US 12,016,197 B2
Display apparatus
Mijung Han, Yongin-si (KR); and Youngdae Kim, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/088,881.
Application 18/088,881 is a continuation of application No. 16/922,123, filed on Jul. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,557,746.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0000486 (KR), filed on Jan. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0134755 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. H10K 50/844 (2023.01); H10K 59/122 (2023.01); H10K 59/40 (2023.01); H10K 77/10 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 50/844 (2023.02) [H10K 59/122 (2023.02); H10K 77/10 (2023.02); H10K 59/40 (2023.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display element comprising a pixel electrode, an opposite electrode, and an intermediate layer between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode;
a substrate comprising:
an opening area,
a display area including the display element and adjacent to the opening area, and
a non-display area between the opening area and the display area;
an organic layer in the non-display area and defining a first groove, the first groove surrounding the opening area when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the substrate;
an encapsulation layer comprising a first inorganic encapsulation layer, an organic encapsulation layer, and a second inorganic encapsulation layer in the display area, each covering the display element, wherein the first inorganic encapsulation layer and the second inorganic encapsulation layer each extend from the display area to the non-display area; and
a touch input layer comprising a first metal layer in the display area, a second metal layer disposed over the first metal layer, a first insulating layer interposed between the first metal layer and the second metal layer, and a second insulating layer covering the second metal layer and including an organic material, the touch input layer facing the substrate with the encapsulation layer therebetween,
wherein the opposite electrode and the intermediate layer extend from the display area the first groove and are located inside and outside the first groove, such that a portion of the opposite electrode inside the first groove is disconnected with a portion of the opposite electrode outside the first groove, and a portion of the intermediate layer inside the first groove is disconnected with a portion of the intermediate layer outside the first groove, and
wherein the first insulating layer extends from the display area to the first groove such that a portion of the first insulating layer is disposed over a portion of the second inorganic encapsulation layer that is located in the first groove and the second insulating layer fills the first groove.