US 12,295,238 B2
Display apparatus having inorganic layer with grooves
Injun Bae, Yongin-si (KR); Donghwi Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Chulho Kim, Yongin-si (KR); and Jin Jeon, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/526,014.
Application 18/526,014 is a continuation of application No. 18/150,402, filed on Jan. 5, 2023, granted, now 11,877,494.
Application 18/150,402 is a continuation of application No. 17/094,063, filed on Nov. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,574,966, issued on Feb. 7, 2023.
Application 17/094,063 is a continuation of application No. 16/686,800, filed on Nov. 18, 2019, granted, now 10,854,690, issued on Dec. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0016841 (KR), filed on Feb. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0099097 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. H10K 59/60 (2023.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.01); H10K 59/123 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/60 (2023.02) [H10K 50/84 (2023.02); H10K 59/123 (2023.02); H10K 2102/00 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display panel comprising:
a substrate including a main display area and a sensor area, the sensor area including an auxiliary display area and a transmitting area;
a plurality of first display elements arranged over the main display area;
a plurality of second display elements arranged over the auxiliary display area; and
an inorganic layer including a plurality of grooves overlapping with the plurality of second display elements,
wherein the plurality of grooves are recessed from an upper surface of the inorganic layer, and
wherein the plurality of grooves do not overlap the main display area and the transmitting area.