Foldable OLED display panel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11114003-B2
Application number	US-202016640887-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 13, 2020
Priority date	Aug 22, 2019
Publication date	Sep 7, 2021
Grant date	Sep 7, 2021

Abstract

A foldable organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel is provided. The foldable OLED display panel includes a display region having a folded region, and further including a plurality rows of pixel units, a plurality of signal lines, and gate on array (GOA) unit circuits of a plurality of stage, wherein the GOA unit circuits of each stage are electrically connected to the corresponding rows of the pixel units by the signal lines; the signal lines further include first sub-signal lines overlapping the folded region, and the first sub-signal lines are configured to be waveform lines, or surfaces of the first sub-signal lines are provided with through holes.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A foldable organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel, comprising:
a display region having a folded region and a non-folded region, and further including a plurality of rows of pixel units, a plurality of signal lines, and gate on array (GOA) unit circuits of a plurality of stages,
wherein the GOA unit circuits of each stage are electrically connected to a corresponding row of the pixel units by the signal lines, and the GOA unit circuits of each stage are configured to drive the corresponding rows of the pixel units;
wherein the signal lines further comprise first sub-signal lines overlapping the folded region, and the first sub-signal lines are configured to be waveform lines, or surfaces of the first sub-signal lines are provided with through holes;
wherein the signal lines further comprise second sub-signal lines overlapping the non-folded region and the second sub-signal lines are straight lines.

2. The foldable OLED display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the through holes on the surfaces of the first sub-signal lines are disposed in a single row, and the through holes are arranged along bending paths of the first sub-signal lines.

3. The foldable OLED display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the through holes on the surfaces of the first sub-signal lines are disposed in a double row, and the through holes are arranged along bending paths of the first sub-signal lines.

4. The foldable OLED display panel as claimed in claim 2 , wherein shapes of the through holes are round or oval.

5. The foldable OLED display panel as claimed in claim 3 , wherein shapes of the through holes are round or oval.

6. The foldable OLED display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the signal lines comprise GOA signal lines, pixel unit signal lines and power signal lines.

7. The foldable OLED display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an input signal in the GOA unit circuits of a Nth stage is provided by an output signal of the GOA unit circuits of a N−1th stage, and a switching signal of the pixel unit of a Nth row and an input signal of the GOA unit circuits of a N+1th stage are provided by an output signal of the GOA unit circuits of the Nth stage.

8. The foldable OLED display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a buffer layer, an active layer, a first gate insulating layer, a first gate metal layer, a second gate insulating layer, a second gate metal layer, an interlayer insulating layer, a source-drain metal layer, a passivation layer and an anode metal layer are disposed from down to up on a flexible substrate of the folded region, wherein first through holes are disposed at two ends of an edge of the active layer, second through holes are disposed on the first gate metal layer, third through holes are disposed on the second gate metal layer, and fourth through holes are disposed on the source-drain metal layer.

9. The foldable OLED display panel as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the source-drain metal layer is electrically connected to the active layer via the first through holes, the source-drain metal layer is electrically connected to the first gate metal layer via the second through holes, the source-drain metal layer is electrically connected to the second gate metal layer via the third through holes, and the anode metal layer is electrically connected to the source-drain metal layer via the fourth through holes.

10. The foldable OLED display panel as claimed in claim 8 , wherein a material of each of the first sub-signal lines is same as a material of each of the source-drain metal layer lines.

11. A foldable OLED display panel, comprising: a display region having a folded region and a non-folded region, and further including a plurality of rows of pixel units, a plurality of signal lines, and gate on GOA unit circuits of a plurality of stages, wherein the GOA unit circuits of each stage are electrically connected to a corresponding row of the pixel units by the signal lines, and the GOA unit circuits of each stage are configured to drive the corresponding rows of the pixel units;
wherein the signal lines further comprise first sub-signal lines overlapping the folded region, and the first sub-signal lines are configured to be waveform lines, or surfaces of the first sub-signal lines are provided with through holes.

12. The foldable OLED display panel as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the through holes on the surfaces of the first sub-signal lines are disposed in a single row, and the through holes are arranged along bending paths of the first sub-signal lines.

13. The foldable OLED display panel as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the through holes on the surfaces of the first sub-signal lines are disposed in a double row, and the through holes are arranged along bending paths of the first sub-signal lines.

14. The foldable OLED display panel as claimed in claim 12 , wherein shapes of the through holes are round or oval.

15. The foldable OLED display panel as claimed in claim 13 , wherein shapes of the through holes are round or oval.

16. The foldable OLED display panel as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the signal lines comprise GOA signal lines, pixel unit signal lines and power signal lines.

17. The foldable OLED display panel as claimed in claim 11 , wherein an input signal in the GOA unit circuits of a Nth stage is provided by an output signal of the GOA unit circuits of a N−1th stage, and a switching signal of the pixel unit of a Nth row and an input signal of the GOA unit circuits of a N+1th stage are provided by an output signal of the GOA unit circuits of the Nth stage.

18. The foldable OLED display panel as claimed in claim 11 , wherein a buffer layer, an active layer, a first gate insulating layer, a first gate metal layer, a second gate insulating layer, a second gate metal layer, an interlayer insulating layer, a source-drain metal layer, a passivation layer and an anode metal layer are disposed from down to up on a flexible substrate of the folded region, wherein first through holes are disposed at two ends of an edge of the active layer, second through holes are disposed on the first gate metal layer, third through holes are disposed on the second gate metal layer, and fourth through holes are disposed on the source-drain metal layer.

19. The foldable OLED display panel as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the source-drain metal layer is electrically connected to the active layer via the first through holes, the source-drain metal layer is electrically connected to the first gate metal layer via the second through holes, the source-drain metal layer is electrically connected to the second gate metal layer via the third through holes, and the anode metal layer is electrically connected to the source-drain metal layer via the fourth through holes.

20. The foldable OLED display panel as claimed in claim 18 , wherein a material of each of the first sub-signal lines is same as a material of each of the source-drain metal layer lines.

Assignees

• Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zheng Yuan

Classifications

• G09G2300/0426

  Layout of electrodes and connections · CPC title

• G06F2203/04102

  Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper · CPC title

• G09G3/3266

  Details of drivers for scan electrodes · CPC title

• G06F3/04164

  Connections between sensors and controllers, e.g. routing lines between electrodes and connection pads · CPC title

• G09G2300/0408

  Integration of the drivers onto the display substrate · CPC title