IP Library Granted Patent US 10,700,142
Granted Patent B2
US 10,700,142 · App. 15/961,850 · Granted Jun 30, 2020

Organic electroluminescent display panel and display device

Inventors: Min Chen (Shanghai, CN); Kaihong Huang (Xiamen, CN)
Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD.
H01L27/323G06F3/044G06F3/0412H01L51/5203G06F2203/04111H01L27/32H01L51/0541H01L51/0545
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Patent No.
US 10,700,142
App. No.
15/961,850
Granted
Jun 30, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure discloses an organic electroluminescent display panel and a display device. The display panel includes at least one touch sensing element located in a rounded corner display area of the display panel. An outline of the at least one touch sensing element includes an arc. The arc lies against an outline of the rounded corner of the rounded corner display area. In this way, difference between the outline of the touch pattern of the display panel and the outline of the abnormally shaped display panel can be minimized to reduce the size of parts of touch sensing element(s) going beyond the rounded corner display area that need to be cut off and integrity of the pattern of the touch sensing element(s) can be improved, thus improving quality of response signals and the touch performance at the abnormally shaped edge.

Claims (56)

1. An organic electroluminescent display panel, comprising:

a plurality of touch sensing elements located in a display area of the display panel,

wherein,

an outline of at least one touch sensing element located in a rounded corner display area included in the display area comprises an arc; and

the arc lies against an outline of the rounded corner of the rounded corner display area;

wherein,

each of the touch sensing elements comprises a first touch sensing element and a second touch sensing element;

the first touch sensing element comprises first touch electrodes arranged in a first direction and at least one first connection electrode;

two adjacent first touch electrodes in the first direction are electrically connected via a first connection electrode;

the second touch sensing element comprises second touch electrodes arranged in a second direction and at least one second connection electrode;

two adjacent second touch electrodes in the second direction are electrically connected via a second connection electrode; and

two adjacent first touch electrodes in the first direction are separated by at least one second touch electrode;

wherein the first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes are arranged at a same layer.

2. The organic electroluminescent display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first touch electrodes are driving electrodes and the second touch electrodes are detecting electrodes.

3. The organic electroluminescent display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes are self-capacitive electrodes.

4. The organic electroluminescent display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first touch electrodes, the second touch electrodes, the first connection electrodes, and the second connection electrodes are made of tin indium oxide (ITO).

5. The organic electroluminescent display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first touch electrodes, the second touch electrodes and the second connection electrodes are made of ITO, and the first connection electrodes are made of metal.

6. An organic electroluminescent display panel, comprising:

a plurality of touch sensing elements located in a display area of the display panel,

wherein,

an outline of at least one touch sensing element located in a rounded corner display area included in the display area comprises an arc; and

the arc lies against an outline of the rounded corner of the rounded corner display area;

wherein,

each of the touch sensing elements comprises a first touch sensing element and a second touch sensing element;

the first touch sensing element comprises first touch electrodes arranged in a first direction and at least one first connection electrode;

two adjacent first touch electrodes in the first direction are electrically connected via a first connection electrode;

the second touch sensing element comprises second touch electrodes arranged in a second direction and at least one second connection electrode;

two adjacent second touch electrodes in the second direction are electrically connected via a second connection electrode; and

two adjacent first touch electrodes in the first direction are separated by at least one second touch electrode;

wherein the touch sensing elements further comprise dummy electrodes each located between a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode adjacent thereto.

7. The organic electroluminescent display panel according to claim 6 , wherein an outline of one of the dummy electrodes and a first touch electrode adjacent thereto comprises the arc.

8. The organic electroluminescent display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a curvature ρ 1 of the outline of the rounded corner of the rounded corner display area is greater than or equals to a curvature ρ 2 of the arc.

9. The organic electroluminescent display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a curvature ρ 1 of the outline of the rounded corner of the rounded corner display area is between 4.5 mm and 10 mm, and a curvature ρ 2 of the arc is between 3.7 mm and 5.2 mm.

10. The organic electroluminescent display panel according to claim 6 , wherein each dummy electrode is segmented into dummy sub-electrodes, and some of the dummy sub-electrodes are shared by two adjacent first touch electrodes in the second direction.

11. The organic electroluminescent display panel according to claim 6 , wherein the dummy electrodes, the first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes are made of a same material.

12. The organic electroluminescent display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a central spacing between two adjacent first touch electrodes in the first direction equals to a central spacing between two adjacent second touch electrodes in the second direction.

13. The organic electroluminescent display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:

touch sensing elements located in a primary display area of the display panel;

wherein,

the rounded corner display area does not overlap the primary display area; and

an outline of each touch sensing element in the primary display area comprises an arc.

14. The organic electroluminescent display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:

touch sensing elements located in a primary display area of the display panel;

wherein,

the rounded corner display area does not overlap the primary display area; and

an outline of the primary display area is rectangular.

15. The organic electroluminescent display panel according to claim 6 , wherein the first touch electrodes are driving electrodes and the second touch electrodes are detecting electrodes.

16. The organic electroluminescent display panel according to claim 6 , wherein the first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes are self-capacitive electrodes.

17. The organic electroluminescent display panel according to claim 6 , wherein a curvature ρ 1 of the outline of the rounded corner of the rounded corner display area is greater than or equals to a curvature ρ 2 of the arc.

18. The organic electroluminescent display panel according to claim 6 , wherein a curvature ρ 1 of the outline of the rounded corner of the rounded corner display area is between 4.5 mm and 10 mm, and a curvature ρ 2 of the arc is between 3.7 mm and 5.2 mm.

19. The organic electroluminescent display panel according to claim 6 , wherein a central spacing between two adjacent first touch electrodes in the first direction equals to a central spacing between two adjacent second touch electrodes in the second direction.

20. The organic electroluminescent display panel according to claim 6 , further comprising:

touch sensing elements located in a primary display area of the display panel;

wherein,

the rounded corner display area does not overlap the primary display area; and

an outline of each touch sensing element in the primary display area comprises an arc.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2022
From: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO.,LTD.
To: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH
Reel/Frame 059498/0307 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2018
From: CHEN, MIN; HUANG, KAIHONG
To: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045627/0851 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2017 1 1286975 · Dec 7, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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