Display device
A display device includes a backlight module and a first circuit substrate. The first circuit substrate has a central portion and a first extending portion. The central portion has a first pixel area having first pixel units and a second pixel area having second pixel units. The second pixel units collectively surround the first pixel units. The first extending portion includes a first bending portion and a second bending portion. The first bending portion is connected to a first side of the central portion and configured to be bent to a side surface of the backlight module. The second bending portion is connected to the central portion through the first bending portion and configured to be bent below the backlight module. The second bending portion has a first gate on array communicatively connected to one of the first pixel units and the second pixel units.
1 . A display device, comprising:
a backlight module;
a first circuit substrate being a single continuous substrate and having a central portion and a first extending portion, wherein the central portion has a first pixel area and a second pixel area above the backlight module, the first pixel area has a plurality of first pixel units, the second pixel area has a plurality of second pixel units, and the second pixel units collectively surround the first pixel units, wherein the first extending portion comprises:
a first bending portion connected to a first side of the central portion and configured to be bent to a side surface of the backlight module, wherein one of the second pixel units is at least partially on the first bending portion and is tilted relative to another one of the second pixel units disposed on the central portion, wherein the second pixel units are distributed from the second pixel area of the central portion to the first bending portion across a junction between the central portion and the first bending portion to define a continuous display surface; and
a second bending portion connected to the central portion through the first bending portion and configured to be bent below the backlight module, wherein the second bending portion has a first gate on array, wherein the first gate on array is communicatively connected to both the first pixel units and the second pixel units;
a sealant layer above the central portion of the first circuit substrate, wherein the sealant layer covers at least some of the second pixel units in the second pixel area, surrounds the first pixel area, and exposes the first pixel area; and
a color filter above the sealant layer, wherein the sealant layer interfaces with the first circuit substrate and the color filter.
2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second pixel units of the second pixel area are at least partially between the first extending portion and the first pixel area.
3 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first pixel units and the second pixel units are electrically connected to the first circuit substrate.
4 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first gate on array extends from the second bending portion to the first bending portion.
5 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein some of the first pixel units and some of the second pixel units are communicatively connected to the first gate on array.
6 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first circuit substrate has a second gate on array on the first bending portion, wherein some of the first pixel units are communicatively connected to the second gate on array, and some of the second pixel units are communicatively connected to the first gate on array.
7 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first circuit substrate has a first chip on film, wherein some of the first pixel units and some of the second pixel units are communicatively connected to the first chip on film.
8 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein the first circuit substrate further has a second extending portion connected to a second side of the central portion that is different from the first side, and the first chip on film is on the second extending portion.
9 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first circuit substrate further has a first chip on film and a second chip on film, wherein some of the first pixel units are communicatively connected to the first chip on film, and some of the second pixel units are communicatively connected to the second chip on film.
10 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein the first circuit substrate further has a second extending portion connected to a second side of the central portion that is different from the first side, wherein the first chip on film and the second chip on film are on the second extending portion.
11 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein the first circuit substrate further has a second extending portion and a third extending portion connected to opposite sides of the central portion that are different from the first side, respectively, wherein the first chip on film is on the second extending portion, and the second chip on film is on the third extending portion.
12 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a second circuit substrate, wherein the second circuit substrate has a central portion and a first extending portion connected to a first side of the central portion of the second circuit substrate, wherein the first extending portion of the first circuit substrate is at a second side of the second circuit substrate that is different from the first side of the second circuit substrate, and the first extending portion of the first circuit substrate is adjacent to the central portion of the second circuit substrate.
13 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a glass substrate between the first circuit substrate and the backlight module.
14 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a polarizer extending from above the central portion of the first circuit substrate to a side of the first extending portion of the first circuit substrate that is away from the backlight module.
15 . A display device, comprising:
a driving circuit board;
a backlight module above the driving circuit board; and
a first circuit substrate being a single continuous substrate and having a central portion and a first extending portion, wherein the central portion has a first pixel area and a second pixel area above the backlight module, the first pixel area has a plurality of first pixel units, the second pixel area has a plurality of second pixel units, and the second pixel units collectively surround the first pixel units, wherein the first extending portion comprises:
a first bending portion connected to the central portion and extending from the central portion to a side surface of the backlight module, wherein one of the second pixel units is at least partially on the first bending portion and is tilted relative to another one of the second pixel units disposed on the central portion, wherein the second pixel units are distributed from the second pixel area of the central portion to the first bending portion across a junction between the central portion and the first bending portion to define a continuous display surface; and
a second bending portion connected to the central portion through the first bending portion and extending from the first bending portion to the driving circuit board, wherein at least one of the first pixel units and the second pixel units is communicatively connected to the driving circuit board through the first extending portion;
a sealant layer above the central portion of the first circuit substrate, wherein the sealant layer covers some of the second pixel units in the second pixel area and exposes the first pixel area and the one of the second pixel units that is tilted; and
a color filter vertically above the sealant layer, the first pixel area, and the second pixel area.
16 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein the first circuit substrate further comprises a first gate on array and a flexible circuit board on the second bending portion, wherein the at least one of the first pixel units and the second pixel units is communicatively connected to the first gate on array, and the first gate on array is communicatively connected to the driving circuit board through the flexible circuit board.
17 . The display device of claim 16 , wherein some of the first pixel units and some of the second pixel units are communicatively connected to the first gate on array.
18 . The display device of claim 16 , wherein the first circuit substrate has a second gate on array on the first bending portion and communicatively connected to the driving circuit board through the flexible circuit board, wherein some of the first pixel units are communicatively connected to the second gate on array, and some of the second pixel units are communicatively connected to the first gate on array.
19 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein the first circuit substrate has a chip on film, wherein some of the first pixel units and some of the second pixel units are communicatively connected to the chip on film.