US 12,108,644 B2
Display panel and display apparatus including the same
Sunyoung Jung, Yongin-si (KR); Gunhee Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Hyunho Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Donghwan Shim, Yongin-si (KR); Taehoon Yang, Yongin-si (KR); Sanghee Jang, Yongin-si (KR); and Chungsock Choi, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on May 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/321,718.
Application 18/321,718 is a continuation of application No. 17/305,503, filed on Jul. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,659,744.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0128901 (KR), filed on Oct. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0292566 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H10K 59/131 (2023.01); G09G 3/3225 (2016.01)
CPC H10K 59/131 (2023.02) [G09G 3/3225 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a first display element in a first row of a first display area;
a first pixel circuit in the first row of the first display area, and connected to the first display element;
a second display element in the first row of a second display area comprising a transmissive area;
a second pixel circuit outside the second display area, and connected to the second display element;
a first gate line extending in a first direction, and electrically connected to the first pixel circuit; and
a second gate line extending in the first direction, and electrically connected to the second pixel circuit and the first gate line.
 
17. A display apparatus comprising:
a plurality of first pixels, each of the first pixels comprising a first pixel circuit and a first display element;
a plurality of second pixels, each of the second pixels comprising a second pixel circuit and a second display element;
a plurality of first gate lines connected to the first pixel circuits; and
a plurality of second gate lines connected to the second pixel circuits,
wherein the display apparatus comprises a display area, and a peripheral area outside the display area, the display area comprising a first display area and a second display area,
wherein the first pixel circuits and the first display elements are in the first display area,
wherein the second display elements are in the second display area, and the second pixel circuits are in the peripheral area, and
wherein one of the first gate lines connected to at least one of the first pixel circuits and one of the second gate lines connected to at least one of the second pixel circuits are electrically connected to each other.