US 12,120,911 B2
Display apparatus and electric apparatus including the same
Ki Seo Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Jae-Kyoung Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Won Sang Park, Yongin-si (KR); and Bong Hyun You, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/298,565.
Application 18/298,565 is a continuation of application No. 16/983,184, filed on Aug. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,626,455.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0123288 (KR), filed on Oct. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0255054 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H10K 59/00 (2023.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.01); H10K 77/10 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/00 (2023.02) [H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.02); H10K 77/111 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a flexible display panel including a display area that includes a first folding area and a main display area, the display area including an upper surface and a lower surface and displaying an image via the upper surface of the display area;
a cover window disposed on the upper surface of the display area; and
an antenna layer including a first antenna disposed on an upper surface of the first folding area,
wherein the first folding area is connected to a first edge of the main display area, wherein the first folding area, when bent with respect to the main display area, is configured to have the upper surface of the first folding area with a curved surface,
wherein the first antenna is disposed on the curved surface of the upper surface of the first folding area,
wherein the flexible display panel further includes;
a first circuit area on which a driver is attached; and
a first connection portion connecting the first circuit area to the first folding area, and
wherein, when the first connection portion is folded or bent, a lower surface of the first circuit area contacts a lower surface of the main display area and the first antenna is disposed in a space between the cover window and the first circuit area.