US 12,216,499 B2
Display device
Jong Hyun Lee, Cheonan-si (KR); and Yun Jae Kim, Cheonan-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/986,064.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0012765 (KR), filed on Jan. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0244272 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1643 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable display device comprising:
a display panel;
a digitizer disposed on a surface of the display panel and comprising a base layer, a plurality of first conductive patterns disposed between the base layer and the display panel, and a plurality of second conductive patterns disposed on an opposite side to the first conductive patterns with the base layer interposed therebetween;
a first adhesive member disposed between the digitizer and the display panel and in direct contact with the digitizer; and
a second adhesive member disposed on an opposite side to the first adhesive member with the digitizer interposed therebetween and in direct contact with the digitizer,
wherein the digitizer further comprises a digitizer hole penetrating through the digitizer, a first step-covering pattern disposed in a same layer with the first conductive patterns, and a second step-covering pattern disposed in a same layer with the second conductive patterns,
wherein the first adhesive member defines a first adhesive member hole penetrating through the first adhesive member and in line with the digitizer hole in a thickness direction, and
wherein the second adhesive member defines a second adhesive member hole penetrating through the second adhesive member and in line with the digitizer hole in the thickness direction.