Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes: a substrate having a bending area between a first area and a second area; internal conductive lines on the substrate in the first area; external conductive lines on the substrate in the second area; an organic material layer covering the bending area and covering at least a portion of the internal conductive lines and the external conductive lines; and connection lines on the organic material layer and connecting the internal conductive lines to the external conductive lines, respectively. Organic through-holes are defined through the organic material layer, the connection lines are respectively connected to the internal conductive lines through the organic through-holes, and an upper surface of the organic material layer between the organic through-holes has a convex curved shape.
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a substrate on which a first area, a second area, and a bending area between the first area and the second area are defined, wherein the substrate is bent around a bending axis extending in a first direction;
an inorganic insulating layer on the substrate, wherein an opening or a groove is defined in the inorganic insulating layer to correspond to the bending area;
a display element arranged in the first area; and
an organic material layer filling the opening or the groove at the bending area, the organic material includes at least one organic through-hole;
a first line disposed on the first area;
a second line disposed on the second area; and
a connection line disposed on the organic material layer at the bending area;
wherein the connection line is respectively connected the first line and the second line through the at least one organic though-hole.
2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first line and the second are spaced apart from each other with the opening or the groove of the inorganic insulating layer therebetween.
3. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the organic material layer is spaced apart from the first area.
4. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the organic material layer extends to an upper surface of the inorganic insulating layer.
5. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one organic through-hole expose the inorganic insulating layer, and
the connection line is respectively connected to the first line and the second line via contact holes defined in the inorganic insulating layer.
6. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a lower edge of at least one of organic through-holes and an end of each of first line are spaced apart from each other in a plan view.
7. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a thin film transistor in the first area or the second area, wherein the thin film transistor comprises a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode which are insulated from each other by a first gate insulating layer,
wherein the first line is disposed in a same layer as the gate electrode.
8. The display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the second line is disposed in a same layer as the gate electrode.
9. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the connection line extends across the bending area.
10. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein an elongation percentage of the connection line is greater than an elongation percentage of the first line and an elongation percentage of the second line.
11. A display apparatus comprising:
a substrate on which a first area, a second area, and a bending area between the first area and the second area are defined, wherein the substrate is bent around a bending axis extending in a first direction;
an inorganic insulating layer on the substrate, wherein an opening or a groove is defined in the inorganic insulating layer to correspond to the bending area;
a display element arranged in the first area; and
an organic material layer disposed on the bending area, the organic material includes at least one organic through-hole;
wherein the organic material layer is spaced apart from the first area.
12. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein
the at least one organic through-hole comprises a plurality of first organic through-holes arranged in the first direction, and
an upper surface of the organic material layer located between the plurality of first organic through-holes has a convex curved shape.
13. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein
wherein the organic material layer fills the opening or the groove and extends to an upper surface of the inorganic insulating layer.
14. The display apparatus of claim 11 , further comprising:
a first line disposed on the first area;
a second line disposed on the second area; and
a connection line disposed on the organic material layer at the bending area;
wherein the connection line is respectively connected the first line and the second line.
15. The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the first line and the second are spaced apart from each other with the opening or the groove of the inorganic insulating layer therebetween.
16. The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the at least one organic through-hole expose the inorganic insulating layer, and
the connection line is respectively connected to the first line and the second line via contact holes defined in the inorganic insulating layer.
17. The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein a lower edge of at least one of organic through-holes and an end of each of first line are spaced apart from each other in a plan view.
18. The display apparatus of claim 14 , further comprising:
a thin film transistor in the first area or the second area, wherein the thin film transistor comprises a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode which are insulated from each other by a first gate insulating layer,
wherein the first line is disposed in a same layer as the gate electrode.
19. The display apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the second line is disposed in a same layer as the gate electrode.
20. The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the connection line extends across the bending area.