US 11,723,229 B2
Display device having fusion pattern in sealing member inserted into trench of display panel
Kyung Rok Ko, Suwon-si (KR); Tae Oh Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Byung Hoon Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Jung Hyun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and June Hyoung Park, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/77,914.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0028249 (KR), filed on Mar. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0280818 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. H10K 50/842 (2023.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.01); H10K 71/00 (2023.01); G09G 3/3233 (2016.01); G09G 3/3266 (2016.01)
CPC H10K 50/8426 (2023.02) [H10K 59/12 (2023.02); H10K 71/00 (2023.02); G09G 3/3233 (2013.01); G09G 3/3266 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0426 (2013.01); H10K 59/1201 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel comprising a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, the display panel further comprising a base substrate and a metal wiring layer disposed on at least a portion of the base substrate;
an encapsulation substrate disposed on the display panel;
a sealing member disposed between the display panel and the encapsulation substrate to bond the display panel and the encapsulation substrate together; and
a first fusion pattern disposed inside the display panel, the sealing member and the encapsulation substrate,
wherein a trench is defined in the non-display area of the display panel and recessed from an upper surface of the display panel,
the metal wiring layer comprises a portion disposed on an upper surface of the base substrate and a bridge portion spaced apart from the trench and disposed inside the base substrate,
the sealing member is inserted into the trench,
a width of the sealing member disposed between the encapsulation substrate and the display panel is greater than a width of the trench, and
the first fusion pattern is disposed to overlap the trench.