Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Samsung Displayco., Ltd.

Hyun-Been Hwang

Hirotsugu Kishimoto

Yongchan Jeon

Dasom Gu

Sung-Ki Jung

Cheol Ho Choi

Chul Ho Jeong

Jaiku Shin

Jong-Ryuk Park

Keun Soo Lee

Seungkyun Hong

Sun Youl Lee

Sang Hun Oh

Kwon-Hyung Lee

Jae-Ho Lee

Jae-Beom Choi

Sung Chul Choi

Beohm-Rock Choi

Kinyeng Kang

June-Woo Lee

Myung-Koo Hur

Sang-Myeon Han

Yunjae Kim

Sojeong La

Bong-Ju Kim

Byoung-Kwon Choo

Woo-Sik Jun

Cheol-Ho Park

Ji-Hye Eom

Seokwon Jang

Yong Chan Jeon

Gyoo Chul Jo

Sang-Hyun Jun

In Huh

Jung Joon Seo

Gyoo Chui Jo

Kishimoto Hirotsugu

A digitizer includes a base member including a front surface and a rear surface opposing the front surface, first sensing lines disposed on the base member, arranged in a second direction, and extending in a first direction crossing the first direction, and second sensing lines disposed on the base member, spaced apart from the first sensing lines, arranged in the first direction, and extending in the second direction. The base member is foldable about an imaginary folding axis extending in the second direction and is provided with a through-hole penetrating at least a portion of the base member. The through-hole is surrounded by the first sensing lines and the second sensing lines.

Apparatus and digitizer with sensing lines disposed on base layer and holes to improve folding

A display device including: a window; a polarizer disposed on the window and including an opening; a display panel disposed below the polarizer and including a first display area and a second display area that has a pixel density lower than that of the first display area, wherein the second display area overlaps the opening of the polarizer; and an optical controller overlapping the second display area and is disposed on the display panel, wherein the optical controller reduces a transmittance of an optical signal.

Display device and electronic device including the same

An electronic apparatus including: a display panel, which includes first and second non-folding areas arranged in a first direction and a folding area disposed between the first and second non-folding areas, wherein the display panel is folded along a folding axis extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, the display panel further including pixels; a lower member disposed below the display panel, wherein the lower member includes a lower opening overlapping the folding area; and a sensing sensor including a first sensing adhesive layer disposed between the display panel and the lower member and adjacent to the display panel, a second sensing adhesive layer in contact with the lower member, and a digitizer disposed between the first sensing adhesive layer and the second sensing adhesive layer and including a plurality of coils, wherein the second sensing adhesive layer has a sensing opening that overlaps the folding area.

Electronic apparatus including a lower member and a sensing sensor with openings overlapping a folding area

A manufacturing method of an adhesive layer includes: providing a preliminary adhesive layer, attaching a mask to a first area portion of the preliminary adhesive layer, and thereby, provide a second area portion of the preliminary adhesive layer that is adjacent to the first area portion and to which the mask is not attached, to provide an adhesive layer that exhibits good folding reliability. In addition, a display device may exhibit good folding reliability characteristics by including the adhesive layer from which an adhesion force of a folding area is reduced between a supporting member and a display panel of the display device.

Manufacturing method of adhesive layer and display device comprising the adhesive layer manufactured thereby

A display device includes a display panel foldable about a folding axis, a window on the display panel, a protective film on the window, and a plurality of adhesive layers between the window and the protective film. The adhesive layers include a first adhesive layer on the window and a second adhesive layer on the first adhesive layer. The first adhesive layer includes a side chain crystalline polymer, and the second adhesive layer has a modulus smaller than a modulus of the first adhesive layer.

Display device

An electronic apparatus includes a window, a display panel disposed on a lower surface of the window, and a digitizer disposed on a lower surface of the display panel. The digitizer includes a first photosensitive resin layer, a first sensing coil disposed on one surface of the first photosensitive resin layer, a second photosensitive resin layer disposed spaced apart from the first photosensitive resin layer, and a first adhesive layer disposed between the first photosensitive resin layer and the second photosensitive resin layer and which adheres the first photosensitive resin layer and the second photosensitive resin layer.

Electronic apparatus including sensing coil and manufacturing method of the same

Digitizer and electronic apparatus with foldable base member including through holes

A digitizer includes a folding area a non-folding area. The digitizer includes a first base layer, a second base layer disposed on the first base layer, a third base layer disposed on the second base layer, a first sensing line disposed between the first base layer and the second base layer, and a second sensing line substantially perpendicular to the first sensing line, disposed between the second base layer and the third base layer, and including a first sub-line portion and a second sub-line portion disposed in the non-folding area, and a third sub-line portion disposed between the first sub-line portion and the second sub-line portion and corresponding to the folding area. The third sub-line portion has a fracture strain greater than a fracture strain of the first sub-line portion and the second sub-line portion.

Digitizer and display device including the same

A display device includes a window containing a glass substrate, a display panel disposed under the window, and a digitizer disposed under the display panel, wherein the digitizer includes a base film disposed under the display panel, a first conductive layer disposed under the base film, a first insulating layer disposed under the first conductive layer, a second conductive layer disposed under the first insulating layer, a second conductive layer disposed under the second conductive layer, and the second insulating layer disposed under the second conductive layer, and the window, the display panel, and the digitizer may be capable of being folded and unfolded.

Provided is an electronic apparatus including a window, a display panel disposed below the window, a digitizer disposed below the display panel and including a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, a first adhesive layer disposed on the first surface, and a second adhesive layer disposed below the second surface, wherein the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer are two-time-cured. Accordingly, an electronic apparatus having improved folding and viewability properties may be provided.

Electronic apparatus and method for manufacturing the same

A flexible display device including: a display substrate having a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area; a plurality of pixels formed in the display area; a passivation layer covering the pixels from the top to protect the pixels; a polarization film layer provided at the top of the passivation layer and of which an edge is extended outside an edge of the passivation layer; and a film wiring made of a flexible material of which one end is connected to the peripheral area.

Flexible display device

An electronic apparatus includes a display module divided into a first non-folding area, a folding area foldable along an imaginary folding axis extending in a second direction crossing a first direction, and a second non-folding area, which are sequentially arranged in the first direction, and a sensing sensor including a first base layer disposed under the display module, first sensing coils disposed on the first base layer, second sensing coils insulated from the first sensing coils, and a first cover layer disposed between the first sensing coils and the second sensing coils. The first cover layer has a modulus less than a modulus of the first base layer.

Electronic apparatus

An electronic apparatus includes an electronic panel, a first support plate below the electronic panel, a second support plate below the first support plate, and a first input sensor between the first support plate and the second support plate. The electronic panel includes light emitting parts arranged in an active area. The active area includes a folding area and a first non-folding area and a second non-folding area adjacent to the folding area and spaced apart from each other. The first support plate includes a folding part overlapping the folding area, and a first support part and a second support part spaced apart from each other, the folding part being disposed between the first support part and the second support part. An edge of the second support plate protrudes further in the second direction than an edge of the first support plate protrudes.

An electronic apparatus includes a display module in which a folding area is defined, a plate disposed below the display module to support the display module, a digitizer disposed between the plate and the display module, a first adhesive layer disposed between the display module and the digitizer, and a second adhesive layer disposed between the digitizer and the plate. At least one of the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer includes first and second sub-adhesive layers spaced apart with respect to the folding area.

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Hyun-Been Hwang