US 12,342,712 B2
Display device and method for manufacturing the same
Sunghoon Kim, Asan-si (KR); Yuri Kim, Guri-si (KR); Kang-Woo Lee, Seoul (KR); and Seongjin Hwang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/652,809.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0064577 (KR), filed on May 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0376201 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H10K 77/10 (2023.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.01); H10K 59/80 (2023.01); H10K 71/00 (2023.01); H10K 50/86 (2023.01); H10K 59/00 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 77/111 (2023.02) [H10K 50/841 (2023.02); H10K 59/871 (2023.02); H10K 71/00 (2023.02); H10K 50/86 (2023.02); H10K 59/00 (2023.02); H10K 59/8791 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device, comprising:
a folding area foldable about a folding axis and a non-folding area proximate to the folding area;
a display module configured to display an image; and
a glass window disposed over the display module, the glass window including a patterned glass,
wherein the patterned glass includes:
a pattern portion including a groove pattern provided on a first surface of the patterned glass and corresponding to the folding area; and
a non-pattern portion disposed proximate to the pattern portion and corresponding to the folding area,
wherein the pattern portion has a thickness that is smaller than or equal to one-half a thickness of the non-pattern portion,
wherein the groove pattern extends from the first surface of the patterned glass toward a second surface of the patterned glass and has a first width at first portion adjacent to the second surface and a second width at a second portion adjacent to the first surface, and
wherein the thickness of the pattern portion is smaller than the first width of the groove pattern.