US 12,408,544 B2
Display panel and display apparatus including the same
Dongsung Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Yonghoon Kwon, Yongin-si (KR); Misun Kim, Yongin-si (KR); and Sehun Choi, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/974,180.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0143729 (KR), filed on Oct. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0130999 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H10K 77/10 (2023.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 77/111 (2023.02) [H10K 50/841 (2023.02); H10K 59/12 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display panel comprising:
a substrate including:
a main display area disposed at a center thereof;
a plurality of sub display areas disposed outside the main display area; and
a display panel corner area disposed between sub display areas of the plurality of sub display areas adjacent to each other and arranged at a corner of the substrate; and
display elements arranged on the substrate,
wherein a bent groove is defined in the substrate, between the main display area and at least one sub display area of the plurality of sub display areas of the substrate, and between the main display area and the display panel corner area.