IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,588,390
Granted Patent B2
US 12,588,390 · App. 18/093,914 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Display device including alternating pixels and optical sensors

Inventors: Il Nam Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Seung Hyun Moon (Suwon-si, KR); Dong Wook Yang (Suwon-si, KR); Hyun Dae Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Kang Bin Jo (Suwon-si, KR); Go Eun Cha (Suwon-si, KR); Hee Chul Hwang (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/65G06V40/1318H10K59/122H10K59/131H10K59/40H10K59/873H10K59/877
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Patent No.
US 12,588,390
App. No.
18/093,914
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate having an active region and a first non-active region positioned around the active region. A plurality of pixels is disposed in the active region and emits light. A light source unit is disposed in the first non-active region and emits light. A plurality of optical sensors is disposed in the active region and senses incident light emitted by the light source unit. An encapsulation layer is disposed on the plurality of pixels, the plurality of optical sensors, and the light source unit. A scattering pattern layer is disposed on the encapsulation layer in the first non-active region and includes a plurality of holes.

Claims (56)

1 . A display device comprising:

a substrate including an active region and a first non-active region positioned around the active region;

a plurality of pixels disposed in the active region and emitting light;

a light source unit disposed in the first non-active region and emitting light;

a plurality of optical sensors disposed in the active region and sensing incident light emitted by the light source unit;

an encapsulation layer disposed on the plurality of pixels, the plurality of optical sensors, and the light source unit; and

a scattering pattern layer disposed on the encapsulation layer in the first non-active region and having a plurality of holes.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein:

the plurality of pixels emits light in a wavelength band of visible light; and

the light source unit emits light in an infrared wavelength band.

3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of optical sensors detect the light in the infrared wavelength band.

4 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the scattering pattern layer overlaps the light source unit in a thickness direction of the substrate.

5 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a touch sensing layer disposed on the encapsulation layer in the active region, the touch sensing layer including touch electrodes;

wherein the scattering pattern layer is formed of a same layer as the touch sensing layer.

6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein:

the scattering pattern layer includes metal patterns disposed between the plurality of holes; and

each of the metal patterns includes a same material as the touch electrodes of the touch sensing layer.

7 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the scattering pattern layer includes light blocking patterns disposed between the plurality of holes.

8 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein:

the scattering pattern layer includes a first scattering pattern layer having metal patterns and a second scattering pattern layer disposed on the first scattering pattern layer and having light blocking patterns; and

the metal patterns of the first scattering pattern layer are disposed on a first region of the first non-active region and the light blocking patterns of the second scattering pattern layer are disposed on a second region of the first non-active region that is different from the first region.

9 . The display device of claim 8 , wherein the first scattering pattern layer and the second scattering pattern layer do not overlap each other in a thickness direction of the substrate.

10 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a second non-active region disposed outside the first non-active region,

wherein the encapsulation layer includes a first encapsulation inorganic layer, an encapsulation organic layer on the first encapsulation inorganic layer, and a second encapsulation inorganic layer on the encapsulation organic layer, and

the second non-active region includes an inorganic contact region having the first encapsulation inorganic layer and the second encapsulation inorganic layer in direct contact with each other.

11 . The display device of claim 10 , further comprising a dam region having at least one dam disposed between the first non-active region and the second non-active region.

12 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a light source voltage line applying a light source voltage to the light source unit,

wherein the light source voltage line is disposed in the first non-active region.

13 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first non-active region further includes a scan driver applying a scan signal to the plurality of pixels, and

the scan driver overlaps the light source unit in a thickness direction of the substrate.

14 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the light source unit surrounds at least three sides of the active region.

15 . A display device comprising:

a substrate including an active region and a first non-active region positioned around the active region;

a plurality of pixels disposed in the active region and emitting light;

a light source unit disposed in the first non-active region and emitting light;

a plurality of optical sensors disposed in the active region and sensing incident light emitted by the light source unit; and

an encapsulation layer disposed on the plurality of pixels, the plurality of optical sensors, and the light source unit,

wherein the plurality of pixels emits light in a wavelength band of visible light, and the light source unit emits light in a wavelength band different from the wavelength band of visible light.

16 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein:

the light source unit emits light in an infrared wavelength band; and

the plurality of optical sensors detects the light in the infrared wavelength band.

17 . An electronic device comprising:

a substrate;

a pixel electrode, a sensing electrode and a first electrode on the substrate;

a pixel defining layer exposing the pixel electrode, the sensing electrode and the first electrode;

a first light emitting layer on the pixel electrode;

a photoelectric conversion layer on the sensing electrode;

a second light emitting layer on the first electrode; and

a common electrode disposed on the first light emitting layer, the photoelectric conversion layer, the second light emitting layer and the pixel defining layer,

wherein the second light emitting layer includes a material different from that of the first light emitting layer.

18 . The electronic device of claim 17 , further comprising:

an encapsulation layer on the common electrode; and

a scattering pattern layer on the encapsulation layer,

wherein the scattering pattern layer overlaps the second light emitting layer in a thickness direction of the substrate.

19 . The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein a thickness of the first light emitting layer is less than a thickness of the second light emitting layer.

20 . The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein a thickness of the common electrode disposed on the first light emitting layer is less than a thickness of the common electrode disposed on the second light emitting layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2023
From: KIM, IL NAM; MOON, SEUNG HYUN; YANG, DONG WOOK; LEE, HYUN DAE; JO, KANG BIN; CHA, GO EUN; HWANG, HEE CHUL
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0042000 · Apr 5, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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