Flexible display panel and manufacturing method therefor, display apparatus, and tiled display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12563918-B2
Application number	US-202117796440-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 9, 2021
Priority date	Sep 27, 2020
Publication date	Feb 24, 2026
Grant date	Feb 24, 2026

Abstract

A flexible display panel has a display area and a peripheral area located around the display area. The peripheral area includes at least one bendable region and a foldable region located on a side of each bendable region away from the display area. The flexible display panel includes a flexible substrate, and a bezel circuit that is disposed on the flexible substrate and located in the peripheral area. At least a portion of the bezel circuit is located in the foldable area. A portion of the flexible display panel located in the foldable region is configured to be folded toward a direction away from a display side of the flexible display panel through a portion of the flexible display panel located in the bendable region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A flexible display panel, having a display area and a peripheral area located around the display area, wherein the peripheral area includes at least one bendable region and at least one foldable region located on a side of the at least one bendable region away from the display area, the at least one bendable region and the at least one foldable region are in one-to-one correspondence;
the flexible display panel comprises: a flexible substrate, and a bezel circuit that is disposed on the flexible substrate and located in the peripheral area, and at least a portion of the bezel circuit is located in a foldable region of the at least one foldable region; and a portion of the flexible display panel located in the foldable region is configured to be folded toward a direction away from a display side of the flexible display panel through a portion of the flexible display panel located in a corresponding bendable region of the at least one bendable region; wherein a width of a bendable region of the at least one bendable region is in a range of 1.0 mm to 1.5 mm, inclusive; and the bezel circuit includes a cathode signal line, and a width of the cathode signal line is in a range of 2.0 mm to 3.5 mm, inclusive.

2 . The flexible display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising: a plurality of insulating layers disposed on the flexible substrate, wherein a material of each insulating layer is an inorganic material, at least one insulating layer of the plurality of insulating layers includes at least one groove located in a bendable region of the at least one bendable region therein, and the at least one groove is filled with an organic material.

3 . The flexible display panel according to claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the cathode signal line is located in the foldable region.

4 . The flexible display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the cathode signal line is arranged around the display area; or
the display area is in a shape of a rectangle and the cathode signal line is arranged around three sides of the display area.

5 . The flexible display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the bezel circuit includes a plurality of signal lines and at least one circuit group that are disposed on the flexible substrate; a circuit group of the at least one circuit group includes at least one gate driving circuit located in the foldable region, and the at least one gate driving circuit is configured to connect at least some of the plurality of signal lines.

6 . The flexible display panel according to claim 5 , wherein
the circuit group is located on a side of the cathode signal line proximate to the bendable region.

7 . The flexible display panel according to claim 5 , wherein the at least some of the plurality of signal lines include a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of light-emitting control signal lines; and
the circuit group includes a first gate driving circuit and a second gate driving circuit arranged side by side in a first direction, the first gate driving circuit is configured to connect the plurality of gate lines, and the second gate driving circuit is configured to connect the plurality of light-emitting control signal lines; and the first direction is an extending direction of the gate lines.

8 . The flexible display panel according to claim 7 , wherein the at least some of the plurality of signal lines further include a plurality of first reset signal lines, the circuit group further includes a third gate driving circuit, the third gate driving circuit is arranged side by side with the first gate driving circuit and the second gate driving circuit in the first direction, and the third gate driving circuit is configured to connect the plurality of first reset signal lines; or
the at least some of the plurality of signal lines further include a plurality of second reset signal lines, the circuit group further includes a fourth gate driving circuit, the fourth gate driving circuit is arranged side by side with the first gate driving circuit and the second gate driving circuit in the first direction, and the fourth gate driving circuit is configured to connect the plurality of second reset signal lines; or the at least some of the plurality of signal lines further include a plurality of first reset signal lines, the circuit group further includes a third gate driving circuit, the third gate driving circuit is arranged side by side with the first gate driving circuit and the second gate driving circuit in the first direction, and the third gate driving circuit is configured to connect the plurality of first reset signal lines; and the at least some of the plurality of signal lines further include a plurality of second reset signal lines, the circuit group further includes a fourth gate driving circuit, the fourth gate driving circuit is arranged side by side with the first gate driving circuit and the second gate driving circuit in the first direction, and the fourth gate driving circuit is configured to connect the plurality of second reset signal lines.

9 . The flexible display panel according to claim 7 , wherein of the plurality of signal lines, a portion of at least one signal line located in the bendable region includes a plurality of holes arranged at intervals.

10 . The flexible display panel according to claim 9 , wherein the plurality of holes include at least two rows of holes arranged in the first direction, and orthogonal projections of any two holes located in different rows on the flexible substrate are non-overlapping.

11 . The flexible display panel according to claim 9 , wherein an outer contour of the portion of the at least one signal line located in the bendable region includes connected arcs lines; or
an outer contour of the portion of the at least one signal line located in the bendable region includes connected fold lines; or an outer contour of the portion of the at least one signal line located in the bendable region includes connected arcs and fold lines.

12 . The flexible display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one groove includes a plurality of grooves, and the plurality of grooves extend in a thickness direction of the flexible substrate, and distributed in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the flexible substrate, and orthogonal projections of the plurality of grooves on the flexible substrate are non-overlapping.

13 . The flexible display panel according to claim 2 , further comprising: at least one planarization layer disposed on a side of the insulating layers away from the flexible substrate, the at least one planarization layer covering the groove.

14 . A display apparatus, comprising the flexible display panel according to claim 1 , the at least one foldable region of the flexible display panel being located on a non-display side of the flexible display panel.

15 . A tiled display apparatus, comprising a plurality of flexible display panels according to claim 1 , wherein of two adjacent flexible display panels of the plurality of flexible display panels, at least one flexible display panel includes one bendable region and one foldable region on a side thereof proximate to another flexible display panel, and the one foldable region is located on a non-display side of the at least one flexible display panel.

16 . A method for manufacturing a flexible display panel, the flexible display panel having a display area and a peripheral area located around the display area, wherein the peripheral area includes at least one bendable region and at least one foldable re

Assignees

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

Inventors

• Chen Wenbo
• Feng Yuhsiung
• Mou Xin
• Chen Chenyu
• Lu Hongting
• Yang Zhongliu
• Zhao Shuang
• Yang Jing
• Xiang Lian

Classifications

• H10K71/00

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

• H10K59/1201

  Manufacture or treatment · CPC title

• H10K2102/311

  Flexible OLED · CPC title

• H10D84/01

  Manufacture or treatment · CPC title

• H10K77/111

  Flexible substrates · CPC title