Display device
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorMyungan Min
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Abstract
Disclosed is a display device comprising a display panel, and a support layer disposed under the display panel. The display panel includes a display area that displays an image in a bending area and in a non-bending area, and a non-display area disposed adjacent to the display area in the bending area and the non-bending area. The display device is bend in the bending area during a sliding motion and not bent in the non-bending area adjacent to the bending area during the sliding motion. The non-display area that is disposed the bending area includes pattern areas and non-pattern areas adjacent to the pattern areas. Each of the pattern areas includes a concave portion and a remaining portion.
Claims12
A display device, comprising:
- a display module including:
- a display area that displays an image in a bending area and in a non-bending area, the bending area being bent when the display device performs a sliding motion and the non-bending area adjacent to the bending area not being bent during the sliding motion;
- and
- a non-display area disposed adjacent to the display area in the bending area and in the non-bending area, wherein the display module includes a display panel outputting the image and an input sensing layer disposed on the display panel;
- and
- a support layer disposed under the display panel, wherein
- the non-display area that is disposed in the bending area includes:
- pattern areas;
- and
- non-pattern areas disposed adjacent to the pattern areas, and
- each of the pattern areas includes:
- a concave portion provided in the display panel and the input sensing layer;
- and
- a remaining portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.