Foldable display apparatus
A foldable display apparatus includes: a non-folding area, and a folding area, in which an aperture ratio of a plurality of red sub pixels in the folding area is lower than an aperture ratio of a plurality in red sub pixels of the non-folding area, an aperture ratio of the plurality of green sub pixels in the folding area is lower than an aperture ratio of the plurality of green sub pixels of the non-folding area, and an aperture ratio of the plurality in blue sub pixels of the folding area is lower than an aperture ratio of the plurality of blue sub pixels of the non-folding area.
1 . A foldable display apparatus, comprising:
an active area and a non-active area, the active area including a folding area and a non-folding area; and
a plurality of sub pixels in a folding area and a non-folding area,
wherein a first thickness from a flexible substrate to an encapsulation layer in the folding area is greater than a second thickness from the flexible substrate to the encapsulation layer in the non-folding area, and
wherein each of plurality of sub pixels includes a thin film transistor, a light emitting diode, and a planarization layer between the flexible substrate and the encapsulation layer.
2 . The foldable display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting diode comprises at least one of an anode, a hole injection layer, a hole transporting layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transporting layer, an electron injection layer, and a cathode between the flexible substrate and the encapsulation layer.
3 . The foldable display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of pixels include:
a first pixel including a first red sub pixel, a first green sub pixel, and a first blue sub pixel and disposed in the folding area; and
a second pixel including a second red sub pixel, a second green sub pixel, and a second blue sub pixel and disposed in the non-folding area.
4 . The foldable display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein a first capacitance of the first pixel is different from a second capacitance of the second pixel.
5 . The foldable display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the second capacitance is greater than the first capacitance.
6 . The foldable display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein an emitting area of the first pixel is different from an emitting area of the second pixel.
7 . The foldable display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the emitting area of the second pixel is greater than the emitting area of the first pixel.
8 . The foldable display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein an anode of the first pixel has a different surface area than an anode of the second pixel.
9 . The foldable display apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the surface area of the anode of the second pixel is greater than surface area of the anode of the first pixel.
10 . The foldable display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein each of the first red sub pixel, the first green sub pixel, the first blue sub pixel, the second red sub pixel, the second green sub pixel, and the second blue sub pixel includes a light emitting layer, and
a thickness of the light emitting layers of the first red sub pixel, the first green sub pixel, and the first blue sub pixel of the first pixel at the folding area is different from a thickness of the light emitting layers of the sub pixels of corresponding colors of the second pixel at the non-folding area.
11 . The foldable display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein each of the first red sub pixel in the first pixel and the second red sub pixel in the second pixel includes a red light emitting layer, and
wherein a thickness of the red light emitting layer of the first red sub pixel of the first pixel at the folding area is higher than a thickness of the red light emitting layer of the second red sub pixel of the second pixel at the non-folding area.
12 . The foldable display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein each of the first green sub pixel in the first pixel and the second green sub pixel in the second pixel includes a green light emitting layer, and
wherein a thickness of the green light emitting layer of the first green sub pixel of the first pixel at the folding area is higher than a thickness of the green light emitting layer of the second green sub pixel of the second pixel at the non-folding area.
13 . The foldable display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein each of first blue sub pixel in the first pixel and the second blue sub pixel in the second pixel includes a blue light emitting layer, and
wherein a thickness of the blue light emitting layer of the first blue sub pixel of the first pixel at the folding area is higher than a thickness of the blue light emitting layer of the second blue sub pixel of the second pixel at the non-folding area.
14 . The foldable display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the thickness of the light emitting layers of the sub pixels of the first pixel at the folding area is 8% to 19% larger than the thickness of the light emitting layers of the sub pixels of corresponding colors of the second pixel at the non-folding area.
15 . The foldable display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the non-folding area is in-folded or out-folded with respect to a folding axis.