Display panel, method of manufacturing the same and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12193255-B2
Application number	US-202017265057-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 30, 2020
Priority date	Apr 30, 2020
Publication date	Jan 7, 2025
Grant date	Jan 7, 2025

Abstract

A display panel, a method of manufacturing the display panel and a display device are provided in the present disclosure. The display panel includes: a substrate, a functional film layer arranged on the substrate, a first bending region capable of being bent along a first direction, a second bending region capable of being bent along a second direction, and a third bending region located between the first bending region and the second bending region. The first direction intersects the second direction. The functional film layer includes a non-hollowed region located in at least one of the first bending region and the second bending region, and a part of the functional film layer located in the third bending region includes a plurality of functional via holes spaced from each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display panel, comprising: a substrate, a functional film layer arranged on the substrate, a first bending region capable of being bent along a first direction, a second bending region capable of being bent along a second direction, and a third bending region located between the first bending region and the second bending region,
wherein the first direction intersects the second direction, the functional film layer comprises a non-hollowed region located in at least one of the first bending region and the second bending region, and a part of the functional film layer located in the third bending region comprises a plurality of functional via holes spaced from each other,
wherein the functional film layer comprises a first conductive pattern, the first conductive pattern comprises a plurality of first conductive via holes located in at least one of the first bending region, the second bending region and the third bending region, and
wherein the functional film layer further comprises: a first inorganic layer stacked with the first conductive pattern, the first inorganic layer comprises a plurality of first inorganic via holes located in at least one of the first bending region, the second bending region and the third bending region, and an orthographic projection of each of the plurality of first inorganic via holes on the substrate does not overlap with an orthographic projection of each of the plurality of first conductive via holes on the substrate.

2. A method of manufacturing a display panel, wherein the display panel comprises a first bending region capable of being bent along a first direction, a second bending region capable of being bent along a second direction, and a third bending region located between the first bending region and the second bending region, the first direction intersects the second direction, the method comprises:
fabricating a functional film layer on a substrate, wherein the functional film layer comprises a non-hollowed region located in at least one of the first bending region and the second bending region, and a part of the functional film layer located in the third bending region comprises a plurality of functional via holes spaced from each other,
wherein the functional film layer comprises a first conductive pattern, the first conductive pattern comprises a plurality of first conductive via holes located in at least one of the first bending region, the second bending region and the third bending region, and

wherein the functional film layer further comprises: a first inorganic layer stacked with the first conductive pattern, the first inorganic layer comprises a plurality of first inorganic via holes located in at least one of the first bending region, the second bending region and the third bending region, and an orthographic projection of each of the plurality of first inorganic via holes on the substrate does not overlap with an orthographic projection of each of the plurality of first conductive via holes on the substrate.

3. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein, along an direction perpendicular to an extension direction of the first conductive pattern, a width of the first conductive pattern in the third bending region is larger than both a width of the first conductive pattern in the first bending region and a width of the first conductive pattern in the second bending region.

4. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising an inlet line region, wherein along a direction approaching the inlet line region, a width of the first conductive pattern along the first direction gradually increases.

5. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising an outlet line of a data line, wherein an orthographic projection of the outlet line of the data line on the substrate and an orthographic projection of the functional film layer on the substrate overlap with each other in a second overlapping region, and the second overlapping region is located in at least one of the first bending region, the second bending region and the third bending region.

6. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising a transistor, wherein a source electrode and a drain electrode of the transistor are arranged in a same layer as the first conductive pattern.

7. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a diameter of each of the plurality of functional via holes in the third bending region along a third direction is identical to a diameter of each of the plurality of functional via holes in the third bending region along a fourth direction.

8. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the functional film layer located in the first bending region comprises a plurality of functional via holes spaced from each other, and a diameter of each of the plurality of functional via holes in the first bending region along a third direction is larger than a diameter of each of the plurality of functional via holes in the first bending region along a fourth direction.

9. The display panel according to claim 8 , wherein the plurality of functional via holes comprise a first via hole and a second via hole, and along the fourth direction, a diameter of the first via hole is different from a diameter of the second via hole.

10. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the functional film layer in the second bending region comprises a plurality of functional via holes spaced from each other, and a diameter of each of the plurality of functional via holes in the second bending region along a fourth direction is larger than a diameter of each of the plurality of functional via holes in the second bending region along a third direction, and wherein the plurality of functional via holes comprise a third via hole and a fourth via hole, and along the third direction, a diameter of the third via hole is different from a diameter of the fourth via hole.

11. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the functional film layer located in the first bending region comprises a plurality of functional via holes spaced from each other, and the number of the functional via holes distributed in the first bending region gradually increases along a direction from the first bending region to the third bending region.

12. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the functional film layer located in the second bending region comprises a plurality of functional via holes spaced from each other, and the number of the functional via holes distributed in the second bending region gradually increases along a direction from the second bending region to the third bending region.

13. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the functional film layer comprises a positive power signal line film layer or a negative power signal line film layer.

14. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the functional film layer comprises a positive power signal line film layer and a negative power signal line film layer, and the display panel further comprises: a gate driving circuit, and an orthographic projection of the gate driving circuit on the substrate is located between an orthographic projection of the positive power signal line film layer on the substrate and an orthographic projection of the negative power signal line film layer on the substrate.

15. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the third bending region is a transition region from the first bending region to the second bending region.

16. A display device comprising the display panel according to claim 1 .

Assignees

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

Inventors

• Liu Tingliang
• Dong Xiangdan
• Wang Junxi
• Zhang Yi
• Hu Ming
• Wang Mengqi
• Wang Siyu
• Zhang Shun
• Yang Lulu
• Dai Jie
• Yang Huijuan

Classifications

• H10K59/8731

  multilayered coatings having a repetitive structure, e.g. having multiple organic-inorganic bilayers · CPC title

• H10K50/844 Primary

  Encapsulations · CPC title

• H10K59/124 Primary

  Insulating layers formed between TFT elements and OLED elements · CPC title

• H10K71/00

  Manufacture or treatment specially adapted for the organic devices covered by this subclass · CPC title

• H10K59/131

  Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals · CPC title