Display panel and display apparatus including the same
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeunglyong Bok, Yongje Jeon, Songi Kim, Okkyung Park, Youngran Son, Dongho Lee, Seunghoon Lee
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Abstract
A display panel includes a main display area, and a component area including a transmission area. The display panel includes a substrate including a groove disposed in the transmission area in a depth direction of the substrate; main display elements disposed above the substrate in the main display area; main pixel circuits electrically connected to the main display elements; and auxiliary display elements disposed above the substrate in the component area; and auxiliary pixel circuits electrically connected to the auxiliary display elements.
Claims27
A display panel comprising:
- a main display area and a component area, the component area including a transmission area;
- a substrate including a groove disposed in the transmission area in a depth direction of the substrate, the groove disposed within a layer of the substrate based on a removal of a portion of the layer from the substrate in a thickness direction of the substrate corresponding to the depth direction;
- main display elements disposed above the substrate in the main display area;
- main pixel circuits electrically connected to the main display elements;
- auxiliary display elements disposed above the substrate in the component area;
- and
- auxiliary pixel circuits electrically connected to the auxiliary display elements, wherein
- the substrate comprises a first base layer, a first inorganic barrier layer, a second base layer, and a second inorganic barrier layer that are sequentially stacked,
- the second inorganic barrier layer comprises a first opening in the transmission area,
- the second base layer comprises a second opening overlapping the first opening, and
- the groove comprises the first opening, the second opening, and an upper surface of the first inorganic barrier layer.
A display panel comprising:
- a main display area and a component area, the component area including a transmission area;
- a substrate including a groove disposed in the transmission area in a depth direction of the substrate;
- main display elements disposed above the substrate in the main display area;
- main pixel circuits electrically connected to the main display elements;
- auxiliary display elements disposed above the substrate in the component area;
- auxiliary pixel circuits electrically connected to the auxiliary display elements;
- and
- a bottom metal layer disposed between the substrate and the auxiliary pixel circuits, wherein
- the bottom metal layer comprises a bottom-hole in the transmission area, and
- the bottom-hole has a polygonal shape having eight or more sides or has a circular shape.
A display panel comprising:
- a main display area and a component area, the component area including a transmission area;
- a substrate including a groove disposed in the transmission area in a depth direction of the substrate;
- main display elements disposed above the substrate in the main display area;
- main pixel circuits electrically connected to the main display elements;
- auxiliary display elements disposed above the substrate in the component area;
- auxiliary pixel circuits electrically connected to the auxiliary display elements;
- an encapsulation member that encapsulates the main display elements and the auxiliary display elements;
- and
- a mirror member disposed on a surface of the encapsulation member, wherein
- at least one of the main display area and the component area comprises a mirror area, and
- the mirror member disposed in the mirror area and comprises:
- a first mirror layer including a first mirror opening in the main display elements and the auxiliary display elements;
- and
- a second mirror layer disposed in the mirror area and the first mirror opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.