US 12,250,859 B2
Display device
Joohye Jung, Seoul (KR); Wonjang Ki, Seoul (KR); Keonwoo Kim, Cheonan-si (KR); Dong-Hyun Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Mijin Jun, Cheonan-si (KR); and Sangmi Jeon, Incheon (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/498,017.
Application 18/498,017 is a continuation of application No. 17/202,822, filed on Mar. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,805,684.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0034041 (KR), filed on Mar. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0065062 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. H10K 59/131 (2023.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); H10K 50/844 (2023.01); H10K 59/40 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/131 (2023.02) [G06F 3/0443 (2019.05); H10K 59/40 (2023.02); H10K 50/844 (2023.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device, comprising:
a base layer having a first area, a second area adjacent to the first area, and comprising a bending area;
a plurality of pixels on the first area of the base layer;
a power line configured to supply the plurality of pixels with power;
a power pattern on the second area and electrically connected to the power line and overlapping the bending area;
a protrusion on the second area, the protrusion surrounding at least a portion of the first area and including a first protruding portion and a second protruding portion on the first protruding portion;
an encapsulation layer on the plurality of pixels;
a plurality of sensing electrodes on the first area and directly on the encapsulation layer; and
a plurality of sensing lines on the second area and electrically connected to the plurality of sensing electrodes,
wherein portions of the plurality of sensing lines located on the bending area all overlap with the power pattern.
 
14. A display device, comprising:
a base layer having a first area, a second area adjacent to the first area, and comprising a bending area;
a plurality of pixels on the first area of the base layer;
a power line configured to supply the plurality of pixels with power;
a power pattern on the second area and electrically connected to the power line and overlapping the bending area;
a protrusion on the second area, the protrusion surrounding at least a portion of the first area and including a first protruding portion, a second protruding portion on the first protruding portion, and a third protruding portion on the second protruding portion;
an encapsulation layer on the plurality of pixels;
a plurality of sensing electrodes on the first area and directly on the encapsulation layer; and
a plurality of sensing lines on the second area and electrically connected to the plurality of sensing electrodes,
wherein the plurality of sensing lines is located on the third protruding portion, and
wherein portions of the plurality of sensing lines located on the bending area all overlap with the power pattern.