Radio frequency shielding using a touch on encapsulation layer

A display panel comprising:

• a flexible substrate;
• a touch metal layer;
• a metal layer between the flexible substrate and the touch metal layer;
• a display area;
• and
• a non-display area;
• each of the display area and the non-display area comprising the flexible substrate, the touch metal layer, and the metal layer, the metal layer comprising signal lines for transmitting signals between the display area and the non-display area;
• the non-display area further comprising:
• a bending area;
• and
• the touch metal layer being disposed on the metal layer in the non-display area to shield noise from signals transmitted through the signal lines in the bending area from an antenna;
• the display area further comprising:
• light emitting diodes;
• and
• a thin film encapsulation layer disposed between the touch metal layer and the metal layer in the display area.

A method of manufacturing a display panel, the display panel having a display area and a non-display area, the method comprising:

• providing a flexible substrate;
• forming, in the display area and the non-display area, a metal layer on the flexible substrate;
• forming, in the display area, a thin film encapsulation layer on the metal layer;
• forming a touch metal layer on the thin film encapsulation layer in the display area and on the metal layer in the non-display area;
• and
• bending an area of the non-display area under the flexible substrate to form a bend radius such that the flexible substrate on a bending area faces the flexible substrate on a non-bending area of the non-display area.