Display device
In a display device including a first area and a plurality of second areas spaced apart from each other by the first area, the display device includes: a substrate including a plurality of islands distinguished by a plurality of cutouts, and a plurality of bridges respectively adjacent to the plurality of islands; a common electrode on the substrate in the first area; and a dummy conductive pattern on the substrate in the second area, physically separated from the common electrode, and including a same material as the common electrode, wherein the first area is over the plurality of islands and the plurality of bridges, and each of the plurality of second areas is around at least one of both ends of the cutout.
1 . A display device including a first area and a plurality of second areas spaced apart from each other by the first area, the display device comprising:
a substrate including a plurality of islands distinguished by a plurality of cutouts, and a plurality of bridges respectively adjacent to the plurality of islands;
a common electrode on a surface of the substrate in the first area;
a dummy conductive pattern on the substrate in a second area from among the plurality of second areas, physically separated from the common electrode, and including a same material as the common electrode,
wherein the plurality of islands and the plurality of bridges are located at the first area, and each of the plurality of second areas is around at least one of both ends of a corresponding cutout from among the plurality of cutouts;
a first planarization layer between the substrate and the common electrode in the first area; and
a first passivation layer on the first planarization layer,
wherein the common electrode is on the first passivation layer,
a first side surface of the first passivation layer protrudes outward from a first side surface of the first planarization layer over the second area from among the second areas,
a second side surface of the first passivation layer opposite to the first side surface of the first passivation layer protrudes outward from a second side surface of the first planarization layer opposite to the first side surface of the first planarization layer,
the first side surface of the first planarization layer and the second side surface of the first planarization layer do not directly contact the first passivation layer; and
the second side surface of the first planarization layer does not overlap the substrate in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate.
2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the common electrode is at a position higher than the dummy conductive pattern with respect to one surface or other surface of the substrate.
3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the common electrode and the dummy conductive pattern are electrically insulated.
4 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising an emission area on each of the plurality of islands and configured to emit light,
wherein the emission area is surrounded by the first area.
5 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein the common electrode overlaps the first area and the emission area.
6 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein a width in a first direction of a first group of the cutouts is greater than a width in a second direction crossing the first direction thereof, and a width in the second direction of a remaining group of the cutouts is greater than a width in the first direction thereof, and
wherein a group of second areas from among the plurality of second areas are around a first end and a second end of a first cutout from among the first group of the cutouts in the first direction, and are around a first end and a second end of a second cutout from among a remaining group of the cutouts in the second direction.
7 . The display device of claim 6 , wherein each of the second areas is distinguished by the first area and the cutouts in a plan view.
8 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising
an encapsulation layer on the common electrode, the first side surface of the first passivation layer, the second surface of the first passivation layer, the first side surface of the first planarization layer, and the second side surface of the first planarization layer,
wherein the encapsulation layer directly contacts the second surface of the first passivation layer.
9 . The display device of claim 8 , wherein the encapsulation layer is over the first area and the second area, and is on the dummy conductive pattern in the second area.
10 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the common electrode has a same planar shape as that of the first passivation layer.
11 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a pixel on each of the plurality of islands,
wherein each of the plurality of islands has a rectangular shape in a plan view, and a number of pixels per unit area (pixels per inch, ppi) is within a range of 200 to 500.
12 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein an arrangement pattern of the plurality of islands and the plurality of bridges has an array repeating unit, and
the array repeating units are repeatedly arranged along a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction.
13 . The display device of claim 12 , wherein the array repeating unit includes a first array repeating unit and a second array repeating unit adjacent to the first array repeating unit in the first direction or the second direction, and
the first array repeating unit and the second array repeating unit have a line-symmetric shape.
14 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising an impact absorption pattern between the substrate and the dummy conductive pattern in the second area and having an island shape in a plan view.
15 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a spacer on the dummy conductive pattern in the second area.
16 . A display device including a first area and a plurality of second areas spaced apart from each other by the first area, wherein, the display device comprising:
a substrate including a plurality of islands distinguished by a plurality of cutouts, and a plurality of bridges respectively disposed between two adjacent islands of the plurality of islands;
a first planarization layer on a surface of the substrate in the first area;
a first passivation layer on the first planarization layer;
a common electrode on the first passivation layer;
a dummy conductive pattern on the substrate in a second area from among the second areas, physically separated from the common electrode, and including a same material as the common electrode,
wherein the first area is over the plurality of islands and the plurality of bridges,
the common electrode is at a position higher than the dummy conductive pattern with respect to one surface or other surface of the substrate,
a first side surface of the first passivation layer protrudes outward from a first side surface of the first planarization layer over the second area from among the second areas,
a second side surface of the first passivation layer opposite to the first side surface of the first passivation layer protrudes outward from a second side surface of the first planarization layer opposite to the first side surface of the first planarization layer,
the first side surface of the first planarization layer and the second side surface of the first planarization layer do not directly contact the first passivation layer, and
the second side surface of the first planarization layer does not overlap the substrate in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate.
17 . The display device of claim 16 , wherein the second area from among the second areas is around at least one of both ends of a cutout from among the plurality of cutouts.
18 . The display device of claim 17 , wherein the dummy conductive pattern has an island shape in a plan view.
19 . The display device of claim 18 , wherein the common electrode and the dummy conductive pattern are electrically insulated from each other.