US 12,453,251 B2
Display apparatus
Mijung Han, Yongin-si (KR); and Youngdae Kim, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on May 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/665,649.
Application 18/665,649 is a continuation of application No. 18/088,881, filed on Dec. 27, 2022, granted, now 12,016,197.
Application 18/088,881 is a continuation of application No. 16/922,123, filed on Jul. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,557,746, issued on Jan. 17, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0000486 (KR), filed on Jan. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0306422 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H10K 59/122 (2023.01); H10K 50/844 (2023.01); H10K 59/40 (2023.01); H10K 59/80 (2023.01); H10K 77/10 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/122 (2023.02) [H10K 50/844 (2023.02); H10K 59/8731 (2023.02); H10K 77/10 (2023.02); H10K 59/40 (2023.02); H10K 59/80 (2023.02); H10K 59/8052 (2023.02); H10K 59/879 (2023.02); H10K 59/8791 (2023.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display element comprising a pixel electrode, an opposite electrode, and an intermediate layer between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode;
a substrate comprising:
an opening area,
a display area which includes the display element and is adjacent to the opening area, and
a non-display area between the opening area and the display area;
an organic layer in the non-display area and defining a first groove, the first groove surrounding the opening area when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the substrate;
an encapsulation layer comprising a first inorganic encapsulation layer, an organic encapsulation layer, and a second inorganic encapsulation layer in the display area, each covering the display element, wherein the first inorganic encapsulation layer and the second inorganic encapsulation layer each extends from the display area to the non-display area; and
a touch input layer comprising a first metal layer in the display area, a second metal layer disposed over the first metal layer, a first insulating layer interposed between the first metal layer and the second metal layer, and a second insulating layer covering the second metal layer, the touch input layer facing the substrate with the encapsulation layer therebetween,
wherein the second insulating layer is located inside the first groove, and
wherein a portion of the second insulating layer which is inside the first groove is located lower than an upper surface of a portion of the organic layer.