IP Library Granted Patent US 12,514,094
Granted Patent B2
US 12,514,094 · App. 17/939,534 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Electronic device including under display camera and display included in the same

Inventors: Dongseop Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Sungyoung Shin (Suwon-si, KR); Kwangtai Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Minsuk Uhm (Suwon-si, KR); Donghyun Yeom (Suwon-si, KR); Yilin Wu (Suwon-si, KR); Haechang Lee (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H10K59/65H10K59/88
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Patent No.
US 12,514,094
App. No.
17/939,534
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device according to various embodiments disclosed herein may include: a display panel including a light-emitting layer in which multiple light-emitting parts are arranged and a circuit layer in which multiple circuit parts electrically connected to at least some of the multiple light-emitting parts are arranged, the display panel including a first area, a second area adjacent to the first area, and a third area other than the first area and the second area, and a camera disposed on or under a rear surface of a display including the display panel such that a lens of the camera faces the first area of the display panel, wherein the first area of the display panel may be an area in which the circuit parts are not present, and an area in which a first light-emitting part connected to a circuit part positioned in the second area is disposed, the second area of the display panel may be an area in which second light-emitting parts connected to the circuit part positioned in the second area and a dummy light-emitting part not connected to the circuit part are arranged, and the third area of the display panel may be an area in which a fourth light-emitting part connected to a circuit part disposed in the third area is disposed.

Claims (55)

1 . An electronic device comprising:

a display panel comprising a light-emitting layer in which multiple light-emitting parts are arranged and a circuit layer in which multiple circuit parts electrically connected to at least some of the multiple light-emitting parts are arranged, the display panel including a first area, a second area adjacent to the first area, and a third area other than the first area and the second area; and

a camera disposed on or under a rear surface of a display comprising the display panel wherein a lens of the camera faces the first area of the display panel, wherein:

the first area of the display panel comprises an area in which the circuit parts are not present, and an area in which a first light-emitting part connected to a circuit part positioned in the second area is disposed;

the second area of the display panel comprises an area in which second light-emitting parts connected to the circuit part positioned in the second area and a dummy light-emitting part not connected to the circuit part are arranged; and

the third area of the display panel comprises an area in which a fourth light-emitting part connected to a circuit part disposed in the third area is disposed.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

in the second area of the display panel,

the dummy light-emitting part is disposed between the second light-emitting parts.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

a size of the dummy light-emitting part is smaller than sizes of the second light-emitting parts.

4 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

sizes of the first light-emitting part and the second light-emitting parts are larger than a size of the fourth light-emitting part.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

a size of the dummy light-emitting part is substantially identical to a size of the fourth light-emitting part.

6 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the display panel comprises a transmission layer comprising multiple transmission parts configured to transmit light;

the first area of the display panel comprises a first transmission part disposed at a position facing the first light-emitting part;

the second area of the display panel comprises second transmission parts arranged at position facing the second light-emitting parts, and a third transmission part disposed between the second transmission parts disposed at a position facing a space between the second light-emitting parts; and

the third area of the display panel comprises a fourth transmission part disposed at a position facing the fourth light-emitting part.

7 . The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein

a size of the third transmission part is smaller than sizes of the second transmission parts.

8 . The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein

the dummy light-emitting part is disposed between the second light-emitting parts disposed at a position facing the third transmission part and not connected to the circuit part positioned in the second area.

9 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein

a size of the dummy light-emitting part is smaller than sizes of the second light-emitting parts.

10 . The electronic device of claim 6 , further comprising

an optical sensor disposed on or under the rear surface of a display comprising the display panel such that at least a part of the optical sensor faces the second area of the display panel.

11 . The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein

the third transmission part is configured to transmit light of a same wavelength.

12 . A display comprising:

a display panel comprising: a light-emitting layer in which multiple light-emitting parts are arranged, and a circuit layer in which multiple circuit parts electrically connected to at least some of the multiple light-emitting parts are arranged, the display panel including a first area, a second area adjacent to the first area, and a third area other than the first area and the second area, wherein

the first area of the display panel comprises an area facing a lens of a camera disposed on or under the rear surface of the display and in which the circuit parts are not present, and an area in which a first light-emitting part connected to a circuit part positioned in the second area is disposed;

the second area of the display panel comprises an area in which second light-emitting parts connected to the circuit part positioned in the second area and a dummy light-emitting part not connected to the circuit part are arranged; and

the third area of the display panel comprises an area in which a fourth light-emitting part connected to a circuit part disposed in the third area is disposed.

13 . The display of claim 12 , wherein

in the second area of the display panel,

the dummy light-emitting part is disposed between the second light-emitting parts.

14 . The display of claim 12 , wherein

a size of the dummy light-emitting part is smaller than a size of the second light-emitting parts.

15 . The display of claim 12 , wherein

sizes of the first light-emitting part and the second light-emitting parts are larger than a size of the fourth light-emitting part.

16 . A display comprising:

a display panel comprising a transmission layer comprising multiple transmission parts configured to transmit light, a light-emitting layer in which multiple light-emitting parts are arranged, and a circuit layer in which multiple circuit parts electrically connected to at least some of the multiple light-emitting parts are arranged, the display panel including a first area, a second area adjacent to the first area, and a third area other than the first area and the second area, wherein:

the first area of the display panel is an area facing a lens of a camera disposed on the rear surface of the display and in which the circuit parts are not present, and an area comprising a first light-emitting part connected to a circuit part positioned in the second area and a first transmission part disposed at a position facing the first light-emitting part;

the second area of the display panel comprises an area comprising second light-emitting parts connected to the circuit part positioned in the second area, second transmission parts disposed at a position facing the second light-emitting parts, and a third transmission part disposed between the second transmission parts disposed at a position facing a space between the second light-emitting parts; and

the third area of the display panel comprises an area comprising a fourth light-emitting part connected to a circuit part disposed in the third area and a fourth transmission part disposed at a position facing the fourth light-emitting part.

17 . The display of claim 16 , wherein

a size of the third transmission part is smaller than sizes of the second transmission parts.

18 . The display of claim 16 , wherein

the second area of the display panel further comprises a dummy light-emitting part disposed between the second light-emitting parts disposed at a position facing the third transmission part and not connected to the circuit part positioned in the second area.

19 . The display of claim 18 , wherein

a size of the dummy light-emitting part is smaller than a size of the second light-emitting parts.

20 . The display of claim 16 , wherein

the second area of the display panel is an area facing an optical sensor disposed on the rear surface of the display.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2022
From: LEE, DONGSEOP; SHIN, SUNGYOUNG; KIM, KWANGTAI; UHM, MINSUK; YEOM, DONGHYUN; WU, YILIN; LEE, HAECHANG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2021-0106823 · Aug 12, 2021 · national
KR 10-2021-0145216 · Oct 28, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022012097 · Aug 12, 2022
Related Publication 20230050153A1 · Feb 16, 2023
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