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Patent No.:

US 12167670 B1

Date of Patent:

Dec. 10, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 08, 2021

Display apparatus having thickness of the display panel in the connection area less than thickness in the pixel area

Applicant:

Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;

Inventor:

Jangyeol Yoon, Yongin-si, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;

Attorney:

CANTOR COLBURN LLP

Primary Examiner:

Hoai V Pham

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

H10K 102/00 (2023.01); H10K 71/00 (2023.01); H10K 77/10 (2023.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

H10K 77/111 (2023.02); H10K 71/00 (2023.02); H10K 59/1201 (2023.02); H10K 59/131 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02);

Abstract

A display apparatus includes a display panel in which a through-opening is defined, where the display panel includes a first pixel area in which a first pixel is disposed, a second pixel area in which a second pixel is disposed, and a connection area extending from the first pixel area to the second pixel area, where an edge of the first pixel area, an edge of the connection area, and an edge of the second pixel area define at least a part of the through-opening passing through the display panel, and where a thickness of the display panel in the connection area is less than a thickness of the display panel in the first pixel area.

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