US 12,171,122 B2
Display panel and display apparatus including the same
Jaesung Lee, Yongin-si (KR); and Jun Namkung, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/707,102.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0100135 (KR), filed on Jul. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0036991 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H01L 27/32 (2006.01); H10K 59/121 (2023.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/131 (2023.02) [H10K 59/1213 (2023.02); H10K 59/1216 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display panel comprising:
a substrate including:
a first display area;
a second display area;
a first display element being arranged in the first display area; and
a second display element being arranged in the second display area;
a first pixel circuit arranged in the first display area and electrically connected to the first display element;
a second pixel circuit arranged outside the second display area and electrically connected to the second display element;
an inorganic insulating layer arranged over the substrate and including a groove corresponding to the second display area; and
a connection wiring arranged inside the groove and electrically connecting the second display element to the second pixel circuit, wherein
the connection wiring and at least one of conductive layers of the second pixel circuit include a same material, and
the connection wiring includes portions having different widths depending on a position of the connection wiring arranged in the second display area.