US 11,816,299 B2
Foldable display device
Hosung Nam, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/938,117.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0174220 (KR), filed on Dec. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0176700 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0445 (2019.05) [G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/04164 (2019.05); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable display device comprising:
a display panel comprising a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area, a folding area folded with respect to a folding axis extending in a first direction, the folding area disposed between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area; and
a digitizer disposed below the display panel and comprising a first sensing portion, a second sensing portion spaced apart from the first sensing portion in the folding area, and a connection portion extending from a first end of the first sensing portion to a first end of the second sensing portion, the connection portion comprising:
a first portion extending from the first sensing portion;
a second portion extending from the second sensing portion;
one or more third portions disposed between the first portion and the second portion, wherein each of the one or more third portions comprises a first area, a second area facing the first area, a third area disposed between the first area and the second area; and
a fourth portion disposed between one of: (a) the first portion and the one or more third portions, (b) the second portion and the one or more third portions, and (c) two adjacent third portions from among the one or more third portions.