, a thickness of the second support layer, a thickness of the third support layer, and a thickness of the fourth support layer are equal to each other.

10 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first compensating layer and the second compensating layer include epoxy resin.

11 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the folding region is foldable about a folding axis parallel to a first direction,

wherein a plurality of openings are defined in a portion of the digitizer, which overlaps the folding region when viewed in a plan view, and

wherein the openings are arranged in the first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction, and openings arranged in a h-th column are arranged to be offset from openings arranged in a (h+1)-th column, wherein the column corresponds to the first direction, and ‘h’ is a natural number.

12 . A display device comprising:

a display panel; and

a digitizer disposed under the display panel,

wherein the digitizer includes:

a first sensing coil;

a first compensating layer including a first first surface covering the first sensing coil, and a second first surface opposite to the first first surface;

a second sensing coil disposed under the first sensing coil;

a bridge line disposed under the second sensing coil; and

a second compensating layer including a first second surface covering the bridge line and a second second surface opposite to the first second surface, and

wherein a shape of the second first surface is symmetrical to a shape of the second second surface,

wherein each of the second first surface and the second second surface is flat, and

wherein each of the first compensating layer and the second compensating layer has a thickness in a range of 25 μm to 74 μm.

13 . The display device of claim 12 , wherein the thickness of the first compensating layer is equal to the thickness of the second compensating layer.

14 . The display device of claim 12 , wherein the thickness of the first compensating layer is different from the thickness of the second compensating layer,

wherein a relative deviation between the thickness of the first compensating layer and the thickness of the second compensating layer is in a range of about 1% to about 10%.

15 . The display device of claim 12 , wherein the digitizer further includes:

a first support layer, a second support layer, a third support layer, and a fourth support layer, which are sequentially stacked one on another, and

wherein the first support layer is disposed on the first compensating layer,

the second support layer is interposed between the first sensing coil and the second sensing coil,

the third support layer is interposed between the second sensing coil and the bridge line, and

the fourth support layer is disposed under the second compensating layer.

16 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein the digitizer includes:

a third compensating layer interposed between the second support layer and the third support layer to cover the second sensing coil.

17 . An electronic device comprising a display device for providing images,

wherein the display device comprises:

a display panel including a first non-folding region, a second non-folding region, and a folding region interposed between the first non-folding region and the second non-folding region; and

a digitizer disposed under the display panel and divided into an active region and a non-active region surrounding the active region,

wherein the digitizer includes:

a first sensing coil disposed in the active region;

a first compensating layer disposed on the first sensing coil to cover the first sensing coil;

a second sensing coil disposed under the first sensing coil in the active region;

a bridge line disposed under the second sensing coil; and

a second compensating layer disposed under the bridge line to cover the bridge line,

wherein a surface of the first compensating layer, which is opposite to a surface of the first compensating layer covering the first sensing coil, is flat,

wherein a surface of the second compensating layer, which is opposite to a surface of the second compensating layer covering the bridge line, is flat, and

wherein each of the first compensating layer and the second compensating layer has a thickness in a range of about 25 μm to about 74 μm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2024
From: JANG, SEOKWON; NA, HYUNJAE; LEE, YOUNGJIN; CHO, SUNHAENG
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068182/0070 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2023-0098627 · Jul 28, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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