Lg Display Co., Ltd.

Sang-Hyuk Won

Min-Joo Kim

Jae-Won Lee

Jae-Hyung Jang

Sang-Hoon Pak

Byong-Hoo Kim

Jae-Man Jang

Sung-Jin Kim

Eun-Pyo Hong

Seon-Hee Lee

Ji-Hye Lee

Yeon-Woo Shin

Ji-Hun Lee

Seung-Hyun Youk

Jong-Won Lee

Yong-Il Kim

Chang-Hyun Song

Jae Young Oh

Tae-Hwan Kim

Hyang-Myoung Gwon

Dong-il Chu

Ki-Yong Kim

Sung-Ki Kim

Yong-Su An

Go-Eun Lim

Jeong-Hoon Lee

Seok-Woo Son

Dong-Kyu Lee

Nam-Yong Kim

Gi-Sang Hong

Jin-Bok Lee

Sang-Heun Lee

Sang-Hoon Park

A display apparatus can include a substrate having a penetrating area and a separating area, the penetrating area including a substrate hole, a first buffer layer having a first-buffer lower layer, and a first-buffer upper layer, a first thin film transistor including a first semiconductor pattern, a first gate electrode, and a first source electrode and a first drain electrode, a first interlayer insulating film; a second interlayer insulating film, an opening extending through the second interlayer insulating film, the first interlayer insulating film, the first gate insulating film and the first-buffer upper layer, and a separation structure in the opening, the separation structure including a first separation layer having a same stacked structure as the first-buffer upper layer, a second separation layer having a same stacked structure as the first gate insulating film, and a third separation layer having a same stacked structure as the first gate electrode.

Display apparatus having a substrate hole

A display device prevents cracks from spreading to an active area. The display device includes a substrate including an active area and a non-active area having a bending area, a thin-film transistor disposed in the active area, a light-emitting element disposed in the active area and connected to the thin-film transistor, an encapsulation layer disposed on the light-emitting element, a touch sensor disposed on the encapsulation layer, a touch pad disposed in the non-active area, a first routing line connecting the touch sensor to the touch pad via a second routing line in the bending area, and a crack prevention layer disposed on the second routing line in the bending area. Thus, the crack prevention layer is capable of preventing the occurrence of cracks in the bending area BA, thus preventing cracks from spreading to the active area AA.

Display device

A display apparatus includes a substrate including a penetrating area including a substrate hole, and a separating area surrounding the penetrating area, a first buffer layer including a first-buffer lower layer on the substrate, and a first-buffer upper layer on the first-buffer lower layer, a first TFT including a first semiconductor pattern on the first-buffer upper layer, and a first gate electrode overlapping with the first semiconductor pattern under conditions that a first gate insulating film is interposed therebetween, and first source/drain electrodes connected to the first semiconductor pattern, a second TFT, a separation structure disposed in the separating area of the substrate while including a first separation layer having the same stacked structure as the first-buffer upper layer, a second separation layer having the same stacked structure as the first gate insulating film, and a third separation layer having the same stacked structure as the first gate electrode.

The present disclosure relates to a display device for improving productivity. The display device having a touch sensor is configured such that the total thickness of at least one inorganic insulation layer disposed on the region above each of dams is different from the total thickness of the at least one inorganic insulation layer disposed on a trench region between the dams. Thus, a photoresist for forming a routing line is formed so as to have a uniform thickness on the region above each of the dams and the trench region between the dams, and thus productivity is improved.

A touch display device for preventing deterioration in image quality is structured such that a plurality of touch sensors is disposed on an encapsulation unit encapsulating a light-emitting element and includes a driving signal line, which includes a first driving signal line disposed below the encapsulation unit and a second driving signal line disposed above the encapsulation unit so as to be in contact with the first driving signal line to reduce line resistance of the driving signal line, thereby preventing deterioration in image quality.

Touch display device

A touch display device includes a display unit including a plurality of pixels disposed in an active area, an encapsulation unit disposed on the display unit, the encapsulation unit being configured to seal the plurality of pixels, and a touch sensor unit including an organic buffer layer disposed on the encapsulation unit and a plurality of touch sensors disposed on the organic buffer layer in the active area, wherein the end of the organic buffer layer and the end of the encapsulation unit are disposed in a bezel area adjacent to the bezel area so as to have a stepped end profile, and a plurality of touch routing lines connected to the plurality of touch sensors of the touch sensor unit and disposed in the bezel area is disposed along the stepped end profile of the end of the organic buffer layer and the end of the encapsulation unit.

A touch display device includes a display unit including pixels disposed in an active area, an encapsulation unit disposed on the display unit, and a touch-fingerprint fusion sensor unit having a touch sensor function and a fingerprint sensor function in the active area on the encapsulation unit. The touch-fingerprint fusion sensor unit includes first fingerprint sensor electrodes disposed in a fingerprint sensor area on the encapsulation unit, a first touch insulating layer disposed on the first fingerprint sensor electrodes, second fingerprint sensor electrodes disposed in the fingerprint sensor area on the first touch insulating layer, a second touch insulating layer disposed on the second fingerprint sensor electrodes, and a plurality of first and second touch electrodes disposed on the second touch insulating layer. The first fingerprint sensor electrodes, the second fingerprint sensor electrodes, and the first and second touch electrodes overlap the non-emissive area.

Discussed is a touch display device having an antenna disposed in a panel, thereby improving product reliability while reducing manufacturing cost. The touch display device includes a display unit including a plurality of pixels disposed in an active area, an encapsulation unit disposed on the display unit, the encapsulation unit being configured to seal the plurality of pixels, a touch sensor unit including a plurality of touch sensors disposed on the encapsulation unit, an antenna pattern disposed at an edge on the touch sensor unit in the state in which a planarization layer is interposed therebetween, the antenna pattern not overlapping a touch electrode and a touch routing line included in the touch sensor unit, and a ground plane disposed in an identical layer to any one metal layer belonging to the display unit, the ground plane overlapping the antenna pattern.

A touch display device for preventing damage to test patterns is configured such that a test cover layer, which is formed of the same material as at least one of a plurality of insulating films disposed between a light-emitting element and a touch electrode, is disposed on a test pattern formed on a peripheral portion of a substrate, thereby preventing damage to the test pattern during the process of manufacturing a touch sensor.

A thin and lightweight display device is disclosed. An organic light-emitting display device having a touch sensor is configured such that an outer planarization layer fills a space between a plurality of dams, thereby preventing a short circuit between routing lines in the space between the dams, and such that touch electrodes are disposed on an encapsulation structure for encapsulating a light-emitting element, with the result that an additional bonding process is not required, whereby the process is simplified and cost is reduced.

Disclosed is a display device capable of being manufactured through a simplified process and having improved touch sensitivity. The display device includes an encapsulation unit disposed on a light-emitting element, a touch sensor disposed on the encapsulation unit, and an intermediate layer disposed between the encapsulation unit and the touch sensor. The intermediate layer includes a first intermediate layer, having a dielectric constant that is lower than a dielectric constant of an organic film disposed above or under the intermediate layer, and a second intermediate layer, having greater hardness than the first intermediate layer, whereby touch sensitivity is improved while processing is simplified.

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Gimpo-si, South Korea

Sang-Hyuk Won