IP Library Granted Patent US 12,439,804
Granted Patent B2
US 12,439,804 · App. 17/649,158 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Display device and electronic device having the same

Inventors: Jeongseok Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Seungwook Kwon (Hwaseong-si, KR); Sehoon Jeong (Suwon-si, KR); Woo Yong Sung (Seoul, KR); Seungyong Song (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10K59/87H10K50/841H10K59/124H10K59/871H10K59/12H10K59/351H10K59/352H10K59/65H10K59/875
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Patent No.
US 12,439,804
App. No.
17/649,158
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a window; a display panel comprising a first display area and a second display area having a pixel density less than that of the first display area, the display panel being under the window; a protective layer under the display panel; and a lower layer in which a first opening corresponding to the second display area is defined and which is under the protective layer, wherein a portion of the protective layer, which corresponds to the second display area, has a haze of 4% or less, a wavefront peak valley value of 0.05 or more and 2.00 or less, a wavefront root mean square value of 0.01 or more and 0.40 or less.

Claims (46)

1. A display device comprising:

a window;

a display panel comprising a first display area and a second display area having a pixel density less than that of the first display area, the display panel being under the window;

a protective layer under the display panel; and

a lower layer in which a first opening corresponding to the second display area is defined and which is under the protective layer,

wherein a portion of the protective layer, which corresponds to the second display area, has a haze of 4% or less, a wavefront peak valley value of 0.05 or more and 2.00 or less, a wavefront root mean square value of 0.01 or more and 0.40 or less.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the protective layer comprises a synthetic resin film and an adhesive layer between the synthetic resin film and the display panel.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the synthetic resin film overlaps the first display area and the second display area.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the protective layer comprises a synthetic resin layer that is directly on a bottom surface of the display panel.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the synthetic resin layer overlaps the first display area and the second display area.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the protective layer comprises:

a synthetic resin film having a second opening corresponding to the second display area; and

a synthetic resin layer inside the second opening.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the protective layer comprises at least one of polyethylene terephthalate, polyurethane, or polyethylene.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a light emitting element on the first display area has a density greater than that on the second display area.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the lower layer comprises a metal plate.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first display area comprises a plurality of first unit pixel areas,

the second display area comprises a plurality of second unit pixel areas and a plurality of non-unit pixel areas,

the plurality of second unit pixel areas comprise an insulating layer overlapping the second display area and a light emitting element on the insulating layer, and

each of the plurality of non-unit pixel areas comprises an opening defined in the insulating layer.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein each of the plurality of first unit pixel areas and the plurality of second unit pixel areas comprises at least three emission areas, and

each of the non-unit pixel areas has a surface area greater than a sum of surface areas of at least two emission areas of the three emission areas.

12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a modulation transfer function value of an image of a subject outside the window, which is photographed by a camera module that is under the lower layer to correspond to the first opening is 60% or more.

13. A display device comprising:

a window;

a display panel comprising a first display area and a second display area having a pixel density less than that of the first display area, the display panel being under the window;

a protective layer under the display panel; and

a lower layer in which a first opening corresponding to the second display area is defined and which is under the protective layer,

wherein the protective layer comprises:

a synthetic resin film corresponding to the first display area and in which a second opening corresponding to the second display area is defined; and

a synthetic resin layer inside the second opening,

wherein the synthetic resin layer has an elastic modulus less than that of the synthetic resin film, and

the synthetic resin layer has a haze less than that of the synthetic resin film,

wherein the synthetic resin layer has a wavefront peak valley value of 0.05 or more and 2.00 or less.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the synthetic resin layer has a haze of 4% or less.

15. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the synthetic resin layer has a wavefront root mean square value of 0.01 or more and 0.40 or less.

16. The display device of claim 13 , wherein a modulation transfer function value of an image of a subject outside the window, which is photographed by a camera module that is under the lower layer to correspond to the first opening is 60% or more.

17. The display device of claim 13 , wherein an adhesive layer is between the synthetic resin film and a bottom surface of the display panel, and

the synthetic resin layer is directly on the bottom surface of the display panel.

18. The display device of claim 17 , wherein a third opening corresponding to the second opening is in the adhesive layer.

19. An electronic device comprising:

a display device comprising a first display area and a second display area having a pixel density less than that of the first display area;

a camera module under the display device to correspond to the second display area; and

a housing coupled to the display device to accommodate the camera module,

wherein a modulation transfer function value of an image of a subject outside the display device, which is photographed by the camera module is 60% or more at a frequency of 110 LP/mm, and

a protective layer in a path along which light reflected from the subject is incident into the camera module has a haze of 4% or less and a wavefront peak valley value of 0.05 or more and 2.00 or less.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2022
From: LEE, JEONGSEOK; KWON, SEUNGWOOK; JEONG, SEHOON; SUNG, WOO YONG; SONG, SEUNGYONG
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058798/0207 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0017287 · Feb 8, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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