US 12,387,630 B2
Display device and method for fabricating same
Yi Joon Ahn, Seoul (KR); Eun-Kyung Yeon, Suwon-si (KR); and Jaebeen Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/656,560.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0041894 (KR), filed on Mar. 31, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0117531 (KR), filed on Sep. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0319357 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G09F 9/30 (2006.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.01); H10K 71/00 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC G09F 9/301 (2013.01) [H10K 50/84 (2023.02); H10K 71/00 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel comprising a base layer, wherein the base layer comprises a plurality of stopper patterns and a support layer coupled to the plurality of stopper patterns, each of the plurality of stopper patterns extends along a first direction, and the plurality of stopper patterns are arranged along a second direction crossing the first direction; and
a supporter supporting a bottom surface of the base layer which is defined by the plurality of stopper patterns and the support layer,
wherein the supporter comprises a plurality of support blocks extending along the first direction and which are arranged along the second direction,
the plurality of support blocks comprise a first support block and a second support block which are spaced apart from each other in the second direction,
the plurality of stopper patterns comprise a first stopper pattern and a second stopper pattern which are spaced apart from each other in the second direction, and
the first support block comprises a second portion that overlaps the first stopper pattern in a plan view, and the second support block comprises a first portion that overlaps the first stopper pattern in the plan view,
wherein each of the plurality of support blocks comprises glass.
 
17. A display device comprising:
a display panel comprising a base layer that comprises a first groove and a second groove defined in a bottom surface thereof; and
a supporter supporting the bottom surface of the base layer and comprising a first support block overlapping the first groove, a second support block overlapping the first groove and the second groove, and a third support block overlapping the second groove,
wherein a second area of a support surface of the first support block is spaced apart from the base layer by the first groove,
a first area of a support surface of the second support block is spaced apart from the base layer by the first groove, and a second area of the support surface of the second support block is spaced apart from the base layer by the second groove, and
a first area of a support surface of the third support block is spaced apart from the base layer by the second groove,
wherein each of the first second, and third support blocks comprises glass.
 
18. A display device comprising:
a display panel comprising a base layer, wherein the base layer comprises a plurality of stopper patterns and a support layer coupled to the plurality of stopper patterns, each of the plurality of stopper patterns extends along a first direction, and the plurality of stopper patterns are arranged along a second direction crossing the first direction; and
a glass supporter supporting the plurality of stopper patterns and the support layer, the glass supporter having a plurality of grooves which are defined in a bottom surface thereof and respectively correspond to the plurality of stopper patterns.