Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Jungmok Park

Taejoon Kim

Min-Hong Kim

Hyun-Wook Cho

Byeongkyu Jeon

Hyun-wook Cho

Heewoong Park

Miyoung Kim

ChangBum Kim

Janghui Kim

Jinwoo Park

Yeri Jeong

Dongjin Moon

Tae Yong Eom

Jeongheon Lee

Hyungchul Kim

Jaehyun Park

Kangwon Lee

HyunJae Lee

Innam Lee

Bogeun Yuk

Il Ho Lee

Jaewoo Choi

Sangkook Kim

Jiyeong Lee

Wankee Jun

Heeyeon Choi

Bo-Hwan Lee

An input sensor and display device including the same are capable of sensing a touch (or touch interaction) by a user's body and a touch by an electronic pen.

Input sensor and display device including the same

Disclosed is an apparatus for inspecting a defect of a display panel. The apparatus for inspecting includes the display panel that displays an image, an input sensor that is disposed on the display panel and senses an input applied from outside, a sensor driving part that drives the input sensor, and an inspection part that is connected with the sensor driving part, sets a frequency of the input sensor to an inspection frequency, and detects the defect of the display panel based on a change in a jitter occurring when the input sensor is driven at the inspection frequency. The inspection frequency includes a harmonic frequency of a driving frequency of the display panel.

Apparatus and method for defect inspection of display panel

An electronic device includes a display panel, an input sensor disposed on the display panel and including a sensing electrode, a first signal line connected to the sensing electrode, and a second signal line connected to the sensing electrode, and a circuit board electrically connected to the input sensor. The circuit board includes a first group signal line electrically connected to the first signal line, a second group signal line electrically connected to the first group signal line and to the second signal line, a first inspection signal line electrically connected to the first group signal line, and a second inspection signal line electrically connected to the second group signal line.

Inspectable electronic device and method of inspecting the same

A circuit board includes a base substrate, and a connection structure disposed on the base substrate, and connected to the base substrate by an accessing part. The connection structure includes a first connection electrode, a second connection electrode disposed in a same layer as the first connection electrode, a third connection electrode connected to the first connection electrode on the first connection electrode, and a fourth connection electrode connected to the second connection electrode on the second connection electrode, and disposed in a same layer as the third connection electrode.

Circuit board and display device including the same

An electronic device including: a display layer; and a sensor layer that includes: first electrodes in a sensing area and having different lengths; second electrodes in the sensing area; first cross electrodes in the sensing area; second cross electrodes in the sensing area and having different lengths; pads in a peripheral area; first lines extended from the first electrodes at a first side of the sensing area towards the pads; second lines extended from the second electrodes at a second side of the sensing area towards the pads; first cross lines extending from the first cross electrodes towards the pads; and second cross lines extending from the second cross electrodes towards the pads, the first lines being different from the second lines in number, and the first cross lines being different from the second cross lines in number.

Electronic device

A display device includes a display panel, and an input sensor disposed on the display panel. The input sensor includes a detection electrode in an active area of the input sensor, a signal line connected to the detection electrode, a slave chip connected to the signal line and overlapping a non-active area adjacent to the active area, a master chip overlapping the non-active area, and a plurality of connection lines connecting the master chip and the slave chip so that a sensed signal of the detection electrode is delivered to the master chip through the slave chip.

Display device

An input sensor short-circuit inspection method including: setting an inspection frequency for detecting a short-circuit of an input sensor comprising a plurality of electrodes; driving the input sensor in an inspection mode at the set inspection frequency; and detecting the short-circuit of the input sensor based on a capacitance charged between adjacent electrodes among the plurality of electrodes of the input sensor in the inspection mode.

Input sensor short-circuit inspection module and input sensor short-circuit inspection method using the same

A display device includes a display panel including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the second surface having a first area and a second area surrounding the first area, a conductive sheet disposed on the second surface of the display panel and including a first conductive line disposed in the first area and extending in a first direction and a conductive layer disposed in the second area, a first circuit board bending from the first surface to the second surface to be connected to a first end of the first conductive line, and a second circuit board spaced apart from the first circuit board in the first direction, the second circuit board bending from the first surface to the second surface to be connected to a second end opposite to the first end of the first conductive line.

A display device includes: a display panel; and an input sensor disposed on the display panel, wherein the input sensor includes: a plurality of sensing electrodes; a plurality of sensing wirings electrically connected to the plurality of sensing electrodes, respectively; and a conductive part covering the plurality of sensing wirings, wherein the conductive part is configured to be floated or to receive a substantially constant voltage, and wherein the conductive part has a single, contiguous shape.

Display device having a blocking part covering sensing wirings

A display device including: a display panel configured to display an image in units of a frame; an input sensor disposed on the display panel, and configured to sense an external input; a panel driver configured to control driving of the display panel in response to a synchronization signal; and a sensor controller configured to control driving of the input sensor, wherein the sensor controller receives the synchronization signal from the panel driver and outputs a plurality of transmission signals to the input sensor, and the plurality of transmission signals are varyingly generated based on the synchronization signal.

Display device in which transmission signals are varyingly generated based on a synchronization signal

An input sensor includes a plurality of first sensing electrodes, a plurality of second sensing electrodes, a plurality of first sensing lines, a plurality of second sensing lines, a first connection line, and a second connection line. The plurality of first sensing lines are electrically connected to the plurality of first sensing electrodes, respectively. The plurality of second sensing lines are electrically connected to the plurality of second sensing electrodes, respectively. The first connection line electrically connects a pair of first sensing electrodes of the plurality of first sensing electrodes. The second connection line electrically connects a pair of second sensing electrodes of the plurality of second sensing electrodes.

A display module includes: a display panel; and an input sensing circuit disposed thereon, the input sensing circuit including: a first sensor group including a plurality of first sensors arranged in a first direction; a plurality of first connection portions electrically connecting two adjacent first sensors of the plurality of first sensors, respectively; a second sensor group including a plurality of second sensors arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction; a plurality of second connection portions electrically connecting two adjacent second sensors of the plurality of second sensors, respectively; a first signal line electrically connected to one first sensor of the plurality of first sensors; a first measuring line electrically connected to the one first sensor among the plurality of first sensors and spaced apart from the first signal line; and a second measuring line electrically connected to another first sensor among the plurality of first sensors.

Input sensing circuit and display module having the same

An electronic device includes: a sensor layer including a first area and a second area adjacent to the first area; a first driving circuit providing a first driving signal to the sensor layer and receiving first data output from the first area of the sensor layer; and a second driving circuit providing a second driving signal to the sensor layer and receiving second data output from the second area of the sensor layer. The second driving circuit provides intermediate data to the first driving circuit. The intermediate data is obtained based on the second data, and the first driving circuit generates result data based on the first data and the intermediate data.

Electronic device including a sensor layer

An electronic device includes display driver and a sensor driver. The display driver drives a display layer and provide a grayscale voltage to a data lines. The sensor driver is synchronized with the display driver to drive a sensor layer, and operates in a first sensing mode and a second sensing mode. In the first sensing mode, the sensor driver senses an input through the sensor layer based on a first timing. In the second sensing mode, the sensor driver senses an input through the sensor layer based on a second timing different from the first timing.

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