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US 10,949,046 B2Granted
Pressure sensor and display device including the same
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsKyung Su Lee, Jun Young Ko, Yeon Tae Kim, Eun Sol Seo, Jin Young Jeon, In Young Han
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Abstract
A pressure sensor including: a first conductor; a second conductor spaced apart from the first conductor, and positioned so as to form a capacitance with the first conductor; and an elastic member positioned between the first conductor and the second conductor, in which the capacitance varies according to a pressure applied to one or more of the first conductor and the second conductor, and the first conductor has a shape different from that of the second conductor.
Claims25
A pressure sensor, comprising:
- a first conductor;
- a second conductor spaced apart from the first conductor;
- and
- an elastic member positioned between the first conductor and the second conductor,
- wherein the first conductor comprises a first loop-type conductive line, an internal conductive line surrounded by the first loop-type conductive line, a first straight conductive line section directly connected to a straight section of the first loop-type conductive line and oriented oblique relative to the straight section of the first loop-type conductive line, a second loop-type conductive line surrounding each of the first loop-type conductive line and the first straight conductive line section and directly connected to the first straight conductive line section, and a third loop-type conductive line surrounding the second loop-type conductive line,
- wherein the straight section of the first loop-type conductive line is positioned between two corners of the first loop-type conductive line, and
- wherein the internal conductive line is oriented perpendicular to the straight section of the first loop-type conductive line, is electrically connected through the straight section of the first loop-type conductive line to the first straight conductive line section, and is oriented oblique relative to the first straight conductive line section.
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A pressure sensor, comprising:
- a first conductor;
- a second conductor spaced apart from the first conductor;
- and
- an elastic member positioned between the first conductor and the second conductor,
- wherein the first conductor includes a first loop-type conductive line, a first straight conductive line section, a second straight conductive line section, and a second loop-type conductive line,
- wherein the second loop-type conductive line is electrically connected through each of the first straight conductive line section and the second straight conductive line section to the first loop-type conductive line,
- wherein each of the first straight conductive line section and the second straight conductive line section is directly connected to a straight section of the first loop-type conductive line, is positioned between two ends of the straight section of the first loop-type conductive line, is directly connected to a straight section of the second loop-type conductive line, and is positioned between two ends of the straight section of the second loop-type conductive line,
- wherein the second straight conductive line section is oriented perpendicular to at least one of the straight section of the first loop-type conductive line and the straight section of the second loop-type conductive line, and
- wherein the first straight conductive line section is oriented oblique relative to the second straight conductive line section.
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A display device, comprising:
- a display panel;
- a touch sensor positioned at a first side of the display panel and configured to detect a position of a touch;
- and
- a pressure sensor positioned at a second side of the display panel and configured to detect a pressure of the touch,
- wherein the pressure sensor includes:
- a first conductor;
- a second conductor spaced apart from the first conductor;
- and
- an elastic member positioned between the first conductor and the second conductor,
- wherein the first conductor comprises a first loop-type conductive line and a second loop-type conductive line, and
- wherein two opposite sections of the first loop-type conductive line are positioned between two opposite sections of the second loop-type conductive line and are respectively wider than the two opposite sections of the second loop-type conductive line in a first direction.
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