US 11,793,051 B2
Display apparatus
Hyungjun Park, Yongin-si (KR); Wonkyu Kwak, Yongin-si (KR); and Jintae Jeong, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/537,239.
Application 17/537,239 is a continuation of application No. 16/855,525, filed on Apr. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,189,668.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0072424 (KR), filed on Jun. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0085115 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H10K 59/40 (2023.01); H10K 50/15 (2023.01); H10K 50/16 (2023.01); H10K 50/17 (2023.01); H10K 50/86 (2023.01); H10K 50/80 (2023.01); H10K 59/121 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/40 (2023.02) [H10K 50/15 (2023.02); H10K 50/16 (2023.02); H10K 50/171 (2023.02); H10K 50/865 (2023.02); H10K 50/868 (2023.02); H10K 59/1213 (2023.02); H10K 59/1216 (2023.02); H10K 2102/00 (2023.02)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a substrate including a first area, a second area surrounding the first area, and a third area between the first area and the second area, wherein the first area comprises a through hole that extends through the substrate from a first surface to a second surface;
a display layer on the substrate, the display layer comprising:
a display element in the second area of the substrate, the display element comprising a pixel electrode, an opposite electrode, and an intermediate layer between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode; and
a pixel circuit electrically connected to the display element;
an encapsulation layer on the display layer, a portion of the encapsulation layer being in the third area;
a plurality of touch electrodes on the encapsulation layer, the plurality of touch electrodes being in the second area;
at least one groove in the third area; and
a metal layer on the encapsulation layer, wherein the metal layer overlaps the at least one groove in the third area.