Display apparatus including a first display area and a second display area

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12464892-B2
Application number	US-202217586681-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 27, 2022
Priority date	Jul 27, 2021
Publication date	Nov 4, 2025
Grant date	Nov 4, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a display apparatus including a substrate, a first display area arranged on the substrate, and a second display area arranged on the substrate. The first display area includes a plurality of first pixel areas, and a plurality of first transmission areas respectively arranged to correspond to the plurality of first pixel areas to transmit light emitted from the plurality of first pixel areas, respectively, at least a portion of one of the plurality of first pixel areas is arranged to protrude from an edge of a planar shape of one of the plurality of first transmission areas.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display apparatus, wherein the display apparatus comprises:
a substrate; a first display area arranged on the substrate; and a second display area arranged on the substrate, wherein the first display area comprises:
a plurality of first pixel areas; and
a plurality of first transmission areas respectively arranged to correspond to the plurality of first pixel areas to transmit light emitted from the plurality of first pixel areas, respectively,
in a plan view, at least a portion of one of the plurality of first pixel areas is arranged to protrude from an edge of a planar shape of one of the plurality of first transmission areas, the one of the plurality of first transmission areas corresponding to the one of the plurality of first pixel areas, an area of a planar shape of each of the first pixel areas is different from an area of a planar shape of a second pixel area arranged on the second display area, the second pixel area emits a same color of light as the first pixel area, the first display area comprises a plurality of first display areas, and the second display area comprises a plurality of second display areas alternately arranged with the plurality of first display areas in a row.

2 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, in the plan view, the first transmission areas or the first pixel areas have a rectangular shape.

3 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, in the plan view, the first transmission areas or the first pixel areas have a rectangular shape, a square shape or a diamond shape.

4 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, in the plan view, the first pixel areas have a square shape or a diamond shape, and the first transmission areas have a rectangular shape.

5 . The display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein, in the plan view, one of the plurality of first pixel areas protrudes from an edge of the first transmission area corresponding to the one of the plurality of first pixel areas in a first direction, and another of the plurality of first pixel areas protrudes from an edge of the first transmission area corresponding to the other of the plurality of first pixel areas in a second direction.

6 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first pixel areas and the first transmission areas each have a square shape or a diamond shape, and
wherein, in the plan view, one of the plurality of first pixel areas protrudes from an edge of the first transmission area corresponding to the one of the plurality of first pixel areas in a first direction and a second direction.

7 . The display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein, in the plan view, an-other of the plurality of first pixel areas is arranged in the first transmission area corresponding to another of the plurality of first pixel areas.

8 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein four of the plurality of first display areas are arranged around, and adjacent to, one of the plurality of second display areas.

9 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second display area is adjacent to the first display area.

10 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, in the plan view, the first pixel areas respectively arranged on the first display areas respectively protrude from edges of the first transmission areas respectively arranged to correspond to the first pixel areas, in a same direction.

11 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, in the plan view, the first pixel areas respectively arranged on the first display areas adjacent to each other respectively protrude from edges of the first transmission areas respectively arranged to correspond to the first pixel areas, in different directions from each other.

12 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, in the plan view, the first pixel areas have a rectangular shape, and
wherein the first transmission areas have a square shape or a diamond shape.

13 . The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein, in the plan view, one of the plurality of first pixel areas protrudes in a first direction from an edge of the first transmission area corresponding to the one of the plurality of first pixel areas, and another of the plurality of first pixel areas protrudes in a second direction from an edge of the first transmission area corresponding to the other of the plurality of first pixel areas.

14 . A display apparatus, wherein the display apparatus comprises:
a substrate including a first display area and a second display area; a pixel-defining layer arranged on the substrate, the pixel-defining layer including at least one first opening portion arranged in the first display area and a plurality of second opening portions arranged in the second display area; and a light blocking layer arranged on the pixel-defining layer, the light blocking layer including one or more holes corresponding to the at least one first opening portion and an opening area corresponding to the second display area, wherein, in a plan view, a size of the at least one first opening portion and a size of the one or more holes are different from each other, and at least one of edges of the at least one first opening portion is arranged outside at least one of edges of the one or more holes.

15 . The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein, in the plan view, the at least one first opening portion or the one or more holes have a rectangular shape.

16 . The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein, in the plan view, the at least one first opening portion or the one or more holes have a rectangular shape, a square shape or a diamond shape.

17 . The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein, in the plan view, one of the at least one first opening portion and the one or more holes has a rectangular shape, and the other of the at least one first opening portion and the one or more holes has a square shape,
wherein the at least one first opening portion arranged in the first display area comprises a plurality of first opening portions, wherein some of edges of one of the plurality of first opening portions arranged in the first display area are more outwardly arranged in a first direction than some of edges of one of the one or more holes, the one of the one or more holes corresponding to the one of the plurality of first opening portions, and wherein some of edges of another of the plurality of first opening portions arranged in the first display area are more outwardly arranged in a second direction than some of edges of another of the one or more holes, the other of the one or more holes corresponding to the other of the plurality of first opening portions.

18 . The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the at least one first opening portion arranged in the first display area comprises a plurality of first opening portions,
wherein, in the plan view, each of the plurality of first opening portions and each of the one or more holes have a square shape or a diamond shape, and an edge of one of the plurality of first opening portions is arranged in an edge of a first hole from among the one or more holes, the first hole corresponding to the one of the plurality of first opening portions.

19 . The display apparatus of claim 18 , wherein, in the plan view, an edge of another of the plurality of first opening portions is arranged outside an edge of a second hole from among the one or more holes, the second hole corresponding to the other of the plurality of first opening portions.

20 . The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein, in the plan view,

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• LEE Hyeonbum
• Cho Junghyun
• Choi Beohmrock
• An Chiwook

Classifications

• H10K50/865

  comprising light absorbing layers, e.g. light-blocking layers · CPC title

• H10K59/8792

  comprising light absorbing layers, e.g. black layers · CPC title

• H10K59/122

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

• H10K50/125

  specially adapted for multicolour light emission, e.g. for emitting white light · CPC title

• H10K59/353 Primary

  characterised by the geometrical arrangement of the RGB subpixels · CPC title