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Granted Patent B2
US 11,469,393 · App. 17/033,706 · Granted Oct 11, 2022

Display device

Inventors: Sung Woo Eo (Hwaseong-si, KR); Boyun Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Ji Young Wang (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
H01L51/5237H01L27/3244H01L51/529H01L51/5256H01L51/5293
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Patent No.
US 11,469,393
App. No.
17/033,706
Granted
Oct 11, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device including a display module including a display area from which an image is displayed and a hole area disposed inside the display area, and a window disposed on the display module and including a first window area overlaying the hole area and a second window area overlapping the display area, wherein a first thickness of the first window area may be greater than a second thickness of the second window area.

Claims (30)

1. A display device comprising:

a display module including a display area from which an image is displayed and a hole area disposed inside the display area; and

a window disposed on the display module and including a first window area overlaying the hole area and a second window area overlapping the display area,

wherein a first thickness of the first window area is greater than a second thickness of the second window area.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display area surrounds the hole area.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first thickness is less than 400 μm.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second thickness is from 10 μm to 100 μm.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the window includes glass.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second window area is bendable.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a width of the first window area is less than a width of the hole area of the display module.

8. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a light shielding layer disposed between the display module and the window and at a boundary between the display area and the hole area.

9. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a functional module disposed under the first window area and spaced apart from the window.

10. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first impact absorbing layer disposed under the first window area.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the first impact absorbing layer includes at least one of glass, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyimide (PI), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), and polycarbonate (PC).

12. The display device of claim 10 , further comprising:

a second impact absorbing layer disposed between the second window area and the display module.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the second impact absorbing layer includes a same material as that of the first impact absorbing layer.

14. The display device of claim 12 , further comprising:

a light shielding layer disposed between the display module and the second impact absorbing layer and at a boundary between the display area and the hole area.

15. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display module includes a display panel and a polarization layer disposed between the display panel and the window.

16. The display device of claim 15 , wherein the display module further includes a heat dissipation layer disposed under the display panel and a cushion layer disposed between the heat dissipation layer and the display panel.

17. The display device of claim 16 , wherein the display module further includes a protective layer disposed between the display panel and the cushion layer.

18. A display device comprising:

a display module including a display area from which an image is displayed and a hole area disposed inside the display area; and

a window disposed on the display module and including a flat portion having a uniform thickness and a protruding portion protruding from the flat portion toward the hole area of the display module.

19. The display device of claim 18 , wherein a thickness of the protruding portion is less than a thickness of the display module.

20. The display device of claim 18 , wherein a width of the protruding portion of the window is less than a width of the hole area of the display module.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2020
From: EO, SUNG WOO; KIM, BOYUN; WANG, JI YOUNG
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0130105 · Oct 18, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210119170A1 · Apr 22, 2021
Cited By (1)
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