Bent display panel with electrical lines for a sensor
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsBrian Jon Hassemer, Paul Lynn Fordham, Mark Daniel Janninck, David Kyungtag Lim
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Abstract
An electronic device including a display panel is provided. In some embodiments, the display panel includes an active display region and an electrical component. The electrical component is distinct from a touch sensor device that is adapted to receive touch input across the active display region of the display panel. An electrical conductor connects the electrical component to another component of the electronic device via the display panel, such as via a bent portion of the display panel.
Claims20
An electronic assembly, comprising:
- a display panel that includes:
- a front major face,
- a back major face that opposes the front major face,
- an active display region of the front major face, and
- a bent portion;
- a touch sensor device, the touch sensor adapted to receive touch input across the active display region of the display panel;
- a sensor connected to the display panel, the sensor being distinct from the touch sensor device;
- a circuit board that includes a processor, the circuit board positioned behind the back major face of the display panel;
- a first electrical conductor positioned behind the back major face of the display panel and that electrically connects the bent portion of the display panel to the circuit board;
- and
- a second electrical conductor that connects the sensor to the first electrical conductor via the bent portion of the display panel.
An electronic assembly, comprising:
- a display panel that includes:
- a front major face,
- a back major face that opposes the front major face,
- an active display region of the front major face, and
- a bent portion;
- a touch sensor device, the touch sensor adapted to receive touch input across the active display region of the display panel;
- a sensor connected to the display panel, the sensor being distinct from the touch sensor device;
- and
- an electrical conductor that comprises a conductive line in contact with the display panel through at least some of the bent portion of the display panel.
A method of manufacturing an electronic assembly, comprising:
- routing electrical conductors through a display panel substrate;
- cutting the display panel substrate;
- and
- bending less than an entire side of the display panel substrate to form a bent portion and an extension portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.