# US 2021/0241671 A1 · Display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0241671 A1 - Document ID: US20210241671A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/986,332 - Filed: 2020-08-06 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2020-02-03 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Sangshin Lee; Seungjin Lee; Yeonju Kang; Sanghoon Kim; Jongsung Park; Eunjoung Jung - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241671A1 ## CPC - G09G 3/3233: with pixel circuitry controlling the current through the light-emitting element - G09G 3/2003: {Display of colours (specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607)} - G09G 3/3225: using an active matrix - H10K 59/352: {the areas of the RGB subpixels being different} - H10K 59/353: {characterised by the geometrical arrangement of the RGB subpixels} - G09G 2300/0452: Details of colour pixel setup, e.g. pixel composed of a red, a blue and two green components - G09G 2300/0819: used for counteracting undesired variations, e.g. feedback or autozeroing - G09G 2300/0842: forming a memory circuit, e.g. a dynamic memory with one capacitor - G09G 2300/0861: with additional control of the display period without amending the charge stored in a pixel memory, e.g. by means of additional select electrodes - G09G 2320/0238: Improving the black level - G09G 2320/0686: with two or more screen areas displaying information with different brightness or colours - H10K 59/65: OLEDs integrated with inorganic image sensors - H10K 59/8731: {multilayered coatings having a repetitive structure, e.g. having multiple organic-inorganic bilayers} - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract A display device includes: a substrate including a first display area and a second display area including a transmission area; first pixels in the first display area; and second pixels in the second display area, wherein a distance between a first sub-pixel from among the first pixels, the first sub-pixel being adjacent to a boundary area between the first display area and the second display area, and a second sub-pixel from among the second pixels, the second sub-pixel being adjacent to the boundary area, is set to a certain value. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device comprising: a substrate including a first display area and a second display area including a transmission area; first pixels in the first display area; and second pixels in the second display area, wherein a distance between a first sub-pixel from among the first pixels, the first sub-pixel being adjacent to a boundary area between the first display area and the second display area and emitting light of a first color, and a second sub-pixel from among the second pixels, the second sub-pixel being adjacent to the boundary area, emitting light of the first color, and through which a virtual line passing through a center of the first sub-pixel passes, has a value based on a pixel pitch. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the second sub-pixel is a pixel from among the second pixels and through which the virtual line first passes. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the second pixels are in units of pixel groups, wherein transmission areas surround the pixel groups. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display device of claim 3, wherein a structuring of the second pixels constituting the pixel groups is same as a structuring of the first pixels. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display device of claim 4, wherein an area of each of the second pixels is different from an area of a first pixel corresponding to the second pixel. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1, 3) The display device of claim 3, wherein a structuring of the second pixels constituting the pixel groups is different from a structuring of the first pixels. The display device of claim 1, wherein the pixel pitch is a center distance between first pixels emitting green light. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the virtual line is parallel to data lines or scan lines connected to the second pixels. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the distance between the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel is a shortest straight-line distance between an edge of the first sub-pixel and an edge of the second sub-pixel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The display device of claim 9, wherein the distance between the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel is greater than or equal to the pixel pitch. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the distance between the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel is a shortest straight-line distance between a line passing through a center of the first sub-pixel and a line passing through a center of the second sub-pixel. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The display device of claim 11, wherein the distance between the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel is within a certain range of twice the pixel pitch. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display device of claim 12, wherein the distance between the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel is within ±30% of twice the pixel pitch. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, further comprising an inorganic insulating layer on the substrate, wherein the inorganic insulating layer includes an opening corresponding to the transmission area and the boundary area. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein a distance between a third sub-pixel from among the first pixels, the third sub-pixel being adjacent to the boundary area and emitting light of a second color, and a fourth sub-pixel from among the second pixels, the fourth sub-pixel being adjacent to the boundary area, emitting light of a color different from the second color, and through which a virtual line passing through a center of the third sub-pixel passes, has a minimum value among gap values of a pixel-defining layer between the first pixels and gap values of a pixel-defining layer between the second pixels or a value that is greater than the minimum value. ### Claim 16 A display device comprising: a substrate including a first display area and a second display area including a transmission area; first pixels in the first display area; and second pixels in the second display area, wherein a distance between a first sub-pixel from among the first pixels, the first sub-pixel being adjacent to the boundary area between the first display area and the second display area and emitting light of a first color, and a second sub-pixel from among the second pixels, the second sub-pixel being adjacent to the boundary area, emitting light of a color different from the first color, and through which a virtual line passing through a center of the first sub-pixel passes, is greater than or equal to a minimum value among gap values of a pixel-defining layer between the first pixels and gap values of a pixel-defining layer between the second pixels. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The display device of claim 16, wherein the second sub-pixel is a pixel from among the second pixels and through which the virtual line first passes, and the virtual line is parallel to data lines or scan lines connected to the second pixels. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The display device of claim 16, wherein the second pixels are in units of pixel groups, wherein transmission areas surround the pixel groups, and a structuring of the second pixels constituting the pixel groups is different from a structuring of the first pixels. ### Claim 19 A display device comprising: a substrate including a first display area and a second display area including a transmission area; first pixels in the first display area; and second pixels in the second display area, wherein a center distance between a first sub-pixel from among the first pixels, the first sub-pixel being adjacent to a boundary area between the first display area and the second display area and emitting light of a first color, and a second sub-pixel from among the second pixels, the second sub-pixel being adjacent to the boundary area, emitting light of the first color, and through which a virtual line passing through a center of the first sub-pixel passes, is within a certain range of twice a pixel pitch. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The display device of claim 19, wherein the second pixels are in units of pixel groups, wherein transmission areas surround the pixel groups, and a structuring of the second pixels constituting the pixel groups is same as or different from a structuring of the first pixels. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The display device of claim 19, wherein the pixel pitch is a center distance between first pixels emitting green light, and the virtual line is parallel to data lines or scan lines connected to the second pixels.