Flexible display panel and display apparatus including the flexible display panel
A flexible display panel including: a flexible substrate including a first region, second regions that extend from the first region and that have a curved surface, and a third region folded towards the second regions; a first display region in the first region of the flexible substrate; a second display region in the second regions of the flexible substrate; a plurality of non-display regions outside the first display region or the second display regions, wherein at least one of the plurality of non-display regions is in the third region of the flexible substrate; and an encapsulation member for encapsulating the first display region and the second display regions.
1. A flexible display panel comprising:
a flexible substrate comprising:
a first display region; and
a second display region extending from the first display region and having a curved surface;
an encapsulation member encapsulating at least one of the first display region and the second display region; and
a touch layer located on at least one side of the flexible substrate and the encapsulation member.
2. The flexible display panel of claim 1 , wherein the first display region and the second display region are continuous in the flexible substrate such that there is an indistinguishable border between the first display region and the second display region.
3. The flexible display panel of claim 1 , wherein the first display region and the second display region are configured to display input signals input by a single image signal input unit.
4. The flexible display panel of claim 1 , wherein the first display region and the second display region are configured to display input signals input by different image signal input units.
5. The flexible display panel of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of second display regions extending from the first display region and having a curved surface, wherein a curvature radius of the curved surface of each of the second display regions is substantially identical.
6. The flexible display panel of claim 1 , wherein a curvature radius of the curved surface of the second display region is greater than or equal to about 0.01 mm and is less than or equal to about 20 mm.
7. The flexible display panel of claim 6 , wherein the curved surface is arc-shaped.
8. The flexible display panel of claim 1 , wherein an angle formed by a boundary between the first display region and the second display region to an edge of the second display region is between about 0° and about 90°.
9. The flexible display panel of claim 1 , wherein the first display region is substantially planar.
10. The flexible display panel of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first display region and the second display region comprises an organic light-emitting device.
11. The flexible display panel of claim 1 , further comprising a barrier layer located between the flexible substrate and the encapsulation member.
12. The flexible display panel of claim 1 , wherein the encapsulation member is a flexible thin encapsulation layer.
13. The flexible display panel of claim 1 , further comprising a support unit for maintaining a shape of the flexible display panel.
14. The flexible display panel of claim 13 , wherein the support unit is a transparent protection window located on the encapsulation member.
15. The flexible display panel of claim 1 , wherein the touch layer comprises a flexible film that generally corresponds to a shape of the flexible display panel.
16. The flexible display panel of claim 15 , wherein the touch layer comprises:
touch regions in the flexible film that generally correspond to the first display region and the second display region; and
wiring regions outside the touch regions.