US 11,683,970 B2
Display device
Hyunyoung Kim, Asan-si (KR); Jong-Ryuk Park, Cheonan-si (KR); Gyeongnam Bang, Seoul (KR); Kwangsik Lee, Cheonan-si (KR); and Jiyoun Lee, Cheonan-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on May 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/324,505.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0060182 (KR), filed on May 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0367000 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); H01L 27/32 (2006.01); H01L 51/00 (2006.01); H01L 51/52 (2006.01)
CPC H01L 27/323 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0446 (2019.05); H01L 27/3223 (2013.01); H01L 27/3244 (2013.01); H01L 51/0097 (2013.01); H01L 51/5253 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel including a hole area, a display area around the hole area, and a non-display area around the display area;
a first-first insulating layer disposed in the hole area;
a plurality of sensing electrodes disposed on the display area;
a crack detection pattern disposed on the first-first insulating layer in the hole area;
a crack detection line disposed on the non-display area; and
a connection pattern disposed in a first sensing electrode of the plurality of sensing electrodes disposed on the display area to be insulated from the plurality of sensing electrodes, and connected to the crack detection pattern and the crack detection line,
wherein the first sensing electrode is disposed between the hole area and the non-display area,
wherein an edge of the first-first insulating layer disposed at a boundary between the display area and the hole area has a step structure of at least two steps,
wherein the first sensing electrode include an inner portion, an outer portion, and an opening therebetween, and
wherein the connection pattern is disposed in the opening and between the inner portion and the outer portion.