US 11,768,571 B2
Touch sensor and display device
Jang Hui Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Ga Young Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Do Ik Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Sang Chul Lee, Yongin-si (KR); and A Ra Jo, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-Si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/546,992.
Application 17/546,992 is a continuation of application No. 16/835,784, filed on Mar. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,231,825.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0038261 (KR), filed on Apr. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0137736 A1, May 5, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/045 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/045 (2013.01) [G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device including a first display area and a second display area which extends and is angled from one side of the first display area, the display device comprising:
a base substrate;
a self-luminous element disposed on the base substrate;
an inorganic layer disposed on the self-luminous element;
a touch sensor layer disposed on the inorganic layer, wherein
the touch sensor layer includes a first touch electrode disposed in the second display area and including a first opening, a second touch electrode disposed in the second display area and including a second opening, and a first pressure sensor disposed in the second display area and including a first strain gauge,
the first strain gauge includes a first resistance line and a second resistance line which are disposed in the first opening of the first touch electrode,
the first pressure sensor further includes a first conductor which is disposed in the second display area and has a different shape from the first strain gauge, and
the first conductor includes a first conductive pattern and a second conductive pattern which are disposed in the second opening of the second touch electrode.