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Granted Patent B2
US 12,389,774 · App. 18/768,220 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Display substrate and display device

Inventors: Qi Liu (Beijing, CN); Cong Fan (Beijing, CN); Xiangdan Dong (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
H10K59/131G06F3/0412G06F3/04164G06F3/0446G09G3/3233G06F2203/04111G06F2203/04112G06V40/13G09G2300/0426G09G2354/00H10K59/40
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Patent No.
US 12,389,774
App. No.
18/768,220
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes a base substrate, a first metal signal layer and a metal touch layer. The first metal signal line layer includes a plurality of first metal signal lines extending along a first direction, a plurality of metal connection signal lines are included between every two adjacent first metal signal lines. The metal touch layer includes a plurality of grid lines which are intersected. At least one part of each of the plurality of metal connection signal lines is parallel to the plurality of grid lines of the metal touch layer, and in a direction perpendicular to the base substrate, the part of each of the plurality of metal connection signal lines parallel to the plurality of grid lines of the metal touch layer is overlapped with the plurality of grid lines of the metal touch layer.

Claims (28)

1. A display substrate, comprising:

a base substrate;

a first metal signal line layer, located on the base substrate and comprising a plurality of first metal signal lines extending along a first direction, a plurality of metal connection signal lines being comprised between every two adjacent first metal signal lines, and the plurality of metal connection signal lines connecting the two adjacent first metal signal lines;

a metal touch layer, located at a side of the first metal signal line layer away from the base substrate and comprising a plurality of grid lines which are intersected, the plurality of grid lines forming a plurality of grids arranged in an array, wherein at least a part of each of the plurality of metal connection signal lines is parallel to the plurality of grid lines of the metal touch layer, and in a direction perpendicular to the base substrate, the part of each of the plurality of metal connection signal lines parallel to the plurality of grid lines of the metal touch layer is at least partially overlapped with the plurality of grid lines of the metal touch layer;

a direction perpendicular to the first direction is a second direction, and at least one of the first metal signal lines comprises a first part and a second part, a width of the first part in the second direction is different from a width of the second part in the second direction,

wherein each of the plurality of metal connection signal lines is a fold line comprising a first metal connection line segment and a second metal connection line segment connected with each other,

wherein, in the direction perpendicular to the base substrate, the first metal connection line segments of a part of the metal connection signal lines are at least partially overlapped with a part of the grid lines located at corners of the grids,

wherein in one of the metal connection signal lines, an overlapping area between the first metal connection line segment and the grid line located at the corner of the grid is smaller than an overlapping area between the second metal connection line segment and the grid line of the metal touch layer.

2. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of grids have different shapes.

3. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the grids is in a shape of similar to an octagon.

4. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the first metal connection line segment extends along the second direction, and the second metal connection line segment extends along a direction which forms an acute angle or obtuse angle with the first direction.

5. The display substrate according to claim 4 , wherein the first metal connection line segment has a symmetry axis extending along the first direction.

6. The display substrate according to claim 5 , wherein the symmetry axis of the first metal connection line segment is the same as a symmetry axis of an effective light emitting region of a light emitting element adjacent to the first metal connection line segment in the second direction.

7. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the second metal connection line segment is parallel to the grid lines of the metal touch layer, and in the direction perpendicular to the base substrate, the second metal connection line segment is overlapped with the grid lines of the metal touch layer.

8. The display substrate according to claim 7 , wherein, in the direction perpendicular to the base substrate, an overlapping area between the second metal connection line segment of the metal connection signal line and the grid lines is greater than 50% of an area of the metal connection signal line.

9. The display substrate according to claim 7 , wherein the grid lines comprise a plurality of breakpoints, and in the direction perpendicular to the base substrate, the second metal connection line segments are overlapped with at least part of the breakpoints.

10. The display substrate according to claim 9 , wherein at least one of the grids has at least two breakpoints.

11. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the second metal connection line segment is greater than a length of the first metal connection line segment.

12. The display substrate according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in an array, a light transmission gap being comprised between adjacent light emitting elements, and in the direction perpendicular to the base substrate, the plurality of light emitting elements being located between the metal touch layer and the first metal signal line layer,

wherein the plurality of grids are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of light emitting elements, an orthographic projection of each light emitting element on the base substrate falls within an orthographic projection of a corresponding grid on the base substrate, and an area of the orthographic projection of each light emitting element on the base substrate is smaller than an area of the orthographic projection of the corresponding grid on the base substrate.

13. The display substrate according to claim 12 , wherein at least one of the grids and a light emitting element corresponding to the at least one of the grids have the same shape.

14. The display substrate according to claim 12 , wherein the plurality of light emitting elements comprise a red light emitting element, a green light emitting element and a blue light emitting element, and in the direction perpendicular to the base substrate, a middle part of the first metal connection line segment corresponding to the green light emitting element is not overlapped with the grid line, and two ends of the first metal connection line segment corresponding to the green light emitting element is overlapped with the grid line;

the first metal connection line segment corresponding to the red light emitting element is completely overlapped with the grid line;

a middle part of the first metal connection line segment corresponding to the blue light emitting element is not overlapped with the grid line, and two ends of the first metal connection line segment corresponding to the blue light emitting element is overlapped with the grid line.

15. The display substrate according to claim 1 , further comprising a second metal signal line layer, located at a side of the first metal signal line layer close to the base substrate,

wherein the second metal signal line layer comprises a plurality of second metal signal lines extending along the first direction, and the plurality of second metal signal lines are electrically connected with the plurality of first metal signal lines.

16. The display substrate according to claim 12 , wherein, in the direction perpendicular to the base substrate, the plurality of metal connection signal lines are not overlapped with the plurality of light emitting elements.

17. A display device, comprising the display substrate according to claim 1 , and a fingerprint sensor, located at a side of the base substrate away from the first metal signal line layer and configured to detect a fingerprint on the display substrate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2024
From: LIU, QI; FAN, CONG; DONG, XIANGDAN
To: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067947/0324 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17425113
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