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US 10,108,030 · App. 15/047,658 · Granted Oct 23, 2018

Display device

Inventor: Hae-Kwan Seo (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G02F1/13G06F1/1647H05K5/0017H05K7/02
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Patent No.
US 10,108,030
App. No.
15/047,658
Granted
Oct 23, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a window layer, a first display panel, and a second display panel. The window layer has at least one bent area adjacent a non-bent area. The first display panel is on a first side of the window layer at a position corresponding to the at least one bent area. The second display panel is on the first side of the window layer at a position corresponding to the non-bent area. The first display panel is in a first display area to display an image, and a first non-display area is adjacent the non-bent area and between the first display area and the non-bent area.

Claims (38)

1. A display device, comprising:

a window layer including at least one bent area adjacent a non-bent area;

a first display panel on a first side of the window layer and at a position corresponding to the at least one bent area;

a second display panel on the first side of the window layer and at a position corresponding to the non-bent area; and

a light blocking layer on a lower portion of the window layer, wherein:

the first display panel is in a first display area to display an image,

a first non-display area is adjacent the non-bent area and between the first display area and the non-bent area, and

the light blocking layer is at a position corresponding to the first non-display area of the first display panel.

2. The display device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the light blocking layer includes a light blocking material.

3. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a first driver to drive the first and second display panels in the first non-display area on a lower portion of the window layer, wherein the first driver includes:

a first gate driver connected to the first and second display panels; and

a first emission control driver connected to the first and second display panels.

4. The display device as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising:

a first data wire connected to the first display panel;

a second data wire connected to the second display panel; and

a control signal line connected to the first driver, wherein the control signal line is between the first and second data wires.

5. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

first and second drivers to respectively drive the first and second display panels, the first and second drivers in the first non-display area on a lower portion of the window layer, wherein:

the first driver includes a first gate driver and a first emission control driver connected to the first display panel, and

the second driver includes a second gate driver and a second emission control driver connected to the second display panel.

6. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second display panel includes:

a second display area to display an image; and

a second non-display area to not display an image.

7. The display device as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising:

first and second drivers at positions that respectively correspond to the first and second non-display areas, wherein:

the first driver includes a first gate driver and a first emission control driver connected to the first display panel, and

the second driver includes a second gate driver and a second emission control driver connected to the second display panel.

8. The display device as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising:

first and second drivers at positions that respectively correspond to the first and second non-display areas, wherein:

the first driver includes a first gate driver connected to the first display panel, and

the second driver includes:

a second gate driver connected to the second display panel and

a second emission control driver connected to the first and second display panels.

9. The display device as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising:

first and second drivers at positions that respectively correspond to the first and second non-display areas, wherein:

the first driver includes a first gate driver connected to the first and second display panels, and

the second driver includes a second emission control driver connected to the first and second display panel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2016
From: SEO, HAE-KWAN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037771/0974 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0058114 · Apr 24, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160316582A1 · Oct 27, 2016