Display panel and manufacturing method thereof, and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11829541-B2
Application number	US-202117631482-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2021
Priority date	Apr 29, 2020
Publication date	Nov 28, 2023
Grant date	Nov 28, 2023

Abstract

A display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The display panel includes: a substrate; a plurality of light-emitting elements and an encapsulation layer disposed on the substrate, with the plurality of light-emitting elements located between the encapsulation layer and the substrate; a transfer layer disposed on a side of the encapsulation layer away from the substrate and bonded to the encapsulation layer, with an adhesive force between the transfer layer and the encapsulation layer greater than that between an organic adhesive layer and the encapsulation layer, and the organic adhesive layer configured to react chemically under a preset catalytic condition to be formed to the transfer layer; and a touch structure ( 40 ) disposed on a side of the transfer layer away from the substrate and configured to detect occurrence of a touch action.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display panel, comprising:
a substrate;
a plurality of light-emitting elements and an encapsulation layer on the substrate, wherein the plurality of light-emitting elements are between the encapsulation layer and the substrate;
a transfer layer on a side of the encapsulation layer away from the substrate and bonded to the encapsulation layer, wherein an adhesive force between the transfer layer and the encapsulation layer is greater than that between an organic adhesive layer and the encapsulation layer, and the organic adhesive layer is configured to react chemically under a preset catalytic condition to be formed to the transfer layer; and
a touch structure on a side of the transfer layer away from the substrate and configured to detect occurrence of a touch action,
wherein the substrate comprises a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area, the peripheral area comprises a pad area on a side of the display area, and the touch structure comprises:
a pad in the pad area,
a touch electrode pattern,
a touch signal line in the peripheral area, wherein one end of the touch signal line is connected to the touch electrode pattern, and the other end of the touch signal line is connected to the pad, and
a first ground line and a second ground line in the peripheral area, wherein one end of the first ground line is coupled to a corresponding pad in the pad area, and the other end of the first ground line extends to a side of the display area away from the pad area, one end of the second ground line is coupled to a corresponding pad in the pad area, and the other end of the second ground line extends to the side of the display area away from the pad area, and the first ground line and the second ground line form a semi-enclosed structure surrounding the display area, and each touch signal line is between the first ground line and the second ground line,
wherein the first ground line comprises a first ground portion, the second ground line comprises a second ground portion, both the first ground portion and the second ground portion are in a portion of the peripheral area, the portion of the peripheral area and the pad area being at two opposite sides of the display area, the first ground portion is not in contact with the second ground portion, and when viewed in a plan view, the first ground portion overlaps the second ground portion in a direction that is perpendicular to an extending direction of the first and second ground portions.

2. The display panel of claim 1 , further comprising:
an insulating separation layer on the side of the transfer layer away from the substrate, wherein the insulating separation layer has a density greater than that of the transfer layer, an orthographic projection of the insulating separation layer on the substrate coincides with that of the transfer layer on the substrate, and the touch structure is on a side of the insulating separation layer away from the transfer layer.

3. The display panel of claim 2 , wherein the insulating separation layer comprises a lamination of one or more of a nitride layer of silicon, an oxide layer of silicon, and an oxynitride layer of silicon.

4. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the preset catalytic condition is an ultraviolet curing condition or a moisture curing condition.

5. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the touch structure further comprises a touch insulating layer, the touch electrode pattern comprises a plurality of touch driving electrodes and a plurality of touch sensing electrodes, and
the touch driving electrodes and the touch sensing electrodes are arranged crosswise, a position where the touch driving electrodes cross the touch sensing electrodes is insulated and separated by the touch insulating layer, and each touch driving electrode and each touch sensing electrode are correspondingly connected to at least one touch signal line.

6. The display panel of claim 5 , wherein the touch driving electrodes and the touch sensing electrodes are in different layers.

7. The display panel of claim 5 , wherein the touch driving electrode comprises a plurality of driving electrode units arranged in a first direction, and a bridge portion connected between each two adjacent ones of driving electrode units,
the touch sensing electrode comprises a plurality of sensing electrode units arranged in a second direction, and a connection portion connected between each two adjacent ones of the sensing electrode units, and
the first direction intersects the second direction, all of the driving electrode units, the bridge portion and the sensing electrode units are on a side of the touch insulating layer away from the substrate and are arranged in a same layer, and the connection portion is between the touch insulating layer and the encapsulation layer.

8. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein both the pad coupled to the first ground line and the pad coupled to the second ground line are configured to load a ground signal.

9. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the touch structure further comprises: a first guard line and a second guard line,
one end of the first guard line is coupled to a corresponding pad in the pad area, and the other end of the first guard line extends to the side of the display area away from the pad area,
one end of the second guard line is coupled to a corresponding pad in the pad area, and the other end of the second guard line extends to the side of the display area away from the pad area, and
the first guard line and the second guard line form a semi-enclosed structure surrounding the display area, the first guard line is between a touch signal line closest to the first ground line and the first ground line, and the second guard line is between a touch signal line closest to the second ground line and the second ground line.

10. The display panel of claim 9 , wherein both the pad coupled to the first guard line and the pad coupled to the second guard line are configured to load an alternating current signal.

11. The display panel of claim 9 , wherein the first guard line comprises a first guard portion, the second guard line comprises a second guard portion, both the first guard portion and the second guard portion are on the side of the display area away from the pad area, and
the first guard portion is not in contact with the second guard portion, the first guard portion does not overlap the second guard portion in a first direction that is a direction from the pad area to the display area.

12. The display panel of claim 1 , further comprising:
a buffer layer on the substrate;
a semiconductor layer on a side of the buffer layer away from the substrate;
a first gate insulating layer on a side of the semiconductor layer away from the substrate;
a first gate electrode layer on a side of the first gate insulating layer away from the substrate;
a second gate insulating layer on a side of the first gate electrode layer away from the substrate;
a second gate electrode layer on a side of the second gate insulating layer away from the substrate;
an interlayer insulating layer on a side of the second gate electrode layer away from the substrate;
a first source/drain conductive layer on a side of the interlayer insulating layer away from the substrate;
a passivation layer on a side of the first source/drain conductive layer away from the substrate;
a first planarization layer on a side of the passivation layer away from the substrate;
a second source/drain conductive layer on a side of the first planarization layer away from the substrate;
a second planarization layer on a side of the second source/drain conductive la

Assignees

• Chengdu Boe Optoelect Tech Co
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Pu Shimin
• Wu Jianjun
• Wang Jiangsheng
• Zhang Chang
• Liu Qi

Classifications

• G06F3/0412 Primary

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · CPC title

• G06F3/0443

  using a single layer of sensing electrodes · CPC title

• G06F3/0445

  using two or more layers of sensing electrodes, e.g. using two layers of electrodes separated by a dielectric layer · CPC title

• G06F3/0446

  using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes · CPC title

• G06F3/04164

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