# US 12,004,406 B2 · Display device comprising see-through area for camera > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,004,406 B2 - Document ID: US12004406B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/126,002 - Filed: 2020-12-17 - Published: 2021-06-24 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2019-12-20 - Assignees: LG Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: LG Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: DongJun Kim; JiChul Lim; SungWook Yoon; KwangMin Hyun - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12004406B2 ## CPC - H10K 59/131: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals - H10K 59/122: Pixel-defining structures or layers, e.g. banks - H10K 59/35: comprising red-green-blue [RGB] subpixels - H10K 59/8731: {multilayered coatings having a repetitive structure, e.g. having multiple organic-inorganic bilayers} - H10H 20/815: having stress relaxation structures, e.g. buffer layers - H10K 50/14: Carrier transporting layers - H10K 50/15: Hole transporting layers - H10K 50/16: Electron transporting layers - H10K 59/1216: {the pixel elements being capacitors} - H10K 59/65: OLEDs integrated with inorganic image sensors - H10K 2102/00: Constructional details relating to the organic devices covered by this subclass - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES - H10H: INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS ## Abstract A display device includes a camera see-through area which includes a camera module disposed therein; a routing area which is disposed in the vicinity of the camera see-through area and is bypassed by at least one data line and scan line; and a pixel area which includes the camera see-through area and the routing area and includes a plurality of sub-pixels including an organic light emitting diode and a cathode disposed therein. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device, comprising: a camera see-through area in which a camera module is disposed below; a routing area through which at least one data line and one scan line bypass and disposed in a vicinity of the camera see-through area; a pixel area including the camera see-through area, the routing area and a plurality of sub-pixels that has an anode, an organic light emitting element and a cathode disposed therein; and at least one interlayer insulating layer disposed in the plurality of sub-pixels and extending to the camera see-through area, wherein at least one of the organic light emitting element and the cathode extends to the routing area that surrounds the camera see-through area, and wherein the at least one of the organic light emitting element and the cathode extended to the routing area extends with a same continuous contour throughout the routing area and the camera see-through area. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of sub-pixels is not disposed in the camera see-through area. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display device according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of sub-pixels is not disposed in the routing area. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, further comprising: a first inorganic encapsulation layer covering the pixel area; a foreign material cover layer on the first inorganic encapsulation layer; and a second inorganic encapsulation layer on the foreign material cover layer. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display device according to claim 4, wherein the second inorganic encapsulation layer is disposed in the camera see-through area and the routing area to be flat. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of sub-pixels further includes an overcoating layer and a bank-spacer layer, and wherein the camera see-through area does not include the overcoating layer and the bank-spacer layer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein the camera see-through area does not include the organic light emitting element. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein the camera see-through area does not include the cathode. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The display device according to claim 8, wherein the cathode is a translucent electrode. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of sub-pixels further includes an overcoating layer and a bank-spacer layer, and wherein the overcoating layer and the bank-spacer layer are extended to the camera see-through area. ### Claim 11 A display device, comprising: a substrate partitioned into a camera see-through area, a routing area disposed in a vicinity of the camera see-through area, and a plurality of sub-pixels that has an anode, an organic light emitting element and a cathode disposed therein; a plurality of data lines and scan lines crossing one another, at least one data line and one scan line bypassing the routing area; a camera module disposed below the camera see-through area; at least one interlayer insulating layer disposed in the plurality of sub-pixels and extending to the camera see-through area; a first inorganic encapsulation layer covering the plurality of sub-pixels; and a foreign material cover layer disposed on the first inorganic encapsulation layer, wherein at least one of the organic light emitting element and the cathode extends to the routing area that surrounds the camera see-through area, and wherein the at least one of the organic light emitting element and the cathode extended to the routing area extends with a same continuous contour throughout the routing area and the camera see-through area. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The display device according to claim 11, further comprising a second inorganic encapsulation layer disposed on the foreign material cover layer. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The display device according to claim 11, wherein the second inorganic encapsulation layer is disposed to be flat in the camera see-through area and the routing area. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The display device according to claim 11, further comprising an overcoating layer and a bank-spacer layer. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The display device according to claim 14, wherein the camera see-through area does not include the overcoating layer and the bank-spacer layer. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The display device according to claim 11, wherein the camera see-through area does not include an organic light emitting element. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The display device according to claim 11, wherein the camera see-through area does not include a cathode. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The display device according to claim 17, wherein the cathode includes a translucent electrode. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The display device according to claim 11, further comprising an overcoating layer and a bank-spacer layer in the plurality of sub-pixels, wherein the overcoating layer and the bank-spacer layer are extended to the camera see-through area.