IP Library Granted Patent US 12713765
Granted Patent B2
US 12713765 · App. 17/978,094 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Display panel and display device

Inventor: Guofeng Zhang (Wuhan, CN)
Assignee: Hubei Yangtze Industrial Innovation Center Of Advanced Display Co., Ltd.
H10K59/1213G09G3/3225H10K59/126H10K59/131
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Patent No.
US 12713765
App. No.
17/978,094
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a display panel, including a substrate, a pixel driving circuit, a planarization layer, and a display area. The planarization layer is arranged on a side of the pixel driving circuit away from the substrate. The planarization layer includes a first area and a second area. The first area and the second area are in a direction perpendicular to the substrate. A vertical distance from a surface of the first area away from the substrate to the substrate is greater than a vertical distance from a surface of the second area away from the substrate to the substrate. The display area includes a second light-shielding layer arranged between the substrate and the planarization layer. In the direction perpendicular to the substrate, a projection of the second light-shielding layer partially overlaps with a projection of the first area.

Claims (82)

1 . A display panel, comprising:

a substrate;

a pixel driving circuit;

a planarization layer arranged on a side of the pixel driving circuit away from the substrate, including:

a plurality of first regions; and

a plurality of second regions, the first regions and the second regions being in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, a vertical distance from top surfaces of the first regions of the planarization layer away from the substrate to the substrate being greater than a vertical distance from top surfaces of the second regions of the planarization layer away from the substrate to the substrate; and

a display area including a second light-shielding layer arranged between the substrate and the planarization layer,

wherein:

the display panel includes a first display area, and the first display area includes a light transmissive area and a light non-transmissive area;

in the light transmissive area, there are at least one first region and at least one second region, in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, a projection of the second light-shielding layer at least partially overlaps with a projection of the at least one first region but does not overlap with a projection of the at least one second region, or a thickness of a portion of the second light-shielding layer overlapping with the at least one first region is larger than a thickness of a portion of the second light-shielding layer overlapping with the at least one second region; and

the display panel further includes a first light-shielding layer, and in the light non-transmissive area, there are at least one first region and at least one second region, in the direction perpendicular to the substrate, a projection of the first light-shielding layer overlaps with both the projection of the at least one first region and the projection of the at least one second region; or in the light non-transmissive region, in the direction perpendicular to the substrate, the projection of the second light-shielding layer overlaps with both the projection of the at least one first region and the projection of the at least one second region.

2 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:

the second light-shielding layer is provided in a same layer as any metal layer between the substrate and the planarization layer.

3 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the projection of the first light-shielding layer partially overlapping with a projection of the pixel driving circuit.

4 . The display panel according to claim 3 , wherein:

the first light-shielding layer and the second-shielding layer are arranged on a same layer.

5 . The display panel according to claim 3 , wherein:

the first light-shielding layer includes a first sub-light-shielding layer, a material of the first sub-light-shielding layer including a black light-shielding material.

6 . The display panel according to claim 5 , wherein:

the first light-shielding layer further includes a second sub-light-shielding layer arranged on a side of the first sub-light-shielding layer away from the substrate, a material of the second sub-light-shielding layer including a metal material, a projection of the second sub-shielding-layer overlapping with a projection of the first sub-shielding layer in the direction perpendicular to the substrate.

7 . The display panel according to claim 6 , wherein:

a part of the first sub-light-shielding layer does not overlap with the second sub-light-shielding layer in the direction perpendicular to the substrate.

8 . The display panel according to claim 6 , wherein:

the second sub-light-shielding layer is connected to a power supply voltage or a reference voltage of the display panel.

9 . The display panel according to claim 5 , wherein:

the first light-shielding layer further includes a second sub-light-shielding layer; and

the pixel driving circuit includes a first capacitor including:

a first electrode plate connected to a power supply voltage; and

a second electrode plate, the second sub-light-shielding layer and the second electrode plate forming a second capacitor.

10 . The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein:

the second sub-light-shielding layer is connected to the first electrode plate through a first via-hole, a connection part, and a second via-hole; and

the connection part connects the first via-hole and the second via-hole; and

the connection part is arranged on a same layer with any one metal layer arranged between the second sub-light-shielding layer and the first electrode plate.

11 . A display panel, comprising:

a substrate;

a pixel driving circuit;

a light-emitting structure layer; and

a display area including:

a first display area including a first light-shielding layer; and

a second display area including a third light-shielding layer, in a direction perpendicular to the substrate:

a projection of the first light-shielding layer at least partially overlapping with a projection of the pixel driving circuit; and

a projection of the third light-shielding layer at least partially overlapping with the projection of the pixel driving circuit and the projection of the first light-shielding layer,

wherein:

the first display area includes a light transmissive area and a light non-transmissive area and the second display area does not include a light transmissive area;

the light non-transmissive area of the first display area and the third display area both include the light-emitting structure layer;

the light non-transmissive area of the first display area includes the first light-shielding layer, and in the direction perpendicular to the substrate, the projection of the first light-shielding layer overlaps with a projection of the light-emitting structure layer in the first display area;

the light transmissive area of the first display includes a second light-shielding layer, and in the direction perpendicular to the substrate, a projection of the second light-shielding layer does not overlap with the projection of the light-emitting structure layer in the first display area;

the third display area is located in an area adjacent to the first display area and the second display area, and in the direction perpendicular to the substrate, a projection of the third display area overlaps with a projection of the light-emitting structure layer in the second display area; and

in the direction perpendicular to the substrate, a thickness of the first light-shielding layer is greater than a thickness of the third light-shielding layer, and/or a projection area of the first light-shielding layer is greater than a projection area of the third light-shielding layer.

12 . The display panel according to claim 11 , wherein in a direction moving away from the first display area to the second display area, a projection area of the another light-shielding layer in the direction perpendicular to the substrate decreases gradually; and/or

in the direction moving away from the first display area to the second display area, a thickness of the another light-shielding layer in the direction perpendicular to the substrate decreases gradually.

13 . The display panel according to claim 11 , wherein:

the first light-shielding layer includes a first sub-light-shielding layer, a material of the first sub-light-shielding layer being a black light-shielding material.

14 . The display panel according to claim 13 , wherein:

the first light-shielding layer further includes a second sub-light-shielding layer arranged on a side of the first sub-light-shielding layer away from the substrate;

the second sub-light-shielding layer includes a metal material; and

in the direction perpendicular to the substrate, a projection of the second sub-light-shielding layer partially overlaps with a projection of the first sub-light-shielding layer.

15 . The display panel according to claim 14 , wherein:

in the direction perpendicular to the substrate, a part of the first sub-light-shielding layer does not overlap with the second sub-light-shielding layer.

16 . The display panel according to claim 14 , wherein:

the second sub-light-shielding layer is connected to a power supply voltage or a reference voltage of the display panel.

17 . The display panel according to claim 13 , wherein:

the first light-shielding layer further includes a second sub-light-shielding layer; and

the pixel driving circuit includes a first capacitor including:

a first electrode plate connected to the power supply voltage; and

a second electrode plate, the second sub-light-shielding layer and the second electrode plate forming a second capacitor.

18 . The display panel according to claim 17 , wherein:

the second sub-light-shielding layer is connected to the first electrode plate through a first via-hole, a connection part, and a second via-hole;

the connection part connects the first via-hole and the second via-hole; and

the connection part is arranged on a same layer with any one metal layer between the second sub-light-shielding layer and the first electrode plate.

19 . A display device, comprising a display panel including:

a substrate;

a pixel driving circuit;

a planarization layer arranged on a side of the pixel driving circuit away from the substrate, including:

a plurality of first regions; and

a plurality of second regions, the first regions and the second regions being in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, a vertical distance from top surfaces of the first regions of the planarization layer away from the substrate to the substrate being greater than a vertical distance from top surfaces of the second regions of the planarization layer away from the substrate to the substrate; and

a display area including a second light-shielding layer arranged between the substrate and the planarization layer,

wherein:

the display panel includes a first display area, and the first display area includes a light transmissive area and a light non-transmissive area;

in the light transmissive area, there are at least one first region and at least one second region, in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, a projection of the second light-shielding layer at least partially overlaps with a projection of the at least one first region but does not overlap with a projection of the at least one second region, or a thickness of a portion of the second light-shielding layer overlapping with the at least one first region is larger than a thickness of a portion of the second light-shielding layer overlapping with the at least one second region; and

the display panel further includes a first light-shielding layer, and in the light non-transmissive area, there are at least one first region and at least one second region, in the direction perpendicular to the substrate, a projection of the first light-shielding layer overlaps with both the projection of the at least one first region and the projection of the at least one second region; or in the light non-transmissive region, in the direction perpendicular to the substrate, the projection of the second light-shielding layer overlaps with both the projection of the at least one first region and the projection of the at least one second region.