Display Apparatus Opening for Functional Module Nesting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional display apparatuses face challenges in miniaturization and portability, with a need to enhance display quality and enlarge display area while accommodating functional modules without increasing size and weight.
Innovation Solution
The display apparatus design includes a lower substrate with a display area, peripheral area, and pad area, featuring a display structure, upper substrate, driving circuits, fan-out wires, and a functional module. Openings in the substrates and light blocking members are strategically positioned to reduce non-display areas, allowing for the integration of functional modules like cameras or sensors without increasing the apparatus's size or weight.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If functional modules are added to the display apparatus, then functionality is improved, but the size and weight of the apparatus increase
Solution Approach 1:
The functional module is disposed within the opening formed in the lower substrate, nesting the additional functionality inside the existing apparatus structure. This allows the functional module to be integrated without increasing the overall external dimensions or weight of the display apparatus, as it occupies space that would otherwise be empty or non-functional.
Solution Approach 2:
The functional module is positioned in a different spatial dimension - disposed on the bottom surface of the lower substrate rather than adding to the front or back exterior. This dimensional repositioning allows functionality to be added without increasing the apparatus's external envelope, effectively utilizing internal or recessed space.
2Adaptability or versatility
If functional modules are added to the display apparatus, then functionality is improved, but the size of the apparatus increases
Solution Approach 1:
The functional module is nested within the opening of the lower substrate, allowing it to be housed within the existing apparatus volume rather than requiring additional external space. This nesting approach enables functionality expansion without increasing the overall size of the display apparatus.
Solution Approach 2:
By positioning the functional module in a recessed or internal dimension rather than extending the external dimensions, the apparatus maintains its original size while gaining additional functionality. The opening in the lower substrate provides a dimensional space that accommodates the module without increasing the apparatus's external volume.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the opening is positioned to accommodate the functional module, then functionality is improved, but the display area is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The opening is strategically positioned in the peripheral area of the lower substrate, extracting the functional module placement from the display area. This separation allows the functional module to be accommodated in non-display regions, thereby maintaining the display area while adding functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The opening is located in a specific local region - the peripheral area surrounding the display area - rather than within the display area itself. This localized placement ensures that the functional module does not interfere with the display region, preserving the display area while enabling functionality enhancement.
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AI summary
A display apparatus includes a lower substrate including a display area, a peripheral area and a pad area, a display structure disposed in the display area on the lower substrate, an upper substrate disposed on the display structure, a plurality of driving circuits disposed at a side of the pad area on the lower substrate and spaced apart from each other, a plurality of fan-out wires disposed between the plurality of driving circuits and the display structure in the pad area and the peripheral area on the lower substrate and electrically connecting the plurality of driving circuits and the display structure, and a functional module disposed on a bottom surface of the lower substrate. A first opening is formed in the lower substrate and disposed between adjacent ones of the plurality of fan-out wires, and the first opening and the functional module overlap each other.