Display panel having circuits on opposing sides of insulating substrate connected by tapered through hole and pad, manufacturing method thereof, and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11538892-B2
Application number	US-202017042625-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 9, 2020
Priority date	Apr 11, 2019
Publication date	Dec 27, 2022
Grant date	Dec 27, 2022

Abstract

A display panel, a manufacturing method of the display panel, and a display device including the display panel are provided. The display panel includes an insulating substrate; a first circuit at a first side of the insulating substrate; and a second circuit at a second side of the insulating substrate. The first side and the second side of the insulating substrate are opposite to each other in a first direction perpendicular to a display surface, and the first circuit and the second circuit on opposing sides of the insulating substrate are electrically connected by tapered through hole and tapered pad.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display panel, comprising:
an insulating substrate;
a first circuit at a first side of the insulating substrate; and
a second circuit at a second side of the insulating substrate,
wherein the display panel comprises a display surface, the first side and the second side of the insulating substrate are opposite to each other in a first direction perpendicular to the display surface, and the first circuit and the second circuit are electrically connected via a conductor penetrating the insulating substrate in the first direction,
the display panel further comprises an insulating layer which is at a side of the first circuit facing away from the insulating substrate and exposes a part of the first circuit, wherein the conductor penetrates the insulating layer in the first direction,
wherein the conductor comprises a conductive portion formed by filling a conductive material into a via hole penetrating the insulating substrate in the first direction, and a conductive pillar penetrating the insulating layer in the first direction, and the conductive pillar is electrically connected with the conductive portion,
wherein an area of a cross section of a side of the conductive portion close to the first circuit is smaller than an area of a cross section of a side of the conductive portion close to the second circuit.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the display surface comprises a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region, and the conductor is located in the non-display region.

3. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the display surface comprises a display region, and the conductor is located in the display region.

4. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of conductors are provided,
the first circuit comprises a driving transistor, a light emitting unit, a gate line and a data line, wherein the gate line and the data line extend in different directions,
the insulating layer covers the driving transistor, the gate line and the data line, and exposes the light emitting unit,
a control terminal of the driving transistor is connected with the gate line, a first terminal of the driving transistor is connected with the data line, and a second terminal of the driving transistor is connected with a first electrode of the light emitting unit, and
the gate line, the data line, and a second electrode of the light emitting unit are electrically connected with the second circuit via the plurality of conductors, respectively.

5. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of conductors are provided,
the first circuit comprises a driving transistor, a light emitting unit, a gate line and a data line, wherein the gate line and the data line extend in different directions,
a control terminal of the driving transistor is connected with the gate line, a first terminal of the driving transistor is connected with the data line, and a second terminal of the driving transistor is connected with a first electrode of the light emitting unit,
the insulating layer covers the gate line, the data line, and a part of the driving transistor other than the second terminal of the driving transistor, and exposes the light emitting unit and the second terminal of the driving transistor, and
the gate line, the data line, and a second electrode of the light emitting unit are electrically connected with the second circuit via the plurality of conductors, respectively.

6. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive portion is in contact with the conductive pillar.

7. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the via hole has a tapered shape from the second side to the first side of the insulating substrate.

8. The display panel according to claim 7 , wherein the tapered shape has a slope angle of 45-90 degrees.

9. A manufacturing method of a display panel, comprising:
providing a first circuit at a first side of an insulating substrate;
providing a second circuit at a second side of the insulating substrate, wherein the first side and the second side of the insulating substrate are opposite to each other in a first direction, and the first direction is perpendicular to a display surface of the display panel; and
providing a conductor penetrating the insulating substrate in the first direction, so that the first circuit and the second circuit are electrically connected via the conductor,
wherein the providing the first circuit, the providing the second circuit, and the providing the conductor are sequentially performed in the following order:
providing the first circuit, providing the conductor, and providing the second circuit,
wherein after the providing the first circuit and before the providing the conductor, the method further comprises turning over the insulating substrate and forming a via hole in the insulating substrate.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the via hole has a tapered shape from the second side to the first side of the insulating substrate.

11. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:
providing an insulating layer at a side of the first circuit facing away from the insulating substrate, the insulating layer exposing a part of the first circuit,
wherein the conductor penetrates the insulating layer in the first direction.

12. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
providing the insulating substrate on a first carrier before providing the first circuit and the second circuit, wherein the second side of the insulating substrate faces the first carrier;
bonding the insulating substrate to a second carrier after providing the first circuit and before providing the second circuit, wherein the first side of the insulating substrate faces the second carrier;
removing the first carrier after bonding the insulating substrate to the second carrier and before providing the second circuit; and
removing the second carrier after providing the second circuit,
wherein the insulating substrate is formed of a flexible insulating material.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the providing the conductor penetrating the insulating substrate in the first direction comprises:
forming a via hole penetrating the insulating substrate in the first direction;
forming a conductive pillar penetrating the insulating layer in the first direction; and
filling the via hole with a conductive material to form a conductive portion,
wherein the conductive pillar is in contact with the conductive portion.

14. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the providing the conductor penetrating the insulating substrate in the first direction comprises:
forming a via hole penetrating the insulating substrate in the first direction;
forming a conductive pillar penetrating the insulating layer in the first direction; and
filling the via hole with a conductive material to form a conductive portion,
wherein the conductive pillar is in contact with the conductive portion, and
the forming the conductive pillar is performed before the forming the via hole penetrating the insulating substrate.

15. A manufacturing method of a display panel, comprising:
providing a first circuit at a first side of an insulating substrate;
providing a second circuit at a second side of the insulating substrate, wherein the first side and the second side of the insulating substrate are opposite to each other in a first direction, and the first direction is perpendicular to a display surface of the display panel; and
providing a conductor penetrating the insulating

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Shulei
• Huang Hua
• Hsieh Changhan

Classifications

• Y02P70/50

  Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product · CPC title

• Y02E10/549

  Organic PV cells · CPC title

• H01L2227/323

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L2227/326

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/56

  Electricity · mapped topic