Display device and method for providing the same

A method for providing a display device, the method comprising:

• providing a display panel including:
• a substrate including a bending area which is bendable, a flat area which is adjacent to the bending area, and a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, and
• a display unit which provides an image, on the first surface of the substrate;
• providing an optical member on the first surface of the substrate and facing the substrate with the display unit therebetween;
• providing a support layer on the second surface of the substrate and disconnected at the bending area of the substrate, the support layer including:
• an end portion closest to the bending area,
• the end portion including a flat portion corresponding to the flat area of the substrate, and a bending portion in the bending area of the substrate, and
• the bending portion of the support layer including an end closest to the bending area of the substrate, and
• the bending portion having an acute angle of inclination with respect to the second surface of the substrate;
• and
• bending the bending area of the substrate, which bends the bending portion of the support layer together with the substrate,
• wherein the providing of the bending portion of the support layer provides a groove in the substrate, at the bending area, the groove being open in a direction from the display panel to the support layer and including an end aligned with the end of the bending portion of the support layer.

A display device comprising:

• a display panel including:
• a display area, and
• a non-display area adjacent to the display area and defining an end of the display panel;
• a circuit board which is attached to the display panel at the non-display area, the circuit board including:
• a flat area corresponding to the non-display area,
• a bending area which extends from the flat area, in a direction away from the display panel, and is bendable around the end of the display panel, and
• a groove defined in the bending area,
• wherein the circuit board bent around the end of the display panel include the groove being open in a direction away from the display panel.