US 11,719,973 B2
Display device
Hyunmin Hwang, Yongin-si (KR); Jaekyung Go, Yongin-si (KR); Dongjo Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Youngmin Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Chanyoung Park, Yongin-si (KR); and Dongwon Han, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/409,677.
Application 17/409,677 is a continuation of application No. 16/549,691, filed on Aug. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,099,418.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0126864 (KR), filed on Oct. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0382345 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); H01L 51/52 (2006.01); G02F 1/1339 (2006.01); G02F 1/1362 (2006.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.01); H10K 59/126 (2023.01)
CPC G02F 1/133512 (2013.01) [G02F 1/1339 (2013.01); G02F 1/136209 (2013.01); H10K 50/841 (2023.02); H10K 59/126 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a substrate;
a plurality of pixels on the substrate, the plurality of pixels arranged in a display area;
a sealing member surrounding the display area, a part of the sealing member being located between the display area and a transmission area, wherein the transmission area is between adjacent pixels arranged in a first direction, and the sealing member partially surrounds the transmission area;
an encapsulation substrate facing the substrate with the sealing member between the encapsulation substrate and the substrate; and
a transparent material layer disposed between the substrate and the encapsulation substrate and corresponding to the transmission area,
wherein:
the sealing member comprises an inner side surface facing the display area and a first outer side surface which faces the transmission area; and
the first outer side surface of the sealing member is spaced apart from an edge of the substrate in a second direction crossing the first direction, and the transparent material layer is located between the edge of the substrate and the first outer side surface of the sealing member in the second direction.