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US 12,733,377 · App. 18/284,745 · Granted Sep 8, 2026

Display panel and display apparatus

Inventors: Bo Zhang (Beijing, CN); Zhiwen Chu (Beijing, CN); Yi Qu (Beijing, CN); Xinxin Wang (Beijing, CN); Aoyuan Feng (Beijing, CN); Hongwei Ma (Beijing, CN); Ying Liu (Beijing, CN); Xin Jin (Beijing, CN); Lei Fan (Beijing, CN); Jianbo Yang (Beijing, CN); Xiaoliang Guo (Beijing, CN); Lei Deng (Beijing, CN); Chunfang Fan (Beijing, CN); Fei Liu (Beijing, CN); Liangyun Li (Beijing, CN); Qinbo Ren (Beijing, CN); Yingchang Gao (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
H10K59/873H10K59/122H10K59/131H10K59/40H10K59/80524
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Patent No.
US 12,733,377
App. No.
18/284,745
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display panel has a display region and a peripheral region. The display panel includes a substrate, a first metal layer disposed on the substrate, a planarization layer disposed on a side of the first metal layer away from the substrate, and a retaining wall structure located in the peripheral region and surrounding the display region. The first metal layer includes a signal line pattern located in the peripheral region. The planarization layer includes an opening in the peripheral region. At least a portion of the retaining wall structure is located in the opening. The signal line pattern is provided with at least one through hole, an orthogonal projection of the at least one through hole on the substrate is located within an orthogonal projection of the opening on the substrate, and is at least located on a side of an orthogonal projection of the retaining wall structure on the substrate.

Claims (39)

1 . A display panel, having a display region and a peripheral region surrounding the display region;

the display panel comprising:

a substrate;

a first metal layer disposed on the substrate, the first metal layer including a signal line pattern located in the peripheral region;

a planarization layer disposed on a side of the first metal layer away from the substrate, the planarization layer including at least one opening located in the peripheral region; and

a retaining wall structure located in the peripheral region and surrounding the display region, at least a portion of the retaining wall structure being located in the at least one opening, wherein

the signal line pattern includes one or more through holes, an orthogonal projection of the one or more through holes on the substrate is located within an orthogonal projection of the opening on the substrate, and is located on at least one of a side of an orthogonal projection of the retaining wall structure on the substrate proximate to the display region or a side of the orthogonal projection of the retaining wall structure on the substrate away from the display region.

2 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the signal line pattern includes a plurality of through holes, the plurality of through holes are arranged in one or more rows, and multiple through holes in a row are distributed in an extension direction of the portion of the retaining wall structure located in the opening at intervals.

3 . The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein at least one row of the one or more rows of through holes are disposed on a side of the retaining wall structure proximate to the display region; and/or

at least one row of the one or more rows of through holes are disposed on a side of the retaining wall structure away from the display region.

4 . The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of through holes are arranged in a plurality of rows, and in a direction perpendicular to an arrangement direction of a row of through holes, any two adjacent rows of through holes are distributed at intervals.

5 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the opening includes a first edge and a second edge opposite to each other, the first edge is located on a side of the retaining wall structure proximate to the display region, and the second edge is located on a side of the retaining wall structure away from the display region;

at least one through hole in the one or more through holes is disposed between the retaining wall structure and the first edge; and

at least one through hole in the one or more through holes is disposed between the retaining wall structure and the second edge.

6 . The display panel according to claim 5 , wherein a distance between the retaining wall structure and the first edge is smaller than a distance between the retaining wall structure and the second edge.

7 . The display panel according to claim 5 , wherein a distance between the at least one through hole, provided between the retaining wall structure and the first edge, and the retaining wall structure is in a range of 11 μm to 40 μm, inclusive; and/or

a distance between the at least one through hole, provided between the retaining wall structure and the second edge, and the retaining wall structure is in a range of 11 μm to 75 μm, inclusive.

8 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the opening includes a first edge and a second edge, the first edge is located on a side of the retaining wall structure proximate to the display region, and the second edge is located on a side of the retaining wall structure away from the display region;

at least one through hole in the one or more through holes is disposed between the retaining wall structure and the first edge, and a minimum distance between the at least one through hole and the first edge is approximately equal to a minimum distance between the through hole and the retaining wall structure; and/or

at least one through hole in the one or more through holes is disposed between the retaining wall structure and the second edge, and a minimum distance between the at least one through hole and the second edge is approximately equal to a minimum distance between the through hole and the retaining wall structure.

9 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of an orthogonal projection of a through hole on the substrate includes a circle or a rectangle.

10 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein an area of a sidewall of each through hole in the one or more through holes is in a range of 40 μm 2 to 100 μm 2 , inclusive.

11 . The display panel according to claim 10 , wherein the sidewall of each through hole includes an undercut, a bottom wall of the undercut is substantially arc-shaped, and a maximum distance between a lowest point of the bottom wall and the sidewall of the through hole is inversely related to a number of the one or more through holes.

12 . The display panel according to claim 11 , wherein the opening includes a first edge and a second edge opposite to each other, the first edge is located on a side of the retaining wall structure proximate to the display region, and the second edge is located on a side of the retaining wall structure away from the display region;

at least one first through hole in the one or more through holes is disposed between the retaining wall structure and the first edge, and at least one second through hole in the one or more through holes is disposed between the retaining wall structure and the second edge;

a number of the at least one first through hole is less than a number of the at least one second through hole, and an average depth of an undercut in a sidewall of a first through hole is less than an average depth of an undercut in a sidewall of a second through hole; or the number of the at least one second through hole is less than the number of the at least one first through hole, and the average depth of the undercut in the sidewall of the second through hole is less than the average depth of the undercut in the sidewall of the first through hole; or the number of the at least one first through hole is equal to the number of the at least one second through hole, and the average depth of the undercut in the sidewall of the first through hole is approximately equal to the average depth of the undercut in the sidewall of the second through hole.

13 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first metal layer includes at least one voltage signal line, a portion of the at least one voltage signal line is disposed in the peripheral region and located in the at least one opening, and the one or more through holes are disposed in the portion of the at least one voltage signal line located in the peripheral region and located in the at least one opening.

14 . The display panel according to claim 13 , wherein the peripheral region includes a fan-out area located on a side of the display region, and a bonding area located on a side of the fan-out area away from the display region; the at least one voltage signal line includes:

a first voltage signal line including a plurality of first sub-lines disposed in the display region, a first bus located in the fan-out area, and a first connection line extending from the fan-out area to the bonding area; ends of the plurality of first sub-lines proximate to the fan-out area being electrically connected to the first bus, and the first bus being electrically connected to the first connection line; and

a second voltage signal line including a second sub-line disposed in the peripheral region and at least partially surrounding the display region, at least one second bus located in the fan-out area, and at least one second connection line extending from the fan-out area to the bonding area; both ends of the second sub-line extending to the fan-out area and being electrically connected to the at least one second bus, and the at least one second bus being electrically connected to the at least one second connection line; wherein

the first bus and the at least one second bus extend in a first direction, and the first direction is an extension direction of a side edge of the display region where the fan-out area is located; the signal line pattern includes the first bus and the at least one second bus, and the one or more through holes are disposed in the first bus and/or the at least one second bus.

15 . The display panel according to claim 14 , wherein multiple through holes are disposed in the first bus, and the multiple through holes are arranged in a row in the first direction.

16 . The display panel according to claim 14 , wherein the second voltage signal line includes two second buses that are located on both sides of the fan-out area; each second bus is electrically connected to an end of the second sub-line extending to a same side of the fan-out area as the second bus; and

multiple through holes are disposed in at least one second bus, and the multiple through holes are arranged in a row in the first direction.

17 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first metal layer includes a metal titanium layer, a metal aluminum layer and a metal titanium layer that are stacked in sequence.

18 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the retaining wall structure includes a first retaining wall and a second retaining wall that are disposed at intervals, and the first retaining wall is closer to the display region than the second retaining wall, wherein

the one or more through holes are disposed on a side of the first retaining wall proximate to the display region and/or on a side of the second retaining wall away from the display region.

19 . The display panel according to claim 18 , wherein the first retaining wall and the second retaining wall each include a spacer block, and the spacer block is located in the planarization layer.

20 . A display apparatus, characterized by comprising the display panel according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2023
From: ZHANG, BO; CHU, ZHIWEN; QU, YI; WANG, XINXIN; FENG, AOYUAN; MA, HONGWEI; LIU, YING; JIN, XIN; FAN, LEI; YANG, JIANBO; GUO, XIAOLIANG; DENG, LEI; FAN, CHUNFANG; LIU, FEI; LI, LIANGYUN; REN, QINBO; GAO, YINGCHANG
To: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202210224650.9 · Mar 7, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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