US 12,069,932 B2
Display apparatus
Juhee Hyeon, Yongin-si (KR); Hyunchol Bang, Yongin-si (KR); and Youngtaeg Jung, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/306,591.
Application 18/306,591 is a continuation of application No. 17/208,562, filed on Mar. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,672,159.
Application 17/208,562 is a continuation of application No. 16/123,270, filed on Sep. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,978,519, issued on Apr. 13, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0176487 (KR), filed on Dec. 20, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0263038 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. H10K 59/88 (2023.01); G09G 3/3225 (2016.01); H10K 10/84 (2023.01); H10K 50/11 (2023.01); H10K 50/15 (2023.01); H10K 50/16 (2023.01); H10K 50/17 (2023.01); H10K 59/122 (2023.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/88 (2023.02) [G09G 3/3225 (2013.01); H10K 10/84 (2023.02); H10K 50/11 (2023.02); H10K 50/15 (2023.02); H10K 50/16 (2023.02); H10K 50/171 (2023.02); H10K 59/122 (2023.02); H10K 59/131 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus, comprising:
a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area, at least a portion of an edge of the display area has a round shape when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the substrate;
a first drive circuit located in the peripheral area, the first drive circuit to generate a scan signal and apply the scan signal to a thin film transistor that is located in the display area;
a first insulating layer over the substrate in the display area and the peripheral area, the first insulating layer including a plurality of first contact holes located in the display area and a plurality of first dummy contact holes in the peripheral area such that the plurality of first dummy contact holes are located adjacent to the portion of the edge of the display area having the round shape; and
a second insulating layer disposed over the first insulating layer and filling the plurality of first dummy contact holes.