Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Jinsuk Park

Sungho Cho

Sungsik Yun

Juyeon Seo

Kyongjun Kim

Jaebok Lee

Jingoo Jung

Jinsuk Lee

A display device includes (i) a substrate having a first area, a second area, and a bending area located between the first area and the second area, where the substrate is bent along a bending axis in the bending area, the substrate includes a thin portion at an edge portion of the bending area, and the thin portion extends from the second area to the first area and has a thickness less than a thickness of the substrate at a center of the bending area; and (ii) an inorganic insulating layer over the substrate, where the inorganic insulating layer exposes the thin portion in the bending area.

Display device including inorganic insulating layer in bending area

Display device including inorganic insulting layer in bending area

Provided is a display apparatus that may minimize the occurrence of defects such as short-circuits during a manufacturing process. The display apparatus includes: a substrate having a bent region located between a first region and a second region and bent in the bent region about a bending axis; an organic material layer located on the substrate to correspond to the bent region and including a second opening or a second groove that extends in a direction that intersects the bending axis; and a first conductive layer extending from the first region through the bent region to the second region and located on the organic material layer.

Display apparatus

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