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Granted Patent B2
US 12,660,457 · App. 18/172,260 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Display device including sensors

Inventors: Cheol-Gon Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Heejean Park (Suwon-si, KR); Heerim Song (Seoul, KR); Yujin Lee (Yeongtong-gu, KR); Mukyung Jeon (Ulsan, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/352G06V40/1318H10K39/34H10K59/1213H10K59/353H10K59/8051H10K59/80515G09G3/3233G09G2300/0819G09G2300/0842G09G2300/0861G09G2310/08G09G2354/00G09G2360/14H10K59/351
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Patent No.
US 12,660,457
App. No.
18/172,260
Granted
Jun 16, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a base layer, and a pixel layer including a reference pixel unit and sensor. The reference pixel unit includes first and second light emitting elements emitting a first color light. The sensor includes a light detection element disposed corresponding to the reference pixel unit, and a sensor driving circuit electrically connected to the light detection element. Each of the first and second light emitting elements includes an anode electrode, and a light emitting layer. The light emitting layer of the first light emitting element has the same size as the light emitting layer of the second light emitting element, and the anode electrode of the first light emitting element has a size that is different from that of the anode electrode of the second light emitting element.

Claims (86)

1 . A display device, comprising:

a base layer; and

a pixel layer disposed on the base layer and including a plurality of reference pixel units and a plurality of sensors,

wherein each of the plurality of reference pixel units comprises first and second light emitting elements emitting a first color light,

wherein each of the plurality of sensors comprises:

at least one light detection element corresponding to one of the plurality of reference pixel units; and

a sensor driving circuit electrically connected to the at least one light detection element,

wherein each of the first and second light emitting elements comprises:

an anode electrode; and

a light emitting layer disposed on the anode electrode,

wherein the light emitting layer of the first light emitting element has a same size as the light emitting layer of the second light emitting element, and

wherein the anode electrode of the first light emitting element has a size that is different from that of the anode electrode of the second light emitting element.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second light emitting elements are alternately disposed in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.

3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein one of the first and second light emitting elements at least partially overlaps the sensor driving circuit, and

wherein the other of the first and second light emitting elements does not overlap the sensor driving circuit.

4 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of reference pixel units comprises:

a first pixel driving circuit electrically connected to the first light emitting element; and

a second pixel driving circuit electrically connected to the second light emitting element,

wherein each of the first and second pixel driving circuits comprises:

a first transistor electrically connected between a first driving voltage line receiving a first driving voltage and a corresponding light emitting element; and

a second transistor electrically connected between a data line and the first transistor.

5 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein a gate electrode of the first transistor of the first pixel driving circuit at least partially overlaps the anode electrode of the first light emitting element to form a first overlapping area, and

wherein the gate electrode of the first transistor of the second pixel driving circuit at least partially overlaps the anode electrode of the second light emitting element to form a second overlapping area.

6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the first overlapping area is equal in size to the second overlapping area.

7 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein each of the plurality of reference pixel units further comprises:

a third light emitting element configured to output a second color light that is different from the first color light; and

a fourth light emitting element configured to output a third color light that is different from each of the first and second color lights,

wherein the light detection element is disposed between the first and second light emitting elements in a first direction, and is disposed between the third and fourth light emitting elements in a second direction intersecting the first direction.

8 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein each of the plurality of reference pixel units further comprises:

a third pixel driving circuit electrically connected to the third light emitting element; and

a fourth pixel driving circuit electrically connected to the fourth light emitting element,

wherein the sensor driving circuit is disposed between the first pixel driving circuit and the fourth pixel driving circuit in the first direction.

9 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein a light emitting layer of the fourth light emitting element has a same shape as a light emitting layer of the third light emitting element and has a larger size than the light emitting layer of the third light emitting element,

wherein the light emitting layer of each of the third and fourth light emitting elements has an octagonal shape that is longer in the first direction than in the second direction, and

wherein the light emitting layer of each of the first and second light emitting elements has an octagonal shape that is longer in the second direction than in the first direction.

10 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein the light emitting layer of each of the first and second light emitting elements has first and second sides extending in the first direction, third and fourth sides extending in the second direction, and first to fourth inclined sides inclined with respect to the first and second directions, and

wherein lengths of the first and second sides are shorter than lengths of the third and fourth sides.

11 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein in the light emitting layer of the first light emitting element, among the first to fourth inclined sides, the first and fourth inclined sides facing each other have a shorter length than the second and third inclined sides facing each other, and

wherein in the light emitting layer of the second light emitting element, among the first to fourth inclined sides, the first and fourth inclined sides facing each other have a longer length than the second and third inclined sides facing each other.

12 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein the light emitting layer of each of the third and fourth light emitting elements has first and second sides extending in the first direction, third and fourth sides extending in the second direction, and first to fourth inclined sides inclined with respect to the first and second directions, and

wherein lengths of the first and second sides are longer than lengths of the third and fourth sides.

13 . The display device of claim 12 , wherein the first inclined side of the first light emitting element and the fourth inclined side of the third light emitting element are spaced apart by a first interval,

wherein the fourth inclined side of the first light emitting element and the first inclined side of the third light emitting element are spaced apart by a second interval,

wherein the second inclined side of the first light emitting element and the third inclined side of the fourth light emitting element are spaced apart by a third interval, and

wherein the third inclined side of the first light emitting element and the third inclined side of the fourth light emitting element are spaced apart by a fourth interval.

14 . The display device of claim 13 , wherein the first to fourth intervals are equal to each other.

15 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of sensors comprises k light detection elements electrically connected in parallel to the sensor driving circuit,

wherein the sensor driving circuit is electrically connected to one light detection element among the k number of light detection elements, and

where k is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

16 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein each of the k light detection elements comprises:

a sensing anode electrode; and

a photoelectric conversion layer disposed on the sensing anode electrode,

wherein the sensor driving circuit is directly connected to the sensing anode electrode of the one light detection element.

17 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein each of the plurality of sensors further comprises a routing wire electrically connecting the k light detection elements to each other.

18 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein the k light detection elements have a same shape as each other, and

wherein each of the k light detection elements has a shape that is different from that of the first and second light emitting elements.

19 . An electronic device, comprising:

a display device, comprising:

a base layer; and

a pixel layer disposed on the base layer and including a plurality of pixels and a plurality of sensors,

wherein each of the plurality of sensors comprises:

k light detection elements electrically connected to each other; and

a sensor driving circuit electrically connected to one of the k light detection elements,

wherein a first light emitting element at least partially overlapping the sensor driving circuit, among the plurality of pixels, comprises a first anode electrode,

wherein a second light emitting element that does not overlap the sensor driving circuit, among the plurality of pixels, and outputs a same color light as the first light emitting element comprises a second anode electrode, and

wherein the first anode electrode has a shape that is different from that of the second anode electrode.

20 . The display electronic device of claim 19 , wherein the plurality of pixels comprise:

a first pixel driving circuit electrically connected to the first light emitting element; and

a second pixel driving circuit electrically connected to the second light emitting element,

wherein each of the first and second pixel driving circuits comprises:

a first transistor electrically connected between a first driving voltage line receiving a first driving voltage and a corresponding light emitting element; and

a second transistor electrically connected between a data line and the first transistor.

21 . The electronic device of claim 20 , wherein a gate electrode of the first transistor of the first pixel driving circuit at least partially overlaps the first anode electrode of the first light emitting forming to form a first overlapping area, and

wherein a gate electrode of the first transistor of the second pixel driving circuit at least partially overlaps the second anode electrode of the second light emitting element to form a second overlapping area.

22 . The electronic device of claim 21 , wherein the first overlapping area is equal in size to the second overlapping area.

23 . The electronic device of claim 19 , wherein the first light emitting element further comprises a first light emitting layer disposed on the first anode electrode,

wherein the second light emitting element further comprises a second light emitting layer disposed on the second anode electrode,

wherein each of the first and second light emitting layers comprises first and second sides extending in a first direction, third and fourth sides extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and first to fourth inclined sides inclined with respect to the first and second directions, and

wherein lengths of the first and second sides are shorter than lengths of the third and fourth sides.

24 . The electronic device of claim 23 , wherein among the first to fourth inclined sides of the first light emitting layer, the first and fourth inclined sides facing each other have a longer length than the second and third inclined sides facing each other, and

wherein among the first to fourth inclined sides of the second light emitting layer, the first and fourth inclined sides facing each other have a shorter length than the second and third inclined sides facing each other.

25 . The electronic device of claim 19 , wherein the first light emitting element is spaced apart by a first interval from a third light emitting element that outputs a color light that is different from that of the first light emitting element,

wherein the first light emitting element is spaced apart by a second interval from a fourth light emitting element that outputs a color light different from that of the first and third light emitting elements, and

wherein the first interval is equal in size to the second interval.

26 . The electronic device of claim 25 , wherein each of the k light detection elements is disposed between the first and second light emitting elements in a first direction, and disposed between the third and fourth light emitting elements in a second direction intersecting the first direction.

27 . The electronic device of claim 26 , wherein in the second direction, an interval between each of the k light detection elements and the third light emitting element is equal in size to an interval between each of the k light detection elements and the fourth light emitting element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2023
From: LEE, CHEOL-GON; PARK, HEEJEAN; SONG, HEERIM; LEE, YUJIN; JEON, MUKYUNG
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0041762 · Apr 4, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230320161A1 · Oct 5, 2023
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