Display panel and method for manufacturing a display panel having a tiled screen with a fan-out lead region

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12389767-B2
Application number	US-202117783207-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 20, 2021
Priority date	May 20, 2020
Publication date	Aug 12, 2025
Grant date	Aug 12, 2025

Abstract

A display panel has a display region and a fan-out lead region, the fan-out lead region is located within the display region. The display panel comprises a base, a pixel circuit layer, a plurality of fan-out leads disposed between the base and the pixel circuit layer and located in the fan-out lead region, and an electrical field shielding pattern disposed between the pixel circuit layer and a film layer in which the plurality of fan-out leads are located. The pixel circuit layer includes a plurality of pixel circuits, at least one pixel circuit is located in the fan-out lead region. At least one fan-out lead is electrically connected to the pixel circuits. Orthographic projection of active layer patterns of transistors of the pixel circuit located in the fan-out lead region on the base are located within an orthographic projection of the electric field shielding pattern on the base.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display panel having a display region and a fan-out lead region, the fan-out lead region being located in the display region;
the display panel comprising:
a base;
a pixel circuit layer disposed on the base and located in the display region, the pixel circuit layer including a plurality of pixel circuits, at least one pixel circuit being located in the fan-out lead region, a pixel circuit including a plurality of transistors, and each transistor having an active layer pattern;
a plurality of fan-out leads disposed between the base and the pixel circuit layer and located in the fan-out lead region, at least one fan-out lead being electrically connected to the pixel circuits; and
an electric field shielding pattern disposed between the pixel circuit layer and a film layer where the plurality of fan-out leads are located, at least orthographic projections of active layer patterns of transistors of the pixel circuit located in the fan-out lead region on the base being located within an orthographic projection of the electric field shielding pattern on the base, the electric field shielding pattern being configured to be applied with a constant voltage to shield interference signals, from the plurality of fan-out leads, acting on the active layer patterns of the transistors located in the fan-out lead region; and

the display panel further comprising:
connection elements disposed on a side of the base away from the plurality of fan-out leads; and
a plurality of side traces extending from the fan-out lead region to the side of the base away from the plurality of fan-out leads through a side surface of the base, each fan-out lead being electrically connected to a connection element through a side trace; or,

the display panel further comprising:
connection elements disposed on a side of the base away from the plurality of fan-out leads, wherein
the base is provided with a plurality of eighth vias therein, and each fan-out lead is electrically connected to a connection element through an eighth via.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a region of the display region other than the fan-out lead region is a main display region; and orthographic projections of active layer patterns of transistors of pixel circuits located in the main display region on the base are located within the orthographic projection of the electric field shielding pattern on the base.

3. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:
gate driving circuits electrically connected to the plurality of pixel circuits, the gate driving circuits being configured to provide gate driving signals to the plurality of pixel circuits, and a gate driving circuit including another plurality of transistors, wherein the gate driving circuits are disposed in the display region; or, the display panel further has a peripheral region disposed around the display region, and the gate driving circuits are disposed in the peripheral region, wherein
orthographic projections of active layer patterns of transistors of the gate driving circuits on the base are located within the orthographic projection of the electric field shielding pattern on the base.

4. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel circuit layer further includes:
first signal lines extending into the fan-out lead region and electrically connected to a pixel circuit located in the fan-out lead region, wherein
orthographic projections of portions, extending to the fan-out lead region, of the first signal lines on the base are located within the orthographic projection of the electric field shielding pattern on the base.

5. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel circuit includes a driving transistor;
the electric field shielding pattern is electrically connected to a gate of the driving transistor through a first via in insulating layers between a film layer where the gate of the driving transistor is located and the electric field shielding pattern; or,
the electric field shielding pattern is electrically connected to a source or a drain of the driving transistor through a second via in insulating layers between a film layer where the source and the drain of the driving transistor are located and the electric field shielding pattern.

6. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one ground line disposed between the pixel circuit layer and the film layer where the plurality of fan-out leads are located, wherein the electric field shielding pattern is electrically connected to the ground line.

7. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the electric field shielding pattern has a continuous structure.

8. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the electric field shielding pattern includes a plurality of electric field shielding electrodes arranged separately, and each pixel circuit located in the fan-out lead region corresponds to an electric field shielding electrode;
the electric field shielding electrode is electrically connected to a gate, a source or a drain of a driving transistor in the plurality of transistors of a corresponding pixel circuit, or
the pixel circuit layer further includes first power supply lines, and the electric field shielding electrode is electrically connected to a first power supply line that is electrically connected to a corresponding pixel circuit, or
the display panel further comprises a plurality of elements to be driven, the pixel circuit layer further includes second power supply lines, and the electric field shielding electrode is electrically connected to a second power supply line that is electrically connected to an element to be driven by a corresponding pixel circuit.

9. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the electric field shielding pattern includes a plurality of electric field shielding electrodes arranged separately, and each transistor located in the fan-out lead region corresponds to an electric field shielding electrode;
the electric field shielding electrode is electrically connected to a gate, a source or a drain of a corresponding transistor.

10. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the orthographic projection of the electric field shielding pattern on the base and at least part of a region, except for orthographic projections of active layer patterns of the plurality of pixel circuits on the base, of the display panel are staggered from each other.

11. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel circuit layer includes a semiconductor layer, and the semiconductor layer includes active layer patterns of the plurality of pixel circuits; and
a shape of the electric field shielding pattern is substantially same as a shape of the semiconductor layer.

12. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the electric field shielding pattern is configured to be applied with the constant voltage of 0V.

13. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a driving circuit disposed on the side of the base away from the plurality of fan-out leads, the driving circuit being electrically connected to the connection elements.

14. A tiled screen comprising a plurality of display panels, the plurality of display panels being tiled together, and at least one display panel being the display panel according to claim 1 .

15. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of elements to be driven disposed on a side of the pixel circuit layer away from the base, wherein a first electrode of each element to be driven is electrically connected to a pixel

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shi Lubin
• Teng Wanpeng
• Chen Liang
• Qin Bin
• Wang Ke
• Peng Jintao
• Zhang Fangzhen
• Peng Kuanjun

Classifications

• H10W90/00

  Package configurations · CPC title

• H10K59/1201

  Manufacture or treatment · CPC title

• H10K59/1213 Primary

  the pixel elements being TFTs · CPC title

• H10K59/126

  Shielding, e.g. light-blocking means over the TFTs · CPC title

• H10K59/18

  Tiled displays · CPC title