# US 12,765,207 B2 · Display panel and electronic apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,765,207 B2 - Document ID: US12765207B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/981,333 - Filed: 2022-11-04 - Published: 2023-07-27 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2022-01-26 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Minsu Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12765207B2 ## CPC - H10K 59/353: {characterised by the geometrical arrangement of the RGB subpixels} - H10D 86/441: {Interconnections, e.g. scanning lines} - H10D 86/60: wherein the TFTs are in active matrices - H10K 59/1213: {the pixel elements being TFTs} - H10K 59/131: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals - H10K 59/40: OLEDs integrated with touch screens - H10K 59/65: OLEDs integrated with inorganic image sensors - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES - H10D: INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES ## Abstract A display panel includes: a first display area having a plurality of sub-pixels; and a second display area adjacent to the first display area, wherein the second display area comprises: a pixel portion including at least one sub-pixel; and a plurality of transmissive portions surrounding the pixel portion in a plan view, wherein a sub-pixel circuit including transistors is in the second display area, the transistors being electrically connected to light-emitting diodes that correspond to the at least one sub-pixel, and wherein a portion of a wiring is between two adjacent transmissive portions among the plurality of transmissive portions, the wiring being electrically connected to the sub-pixel circuit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display panel comprising: a first display area having a plurality of sub-pixels; and a second display area adjacent to the first display area, wherein the second display area comprises: a pixel portion including at least one sub-pixel; a plurality of transmissive portions surrounding the pixel portion in a plan view, wherein a sub-pixel circuit including transistors is in the second display area, the transistors being electrically connected to light-emitting diodes that correspond to the at least one sub-pixel, and wherein a portion of a wiring is between two adjacent transmissive portions among the plurality of transmissive portions, the wiring being electrically connected to the sub-pixel circuit; and a metal layer below the sub-pixel circuit, wherein the metal layer includes a plurality of openings respectively corresponding to the plurality of transmissive portions, and wherein the metal layer is electrically connected to the wiring, a gate electrode of one of the transistors included in the sub-pixel circuit, or a line, wherein the line is electrically connected to the sub-pixel circuit to apply a signal or a voltage to the sub-pixel circuit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display panel of claim 1, wherein the wiring includes a data line, a scan line, or a driving voltage line electrically connected to the sub-pixel circuit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display panel of claim 1, wherein each of at least one of the plurality of transmissive portions, or the pixel portion has a hexagonal shape in a plan view. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display panel of claim 1, further comprising: a first electrode in the pixel portion in the second display area; an emission layer on the first electrode; and a second electrode on the emission layer, wherein the second electrode includes a plurality of transmissive openings respectively corresponding to the plurality of transmissive portions. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display panel of claim 4, wherein the second electrode includes: a first portion overlapping the pixel portion; and second portions formed as one body with the first portion and extending in a direction away from the first portion, wherein one of the second portions is between two transmissive openings among the plurality of transmissive openings. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display panel of claim 5, wherein the plurality of transmissive openings of the second electrode are at vertexes of a virtual hexagon centered in the first portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display panel of claim 1, wherein the metal layer includes: a first portion overlapping the pixel portion; and second portions formed as one body with the first portion and extending in a direction away from the first portion, wherein a portion of the wiring overlaps one of the second portions of the metal layer. ### Claim 8 An electronic apparatus comprising: a display panel including a first display area having a plurality of sub-pixels, and a second display area adjacent to the first display area; and a component below the display panel and corresponding to the second display area, wherein the second display area of the display panel includes: a pixel portion including at least one sub-pixel; a plurality of transmissive portions located at vertexes of a virtual polygon having N sides, where N is a multiple of 3, centered located in the pixel portion in a plan view, wherein the at least one sub-pixel is configured to emit light from a light-emitting diode electrically connected to a sub-pixel circuit including transistors of the at least one sub-pixel, and wherein a portion of a wiring electrically connected to the sub-pixel circuit is between two transmissive portions among the plurality of transmissive portions; and a metal layer below the sub-pixel circuit, wherein the metal layer includes a plurality of openings respectively corresponding to the plurality of transmissive portions, and wherein the metal layer is electrically connected to the wiring, a gate electrode of one of the transistors included in the sub-pixel circuit, or a line, wherein the line is electrically connected to the sub-pixel circuit to apply a signal or a voltage to the sub-pixel circuit. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The electronic apparatus of claim 8, wherein the wiring includes a data line, a scan line, or a driving voltage line electrically connected to the sub-pixel circuit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The electronic apparatus of claim 8, further comprising a first electrode in the pixel portion in the second display area; an emission layer on the first electrode; and a second electrode on the emission layer, wherein the second electrode includes a plurality of transmissive openings respectively corresponding to the plurality of transmissive portions. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The electronic apparatus of claim 10, wherein the second electrode includes: a first portion overlapping the pixel portion; and second portions formed as one body with the first portion and extending in a radial direction away from a center of the first portion, wherein one of the second portions is located two adjacent transmissive openings among the plurality of transmissive openings. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electronic apparatus of claim 11, wherein a center of each of the plurality of transmissive openings of the second electrode is in a vertex of a virtual hexagon centered in the first portion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The electronic apparatus of claim 11, wherein a center of each of the plurality of transmissive openings of the second electrode is in a vertex of a virtual triangle centered in the first portion. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The electronic apparatus of claim 11, wherein a portion of the wiring overlaps one of the second portions of the second electrode. ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) The electronic apparatus of claim 8, wherein the metal layer comprises: a first portion overlapping the pixel portion; and second portions formed as one body with the first portion and extending in a direction away from the first portion, wherein a portion of the wiring overlaps one of the second portions of the metal layer. ### Claim 16 (depends on 8) The electronic apparatus of claim 8, wherein the component includes a sensor or a camera.