Non-rigid device and display device
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorMyoungseo Park
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Abstract
A device with a flexible region that is manipulable in a second standard direction substantially perpendicular to a rotational axis extending in a first standard direction includes a flexible touch sensing panel. The flexible touch sensing panel includes first touch sensing electrodes and a first bridge. The first bridge is on a layer substantially different from a layer on which the first touch sensing electrodes are located and the first bridge connects two first touch sensing electrodes adjacent to each other. The first bridge includes a first portion extending in a first extension direction, which forms a first angle with the first standard direction. The first angle is not about k×90° (where “k” is a non-zero positive or negative odd integer) and is not about m×180° (where “m” is an integer).
Claims16
A non-rigid device with a flexible region that is foldable, slidable, or rollable in a second standard direction perpendicular to a rotational axis extending in a first standard direction, the non-rigid device comprising:
- a flexible touch sensing panel comprising:
- first touch sensing electrodes arranged in the first standard direction;
- a first bridge on a layer different from a layer on which the first touch sensing electrodes are located, the first bridge connecting two first touch sensing electrodes adjacent to each other in the first standard direction from among the first touch sensing electrodes;
- a second bridge in a same layer as the first bridge, symmetrical with the first bridge with respect to the first standard direction, spaced apart from the first bridge in the second standard direction, and connecting the two first touch sensing electrodes adjacent to each other in the first standard direction;
- second touch sensing electrodes in a same layer as the first touch sensing electrodes, in the flexible region, and arranged in the second standard direction;
- and
- a third bridge in a same layer as the first touch sensing electrodes, connecting the second touch sensing electrodes and integrally formed with the second touch sensing electrodes as one piece extending in parallel with the second standard direction, and overlapping with the first bridge and the second bridge,
- wherein each of the first bridge and the second bridge has a shape inclined with respect to the first standard direction,
- wherein the first bridge and the second bridge do not overlap the second touch sensing electrodes,
- wherein the first bridge comprises at least one light transmission hole, and
- wherein the first bridge, the second bridge, and the third bridge are in a non-flexible region adjacent to the flexible region in the second standard direction and not in the flexible region.
A non-rigid device with a flexible region that is foldable, slidable, or rollable in a second standard direction perpendicular to a rotational axis extending in a first standard direction, the non-rigid device comprising:
- a flexible touch sensing panel comprising:
- first touch sensing electrodes arranged in the first standard direction;
- a first bridge on a layer different from a layer on which the first touch sensing electrodes are located, the first bridge connecting two first touch sensing electrodes adjacent to each other in the first standard direction from among the first touch sensing electrodes;
- a second bridge in a same layer as the first bridge, symmetrical with the first bridge with respect to the first standard direction, spaced apart from the first bridge in the second standard direction, and connecting the two first touch sensing electrodes adjacent to each other in the first standard direction;
- second touch sensing electrodes in a same layer as the first touch sensing electrodes, in the flexible region, and arranged in the second standard direction;
- and
- a third bridge in a same layer as the first touch sensing electrodes, connecting the second touch sensing electrodes and integrally formed with the second touch sensing electrodes as one piece extending in parallel with the second standard direction, and overlapping with the first bridge and the second bridge,
- wherein the first bridge comprises at least one light transmission hole and a first portion extending in a first extension direction inclined with respect to the first standard direction and a second portion extending in a second extension direction inclined with respect to the first standard direction, and wherein the first bridge and the second bridge do not overlap the second touch sensing electrodes, and
- wherein the first bridge, the second bridge, and the third bridge are in a non-flexible region adjacent to the flexible region in the second standard direction and not in the flexible region.
A foldable device that is foldable in a second standard direction perpendicular to a rotational axis extending in a first standard direction, the foldable device comprising:
- a display panel;
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- a touch sensing panel disposed on the display panel, the touch sensing panel comprising:
- first touch sensing electrodes arranged in the first standard direction;
- a first bridge on a layer different from a layer on which the first touch sensing electrodes are located, the first bridge connecting two first touch sensing electrodes adjacent to each other in the first standard direction from among the first touch sensing electrodes;
- a second bridge in a same layer as the first bridge, symmetrical with the first bridge with respect to the first standard direction, spaced apart from the first bridge in the second standard direction, and connecting the two first touch sensing electrodes adjacent to each other in the first standard direction;
- second touch sensing electrodes in a same layer as the first touch sensing electrodes, in a flexible region that is foldable in the second standard direction, and arranged in the second standard direction;
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- a third bridge in a same layer as the first touch sensing electrodes, connecting the second touch sensing electrodes and integrally formed with the second touch sensing electrodes as one piece extending in parallel with the second standard direction, and overlapping with the first bridge and the second bridge,
- wherein the first bridge comprises at least one light transmission hole;
- wherein each of the first bridge and the second bridge has a shape inclined with respect to the first standard direction,
- wherein the first bridge and the second bridge do not overlap the second touch sensing electrodes, and
- wherein the first bridge, the second bridge, and the third bridge are in a non-flexible region adjacent to the flexible region in the second standard direction and not in the flexible region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.