US 12,219,808 B2
Display apparatus having a plurality of display areas
Youngwan Seo, Yongin-si (KR); Gyungsoon Park, Yongin-si (KR); Sumi Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Jaeun Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Gunhee Kim, Yongin-si (KR); and Hyeongseok Kim, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/351,923.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0074442 (KR), filed on Jun. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0399060 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. H10K 59/121 (2023.01); H10K 59/126 (2023.01); H10K 59/122 (2023.01); H10K 59/124 (2023.01); H10K 59/35 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/121 (2023.02) [H10K 59/126 (2023.02); H10K 59/122 (2023.02); H10K 59/124 (2023.02); H10K 59/353 (2023.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a first display area comprising a first plurality of pixels;
a second display area comprising transmission areas and a second plurality of pixels that are spaced apart from one another; and
a blocking metal layer comprising openings corresponding to the transmission areas,
wherein the second display area comprises a buffer display area adjacent to the first display area and a normal display area spaced apart from the first display area,
wherein a first distance between the first display area and a first pixel group of the buffer display area closest to the first display area is less than a second distance between a second pixel group and a third pixel group adjacent to each other in the normal display area.