Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes: a substrate including a first area and a second area, the second area including a transmission area; main pixels on the first area, each of the main pixels including a first pixel electrode, a first opposite electrode, and a first intermediate layer between the first pixel electrode and the first opposite electrode; auxiliary pixels on the second area, each of the auxiliary pixels including a second pixel electrode, a second opposite electrode, and a second intermediate layer between the second pixel electrode and the second opposite electrode; and a metal pattern layer on the second area and surrounding the transmission area.
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a substrate comprising a first area and a second area, wherein the second area includes a plurality of transmission areas;
main pixels on the first area, wherein each of the main pixels comprises a first pixel electrode, a first opposite electrode, and a first intermediate layer between the first pixel electrode and the first opposite electrode;
auxiliary pixels on the second area, wherein each of the auxiliary pixels comprises a second pixel electrode, a second opposite electrode, and a second intermediate layer between the second pixel electrode and the second opposite electrode;
a metal pattern layer on the second area and surrounding the plurality of transmission areas; and
an optical device under the substrate and corresponding to the second area, wherein the optical device overlaps with auxiliary pixels,
wherein the plurality of transmission areas are regions overlapping the substrate and corresponding to openings in the metal pattern layer, and
wherein the metal pattern layer surrounding the plurality of transmission areas is integrally formed.
2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first conductive layer on the substrate;
an interlayer insulating layer on the first conductive layer; and
a second conductive layer on the interlayer insulating layer.
3. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the metal pattern layer is integrally provided with the second conductive layer as a single unitary unit.
4. The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the metal pattern layer and the second pixel electrode at least partially overlap each other.
5. The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the second conductive layer comprises a driving voltage line.
6. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the metal pattern layer is integrally provided with the first conductive layer as a single unitary unit.
7. The display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the metal pattern layer and the second pixel electrode at least partially overlap each other.
8. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the metal pattern layer and the first conductive layer are spaced apart from each other in a same layer.
9. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the metal pattern layer is electrically connected to the second conductive layer via a first contact hole defined in the interlayer insulating layer.
10. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the metal pattern layer is integrally provided with the second pixel electrode as a single unitary unit.
11. The display apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the metal pattern layer at least partially overlaps the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.
12. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a third pixel electrode on the first area and spaced apart from the first pixel electrode; and
a fourth pixel electrode on the second area and spaced apart from the second pixel electrode.
13. The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein
a first distance is defined as a shortest distance from the first pixel electrode to the third pixel electrode,
a second distance is defined as a shortest distance from the second pixel electrode to the fourth pixel electrode, and
the first distance is greater than the second distance.
14. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the transmission area has a circular shape or an elliptical shape.
15. A display apparatus comprising:
a substrate comprising a first area and a second area, wherein the second area includes a plurality of transmission areas;
first main pixels on the first area, wherein each of the first main pixels comprises a first pixel electrode, a first opposite electrode, and a first intermediate layer between the first pixel electrode and the first opposite electrode;
first auxiliary pixels on the second area, wherein each of the first auxiliary pixels comprises a second pixel electrode, a second opposite electrode, and a second intermediate layer between the second pixel electrode and the second opposite electrode;
a metal pattern layer on the second area and surrounding the plurality of transmission areas; and
an optical device under the substrate and corresponding to the second area, wherein the optical device overlaps with first auxiliary pixels,
wherein the plurality of transmission areas are regions overlapping the substrate and corresponding to openings in the metal pattern layer, and
wherein the metal pattern layer surrounding the plurality of transmission areas is integrally formed.
16. The display apparatus of claim 15 , further comprising:
a first conductive layer on the substrate;
an interlayer insulating layer on the first conductive layer; and
a second conductive layer on the interlayer insulating layer.
17. The display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the metal pattern layer and the second pixel electrode at least partially overlap each other.
18. The display apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the metal pattern layer is integrally provided with the second conductive layer as a single unitary unit.
19. The display apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the metal pattern layer is integrally provided with the first conductive layer as a single unitary unit.
20. The display apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the metal pattern layer is integrally provided with the second pixel electrode as a single unitary unit.