Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Seoul National University

Inist (ulsan National Institut of Science and Technology)

Seungwook Chun

Soojung Lee

Yuna Kim

Boram Choi

Kiseo Kim

Eunjin Sung

Sangrock Yoon

Chul Kyu Kim

Wonsang Park

Jeongtaek Oh

Byeongjin Kim

Yujin Choi

Chul Min Kim

Hee Seomoon

Yun-Ho Kim

Jungsuek Oh

Gangil Byun

Provided is an electronic device including a display layer on which an active region and a peripheral region adjacent to the active region are defined, and which includes a base layer, a sensor layer disposed on the display layer, including a plurality of sensing electrodes, and having a plurality of first slots defined thereon, and a lower member layer disposed below the display layer, wherein a plurality of first through-holes are defined in the base layer and the lower member layer, and when, viewed on a plane, the plurality of first through-holes are spaced apart from each other with respect to the plurality of first slots interposed therebetween.

OLED display device featuring an antenna structure composed of a substrate integrated wave guide formed in a dielectric layer by a plurality of through-holes

An electronic device includes a display panel and a biometric information module. The display panel includes red-light emitting elements, green-light emitting elements, blue-light emitting elements, and light receiving elements that are spaced from each other. The blue-light emitting elements emit blue light in a biometric information mode of the electronic device. The light receiving elements receive at least one of red light and green light in the biometric information mode of the electronic device after the blue-light emitting elements have emitted the blue light. The light receiving elements generate electrical signals in response to the at least one of the red light and the green light. The biometric information module is electrically connected to the display panel and generates biometric information about a skin of a user based on the electrical signals.

Electronic device and method of measuring biometric information using same

Disclosed is an electronic device that includes a window, a display panel that is disposed under the window and that has a display area and a non-display area defined therein, a lower member that is disposed under the display panel and that includes a lower conductive layer, a transmission line disposed between the display panel and the lower member, a conductive partition wall spaced apart from the transmission line and disposed to overlap the display area, and a housing coupled with the window to define a receiving space in which the display panel, the lower member, and the transmission line are disposed.

Electronic device

A display device includes a display panel, an input sensor, and a readout circuit. The display panel is configured to display an image. The input sensor is disposed on the display panel, and incudes transmission electrodes and reception electrodes electrically insulated from the transmission electrodes. The readout circuit is connected to the input sensor, and includes a first transmission/reception circuit, a second transmission/reception circuit, and a control circuit. The first transmission/reception circuit is electrically connected to the reception electrodes. The second transmission/reception circuit electrically is connected to the transmission electrodes. The control circuit configured to transmit a transmission signal to the input sensor through one of the first transmission/reception circuit and the second transmission/reception circuit, and to receive a reception signal from the input sensor through the other of the first transmission/reception circuit and the second transmission/reception circuit.

Display device

A display device including: a display panel; a first input sensor disposed on the display panel and configured to generate a first reception signal in response to a user input; a second input sensor spaced apart from the first input sensor on the display panel and configured to generate a second reception signal in response to the user input; and a readout circuit configured to generate an output signal corresponding to the user input in response to the first reception signal and the second reception signal.

Display device and an operating method thereof

A display device includes a display panel displaying an image, an input sensing layer disposed on the display panel and including a plurality of sensing electrodes, and a sensing controller electrically connected to the input sensing layer and operating in at least one of a first mode and a second mode. A position of a first external input applied to the input sensing layer is sensed in the first mode, biometric information of a second external input applied to the input sensing layer is measured in the second mode. The sensing controller converts a sensing signal sensed from the input sensing layer based on a correction value determined based on parameters of surrounding environment to generate a correction sensing signal, and the sensing controller measures the biometric information from the correction sensing signal in the second mode.

Provided is an electronic device comprising a display module including a display area on which an image is displayed and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, a lower module disposed below the display module to support the display module, a signal radiation pattern, wherein an opening for radiating an antenna signal to an outside is defined in the signal radiation pattern and disposed to overlap the non-display area in the display module, a signal transmission pattern disposed between the display module and the lower module to radiate the antenna signal toward the signal radiation pattern, and an antenna controller disposed below the lower module to provide the antenna signal to the signal transmission pattern.

A display device includes a display panel that displays an image, an input sensor arranged on the display panel and including transmission electrodes and reception electrodes electrically insulated from the transmission electrodes, and a readout circuit connected to the input sensor, wherein the readout circuit sequentially outputs a transmission signal to a portion of the transmission electrodes corresponding to a body composition sensing region and receives a reception signal from a portion of the reception electrodes corresponding to the body composition sensing region.

Display device with calculation of body composition based on signal through input sensor

A display device including a display panel that displays an image, an input sensor disposed on the display panel, and a readout circuit that receives sensing signals from the input sensor and outputs a moisture level signal, in a skin measurement mode. The readout circuit divides the input sensor into a plurality of blocks, selects a valid sensing block based on the sensing signals from the plurality of blocks, and outputs the moisture level signal based on the sensing signals from the valid sensing block.

Display device and operating method thereof

A display device includes a display panel and an input sensor disposed on the display panel. The input sensor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. The first electrode includes a first sensing pattern having a first opening defined therein. The second electrode includes a second sensing pattern having a second opening defined therein. The third electrode includes a first sub-sensing pattern disposed in the first opening of the first sensing pattern, and a second sub-sensing pattern disposed in the second opening of the second sensing pattern. The first sub-sensing pattern and the second sub-sensing pattern are electrically connected with each other. The first electrode, the second electrode, and the third electrode are insulated from one another.

A display device includes a display panel, an input sensor, and a controller. The controller is operated in a first mode to sense a position at which a first external input is generated, or in a second mode to measure biometric information with respect to a second external input. The controller senses, in the first mode, the position based on a first mode sensing signal to which a variation in capacitance between a transmission electrode and a reception electrode by the first external input is reflected, the controller compensates, in the second mode, for a second mode sensing signal to which a variation in capacitance between the transmission electrode and the reception electrode by the second external input is reflected based on a compensation value to generate a compensation sensing signal, and the controller measures, in the second mode, the biometric information based on the compensation sensing signal.

Display device and method of driving the same

An electronic device includes: a display panel configured to display an image; an input sensor disposed on the display panel and including first electrodes and second electrodes electrically insulated from the first electrodes; and a sensor controller electrically connected to the input sensor, the sensor controller configured to drive the input sensor in a first driving mode or a second driving mode, wherein: in the first driving mode, the sensor controller is configured to measure a variation of capacitance between the first electrodes and the second electrodes to generate location information of an input, and in the second driving mode, the sensor controller is configured to use a first portion among the first electrodes as a transmission sensing electrode and to use a second portion among the first electrodes as a reception sensing electrode to analyze a body composition.

A display device includes a display panel, an input sensor, and a readout circuit. The display panel is configured to display an image. The input sensor is disposed on the display panel. The readout circuit is configured to output a moisture level signal corresponding to sensing signals received from the input sensor in a skin measurement mode.

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Seungwook Chun