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US 12,592,179 B2Granted
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.
Claims20
A display panel comprising:
- a substrate including a main display area and a component area, the component area including a transmission area;
- main display elements disposed on the substrate in the main display area, the main display elements arranged in a pentile matrix structure;
- main pixel circuits electrically connected to the main display elements;
- auxiliary display elements disposed on the substrate in the component area, the auxiliary display elements arranged in a pentile matrix structure;
- auxiliary pixel circuits electrically connected to the auxiliary display elements;
- a transparent electrode layer disposed on the substrate in the component area connecting one of the auxiliary pixel circuits to one of the auxiliary display elements;
- a thin-film encapsulation layer disposed over the main display elements and the auxiliary display elements and comprising a first inorganic encapsulation layer, an organic encapsulation layer, and a second inorganic encapsulation layer;
- a touch buffer layer directly disposed on the thin-film encapsulation layer;
- and
- a touch electrode having a mesh structure disposed on the touch buffer layer, wherein
- at least one of light emitting areas of the auxiliary display elements does not overlap with the auxiliary pixel circuits in a plan view,
- wherein the touch electrode has a hole in the component area, and
- wherein the hole of the touch electrode in the component area does not include any mesh structure of the touch electrode.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a lower cover having a first component area;
- a display panel disposed on the lower cover, the display panel comprising a main display area and a second component area, the second component area including a transmission area;
- a second component disposed between the display panel and the lower cover in the second component area;
- a bracket between the display panel and the lower cover;
- a main circuit board including a main processor;
- a battery below the bracket;
- a first component disposed in the lower cover in the first component area;
- main display elements disposed in the main display area, the main display elements arranged in a pentile matrix structure;
- main pixel circuits electrically connected to the main display elements;
- auxiliary display elements disposed in the second component area, the auxiliary display elements arranged in a pentile matrix structure;
- auxiliary pixel circuits electrically connected to the auxiliary display elements;
- transparent electrode layers disposed in the second component area and connecting the auxiliary pixel circuits to the auxiliary display elements;
- a thin-film encapsulation layer disposed over the main display elements and the auxiliary display elements and comprising a first inorganic encapsulation layer, an organic encapsulation layer, and a second inorganic encapsulation layer;
- a touch buffer layer directly disposed on the thin-film encapsulation layer;
- and
- a touch electrode having a mesh structure disposed on the touch buffer layer;
- wherein at least one of light emitting areas of the auxiliary display elements does not overlap with the auxiliary pixel circuits in a plan view, and
- wherein the touch electrode has a hole in the second component area, and
- wherein the hole of the touch electrode in the second component area does not include any mesh structure of the touch electrode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.