Patent ID: 11903242
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area around the display area;
a plurality of display elements in the display area;
a plurality of dams in the peripheral area; and
a thin film encapsulation layer over the plurality of display elements and including a first encapsulation layer, a second encapsulation layer over the first encapsulation layer, and an organic encapsulation layer between the first encapsulation layer and the second encapsulation layer,
wherein the second encapsulation layer extends beyond the plurality of dams to the peripheral area,
wherein the second encapsulation layer includes a plurality of inorganic thin layers and a plurality of organic thin layers alternately arranged,
wherein the plurality of inorganic thin layers contact each other at an end of the second encapsulation layer, and
wherein the plurality of organic thin layers includes a different material from the organic encapsulation layer.