# US 11,307,685 B2 · Display device including a sensor and a protective layer > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,307,685 B2 - Document ID: US11307685B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/379,415 - Filed: 2019-04-09 - Published: 2019-10-24 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2018-04-24 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Kyungho Jung; Jin Hyun; Jaeho Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11307685B2 ## CPC - G06V 40/13: Sensors therefor - G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} - H10K 59/65: OLEDs integrated with inorganic image sensors - H10K 59/8792: {comprising light absorbing layers, e.g. black layers} - G09G 3/3225: using an active matrix - H10K 59/131: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals - H10K 59/87: {Passivation; Containers; Encapsulations} - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract A display device includes: a display module including a display area and a non-display area; a protective layer on a lower surface of the display module and including an opening area overlapping with the display area; a sensor unit overlapping with the display area, covering the opening area, and arranged on the protective layer; and an adhesive member adhering the sensor unit and the protective layer. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device comprising: a display module comprising a display area and a non-display area; a protective layer on a lower surface of the display module and comprising an opening area overlapping with the display area; a sensor unit overlapping with the display area, covering the opening area, and arranged on a lower surface of the protective layer; a light blocking layer on the lower surface of the protective layer and comprising a first hole area overlapping with the sensor unit, an area of the first hole area being greater than each of an area of the opening area and an area of the sensor unit when viewed in a plan view of the display module; an adhesive member arranged between a periphery of a top surface of the sensor unit and the lower surface of the protective layer, and adhering the sensor unit and the protective layer, the adhesive member in contact with each of the sensor unit and the protective layer, and wherein the opening area is defined between the lower surface of the display module and a portion of the top surface of the sensor unit that is inside the periphery on which the adhesive member is arranged; and a cushion layer on the light blocking layer and comprising a second hole area overlapping with the first hole area, wherein an area of the second hole area is greater than the area of the sensor unit and equal to the area of the first hole area when viewed in the plan view of the display module. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the sensor unit comprises: a sensor overlapping with the opening area; and a package attached to the protective layer by the adhesive member, the sensor being mounted on the package. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display device of claim 2, wherein the area of the opening area is greater than an area of the sensor and smaller than an area of the package when viewed in the plan view of the display module. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The display device of claim 2, wherein the sensor comprises a fingerprint recognition sensor. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display device of claim 4, wherein the display area comprises a sensor area overlapping with the sensor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the protective layer comprises an ultraviolet ray absorbent to absorb an ultraviolet ray. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The display device of claim 6, wherein the adhesive member comprises a resin curable by an ultraviolet ray. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the light blocking layer comprises a double-sided tape to adhere the protective layer and the cushion layer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, further comprising a circuit board electrically connected to the display module and arranged under the protective layer, the circuit board comprising a hole area overlapping with the sensor unit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The display device of claim 9, wherein an area of the hole area is greater than the area of the sensor unit when viewed in the plan view of the display module. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, further comprising a circuit board under the protective layer and comprising a timing controller to apply a driving signal to the display module, wherein the sensor unit is electrically connected to the timing controller through a via defined through the circuit board and overlapping with the opening area. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the display module comprises: a substrate on which the protective layer is arranged and in which the display area and the non-display area are defined; a display element layer on the substrate overlapping with the display area; an encapsulation layer on the display element layer; and an input sensing unit on the encapsulation layer. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display device of claim 12, wherein the display element layer comprises a plurality of organic light emitting diodes. ### Claim 14 A display device comprising: a display module comprising a substrate in which a display area and a non- display area are defined; a protective layer on a lower surface of the substrate and comprising a first opening area overlapping with the display area, the protective layer including an ultraviolet ray absorbent to absorb an ultraviolet ray; a light blocking layer on the protective layer and comprising a second opening area overlapping with the first opening area; a sensor unit overlapping with the display area, entirely covering the second opening area, and arranged on a lower surface of the light blocking layer; a cushion layer on the light blocking layer and comprising a first hole area overlapping with the second opening area, wherein an area of the first hole area is greater than an area of the second opening area when viewed in a plan view of the substrate; and an adhesive member arranged between a periphery of an upper surface of the sensor unit and the lower surface of the light blocking layer and adhering the sensor unit and the light blocking layer, wherein the first opening area and the second opening area are defined between the lower surface of the substrate and a portion of the upper surface of the sensor unit that is inside the periphery on which the adhesive member is arranged. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The display device of claim 14, wherein the sensor unit comprises: a sensor overlapping with the second opening area; and a package attached to the light blocking layer by the adhesive member, the sensor being mounted on the package. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The display device of claim 15, wherein each of an area of the first opening area and the area of the second opening area is greater than an area of the sensor and smaller than an area of the package when viewed in the plan view of the substrate. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The display device of claim 14, further comprising a circuit board electrically connected to the display module and arranged under the cushion layer, wherein a second hole area is defined through the circuit board, and the second hole area has a same area as the first hole area and overlaps with the second opening area. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The display device of claim 14, wherein the adhesive member comprises a resin curable by an ultraviolet ray. ### Claim 19 A display device comprising: a display module comprising a display area and a non-display area; a protective layer on a lower surface of the display module and comprising an opening area overlapping with each of the display area and the non-display area; a light blocking layer on a lower surface of the protective layer and comprising a first hole area overlapping with the opening area; a sensor unit overlapping with each of the display area and the non-display area, covering the opening area, and arranged on the protective layer; and an adhesive member adhering the sensor unit and the protective layer, the adhesive member in contact with each of the sensor unit and the protective layer.