# US 11,112,896 B2 · Display device having fracture resistance > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,112,896 B2 - Document ID: US11112896B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/379,796 - Filed: 2019-04-10 - Published: 2019-08-01 - Granted: 2021-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-29 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yong-hwan Park; Seongjun Lee; Jongseok Kim; Eunae Jung; Changyong Jung - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11112896B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} - G06F 3/04164: {Connections between sensors and controllers, e.g. routing lines between electrodes and connection pads} - 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 10/476: {comprising at least one organic layer and at least one inorganic layer} - H10K 10/88: Passivation; Containers; Encapsulations - H10K 59/40: OLEDs integrated with touch screens - H10K 59/873: {Encapsulations} - H10K 71/621: {Providing a shape to conductive layers, e.g. patterning or selective deposition} - G02F 1/136286: {Wiring, e.g. gate line, drain line} - G06F 2203/04102: Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper - 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 2203/04112: Electrode mesh in capacitive digitiser: electrode for touch sensing is formed of a mesh of very fine, normally metallic, interconnected lines that are almost invisible to see. This provides a quite large but transparent electrode surface, without need for ITO or similar transparent conductive material - H10K 59/1213: {the pixel elements being TFTs} - H10K 2102/311: {Flexible OLED} - Y02P 70/50: Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES - G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS - Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS ## Abstract A display device including a base member, a circuit layer, a display layer, a thin film encapsulation layer, and a touch sensor layer. The base member includes a first area and a second area disposed adjacent to the first area. The circuit layer is disposed on the base member to cover the first area and to expose the second area. The display layer is disposed on the circuit layer to display an image. The thin film encapsulation layer is disposed on the display layer. The touch sensor layer is disposed on the thin film encapsulation layer and includes an organic layer extending from an upper portion of the thin film encapsulation layer to cover at least a portion of the exposed second area. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device comprising: a base member including a first area and a second area; a circuit layer disposed on the base member in the first area; a protective member comprising a plurality of insulating patterns disposed on the base member in the second area and a cover member covering the plurality of insulating patterns; a display layer disposed on the circuit layer; and an insulating layer disposed on the display layer and covering the protective member, wherein: the cover member extends from the second area to cover only an edge portion of the circuit layer in the first area; the insulating layer extends further than the edge portion of the circuit layer to cover the protective member; and the insulating layer covers an upper surface and side surfaces of the cover member. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, further comprising conductive patterns disposed on the display layer and configured to sense an external input. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display device of claim 2, further comprising a thin film encapsulation layer disposed between the display layer and the conductive patterns, wherein the conductive patterns are directly disposed on the thin film encapsulation layer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The display device of claim 2, further comprising: a thin film encapsulation layer disposed between the display layer and the conductive patterns; and a touch insulating layer disposed between the thin film encapsulation layer and the conductive patterns, wherein the conductive patterns are directly disposed on the touch insulating layer. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display device of claim 4, wherein an end of the touch insulating layer is aligned parallel to an end of the thin film encapsulation layer. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The display device of claim 2, wherein the conductive patterns are disposed between the display layer and the insulating layer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of insulating patterns are spaced apart from each other in a first direction and one region of the base member in which the plurality of insulating patterns are disposed is bent based on an axis extended in a second direction intersecting the first direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the cover member covers an upper surface and side surfaces of each of the plurality of insulating patterns. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the cover member is filled in each space between the plurality of insulating patterns. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein a portion of the cover member covers a portion of the circuit layer. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the insulating layer covers an end of the circuit layer, an end of the display layer, and an end of the protective member. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein a maximum thickness of the insulating layer is greater than a maximum thickness of the protective member. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of insulating patterns comprises a first layer and a second layer disposed on the first layer. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the protective member and the circuit layer are not overlapped with each other when viewed in a plan view. ### Claim 15 A display device comprising: a base member including a first area and a second area; a circuit layer disposed on the base member in the first area; a protective member comprising a plurality of insulating patterns disposed on the base member in the second area and a cover member covering the plurality of insulating patterns; a display layer disposed on the circuit layer; a thin film encapsulation layer disposed on the display layer; and a touch sensor layer disposed on the thin film encapsulation layer and the touch sensor layer comprising conductive patterns and an insulating layer covering the protective member, wherein: the cover member extends from the second area to cover only an edge portion of the circuit layer in the first area; and the insulating layer covers an upper surface and side surfaces of the cover member. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The display device of claim 15, wherein the protective member is spaced apart from the circuit layer when viewed in a plan view. ### Claim 17 A display device comprising: a base member comprising a first area and a second area disposed adjacent to the first area, the first area including a first sub-area and a second sub-area surrounding the first sub-area; a circuit layer disposed on the base member to cover the first area and to expose the second area; a display layer disposed on the circuit layer and configured to display an image and overlapping with the first sub-area; a thin film encapsulation layer disposed on the display layer and encapsulating the display layer; a touch sensor layer comprising a conductive pattern disposed on the thin film encapsulation layer and an organic layer covering the conductive pattern; and a shock-absorbing member disposed on the second area; wherein the organic layer extends from an upper portion of the thin film encapsulation layer to cover an end of the thin film encapsulation layer, both of an upper surface and side surfaces of the shock-absorbing member, and at least a portion of the exposed second area.