US 11,895,862 B2
Display device having a display panel with a bent corner display area, and method of manufacturing the display device
Junhyeong Park, Yongin-si (KR); Sangwoo Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Byeonghee Won, Yongin-si (KR); Kyungmin Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Jiyeon Seo, Yongin-si (KR); and Jaemin Shin, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/369,293.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0147773 (KR), filed on Nov. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0149324 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. H10K 50/844 (2023.01); H10K 59/122 (2023.01); H10K 59/124 (2023.01); H10K 71/00 (2023.01); H10K 77/10 (2023.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 50/844 (2023.02) [H10K 59/122 (2023.02); H10K 59/124 (2023.02); H10K 71/00 (2023.02); H10K 77/111 (2023.02); H10K 59/1201 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display panel including a corner, the display panel comprising:
a substrate including: a display area including a front display area; and a peripheral area outside the display area;
an insulating layer on the substrate in the display area and the peripheral area, wherein an outer groove or an outer through hole is defined in the insulating layer in the peripheral area;
an upper inorganic pattern layer on the insulating layer, wherein the upper inorganic pattern layer comprises a protruding tip protruding toward a center of the outer groove or a center of the outer through hole; and
a front display element on the insulating layer and overlapping the front display area,
wherein the upper inorganic pattern layer is apart from the front display element,
the upper inorganic pattern layer comprises a first upper inorganic pattern layer and a second upper inorganic pattern layer, which are apart from each other, and
a first protruding tip of the first upper inorganic pattern layer and a second protruding tip of the second upper inorganic pattern layer face each other with the outer groove or the outer through hole therebetween.