# US 12,004,386 B2 · Display apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,004,386 B2 - Document ID: US12004386B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/922,267 - Filed: 2020-07-07 - Published: 2021-04-29 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2019-10-25 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jongwon Chae; Moosoon Ko; Sunghoon Moon; Sewan Son; Yongje Jeon; Jingoo Jung - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12004386B2 ## CPC - H10K 59/121: characterised by the geometry or disposition of pixel elements - H10K 59/12: Active-matrix OLED [AMOLED] displays - H10K 59/126: Shielding, e.g. light-blocking means over the TFTs - H10K 77/00: Constructional details of devices covered by this subclass and not covered by groups H10K10/80, H10K30/80, H10K50/80 or H10K59/80 - H10K 59/122: Pixel-defining structures or layers, e.g. banks - H10K 59/131: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals - H10K 59/1315: {comprising structures specially adapted for lowering the resistance} - H10K 59/35: comprising red-green-blue [RGB] subpixels - H10K 59/65: OLEDs integrated with inorganic image sensors - H10K 59/805: {Electrodes} - H10K 59/8791: {Arrangements for improving contrast, e.g. preventing reflection of ambient light} - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract A display apparatus includes: a substrate including a first area and a second area, the second area including a transmission area; main pixels on the first area, each of the main pixels including a first pixel electrode, a first opposite electrode, and a first intermediate layer between the first pixel electrode and the first opposite electrode; auxiliary pixels on the second area, each of the auxiliary pixels including a second pixel electrode, a second opposite electrode, and a second intermediate layer between the second pixel electrode and the second opposite electrode; and a metal pattern layer on the second area and surrounding the transmission area. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display apparatus comprising: a substrate comprising a first area and a second area, wherein the second area includes a plurality of transmission areas; main pixels on the first area, wherein each of the main pixels comprises a first pixel electrode, a first opposite electrode, and a first intermediate layer between the first pixel electrode and the first opposite electrode; auxiliary pixels on the second area, wherein each of the auxiliary pixels comprises a second pixel electrode, a second opposite electrode, and a second intermediate layer between the second pixel electrode and the second opposite electrode; a metal pattern layer on the second area and surrounding the plurality of transmission areas; and an optical device under the substrate and corresponding to the second area, wherein the optical device overlaps with auxiliary pixels, wherein the plurality of transmission areas are regions overlapping the substrate and corresponding to openings in the metal pattern layer, and wherein the metal pattern layer surrounding the plurality of transmission areas is integrally formed. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a first conductive layer on the substrate; an interlayer insulating layer on the first conductive layer; and a second conductive layer on the interlayer insulating layer. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the metal pattern layer is integrally provided with the second conductive layer as a single unitary unit. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display apparatus of claim 3, wherein the metal pattern layer and the second pixel electrode at least partially overlap each other. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The display apparatus of claim 3, wherein the second conductive layer comprises a driving voltage line. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the metal pattern layer is integrally provided with the first conductive layer as a single unitary unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The display apparatus of claim 6, wherein the metal pattern layer and the second pixel electrode at least partially overlap each other. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the metal pattern layer and the first conductive layer are spaced apart from each other in a same layer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The display apparatus of claim 8, wherein the metal pattern layer is electrically connected to the second conductive layer via a first contact hole defined in the interlayer insulating layer. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the metal pattern layer is integrally provided with the second pixel electrode as a single unitary unit. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the metal pattern layer at least partially overlaps the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a third pixel electrode on the first area and spaced apart from the first pixel electrode; and a fourth pixel electrode on the second area and spaced apart from the second pixel electrode. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display apparatus of claim 12, wherein a first distance is defined as a shortest distance from the first pixel electrode to the third pixel electrode, a second distance is defined as a shortest distance from the second pixel electrode to the fourth pixel electrode, and the first distance is greater than the second distance. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transmission area has a circular shape or an elliptical shape. ### Claim 15 A display apparatus comprising: a substrate comprising a first area and a second area, wherein the second area includes a plurality of transmission areas; first main pixels on the first area, wherein each of the first main pixels comprises a first pixel electrode, a first opposite electrode, and a first intermediate layer between the first pixel electrode and the first opposite electrode; first auxiliary pixels on the second area, wherein each of the first auxiliary pixels comprises a second pixel electrode, a second opposite electrode, and a second intermediate layer between the second pixel electrode and the second opposite electrode; a metal pattern layer on the second area and surrounding the plurality of transmission areas; and an optical device under the substrate and corresponding to the second area, wherein the optical device overlaps with first auxiliary pixels, wherein the plurality of transmission areas are regions overlapping the substrate and corresponding to openings in the metal pattern layer, and wherein the metal pattern layer surrounding the plurality of transmission areas is integrally formed. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The display apparatus of claim 15, further comprising: a first conductive layer on the substrate; an interlayer insulating layer on the first conductive layer; and a second conductive layer on the interlayer insulating layer. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The display apparatus of claim 16, wherein the metal pattern layer and the second pixel electrode at least partially overlap each other. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The display apparatus of claim 17, wherein the metal pattern layer is integrally provided with the second conductive layer as a single unitary unit. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The display apparatus of claim 17, wherein the metal pattern layer is integrally provided with the first conductive layer as a single unitary unit. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The display apparatus of claim 15, wherein the metal pattern layer is integrally provided with the second pixel electrode as a single unitary unit.