Patent ID: 11877494
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: nan (nan)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A display apparatus comprising:
a substrate including a display area and a sensor area, the sensor area including an auxiliary display area and a transmitting area;
a plurality of first display elements arranged over the display area;
a plurality of second display elements arranged over the auxiliary display area;
a plurality of transmitting units arranged in the transmitting area and configured to transmit at least a portion of light incident on the transmitting area; and
a thin film encapsulation layer covering the plurality of first display elements and the plurality of second display elements,
wherein the thin film encapsulation layer includes a first inorganic layer, an organic layer, and a second inorganic layer, which are sequentially stacked, and
wherein the second inorganic layer includes a plurality of grooves overlapping the plurality of second display elements,
wherein a number of the plurality of grooves overlapping a light emitting region of one of the plurality of second display elements is at least two.