US 12,219,801 B2
Display panel and a method of fabricating the same
Junghan Seo, Seoul (KR); Hyoungsub Lee, Yongin-si (KR); and Wooyong Sung, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-Si (KR)
Filed on May 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/197,152.
Application 18/197,152 is a continuation of application No. 17/583,493, filed on Jan. 25, 2022, granted, now 11,653,525.
Application 17/583,493 is a continuation of application No. 16/385,659, filed on Apr. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,233,220, issued on Jan. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0049886 (KR), filed on Apr. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0284476 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H10K 50/844 (2023.01); H10K 59/40 (2023.01); H10K 71/00 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 50/844 (2023.02) [G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0444 (2019.05); G06F 3/0445 (2019.05); H10K 59/40 (2023.02); H10K 71/00 (2023.02)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display panel, comprising:
a display region, a hole region at least partially surrounded by the display region, and an intermediate region disposed between the display region and the hole region and the display panel comprising:
a module hole in the hole region and passing through the display panel;
a first groove in the intermediate region and surrounding the module hole;
a second groove in the intermediate region and disposed between the first groove and module hole;
a light emitting element in the display region;
an encapsulation layer including a first inorganic layer covering the light emitting element, a second inorganic layer, and an organic layer disposed between the first inorganic layer and the second inorganic layer;
a dam portion in the intermediate region and surrounding the module hole; and
an organic pattern disposed in the first groove and the second groove, and
wherein a portion of the organic layer is disposed in the first groove.