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Display device with light receiving element under transparent spacer and manufacturing method therefor

US8836906B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 20, 2011
Grant dateSep 16, 2014
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Expiry dateMay 8, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/13338
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An object is to provide a display device which has high visibility and has a touch recognition function with a high degree of accuracy, by combining a liquid crystal layer where liquid crystals are dispersed in a polymer and a light emitting element. In a display device using a liquid crystal layer where liquid crystals are dispersed in a polymer, a light-transmitting spacer is provided so as to overlap with a light receiving element which has a touch recognition function. The light-transmitting spacer can prevent light incident on the light receiving element from being dispersed by the liquid crystals, while maintaining a cell gap in the liquid crystal layer, and thus achieve a touch recognition function with a high degree of accuracy with high visibility.

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