US 12,193,312 B2
Display panel
Junyong An, Yongin-si (KR); Hyunae Park, Yongin-si (KR); Hyungjun Park, Yongin-si (KR); Seungwoo Sung, Yongin-si (KR); Youngsoo Yoon, Yongin-si (KR); Ilgoo Youn, Yongin-si (KR); Jieun Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Yunkyeong In, Yongin-si (KR); Donghyeon Jang, Yongin-si (KR); and Junyoung Jo, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-Si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/382,051.
Application 18/382,051 is a continuation of application No. 17/700,376, filed on Mar. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,832,502.
Application 17/700,376 is a continuation of application No. 16/698,881, filed on Nov. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,282,900, issued on Mar. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0153024 (KR), filed on Nov. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0049583 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. H10K 59/88 (2023.01); H10K 59/121 (2023.01); H10K 59/122 (2023.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/88 (2023.02) [H10K 59/1213 (2023.02); H10K 59/1216 (2023.02); H10K 59/122 (2023.02); H10K 59/131 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display panel comprising:
a substrate including a first region, a second region, a non-display area that surrounds the first region and the second region, and a display area that surrounds the non-display area;
a plurality of display elements on the display area;
a plurality of pixel circuits connected to the each of the plurality of display elements on the display area;
a plurality of dummy pixel circuits disposed on the non-display area;
a pixel defining layer disposed over the plurality of pixel circuits and the plurality of dummy pixel circuits,
wherein the pixel defining layer comprises a plurality of openings corresponding to each of the plurality of display elements, and
wherein the pixel defining layer entirely covers the non-display area and has a flat upper surface on an area corresponding to the plurality of dummy pixel circuits.