IP Library Granted Patent US 11,393,882
Granted Patent B2
US 11,393,882 · App. 16/460,279 · Granted Jul 19, 2022

Touch electrode configuration for organic light-emitting display panel

Inventor: Min Chen (Shanghai, CN)
Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH
H01L27/323G06F3/041
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Patent No.
US 11,393,882
App. No.
16/460,279
Granted
Jul 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light-emitting display panel and a display device are provided. The organic light-emitting display panel includes: a plurality of touch electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction; and a plurality of first leads one-to-one corresponding to the plurality of touch electrodes. The first leads are made of a transparent conductive material. The first leads are located in a different layer from the touch electrodes. An insulation layer is disposed between the film layers where the first leads and the touch electrodes are located. Each first lead at least partially overlaps with a corresponding touch electrode in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the organic light-emitting display panel, and is electrically connected to the corresponding touch electrode through a through hole in the insulation layer. The first lead extends in the first direction and is arranged in the second direction.

Claims (45)

1. An organic light-emitting display panel, comprising:

a plurality of first touch electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction;

a plurality of second touch electrodes extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction;

a plurality of first leads one-to-one corresponding to the plurality of first touch electrodes, wherein the plurality of first leads extends in the first direction and is arranged in the second direction, each of the plurality of first leads is made of a transparent conductive material, and the plurality of first leads is located above the plurality of first touch electrodes; each of the plurality of first leads is a continuous structure and has a first end and a second end in the first direction, each of the plurality of first touch electrodes is a continuous structure and has a first end and a second end in the first direction, and each of the plurality of second touch electrodes is a continuous structure; and the plurality of first leads is located in a single layer, and the plurality of first touch electrodes is located in another single layer;

a plurality of second leads one-to-one corresponding to the plurality of first touch electrodes, wherein each of the plurality of second leads has an end that is electrically connected to both a corresponding one of the plurality of first touch electrodes and a corresponding one of the plurality of first leads, and another end that is electrically connected to a driving chip; and

an insulation layer disposed between a film layer where the plurality of first leads is located and a film layer where the plurality of first touch electrodes is located,

wherein in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the organic light-emitting display panel, each of the plurality of first leads at least partially covers a corresponding one of the plurality of first touch electrodes and is electrically connected to the corresponding one of the plurality of first touch electrodes through at least one corresponding through hole in the insulation layer; each of the plurality of first leads is electrically connected to the corresponding one of the plurality of first touch electrodes through the at least one corresponding through hole at a position other than the first end and the second end of the first lead and the first end and the second end of the first touch electrode, and the second end of each of the plurality of first leads and the second end of the corresponding one of the plurality of first touch electrodes are both directly connected to a corresponding second lead of the plurality of second leads that is electrically connected to the driving chip,

wherein the plurality of first touch electrodes are divided into at least one type-A first touch electrode and at least one type B first touch electrode that are arranged in the second direction, the first end of each of the at least one type-A first touch electrode is electrically connected to the corresponding one second lead, and the second end of each of the at least one type-B first touch electrode is electrically connected to the corresponding one second lead, such that each of the at least one type-A first touch electrode and at least one type B first touch electrode is driven simultaneously at a position of the corresponding at least one through hole and at a position of the corresponding second lead connected thereto, and

wherein the organic light-emitting display panel has a display region and a non-display region, the plurality of first leads is located in the display region, and the plurality of second leads is located in the non-display region.

2. The organic light-emitting display panel according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the first direction, each of the plurality of first touch electrodes and each of the plurality of first leads extends from one end of the display region to another end of the display region.

3. The organic light-emitting display panel according to claim 2 , wherein

in the first direction, the non-display region comprises a first region and a second region, the first region and the second region being located at two opposite sides of the display region respectively; and

each of the plurality of first touch electrodes is electrically connected to the corresponding first lead of the plurality of first leads at a position, adjacent to the first region, in the display region, and each of the plurality of first touch electrodes is electrically connected to a corresponding second lead of the plurality of second leads at a position, adjacent to the second region, in the display region.

4. The organic light-emitting display panel according to claim 2 , wherein

in the first direction, the non-display region comprises a first region and a second region, the first region and the second region being located at two opposite sides of the display region respectively;

the plurality of first touch electrodes comprises a plurality of a first type of first touch electrodes and a plurality of a second type of first touch electrodes, and each of the plurality of the first type of first touch electrodes and each of the plurality of the second type of first touch electrodes are alternately arranged in the second direction;

each of the plurality of the first type of first touch electrodes is electrically connected to a corresponding first lead of the plurality of first leads at a position, adjacent to the first region, in the display region, and is electrically connected to a corresponding second lead of the plurality of second leads at a position, adjacent to the second region, in the display region; and

each of the plurality of the second type of first touch electrodes is electrically connected to a corresponding first lead of the plurality of first leads at a position, adjacent to the second region, in the display region, and is electrically connected to a corresponding second lead of the plurality of second leads at a position, adjacent to the first region, in the display region.

5. The organic light-emitting display panel according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of first leads is electrically connected to each corresponding first touch electrode through one of a plurality of through holes in the insulation layer, or each of the plurality of first leads is electrically connected to each corresponding first touch electrode through plural of a plurality of through holes in the insulation layer.

6. The organic light-emitting display panel of claim 1 , further comprising a bridge metal layer, wherein

the bridge metal layer is located between the plurality of first leads and the plurality of first touch electrodes, or

the bridge metal layer and the plurality of first leads are arranged in a same layer, or

the bridge metal layer is located at a side of the plurality of first touch electrodes facing away from the plurality of first leads.

7. The organic light-emitting display panel according to claim 6 , wherein

the bridge metal layer and the plurality of first leads are arranged in a same layer, the bridge metal layer comprises a bridge pattern, the plurality of first leads has a hollow region, and in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the organic light-emitting display panel, the bridge pattern is located within the hollow region of the plurality of first leads.

8. The organic light-emitting display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

an edge of each of the plurality of first leads extending in the first direction is serrated.

9. The organic light-emitting display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of first leads is made of indium tin oxide material.

10. The organic light-emitting display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the plurality of first touch electrodes is a driving electrode, and each of the plurality of second touch electrodes is a sense electrode; or

each of the plurality of first touch electrodes is a sense electrode, and each of the plurality of second touch electrodes is a driving electrode.

11. The organic light-emitting display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of first touch electrodes is a metal grid or a transparent conductive layer; and

the plurality of second touch electrodes is a metal grid or a transparent conductive layer.

12. A display device, comprising an organic light-emitting display panel, wherein the organic light-emitting display panel comprises:

a plurality of first touch electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction;

a plurality of second touch electrodes extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction;

a plurality of first leads one-to-one corresponding to the plurality of first touch electrodes, wherein the plurality of first leads extends in the first direction and is arranged in the second direction, each of the plurality of first leads is made of a transparent conductive material, and the plurality of first leads is located above the plurality of first touch electrodes; each of the plurality of first leads is a continuous structure and has a first end and a second end in the first direction, each of the plurality of first touch electrodes is a continuous structure and has a first end and a second end in the first direction, and each of the plurality of second touch electrodes is a continuous structure; and the plurality of first leads is located in a single layer, and the plurality of first touch electrodes is located in another single layer;

a plurality of second leads one-to-one corresponding to the plurality of first touch electrodes, wherein each of the plurality of second leads has an end that is electrically connected to both a corresponding one of the plurality of first touch electrodes and a corresponding one of the plurality of first leads, and another end that is electrically connected to a driving chip; and

an insulation layer disposed between a film layer where the plurality of first leads is located and a film layer where the plurality of first touch electrodes is located,

wherein in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the organic light-emitting display panel, each of the plurality of first leads at least partially covers a corresponding one of the plurality of first touch electrodes and is electrically connected to the corresponding one of the plurality of first touch electrodes through at least one corresponding through hole in the insulation layer; each of the plurality of first leads is electrically connected to the corresponding one of the plurality of first touch electrodes through the at least one corresponding through hole at a position other than the first end and the second end of the first lead and the first end and the second end of the first touch electrode, and the second end of each of the plurality of first leads and the second end of the corresponding one of the plurality of first touch electrodes are both directly connected to a corresponding second lead of the plurality of second leads that is electrically connected to the driving chip,

wherein the plurality of first touch electrodes are divided into at least one type-A first touch electrode and at least one type B first touch electrode that are arranged in the second direction, the first end of each of the at least one type-A first touch electrode is electrically connected to the corresponding one second lead, and the second end of each of the at least one type-B first touch electrode is electrically connected to the corresponding one second lead, such that each of the at least one type-A first touch electrode and at least one type B first touch electrode is driven simultaneously at a position of the corresponding at least one through hole and at a position of the corresponding second lead connected thereto, and

wherein the organic light-emitting display panel has a display region and a non-display region, the plurality of first leads is located in the display region, and the plurality of second leads is located in the non-display region.

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 Aug 2, 2019
From: CHEN, MIN
To: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049950/0420 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811486457.2 · Dec 6, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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