US 12,035,602 B2
Display apparatus including an opening area and sensing electrodes
Hyeyun Han, Yongin-si (KR); Gyeongnam Bang, Yongin-si (KR); and Changho Lee, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on May 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/317,663.
Application 18/317,663 is a continuation of application No. 17/472,513, filed on Sep. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,730,041.
Application 17/472,513 is a continuation of application No. 16/686,842, filed on Nov. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,121,192, issued on Sep. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0011985 (KR), filed on Jan. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0284504 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G09G 5/00 (2006.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.01); H10K 50/86 (2023.01); H10K 59/121 (2023.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.01); H10K 59/40 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/40 (2023.02) [H10K 50/84 (2023.02); H10K 50/86 (2023.02); H10K 59/121 (2023.02); H10K 59/131 (2023.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a substrate comprising an opening area and a display area at least partially surrounding the opening area;
first sensing electrodes in the display area and adjacent to the opening area, the first sensing electrodes being spaced apart from each other;
second sensing electrodes in the display area and adjacent to the opening area, the second sensing electrodes being spaced apart from each other, and each of the second sensing electrodes being between the first sensing electrodes; and
a metal layer in a non-display area between the opening area and the display area,
wherein the metal layer comprises a plurality of regions, and
wherein at least one of the plurality of regions is connected to one of the first sensing electrodes and at least another of the plurality of regions is connected to one of the second sensing electrodes.