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US 12,412,517 · App. 18/680,259 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Light-emitting diode display panel and light-emitting diode display device

Inventors: Wenjun Dai (Shanghai, CN); Liang Xing (Shanghai, CN); Tianyi Wu (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Hubei Yangtze Industrial Innovation Center Of Advanced Display Co., Ltd.
G09G3/32G02F1/136204G09G2300/0408G09G2300/0426G09G2310/0267G09G2310/0286G09G2310/0291
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Patent No.
US 12,412,517
App. No.
18/680,259
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a display area, a plurality of light-emitting elements located in the display area, and at least one driver circuit located in the display area; the plurality of light-emitting elements includes a plurality of light-emitting element rows extend in a first direction and arranged in a second direction, where the first direction and the second direction intersect; the at least one driver circuit includes a plurality of shift register circuits disposed in cascade and a shift register circuit of the plurality of shift register circuits is located between adjacent light-emitting element rows of the plurality of light-emitting element rows.

Claims (82)

1. A display panel, comprising a display area;

wherein the display panel further comprises:

a light-emitting element, wherein the light-emitting element is located in the display area;

a pixel circuit, wherein the pixel circuit is located in the display area and the pixel circuit is configured to drive the light-emitting element,

a driver circuit, wherein the driver circuit is located in the display area and the driver circuit is configured to provide a drive signal to the pixel circuit; and

pixel circuit rows, wherein at least one of the pixel circuit rows comprises a plurality of pixel circuits arranged along a first direction, the pixel circuit rows are arranged along a second direction, the first direction and the second direction intersect;

wherein, the driver circuit comprises a plurality of stages of shift register circuits cascaded, at least one stage of shift register circuit is located between adjacent pixel circuit rows;

wherein the display panel comprises a plurality of driver circuits, and the plurality of driver circuits are arranged along the first direction;

wherein the driver circuit comprises a scan driver circuit and a light-emitting control driver circuit, the scan driver circuit provides a scan signal for the pixel circuit, and the light-emitting control driver circuit provides a light-emitting control signal for the pixel circuit; and

the plurality of driver circuits comprise at least one scan driver circuit and at least one light-emitting control driver circuit;

wherein the at least one scan driver circuit and the at least one light-emitting control driver circuit are alternately arranged along the first direction.

2. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the driver circuit comprises a scan driver circuit and the scan driver circuit provides a scan signal for the pixel circuit; and

the display panel comprises a plurality of scan driver circuits and the plurality of scan driver circuits are arranged along the first direction.

3. The display panel of claim 2 , wherein

the plurality of scan driver circuits drive the pixel circuit at different positions.

4. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the driver circuit comprises a light-emitting control driver circuit, and the light-emitting control driver circuit provides a light-emitting control signal for the pixel circuit; and

the display panel comprises a plurality of light-emitting control driver circuits, and the plurality of light-emitting control driver circuits are arranged along the first direction.

5. The display panel of claim 4 , wherein

the plurality of light-emitting control driver circuits drive the pixel circuit at different positions.

6. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the following is satisfied:

along the first direction, the display panel comprises at least two scan driver circuits; or,

along the first direction, the display panel comprises at least two light-emitting control driver circuits.

7. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

along the first direction, at least one light-emitting control driver circuit is spaced between at least two scan driver circuits; or,

along the first direction, at least one scan driver circuit is spaced between at least two light-emitting control driver circuits.

8. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

along the first direction, the display panel comprises a first area, a second area and a third area in sequence;

the first area comprises at least one light-emitting control driver circuit;

the second area comprises at least one scan driver circuit; and

the third area comprises at least one light-emitting control driver circuit.

9. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

along the first direction, the display panel comprises a first area, a second area and a third area in sequence;

the first area comprises at least one scan driver circuit;

the second area comprises at least one light-emitting control driver circuit; and

the third area comprises at least one scan driver circuit.

10. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

along the first direction, the display panel comprises a first area, a second area, a third area and a fourth area in sequence;

the first area comprises at least one light-emitting control driver circuit;

the second area comprises at least one scan driver circuit;

the third area comprises at least one light-emitting control driver circuit; and

the fourth area comprises at least one scan driver circuit.

11. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the following is satisfied:

at least one scan driver circuit and at least one light-emitting control driver circuit share a high-level signal trace; or,

at least one scan driver circuit and at least one light-emitting control driver circuit share a low-level signal trace.

12. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

among the plurality of driver circuits, at least one stage of shift register circuit of a driver circuit and at least one stage of shift register circuit of another driver circuit are located between same adjacent pixel circuit rows.

13. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

a number of the shift register circuits in the driver circuit is greater than or equal to a number of the pixel circuit rows; or,

a number of the shift register circuits in the driver circuit is smaller than a number of the pixel circuit rows.

14. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the driver circuit comprises a scan driver circuit, and the scan driver circuit comprises a plurality of stages of scan shift register circuits cascaded;

wherein a number of the scan shift register circuits is one more than a number of the pixel circuit rows.

15. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the driver circuit comprises a light-emitting control driver circuit, and the light-emitting control driver circuit comprises a plurality of stages of light-emitting control shift register circuits;

wherein, a number of the light-emitting control shift register circuits is equal to a number of the pixel circuit rows.

16. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

at least two stages of shift register circuits cascaded are arranged between one pair of adjacent pixel circuit rows.

17. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

at least two stages of shift register circuits cascaded in the driver circuit overlap along the second direction; or,

at least two stages of shift register circuits cascaded in the driver circuit do not overlap along the second direction.

18. A display device comprising a display panel, wherein the display panel comprises a display area;

wherein the display panel further comprises:

a light-emitting element, wherein the light-emitting element is located in the display area;

a pixel circuit, wherein the pixel circuit is located in the display area and the pixel circuit is configured to drive the light-emitting element,

a driver circuit, wherein the driver circuit is located in the display area and the driver circuit is configured to provide a drive signal to the pixel circuit; and

pixel circuit rows, wherein at least one of the pixel circuit rows comprises a plurality of pixel circuits arranged along a first direction, the pixel circuit rows are arranged along a second direction, the first direction and the second direction intersect;

wherein, the driver circuit comprises a plurality of shift register circuits cascaded, at least one shift register circuit is located between adjacent pixel circuit rows;

wherein the display panel comprises a plurality of driver circuits, and the plurality of driver circuits are arranged along the first direction;

wherein the driver circuit comprises a scan driver circuit and a light-emitting control driver circuit, the scan driver circuit provides a scan signal for the pixel circuit, and the light-emitting control driver circuit provides a light-emitting control signal for the pixel circuit; and

the plurality of driver circuits comprise at least one scan driver circuit and at least one light-emitting control driver circuit;

wherein the at least one scan driver circuit and the at least one light-emitting control driver circuit are alternately arranged along the first direction.

19. A display panel, comprising a display area;

wherein the display panel further comprises:

a light-emitting element, wherein the light-emitting element is located in the display area;

a pixel circuit, wherein the pixel circuit is located in the display area and the pixel circuit is configured to drive the light-emitting element,

a driver circuit, wherein the driver circuit is located in the display area and the driver circuit is configured to provide a drive signal to the pixel circuit; and

pixel circuit rows, wherein at least one of the pixel circuit rows comprises a plurality of pixel circuits arranged along a first direction, the pixel circuit rows are arranged along a second direction, the first direction and the second direction intersect;

wherein, the driver circuit comprises a plurality of stages of shift register circuits cascaded, at least one stage of shift register circuit is located between adjacent pixel circuit rows;

wherein the display panel comprises a plurality of driver circuits, and the plurality of driver circuits are arranged along the first direction;

the driver circuit comprises a scan driver circuit and a light-emitting control driver circuit, the scan driver circuit provides a scan signal for the pixel circuit, and the light-emitting control driver circuit provides a light-emitting control signal for the pixel circuit;

wherein a number of pixel circuits along the second direction overlapping the scan driver circuit is equal to a number of pixel circuits along the second direction overlapping the light-emitting control driver circuit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2024
From: DAI, WENJUN; XING, LIANG; WU, TIANYI
To: HUBEI YANGTZE INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION CENTER OF ADVANCED DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068262/0155 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202110490929.7 · May 6, 2021 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17968266 · Oct 18, 2022
Continuation 17445182 · Aug 16, 2021
Related Publication 20240321185A1 · Sep 26, 2024
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