Foldable Display Device
AssigneeLG Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsSuk CHOI, NohJin MYUNG, Wansoo LEE, Sinchul KANG, Seungkyu LEE, Miyeon Seo
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Abstract
A foldable display device includes a display panel configured to be folded around a folding axis. The display panel includes spacers disposed in a non-folding area and a folding area, and the spacers may have different sizes or densities. Dimensions of the spacers may be in a direction of the folding axis or intersect the direction of the folding axis. The display panel also includes pixels in an active area that overlap with the spacers, which may help reduce peeling, cracking, defects, or reduction in pixel brightness due to folding of the display device.
Claims25
A foldable display device comprising:
- a display panel configured to be folded around a folding axis, the display panel including:
- a first plurality of spacers disposed in a non-folding area;
- and
- a second plurality of spacers disposed in a folding area, the second plurality of spacers having different sizes than the first plurality of spacers, each of the second plurality of spacers having a first dimension and a second dimension greater than the first dimension, the second dimensions of the second plurality of spacers each in a direction of the folding axis.
A foldable display device comprising:
- a display panel configured to be folded around a folding axis, the display panel including:
- a first plurality of spacers disposed in a non-folding area;
- and
- a second plurality of spacers disposed in a folding area, a first density of the first plurality of spacers less than a second density of the second plurality of spacers.
A foldable display device comprising:
- a display panel including:
- a first plurality of spacers disposed in a non-folding area;
- a second plurality of spacers disposed in a folding area, the second plurality of spacers having different size or density than the first plurality of spacers;
- and
- a plurality of pixels disposed in an active area, each of the plurality of pixels overlapping with at least one of the first plurality of spacers or the second plurality of spacers.
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