Display apparatus

A display apparatus comprising:

• a substrate including:
• a display area having a plurality of pixels;
• and
• a non-display area adjacent to the display area and having a dam spaced apart from the plurality of pixels;
• a flat portion provided below a pixel electrode of each of the plurality of pixels, the flat portion adjacent to the dam;
• and
• a bank covering an edge of the pixel electrode,
• wherein the bank includes a first bank disposed between the flat portion and the dam, and
• a thickness of the flat portion is less than a thickness of the dam and is greater than a thickness of the first bank,
• wherein the flat portion includes a horizontal surface parallel to an upper surface of the substrate,
• an upper surface of the first bank is lower than the horizontal surface of the flat portion and has a stepwise structure,
• wherein the pixel electrode disposed on the flat portion adjacent to the dam includes:
• a first extension portion disposed on the horizontal surface of the flat portion adjacent to the dam;
• and
• a second extension portion disposed on an inclined surface of the flat portion adjacent to the dam.

A display apparatus comprising:

• a substrate;
• and
• a display area having a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate,
• wherein the display area includes:
• a light emission area in which the plurality of pixels are disposed;
• a non-light emission area other than the light emission area;
• a dam disposed in the non-light emission area and laterally surrounding an outermost pixel of the plurality of pixels;
• a flat portion disposed below the outermost pixel and adjacent to the dam;
• and
• a bank surrounding the outermost pixel and separated from the dam,
• wherein the bank includes a first bank disposed between the flat portion and the dam,
• wherein the flat portion includes a horizontal surface parallel to an upper surface of the substrate,
• an upper surface of the first bank is lower than the horizontal surface of the flat portion and has a stepwise structure,
• wherein a pixel electrode disposed on the flat portion adjacent to the dam includes:
• a first extension portion disposed on the horizontal surface of the flat portion adjacent to the dam;
• and
• a second extension portion disposed on an inclined surface of the flat portion adjacent to the dam.