IP Library Granted Patent US 12707722
Granted Patent B2
US 12707722 · App. 18/443,275 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Display panel and display device

Inventors: Min-June Jang (Paju-si, KR); MiYoung Son (Paju-si, KR); Hongjae Shin (Paju-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
H10D86/60G09G3/3233G09G3/3266H10D86/443G09G2300/0408G09G2300/0413G09G2300/0819G09G2300/0842G09G2310/0291G09G2330/04
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12707722
App. No.
18/443,275
Filed
Feb 15, 2024
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Examiner
KHOO, STACY
Art Unit
2624
USPC
345/211
Abstract

A display panel comprises a substrate including a display area where a plurality of subpixels are disposed, a gate driving circuit disposed in a non-display area outside the display area to supply a plurality of scan signals to the plurality of subpixels, and a plurality of pads disposed in the non-display area and coupled with a plurality of signal lines electrically connected to the gate driving circuit and an electrostatic discharge unit, wherein the plurality of pads include a clock pad connected with a clock signal line, a first line pad connected with a plurality of first power lines and where at least one low-potential signal line is disposed between adjacent gate high-potential voltage lines among the plurality of first power lines, and a second line pad connected with a plurality of second power lines.

Claims (103)

1 . A display panel, comprising:

a substrate including a display area where a plurality of subpixels are disposed;

a gate driving circuit in a non-display area that is outside the display area, the gate driving circuit configured to supply a plurality of scan signals to the plurality of subpixels; and

a plurality of pads in the non-display area and coupled with a plurality of signal lines that are electrically connected to the gate driving circuit, the plurality of pads including:

a clock pad connected with a clock signal line;

a first line pad connected with a plurality of first power lines and at least one low-potential signal line is between adjacent gate high-potential voltage lines among the plurality of first power lines; and

a second line pad connected with a plurality of second power lines,

wherein the clock signal line includes a carry clock signal line, a scan clock signal line, and a sensing clock signal line, and the scan clock signal line is positioned between the carry clock signal line and the sensing clock signal line, and

wherein a width of the scan clock signal line is larger than a width of the carry clock signal line, and a width of the sensing clock signal line is larger than the width of the carry clock signal line.

2 . The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the gate driving circuit includes a plurality of gate driving panel circuits generating at least one scan signal.

3 . The display panel of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of gate driving panel circuits include a first gate driving panel circuit and a second gate driving panel circuit,

wherein when a first node of the first gate driving panel circuit has a high-level voltage, the first gate driving panel circuit outputs a first scan signal having the high-level voltage, and when a first node of the second gate driving panel circuit has the high-level voltage, the second gate driving panel circuit outputs a second scan signal having the high-level voltage.

4 . The display panel of claim 3 , wherein a high-level voltage section of the first scan signal and a high-level voltage section of the second scan signal temporally overlap each other.

5 . The display panel of claim 4 , wherein a temporal length of the high-level voltage section of each of the first scan signal and the second scan signal is a 2-horizontal time length, and

wherein the high-level voltage section of the first scan signal overlaps the high-level voltage section of the second scan signal for a 1 horizontal time.

6 . The display panel of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of gate driving panel circuits include:

an output buffer block configured to output the at least one scan signal according to a voltage state of a first node and a second node;

a logic block configured to control voltages of the first node and the second node; and

a real-time sensing control block configured to control the logic block to perform real-time sensing driving.

7 . The display panel of claim 6 , wherein the first node is a Q node that controls a pull-up transistor of the output buffer block.

8 . The display panel of claim 7 , wherein the pull-up transistor of the output buffer block includes a carry pull-up transistor, a scan pull-up transistor, and a sensing pull-up transistor, and

wherein a gate node of the carry pull-up transistor, a gate node of the scan pull-up transistor, and a gate node of the sensing pull-up transistor are connected to each other and electrically connected to the Q node in common.

9 . The display panel of claim 7 , wherein the second node is a QB node that controls a pull-down transistor of the output buffer block.

10 . The display panel of claim 9 , wherein the pull-down transistor of the output buffer block includes a carry pull-down transistor, a scan pull-down transistor, and a sensing pull-down transistor, and

wherein a gate node of the carry pull-down transistor, a gate node of the scan pull-down transistor, and a gate node of the sensing pull-down transistor are connected to each other and electrically connected to the QB node in common.

11 . The display panel of claim 6 , wherein the output buffer block includes:

a carry output buffer configured to output a carry signal; and

a scan output buffer configured to output the at least one scan signal.

12 . The display panel of claim 11 , wherein the output buffer block further includes:

a sensing output buffer configured to output a sensing signal having a turn-on level voltage or a turn-off level voltage.

13 . The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the clock pad includes:

a carry clock pad connected with a carry clock signal line that transfers a carry clock signal to the gate driving circuit; and

a scan clock pad connected with a scan clock signal line that transfers a scan clock signal to the gate driving circuit.

14 . The display panel of claim 13 , wherein the clock pad further includes:

a sensing clock pad connected to a sensing clock signal line that transfers a sensing clock signal to the gate driving circuit.

15 . The display panel of claim 6 , wherein the first line pad includes:

a gate high-potential voltage pad connected with a gate high-potential voltage line that transfers a gate high-potential voltage to the gate driving circuit;

a start signal pad connected with a start signal line that transfers a start signal to the gate driving circuit;

a reset signal pad connected with a reset signal line that transfers a reset signal to the gate driving circuit; and

a line selection signal pad connected with a line selection signal line that transfers a line selection signal to the gate driving circuit.

16 . A display panel comprising:

a substrate including a display area where a plurality of subpixels are disposed;

a gate driving circuit in a non-display area that is outside the display area, the gate driving circuit includes a plurality of gate driving panel circuits configured to supply a plurality of scan signals to the plurality of subpixels; and

a plurality of pads in the non-display area and coupled with a plurality of signal lines that are electrically connected to the gate driving circuit,

wherein the plurality of pads include:

a clock pad connected with a clock signal line;

a first line pad connected with a plurality of first power lines and at least one low-potential signal line is between adjacent gate high-potential voltage lines among the plurality of first power lines; and

a second line pad connected with a plurality of second power lines,

wherein the first line pad includes:

a gate high-potential voltage pad connected with a gate high-potential voltage line that transfers a gate high-potential voltage to the gate driving circuit;

a start signal pad connected with a start signal line that transfers a start signal to the gate driving circuit;

a reset signal pad connected with a reset signal line that transfers a reset signal to the gate driving circuit; and

a line selection signal pad connected with a line selection signal line that transfers a line selection signal to the gate driving circuit,

wherein the gate high-potential voltage line includes:

a first gate high-potential voltage line that transfers a first gate high-potential voltage that charges a first node;

a second gate high-potential voltage line that transfers a second gate high-potential voltage that stabilizes a transistor controlling the first node; and

a third gate high-potential voltage line that transfers a third gate high-potential voltage that charges a second node.

17 . The display panel of claim 16 , wherein the second gate high-potential voltage line includes:

a 2-1th gate high-potential voltage line that transfers a 2-1th gate high-potential voltage applied at a high level at an odd-numbered horizontal time; and

a 2-2th gate high-potential voltage line that transfers a 2-2th gate high-potential voltage applied at a high level at an even-numbered horizontal time.

18 . The display panel of claim 17 , wherein the plurality of gate driving panel circuits include:

an output buffer block configured to output at least one scan signal according to a voltage state of the first node and the second node;

a logic block configured to control voltages of the first node and the second node; and

a real-time sensing control block configured to control the logic block to perform real-time sensing driving,

wherein the logic block include:

a first group of transistors outputting a scan signal by the 2-1th gate high-potential voltage; and

a second group of transistors outputting a scan signal by the 2-2th gate high-potential voltage.

19 . The display panel of claim 18 , wherein the first group of transistors and the second group of transistors are alternately driven.

20 . The display panel of claim 19 , wherein the first group of transistors are driven at the odd-numbered horizontal time, and the second group of transistors are driven at the even-numbered horizontal time.

21 . The display panel of claim 17 , wherein the start signal line is between the 2-1th gate high-potential voltage line and the 2-2th gate high-potential voltage line.

22 . The display panel of claim 17 , wherein the reset signal line is between the 2-1th gate high-potential voltage line and the 2-2th gate high-potential voltage line.

23 . The display panel of claim 1 , further comprising:

an electrostatic discharge circuit in the non-display area; and

an additional pad connected with an electrostatic discharge high-potential voltage line that transfers an electrostatic discharge high-potential voltage to the electrostatic discharge circuit and an electrostatic discharge low-potential voltage line that transfers an electrostatic discharge low-potential voltage to the electrostatic discharge circuit.

24 . The display panel of claim 23 , wherein the additional pad includes:

an electrostatic discharge high-potential voltage pad connected with the electrostatic discharge high-potential voltage line;

an electrostatic discharge low-potential voltage pad connected with the electrostatic discharge low-potential voltage line; and

at least one dummy pad positioned between the electrostatic discharge high-potential voltage pad and the electrostatic discharge low-potential voltage pad.

25 . The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the second line pad includes:

a first gate low-potential voltage pad connected with a first gate low-potential voltage line that transfers a first gate low-potential voltage to the gate driving circuit;

a second gate low-potential voltage pad connected with a second gate low-potential voltage line that transfers a second gate low-potential voltage to the gate driving circuit; and

a third gate low-potential voltage pad connected with a third gate low-potential voltage line that transfers a third gate low-potential voltage to the gate driving circuit.

26 . The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the clock signal line and a first power line from the plurality of first power lines are on one side of the gate driving circuit, and a second power line from the plurality of second power lines is on another side of the gate driving circuit.

27 . The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of pads further include a second additional pad between the second line pad and the display area.

28 . The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of pads further include a ground pad that is further outside the clock pad.

29 . A display device, comprising:

a display panel including a plurality of subpixels in a display area and a plurality of pads coupled with a plurality of signal lines in a non-display area that is outside the display area;

a gate driving circuit configured to supply a plurality of scan signals to the display panel through a plurality of gate lines;

a data driving circuit configured to supply a plurality of data voltages to the display panel through a plurality of data lines; and

a controller configured to control the gate driving circuit and the data driving circuit,

wherein the plurality of pads include:

a clock pad connected with a clock signal line;

a first line pad connected with a plurality of first power lines where at least one low-potential signal line is between adjacent gate high-potential voltage lines among the plurality of first power lines; and

a second line pad connected with a plurality of second power lines,

wherein the first line pad includes:

a gate high-potential voltage pad connected with a gate high-potential voltage line that transfers a gate high-potential voltage to the gate driving circuit;

a start signal pad connected with a start signal line that transfers a start signal to the gate driving circuit;

a reset signal pad connected with a reset signal line that transfers a reset signal to the gate driving circuit; and

a line selection signal pad connected with a line selection signal line that transfers a line selection signal to the gate driving circuit,

wherein the gate high-potential voltage line includes:

a first gate high-potential voltage line that transfers a first gate high-potential voltage that charges a first node;

a second gate high-potential voltage line that transfers a second gate high-potential voltage that stabilizes a transistor controlling the first node; and

a third gate high-potential voltage line that transfers a third gate high-potential voltage that charges a second node.