US 11,793,055 B2
Display device
Byung Han Yoo, Suwon-si (KR); Kyoungwon Kwak, Asan-si (KR); Jihye Kim, Asan-si (KR); Kee Hyun Nam, Seoul (KR); Kijune Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Dae-Young Lee, Seoul (KR); and Duk-Woon Choi, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-Si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-Si (KR)
Filed on May 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/315,008.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0108005 (KR), filed on Aug. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0069034 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G09G 5/00 (2006.01); H10K 59/65 (2023.01); G06V 40/13 (2022.01); H10K 50/858 (2023.01); H10K 50/86 (2023.01); H10K 59/38 (2023.01); H10K 59/122 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/65 (2023.02) [G06V 40/1318 (2022.01); H10K 50/858 (2023.02); H10K 50/865 (2023.02); H10K 59/122 (2023.02); H10K 59/38 (2023.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a sensor configured to detect a user's biometric information;
a display panel including a substrate disposed on the sensor, a pixel defining layer disposed on the substrate, and a light emitting element disposed in an opening of the pixel defining layer, wherein the display panel has a transmission area that overlaps the sensor when viewed from a plane;
an optical layer comprising a first hole that overlaps the transmission area; and
a spacer disposed in a second hole defined in the pixel defining layer and overlapping the first hole in a plan view, including a transparent material, and being disposed higher than the pixel defining layer.