US 12,245,470 B2
Display panel
Jongbaek Seon, Yongin-si (KR); Jaehak Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Juncheol Shin, Yongin-si (KR); Kyungchan Chae, Yongin-si (KR); and Jieun Choi, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/613,089.
Application 18/613,089 is a continuation of application No. 17/674,602, filed on Feb. 17, 2022, granted, now 11,943,974.
Application 17/674,602 is a continuation of application No. 16/823,224, filed on Mar. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,348,985, issued on May 31, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0073101 (KR), filed on Jun. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0237429 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H01L 27/32 (2006.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.01); H10K 59/122 (2023.01); H10K 59/123 (2023.01); H10K 59/124 (2023.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.01); H10K 71/00 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/124 (2023.02) [H10K 50/84 (2023.02); H10K 59/122 (2023.02); H10K 59/123 (2023.02); H10K 59/131 (2023.02); H10K 71/00 (2023.02); H10K 2102/00 (2023.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display panel comprising:
a substrate comprising an opening passing through the substrate, a display area surrounding the opening, and a non-display area between the opening and the display area;
a light-emitting diode in the display area, the light-emitting diode comprising a pixel electrode, an opposite electrode on the pixel electrode, and an intermediate layer between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode;
an encapsulation layer on the light-emitting diode and comprising at least one inorganic encapsulation layer and an organic encapsulation layer;
a partition wall in the non-display area;
an insulating layer interposed between the substrate and the pixel electrode of the light-emitting diode in the display area and having a groove defined therein, wherein the groove is located between the display area and the partition wall; and
a first upper layer and a second upper layer disposed on the insulating layer and separated from each other with the groove therebetween, wherein each of the first upper layer and the second upper layer comprises a plurality of metal layers,
wherein the intermediate layer of the light-emitting diode includes an organic layer, and
wherein at least one of the organic layer or the opposite electrode comprises:
a first portion on the first upper layer;
a second portion on the second upper layer; and
a third portion at the groove, wherein the first portion, the second portion, and the third portion are separated from each other.