Display panel and display device including the same
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsHWI KIM, JEONGKUK KIM, AREUM LEE, SEUNGYONG SONG, KYU HWAN HWANG
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Abstract
A display device includes a window including a front area and a corner area, and a display panel coupled to the window. The display panel includes a first area and a second area corresponding to the front area and the corner area, respectively. The second area includes a plurality of unit areas, a plurality of stretchable areas disposed between the plurality of unit areas, where a plurality of opening areas are defined through the display panel to be adjacent to the plurality of unit areas . A light emitting area of the second area has an area greater than an area of a corresponding light emitting area of the first area.
Claims20
A display device comprising:
- a window comprising a front area, a first side area bent from a first side of the front area and having a first curvature, a second side area bent from a second side of the front area and having a second curvature, and a corner area disposed between the first side area and the second side area;
- and
- a display panel coupled to the window,
- wherein the display panel comprises:
- a first area corresponding to the front area, the first side area, and the second side area of the window, wherein first, second, and third light emitting areas are disposed in the first area;
- and
- a second area corresponding to the corner area of the window,
- wherein at least a partial area of the second area comprises:
- a plurality of first unit areas, wherein the first, second, and third light emitting areas are disposed in each of the plurality of first unit areas;
- and
- a plurality of stretchable areas disposed between the plurality of first unit areas,
- wherein a plurality of opening areas are defined through the display panel to be adjacent to the plurality of first unit areas and the plurality of stretchable areas, and
- wherein each of the first, second, and third light emitting areas of the second area has an area greater than an area of a corresponding light emitting area of the first, second, and third light emitting areas of the first area.
A display device comprising:
- a window comprising a front area, a first side area bent from a first side of the front area and having a first curvature, a second side area bent from a second side of the front area and having a second curvature, and a corner area disposed between the first side area and the second side area;
- and
- a display panel coupled to the window,
- wherein the display panel comprises:
- a first area corresponding to the front area, the first side area, and the second side area, wherein first, second, and third light emitting areas are disposed in the first area;
- and
- a second area corresponding to the corner area, wherein the first, second, and third light emitting areas are disposed in the second area,
- wherein a number of the first, second, and third light emitting areas per a unit area in the first area is greater than a number of the first, second, and third light emitting areas per the unit area in the second area, and
- each of the first, second, and third light emitting areas of the second area has an area greater than an area of a corresponding light emitting area of the first, second, and third light emitting areas of the first area.
A display panel comprising:
- a first area in which first, second, and third light emitting areas are disposed;
- and
- a second area disposed adjacent to the first area, in which the first, second, and third light emitting areas are disposed, and in which a plurality of opening areas are defined,
- wherein a number of the first, second, and third light emitting areas per a unit area in the first area is greater than a number of the first, second, and third light emitting areas per the unit area in the second area, and
- each of the first, second, and third light emitting areas of the second area has an area greater than an area of a corresponding light emitting area of the first, second, and third light emitting areas of the first area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.