Display panel and display apparatus thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10860057-B2
Application number	US-201816014514-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 21, 2018
Priority date	Feb 26, 2018
Publication date	Dec 8, 2020
Grant date	Dec 8, 2020

Abstract

A display panel and a display apparatus thereof are provided. An exemplary display panel includes a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region. The non-display region includes at least one first groove and a bonding region. Along a thickness direction of the display panel, the at least one first groove penetrates through the display panel. The at least one first groove and the bonding region are disposed at a same side of the display region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display panel, comprising:
a display region including a first side and an opposite second side; and
a non-display region surrounding the display region, the non-display region including a third side and an opposite fourth side along an outer edge of the display panel, and the fourth side of the non-display region being in parallel with the second side of the display region,
wherein:
the non-display region includes at least one first groove and a bonding region, both the at least one first groove and the bonding region being adjacently disposed, side-by-side along a first direction parallel with the second side of the display region, between the second side of the display region and the fourth side of the non-display region, the at least one first groove being enclosed by the non-display region, the at least one first groove not overlapping with the bonding region in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the display panel, and the bonding region being bonded with one of an integrated circuit and a flexible circuit board on the bonding region,
along a thickness direction of the display panel, the at least one first groove penetrates through the display panel,
one or more hardware units are installed in a region where the at least one first groove is located,
the at least one first groove and the bonding region are disposed at a same side of the display region, and
the non-display region of the display panel further includes a second groove, the second groove including a fingerprint identification unit and being at least partially enclosed by the display region of the display panel.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:
along the thickness direction of the display panel, the second groove penetrates through the display panel; and
the fingerprint identification unit is disposed in the second groove.

3. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a base substrate and a plurality of film layers disposed on the base substrate,
wherein:
along the thickness direction of the display panel, the second groove penetrates through at least a portion of a film layer, and
the fingerprint identification unit is disposed in a region of the display panel where the second groove is disposed.

4. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first border,
wherein:
the first border is recessed towards inside of the display panel to form the second groove; and
the second groove is partially enclosed by the display region.

5. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:
the second groove is completely disposed at the display region.

6. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first border and a second border arranged opposite to each other along the first direction,
wherein:
a distance between the second groove and the first border is d1,
a distance between the second groove and the second border is d2, and d1<d2, d1>0, and d2>0.

7. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:
the bonding region is a stripe-shaped region extending along the first direction; and
the bonding region has a first side and a second side arranged opposite to the first side along the first direction.

8. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:
the bonding region extends along a first direction;
along the first direction, a width of the display region is D1, and a width of the first groove is D2; and
20%*D1<D2<60%*D1.

9. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one first groove has one of a circular, an elliptical and a quadrangular shape.

10. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:
the second groove has one of a circular, an elliptical and a quadrangular shape.

11. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:
the fingerprint identification unit includes a plurality of fingerprint identification electrodes or a plurality of optical sensitive diodes.

12. A display apparatus, comprising:
a display panel,
wherein the display panel comprises:
a display region including a first side and an opposite second side, and
a non-display region surrounding the display region, the non-display region including a third side and an opposite fourth side along an outer edge of the display panel, and the fourth side of the non-display region being in parallel with the second side of the display region,
wherein:
the non-display region includes at least one first groove and a bonding region, both the at least one first groove and the bonding region being adjacently disposed, side-by-side along a first direction parallel with the second side of the display region, between the second side of the display region and the fourth side of the non-display region, the at least one first groove being enclosed by the non-display region, the at least one first groove not overlapping with the bonding region in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the display panel, and the bonding region being bonded with one of an integrated circuit and a flexible circuit board on the bonding region,
along a thickness direction of the display panel, the at least one first groove penetrates through the display panel,
one or more hardware units are installed in a region where the at least one first groove is located,
the at least one first groove and the bonding region are disposed at a same side of the display region, and
the non-display region of the display panel further includes a second groove, the second groove including a fingerprint identification unit and being at least partially enclosed by the display region of the display panel.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein:
the one or more hardware units include at least one of a camera and a headphone.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein:
the bonding region is a stripe-shaped region extending along the first direction; and
the bonding region has a first side and a second side arranged opposite to the first side along the first direction.

Assignees

• Xiamen Tianma Micro Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Xiaoxiao
• Xu Xiai
• Liu Bingping
• Chen Guozhao

Classifications

• H04M1/0266 Primary

  for a display module assembly · CPC title

• G06V40/13

  Sensors therefor · CPC title

• G06F1/1626 Primary

  with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs] · CPC title

• G06F18/00

  Pattern recognition · CPC title

• G09F9/00 Primary

  Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements (in which the variable information is permanently attached to a movable support G09F11/00; abacus G06C1/00; slide-rules G06G1/00) · CPC title