US 12,245,454 B2
Display panel
Minhee Choi, Yongin-si (KR); Wonkyu Kwak, Yongin-si (KR); Youngsoo Yoon, Yongin-si (KR); Yunkyeong In, Yongin-si (KR); and Hyunji Cha, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/820,022.
Application 17/820,022 is a continuation of application No. 16/791,359, filed on Feb. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,417,864.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0025385 (KR), filed on Mar. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0393138 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H10K 50/844 (2023.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.01); H10K 59/00 (2023.01); H10K 71/00 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 50/8445 (2023.02) [H10K 50/84 (2023.02); H10K 50/844 (2023.02); H10K 59/00 (2023.02); H10K 71/00 (2023.02)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display panel, comprising:
at least one opening;
a display area surrounding the at least one opening, wherein the display area comprises a plurality of display elements;
a first non-display area disposed between the at least one opening and the display area, wherein the first non-display area comprises a groove;
a thin film encapsulation layer covering the plurality of display elements;
a planarization layer disposed over the groove, wherein a first end of the planarization layer overlaps the thin film encapsulation layer;
a first insulating layer disposed over the thin film encapsulation layer;
a second insulating layer disposed over the planarization layer, wherein the second insulating layer comprises a first through hole; and
a cover layer overlapping the first end of the planarization layer and partially overlapping the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer,
wherein the first through hole is disposed above the planarization layer.