Display substrate and display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12489102-B2
Application number	US-202218250392-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 30, 2022
Priority date	May 30, 2022
Publication date	Dec 2, 2025
Grant date	Dec 2, 2025

Abstract

A display substrate has a main display region and a light-transmissive display region. The display substrate includes a plurality of pixel circuits located in the main display region and including first pixel circuits and second pixel circuits, and a plurality of light-emitting devices including first light-emitting devices located in the main display region and second light-emitting devices located in the light-transmissive display region. The first pixel circuits include pixel circuits of a first type and pixel circuits of a second type, and the second pixel circuits include pixel circuits of the first type and pixel circuits of the second type. A pixel circuit of the first type and a pixel circuit of the second type have different structures. At least two second light-emitting devices of a same color and arranged in succession in a first direction are coupled to pixel circuit(s) of a same type in the second pixel circuits.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display substrate having a main display region and a light-transmissive display region, the main display region being located on at least one side of the light-transmissive display region; the display substrate comprising:
a plurality of pixel circuits located in the main display region, wherein the plurality of pixel circuits include first pixel circuits and second pixel circuits; the first pixel circuits include pixel circuits of a first type and pixel circuits of a second type, and the second pixel circuits include pixel circuits of the first type and pixel circuits of the second type; in the plurality of pixel circuits, one of two adjacent pixel circuits in a first direction is a pixel circuit of the first type, and another of the two adjacent pixel circuits is a pixel circuit of the second type; the pixel circuit of the first type and the pixel circuit of the second type have different structures; and a plurality of light-emitting devices including first light-emitting devices located in the main display region and second light-emitting devices located in the light-transmissive display region, wherein the first light-emitting devices are coupled to the first pixel circuits, and the second light-emitting devices are coupled to the second pixel circuits, wherein in the first direction, at least two second light-emitting devices of a same color and arranged in succession are both coupled to at least one pixel circuit of a same type in the second pixel circuits.

2 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein all second light-emitting devices of the same color are each coupled to a pixel circuit of the first type in the second pixel circuits; or
all the second light-emitting devices of the same color are each coupled to a pixel circuit of the second type in the second pixel circuits.

3 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein at least one second pixel circuit is coupled to at least one second light emitting device.

4 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein
a single second pixel circuit is coupled to a single second light-emitting device; or the single second pixel circuit is coupled to the at least two second light-emitting devices of the same color.

5 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the light-transmissive display region of the display substrate includes a plurality of display unit areas, and a display unit area includes a plurality of second light-emitting devices in the second light-emitting devices located in the light-transmissive display region; and
two second light-emitting devices belonging to two adjacent display unit areas and of the same color are coupled to a same second pixel circuit.

6 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the light-transmissive display region of the display substrate includes a plurality of display unit areas, and a display unit area includes two second light-emitting devices of the same color; and
the two second light-emitting devices of the same color in the display unit area are coupled to a same second pixel circuit.

7 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , further comprising first conductive lines, wherein the main display region of the display substrate includes a plurality of sub-pixel areas;
a first light-emitting device and a second pixel circuit are located in a same sub-pixel area; and a first pixel circuit is coupled to the first light-emitting device located in the same sub-pixel area as the second pixel circuit through a first conductive line.

8 . The display substrate according to claim 7 , wherein a light-emitting device includes an anode, a light-emitting layer and a cathode layer that are sequentially stacked in a direction away from the substrate; and
at least one first conductive line is disposed in a same layer as the anode of the light-emitting device.

9 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , further comprising second conductive lines, wherein
a second pixel circuit is coupled to a second light-emitting device through a second conductive line.

10 . The display substrate according to claim 9 , further comprising first conductive lines, wherein the main display region of the display substrate includes a plurality of sub-pixel areas;
a first light-emitting device and the second pixel circuit are located in a same sub-pixel area; the first light-emitting device in the same sub-pixel area as the second pixel circuit is coupled to a first pixel circuit in another sub-pixel area through a first conductive line, and a color of another first light-emitting device in the another sub-pixel area is different from a color of the second light-emitting device to which the second pixel circuit located in the same sub-pixel area as the first light-emitting device is coupled through the second conductive line.

11 . The display substrate according to claim 9 , wherein the display substrate comprises a transparent conductive layer:
in a second direction, the transparent conductive layer is located between the plurality of pixel circuits and the plurality of light-emitting devices; the second direction intersects the first direction and is perpendicular to the display substrate; and the transparent conductive layer includes the second conductive lines.

12 . The display substrate according to claim 11 , wherein the transparent conductive layer includes a plurality of transparent conductive films disposed to be insulated from each other in the second direction; and
different transparent conductive films include second conductive lines coupled to second light-emitting devices of different colors, and second conductive lines coupled to second light-emitting devices of the same color are located in a same transparent conductive film.

13 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein two second light-emitting devices of the same color are connected to two second pixel circuits, respectively;
a second light-emitting device of the two second light-emitting devices proximate to the main display region is coupled to a second pixel circuit of the two second pixel circuits proximate to the light-transmissive display region; and another second light-emitting device of the two second light-emitting devices far away from the main display region is coupled to another second pixel circuit of the two second pixel circuits far away from the light-transmissive display region.

14 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein in two adjacent second pixel circuits in the first direction, a pixel circuit of the first type and a pixel circuit of the second type are coupled to second light-emitting devices of different colors, respectively.

15 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a first light-emitting device and a second light-emitting device of a same color are coupled to a pixel circuit of the first type in the first pixel circuits and a pixel circuit of the first type in the second pixel circuits, respectively; or
the first light-emitting device and the second light-emitting device of the same color are coupled to a pixel circuit of the second type in the first pixel circuits and a pixel circuit of the second type in the second pixel circuits, respectively.

16 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the light-transmissive display region of the display substrate includes a plurality of display unit areas, and a display unit area includes one second light-emitting device of a first color, two second light-emitting devices of a second color and one second light-emitti

Assignees

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

Inventors

• Wang Qiwei
• Yan Jun
• Wang Rong
• He Fan
• Fan Cong
• Dong Xiangdan

Classifications

• H10W90/00 Primary

  Package configurations · CPC title

• H10D86/441

  Interconnections, e.g. scanning lines · CPC title

• H10D86/60

  wherein the TFTs are in active matrices · CPC title

• H10H29/142

  Two-dimensional arrangements, e.g. asymmetric LED layout · CPC title

• H10H20/857 Primary

  Interconnections, e.g. lead-frames, bond wires or solder balls · CPC title