Display panels and display devices including photosensitive layer in non-light-emitting area
View Patent ↗A display panel includes a substrate, a first semiconductor layer, an insulating isolation layer, a photosensitive layer, a second semiconductor layer and a light-emitting layer. The first semiconductor layer includes a first electrode in a non-light-emitting area. The insulating isolation layer includes a first opening disposed corresponding to the first electrode. The second semiconductor layer includes a second electrode disposed corresponding to the first opening. A photosensitive portion is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and connected to both of them.
1 . A display panel, having light-emitting areas and at least one non-light-emitting area between the light-emitting areas, the display panel comprising:
a substrate;
a first semiconductor layer provided on a side of the substrate, wherein the first semiconductor layer comprises a first active portion provided in each of the light-emitting areas and a first electrode provided in the non-light-emitting area, the first active portion comprises a first semiconductor material, and the first electrode comprises the first semiconductor material that is conductorized;
an insulating isolation layer provided on a side of the first semiconductor layer away from the substrate, wherein the insulating isolation layer comprises a first opening provided in the non-light-emitting area to correspond to the first electrode, and the first opening exposes a surface of the first electrode on a side away from the substrate;
a photosensitive layer provided on a side of the insulating isolation layer away from the substrate, wherein the photosensitive layer comprises a photosensitive portion provided corresponding to the first opening;
a second semiconductor layer provided on a side of the insulating isolation layer and the photosensitive layer away from the substrate, wherein the second semiconductor layer comprises a second active portion provided in the each of the light-emitting areas and a second electrode provided corresponding to the first opening, the second active portion comprises a second semiconductor material, the second electrode comprises the second semiconductor material that is conductorized, and the photosensitive portion is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode; and
a light-emitting layer provided on a side of the second semiconductor layer away from the substrate, wherein the light-emitting layer comprises one or more light-emitting devices provided in the each of the light-emitting areas.
2 . The display panel of claim 1 , further comprising:
a photosensitive drive transistor provided in the non-light-emitting area,
wherein the first semiconductor layer further comprises a drive active portion of the photosensitive drive transistor, and the drive active portion comprises a drive channel, and a source connecting portion and a drain connecting portion provided respectively on both sides of the drive channel, and
wherein the drain connecting portion is electrically connected to a drain of the photosensitive drive transistor, and at least part of the source connecting portion is serves as the first electrode; or, the source connecting portion is electrically connected to a source of the photosensitive drive transistor, and at least part of the drain connecting portion serves as the first electrode.
3 . The display panel of claim 2 , wherein the second electrode is a transparent electrode formed of transparent material.
4 . The display panel of claim 2 , wherein the photosensitive portion overlaps a sidewall of the first opening and is connected to the first electrode through the first opening.
5 . The display panel of claim 2 , wherein a sidewall of the first opening is angled at an acute angle of 30° to 80° with respect to the substrate.
6 . The display panel of claim 2 , further comprising:
a pixel-defining layer provided on the second semiconductor layer,
wherein a second opening corresponding to the photosensitive portion is formed in the pixel-defining layer; and
the second opening is filled with an insulating material, and an orthographic projection of the insulating material within the second opening on the photosensitive layer is within the photosensitive portion.
7 . The display panel of claim 6 , wherein a projected area of the photosensitive portion on the substrate is greater than a projected area of the second opening on the substrate.
8 . The display panel of claim 6 , further comprising:
a color filter layer provided on the pixel-defining layer,
wherein a third opening corresponding to the second opening is formed in a black matrix of the color filter layer, and a diameter of a circumcircle of the third opening is smaller than a diameter of a circumcircle of the second opening.
9 . The display panel of claim 8 , wherein the diameter of the circumcircle of the third opening is of 2 μm to 20 μm.
10 . The display panel of claim 8 , wherein a plurality of fourth openings respectively corresponding to the light-emitting devices are formed in the black matrix and, each of the plurality of fourth openings is filled with a first color resist block; and
wherein a diameter of a circumcircle of each of the fourth openings is larger than the diameter of the circumcircle of the third opening.
11 . The display panel of claim 10 , wherein the third opening is filled with a second color resist block, and the second color resist block comprises one of a blue color resist and a green color resist.
12 . The display panel of claim 8 , further comprising:
a touch metal layer between the pixel-defining layer and the color filter layer,
wherein the touch metal layer comprises a plurality of first conductors and a plurality of second conductors, the first conductors and the second conductors constituting touch electrodes; and
respective orthographic projections of the plurality of first conductors and the plurality of second conductors on the color filter layer are within the black matrix.
13 . The display panel of claim 2 , wherein a first sub-pixel is provided in the each of the light-emitting areas, the first sub-pixel comprising a first pixel driving portion; and
the first pixel driving portion comprises:
the first active portion comprising a first channel and first conductor portions provided respectively on both sides of the first channel; and
the second active portion comprising a second channel and second conductor portions provided respectively on both sides of the second channel,
wherein an orthographic projection of the first active portion on the substrate has no overlap with an orthographic projection of the second active portion on the substrate; and
the first active portion and the first electrode are provided on a surface of a first insulating film layer, and the second active portion and at least part of the second electrode are provided on a surface of a second insulating film layer.
14 . The display panel of claim 13 , further comprising a first light-shielding portion provided in the non-light-emitting area and between the drive active portion and the substrate,
wherein an orthographic projection of each of the photosensitive portion and the drive channel on the first light-shielding portion is within the first light-shielding portion.
15 . The display panel of claim 14 , wherein the first sub-pixel further comprises a second light-shielding portion provided between the substrate and the first active portion,
wherein an orthographic projection of the first active portion on the second light-shielding portion is within the second light-shielding portion; and
the first light-shielding portion and the second light-shielding portion are provided on a surface of a third insulating film layer and spaced apart from each other.
16 . The display panel of claim 15 , wherein an orthographic projection of the second active portion on the second light-shielding portion is within the second light-shielding portion.
17 . The display panel of claim 15 , wherein an orthographic projection of the second active portion on the first light-shielding portion is within the first light-shielding portion.
18 . The display panel of claim 13 , wherein a length of the first channel is greater than a length of the drive channel.
19 . The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the first semiconductor material comprises one of low-temperature polysilicon and metal oxide, and the second semiconductor material comprises an other one of the low-temperature polysilicon and the metal oxide.
20 . A display device, comprising a display panel having light-emitting areas and at least one non-light-emitting area between the light-emitting areas, wherein the display panel comprises:
a substrate;
a first semiconductor layer provided on a side of the substrate, wherein the first semiconductor layer comprises a first active portion provided in each of the light-emitting areas and a first electrode provided in the non-light-emitting area, the first active portion comprises a first semiconductor material, and the first electrode comprises the first semiconductor material that is conductorized;
an insulating isolation layer provided on a side of the first semiconductor layer away from the substrate, wherein the insulating isolation layer comprises a first opening provided in the non-light-emitting area to correspond to the first electrode, and the first opening exposes a surface of the first electrode on a side away from the substrate;
a photosensitive layer provided on a side of the insulating isolation layer away from the substrate, wherein the photosensitive layer comprises a photosensitive portion provided corresponding to the first opening;
a second semiconductor layer provided on a side of the insulating isolation layer and the photosensitive layer away from the substrate, wherein the second semiconductor layer comprises a second active portion provided in the each of the light-emitting areas and a second electrode provided corresponding to the first opening, the second active portion comprises a second semiconductor material, the second electrode comprises the second semiconductor material that is conductorized, and the photosensitive portion is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode; and
a light-emitting layer provided on a side of the second semiconductor layer away from the substrate, wherein the light-emitting layer comprises one or more light-emitting devices provided in the each of the light-emitting areas.