US 12,464,927 B2
Display device
Hyunjae Na, Seoul (KR); Jaseung Ku, Seoul (KR); Kwan-ho Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Gyeongnam Bang, Seoul (KR); Hoseok Son, Seoul (KR); and Sungyeon Cho, Hwanseong-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/929,579.
Application 18/929,579 is a continuation of application No. 18/238,511, filed on Aug. 27, 2023, granted, now 12,133,442.
Application 18/238,511 is a continuation of application No. 17/948,130, filed on Sep. 19, 2022, granted, now 11,758,790, issued on Sep. 12, 2023.
Application 17/948,130 is a continuation of application No. 17/402,870, filed on Aug. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,450,717, issued on Sep. 20, 2022.
Application 17/402,870 is a continuation of application No. 16/793,311, filed on Feb. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,094,757, issued on Aug. 17, 2021.
Application 16/793,311 is a continuation of application No. 16/012,767, filed on Jun. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,572,086, issued on Feb. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0108874 (KR), filed on Aug. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2025/0057003 A1, Feb. 13, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H10K 59/40 (2023.01); H10K 77/10 (2023.01); G02B 1/11 (2015.01); G02B 5/30 (2006.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/40 (2023.02) [G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0443 (2019.05); G06F 3/0446 (2019.05); G06F 3/0448 (2019.05); H10K 77/111 (2023.02); G02B 1/11 (2013.01); G02B 5/3016 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04111 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04112 (2013.01); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel; and
a sensing unit on the display panel and comprising first and second sensing electrodes extending in a first direction and a third sensing electrode extending in a second direction crossing the first direction,
wherein:
the first sensing electrode comprises a first extension extending in the first direction and a first branch extended from the first extension;
the second sensing electrode comprises a second extension extending in the first direction and spaced apart from the first extension in the second direction and a second branch extended from the second extension; and
the third sensing electrode comprises a third extension extending in the second direction and a third branch extended from the third extension, wherein the third branch comprises:
a first portion extended from a portion of the third extension;
a second portion extended from another portion of the third extension;
a third portion facing the first portion so that the first branch is positioned between the third portion and the first portion;
a fourth portion facing the second portion so that the second branch is positioned between the fourth portion and the second portion; and
a bridge portion positioned between the first portion and the third portion, and positioned between the second portion and the fourth portion,
wherein the first portion, the second portion, the third portion, the fourth portion, and the bridge portion constitute a single unitary body, and
wherein the bridge portion is spaced apart from the third extension so that the first portion and the second portion are positioned between the bridge portion and the third extension.