# US 2022/0285477 A1 · Display panel and electronic apparatus including the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0285477 A1 - Document ID: US20220285477A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/751,522 - Filed: 2022-05-23 - Published: 2022-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2019-12-03 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Nuree UM; Hyungjun PARK; Junyong AN; Kyeonghwa KIM - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220285477A1 ## CPC - H10K 59/131: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals - H10K 59/40: OLEDs integrated with touch screens - H10K 77/10: Substrates, e.g. flexible substrates - 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} - Y02E 10/549: Organic PV cells - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A display panel having at least one hole inside a display area includes: a substrate; a plurality of display elements arranged in a plane around the at least one hole; and a plurality of signal lines extending in a first direction, wherein the at least one hole includes a first hole having a first width in a second direction and having two sides with asymmetric shapes with respect to a first central line passing through a center of the first width, wherein each of first and second neighboring signal lines extends in the first direction, the first signal line detours around a first side of the first hole, and the second signal line detours around a second side of the first hole opposite to the first side, and wherein the first and second signal lines are asymmetric with respect to a first virtual line therebetween. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display panel, the display panel comprising: a substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, wherein the substrate has a first hole and a second hole each passing from the upper surface to the lower surface; a plurality of display elements on the upper surface of the substrate, the plurality of display elements being arranged two-dimensionally around the first hole and the second hole; and a plurality of signal lines electrically connected to the plurality of display elements and extending in a first direction, at least one of the plurality of signal lines detouring around the first hole, wherein the first hole has a first width in a second direction crossing the first direction, the first hole includes a first side and a second side that are asymmetric with respect to a first central line passing through a center of the first width along the first direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display panel of the claim 1, wherein a portion of the first side of the first hole has a first radius of curvature, and a portion of the second side of the first hole has a second radius of curvature that is different from the first radius of curvature. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display panel of the claim 2, wherein the first radius of curvature is greater than the second radius of curvature. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display panel of the claim 1, wherein the second hole has a second width in the second direction, the second hole having two sides that are symmetric with respect to a second central line passing through a center of the second width along the first direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display panel of the claim 4, wherein the first width is greater than the second width. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display panel of the claim 1, wherein the second hole has a second width in the second direction, and a shape of the first width and a shape of the second width are different from each other. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display panel of the claim 1, wherein the plurality of signal lines comprises: a first signal line detouring around the first side of the first hole; and a second signal line detouring around the second side of the first hole opposite to the first side. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The display panel of the claim 7, wherein a first distance between the first side of the first hole and a detouring portion of the first signal line is a same as a second distance between the second side of the first hole and a detouring portion of the second signal line. ### Claim 9 A display panel, the display panel comprising: a substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, wherein the substrate has a first hole and a second hole each passing from the upper surface to the lower surface; a plurality of display elements on the upper surface of the substrate, the plurality of display elements being arranged two-dimensionally around the first hole and the second hole; and a plurality of signal lines electrically connected to the plurality of display elements and extending in a first direction, at least one of the plurality of signal lines detouring around the first hole, wherein the first hole has a first width in a second direction crossing the first direction, the second hole has a second width in the second direction, and the first width is greater than the second width. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The display panel of the claim 9, wherein a shape of the first width and a shape of the second width are different from each other. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The display panel of the claim 9, wherein the first hole includes a first side and a second side that are asymmetric with respect to a first central line passing through a center of the first width along the first direction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The display panel of the claim 11, wherein a portion of the first side of the first hole has a first radius of curvature, and a portion of the second side of the first hole has a second radius of curvature that is different from the first radius of curvature. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display panel of the claim 12, wherein the first radius of curvature is greater than the second radius of curvature. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The display panel of the claim 9, the second hole has two sides that are symmetric with respect to a second central line passing through a center of the second width along the first direction. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The display panel of the claim 9, wherein the plurality of signal lines comprises: a first signal line detouring around a first side of the first hole; and a second signal line detouring around a second side of the first hole opposite to the first side. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The display panel of the claim 15, wherein a first distance between the first side of the first hole and a detouring portion of the first signal line is a same as a second distance between the second side of the first hole and a detouring portion of the second signal line. ### Claim 17 An electronic apparatus comprising: a display panel having a first hole and a second hole spaced from the first hole; and at least one component corresponding to at least one of the first hole or the second hole of the display panel, wherein the display panel comprises: a substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, wherein the first hole and the second hole each pass from the upper surface to the lower surface of the substrate; a plurality of display elements on the upper surface of the substrate, the plurality of display elements being arranged two-dimensionally around the first hole and the second hole; and a plurality of signal lines electrically connected to the plurality of display elements and extending in a first direction, at least one of the plurality of signal lines detouring around the first hole, wherein the first hole has a first width in a second direction crossing the first direction, the first hole includes a first side and a second side that are asymmetric with respect to a first central line passing through a center of the first width along the first direction. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The electronic apparatus of the claim 17, wherein a portion of the first side of the first hole has a first radius of curvature, and a portion of the second side of the first hole has a second radius of curvature that is different from the first radius of curvature. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The electronic apparatus of the claim 18, wherein the first radius of curvature is greater than the second radius of curvature. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The electronic apparatus of the claim 17, wherein the second hole has a second width in the second direction, the second hole having two sides that are symmetric with respect to a second central line passing through a center of the second width along the first direction. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The electronic apparatus of the claim 20, wherein the first width is greater than the second width. ### Claim 22 (depends on 17) The electronic apparatus of the claim 17, wherein the plurality of signal lines comprises: a first signal line detouring around the first side of the first hole; and a second signal line detouring around the second side of the first hole opposite to the first side. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The electronic apparatus of the claim 22, wherein a first distance between the first side of the first hole and a detouring portion of the first signal line is a same as a second distance between the second side of the first hole and a detouring portion of the second signal line. ### Claim 24 (depends on 17) The electronic apparatus of the claim 17, wherein the at least one component comprises a camera or a sensor. ### Claim 25 An electronic apparatus comprising: a display panel having a first hole and a second hole spaced from the first hole; and at least one component corresponding to at least one of the first hole or the second hole of the display panel, wherein the display panel comprises: a substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, wherein the substrate has the first hole and the second hole each passing from the upper surface to the lower surface; a plurality of display elements on the upper surface of the substrate, the plurality of display elements being arranged two-dimensionally around the first hole and the second hole; and a plurality of signal lines electrically connected to the plurality of display elements and extending in a first direction, at least one of the plurality of signal lines detouring around the first hole, wherein the first hole has a first width in a second direction crossing the first direction, the second hole having a second width in the second direction, and the first width is greater than the second width. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The electronic apparatus of the claim 25, wherein a shape of the first width and a shape of the second width are different from each other. ### Claim 27 (depends on 25) The electronic apparatus of the claim 25, wherein the first hole includes a first side and a second side that are asymmetric with respect to a first central line passing through a center of the first width along the first direction. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The electronic apparatus of the claim 27, wherein a portion of the first side of the first hole has a first radius of curvature, and a portion of the second side of the first hole has a second radius of curvature that is different from the first radius of curvature. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The electronic apparatus of the claim 28, wherein the first radius of curvature is greater than the second radius of curvature. ### Claim 30 (depends on 25) The electronic apparatus of the claim 25, the second hole has two sides that are symmetric with respect to a second central line passing through a center of the second width along the first direction. ### Claim 31 (depends on 25) The electronic apparatus of the claim 25, wherein the plurality of signal lines comprises: a first signal line detouring around a first side of the first hole; a second signal line detouring around a second side of the first hole opposite to the first side; a third signal line detouring around a first side of the second hole; and a fourth signal line detouring around a second side of the second hole opposite to the first side of the second hole. ### Claim 32 (depends on 31) The electronic apparatus of the claim 31, wherein a first distance between the first side of the first hole and a detouring portion of the first signal line is a same as a second distance between the second side of the first hole and a detouring portion of the second signal line, and wherein a third distance between the first side of the second hole and a detouring portion of the third signal line is a same as a fourth distance between the second side of the second hole and a detouring portion of the fourth signal line. ### Claim 33 (depends on 25) The electronic apparatus of the claim 25, wherein the at least one component comprises a camera or a sensor. ### Claim 34 (depends on 25) The electronic apparatus of the claim 25, wherein the at least one component comprises a first component corresponding to the first hole of the display panel and a second component corresponding to the second hole of the display panel, and wherein the first component comprises an electronic element different from that of the second component.