Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes: a display panel comprising a transmission area, a display area, and a middle area that includes at least one groove and is located between the transmission area and the display area; an input sensing layer stacked on the display panel, wherein a metal layer that overlaps the at least one groove in a plan view is in one of the display panel and the input sensing layer.
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a substrate having a through hole, the substrate including a display area surrounding the through hole and a non-display area between the through hole and the display area;
a display element in the display area of the substrate, the display element comprising a pixel electrode, an opposite electrode, and an intermediate layer between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode;
a pixel circuit electrically connected to the display element;
an encapsulation layer on the display element;
a plurality of touch electrodes on the encapsulation layer, the plurality of touch electrodes being in the display area; and
a groove in the non-display area, wherein the groove is defined in a multi-layered film comprising an organic insulating layer and a metal layer on the organic insulating layer.
2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the groove comprises:
a recess defined in the organic insulating layer; and
a hole defined in the metal layer, the hole overlapping the recess.
3. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein a depth of the recess is less than a thickness of the organic insulating layer.
4. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the metal layer comprises a tip protruding toward a center of the groove from a point where a side surface of the organic insulating layer facing the recess and a bottom surface of the metal layer meet.
5. The display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the intermediate layer comprises a functional layer, wherein:
in the display area, the functional layer is located between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode, and
in the non-display area, the functional layer comprises a plurality of portions separated from each other at the tip.
6. The display apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the opposite electrode extends to the non-display area, wherein, the opposite electrode comprises a plurality of portions separated from each other at the tip in the non-display area.
7. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein a first vertical distance from a top surface of the substrate to a bottom surface of the recess of the organic insulating layer is less than a second vertical distance from the top surface of the substrate to a top surface of the organic insulating layer, and the top surface of the organic insulating layer contacts a bottom surface of the metal layer.
8. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the organic insulating layer has an opening adjacent to the groove, and the metal layer contacts a top surface of an insulating layer under the organic insulating layer through the opening.
9. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the insulating layer comprises an inorganic insulating material.
10. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein, in a plan view, each of the opening defined in the organic insulating layer and the groove has a loop shape surrounding the through hole of the substrate.
11. A display apparatus comprising:
a substrate having a through hole, the substrate including a display area surrounding the through hole and a non-display area between the through hole and the display area;
a display element in the display area of the substrate, the display element comprising a pixel electrode, an opposite electrode, and an intermediate layer between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode;
a pixel circuit electrically connected to the display element;
an encapsulation layer on the display element; and
a multi-layered film in the non-display area and comprising an organic insulating layer and a metal layer on the organic insulating layer,
wherein the organic insulating layer has a recess and the metal layer has a hole overlapping the recess.
12. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein:
the metal layer comprises a first metal part and a second metal part that are separated from each other by the hole of the metal layer,
the organic insulating layer further has a first opening adjacent to the recess and a second opening opposite to the first opening with the recess therebetween, and
the first metal part overlaps the first opening and the second metal part overlaps the second opening.
13. The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein at least one selected from among the first metal part and the second metal part comprises a tip protruding toward a center of a groove comprising the recess and the hole from a point where a side surface of the organic insulating layer facing the recess and a bottom surface of the at least one selected from among the first metal part and the second metal part meet.
14. The display apparatus of claim 12 , further comprising:
an insulating layer between the substrate and the organic insulating layer,
wherein the first metal part is in direct contact with a portion of a top surface of the insulating layer and the second metal part is in direct contact with another portion of the top surface of the insulating layer.
15. The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the insulating layer comprises an inorganic insulating material.
16. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein a depth of the recess is less than a thickness of the organic insulating layer.
17. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein a first vertical distance from a top surface of the substrate to a bottom surface of the recess of the organic insulating layer is less than a second vertical distance from the top surface of the substrate to a top surface of the organic insulating layer, and the top surface of the organic insulating layer contacts a bottom surface of the metal layer.
18. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the intermediate layer comprises a functional layer, wherein:
in the display area, the functional layer is located between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode, and
in the non-display area, the functional layer comprises a plurality of portions separated from each other, wherein one of the plurality of portions of the functional layer is in the recess.
19. The display apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the opposite electrode extends to the non-display area, wherein, in the non-display area, the opposite electrode comprises a plurality of portions separated from each other, wherein one of the plurality of portions of the opposite electrode is in the recess.
20. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein, in a plan view, each of the recess defined in the organic insulating layer and the hole defined in the metal layer has a loop shape surrounding the through hole of the substrate.