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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2022
Applicant:
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10K 77/10 (2023.01); H10K 71/00 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10K 77/111 (2023.02); H10K 71/00 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02);
Abstract
A display device includes a display panel including a first area including a pixel and at which the display panel is foldable, a second area on which a driver connected to the pixel is disposed, and a bending area between the first area and the second area and at which the display panel is bendable, a functional layer on the first area, and a protective layer on the bending area, a groove is defined in one surface of the protective layer, which does not face the display panel, and the groove is adjacent to the first area.