Display substrate and control method therefor, display panel and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11435608-B2
Application number	US-202017285482-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 24, 2020
Priority date	Aug 26, 2019
Publication date	Sep 6, 2022
Grant date	Sep 6, 2022

Abstract

Provided are a display substrate and a control method therefor, a display panel, and a display device. The display substrate is disposed in the display panel and includes a first substrate and multiple mode switching electrodes and multiple data lines disposed on the first substrate; wherein, the mode switching electrode is disposed on a side of the data line away from the first substrate and insulated from the data line, and an orthographic projection of the mode switching electrode on the first substrate covers part of an orthographic projection of the data line on the first substrate; and the mode switching electrode is configured to switch display modes of the display panel, wherein the display modes include a normal mode and a privacy mode.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display panel, comprising
a box-opposite substrate;
a display substrate, disposed in a display panel and comprising: a first substrate and a plurality of mode switching electrodes and a plurality of data lines disposed on the first substrate; and
a liquid crystal layer disposed between the box-opposite substrate and the display substrate;
wherein the box-opposite substrate comprises a second substrate and a black matrix layer disposed on the second substrate; and an orthographic projection of the black matrix layer on the second substrate covers an orthographic projection of the data line on the second substrate;
wherein, the mode switching electrode is disposed on a side of the data line away from the first substrate and insulated from the data line, and an orthographic projection of the mode switching electrode on the first substrate covers part of an orthographic projection of the data line on the first substrate;
wherein the mode switching electrode is configured to switch display modes of the display panel, wherein the display modes comprise a normal mode and a privacy mode;
wherein the second substrate further comprises a color filter, a planarization layer disposed on a side of the black matrix layer close to the liquid crystal layer, and an upper polarizer disposed on a side of the second substrate away from the black matrix layer; and a length W BM of the black matrix layer along a second direction meets W BM =WD+2 W 0 +2 tan (sinA1 /(n2/n1)))*(H1+H2);
wherein W D is a length of the data line along the second direction, W 0 is a length of a light leakage region along the second direction, A1 is a recognizable maximum viewing angle, n1 is an integral refractive index of the liquid crystal layer, the planarization layer, the color filter and the upper polarizer, n2 is an air refractive index, H1 is a vertical distance between a surface of the planarization layer close to the first substrate and a surface of the mode switching electrode close to the first substrate, and H2 is a thickness of the planarization layer.

2. The display paneldisplay substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the display substrate further comprises: a first electrode and a second electrode; and
the first electrode and the mode switching electrode are disposed on a same layer, and the second electrode is disposed on a side of the first electrode close to the first substrate;
wherein, the first electrode is a slit electrode, and the second electrode is a plate electrode or a slit electrode.

3. The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the mode switching electrode comprises a first edge and a second edge extending along a first direction and opposing each other, and the data line comprises a third edge and a fourth edge extending along the first direction and opposing each other, wherein the first edge and the third edge are on a same side, and the second edge and the fourth edge are on a same side;
a distance between an orthographic projection of the first edge on the first substrate and an orthographic projection of the third edge on the first substrate is equal to a distance between an orthographic projection of the second edge on the first substrate and an orthographic projection of the fourth edge on the first substrate, wherein the first direction is an extension direction of the data line.

4. A method for controlling the display panel according to claim 3 , and comprising:
switching a display mode of the display panel by controlling a signal applied to the mode switching electrode.

5. A display device, comprising a printed circuit board and the display panel according to claim 3 ; and
the display panel comprises a privacy signal line configured to provide a signal to the mode switching electrode, wherein the privacy signal line is connected to the printed circuit board.

6. The display panelaccording to claim 2 , wherein the first electrode is a common electrode and the second electrode is a pixel electrode, or, the first electrode is a pixel electrode and the second electrode is a common electrode; and
the mode switching electrode is configured to respectively form, with the first electrode and the second electrode, turbulent electric fields which drive deflection of liquid crystal molecules under the privacy mode, and form a light leakage region on a periphery of the data line.

7. The display panel according to claim 6 , wherein a length of the light leakage region along a second direction is greater than a distance between an orthographic projection of the first edge on the first substrate and an orthographic projection of the third edge on the first substrate, wherein the second direction is an arrangement direction of the data lines.

8. A method for controlling the display panel according to claim 7 , and comprising:
switching a display mode of the display panel by controlling a signal applied to the mode switching electrode.

9. The display panel according to claim 6 , wherein the display mode of the display panel is the normal mode when a first signal is applied to the mode switching electrode, and is the privacy mode when a second signal is applied to the mode switching electrode.

10. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein the first signal is a signal applied to a common electrode under the normal mode.

11. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein a plurality of mode switching electrodes which are positioned on the display substrate are connected to each other.

12. A method for controlling the display panel according to claim 9 , and comprising:
switching a display mode of the display panel by controlling a signal applied to the mode switching electrode.

13. A method for controlling the display panel according to claim 6 , and comprising:
switching a display mode of the display panel by controlling a signal applied to the mode switching electrode.

14. A display device, comprising a printed circuit board and the display panel according to claim 6 ; and
the display panel comprises a privacy signal line configured to provide a signal to the mode switching electrode, wherein the privacy signal line is connected to the printed circuit board.

15. The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the first electrode, the second electrode and the mode switching electrode are all transparent electrodes.

16. A display device, comprising a printed circuit board and the display panel according to claim 2 ; and
the display panel comprises a privacy signal line configured to provide a signal to the mode switching electrode, wherein the privacy signal line is connected to the printed circuit board.

17. A method for controlling the display panel according to claim 2 , and comprising:
switching a display mode of the display panel by controlling a signal applied to the mode switching electrode.

18. A display device, comprising a printed circuit board and the display panel according to claim 1 ; and
the display panel comprises a privacy signal line configured to provide a signal to the mode switching electrode, wherein the privacy signal line is connected to the printed circuit board.

19. A method for controlling the display panel according to claim 1 , and comprising:
switching a display mode of the display panel by controlling a signal applied to the mode switching electrode.

20. The method according to claim 19 , wherein, switching the display mode of the display panel by controlling the signal applied to the mode switching electrode comprises:
switching

Assignees

• Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Tech Co Ltd
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zheng Qi
• Yuan Hongliang
• Wu Xiaojuan
• Bl Yao
• Zhao Zhiqiang
• Zhong Xuan
• Cheng Zhangxiang
• Wang Jiaxing
• Zhang Donghua
• Guo Lanjun

Classifications

• G02F1/13439

  characterised by their electrical, optical, physical properties; materials therefor; method of making · CPC title

• G02F1/136286

  Wiring, e.g. gate line, drain line · CPC title

• G02F1/134363

  for applying an electric field parallel to the substrate, i.e. in-plane switching [IPS] · CPC title

• G02F1/134318

  having a patterned common electrode · CPC title

• G02F2201/128

  field shaping · CPC title