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Granted Patent B2
US 12,730,543 · App. 18/809,278 · Granted Sep 8, 2026

Display device

Inventors: Ki Cheol Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Gyeong Nam Bang (Seoul, KR); Hwan Hee Jeong (Cheonan-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G06F3/045G06F2203/04102
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Patent No.
US 12,730,543
App. No.
18/809,278
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device including a substrate having an active area and a non-active area and including a pad region and a bending region disposed between the active area and the pad region, light-emitting elements disposed on the substrate, and a touch layer having a main touch area corresponding to the active area, in which the touch layer includes touch electrodes disposed in the main touch area and touch lines connected to the touch electrodes, the main touch area corresponding to the active area and a portion of the touch lines corresponding to the non-active area, and the touch lines include a first touch line part disposed on an upper portion of the bending region, and a second touch line part disposed on a lower portion of the bending region, the upper portion of the bending region disposed between the active area and the lower portion of the bending region.

Claims (62)

1 . A display device comprising:

a substrate having an active area and a non-active area, the non-active area including a first area, a second area, a third area, and a fourth area;

a light-emitting element disposed on the substrate and overlapping the active area;

a touch layer disposed on the substrate and having a main touch area overlapping the active area; and

an encapsulation layer disposed between the light-emitting element and the touch layer,

wherein the active area, the first area, the second area, the third area, and the fourth area are sequentially arranged in a first direction,

wherein the touch layer includes touch electrodes disposed in the main touch area and touch lines connected to the touch electrodes, a portion of the touch lines overlapping the non-active area, and

wherein the touch lines include a first touch line part overlapping the first area of the substrate and a second touch line part overlapping the third area of the substrate,

wherein the touch layer further includes a touch insulating layer disposed on the touch lines,

wherein the touch insulating layer comprises a first portion overlapping the first touch line part and a second portion overlapping the second touch line part,

wherein the touch insulating layer does not overlap the second area of the substrate,

wherein the display device further comprises an organic material layer disposed between the substrate and the encapsulation layer, and

wherein the first touch line part and the second touch line part penetrate the organic material layer.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second area comprises an area where the substrate is bent, and

wherein the fourth area is an area where a plurality of pads are disposed on the substrate.

3 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first portion of the touch insulating layer and the second portion of the touch insulating layer are spaced apart from each other in a cross-sectional view.

4 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first portion of the touch insulating layer directly contacts the first touch line part, and

wherein the second portion of the touch insulating layer directly contacts the second touch line part.

5 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the touch lines further include a third touch line part overlapping the second area of the substrate,

wherein the third touch line part includes a source connection electrode, and

wherein the source connection electrode is disposed on a layer different from the first touch line part and the second touch line part.

6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the source connection electrode is electrically connected to the first touch line part and the second touch line part.

7 . The display device of claim 6 , wherein the touch insulating layer does not directly contact the source connection electrode.

8 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein the touch insulating layer directly contacts the first touch line part and the second touch line part.

9 . The display device of claim 6 , further comprising:

an insulating layer disposed between the substrate and the light-emitting element; and

a display conductive layer disposed between the substrate and the insulating layer,

wherein the display conductive layer includes an electrode electrically connected to the light-emitting element and the source connection electrode.

10 . The display device of claim 9 , further comprising:

a via layer disposed between the source connection electrode and the substrate; and

a bending protective layer disposed on the source connection electrode,

wherein the bending protective layer overlaps a portion of the first touch line part.

11 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein the bending protective layer contacts the touch insulating layer.

12 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the encapsulation layer does not overlap the second area of the substrate.

13 . A display device comprising:

a display member including a substrate having an active area and a non-active area around the active area, and light-emitting elements disposed on the substrate, the non-active area including a bending region; and

a touch member disposed on the display member and having a main touch area,

wherein the touch member includes touch electrodes disposed in the main touch area, touch lines connected to the touch electrodes and a touch insulating layer disposed on the touch lines, the main touch area corresponding to the active area and a portion of the touch lines corresponding to the non-active area,

wherein the touch lines include a first touch line part disposed on a first side of the bending region and a second touch line part disposed on a second side of the bending region, the first side of the bending region being interposed between the active area and the second side of the bending region,

wherein a side surface of the first touch line part and a side surface of the second touch line part extend in a thickness direction of the substrate to face each other, and

wherein the touch insulating layer does not directly contact the side surface of the first touch line part and the side surface of the second touch line part.

14 . The display device of claim 13 ,

wherein the touch insulating layer directly contacts an upper surface of the first touch line part and an upper surface of the second touch line part.

15 . The display device of claim 14 ,

wherein the touch insulating layer comprises a first portion which directly contacts the upper surface of the first touch line part and a second portion which directly contacts the upper surface of the second touch line part, and

wherein the first portion of the touch insulating layer and the second portion of the touch insulating layer are spaced apart from each other in a cross-sectional view.

16 . The display device of claim 15 , further comprising a polarization member disposed on the first side of the bending region on the first touch line part,

wherein the polarization member includes a polarizing layer which overlaps the first portion of the touch insulating layer.

17 . The display device of claim 16 , wherein the polarizing layer does not overlap the second portion of the touch insulating layer.

18 . The display device of claim 13 , wherein the touch lines further include a third touch line part disposed between the first touch line part and the second touch line part,

wherein the third touch line part includes a source connection electrode disposed in the bending region and electrically connected to the first touch line part and the second touch line part.

19 . The display device of claim 18 , wherein the display member further includes:

a buffer layer disposed on the substrate;

a first display conductive layer disposed on the buffer layer;

a first insulating layer disposed on the first display conductive layer;

a second display conductive layer disposed on the first insulating layer;

a protective layer disposed on the second display conductive layer;

a via layer disposed between the second display conductive layer and the substrate; and

a bending protective layer disposed between the via layer and the protective layer in the bending region, and

wherein the second display conductive layer includes the source connection electrode.

20 . The display device of claim 19 , wherein the display member further includes an organic material layer disposed between the substrate and the light-emitting elements, on the second display conductive layer, and

wherein the side surface of the first touch line part and the side surface of the second touch line part penetrate the organic material layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2024
From: KIM, KI CHEOL; BANG, GYEONG NAM; JEONG, HWAN HEE
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0091268 · Jul 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 18106997 · Feb 7, 2023
Continuation 17728912 · Apr 25, 2022
Continuation 16851100 · Apr 17, 2020
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