US 12,295,249 B2
Display device and method of providing the same
Heeyoung Lee, Hwaseong-si (KR); Jin Yong Sim, Seongnam-si (KR); and Sungyeon Cho, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/878,189.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0141022 (KR), filed on Oct. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0127915 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B32B 3/08 (2006.01); B32B 3/26 (2006.01); B32B 7/12 (2006.01); B32B 15/04 (2006.01); H10K 71/00 (2023.01); H10K 71/50 (2023.01); H10K 77/10 (2023.01); B32B 23/04 (2006.01); B32B 27/28 (2006.01); B32B 27/30 (2006.01); B32B 27/34 (2006.01); B32B 27/38 (2006.01); B32B 27/40 (2006.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 77/111 (2023.02) [B32B 3/08 (2013.01); B32B 3/266 (2013.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01); B32B 15/04 (2013.01); H10K 71/00 (2023.02); H10K 71/50 (2023.02); B32B 23/04 (2013.01); B32B 27/281 (2013.01); B32B 27/283 (2013.01); B32B 27/308 (2013.01); B32B 27/34 (2013.01); B32B 27/38 (2013.01); B32B 27/40 (2013.01); B32B 2255/06 (2013.01); B32B 2255/26 (2013.01); B32B 2255/28 (2013.01); B32B 2264/301 (2020.08); B32B 2307/206 (2013.01); B32B 2307/402 (2013.01); B32B 2307/538 (2013.01); B32B 2307/54 (2013.01); B32B 2307/546 (2013.01); B32B 2307/7244 (2013.01); B32B 2307/7246 (2013.01); B32B 2307/748 (2013.01); B32B 2457/206 (2013.01); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel comprising a folding area and a non-folding area which is adjacent to the folding area;
a support member facing the folding area and the non-folding area of the display panel, the support member having a total planar area; and
a light shielding layer between the display panel and the support member, the light shielding layer having a total planar area,
wherein the total planar area of the light shielding layer is smaller than the total planar area of the support member.