IP Library Granted Patent US 12,446,449
Granted Patent B2
US 12,446,449 · App. 18/645,891 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Display substrate and display device

Inventors: Xin Zhang (Beijing, CN); Yupeng He (Beijing, CN); Yang Zhou (Beijing, CN); Wei Wang (Beijing, CN); Xiaofeng Jiang (Beijing, CN); Yu Wang (Beijing, CN); Lulu Yang (Beijing, CN); Yiyang Zhang (Beijing, CN); Guanghui Yang (Beijing, CN); Jiaming Lu (Beijing, CN); Rui Hao (Beijing, CN); Qun Ma (Beijing, CN); Pu Liu (Beijing, CN); Liudong Zhu (Beijing, CN); Qiang Huang (Beijing, CN); Bin He (Beijing, CN); Dinan Duan (Beijing, CN); Haiyong Bai (Beijing, CN); Xin Li (Beijing, CN); Ruiqi Wei (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
H10K59/88H10K50/844H10K59/122H10K59/124H10K59/873H10K71/00H10K59/1201H10K59/65H10K77/111
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Patent No.
US 12,446,449
App. No.
18/645,891
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display substrate is provided, including: a base substrate including at least pixel and hole areas; sub-pixels arranged on the base substrate and in the pixel area; a hole in the hole area; a first barrier dam between the sub-pixels and the hole and at least partially surrounding the hole; a functional film layer, an organic material layer and an encapsulating structure sequentially arranged on the display substrate in a direction away from the base substrate, an orthographic projection of the organic material layer on the base substrate falling within the pixel area, the organic material layer including at least one film layer; and a filling structure, at least a portion of which is arranged between the hole and the first barrier dam. The filling structure and the at least one film layer of the organic material layer are in the same layer and include the same material.

Claims (48)

1. A display substrate, comprising:

a base substrate comprising at least a pixel area and a hole area;

a plurality of sub-pixels on the base substrate, wherein the plurality of sub-pixels are located in the pixel area;

a hole in the hole area;

a first barrier dam arranged between the sub-pixels and the hole and at least partially surrounding the hole;

a functional film layer arranged on the base substrate;

an organic material layer arranged on a side of the functional film layer away from the base substrate, wherein an orthographic projection of the organic material layer on the base substrate falls within the pixel area, and the organic material layer comprises at least one film layer;

an encapsulating structure arranged on a side of the organic material layer away from the base substrate; and

a filling structure, wherein at least a portion of the filling structure is arranged between the hole and the first barrier dam,

wherein the filling structure and the at least one film layer of the organic material layer are located in the same layer and comprise the same material.

2. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the filling structure comprises a single filling film layer, and the organic material layer comprises a planarization layer; and

the single filling film layer and the planarization layer are located in the same layer and comprise the same material.

3. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the filling structure comprises a first filling film layer and a second filling film layer, and the organic material layer comprises a planarization layer and a pixel defining layer;

the first filling film layer and the planarization layer are located in the same layer and comprise the same material; and

the second filling film layer and the pixel defining layer are located in the same layer and comprise the same material.

4. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the display substrate comprises a plurality of first barrier dams, and an orthographic projection of one of the plurality of first barrier dams closest to the hole on the base substrate does not overlap an orthographic projection of the filling structure on the base substrate.

5. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the display substrate comprises a plurality of first barrier dams, and an orthographic projection of one of the plurality of first barrier dams closest to the hole on the base substrate partially overlaps an orthographic projection of the filling structure on the base substrate.

6. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the display substrate comprises a plurality of first barrier dams, and an orthographic projection of the filling structure on the base substrate covers an orthographic projection of one of the plurality of first barrier dams closest to the hole on the base substrate.

7. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the filling structure is disconnected from the organic material layer in a radial direction of the hole.

8. The display substrate according to claim 1 , further comprising a second barrier dam arranged on a side of the first barrier dam away from the hole,

wherein an orthographic projection of the first barrier dam on the base substrate has a width smaller than that of an orthographic projection of the second barrier dam on the base substrate.

9. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the organic material layer comprises at least one selected from polymethylmethacrylate, polycarbonate, polystyrene, epoxy resin, polyimide and polyethylene.

10. A display device comprising the display substrate according to claim 1 .

11. The display substrate according to claim 1 , further comprising a functional film layer arranged on a side of the organic material layer close to the base substrate, wherein the functional film layer comprises:

a first conductive layer on the base substrate;

a gate insulating layer on a side of the first conductive layer away from the base substrate;

a second conductive layer on a side of the gate insulating layer away from the base substrate;

an interlayer dielectric layer on a side of the second conductive layer away from the base substrate; and

a third conductive layer on a side of the interlayer dielectric layer away from the base substrate.

12. The display substrate according to claim 11 , wherein the first barrier dam comprises a stacked layer structure, the stacked layer structure comprising portions which are respectively located in the first conductive layer, the gate insulating layer, the second conductive layer, the interlayer dielectric layer and the third conductive layer.

13. The display substrate according to claim 12 , wherein a cross section of the first barrier dam in a radial direction of the hole is trapezoidal;

an orthographic projection of a portion of the third conductive layer forming the first barrier dam on the base substrate falls within an orthographic projection of a portion of the interlayer dielectric layer forming the first barrier dam on the base substrate; and

an orthographic projection of a portion of the second conductive layer forming the first barrier dam on the base substrate falls within an orthographic projection of a portion of the gate insulating layer forming the first barrier dam on the base substrate.

14. The display substrate according to claim 13 , wherein the orthographic projection of the filling structure on the base substrate partially overlaps the orthographic projection of the first barrier dam on the base substrate, and an area of an overlapping portion is ⅖˜⅗ of an area of the orthographic projection of the first barrier dam on the base substrate.

15. The display substrate according to claim 1 , further comprising a second barrier dam, a third barrier dam and a fourth barrier dam arranged between the sub-pixels and the first barrier dam, wherein the first barrier dam, the second barrier dam, the third barrier dam and the fourth barrier dam are sequentially arranged in a direction directed from the hole to the sub-pixels.

16. The display substrate according to claim 15 , wherein the functional film layer comprises:

a barrier layer on the base substrate;

a buffer layer on a side of the barrier layer away from the base substrate;

a first gate insulating layer on a side of the buffer layer away from the base substrate;

a first conductive layer on a side of the first gate insulating layer away from the base substrate;

a second gate insulating layer on a side of the first conductive layer away from the base substrate;

a second conductive layer on a side of the second gate insulating layer away from the base substrate;

an interlayer dielectric layer on a side of the second conductive layer away from the base substrate; and

a third conductive layer on a side of the interlayer dielectric layer away from the base substrate.

17. The display substrate according to claim 16 , wherein the first barrier dam comprises at least a stacked layer structure, the stacked layer structure comprising portions which are respectively located in the barrier layer, the buffer layer and the third conductive layer.

18. The display substrate according to claim 16 , wherein the second barrier dam comprises at least a stacked layer structure, the stacked layer structure comprising portions which are respectively located in the planarization layer and the pixel defining layer.

19. The display substrate according to claim 16 , wherein the third barrier dam comprises at least a stacked layer structure, the stacked layer structure comprising portions which are respectively located in the planarization layer and the pixel defining layer.

20. The display substrate according to claim 16 , wherein the fourth barrier dam comprises at least a stacked layer structure, the stacked layer structure comprising portions which are respectively located in the barrier layer, the buffer layer and the third conductive layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2025
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072868/0627 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2024
From: ZHANG, XIN; HE, YUPENG; ZHOU, YANG; WANG, WEI; JIANG, XIAOFENG; WANG, YU; YANG, LULU; ZHANG, YIYANG; YANG, GUANGHUI; LU, JIAMING; HAO, RUI; MA, QUN; LIU, PU; ZHU, LIUDONG; HUANG, QIANG; HE, BIN; DUAN, DINAN; BAI, HAIYONG; LI, XIN; WEI, RUIQI
To: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067245/0245 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010463370.4 · May 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17271490
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