US 12,284,874 B2
Display panel and display device
Jisun Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Kyunghoe Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Youngwan Seo, Yongin-si (KR); and Keunhee Choi, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/694,966.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0046676 (KR), filed on Apr. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0328590 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. H10K 59/121 (2023.01); H01L 27/12 (2006.01); H10K 59/38 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/1213 (2023.02) [H01L 27/124 (2013.01); H10K 59/38 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display panel comprising:
a substrate including:
a main display area;
a round display area disposed at a corner portion of the main display area and at least partially curved; and
a middle display area arranged between the main display area and the round display area;
a plurality of round display element areas arranged in the round display area and each including a plurality of round display elements each including a pixel electrode; and
a plurality of round pixel circuit areas arranged in the middle display area and each including a plurality of round pixel circuits connected to the plurality of round display elements which are arranged in the round display area and emit light of a same color,
wherein the plurality of round pixel circuits simultaneously drives the plurality of round display elements,
the plurality of round display element areas is arranged in different rows and the plurality of round pixel circuit areas is arranged in different rows, and
one edge of a round pixel circuit area arranged in a first row from among the plurality of round pixel circuit areas arranged in a same direction is spaced apart from one edge of a round pixel circuit area arranged in a second row from among the plurality of round pixel circuit areas by a first distance.