Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes: a substrate having a bending area between a first area and a second area; internal conductive lines on the substrate in the first area; external conductive lines on the substrate in the second area; an organic material layer covering the bending area and covering at least a portion of the internal conductive lines and the external conductive lines; and connection lines on the organic material layer and connecting the internal conductive lines to the external conductive lines, respectively. Organic through-holes are defined through the organic material layer, the connection lines are respectively connected to the internal conductive lines through the organic through-holes, and an upper surface of the organic material layer between the organic through-holes has a convex curved shape.
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a substrate on which a first area, a second area, and a bending area between the first area and the second area are defined, wherein the substrate is bent around a bending axis extending in a first direction;
a display area arranged in the first area;
an encapsulation layer covering the display area and comprising an organic encapsulation layer;
a plurality of internal conductive lines arranged in the first area and a plurality of external conductive lines arranged in the second area;
an organic material layer covering the bending area and covering at least a portion of the plurality of internal conductive lines and the plurality of external conductive lines; and
a plurality of connection lines on the organic material layer and connecting the plurality of internal conductive lines to the plurality of external conductive lines, respectively,
wherein a plurality of organic through-holes is defined through the organic material layer,
wherein the plurality of connection lines are respectively connected to the plurality of internal conductive lines between the first area and the bending area through the plurality of organic through-holes, and
wherein the organic encapsulation layer and the organic material layer are spaced apart from each other.
2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of organic through-holes comprises a plurality of first organic through-holes arranged in the first direction, and
an upper surface of the organic material layer located between the plurality of first organic through-holes has a convex curved shape.
3. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein
a portion of each of the plurality of connection lines are on the upper surface of the organic material layer having the convex curved shape, and
the plurality of connection lines extend across the bending area.
4. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the encapsulation layer further comprises a first inorganic encapsulation layer and a second inorganic encapsulation layer,
the organic encapsulation layer is disposed between the first inorganic encapsulation layer and the second inorganic encapsulation layer, and
the encapsulation layer and the organic material layer are spaced apart from each other.
5. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
an end of each of the plurality of internal conductive lines overlaps an inside of a respective one of the plurality of organic through-holes, and
an end of each of the plurality of internal conductive lines does not overlap a lower edge of each of the plurality of organic through-holes.