Display device
A display device capable of reducing stress applied to a display panel and improving the flexibility of a bendable part of the display panel is provided. According to an embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a bending region which is partially bent, and a boundary region which is connected to the bending region, a bent location of the bending region varies so that the area of the display panel being exposed in one direction changes, the boundary region includes a plurality of pixels and a plurality of driving circuits for driving the pixels, and the bending region includes a plurality of copy pixels which are driven by the driving circuits of the boundary region.
1 . A display device comprising:
a display panel including a bending region including a bent portion and a bendable portion, a boundary region which is connected to the bending region, and a plurality of connecting lines disposed in the bending region and the boundary region,
wherein the boundary region includes a plurality of pixels and a plurality of driving circuits for driving the plurality of pixels,
wherein the bending region includes a plurality of copy pixels which are driven by the plurality of driving circuits in the boundary region, and
wherein a pixel among the plurality of pixels in the boundary region and a copy pixel among the plurality of copy pixels in the bending region are directly connected to a same driving circuit disposed in the boundary region through one of the plurality of connecting lines and receive a same anode voltage from the same driving circuit.
2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein
one connecting line of the plurality of connecting lines connects the pixel among the plurality of pixels and the copy pixel among the plurality of copy pixels.
3 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the boundary region includes a first boundary region which is connected to one side of the bending region and a second boundary region which is connected to the other side of the bending region, and
wherein the display panel further includes a main region which is connected to the second boundary region and an extended region which is connected to the first boundary region and overlaps with the main region in a plan view.
4 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the bending region includes a first bending region and a second bending region which is spaced apart from the first bending region.
5 . An electronic device comprising:
a display panel including a bending region including a bent portion and a bendable portion, and a boundary region which is connected to the bending region;
a plurality of connecting lines disposed in the bending region and the boundary region, one connecting line of the plurality of connecting lines connecting one pixel among a plurality of pixels and one copy pixel among a plurality of copy pixels,
wherein the boundary region includes the plurality of pixels and a plurality of driving circuits for driving the plurality of pixels,
wherein the bending region includes the plurality of copy pixels which are driven by the plurality of driving circuits in the boundary region, and
wherein the display panel further includes a substrate, one or more inorganic films which are disposed on the substrate, and a plurality of cutout portions which are disposed in the bending region, the plurality of cutout portions being regions in which the one or more inorganic films are removed.
6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein a cutout portion of the plurality of cutout portions is disposed between the plurality of copy pixels in a plan view.
7 . The display device of claim 6 , wherein the cutout portion of the plurality of cutout portions completely penetrate the display panel, and
wherein the plurality of connecting lines are disposed to bypass the cutout portion in a plan view.
8 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein the display panel further includes a plurality of holes which are disposed between the copy pixels in a plan view and one hole of the plurality of holes is connected to one of the plurality of cutout portions and penetrates the display panel.
9 . The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the one or more inorganic films include a gate insulating film which is disposed on the substrate, a first interlayer insulating film which is disposed on the gate insulating film, and a second interlayer insulating film which is disposed on the first interlayer insulating film, and
wherein the plurality of cutout portions penetrate the second interlayer insulating film.
10 . The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of connecting lines are disposed on the first interlayer insulating film.
11 . The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of connecting lines are disposed on the gate insulating film.
12 . The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of connecting lines are disposed on the second interlayer insulating film.
13 . The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of cutout portions further penetrate the first interlayer insulating film.
14 . The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of pixels and the plurality of copy pixels include a plurality of pixel electrodes, and
wherein the plurality of connecting lines electrically connect the plurality of pixel electrodes of the plurality of pixels and the plurality of pixel electrodes of the plurality of copy pixels.
15 . The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein one driving circuit of the plurality of driving circuits includes a thin-film transistor,
wherein the thin-film transistor includes an active layer, a gate electrode which is disposed on the active layer, a source electrode which is disposed on the gate electrode, and a drain electrode which is disposed on the gate electrode, and
wherein the connecting line is connected to the drain electrode.
16 . The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein a portion of the connecting line overlaps with a cutout portion of the plurality of cutout portions in a plan view, and
wherein the display panel further includes a first planarization film which is disposed on the second interlayer insulating film and a second planarization film which is disposed on the first planarization film.
17 . The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the portion of connecting line overlapped with the cutout portion is covered by one of the first planarization film and the second planarization film.
18 . A display device comprising:
a display panel including a main region, an extended region which overlaps with the main region in a plan view, a bending region which is disposed between the main region and the extended region, a first boundary region which is disposed between the bending region and the extended region, a second boundary region which is disposed between the bending region and the main region, and a plurality of connecting lines disposed in the bending region and the first boundary region,
wherein each of the first boundary region and the second boundary region includes a plurality of pixels and a plurality of driving circuits for driving the plurality of pixels,
wherein the bending region includes a plurality of copy pixels which are connected to either the plurality of driving circuits in the first boundary region or the plurality of driving circuits in the second boundary region, and
wherein a pixel among the plurality of pixels in the first boundary region and a copy pixel among the plurality of copy pixels in the bending region are directly connected to a same driving circuit disposed in the first boundary region through one of the plurality of connecting lines and receive a same anode voltage from the same driving circuit.
19 . The display device of claim 18 , wherein
the plurality of connecting lines connect the plurality of pixels and the plurality of copy pixels.
20 . The display device of claim 18 , wherein the display panel further includes a substrate, one or more inorganic films which are disposed on the substrate, and a plurality of cutout portions which are disposed in the bending region and penetrate the one or more inorganic films.