Display device having a non-rectilinear display area
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsChangil Tae, Seungjun Yu, Younggoo Song
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Abstract
A display device includes a first substrate; a second substrate covering the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of pixels on the first substrate; and a light blocking member disposed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate, the light blocking member disposed in a curved area and defining a display area and a non-display area. The plurality of pixels includes a first pixel outside the curved area; and a second pixel in the curved area, and a pixel electrode of the first pixel has a different shape from a shape of a pixel electrode of the second pixel.
Claims22
A display device comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a second substrate covering the first substrate;
- a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate;
- a plurality of pixels on the first substrate;
- and
- a light blocking layer disposed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate and defining a non-display area, the light blocking layer including a first edge light blocking layer member disposed along an edge of the first substrate or the second substrate in the non-display area,
- wherein the plurality of pixels comprise:
- a first pixel not overlapping the first edge light blocking layer in a plan view;
- and
- a second pixel overlapping the first edge light blocking layer in a plan view, and
- wherein a pixel electrode of the first pixel has a different shape from a shape of a pixel electrode of the second pixel in a plan view.
A display device comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a second substrate covering the first substrate;
- a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate;
- a plurality of pixels on the first substrate;
- and
- a light blocking layer disposed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate and defining a non-display area,
- wherein the light blocking layer comprises:
- a first edge light blocking layer disposed along an edge of the first substrate or the second substrate in the non-display area, and
- a plurality of second edge light blocking layers that are positioned on some of the plurality of pixels,
- wherein the plurality of pixels comprise:
- a first pixel not overlapping the first and second edge light blocking layers in a plan view, and
- a second pixel overlapping the second edge light blocking layer in a plan view,
- wherein a pixel electrode of the first pixel has a different shape from a shape of a pixel electrode of the second pixel in a plan view.
A display device comprising:
- a substrate having a curved outer edge and a curved area adjacent to the curved outer edge;
- a plurality of first pixels disposed on the substrate in rows and columns, wherein the number of first pixels in the rows varies;
- a plurality of second pixels including a second pixel positioned at an end of each row wherein the end is in the curved area, wherein each second pixel has a pixel electrode that is shaped differently from a pixel electrode of the first pixel;
- and
- a light blocking layer disposed to overlap the plurality of second pixels and not to overlap the first pixels in a plan view.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.