Display device and array substrate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11921385-B2
Application number	US-202117789612-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 12, 2021
Priority date	Sep 23, 2020
Publication date	Mar 5, 2024
Grant date	Mar 5, 2024

Abstract

An array substrate of a display device includes a pixel electrode layer on a substrate, which includes active pixel electrodes in an active display region; outermost active pixel electrodes include a first active pixel electrode including a first pixel electrode edge and a second pixel electrode edge; in a first direction, the first pixel electrode edge is between the second pixel electrode edge and a frame region. One of the array substrate and an opposite substrate of the display device includes a common electrode layer including a first extended common electrode which includes a first extended portion extending beyond the first active pixel electrode; a first extended portion edge of the first extended portion and a first substrate edge of the substrate respectively extend in a second direction; in the first direction, the first extended portion edge is located between the first substrate edge and the first pixel electrode edge.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device, comprising an active display region and a frame region outside the active display region, and comprising an array substrate and an opposite substrate provided opposite to each other, wherein
the array substrate comprises a substrate and a pixel electrode layer provided on the substrate, the pixel electrode layer comprises a plurality of active pixel electrodes located in the active display region; outermost active pixel electrodes of the plurality of active pixel electrodes comprise a first active pixel electrode, the first active pixel electrode comprises a first pixel electrode edge and a second pixel electrode edge arranged in a first direction and each extending in a second direction; in the first direction, the first pixel electrode edge is located between the second pixel electrode edge and the frame region, and the first direction and the second direction intersect each other;
one of the array substrate and the opposite substrate comprises a common electrode layer; the common electrode layer comprises a first extended common electrode of block-shaped, an orthographic projection of the first extended common electrode on the substrate partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of the first active pixel electrode on the substrate; the first extended common electrode comprises a first extended portion extending beyond the first active pixel electrode, the first extended portion has a first extended portion edge extending in the second direction, the substrate has a first substrate edge extending in the second direction; and in the first direction, the first extended portion edge is located between the first substrate edge and the first pixel electrode edge;
the common electrode layer comprises a plurality of sub common electrodes spaced apart from each other, the first extended common electrode is one of outermost sub common electrodes among the plurality of sub common electrodes, and an area of the first extended common electrode is larger than an area of another sub common electrode other than the outermost sub common electrodes;
the plurality of sub common electrodes are multiplexed as touch electrodes, and the first extended common electrode and the second extended common electrode are one of the plurality of sub common electrodes, respectively; and
each of the first extended common electrode and the second extended common electrode is an integral structure.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
in the first direction, a length of the first extended portion is greater than or equal to ⅓ of a length of the first active pixel electrode; and
a ratio of an area of the first extended portion to an area of the first extended common electrode is not greater than 1%.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the frame region comprises a first frame region, a second frame region, a third frame region and a fourth frame region which are sequentially arranged in a clockwise direction;
the array substrate has a protrusion portion beyond the opposite substrate, and the protrusion portion is located in the fourth frame region; and
the first extended portion is located in at least one of the first frame region to the fourth frame region.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein
the first extended portion is located in the first frame region and/or the third frame region; and
in the first direction, a ratio of a length of the first extended portion to a length of the first active pixel electrode is greater than or equal to 1.

5. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein
the first extended portion is located in the second frame region and/or the fourth frame region; and
in the first direction, a ratio of a length of the first extended portion to a length of the first active pixel electrode is greater than or equal to ⅓ and less than or equal to ½.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel electrode layer further comprises a plurality of dummy pixel electrodes spaced apart from the plurality of active pixel electrodes, and the plurality of dummy pixel electrodes are located in the frame region.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the plurality of dummy pixel electrodes comprise a first dummy pixel electrode, and an orthographic projection of the first dummy pixel electrode on the substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of the first extended portion on the substrate.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein in the first direction, the first extended portion edge is located between the first dummy pixel electrode and the first substrate edge.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein
an edge of the first dummy pixel electrode closest to the first extended portion edge and extending in the second direction is a first dummy pixel electrode edge, and the first dummy pixel electrode edge comprises a first end portion and a second end portion;
in the first direction, a distance from the first end portion to the first extended portion edge is not equal to a distance from the second end portion to the first extended portion edge; and
the first dummy pixel electrode edge comprises a connection line between the first end portion and the second end portion, and the connection line is parallel to the first extended portion edge.

10. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein
the frame region further comprises a light-transmitting region, and at least a partial edge of the light-transmitting region is surrounded by the active display region;
the plurality of active pixel electrodes comprise a plurality of second active pixel electrodes arranged closest to the light-transmitting region and along a circumferential direction of the light-transmitting region; each of the plurality of second active pixel electrodes comprises a third pixel electrode edge and a fourth pixel electrode edge arranged in the first direction and each extending in the second direction; and in the first direction, the third pixel electrode edge is located between the fourth pixel electrode edge and the light-transmitting region;
the common electrode layer comprises a second extended common electrode, an orthographic projection of the second extended common electrode on the substrate partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of each of the plurality of second active pixel electrodes on the substrate; the second extended common electrode comprises a second extended portion extending beyond each of the plurality of second active pixel electrodes, and the second extended portion comprises a plurality of sub extended portions respectively corresponding to the plurality of second active pixel electrodes; and
each of the plurality of sub extended portions has a first sub extended portion edge extending in the second direction; and in the first direction, the first sub extended portion edge is located between the light-transmitting region and the third pixel electrode edge.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein extension directions of first sub extended portion edges of two of the plurality of sub extended portions provided adjacently along the circumferential direction of the light-transmitting region are different from each other.

12. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein first sub extended portion edges of at least two of the plurality of sub extended portions are arranged in a staggered manner in the first direction.

13. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein
the plurality of dummy pixel electrodes further comprise a plurality of second dummy pixel electrode

Assignees

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

Inventors

• Hou Jingwei
• Xu Jingyi
• Ren Yanwei
• Zhang Wenlong
• Yu Yanan
• Jia Lei
• Sun Yanhao
• Zhi Guolei

Classifications

• G02F1/133388

  with constructional differences between the display region and the peripheral region · 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

• G02F1/13338 Primary

  Input devices, e.g. touch panels · CPC title

• H10D89/911

  using passive elements as protective elements · CPC title