Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Sunghoon Moon

Jingoo Jung

Sewan Son

Moosoon Ko

Jongwon Chae

Yongje Jeon

Sangshin Lee

Jinseock Ma

Kohei Ebisuno

Sungjun Kim

Donghyun Son

Jaesoo Jung

Raeyoung Gwak

A display device is provided. The display device includes: a substrate, a first display area in which a plurality of main sub-pixels are arranged on the substrate, and a second display area in which a basic unit is arranged, the basic unit including an auxiliary light-emitting area, in which a plurality of auxiliary sub-pixels are arranged on the substrate, and a transmission portion, wherein each of the plurality of auxiliary sub-pixels includes a pixel electrode on the substrate, an intermediate layer on the pixel electrode, and an opposite electrode on the intermediate layer, wherein intermediate layers of auxiliary sub-pixels for emitting light of a same color from among the plurality of auxiliary sub-pixels are connected to each other.

Display device including auxiliary sub-pixels having connected intermediate layers

A display apparatus includes: a substrate; a first display area on the substrate; main subpixels at the first display area; a second display area on the substrate; and a basic unit at the second display area, the basic unit including auxiliary subpixels and a transmission portion. A pixel layout of the auxiliary subpixels is different from a pixel layout of the main subpixels, and a size of a light-emission area of a first auxiliary subpixel from among the auxiliary subpixels is greater than a size of a light-emission area of a first main subpixel from among the main subpixels, the first main subpixel representing the same color as that of the first auxiliary subpixel.

Display apparatus

A display apparatus includes: a substrate including a first area and a second area, the second area including a transmission area; main pixels on the first area, each of the main pixels including a first pixel electrode, a first opposite electrode, and a first intermediate layer between the first pixel electrode and the first opposite electrode; auxiliary pixels on the second area, each of the auxiliary pixels including a second pixel electrode, a second opposite electrode, and a second intermediate layer between the second pixel electrode and the second opposite electrode; and a metal pattern layer on the second area and surrounding the transmission area.

Display device

A display apparatus includes: a substrate; a first display area at which a plurality of main sub-pixels are on the substrate; and a second display area at which a base unit is on the substrate, the base unit comprising a plurality of pixel groups including auxiliary sub-pixels and transmission portions, wherein the pixel groups and the transmission portions are alternately arranged along a first direction, and auxiliary sub-pixels included in one pixel group among the pixel groups are provided in two rows, and a size of an emission area of a first auxiliary sub-pixel among the auxiliary sub-pixels is greater than a size of an emission area of a first main sub-pixel exhibiting a same color as that of the first auxiliary sub-pixel among the main sub-pixels.

Display device including a connected and/or shared intermediate layer

A thin film transistor includes an active layer including a first portion having a first thickness and a second portion having a second thickness greater than the first thickness, a capping layer filling a thickness difference between the first portion and the second portion and arranged on the first portion, a gate insulating layer arranged on the capping layer, a gate electrode on the active layer, wherein the gate insulating layer and the capping layer are disposed between the gate electrode and the active layer, and a source electrode and a drain electrode connected to the active layer.

Method of manufacturing thin film transistor and display device including polishing capping layer coplanar with active layer

A display panel includes: a substrate including a component area, and a display area surrounding the component area, the component area including a first area, and a second area surrounding the first area; a plurality of first display elements at the display area; a plurality of pixel groups spaced from each other in an island shape at the first area, each of the plurality of pixel groups including a plurality of second display elements; a plurality of transmission areas adjacent to the plurality of pixel groups at the first area; and a plurality of first wirings extending in a first direction and electrically connected to the plurality of first display elements, the plurality of first wirings detouring around the first area at the second area.

Display panel including component area having first area, and second area surrounding first area and display device including the same

Display device including thin film transistor with active layer portions having different thicknesses

A display device includes a plurality of pixels, wherein a first pixel of the plurality of pixels includes: a scan line extending in a first direction; a data line extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; a switching thin film transistor (TFT) connected to the scan line and the data line; a driving TFT connected to the switching TFT and comprising a driving gate electrode; a storage capacitor comprising the driving gate electrode as a first electrode and a second electrode arranged above the first electrode and overlapping the first electrode; a horizontal driving voltage line extending from the second electrode in the first direction; and a vertical driving voltage line extending from the second electrode in the second direction, wherein the horizontal driving voltage line, the vertical driving voltage line, and the data line are arranged over a same layer.

Display device having a driving voltage line

A display device and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel includes a scan line extending in a first direction. Each pixel also includes a data line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and a driving thin-film transistor (TFT) formed adjacent to the data line and including a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode. The pixel also includes an interlayer insulating layer formed between the data line and the driving TFT, and a first through hole is formed in the interlayer insulating layer to be adjacent to the data line and the gate electrode. Each pixel also includes a driving voltage line formed adjacent to the data line and including a first portion formed in the first through hole and formed on the interlayer insulating layer.

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