IP Library Granted Patent US 12,108,623
Granted Patent B2
US 12,108,623 · App. 18/352,470 · Granted Oct 1, 2024

Display panel

Inventors: Yoonsun Choi (Yongin-si, KR); Hyunchul Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Seongryong Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Eunae Jung (Yongin-si, KR); Wonsuk Choi (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K50/844G06F3/0412G06F3/042H10K59/122H10K59/40
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Patent No.
US 12,108,623
App. No.
18/352,470
Granted
Oct 1, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display panel includes a substrate including an opening area, a display area, and a first non-display area, the first non-display area being between the opening area and the display area, a plurality of display elements arranged in the display area, a thin film encapsulation layer that covers the display elements, the thin film encapsulation layer including an inorganic encapsulation layer and an organic encapsulation layer, a groove in the first non-display area, a planarization layer in the first non-display area, the planarization layer covering the groove, a first inorganic insulating layer under the planarization layer such that the first inorganic insulating layer is between the planarization layer and the substrate, and a second inorganic insulating layer over the planarization layer.

Claims (53)

1. A display panel, comprising:

a substrate having an opening in an opening area;

a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a display area, the display area surrounding the opening area;

an opposite electrode overlapping the plurality of pixel electrodes in the display area;

an intermediate layer between the plurality of pixel electrodes and the opposite electrode;

an encapsulation layer on the opposite electrode, the encapsulation layer comprising a first inorganic encapsulation layer, a second inorganic encapsulation layer, and an organic encapsulation layer between the first inorganic encapsulation layer and the second inorganic encapsulation layer;

a first inorganic insulating layer on the encapsulation layer;

a plurality of touch electrodes on the first inorganic insulating layer, the plurality of touch electrodes being arranged in the display area;

a barrier wall in a non-display area, the non-display area being between the opening area and the display area; and

an organic insulation layer disposed on an upper surface of the first inorganic insulating layer in the non-display area,

wherein:

the first inorganic insulating layer and the second inorganic encapsulation layer each extend to the non-display area,

on an upper surface of the barrier wall, the first inorganic insulating layer is in direct contact with the second inorganic encapsulation layer, and

a contact area of the first inorganic insulating layer and the second inorganic encapsulation layer is overlapped by the organic insulation layer.

2. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein:

the first inorganic encapsulation layer extends to the non-display area, and

on the barrier wall, the second inorganic encapsulation layer is in direct contact with the first inorganic encapsulation layer.

3. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the organic insulation layer comprises a planarization layer.

4. The display panel of claim 1 , further comprising a second inorganic insulating layer on the organic insulation layer.

5. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the organic insulation layer overlaps a part of the organic encapsulation layer in the non-display area.

6. The display panel of claim 5 , wherein the overlapping region of the organic insulation layer and the organic encapsulation layer is between the barrier wall and the display area.

7. The display panel of claim 1 , further comprising a groove in the non-display area, wherein the groove is overlapped by the organic insulation layer.

8. The display panel of claim 7 , wherein the second inorganic encapsulation layer and the first inorganic encapsulation layer are in direct contact with each other between a bottom surface of the groove and the organic insulation layer.

9. The display panel of claim 8 , wherein the groove is between the barrier wall and the opening of the substrate.

10. A display panel, comprising:

a substrate having an opening in an opening area;

a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a display area, the display area surrounding the opening area;

an opposite electrode overlapping the plurality of pixel electrodes in the display area;

an intermediate layer between the plurality of pixel electrodes and the opposite electrode;

an encapsulation layer on the opposite electrode, the encapsulation layer comprising a first inorganic encapsulation layer, a second inorganic encapsulation layer, and an organic encapsulation layer between the first inorganic encapsulation layer and the second inorganic encapsulation layer;

a first inorganic insulating layer on the encapsulation layer;

a plurality of touch electrodes on the first inorganic insulating layer, the plurality of touch electrodes being arranged in the display area;

at least two grooves in a non-display area, the non-display area being between the opening area and the display area; and

an organic insulating layer,

wherein:

in a first region between the at least two grooves, the organic insulating layer overlaps the first inorganic insulating layer, the second inorganic encapsulation layer, and the first inorganic encapsulation layer, and

in the first region, the first inorganic insulating layer is in direct contact with an upper surface of the second inorganic encapsulation layer.

11. The display panel of claim 10 , wherein, in the first region,

the organic insulating layer is in direct contact with the first inorganic insulating layer, and

the second inorganic encapsulation layer is in direct contact with the first inorganic encapsulation layer.

12. The display panel of claim 10 , wherein the intermediate layer comprises an organic layer, and

wherein the organic layer comprises a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion that are separated from each other, the first portion of the organic layer is on a bottom surface of a first groove of the at least two grooves, the second portion of the organic layer is on a bottom surface of a second groove of the at least two grooves, and the third portion of the organic layer is in the first region.

13. The display panel of claim 12 , wherein the third portion of the organic layer is below the first inorganic encapsulation layer.

14. The display panel of claim 12 , wherein the opposite electrode comprises a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion that are separated from each other, and

wherein the first portion of the opposite electrode is on the bottom surface of the first groove, the second portion of the opposite electrode is on the bottom surface of the second groove, and the third portion of the opposite electrode is in the first region.

15. The display panel of claim 14 , wherein the third portion of the opposite electrode is below the first inorganic encapsulation layer.

16. The display panel of claim 12 , wherein:

a first vertical distance from a bottom surface of the substrate to a bottom surface of the first portion of the organic layer is less than a second vertical distance from the bottom surface of the substrate to a bottom surface of the third portion of the organic layer.

17. The display panel of claim 10 , further comprising a barrier wall in a non-display area.

18. The display panel of claim 17 , wherein the barrier wall is overlapped by the organic insulating layer.

19. The display panel of claim 10 , further comprising a second inorganic insulating layer on the organic insulating layer.

20. The display panel of claim 19 , wherein, in the non-display area, the second inorganic insulating layer is separated from the first inorganic insulation layer by the organic insulating layer;

the first insulating layer is disposed between the second electrode and the first electrode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2023
From: CHOI, YOONSUN; KIM, HYUNCHUL; LEE, SEONGRYONG; JUNG, EUNAE; CHOI, WONSUK
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064260/0148 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0144678 · Nov 21, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17491887 · Oct 1, 2021
Continuation 16441846 · Jun 14, 2019
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