Display device
A display device includes a display panel including a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area, and a folding area disposed between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area and foldable with respect to a folding axis, an adhesive layer disposed under the display panel, and a support layer disposed under the adhesive layer, the support layer including a first supporter overlapping the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area, and a second supporter overlapping the folding area. The first supporter and the second supporter include different materials from each other.
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel comprising:
a first non-folding area;
a second non-folding area; and
a folding area disposed between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area and foldable with respect to a folding axis;
an adhesive layer disposed under the display panel; and
a support layer disposed under the adhesive layer, the support layer comprising:
a first supporter overlapping the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area; and
a second supporter overlapping the folding area, wherein
the first supporter and the second supporter comprise different materials from each other,
the second supporter comprises a glass material, and
the first and second supporters are in a same plane.
2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a module hole is formed through the first supporter, the display panel, and the adhesive layer and overlaps at least one of the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area.
3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein
the display panel comprises a non-bending portion and a bending portion bent from the non-bending portion, and
the first non-folding area, the second non-folding area, and the folding area overlap the non-bending portion of the display panel.
4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein
the support layer comprises an auxiliary supporter disposed on the bending portion, and
the auxiliary supporter and the first supporter comprise a same material.
5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the auxiliary supporter overlaps one of the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area.
6. The display device of claim 2 , wherein
the first supporter comprises:
a first support portion overlapping the first non-folding area; and
a second support portion overlapping the second non-folding area, and
each of the first support portion and the second support portion has an area greater than an area of the second supporter in a plan view.
7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the first support portion, the second support portion, and the second supporter have a same thickness in a thickness direction of the display panel.
8. The display device of claim 2 , further comprising an antistatic layer comprising:
a first coating portion disposed between an upper surface of the first supporter and the adhesive layer; and
a second coating portion disposed on a lower surface of the first supporter.
9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the first supporter has a thickness greater than a sum of a thickness of the first coating portion and a thickness of the second coating portion in a thickness direction of the display panel.
10. The display device of claim 2 , further comprising a camera module that overlaps the module hole and is disposed under the support layer.
11. The display device of claim 2 , further comprising:
a polarizing layer disposed on the display panel; and
a window disposed on the polarizing layer,
wherein the module hole penetrates through the polarizing layer.
12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the first supporter comprises a polymer film.
13. A display device comprising:
a display panel comprising a module area and a display area surrounding the module area;
an adhesive layer disposed under the display panel; and
a support layer disposed under the adhesive layer, wherein
a module hole is formed through the support layer, the adhesive layer, and the display panel, and overlaps the module area, and
the support layer comprises:
a first supporter surrounding the module hole in a plan view; and
a second supporter disposed adjacent to the first supporter and comprising a material different from a material of the first supporter, wherein
the second supporter comprises a glass material, and
the first and second supporters are in a same plane.
14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein
the display area comprises a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area, and a folding area disposed between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area and foldable with respect to a folding axis, and
the module hole overlaps one of the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area.
15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein
the first supporter comprises a first support portion overlapping a portion of the first non-folding area and a second support portion overlapping a portion of the second non-folding area, and
the second supporter is disposed between the first support portion and the second support portion and overlaps the folding area, another portion of the first non-folding area, and another portion of the second non-folding area.
16. The display device of claim 15 , wherein the second supporter has an area greater than an area of each of the first support portion and the second support portion in a plan view.
17. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the second supporter overlaps each of the first non-folding area, the second non-folding area, and the folding area and surrounds the first supporter in a plan view.
18. The display device of claim 13 , wherein
the first supporter comprises polyethylene terephthalate, and
the second supporter has a thickness equal to or greater than about 25 micrometers and equal to or smaller than about 75 micrometers.
19. A method of manufacturing a display device, comprising:
providing a display panel comprising a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area, and a folding area disposed between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area and foldable with respect to a folding axis;
providing an adhesive layer under the display panel;
disposing a first support portion and a second support portion at a lower portion of the adhesive layer such that the first and second support portions respectively overlap the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area, the first and second support portions comprising a same material;
disposing a third support portion at the lower portion of the display panel to overlap the folding area, the third support portion comprising a material different from a material of the first and second support portions; and
forming a module hole penetrating through the display panel overlapping the first support portion and the first non-folding area by using a laser beam, wherein
the third support portion comprises a glass material, and
the first, second, and third support portions are in a same plane.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein
the first support portion and the second support portion are disposed at the lower portion of the display panel by a same process, and
the third support portion is disposed at the lower portion of the display panel by a different process from the first support portion.