Electronic device, display panel and method for manufacturing display panel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10644091-B2
Application number	US-201816051487-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 1, 2018
Priority date	May 14, 2018
Publication date	May 5, 2020
Grant date	May 5, 2020

Abstract

An electronic device, a display panel, and a method for manufacturing the display panel are provided. The display panel includes a substrate, and data fan-out lines and a power supply fan-out line arranged in a step region of the substrate. An orthographic projection of an overlapping region between the power supply fan-out line and the encapsulating region on the substrate is non-overlapping with an orthographic projection of an overlapping region between each of the data fan-out lines and the encapsulating region on the substrate, thereby reducing the encapsulating failure of the sealant due to a common overlapping region of the data fan-out lines and the power supply fan-out line in the encapsulating region, and improving the reliability of the display panel.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display panel, comprising:
a substrate comprising a display region and a step region, wherein the step region comprises:
a bonding region;
an encapsulating region and a power supply line region that are sequentially arranged between the bonding region and the display region, and a power supply line is provided in the power supply line region, wherein the power supply line comprises a first power line and a second power line that are arranged in parallel, the second power line is arranged on a side of the first power line away from the display region, and the second power line is divided into three second sub power lines that are parallel to the first power line, with a gap being between adjacent second sub power lines among the three second sub power lines;
data fan-out lines connecting the display region and the bonding region; and
a power supply fan-out line connecting the power supply line region and the bonding region, the power supply fan-out line comprises one second power fan-out line and two first power fan-out lines, the second power fan-out line connects the second power line and the bonding region, the first power fan-out line connects the first power line and the bonding region and the first power fan-out line extends through the gap between the adjacent second sub power lines, and the two first power fan-out lines are respectively arranged on two sides of the second power fan-out line; wherein
an orthographic projection of an overlapping region between the power supply fan-out line and the encapsulating region on the substrate is non-overlapping with an orthographic projection of an overlapping region between each of the data fan-out lines and the encapsulating region on the substrate.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a circuit region arranged between the display region and the power supply line region.

3. The display panel according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a shorting bar provided in the circuit region and electrically connected to all data lines in the display region.

4. The display panel according to claim 2 , further comprising:
one or more of a demultiplexer and an electro-static discharge circuit provided in the circuit region.

5. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein
the first power line is electrically connected to an anode of a display pixel via a thin film transistor; and
the second power line is electrically connected to a cathode of the display pixel.

6. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein
the adjacent second sub power lines are electrically connected via a metal interconnection layer, and the second power line is electrically connected to a cathode of a display pixel via the metal interconnection layer; and
the metal interconnection layer and the an anode of the display pixel are arranged in a same layer.

7. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein
the power supply fan-out line comprises a plurality of first through holes; and
the plurality of first through holes are located in a region of each of the first power fan-out lines overlapping with the encapsulating region and a region of the second power fan-out line overlapping with the encapsulating region.

8. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of gate lines arranged in a first direction and extended in a second direction above a surface of the substrate;
a plurality of data lines arranged in the second direction and extended in the first direction above the surface of the substrate; and
a plurality of thin film transistors arranged in regions defined by the gate lines and the data lines, wherein
the first direction intersects with the second direction,
a drain electrode of at least one thin film transistor in each defined region is electrically connected to an anode of a display pixel in the display region, and
the data line and the power supply line are arranged in a same layer.

9. The display panel according to claim 8 , wherein
the data fan-out lines comprise a plurality of first data fan-out lines and a plurality of second data fan-out lines that are alternately arranged; and
the first data fan-out lines, the second data fan-out lines, and the power supply line are arranged in different layers.

10. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein
the first data fan-out lines are arranged on the surface of the substrate;
the second data fan-out lines are arranged on a side of the first data fan-out lines away from the substrate; and
the power supply line is arranged on a side of the second data fan-out lines away from the first data fan-out lines.

11. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein
the bonding region comprises a first bonding region, a second bonding region and a third bonding region, wherein the second bonding region and the third bonding region are respectively arranged on two sides of the first bonding region;
the power supply fan-out line is connected to the first bonding region; and
the data fan-out lines are connected to the second bonding region and the third bonding region.

12. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a metal gasket layer, wherein a plurality of second holes are formed in the metal gasket layer, and an orthographic projection of the metal gasket layer on the substrate is non-overlapping with orthographic projections of the power supply fan-out line and the data fan-out lines on the substrate; and
a sealant arranged on a side of the metal gasket layer away from the substrate, wherein
a projection of the sealant on the substrate covers a projection of the encapsulating region on the substrate,
the plurality of second holes are located in a region of the metal gasket layer overlapping with the sealant; and
the sealant is a layer of frit.

13. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a planarization layer arranged above a surface of the substrate;
an anode layer arranged on a side of the planarization layer away from the substrate, wherein the anode layer comprises a plurality of anodes arranged in an array;
a pixel defining layer arranged on a side of the anode layer away from the substrate, wherein the pixel defining layer has a plurality of pixel grooves;
a light emitting material layer arranged on a side of the anode layer away from the substrate, wherein the light emitting material layer comprises a plurality of light emitting structures in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of anodes; and
a cathode layer arranged on a side of the light emitting material layer away from the substrate, wherein
the cathode layer, the plurality of anodes, and the plurality of light emitting structures form a plurality of first display sub-pixels, a plurality of second display sub-pixels and a plurality of third display sub-pixels.

14. An electronic device, comprising a display panel, wherein
the display panel comprises a substrate comprising a display region and a step region; and
the step region comprises:
a bonding region;
an encapsulating region and a power supply line region that are sequentially arranged between the bonding region and the display region, and a power supply line is provided in the power supply line region, wherein the power supply line comprises a first power line and a second power line that are arranged in parallel, the second power line is arranged on a side of the first power line away from the display region, and the second power line is divided into three second sub power lines that are parallel to the first power line, with a gap being between adjacent se

Assignees

• Shanghai Tianma Am Oled Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Xinzhao
• Huang Kaihong

Classifications

• H01L2227/323

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5206

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/3246

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5221

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/56

  Electricity · mapped topic