Foldable display device

1. A foldable display device comprising:

a flexible substrate;

a driving circuit on the flexible substrate and including a thin film transistor and a capacitor; and

a display panel on the flexible substrate and coupled to the driving circuit, the display panel including:

at least one bendable area that changes between a first shape and a second shape, the bendable area having the first shape when unbent and having a curved shape when bent; and

a flat area that substantially maintains a same shape when the bendable area is bent, wherein the bendable area has a different configuration of pixels or pixel circuits from the flat area.

2. The foldable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pixels in the bendable area and the pixels in the flat area have different sizes.

3. The foldable display device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the pixels in the bendable area are smaller than the pixels in the flat area.

4. The foldable display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a pitch between the pixels in the bendable area is different from a pitch between the pixels in the flat area.

5. The foldable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one element of pixel circuits in the bendable area has a different size from at least a corresponding element of pixels circuits in the flat area.

6. The foldable display device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the at least one element is a thin film transistor.

7. The foldable display device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the at least one element is a capacitor.

8. The foldable display device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the at least one element is at least two capacitors in the bendable area.

9. The foldable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

each pixel of the display panel includes red (R), green (G), and blue (B) sub-pixels, and

at least two of the R, G, or B sub-pixels have sizes in the bendable area different from sizes of at least two of the R, G, or B sub-pixels in the flat area.

10. The foldable display device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein at least two of the R, G, or B sub-pixels in the bendable area and in the flat area have different thicknesses.

11. The foldable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display panel includes an organic light emitting diode.

12. The foldable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the at least one bendable area includes multiple bendable areas, and

the multiple bendable areas are spaced from one another.

13. A display device, comprising:

a first area;

a second area; and

at least one third area between the first and second areas, wherein the third area changes between a first shape and a second shape, the third area having the first shape when unbent and having a curved shape when bent relative to the first and second areas and wherein the third area includes a different configuration of pixels or pixel circuits from the first and second areas.

14. The display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the third area includes a different pattern of pixels from the first and second areas.

15. The display device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein a spacing between the pixels in the third area is different from a spacing between the pixels in the first and second areas.

16. The display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein a size of the pixels in the third area is different from a size of the pixels in the first and second areas.

17. The display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein at least one element of the pixel circuits in the third area has a different configuration from at least one corresponding element of the pixel circuits in the first and second areas.

18. The display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein a size of at least one sub-pixel in the third area is different from a size of at least one corresponding sub-pixel in each of the first and second areas.

19. The display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the third area bends to allow the first and second areas to overlap.

20. The display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein:

the at least one third area includes a plurality of third areas between the first and second areas, and

the plurality of third areas spaced from one another.

21. The foldable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the flat area has a first flat section and a second flat section, and

the at least one bendable area is between the first and second flat sections.