Display device and method of manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12581004-B2
Application number	US-202318220591-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 11, 2023
Priority date	Sep 23, 2022
Publication date	Mar 17, 2026
Grant date	Mar 17, 2026

Abstract

A display device includes: a display panel and a cover panel disposed under the display panel, including at least one layer for protecting the display panel, and provided with a through-hole and a seating groove defined therein to allow an electronic module to be disposed. The through-hole extends along a thickness direction, the seating groove is connected to an t end of the through-hole and overlaps the through-hole in a plan view, the seating groove has a width greater than a diameter of the through-hole, the seating groove is defined under the through-hole, and the seating groove has a depth from about 10 micrometers to about 100 micrometers.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display device comprising:
a display panel; and a cover panel disposed under the display panel, comprising at least one layer for protecting the display panel, and provided with a through-hole and a seating groove defined therein to allow an electronic module to be disposed, wherein the cover panel includes a light blocking layer under the display panel, a cushion layer under the light blocking layer and an adhesive layer under the cushion layer, the through-hole is defined in the light blocking layer and the cushion layer, and the seating groove is defined in the cushion layer and the adhesive layer, wherein the through-hole extends along a thickness direction, the seating groove is connected to a first end of the through-hole and overlaps the through-hole in a plan view, the seating groove has a width greater than a diameter of the through-hole, the seating groove is defined under the through-hole, and the seating groove has a depth from about 10 micrometers to about 100 micrometers.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the electronic module comprises:
a body portion; and a protruding portion protruding from the body portion along the thickness direction and which receives an external signal, wherein the protruding portion is inserted into the through-hole.

3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein an upper surface of the protruding portion is disposed spaced apart from a second end of the through-hole adjacent to the display panel and opposite to the first end by a predetermined distance.

4 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the body portion is disposed in the seating groove, and a side surface of the body portion is disposed spaced apart from an inner side surface of the cover panel defining the seating groove.

5 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein a portion of an upper surface of the body portion is in contact with a seating surface defined on a lower surface of the cover panel, which defines the seating groove.

6 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the electronic module comprises at least one of a camera module, a fingerprint sensor, and a proximity sensor.

7 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein a center of the through-hole and a center of the seating groove are aligned with each other on a straight line extended along the thickness direction.

8 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein a minimum distance from a side surface of the cover panel defining the through-hole to a side surface of the cover panel defining the seating groove is within a range from about 0.5 millimeters (mm) to about 5 mm.

9 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display panel comprises a signal transmission area corresponding to the through-hole and an active area through which an image is displayed, and the signal transmission area has a pixel resolution lower than a pixel resolution of the active area.

10 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein a center of the electronic module and a center of the through-hole are aligned with each other on a straight line extended along the thickness direction.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Byunghoon
• You Junwoo
• Kim Youngdo
• Seo Jeongweon
• Lee Junyoung

Classifications

• H10K59/872

  Containers · CPC title

• H04M1/0264 Primary

  for a camera module assembly · CPC title

• H04M1/0266 Primary

  for a display module assembly · CPC title