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Flexible display apparatus having improved reliability

US11569478B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 24, 2020
Grant dateJan 31, 2023
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Expiry dateApr 15, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E10/549

Abstract

A display apparatus may include: a base substrate including at least one bending region and a non-bending region adjacent to the bending region and having a flexible property; a circuit device layer on the base substrate, the circuit device layer including a thin film transistor; a display device layer on the circuit device layer, the display device layer including an organic light emitting diode connected to the thin film transistor; an encapsulation layer covering the display device layer and including a first inorganic layer, an organic layer, and a second inorganic layer, which are sequentially stacked; and a groove overlapped with the bending region, the groove penetrating the display device layer and the circuit device layer, and at least one of the first inorganic layer and the second inorganic layer covers the groove.

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