US 12,245,491 B2
Display panel and a display apparatus including the same
Sukyo Jung, Yongin-si (KR); Daesuk Kim, Yongin-si (KR); and Ilgoo Youn, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/233,248.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0153811 (KR), filed on Nov. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0164195 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. G09G 3/3233 (2016.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.01); H10K 59/88 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/88 (2023.02) [G09G 3/3233 (2013.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.02); G09G 2300/0413 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0426 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0819 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0842 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display panel, comprising:
a substrate comprising a display area and a corner area, the corner area located outside the display area and having curved sides or polygonal sides;
a plurality of pixels in the display area in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction;
a driving portion in the corner area and comprising a plurality of normal stages and a plurality of dummy stages between the plurality of normal stages, the plurality of normal stages being configured to output electrical signals to the plurality of pixels; and
an alignment mark in the corner area, and disposed between an edge of the substrate and the driving portion,
wherein the corner area includes a notch area that is defined based on the alignment mark, and some of the plurality of dummy stages are in the notch area,
wherein the alignment mark is spaced apart from the driving portion.