US 11,930,659 B2
Display panel
Jeongho Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Swaehyun Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Hun Kim, Yongin-si (KR); and Youhan Moon, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/407,455.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0177818 (KR), filed on Dec. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0199946 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. H01L 51/52 (2006.01); H01L 27/12 (2006.01); H01L 27/32 (2006.01); H01L 29/786 (2006.01); H10K 50/844 (2023.01); H10K 59/121 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 50/844 (2023.02) [H01L 27/124 (2013.01); H01L 29/7869 (2013.01); H10K 59/1213 (2023.02)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display panel comprising:
a substrate defining an opening therein;
a plurality of light-emitting diodes in a display area surrounding the opening, wherein one of the plurality of light-emitting diodes includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode;
an encapsulation layer on the plurality of light-emitting diodes, the encapsulation layer comprising at least one inorganic encapsulation layer and at least one organic encapsulation layer;
a first partition wall and a second partition wall in a non-display area between the opening and the display area, the first partition wall and the second partition wall being arranged in a direction from the display area to the opening;
a plurality of grooves defined above at least one inorganic insulating layer in the non-display area, the at least one inorganic insulating layer being on the substrate and
at least one organic layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode in the display area,
wherein at least one of the plurality of grooves is defined between the first partition wall and the second partition wall and is covered with the organic encapsulation layer,
wherein the at least one organic layer extends to the non-display area and is disconnected by at least one of the plurality of grooves.