# US 10,503,293 B2 · Display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,503,293 B2 - Document ID: US10503293B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/383,976 - Filed: 2016-12-19 - Published: 2017-06-29 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-23 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Seok Je Seong - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10503293B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} - G06F 3/0443: {using a single layer of sensing electrodes} - G06F 3/0446: {using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes} - H10K 59/40: OLEDs integrated with touch screens - G06F 2203/04103: Manufacturing, i.e. details related to manufacturing processes specially suited for touch sensitive devices - G06F 2203/04111: Cross over in capacitive digitiser, i.e. details of structures for connecting electrodes of the sensing pattern where the connections cross each other, e.g. bridge structures comprising an insulating layer, or vias through substrate - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract A display device may include a display part, a substrate, a first spacer, a second spacer, a first touch electrode, and a second touch electrode. The display part may emit, transmit, and/or reflect light. The substrate may overlap the display part and may receive a touch. The first spacer and the second spacer may be formed of a spacer material and may be positioned between the display part and the substrate to maintain a distance between the display part and the substrate. No intervening spacer analogous to the first spacer or the second spacer may be positioned between the first spacer and the second spacer. The first touch electrode may be positioned between the first spacer and the second spacer in a plan view of the display device. The second touch electrode may intersect the first touch electrode in the plan view of the display device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device comprising: a first base substrate including a plurality of pixel regions; display elements disposed in the pixel regions; a pixel defining layer disposed between regions; a second base substrate opposite the first base substrate; a plurality of spacers arranged in the pixel regions, the plurality of spacers maintaining a distance between the first base substrate and the second base substrate; and a plurality of touch electrodes disposed on the second base substrate, the plurality of touch electrodes including first conductive lines extending along one direction and second conductive lines extending in a direction different from the first conductive lines, wherein the spacers are spaced from adjacent spacers in regions in which the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines intersect each other, wherein at least one of the display elements includes a first electrode disposed in one of the pixel regions, wherein the pixel defining layer includes an opening that exposes the first electrode, and wherein the spacers protrude toward the second base substrate from the pixel defining layer. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein, in a plan view of the display device, at least one of the spacers is spaced apart from the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein, in a plan view of the display device, at least one of the spacers is spaced from an adjacent spacer with one of the first conductive lines interposed therebetween in one of the regions in which the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines intersect each other. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein, in a plan view of the display device, at least one of the spacers is spaced from an adjacent spacer with one of the second conductive lines interposed therebetween in one of the regions in which the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines intersect each other. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines include a metallic material. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the display elements are arranged in the regions in which the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines intersect each other. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the display elements includes: a light emitting layer disposed on the first electrode, the light emitting layer configured for generating light; and a second electrode disposed on the light emitting layer. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The display device of claim 7, wherein the second electrode is disposed between the plurality of spacers and the second base substrate. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The display device of claim 7, wherein the plurality of spacers and the pixel defining layer include the same material. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The display device of claim 7, wherein the second electrode directly contacts the plurality of spacers. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The display device of claim 7, wherein the pixel defining layer includes a stepped part recessed toward the first base substrate in a region corresponding to the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The display device of claim 7, further comprising a capping layer disposed on the second electrode. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the touch electrodes include a metal mesh. ### Claim 14 A display device comprising: a display part configured to perform at least one of emission, transmission, and reflection of light; a touch substrate overlapping the display part and configured to receive a touch; a first spacer formed of a spacer material, positioned between the display part and the touch substrate, and configured to maintain a distance between the display part and the touch substrate; a second spacer formed of the spacer material, positioned between the display part and the touch substrate, and configured to maintain the distance between the display part and the touch substrate, wherein no intervening spacer analogous to the first spacer or the second spacer s positioned between the first spacer and the second spacer; a first touch electrode positioned between the first spacer and the second spacer in a plan view of the display device; and a second touch electrode intersecting the first touch electrode in the plan view of the display device, wherein the display part comprises a first display electrode, and wherein the first spacer is positioned between the first display electrode and an intersection of the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode in the plan view of the display device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The display device of claim 14, wherein an intersection of the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode is positioned between the first spacer and the second spacer in the plan view of the display device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The display device of claim 14, wherein the first touch electrode is spaced from the first spacer in the plan view of the display device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The display device of claim 16, wherein the first touch electrode is spaced from the second spacer in the plan view of the display device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The display device of claim 14, wherein the second touch electrode is spaced from the first spacer in the plan view of the display device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The display device of claim 18, wherein the second touch electrode is spaced from the second spacer in the plan view of the display device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The display device of claim 14 comprising: a third spacer formed of the spacer material, positioned between the display part and the touch substrate, and configured to maintain the distance between the display part and the touch substrate, wherein no intervening spacer analogous to the first spacer or the third spacer is positioned between the first spacer and the third spacer, wherein the second touch electrode is positioned between the first spacer and the third spacer in the plan view of the display device. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The display device of claim 20, wherein the intersection of the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode is positioned between the second spacer and the third spacer in the plan view of the display device. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The display device of claim 20 comprising: a fourth spacer formed of the spacer material, positioned between the display part and the touch substrate, and configured to maintain the distance between the display part and the touch substrate, wherein no intervening spacer analogous to the fourth spacer or the third spacer is positioned between the fourth spacer and the third spacer, wherein the first touch electrode is positioned between the fourth spacer and the third spacer in the plan view of the display device, and wherein the second touch electrode is positioned between the fourth spacer and the second spacer in the plan view of the display device. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The display device f claim 22, wherein each of the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode is spaced from each of the first spacer, the second spacer, the third spacer, and the fourth spacer in the plan view of the display device. ### Claim 24 (depends on 14) The display device of claim 14, wherein the second spacer is positioned closer to the first touch electrode than to all touch electrodes of the display device parallel to the first touch electrode in the plan view of the display device, and wherein the first spacer is positioned closer to the first touch electrode than to every touch electrode of the display device parallel to the first touch electrode in the plan view of the display device. ### Claim 25 (depends on 14) The display device of claim 14, wherein the display part comprises a light emitting layer, and wherein the first spacer is positioned between the light emitting layer and the intersection of the first tot h electrode and the second touch electrode in the plan view of the display device. ### Claim 26 (depends on 14) The display device of claim 14, wherein the display part comprises a second display electrode, wherein the second display electrode overlaps the first display electrode, and wherein a first portion of the second display electrode is positioned between the first spacer and the touch substrate. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The display device of claim 26, wherein the first portion of the second display electrode directly contacts the first spacer. ### Claim 28 (depends on 26) The display device of claim 26, wherein a second portion of the second display electrode is positioned between the first spacer and the second spacer. ### Claim 29 (depends on 14) The display device of claim 14, wherein the display part comprises a second display electrode, and wherein a portion of the second display electrode is positioned between the first spacer and the second spacer. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The display device of claim 29 comprising: a pixel defining layer, wherein the first display electrode is positioned between two portions of the pixel defining layer, and wherein the portion of the second display electrode is positioned inside a recess of the pixel defining layer. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The display device of claim 30, wherein the pixel defining layer is formed of the spacer material. ### Claim 32 (depends on 30) The display device of claim 30 comprising: an insulating layer, wherein the second display electrode is positioned between the first display electrode and the insulating layer, and wherein a portion of the insulating layer is positioned inside the recess of the pixel defining layer and is positioned between the first touch electrode and the portion of the second display electrode. ### Claim 33 (depends on 32) The display device of claim 32, wherein the portion of the second display electrode directly contacts each of the pixel defining layer and the portion of the insulating layer.