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Granted Patent B2
US 11,489,018 · App. 17/156,802 · Granted Nov 1, 2022

Electroluminescent display panel and display device

Inventors: Yao Huang (Beijing, CN); Weiyun Huang (Beijing, CN); Yue Long (Beijing, CN); Chao Zeng (Beijing, CN); Meng Li (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
H01L27/3218G09G3/3208G09G3/3225H01L27/3216H01L27/3276
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Patent No.
US 11,489,018
App. No.
17/156,802
Granted
Nov 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure discloses an electroluminescent display panel and a display device. The electroluminescent display panel includes a plurality of repeat units, each of the plurality of repeat units includes a plurality of sub-pixels, and each of the plurality of sub-pixels includes: a first conductive layer, located on a substrate; a first insulation layer, located on the first conductive layer and including a first hole, in which the first hole exposes a portion of the first conductive layer; and an anode, located on the first insulation layer and including a main portion and an auxiliary portion which are electrically connected to each other. The auxiliary portion is electrically connected to the first conductive layer through the first hole. In at least one sub-pixel, an orthographic projection of the main portion on the substrate does not overlap an orthographic projection of the first hole on the substrate.

Claims (136)

1. An electroluminescent display panel, comprising:

a base substrate;

a plurality of sub-pixels,

wherein each sub-pixel comprises a pixel driving circuit comprising a semiconductor layer and a first conductive layer located on the base substrate;

wherein the first conductive layer comprises an anode connection portion, a data line and a power line that are spaced apart from each other; a size of the data line in a second direction is larger than a size of the data line in a first direction, and a size of the power line in the second direction is larger than a size of the power line in the first direction; and the first direction is different from the second direction; and

an anode, located on a side of the first conductive layer away from the base substrate, wherein at least one film layer is arranged between a layer where the anode is located and the first conductive layer; and the anode is directly connected to the anode connection portion through a first hole penetrating through the at least one film layer;

wherein,

the plurality of sub-pixels comprise first sub-pixels and second sub-pixels, wherein each first sub-pixel comprises a first pixel driving circuit, and each second sub-pixel comprises a second pixel driving circuit;

the first pixel driving circuit comprises a first semiconductor pattern on the semiconductor layer, and the second pixel driving circuit comprises a second semiconductor pattern on the semiconductor layer;

the first pixel driving circuit and the second pixel driving circuit are arranged in the first direction;

the anode comprises a first anode, wherein the first anode is electrically connected to the first pixel driving circuit, and a size of the first anode in the first direction is larger than a size of the first anode in the second direction;

the data line comprises a first data line and a second data line, wherein the first data line is electrically connected to the first pixel driving circuit, and the second data line is electrically connected to the second pixel driving circuit;

the power line comprises a first power line and a second power line, wherein an orthographic projection of the first power line on the base substrate overlaps with an orthographic projection of the first semiconductor pattern on the base substrate, and an orthographic projection of the second power line on the base substrate overlaps with an orthographic projection of the second semiconductor pattern on the base substrate;

the pixel driving circuit comprises a capacitance pole plate, wherein the first pixel driving circuit comprises a first capacitance pole plate, the second pixel driving circuit comprises a second capacitance pole plate, and the first capacitance pole plate and the second capacitance pole plate are arranged on a same layer; and

an orthographic projection of the first anode electrically connected to the first pixel driving circuit on the base substrate overlaps with an orthographic projection of the first capacitance pole plate on the base substrate, an orthographic projection of the second capacitance pole plate on the base substrate, an orthographic projection of the first data line on the base substrate, an orthographic projection of the second data line on the base substrate, the orthographic projection of the first power line on the base substrate, and the orthographic projection of the second power line on the base substrate respectively; and an overlapping area of orthographic projections of the first anode and the first capacitance pole plate on the base substrate is larger than an overlapping area of orthographic projections of the first anode and the second capacitance pole plate on the base substrate.

2. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel driving circuit comprises a driving transistor comprising a gate electrode;

the first capacitance pole plate serves as the gate electrode of the driving transistor in the first pixel driving circuit; and

the second capacitance pole plate serves as the gate electrode of the driving transistor in the second pixel driving circuit.

3. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 2 , wherein an orthographic projection of the power line on the base substrate overlaps with an orthographic projection of the gate electrode of the driving transistor on the base substrate.

4. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 2 , wherein an overlapping area of orthographic projections of the first anode and the first data line on the base substrate is approximately equal to an overlapping area of orthographic projections of the first anode and the second data line on the base substrate.

5. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 4 , wherein the anode comprises a main portion and an auxiliary portion which are electrically connected to each other;

an orthographic projection of an effective light emitting region of the anode on the base substrate is located in an orthographic projection of the main portion on the base substrate;

a boundary of the main portion and a boundary of the anode at least partially coincide;

an orthographic projection of the first hole on the base substrate is located in an orthographic projection of the auxiliary portion on the base substrate;

the auxiliary portion and the anode have at least partially the same boundary; and

an overlapping area of orthographic projections of the main portion of the first anode and the first data line on the base substrate is approximately equal to an overlapping area of orthographic projections of the main portion of the first anode and the second data line on the base substrate.

6. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the first data line and the first power line is smaller than a distance between the first power line and the second power line.

7. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 1 , wherein an overlapping area of orthographic projections of an effective light emitting region corresponding to the first anode and the first data line on the base substrate is approximately equal to an overlapping area of orthographic projections of the effective light emitting region corresponding to the first anode and the second data line on the base substrate.

8. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel driving circuit comprises a storage capacitor comprising a reference pole plate arranged between the capacitance pole plate and the first conductive layer;

the reference pole plate has a pole plate hole; and

the orthographic projection of the first anode on the base substrate overlaps with an orthographic projection of the pole plate hole of the reference pole plate in the first sub-pixel on the base substrate.

9. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

an edge portion of the first anode in the first direction has a first anode size in the second direction;

a middle portion of the first anode in the first direction has a second anode size in the second direction; and

the first anode size is smaller than the second anode size.

10. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

an edge portion of the anode in the second sub-pixel in the second direction has a third anode size in the first direction;

a middle portion of the anode in the second sub-pixel in the second direction has a fourth anode size in the first direction; and

the third anode size is smaller than the fourth anode size.

11. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

a minimum distance between effective light emitting regions of two sub-pixels with a first light emitting color is a first minimum distance; and

a minimum distance between effective light emitting regions of two sub-pixels with a second light emitting color is a second minimum distance,

wherein the first minimum distance is smaller than the second minimum distance, and the second light emitting color is any light emitting color other than the first light emitting color.

12. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 5 , wherein the plurality of sub-pixels further comprise third sub-pixels;

a direction where an auxiliary portion in the first sub-pixel protrudes from a main portion in the first sub-pixel is a first protruding direction;

a direction where an auxiliary portion in the second sub-pixel protrudes from a main portion in the second sub-pixel is a second protruding direction;

a direction where an auxiliary portion in the third sub-pixel protrudes from a main portion in the third sub-pixel is a third protruding direction; and

an angle between the first protruding direction and the third protruding direction is smaller than an angle between the first protruding direction and the second protruding direction.

13. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 12 , wherein a minimum distance between an anode in the first sub-pixel and an anode in the second sub-pixel is smaller than a length of the auxiliary portion in the second sub-pixel.

14. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 12 , wherein a distance between a first hole in the second sub-pixel and a first hole in the third sub-pixel is smaller than a length of an anode in the third sub-pixel in the first direction.

15. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 5 , wherein an overlapping area of orthographic projections of the main portion of the first anode and the first power line on the base substrate is approximately equal to an overlapping area of orthographic projections of the main portion of the first anode and the second power line on the base substrate.

16. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 5 , wherein

a sum of an overlapping area of orthographic projections of the main portion of the first anode and the first power line on the base substrate and the overlapping area of orthographic projections of the main portion of the first anode and the first data line on the base substrate is a first area sum;

a sum of an overlapping area of orthographic projections of the main portion of the first anode and the second power line on the base substrate and the overlapping area of orthographic projections of the main portion of the first anode and the second data line on the base substrate is a second area sum; and

the first area sum is approximately equal to the second area sum.

17. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

a sum of an overlapping area of orthographic projections of an effective light emitting region corresponding to the first anode and the first power line on the base substrate and an overlapping area of orthographic projections of the effective light emitting region corresponding to the first anode and the first data line on the base substrate is a third area sum;

a sum of an overlapping area of orthographic projections of the effective light emitting region corresponding to the first anode and the second power line on the base substrate and an overlapping area of orthographic projections of the effective light emitting region corresponding to the first anode and the second data line on the base substrate is a fourth area sum; and

the third area sum is approximately equal to the fourth area sum.

18. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

an orthographic projection of the anode on the base substrate overlaps with an orthographic projection of a scan signal line on the base substrate, an orthographic projection of a reset control signal line on the base substrate, and an orthographic projection of a reset power signal line on the base substrate respectively;

the scan signal line is configured to control a threshold compensation transistor in the pixel driving circuit;

the reset control signal line is configured to control a first reset transistor in the pixel driving circuit; and

the reset power signal line is configured to provide an initialization voltage.

19. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 18 , wherein

a second electrode of the first reset transistor is electrically connected to a gate electrode of a driving transistor; and

the reset power signal line is electrically connected to the gate electrode of the driving transistor through the first reset transistor.

20. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 19 , wherein

a first connection block arranged on a conductive layer is electrically connected to the gate electrode of the driving transistor and a source electrode region or a drain electrode region of the threshold compensation transistor in the semiconductor layer; and

the conductive layer is arranged between the anode and the semiconductor layer.

21. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 20 , wherein

an orthographic projection of the scan signal line on the base substrate overlaps with an orthographic projection of the first connection block on the base substrate.

22. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 20 , wherein

a second connection block arranged on the conductive layer is electrically connected to the reset power signal line and a source electrode region of the first reset transistor in the semiconductor layer.

23. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 18 , wherein

the orthographic projection of the reset control signal line on the base substrate is located between the orthographic projection of the scan signal line on the base substrate and the orthographic projection of the reset power signal line on the base substrate.

24. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the power line is electrically connected to a reference pole plate arranged in a reference conductive layer.

25. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

at least one film layer is arranged on a side of the first conductive layer away from a layer where the anode is located;

the power line is electrically connected to a corresponding pixel driving circuit through a connection hole penetrating through the at least one film layer;

the first anode respectively overlaps with a connection hole corresponding to the first power line and a connection hole corresponding to the second power line; and

an overlapping area of orthographic projections of the first anode and the connection hole corresponding to the first power line on the base substrate is approximately equal to an overlapping area of orthographic projections of the first anode and the connection hole corresponding to the second power line on the base substrate.

26. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 5 , wherein

the main portion and an effective light emitting region of the first anode overlap with a light emitting control signal line; and

the light emitting control signal line is configured to control light emitting control transistors in the first pixel driving circuit and the second pixel driving circuit.

27. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 26 , wherein

an orthographic projection of the capacitance pole plate on the base substrate is arranged between an orthographic projection of the light emitting control signal line on the base substrate and an orthographic projection of a scan signal line on the base substrate.

28. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 5 , wherein

main portions of anodes in the sub-pixels of at least two colors do not overlap with corresponding capacitance pole plates.

29. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 28 , wherein

the at least two colors are different from a light emitting color of the sub-pixel where the first pixel driving circuit is located.

30. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 5 , wherein

extension directions of auxiliary portions of at least two anodes are different.

31. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the anode further comprises a fourth anode;

a size of the fourth anode in the first direction is greater than the size of the fourth anode in the second direction;

the fourth anode overlaps with the first data line, the second data line, the first power line, and the second power line respectively; and

an orthographic projection of an effective light emitting region corresponding to the first anode on the base substrate and an orthographic projection of an effective light emitting region corresponding to the fourth anode on the base substrate do not coincide after translation.

32. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 31 , wherein

an overlapping area of orthographic projections of the fourth anode and the first power line on the base substrate is larger than an overlapping area of orthographic projections of the fourth anode and the second power line on the base substrate.

33. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 5 , wherein

main portions of anodes in the plurality of sub-pixels do not overlap with corresponding anode connection portions.

34. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 33 , wherein

the plurality of sub-pixels comprise green sub-pixels; and

anode connection portions in the green sub-pixels do not overlap with main portions of corresponding anodes.

35. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 34 , wherein in each green sub-pixel, the first hole and the main portion of a corresponding anode do not overlap in the first direction, and the first hole and a corresponding effective light emitting region do not overlap in the first direction.

36. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 35 , wherein

first holes in the plurality of sub-pixels are located on a same straight line extending along the first direction; and

orthographic projections of effective light emitting regions corresponding to at least two of the first holes on the base substrate do not coincide after translation.

37. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 35 , wherein

first holes in the plurality of sub-pixels are located on a same straight line extending along the first direction; and

at least two of the first holes and main portions of corresponding anodes do not overlap in the second direction, and the at least two of the first holes and corresponding effective light emitting regions do not overlap in the second direction.

38. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 34 , wherein an auxiliary portion in each green sub-pixel comprises an anode hole arrangement portion and an anode hole connection portion;

the anode hole arrangement portion and the anode hole connection portion are strip-shaped;

the anode hole connection portion is configured to electrically connect with the main portion and the anode hole arrangement portion; and

in each green sub-pixel, an orthographic projection of the first hole on the base substrate is located in an orthographic projection of the anode hole arrangement portion on the base substrate, and a maximum width of the anode hole arrangement portion is greater than a maximum width of the anode hole connection portion.

39. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 35 , wherein the plurality of sub-pixels comprise at least two sub-pixels,

an overlapping area of orthographic projections of an anode and a corresponding capacitance pole plate in one of the at least two sub-pixels on the base substrate is approximately equal to an overlapping area of orthographic projections of an anode and a corresponding capacitance pole plate in another one of the at least two sub-pixels on the base substrate,

orthographic projections of effective light emitting regions corresponding to at least two anodes of the at least two sub-pixels on the base substrate do not coincide after translation.

40. The electroluminescent display panel according to claim 39 , wherein the at least two anodes correspond to green sub-pixels.

41. A display device comprising an electroluminescent display panel, wherein the electroluminescent display panel comprises:

a base substrate;

a plurality of sub-pixels,

wherein each sub-pixel comprises a pixel driving circuit comprising a semiconductor layer and a first conductive layer located on the base substrate;

wherein the first conductive layer comprises an anode connection portion, a data line and a power line that are spaced apart from each other; a size of the data line in a second direction is larger than a size of the data line in a first direction, and a size of the power line in the second direction is larger than a size of the power line in the first direction; and the first direction is different from the second direction; and

an anode, located on a side of the first conductive layer away from the base substrate, wherein at least one film layer is arranged between a layer where the anode is located and the first conductive layer; and the anode is directly connected to the anode connection portion through a first hole penetrating through the at least one film layer;

wherein,

the plurality of sub-pixels comprise first sub-pixels and second sub-pixels, wherein each first sub-pixel comprises a first pixel driving circuit, and each second sub-pixel comprises a second pixel driving circuit;

the first pixel driving circuit comprises a first semiconductor pattern on the semiconductor layer, and the second pixel driving circuit comprises a second semiconductor pattern on the semiconductor layer;

the first pixel driving circuit and the second pixel driving circuit are arranged in the first direction;

the anode comprises a first anode, wherein the first anode is electrically connected to the first pixel driving circuit, and a size of the first anode in the first direction is larger than a size of the first anode in the second direction;

the data line comprises a first data line and a second data line, wherein the first data line is electrically connected to the first pixel driving circuit, and the second data line is electrically connected to the second pixel driving circuit;

the power line comprises a first power line and a second power line, wherein an orthographic projection of the first power line on the base substrate overlaps with an orthographic projection of the first semiconductor pattern on the base substrate, and an orthographic projection of the second power line on the base substrate overlaps with an orthographic projection of the second semiconductor pattern on the base substrate;

the pixel driving circuit comprises a capacitance pole plate, wherein the first pixel driving circuit comprises a first capacitance pole plate, the second pixel driving circuit comprises a second capacitance pole plate, and the first capacitance pole plate and the second capacitance pole plate are arranged on a same layer; and

an orthographic projection of the first anode electrically connected to the first pixel driving circuit on the base substrate overlaps with an orthographic projection of the first capacitance pole plate on the base substrate, an orthographic projection of the second capacitance pole plate on the base substrate, an orthographic projection of the first data line on the base substrate, an orthographic projection of the second data line on the base substrate, the orthographic projection of the first power line on the base substrate, and the orthographic projection of the second power line on the base substrate respectively; and an overlapping area of orthographic projections of the first anode and the first capacitance pole plate on the base substrate is larger than an overlapping area of orthographic projections of the first anode and the second capacitance pole plate on the base substrate.

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