US 12,245,461 B2
Display apparatus
Sungjin Hong, Yongin-si (KR); Chungsock Choi, Yongin-si (KR); Juhoon Kang, Yongin-si (KR); Joohee Jeon, Yongin-si (KR); and Sunyoung Jung, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/666,478.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0029658 (KR), filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0285456 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H10K 59/121 (2023.01); H10K 50/813 (2023.01); H10K 50/86 (2023.01); H10K 59/122 (2023.01); H10K 59/123 (2023.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.01); H10K 59/38 (2023.01); H10K 59/40 (2023.01); H10K 59/65 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/121 (2023.02) [H10K 50/813 (2023.02); H10K 50/865 (2023.02); H10K 59/122 (2023.02); H10K 59/123 (2023.02); H10K 59/131 (2023.02); H10K 59/38 (2023.02); H10K 59/40 (2023.02); H10K 59/65 (2023.02)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a substrate comprising a main display area, a component area, and a peripheral area surrounding both the main display area and the component area in a view perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, the peripheral area being a non-display area;
a main pixel circuit and a main light-emitting element electrically connected to the main pixel circuit, the main pixel circuit and the main light-emitting element being disposed on the main display area;
an auxiliary light-emitting element disposed on the component area;
an auxiliary pixel circuit comprising an auxiliary thin film transistor disposed on the peripheral area; and
a connection line electrically connecting the auxiliary light-emitting element to the auxiliary pixel circuit,
wherein:
the auxiliary light-emitting element comprises an auxiliary pixel electrode,
in the view, a perimeter of the auxiliary pixel electrode is at least partially curved and has at most one line of symmetry; and
the auxiliary pixel electrode comprises a contact portion electrically connected to the connection line.