	US 11,721,284 B2
	Display apparatus
Jeongman Son, Yongin-si (KR); Cheolho Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Dongik Koo, Yongin-si (KR); and Youngjoo Lee, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-Si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-Si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/946,437.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0191520 (KR), filed on Dec. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0206835 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. G09G 3/3233 (2016.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.01)

CPC G09G 3/3233 (2013.01) [H10K 59/131 (2023.02); G09G 2300/0819 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0842 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0626 (2013.01); G09G 2330/021 (2013.01)]

26 Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a substrate including an auxiliary display area and a main display area surrounding the auxiliary display area, the auxiliary display area including a component area and an intermediate area;

a first auxiliary pixel circuit, a first additional pixel circuit, a first separation circuit, and a 1^st-1^stauxiliary display element that are arranged in the intermediate area, the first separation circuit including a 1^st-1^stoutput terminal, a 1^st-2^ndoutput terminal, and a first input terminal that is electrically connected to the first additional pixel circuit, the 1^st-1^stauxiliary display element being electrically connected to the first auxiliary pixel circuit;

a 1^st-1^stadditional display element and a 1^st-2^ndadditional display element that are arranged in the component area;

a 1^st-1^stconnection wire electrically connecting the 1^st-1^stoutput terminal to the 1^st-1^stadditional display element; and

a 1^st-2^ndconnection wire electrically connecting the 1^st-2^ndoutput terminal to the 1^st-2^ndadditional display element.