US 11,793,054 B2
Display device including a finger print sensor
Hye Sung Kim, Yongin-si (KR); and Sung Wook We, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/663,130.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0163500 (KR), filed on Dec. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0194516 A1, Jun. 18, 2020
Int. Cl. H10K 59/65 (2023.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); G06V 40/13 (2022.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.01); H10K 77/10 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/65 (2023.02) [G06V 40/1306 (2022.01); H04M 1/0266 (2013.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.02); H10K 77/111 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device, comprising:
a protective layer having an upper surface and a back surface opposite thereto;
a display panel disposed on the upper surface of the protective layer, the display panel including a display area configured to display an image and a non-display area at least partially surrounding the display area;
a cover panel disposed on the back surface of the protective layer, the cover panel including an opening that exposes at least one area of the protective layer;
a fingerprint sensor disposed within the opening of the cover panel, the fingerprint sensor being configured to sense a fingerprint;
a first fixing member disposed on one surface of the fingerprint sensor; and
a second fixing member directly contacting and partially overlapping the first fixing member in a depth direction of the display device, the second fixing member fixing the fingerprint sensor and fixing the first fixing member,
wherein the first fixing member and the second fixing member include at least one different material from each other,
wherein the first fixing member is wider than the fingerprint sensor such that the fingerprint sensor directly contacts and overlaps, in the depth direction, a first area of the first fixing member and does not overlap, in the depth direction, a second area of the first fixing member,
wherein the second fixing member directly contacts and overlaps, in the depth direction, the second area of the first fixing member that is not overlapped by the fingerprint sensor, and
wherein the depth direction is defined as a direction from, and normal to, a plane of the fingerprint sensor farthest from the display panel towards, and normal to, a plane of the display panel closest to the fingerprint sensor.
 
23. A display device, comprising:
a cover panel including an opening therein;
a protective layer disposed on the cover panel, the protective layer having at least one area exposed through the opening;
a display panel disposed on the protective layer, the display panel being configured to display an image, the display panel including a flat area and a bent area in continuation with the flat area;
a crack prevention layer covering at least a portion of the display panel in the bent area of the display panel;
a touch sensor disposed on one surface of the display panel;
a window disposed on the touch sensor;
a flexible printed circuit board attached to at least one side of a back surface of the display panel, the flexible printed circuit board being connected to the cover panel;
a fingerprint sensor disposed in the opening of the cover panel, the fingerprint sensor being configured to sense a fingerprint;
a first fixing member disposed between the at least one area of the protective layer and the fingerprint sensor in the opening of the cover panel, the first fixing member fixing the fingerprint sensor to the protective layer; and
a second fixing member disposed in the opening of the cover panel and at least partially overlapping with each of at least one side of the fingerprint sensor and at least one side of the first fixing member, the second fixing member fixing the fingerprint sensor to the protective layer,
wherein the first fixing member and the second fixing member include at least one different material, and
wherein the first fixing member includes a thermosetting resin, and the second fixing member includes a photo-curable resin.