US 11,729,547 B2
Display device with integrated sound generators
Young Ran Son, Seoul (KR); Jin Oh Kwag, Suwon-si (KR); and Jee Hyun Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/472,240.
Application 17/472,240 is a continuation of application No. 16/585,737, filed on Sep. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,122,361.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0116147 (KR), filed on Sep. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0409863 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/22 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/403 (2013.01) [H04R 1/025 (2013.01); H04R 1/22 (2013.01); H04S 7/303 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel;
a first main sound generator and a first sub-sound generator disposed on a surface of the display panel;
a first circuit board connected to the first main sound generator and the first sub-sound generator;
a control circuit board connected to the first circuit board; and
a sound driver configured to output a first main sound driving signal and a first sub-sound driving signal to the first main sound generator and the first sub-sound generator respectively, via the control circuit board and the first circuit board,
wherein the first circuit board includes:
a first stem portion;
a first branch portion branched from the first stem portion and connected to the first main sound generator; and
a second branch portion branched from the first stem portion and connected to the first sub-sound generator.