US 12,016,196 B2
Display apparatus
Junghan Seo, Yongin-si (KR); and Wooyong Sung, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/698,090.
Application 17/698,090 is a continuation of application No. 16/390,129, filed on Apr. 22, 2019, granted, now 11,309,517.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0099429 (KR), filed on Aug. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0209190 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. H10K 50/844 (2023.01); H10K 59/00 (2023.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.01); H10K 77/10 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 50/844 (2023.02) [H10K 59/00 (2023.02); H10K 59/12 (2023.02); H10K 77/10 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area, the display apparatus comprising:
a substrate comprising a first base layer, a first barrier layer, a second base laver, and a second barrier layer that are sequentially stacked;
an inorganic insulating layer stacked on the substrate and located in the display area and the peripheral area;
an organic insulating layer on the inorganic insulating layer;
a through portion located in the display area and penetrating through the substrate, the inorganic insulating layer, and the organic insulating layer;
at least one groove surrounding the through portion, wherein an end portion of the inorganic insulating layer is covered by the organic insulating layer at an outer side of the at least one groove and the end portion faces the through portion; and
an encapsulation layer covering an end of the organic insulating layer and extending into the at least one groove,
wherein the encapsulation layer comprises a first inorganic encapsulation layer, a second inorganic encapsulation layer, and an organic encapsulation layer between the first inorganic encapsulation layer and the second inorganic encapsulation layer, the organic encapsulation layer filling the at least one groove, and
wherein the second barrier layer comprises at least one tip protruding toward the at least one groove, and the at least one tip is not covered by the organic insulating layer.