Flexible display and electronic device equipped with same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeunghoon KO, Gidae KIM, Jungchul AN, Joungmin CHO, Kwangtai KIM, Hyungsup BYEON
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Abstract
Provided is a flexible display. A flexible display, having a first region and a second region extending therefrom in a first direction, may comprise: a display panel comprising a pixel array; and a touch sensor layer comprising first electrodes arranged on the first region and second electrodes arranged on the second region; and switches, each electrically connecting a first and second electrodes.
Claims15
A flexible display having a first area and a second area extending from the first area in a first direction, the flexible display comprising:
- a display panel including a pixel array;
- a touch sensor layer including a first electrode disposed in the first area and a second electrode disposed in the second area;
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- a switch configured to electrically connect the first electrode and the second electrode.
An electronic device comprising:
- a flexible display including a first area and a second area extending from the first area in one direction;
- a first structure having at least part of the flexible display disposed on a first surface thereof;
- a second structure coupled to the first structure so as to slide in one direction relative to the first structure, the remaining part of the flexible display being disposed in the second structure;
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- a processor electrically connected with the flexible display,
- wherein the second structure slides relative to the first structure between an open state and a closed state,
- wherein a distance between an end portion of the first structure in one direction and an end portion of the second structure in one direction is increased when the second structure moves from the closed state to the open state,
- wherein in the open state, the first area is disposed on the first surface of the first structure, and the second area is disposed inside the second structure,
- wherein the second area is pulled into the second structure to form the first surface together with the first area when the second structure moves from the closed state to the open state,
- wherein the flexible display includes a display panel, a touch sensor layer formed over the display panel and including a first electrode disposed in the first area and a second electrode disposed in the second area, and a switch configured to electrically open or short-circuit the first electrode and the second electrode, and
- wherein the processor controls the switch to electrically open the first electrode and the second electrode when the second structure moves from the open state to the closed state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.