US 12,156,431 B2
Display panel and display device including the same that includes display area facing front of window, where emission areas of corner display area are places, and display device oncluding the same
Juchan Park, Seoul (KR); Sunho Kim, Seongnam-si (KR); Joohee Jeon, Hwaseong-si (KR); Sungjin Hong, Seoul (KR); and Taehoon Yang, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/242,611.
Application 18/242,611 is a continuation of application No. 17/316,722, filed on May 11, 2021, granted, now 11,778,861.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0084251 (KR), filed on Jul. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0413607 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H10K 59/12 (2023.01); H01L 27/15 (2006.01); H10K 59/121 (2023.01); H01L 27/12 (2006.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.01); H10K 59/35 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/1213 (2023.02) [H01L 27/156 (2013.01); H01L 27/1214 (2013.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.02); H10K 59/352 (2023.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel comprising a first display area and a second display area, the first display area comprising a first light emission area, a second light emission area, and a third light emission area, the second display area comprising a first light emission area, a second light emission area, and a third light emission area,
wherein the second display area comprises an edge display area and a corner display area disposed at an end of the edge display area, and
the first light emission area, the second light emission area, and the third light emission area of the corner display area are disposed in a stair shape along a curved edge of the corner display area,
wherein the second display area comprises a first sub area adjacent to the first display area and a second sub area adjacent to the first sub area,
wherein the display panel further comprises:
first light emitting elements and first driving circuits configured to control the first, second, and third light emission areas of the first display area; and
second light emitting elements and second driving circuits configured to control the first, second, and third light emission areas of the second display area,
wherein the first driving circuits and the second driving circuits are disposed on the first sub area.