US 12,108,645 B2
Display panel and display apparatus including the same
Sunghwan Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Wonkyu Kwak, Yongin-si (KR); and Youngsoo Yoon, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/350,909.
Application 18/350,909 is a continuation of application No. 17/240,398, filed on Apr. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,706,961.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0056149 (KR), filed on May 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0354663 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H10K 59/131 (2023.01); H10K 59/126 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/131 (2023.02) [H10K 59/126 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display panel comprising:
a substrate comprising a first display area, and a second display area including pixel groups and a transmission area;
first display elements on the first display area, and first pixel circuits respectively coupled to the first display elements;
second display elements on the second display area and corresponding respectively to the pixel groups, and second pixel circuits respectively coupled to the second display elements, each of the second display elements comprise a pixel electrode, a emission layer, and a counter electrode; and
a lower metal layer in the second display area, and between the substrate and the second pixel circuits,
wherein the counter electrode has a transmission hole corresponding to the transmission area, and the lower metal layer has a lower-hole corresponding to the transmission area, and the transmission hole overlaps the lower-hole in a plan view.