US 11,985,860 B2
Display device including narrow bent area
Kyongjun Kim, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-Si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/379,912.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0135809 (KR), filed on Oct. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0123076 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H10K 50/84 (2023.01); H10K 50/844 (2023.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.01); H10K 59/122 (2023.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H10K 50/12 (2023.01); H10K 50/816 (2023.01); H10K 50/828 (2023.01); H10K 59/121 (2023.01); H10K 59/40 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/122 (2023.02) [H10K 50/844 (2023.02); G02F 1/133305 (2013.01); G06F 1/1641 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0408 (2013.01); H10K 50/12 (2023.02); H10K 50/816 (2023.02); H10K 50/828 (2023.02); H10K 59/1216 (2023.02); H10K 59/40 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a substrate including a first area, a second area, and a bent area, wherein the bent area is connected between the first area and the second area, is bent according to a bending axis, and is narrower than the first area in a direction parallel to the bending axis;
a display element overlapping the substrate; and
an edge protection unit comprising an organic insulating layer, the edge protection unit being spaced from the display element, arranged at an edge of the substrate, and only partially overlapping the substrate, wherein the edge protection unit comprises a face disposed at an outermost side of the substrate, and the face of the edge protection unit is coplanar with the edge of the substrate.