US 12,225,782 B2
Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
Chungi You, Yongin-si (KR); and Hyounghak Kim, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/454,420.
Application 18/454,420 is a division of application No. 17/242,522, filed on Apr. 28, 2021, granted, now 11,770,952.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0081067 (KR), filed on Jul. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0403892 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H10K 59/126 (2023.01); H10K 50/844 (2023.01); H10K 59/35 (2023.01); H10K 59/65 (2023.01); H10K 71/00 (2023.01); H10K 59/123 (2023.01); H10K 59/124 (2023.01); H10K 102/10 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/126 (2023.02) [H10K 50/844 (2023.02); H10K 59/353 (2023.02); H10K 59/65 (2023.02); H10K 71/00 (2023.02); H10K 59/123 (2023.02); H10K 59/124 (2023.02); H10K 2102/102 (2023.02); H10K 2102/103 (2023.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus, comprising:
a substrate comprising a main display area, a component area, and a peripheral area,
wherein the component area comprises a transmission area, and the peripheral area is arranged outside the main display area;
a main thin-film transistor arranged in the main display area;
a main organic light-emitting diode arranged in the main display area and connected to the main thin-film transistor;
an auxiliary thin-film transistor arranged in the component area;
an auxiliary organic light-emitting diode arranged in the component area and connected to the auxiliary thin-film transistor; and
a lower metal layer arranged between the substrate and the auxiliary thin-film transistor in the component area and having an undercut structure.