Display panel, fabricating method thereof, display device and charging method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11536993-B2
Application number	US-201816344468-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 17, 2018
Priority date	Mar 1, 2018
Publication date	Dec 27, 2022
Grant date	Dec 27, 2022

Abstract

A display panel and a method for fabricating the same, and a display device and a method for charging the same are provided. The display panel includes: an array substrate; an opposite substrate arranged opposite to the array substrate; a charging coil located between the array substrate and the opposite substrate, wherein the charging coil is configured to generate electrical energy through electromagnetic induction. In this way, a battery for charging the battery is integrated inside the display panel to thereby make the display panel thin and lightweight.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display panel, comprising:
an array substrate;
an opposite substrate opposite to the array substrate; and
a charging coil between the array substrate and the opposite substrate;
wherein the charging coil is configured to generate electrical energy to the display panel through electromagnetic induction;
the display panel further comprises: a display area and a peripheral circuit area surrounding the display area, an orthographic projection of the display area on the array substrate does not overlap with an orthographic projection of the peripheral circuit area on the array substrate;
the display area comprises a plurality of pixel elements, at least part of the charging coil is in the display area; an orthographic projection of the charging coil on the opposite substrate does not overlap with orthographic projections of the plurality of the pixel elements on the opposite substrate;
the charging coil comprises a plurality of sub-charging coil segments connected in sequence, and at least part of the plurality of sub-charging coil segments is located in a gap between adjacent pixel elements;
wherein the opposite substrate comprises a first base substrate, and the charging coil is located on a side of the first base substrate facing the array substrate;
the display panel further comprises: a black matrix on the side of the first base substrate facing the array substrate, wherein an orthographic projection of the black matrix on the first base substrate covers an orthographic projection of the charging coil on the first base substrate;
wherein the charging coil is located between the first base substrate and a layer where the black matrix is located;
the display panel further comprises: two charging terminals on the array substrate, wherein one of the two charging terminals corresponds to an inner end of the charging coil, and the other charging terminal corresponds to an outer end of the charging coil;
and the outer end and the inner end of the charging coil are electrically connected respectively with their corresponding charging terminals;
the display panel further comprises: a first coil lead corresponding to the inner end, a second coil lead corresponding to the outer end, and an insulation layer between a layer where the first coil lead is located and a layer where the second coil lead is located;
wherein the inner end and the outer end are electrically connected with the first coil lead and the second coil lead respectively through via-holes running through the insulation layer, the first coil lead is electrically connected with the charging terminal corresponding to the inner end, and the second coil lead is electrically connected with the charging terminal corresponding to the outer end;
wherein the insulation layer is the black matrix.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel elements are arranged in an array, and the charging coil is located in a gap between two adjacent rows or columns of the pixel elements.

3. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sub-charging coil segments are arranged at a same layer, and made of a same material.

4. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the charging coil is located on a side of the layer where the black matrix is located away from the first base substrate.

5. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising a second base substrate, wherein the charging coil is located on a side of the second base substrate facing the opposite substrate.

6. The display panel according to claim 5 , wherein the charging coil directly contacts with the second base substrate.

7. A display device, comprising the display panel according to claim 1 .

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the display device further comprises: a flexible printed circuit, a main board electrically connected with the flexible printed circuit, and a battery electrically connected with the main board; and
two charging terminals on the array substrate are electrically connected with the main board through the flexible printed circuit, and electrically connected with the battery through the main board.

9. A method for fabricating the display panel according to claim 1 , comprising:
forming a charging coil between an array substrate and an opposite substrate, wherein the charging coil is configured to generate electrical energy through electromagnetic induction.

10. A method for charging the display device according to claim 8 , comprising: charging the battery through the charging coil in another time than a display time and a touch time.

Assignees

• Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co Ltd
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ren Yanwei
• Xu Jingyi
• Liu Min
• Jiang Ruize
• Yu Yanan

Classifications

• G02F1/133 Primary

  Constructional arrangements; Operation of liquid crystal cells; Circuit arrangements (arrangements or circuits for control of liquid crystal elements in a matrix, not structurally associated with these elements G09G3/36) · CPC title

• H02J50/10

  using inductive coupling · CPC title

• G02F1/136209

  Light shielding layers, e.g. black matrix, incorporated in the active matrix substrate, e.g. structurally associated with the switching element · CPC title

• H05K1/189

  characterised by the use of flexible or folded printed circuits · CPC title

• G02F2201/122

  having a particular pattern · CPC title