Display device and method of fabricating the same
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeungwook KWON, Ohjune KWON, Hyojeong KWON, Doohwan KIM, Minsang KIM
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Abstract
A display device includes a display panel, a protection member, and an adhesive member between the protection member and the display panel. The display panel includes a first region, in which effective pixels are provided, a second region, in which ineffective pixels are provided, and a third region, in which a pixel is absent. The protection member is provided on a rear surface of the display panel and defines a first groove corresponding to the second region. The protection member includes a thermoplastic resin.
Claims20
A display device, comprising:
- a display panel comprising a first region, in which effective pixels are provided, a second region, in which ineffective pixels are provided, and a third region, in which a pixel is absent;
- a protection member which comprises a thermoplastic resin, is disposed on a rear surface of the display panel and defines a first groove corresponding to the second region;
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- an adhesive member between the protection member and the display panel.
A display device, comprising:
- a display panel comprising an effective pixel region, in which effective pixels are provided, an ineffective pixel region, in which ineffective pixels are provided, and a peripheral region, in which a pixel is absent;
- a protection member which is provided on a rear surface of the display panel and defines a groove corresponding to the ineffective pixel region;
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- an adhesive member provided between the protection member and the display panel.
A method of fabricating a display device, the method comprising:
- providing a preliminary display device comprising a display panel and a protection member provided on a rear surface of the display panel, the display panel comprising a pixel region, in which pixels are provided, and a peripheral region, in which the pixels are absent;
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- pressing a portion of the protection member using a heating block to inactivate a predetermined number of pixels of the pixels, which are located in a region of the pixel region corresponding to the portion of the protection member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.