Display panel and display apparatus including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11678516-B2
Application number	US-202117147873-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 13, 2021
Priority date	Jun 1, 2020
Publication date	Jun 13, 2023
Grant date	Jun 13, 2023

Abstract

A display panel includes a substrate, a first display area including first pixels, a second display area located at a corner of the first display area and including second pixels, a third display area located between the first display area and the second display area and including third pixels, first display units, second display units, and third display units, which are disposed on the substrate and correspond to the first to third pixels, respectively, and a driver which provides the first to third display units with an electrical signal, and having a portion of which overlaps the third pixels. Slits cut in a direction toward a corner of the substrate from an inner side of the substrate is defined in the substrate at the corner thereof, and the substrate includes a strip portion between two adjacent slits.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display panel comprising:
a substrate;
a first display area including a plurality of first pixels;
a second display area located at a corner of the first display area and including a plurality of second pixels;
a third display area located between the first display area and the second display area and including a plurality of third pixels;
a plurality of first display units, a plurality of second display units, and a plurality of third display units, which are disposed on the substrate and correspond to the first to third pixels, respectively; and
a driver which provides the first to third display units with an electrical signal and having a portion which overlaps the third pixels,
wherein
a plurality of slits cut in a direction toward a corner of the substrate from an inner side of the substrate is defined in the substrate at the corner thereof, and
the substrate comprises a strip portion between two adjacent slits among the slits.

2. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the second pixels are disposed on the strip portion.

3. The display panel of claim 2 , wherein a distance between the second pixels is changeable by a force applied to the second display area.

4. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the substrate in the second display area comprises:
a base; and
a plurality of connectors extending from the base in different directions from each other.

5. The display panel of claim 4 , wherein the second pixels are disposed on the base.

6. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein each of the first to third display units comprises:
a light-emitting diode; and
a pixel circuit electrically connected to the light-emitting diode, wherein the pixel circuit includes a transistor and a storage capacitor,
wherein the pixel circuit of a third display unit among the third display units is in the first display area or the second display area.

7. The display panel of claim 6 , further comprising:
a bridge line connecting the pixel circuit of the third display unit to a light-emitting diode of the third display unit,
wherein the bridge line extends toward the third display area from the first display area or the second display area.

8. The display panel of claim 6 , wherein the light-emitting diode of a first display unit among the first display units or the light-emitting diode of a second display unit among the second display units overlaps a portion of the pixel circuit of the third display unit.

9. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein each of the first to third display units comprises:
a light-emitting diode; and
a pixel circuit electrically connected to the light-emitting diode, wherein the pixel circuit includes a transistor and a storage capacitor,
wherein the pixel circuit of a first third display unit among the third display units is in the first display area, and
the pixel circuit of a second third display unit among the third display units is in the second display area.

10. The display panel of claim 9 , wherein
the light-emitting diode of the first third display unit is disposed in an area adjacent to the first display area in the third display area, and
the light-emitting diode of the second third display unit is disposed in an area adjacent to the second display area in the third display area.

11. The display panel of claim 9 , further comprising:
a first bridge line connecting the pixel circuit of the first third display unit to the light-emitting diode of the first third display unit; and
a second bridge line connecting the pixel circuit of the second third display unit to the light-emitting diode of the second third display unit,
wherein the first bridge line and the second bridge line extend toward the third display area from the first display area and the second display area, respectively.

12. The display panel of claim 9 , wherein
the light-emitting diode of a first display unit among the first display units includes a portion overlapping the pixel circuit of the first third display unit, and
the light-emitting diode of a second display unit among the second display units includes a portion overlapping the pixel circuit of the second third display unit.

13. A display apparatus comprising:
a substrate;
a first display area which includes a plurality of first light-emitting elements and is partially bent;
a second display area which includes a plurality of second light-emitting elements and is spaced apart from the first display area;
a driver between the first display area and the second display area.

14. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the first display area comprises:
a front display area;
a first side display area adjacent to a first edge of the front display area; and
a second side display area adjacent to a second edge of the front display area;
wherein the third display area is adjacent to a corner of the front display area, the first side display area, and the second side display area.

15. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein
a plurality of, slits cut in a direction toward a corner of the substrate from an inner Side of the substrate is defined in the substrate at the corner thereof; and
the substrate comprises a strip portion between two adjacent slits among the slits.

16. The display apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the second light-emitting elements are disposed on the strip portion.

17. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein a portion of the substrate in the second display area comprises:
a base; and
a plurality of connectors extending from the base in different directions from each other.

18. The display apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the second light-emitting elements are disposed on the base.

19. The display apparatus of claim 13 , further comprising:
a plurality of first pixel circuits, a plurality of second pixel circuits, and a plurality of third pixel circuits, which are connected to the first to third light-emitting elements, respectively, and each of which includes a transistor and a storage capacitor,
wherein the third pixel circuits are disposed in the first display area or the second display area.

20. The display apparatus of claim 19 , wherein
one third pixel circuit of the third pixel circuits is disposed in the first display area, and
another third pixel circuit of the third pixel circuits is disposed in the second display area.

21. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein a distance between the second light-emitting elements is the same as a distance between the third light-emitting elements.

22. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein, on a plane, an area of an emission area of a second light-emitting element among the second light-emitting elements is the same as an area of an emission area of a third light-emitting element among the third light-emitting elements.

23. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein, on a plane, each of an area of an emission area of a second light-emitting element among the second light-emitting elements and an area of an emission area of a third light-emitting element among the third light-emitting elements is greater than an area of an emission area of a first light-emitting element among the first light-emitting elements.

24. The display apparatus of claim 13 , further comprising:
a window disposed on the substrate and covering the first light-emitting elements, the second light-emitting elements and the third light-emitting

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Won Byeonghee
• Shin Jaemin
• Kim Sangwoo
• Hong Jongho

Classifications

• H10K59/1213

  the pixel elements being TFTs · CPC title

• H10K77/10

  Substrates, e.g. flexible substrates · CPC title

• H10K59/122 Primary

  Pixel-defining structures or layers, e.g. banks · CPC title

• H10K59/1216

  the pixel elements being capacitors · CPC title

• H10K59/121 Primary

  characterised by the geometry or disposition of pixel elements · CPC title