US 12,336,379 B2
Display device which is capable of dispersing stress applied thereto
Suk Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Hoon Gi Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Sang Hyun Choi, Seoul (KR); Chaun Gi Choi, Suwon-si (KR); and Sang Hyun Han, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-Si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/672,003.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0104337 (KR), filed on Aug. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0041805 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H10K 50/844 (2023.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.01); H10K 59/40 (2023.01); H10K 71/00 (2023.01); H10K 77/10 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 50/844 (2023.02) [H10K 71/00 (2023.02); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.02); H10K 59/40 (2023.02); H10K 77/111 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a supporter including a plurality of segments disposed to be spaced apart from each other and including a plurality of openings disposed between the plurality of segments; and
a display panel disposed on the supporter,
wherein the display panel includes:
an active element layer including a light emitting element and a thin film transistor for driving the light emitting element,
an encapsulation layer disposed on the active element layer,
a plurality of stress dispersion patterns disposed on the encapsulation layer to overlap the plurality of openings in a thickness direction, and
an insulating layer disposed on the plurality of the stress dispersion patterns and filling a plurality of holes disposed between the plurality of the stress dispersion patterns,
wherein each of the plurality of openings overlaps at least one of the holes in the thickness direction.