US 12,075,648 B2
Display panel and display apparatus including the same
Sungmin Choi, Yongin-si (KR); and Minho Um, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/548,565.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0040502 (KR), filed on Mar. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0310970 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H10K 50/844 (2023.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); H10K 50/80 (2023.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.01); H10K 59/40 (2023.01); H10K 102/00 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 50/844 (2023.02) [G06F 3/0446 (2019.05); H10K 50/868 (2023.02); H10K 59/131 (2023.02); H10K 59/40 (2023.02); H10K 2102/311 (2023.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display panel comprising:
a substrate having a first area, a second area located at one side of the first area, and a third area located between the first area and the second area;
a display layer arranged in the first area on a first surface of the substrate, the display layer comprising a light-emitting element;
a functional layer disposed on the display layer;
a lower protective layer disposed on a second surface opposite the first surface of the substrate; and
a lower cover panel disposed on one surface of the lower protective layer,
wherein a side surface of the functional layer coincides with a side surface of the lower protective layer.