Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Samsung Displayco., Ltd.

Heeyoung Lee

Eunmi Seo

Dukjin Lee

Woosuk Jung

Taeeun Kim

Dongwook Choi

Suk Ho Choi

Jin Yong Sim

Hyeonjeong Sang

Sung Chul Choi

Hansun Ryou

Minju Oh

Jung-Hun Lee

Jinkyu Kim

Young Do Kim

Ohjeong Kwon

Sungyeon Cho

Minseop Kim

Jihwa Lee

Inseo Kee

Hoseung Kang

Sunghwan Hong

Jongin Lee

Seohyeon Choi

Gilyeong Park

A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image. The display panel has a folding axis extending in a first direction. An optical film is disposed over the display panel. The optical film includes a circular polarizer including at least two-phase retarders and one polarizer. Slow axes of each of the at least two-phase retarders are located in the same quadrant of four quadrants of the optical film.

Anti-reflective optical film and bendable display apparatus including the optical film

A display device includes a display panel including a folding area and a non-folding area which is adjacent to the folding area, a support member facing the folding area and the non-folding area of the display panel and having a total planar area, and a light shielding layer between the display panel and the support member and having a total planar area which is smaller than the total planar area of the support member.

Display device and method of providing the same

A flexible display apparatus including a bending area and a non-bending area. The flexible display apparatus further includes a display panel and a polarizing structure disposed on the display panel. The polarizing structure includes a λ/4 phase retardation layer, a linear polarizer disposed on the λ/4 phase retardation layer, and a first adhesive structure disposed between the λ/4 phase retardation layer and the linear polarizer. The linear polarizer includes a stretched polymer film. The first adhesive structure is an adhesive layer with a glass transition temperature that is greater than or equal to 40° C. and less than or equal to 150° C. Accordingly, deformation of the λ/4 phase retardation layer may be prevented or reduced when the flexible display apparatus is folded or bent, thereby improving display quality.

Flexible display apparatus

Disclosed is an electronic device including a window, a display panel disposed under the window, a support member disposed under the display panel, a cover layer disposed under the support member, and an adhesive layer disposed between the support member and the cover layer. Each of the adhesive layer and the cover layer includes a light shielding material.

Electronic device

A display device includes a display module having a display region and a non-display region, and a window module disposed on the display module. The window module includes a thin glass substrate, a window protective layer disposed on the thin glass substrate, and a bezel pattern disposed on a surface of the thin glass substrate or disposed on a surface of the window protective layer. The bezel pattern overlaps the non-display region. The edge of the thin glass substrate does not overlap the bezel pattern in a plan view, and the edge of the thin glass substrate is not aligned with the outer edge of the bezel pattern in a plan view.

Display device and electronic device having the same

A flexible display apparatus includes a bending area and a non-bending area. The flexible display apparatus further includes a display panel and a polarizing structure disposed on the display panel. The polarizing structure includes a &#x3bb;/4 phase retardation layer, a linear polarizer disposed on the &#x3bb;/4 phase retardation layer, and a first adhesive structure disposed between the &#x3bb;/4 phase retardation layer and the linear polarizer. The linear polarizer includes a stretched polymer film. The first adhesive structure is an adhesive layer with a glass transition temperature that is greater than or equal to 40&#xb0; C. and less than or equal to 150&#xb0; C. Accordingly, deformation of the &#x3bb;/4 phase retardation layer may be prevented or reduced when the flexible display apparatus is folded or bent, thereby improving display quality.

A foldable display device including: a display panel; an input sensor directly disposed on the display panel and having an upper surface; an anti-reflector disposed on the upper surface of the input sensor, the anti-reflector including: a polarizer; and at least one lower retarder disposed between the input sensor and the polarizer; an upper retarder disposed on the anti-reflector, the upper retarder having a Young's modulus of about 4 GPa to about 100 GPa; a window disposed on the upper retarder and having an upper surface facing away from the upper retarder; and at least one adhesion member disposed between the input sensor and the window, wherein a thickness from the upper surface of the input sensor to the upper surface of the window is about 130 &#x3bc;m to about 540 &#x3bc;m.

Foldable display device including retarder

A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image. The display panel has a folding axis extending in a first direction. An optical film is disposed over the display panel. The optical film includes a circular polarizer including at least two phase retarders and one polarizer. Slow axes of each of the at least two phase retarders are located in the same quadrant of four quadrants of the optical film.

A display device includes: a display panel to display an image; an optical film over the display panel and including at least one phase retarder and a polarizer; a first adhesive layer between the display panel and the optical film and contacting a first surface of the optical film; and a second adhesive layer on the optical film and contacting a second surface of the optical film opposite the first surface, and the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer contact each other.

Display device

A retardation film including a stacked structure including 2m tilt +C plates with m as a positive integer and a +A plate disposed over the 2m tilt +C plates. Each of the 2m tilt +C plates includes a liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal layer includes a material satisfying nx&#x2260;ny&#x3c;nz, wherein a longitudinal direction axis of the retardation film is an X-axis, a width direction axis of the retardation film substantially perpendicular to the X-axis is a Y-axis, a thickness direction axis of the retardation film substantially perpendicular to the X-axis and the Y-axis is a Z-axis, and refractive indexes of the X-axis, the Y-axis, and the Z-axis respectively correspond to nx, ny, and nz.

Retardation film and a display apparatus including the same

A display apparatus includes: a display panel; a deformation sensor configured to sense a bending of the display panel; and a controller configured to control the display panel, wherein the controller is configured to: control displaying a plurality of objects on the display panel; detect the bending of the display panel through the deformation sensor; divide the display panel into a first area and a second area with respect to a bending line defined by the bending; divide the objects into a first object corresponding to the first area and a second object corresponding to the second area according to the bending; and move the first and second objects in first and second directions, respectively, according to the bending.

Display apparatus

A flexible display device includes a display panel, a polarizing member disposed on the display panel and including an optical layer, a polarizer disposed on the optical layer, and one or more inner adhesive layers, a window member disposed on the polarizing member, a first outer adhesive layer disposed between the display panel and the polarizing member, and a second outer adhesive layer disposed between the polarizing member and the window member, wherein each of at least two adhesive layers among the one or more inner adhesive layers, the first outer adhesive layer, and the second outer adhesive layer includes an ultraviolet absorbing agent, and which is thus able to have improved reliability against external light and improved display quality.

Flexible display device

A flexible display device includes a display module including a bending area that is bendable along a reference axis, and a polarization member disposed on the display module. The polarization member includes a &#x3bb;/4 phase retardation layer disposed on the display module and including a nematic liquid crystal coating layer. The polarization member further includes a first adhesion member disposed on the &#x3bb;/4 phase retardation layer, a &#x3bb;/2 phase retardation layer disposed on the first adhesion member and including a discotic liquid crystal coating layer, a second adhesion member disposed on the &#x3bb;/2 phase retardation layer, and a line polarizer disposed on the second adhesion member and including an absorption axis, wherein an angle between the reference axis and the absorption axis is about 15 degrees to about 75 degrees.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Heeyoung Lee