US 12,364,118 B2
Display panel having front, side, and corner display areas and display apparatus including the same
Jaeyong Jang, Yongin-si (KR); Sunhwa Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Yujin Lee, Yongin-si (KR); and Heejean Park, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/696,045.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0036756 (KR), filed on Mar. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0302243 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H01L 29/08 (2006.01); H10K 59/121 (2023.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/131 (2023.02) [H10K 59/1213 (2023.02); H10K 59/1216 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display panel comprising:
a substrate including a front display area, a corner display area extending from a corner of the front display area, and a peripheral area outside the corner display area, wherein the corner display area includes a first corner display area and a second corner display area, the first corner display area includes extension portions extending in a direction away from the front display area, and cutout portions are defined in the first corner display area between the extension portions;
a first corner driving circuit positioned in the second corner display area and electrically connected to each of a front pixel arranged in the front display area and a corner pixel arranged in the first corner display area;
a second corner driving circuit positioned in the second corner display area, electrically connected to another corner pixel arranged in the first corner display area, and not electrically connected to any front pixel; and
a load portion positioned in the peripheral area and electrically connected to the second corner driving circuit.