US 12,356,817 B2
Display device having first and second display areas
Sunghwan Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Jinwoo Park, Yongin-si (KR); and Junghoon Shim, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/470,212.
Application 18/470,212 is a continuation of application No. 17/935,800, filed on Sep. 27, 2022, granted, now 11,765,952, issued on Sep. 19, 2023.
Application 17/935,800 is a continuation of application No. 17/226,502, filed on Apr. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,456,350, issued on Sep. 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0048860 (KR), filed on Apr. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0008332 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. H10K 59/131 (2023.01); G09G 3/3233 (2016.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H10K 50/822 (2023.01); H10K 50/844 (2023.01); H10K 59/122 (2023.01); H10K 59/124 (2023.01); H10K 59/35 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/131 (2023.02) [G09G 3/3233 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0439 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0809 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0407 (2013.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H10K 50/822 (2023.02); H10K 50/844 (2023.02); H10K 59/122 (2023.02); H10K 59/124 (2023.02); H10K 59/35 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a first display area comprising main sub-pixels;
a second display area comprising pixel groups spaced apart from each other and a transmission portion configured to transmit light therethrough between the pixel groups, wherein each of the pixel groups comprises a plurality of auxiliary sub-pixels;
first lines arranged between two pixel groups adjacent to each other from among the pixel groups;
first data lines electrically connected to each of the plurality of auxiliary sub-pixels;
second data lines bypassing the pixel groups and electrically connected to each of the main sub-pixels; and
second lines arranged in a direction crossing the first and second data lines and electrically connected to the plurality of auxiliary sub-pixels,
wherein the first lines are electrically connected to the second lines included in each of the two pixel groups, and a number of the first lines is less than a number of the second lines, and
wherein at least one of the first data lines is located on a same layer as the second data lines.