US 12,216,878 B2
Display device and electronic device having the same
Bugyoon Yoo, Hwaseong-si (KR); Yunjae Kim, Cheonan-si (KR); and Chang-Kil Lee, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/204,553.
Application 18/204,553 is a continuation of application No. 17/708,722, filed on Mar. 30, 2022, granted, now 11,698,704.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0077031 (KR), filed on Jun. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0305669 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/046 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01); H05K 9/00 (2006.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.01); H10K 59/40 (2023.01); H10K 77/10 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 3/046 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); H05K 9/0054 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04106 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04107 (2013.01); H05K 1/189 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10128 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10151 (2013.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.02); H10K 59/40 (2023.02); H10K 77/111 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable display device comprising:
a display panel comprising a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area, and a folding area disposed between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area; and
a lower member disposed under the display panel,
wherein the lower member comprises:
a support layer under the display panel;
a digitizer disposed under the support layer, wherein the digitizer has a digitizer opening overlapping the first non-folding area;
a metal layer disposed under the digitizer, wherein the metal layer has a first metal opening, through which the digitizer is exposed, and a second metal opening which overlaps the digitizer opening, and
wherein the first metal opening is spaced apart from the second metal opening in a plan view.