Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Hee Jean Park

Mu Kyung Jeon

Hee Rim Song

Yu Jin Lee

Cheol Gon Lee

Mee Hye Jung

A display device including: a base layer; a backplane structure provided on the base layer and including a pixel circuit and a sensor circuit; a pixel layer provided on the backplane structure and including a light-emitting element connected to the pixel circuit and a light-receiving element connected to the sensor circuit; and an encapsulation layer covering the pixel layer, wherein the sensor circuit includes: a first sensor transistor and a second sensor transistor connected between a readout line and a sensing power line to which sensing power is supplied; and a third sensor transistor connected to the light-receiving element, wherein the sensing power line extends in a first direction, and wherein the backplane structure further includes a first connection pattern to connect the first sensor transistor and the second sensor transistor through first and second contact holes.

Display device

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.

A display includes a light emitting element that emits light, a driving transistor that controls a driving current flowing through the light emitting element, a light sensing element spaced apart from the light emitting element and generating a photocurrent according to external light, a first sensing transistor that controls a sensing current flowing to a readout line according to a voltage of a gate electrode of the first sensing transistor, which is electrically connected to an electrode of the light sensing element, and a shielding electrode disposed around a side of the gate electrode of the first sensing transistor in plan view.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to a display device. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a display device includes a substrate including a first display region and a second display region surrounding the first display region, a first pixel disposed in the first display region, a second pixel disposed in the second display region, and scan stages which are disposed in the second display region and apply scan signals to the first pixel and the second pixel. The first pixel includes a first pixel driver including a first pixel transistor and a first pixel light-emitting device connected to the first pixel driver. The second pixel includes a second pixel driver including a second pixel transistor and a second pixel light-emitting device connected to the second pixel driver. The second pixel driver is disposed between scan stages adjacent to each other along a first direction.

A display device includes: pixel circuits arranged in a first direction on each of a first pixel row and a second pixel row; dummy sensor circuits arranged in a predetermined interval between the pixel circuits on the first pixel row; sensor circuits arranged in the interval between the pixel circuits on the second pixel row; light emitting elements disposed on the pixel circuits and connected to each of the pixel circuits; first light receiving elements on at least some of the pixel circuits of the first pixel row and the dummy sensor circuits; and second light receiving elements on at least some of the pixel circuits of the second pixel row and the sensor circuits. One of the sensor circuits is connected to at least two of the first light receiving elements and at least two of the second light receiving elements.

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Yongin-si, South Korea

Hee Jean Park