Display panel

Abstract

A display panel includes: a substrate including a first area, a second area at least partially surrounding the first area, and an intermediate area between the first area and the second area; an insulating layer on the substrate; a plurality of display elements in the second area, and each including a pixel electrode, an opposite electrode, and an intermediate layer between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode; a groove in the intermediate area; a thin-film encapsulation layer covering the plurality of display elements, and including an inorganic encapsulation layer and an organic encapsulation layer; and an inorganic layer over the thin-film encapsulation layer, wherein at least one sub-layer included in the intermediate layer is disconnected around the groove, and the inorganic layer directly contacts the insulating layer beyond an edge of the at least one sub-layer located in the intermediate area and an edge of the inorganic encapsulation layer.

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