Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Il Dong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Samsung Displayco., Ltd.

Gunhee Kim

Donghwan Shim

Taehoon Yang

Sunyoung Jung

Joohee Jeon

Hyunho Kim

Chungsock Choi

Sanghee Jang

Sunho Kim

Sunhee Lee

Juhoon Kang

Sungjin Hong

Seungchan Lee

Donghyun Kim

Gyungsoon Park

Youngwan Seo

Hyungkeun Park

Soohyun Moon

Miyeon Cho

Jung Ho Kim

Seong-Min Kim

Kyungho Kim

Hyun Joon Kim

Sanghoon Kim

Hyeongseok Kim

Chongchul Chai

Jin Hee Lee

Sunmi Kang

Seokhyun Lim

Kyung Mi An

Te-ik Sohn

Changmok Oh

Yearin Jun

Juchan Park

Meehye Jung

Junki Jeong

Choelmin Jang

Seonyoung Choi

Jeong-Geun Kim

Jaeun Lee

Hong Chul Yoon

Jung-eun Park

Min Whan Chang

Da Hae Hong

Changhee Hong

Jae Eui Shin

Woo Jin Jeon

A-rang Im

Jaeho Heo

Kyeojin Kim

Sung Wook Kwon

In-Gyu Je

Yeongran Yoo

Ji Hye Choi

Eun Hye Jang

Jin Ah Jeong

Myong Jae Lee

Hyun Jung Kim

Jung Woo Lee

Chaungi Choi

Jinkoo Chung

Joontae Park

Sumi Lee

Eunkyoung Nam

Myongjae Lee

Seolhee Lee

Jooyun Lee

Dami Lim

Jinsun Kwon

Ilji Jeong

Kyeong-A Kim

Jungho Kim

Jaeeun Ryu

Hongchul Yoon

Jongmin Yoon

A-Rang Im

Seungchang Lee

Jung-Eun Park

Te-Ik Sohn

A display apparatus includes: a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area around the display area, the substrate having a bent portion; a plurality of display elements in the display area; and a thin film encapsulation layer over the plurality of display elements and including a first encapsulation layer, a second encapsulation layer over the first encapsulation layer, and an organic encapsulation layer between the first encapsulation layer and the second encapsulation layer, wherein the second encapsulation layer includes a plurality of inorganic thin layers and a plurality of organic thin layers alternately arranged, and a thickness of the second encapsulation layer is equal to or less than a thickness of the first encapsulation layer.

Display apparatus including multi-layered second encapsulation layer

A display panel includes: a display area including a main display area, and a component area; a peripheral area; a plurality of main pixel circuits at the main display area; a plurality of main gate lines extending in a first direction, and connected to the main pixel circuits; a plurality of main data lines extending in a second direction, and connected to the main pixel circuits; a plurality of auxiliary display elements at the component area; a plurality of auxiliary pixel circuits at the periphery area, and connected to the auxiliary display elements; a plurality of auxiliary gate lines connected to the auxiliary pixel circuits, and to main gate lines that are adjacent to the component area in the first direction; and a plurality of auxiliary data lines connected to the auxiliary pixel circuits, and to main data lines that are adjacent to the component area in the second direction.

Display panel and display apparatus including the same

A display apparatus that is configured to prevent conductive patterns in a portion of a display area from being viewed under external light includes: a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area, a semiconductor layer arranged on the substrate, a first pixel circuit arranged on the display area, a first data line arranged on the display area and connected to the first pixel circuit, a second pixel circuit arranged on the peripheral area, a second data line arranged on the peripheral area and connected to the second pixel circuit, and a data connection line arranged between the substrate and the semiconductor layer and connecting the first data line to the second data line.

Display apparatus

A display apparatus includes a first transistor including a first semiconductor layer and a first electrode that at least partially overlaps the first semiconductor layer. A first capacitor includes the first electrode and a second electrode that at least partially overlaps the first electrode. A second capacitor includes the second electrode and a third electrode that at least partially overlaps the second electrode. A first data line is configured to transfer a data voltage therethrough. First and second scan lines are configured to transfer first and second scan signals therethrough, respectively. A second transistor connects the first data line to the second electrode in response to the first scan signal. A third transistor connects the first electrode to a drain of the first transistor in response to the second scan signal.

Display apparatus including overlapping elements

A display panel includes: a substrate including a main display area, a component area, and a peripheral area; an auxiliary display element in the component area; an auxiliary pixel circuit in the peripheral area and comprising an auxiliary thin-film transistor and an auxiliary storage capacitor; a transparent connection line connecting the auxiliary display element to the auxiliary pixel circuit; and a first organic insulating layer and a second organic insulating layer that are stacked between the substrate and the auxiliary display element in the component area, wherein the first organic insulating layer is between the transparent connection line and the auxiliary display element, and a refractive index of the first organic insulating layer is between a refractive index of the transparent connection line and a refractive index of the second organic insulating layer.

A display panel includes: a substrate including a main display area, a component area, and a peripheral area; a main sub-pixel and a main pixel circuit, the main sub-pixel being in the main display area on the substrate, and the main pixel circuit being connected to the main sub-pixel; a plurality of auxiliary sub-pixels in the component area on the substrate; a plurality of auxiliary pixel circuits in the peripheral area on the substrate; a plurality of connecting lines connecting the plurality of auxiliary sub-pixels to the plurality of auxiliary pixel circuits, respectively; and a dummy line extending in a direction in which the plurality of connecting lines extend in the component area.

A display panel includes: a substrate including a main display area, a component area, and a peripheral area; a main sub-pixel at the main display area on the substrate; a main pixel circuit connected to the main sub-pixel, and including a main storage capacitor; an auxiliary sub-pixel at the component area on the substrate; an auxiliary pixel circuit at the peripheral area on the substrate, and including an auxiliary storage capacitor; and a connecting line connecting the auxiliary sub-pixel to the auxiliary pixel circuit. A capacity of the auxiliary storage capacitor is greater than a capacity of the main storage capacitor.

A display apparatus includes: a first display area comprising a first plurality of pixels; a second display area comprising transmission areas and a second plurality of pixels, wherein: the second plurality of pixels of the second display area are arranged in a buffer display area and a normal display area of the second display area; the buffer display area is adjacent to the first display area; the normal display area is spaced apart from the first display area; and a pixel density of the normal display area is less than a pixel density of the buffer display area; and a blocking metal layer in the second display area and comprising openings corresponding to the transmission areas.

Display apparatus having a plurality of display areas

A display apparatus includes a substrate having a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area. Display elements are arranged in the display area. A spacer is disposed between the display elements and includes a lateral side having a first slope. A thin film encapsulation layer covers the display area and includes a buffer encapsulation layer, an inorganic, encapsulation layer, an organic encapsulation layer, and a composite encapsulation layer sequentially stacked on one another. The composite encapsulation layer includes a plurality of sub-layers stacked on each other. Each of the sub-layers has a thickness that is less than a thickness of the inorganic encapsulation layer. An upper surface of the buffer encapsulation layer has a second slope that is smaller than the first slope. The second slope overlaps the first slope in a direction of a thickness of the substrate.

A display apparatus includes a substrate a first pixel circuit arranged on the substrate, and a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged in a matrix on the substrate. The first pixel circuit is configured to commonly drive a first light-emitting element located in a first row and a second light-emitting element located in a second row different from the first row from among the plurality of light-emitting elements.

Display apparatus having pixel circuit that commonly drives light-emitting elements on different rows

A display apparatus including a main display area, a component area, and a peripheral area includes: a main sub-pixel including a main display element on a substrate to correspond to the main display area, an auxiliary sub-pixel including an auxiliary display element on the substrate to correspond to the component area, wherein the main display area and the component area have a first boundary portion, a second boundary portion, and a third boundary portion as boundary portions where at least three edges of each of the main display area and the component area are in contact with each other, and a main sub-pixel arranged at an innermost portion of the main display area and an auxiliary sub-pixel arranged at an outermost portion of the component area have a mutually identical arrangement to correspond to each of the first boundary portion, the second boundary portion, and the third boundary portion.

Display apparatus with improved quality of an image output

A display device includes a display area and a peripheral area. A display layer includes a plurality of display elements arranged thereon. A thin-film encapsulation layer is arranged on the display layer and includes first, second, and third encapsulation layers. The second encapsulation layer is on the first encapsulation layer. The third encapsulation layer is on the second encapsulation layer. A touch sensing layer is arranged on the thin-film encapsulation layer and includes touch electrodes and trace lines. The display area is partially bent about an axis, and the third encapsulation layer is bent along the axis and has a structure in which a first layer and a second layer are alternately stacked. The first layer includes an inorganic insulating material, and the second layer includes a silicon carbon compound material.

Display device having a bent portion

A display panel includes a main display area, a component area, and a peripheral area includes a substrate, a main pixel circuit and a main display element connected to the main pixel circuit, the main pixel circuit and the main display element being located on the substrate at the main display area, an auxiliary display element located on the substrate at the component area; an auxiliary pixel circuit located on the substrate at the peripheral area; a connection wiring connecting the auxiliary display element to the auxiliary pixel circuit; and a first conductive layer overlapping the auxiliary display element at the component area, the first conductive layer including a plurality of first holes.

A display panel includes a 1-1st sub-pixel and a 1-2nd sub-pixel disposed in a first row, a 2-1st sub-pixel disposed in a second row and a 3-1st sub-pixel and a 3-2nd sub-pixel disposed in a third row. A first data line extends from the first row to the third row and electrically connects a pixel circuit of the 1-1st sub-pixel, a pixel circuit of the 2-1st sub-pixel, and a pixel circuit of the 3-1st sub-pixel. A 2-1st data line is electrically connected to a pixel circuit of the 1-2nd sub-pixel. A 2-2nd data line is electrically connected to a pixel circuit of the 3-2nd sub-pixel. A first bridge line is disposed on a different layer than the data lines and contacts the 2-1st data line and the 2-2nd data line and includes an overlapping portion extending along at least a portion of the first data line.

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