US 12,218,174 B2
Electronic device with micro-photoelectric units
Hsien-Te Chen, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to LG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Display Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/586,407.
Application 18/586,407 is a continuation of application No. 17/143,542, filed on Jan. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,935,909.
Claims priority of application No. 109101488 (TW), filed on Jan. 16, 2020; and application No. 109122361 (TW), filed on Jul. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0194721 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. H01L 27/146 (2006.01); G06V 40/13 (2022.01); H01L 25/04 (2023.01)
CPC H01L 27/14678 (2013.01) [G06V 40/1318 (2022.01); H01L 25/043 (2013.01); H01L 27/1461 (2013.01); H01L 27/14625 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display panel comprising a pixel flexible substrate, a driving circuit, a display medium formed from an organic light-emitting material, and a plurality of shielding units; and
a plurality of micro photoelectric units adjacent to a protection layer and away from the display panel,
wherein the plurality of micro-photoelectric units comprise respective micro-photoelectric elements, and at least one of the micro-photoelectric element is, or includes, a sensor element,
wherein the protection layer serves to protect the plurality of micro-photoelectric units while being located at one side of the plurality of micro-photoelectric units, and
wherein each of the plurality of micro photoelectric units is configured to:
emit light toward an object, and
receive the light reflected, scattered, refracted, or diffracted by, or penetrating through, the object, or receive a signal generated from the light after being reflected, scattered, refracted, or diffracted by, or penetrating through, the object.