Display panel and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12507552-B2
Application number	US-202418633563-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 12, 2024
Priority date	Feb 19, 2021
Publication date	Dec 23, 2025
Grant date	Dec 23, 2025

Abstract

This disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a light-transmitting area, a first transitional display area, a first main display area and a second main display area, and further includes a first light-emitting unit in the light-transmitting area, a first pixel driving circuit in the first transitional display area for providing a driving current to the first light-emitting unit, a first signal line extending along the column direction in the first main display area, a second signal line extending along the column direction in the second main display area, and a third signal line. The third signal line and the first signal line are in different conductive layers, the third signal line and the second signal line are in different conductive layers, and the third signal line is connected with the first signal line and the second signal line through via holes respectively.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display panel comprising:
a light-transmitting area; a first transitional display area located at both sides of the light-transmitting area in a row direction; a first main display area located at a side of the light-transmitting area and the first transitional display area in a column direction; a second main display area located at the other side of the light-transmitting area and the first transitional display area in the column direction; a first light-emitting unit located in the light-transmitting area; a first pixel driving circuit located in the first transitional display area for providing a driving current to the first light-emitting unit; a first signal line extending along the column direction, and at least partially located in the first main display area, for providing a driving signal to a pixel driving circuit located in the same sub-pixel column as the first pixel driving circuit; a second signal line extending along the column direction, and at least partially located in the second main display area, for providing a driving signal to the pixel driving circuit located in the same sub-pixel column as the first pixel driving circuit; a third signal line, the third signal line and the first signal line being located in different conductive layers, the third signal line and the second signal line being located in different conductive layers, and the third signal line being respectively connected with the first signal line and the second signal line through via holes; a first wiring area, located at a side of the first transitional display area away from the light-transmitting area; a sixth signal line, located in the first wiring area; and second wiring areas located at both sides of the light-transmitting area and the first transitional display area in the column direction, wherein the first wiring area and the second wiring areas form a rectangle surrounding around the first transitional display area and the light-transmitting area; wherein the third signal line is also located in one of the second wiring areas, and extends to the one of the second wiring areas along the column direction and to the first wiring area along the row direction; and the sixth signal line is also located in one of the second wiring areas, and extends to the one of the second wiring areas along the column direction and to the first wiring area along the row direction.

2 . The display panel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first main display area is also located at a side of the first wiring area in the column direction, and the second main display area is also located at the other side of the first wiring area in the column direction; and the third signal line is at least partially located in the first wiring area.

3 . The display panel according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a second light-emitting unit located in the first wiring area; a second pixel driving circuit located in the first transitional display area, for providing a driving current to the second light-emitting unit; a fourth signal line extending along the column direction, and at least partially located in the first main display area, for providing a driving signal to a pixel driving circuit located in the same sub-pixel column as the second pixel driving circuit; and a fifth signal line extending along the column direction, and at least partially located in the second main display area, for providing a driving signal to the pixel driving circuit located in the same sub-pixel column as the second pixel driving circuit; wherein the sixth signal line is connected with the fourth signal line and the fifth signal line through via holes, respectively.

4 . The display panel according to claim 3 , wherein a plurality of third signal lines and a plurality of sixth signal lines are provided, and the plurality of third signal lines and the plurality of sixth signal lines form a plurality of transfer lines comprising a plurality of first transfer lines and a plurality of second transfer lines;
the display panel also comprises: a base substrate; a first conductive layer arranged at a side of the base substrate, at least a part of the first conductive layer is configured to form the first transfer line; a second conductive layer arranged at a side of the first conductive layer away from the base substrate, and at least a part of the second conductive layer is configured to form the second transfer line; a third conductive layer arranged at a side of the second conductive layer away from the base substrate, at least a part of the third conductive layer is configured to form the first signal line, the second signal line, the fourth signal line and the fifth signal line; wherein an orthographic projection of the first transfer line on the base substrate and an orthographic projection of the second transfer line on the base substrate are sequentially alternately distributed in the vertical direction of an extending direction thereof.

5 . The display panel according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a seventh signal line extending along the row direction and located at a side of the first wiring area away from the light-transmitting area, the seventh signal line being formed by a part of the first conductive layer or a part of the second conductive layer; an eighth signal line extending along the row direction and at least partially located in the first transitional display area, the eighth signal line being formed by a part of the first conductive layer or a part of the second conductive layer; and a ninth signal line extending along the row direction and located in the first wiring area, the ninth signal line is formed by a part of the third conductive layer, and is respectively connected with the seventh signal line and the eighth signal line through via holes.

6 . The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the first main display area and the second main display area have the same pixel density, and the first wiring area, the first transitional display area and the light-transmitting area have the same pixel density;
the pixel density of the first main display area is larger than the pixel density of the light-transmitting area.

7 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of first light-emitting units and a plurality of first pixel driving circuits are provided, the first pixel driving circuits and the first light-emitting units connected thereto are located in the same row, and each of the first pixel driving circuits is spaced apart from a first light-emitting unit connected thereto by the same sub-pixel column in the row direction.

8 . The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising a second transitional display area arranged adjacent to a side of the second wiring area in the column direction, and further comprising:
a fifth light-emitting unit located in the second wiring area; a fifth pixel driving circuit located in the second transitional display area, for providing a driving current to the fifth light-emitting unit.

9 . The display panel according to claim 8 , further comprising a sixth sub-pixel located in the second transitional display area, the sixth sub-pixel comprising:
a sixth light-emitting unit; a sixth pixel driving circuit for providing a driving current to the sixth light-emitting unit; the sixth pixel driving circuit and the fifth pixel driving circuit being located in different sub-pixel columns.

10 . The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein a plurality of fifth pixel driving circuits and a plurality of fifth light-emitting units are provided, and each of the fifth pixel driving circuits is spaced apart from a f

Assignees

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

Inventors

• Huang Yao
• Qiu Yuanyou
• Wang Zhi

Classifications

• H10K59/65

  OLEDs integrated with inorganic image sensors · CPC title

• G09G3/3233

  with pixel circuitry controlling the current through the light-emitting element · CPC title

• H10K59/121

  characterised by the geometry or disposition of pixel elements · CPC title

• G09G2300/0426

  Layout of electrodes and connections · CPC title

• G09G2320/0233

  Improving the luminance or brightness uniformity across the screen · CPC title