US 11,747,926 B2
Display apparatus with black matrix
Hyeonbum Lee, Hwaseong-si (KR); Jeongwon Kim, Seoul (KR); Kwangwoo Park, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Junhyuk Woo, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/472,233.
Application 17/472,233 is a continuation of application No. 16/263,399, filed on Jan. 31, 2019, granted, now 11,119,592.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0014229 (KR), filed on Feb. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0405800 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H10K 50/86 (2023.01); H10K 50/844 (2023.01); H10K 59/40 (2023.01); H10K 59/126 (2023.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.01); H10K 59/121 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 3/0412 (2013.01) [H10K 50/8445 (2023.02); H10K 50/865 (2023.02); H10K 59/126 (2023.02); H10K 59/1213 (2023.02); H10K 59/1216 (2023.02); H10K 59/131 (2023.02); H10K 59/40 (2023.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus, comprising:
a display panel having a display area to display an image and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, the display area including a central area and a peripheral area at a periphery of the central area;
a touch sensor on the display panel, the touch sensor comprising a touch electrode layer; and
a black matrix on the display panel,
wherein the display panel comprises a base layer, a plurality of display elements on the base layer and in the display area, the plurality of display elements to display the image, and an encapsulation layer that encapsulates the plurality of display elements,
wherein the black matrix comprises a first black matrix in the central area and a second black matrix in the peripheral area,
wherein the second black matrix is at a layer of the display panel that is higher than the first black matrix, and
wherein a distance between the first black matrix and the base layer in a thickness direction of the display panel is substantially equal to a distance between the second black matrix and the base layer in the thickness direction of the display panel, such that the first black matrix and the second black matrix at least partially overlap each other in a direction that is perpendicular to the thickness direction of the display panel.