US 12,328,989 B2
Display panel and display apparatus including the same
Juhoon Kang, Yongin-si (KR); Gunhee Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Hyunho Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Hyungkeun Park, Yongin-si (KR); Donghwan Shim, Yongin-si (KR); Taehoon Yang, Yongin-si (KR); Joohee Jeon, Yongin-si (KR); Sunyoung Jung, Yongin-si (KR); and Chungsock Choi, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/492,752.
Application 18/492,752 is a continuation of application No. 17/444,160, filed on Jul. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,800,751.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0106430 (KR), filed on Aug. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0057386 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H10K 59/12 (2023.01); H10K 50/844 (2023.01); H10K 59/121 (2023.01); H10K 59/65 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/1213 (2023.02) [H10K 50/844 (2023.02); H10K 59/1216 (2023.02); H10K 59/65 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display panel comprising:
a substrate including a main display area, a component area, and an auxiliary pixel circuit area close to the component area;
an auxiliary display element in the component area;
an auxiliary pixel circuit in the auxiliary pixel circuit area and comprising an auxiliary thin-film transistor and an auxiliary storage capacitor;
a transparent connection line connecting the auxiliary display element to the auxiliary pixel circuit;
a bottom metal layer overlapping the auxiliary display element; and
a first organic insulating layer disposed between the substrate and the auxiliary display element in the component area,
wherein the first organic insulating layer is between the transparent connection line and the auxiliary display element, and
the bottom metal layer is disposed between the substrate and the auxiliary display element.