US 11,698,702 B2
Touch sensing unit and display device including the same
Gyeong Nam Bang, Seoul (KR); Chang Ho Lee, Busan (KR); Hye Yun Han, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Young Bae Jung, Cheonan-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/695,027.
Application 17/695,027 is a continuation of application No. 17/148,534, filed on Jan. 13, 2021, granted, now 11,275,476, issued on Mar. 15, 2022.
Application 17/148,534 is a continuation of application No. 16/459,711, filed on Jul. 2, 2019, granted, now 10,908,754, issued on Feb. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0112025 (KR), filed on Sep. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0214770 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H10K 59/40 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 3/0446 (2019.05) [G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/0445 (2019.05); G06F 3/0448 (2019.05); H10K 59/40 (2023.02); G06F 2203/04112 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A touch sensing unit comprising:
a plurality of first sensing electrodes extending in a first direction; and
a plurality of second sensing electrodes extending in a second direction different from the first direction and insulated from the plurality of first sensing electrodes,
wherein the plurality of first sensing electrodes comprises a plurality of first sensor portions, and a plurality of first branch sensor portions branched from each of the plurality of first sensor portions,
wherein the plurality of second sensing electrodes comprises a plurality of second sensor portions, a plurality of second branch sensor portions branched from each of the plurality of second sensor portions, and a plurality of connection portions connecting each of the plurality of second sensor portions with one another,
wherein a first branch sensor portion of the plurality of first branch sensor portions extends in a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction, and a second branch sensor portion of the plurality of second branch sensor portions adjacent to the first branch sensor portion extends in a direction opposite to the third direction, and
wherein the first branch sensor portion is disposed between the second branch sensor portion and a second sensor portion of the plurality of second sensor portions.