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Granted Patent B2
US 11,903,257 · App. 18/150,953 · Granted Feb 13, 2024

Display panel and display apparatus

Inventors: Jieliang Li (Xiamen, CN); Jiaxian Liu (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
H10K59/1216G09G3/3225G09G3/3266G09G3/3275H10K59/1213G09G2320/0626H01L27/1225H01L27/1255
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Patent No.
US 11,903,257
App. No.
18/150,953
Granted
Feb 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a display panel and a display apparatus. The display panel includes a driving array layer having functional layers and insulation layers. The driving array layer includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a first capacitor including a first plate and a second plate, and a second capacitor including a third plate and a fourth plate. An active layer of the first transistor contains silicon, and an active layer of the second transistor contains oxide semiconductor. The first plate and the second plate are located in two of the functional layers, respectively, and the third plate and the fourth plate are located in two of the functional layers, respectively.

Claims (61)

1. A display panel, comprising:

a base substrate; and

a driving array layer disposed on the base substrate and having functional layers and insulation layers,

wherein the driving array layer comprises:

a first transistor, wherein the first transistor comprises a first active layer comprising silicon;

a second transistor, wherein the second transistor comprises a second active layer comprising oxide semiconductor;

a first capacitor comprising a first plate and a second plate; and

a second capacitor comprising a third plate and a fourth plate,

wherein a first insulation layer is provided between the first plate and the second plate, and a second insulation layer is provided between the third plate and the fourth plate;

the first transistor comprises a first gate electrode, a first source electrode, a first drain electrode and the first active layer, wherein the first gate electrode is located at a side of the first active layer away from the base substrate;

the second transistor comprises a second gate electrode, a third gate electrode, a second source electrode, a second drain electrode and the second active layer, wherein the second gate electrode is located between the second active layer and the base substrate; and the third gate electrode is located at a side of the second active layer away from the base substrate; and

the first gate electrode is located in a first metal layer, the second gate electrode is located in a second metal layer, and the third gate electrode is located in a third metal layer.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first insulation layer has a greater hydrogen content than the second insulation layer.

3. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first plate is located between the second plate and the base substrate; the fourth plate is located on a side of the third plate away from the base substrate; the first plate and the second plate are located in two of the functional layers; and the third plate and the fourth plate are located in two of the functional layers.

4. The display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the first plate and the third plate are located in a same function layer of the functional layers; and the second plate and the fourth plate are located in different functional layers of the functional layers.

5. The display panel according to claim 4 , wherein the driving array layer comprises a pixel circuit, wherein the pixel circuit comprises the first capacitor and the second capacitor, and wherein the first capacitor has a greater capacitance than the second capacitor.

6. The display panel according to claim 5 , wherein each of an area of the first plate and an area of the second plate is greater than each of an area of the third plate and an area of the fourth plate.

7. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first plate and the third plate are located in the first metal layer, the second plate is located in the second metal layer, and the fourth plate and the second active layer are located in a same layer.

8. The display panel according to claim 7 , wherein the second capacitor further comprises a fifth plate connected to the third plate or the fourth plate and located on a side of the fourth plate that is facing away from the third plate.

9. The display panel according to claim 7 , wherein the first insulation layer has a lower oxygen content than the second insulation layer.

10. The display panel according to claim 7 , wherein the first insulation layer has a smaller thickness than the second insulation layer.

11. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer are provided between the third plate and the fourth plate, wherein the first insulation layer is located at a side of the second insulation layer close to the third plate, the second insulation layer is located between the first insulation layer and the fourth plate, and the first insulation layer has a lower oxygen content than the second insulation layer.

12. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the driving array layer comprises a pixel circuit, and the pixel circuit comprises a driving transistor, a first light-emission control transistor, a light-emission control terminal, and the second capacitor;

the first light-emission control transistor comprises a gate electrode electrically connected to the light-emission control terminal, a first terminal electrically connected to a third node of a terminal of the driving transistor, and a second terminal electrically connected to an anode of a light-emitting element; and

the third plate is connected to the light-emission control terminal, the fourth plate is connected to the third node, and the second capacitor is configured to reversely bias the driving transistor.

13. A display panel, comprising:

a base substrate; and

a driving array layer disposed on the base substrate and having functional layers and insulation layers,

wherein the driving array layer comprises:

a first transistor, wherein the first transistor comprises a first active layer comprising silicon;

a second transistor, wherein the second transistor comprises a second active layer comprising oxide semiconductor;

a first capacitor comprising a first plate and a second plate; and

a second capacitor comprising a third plate and a fourth plate,

wherein a first insulation layer is provided between the first plate and the second plate, and a second insulation layer is provided between the third plate and the fourth plate;

wherein the driving array layer comprises:

a pixel circuit comprising the second capacitor; and

a driving circuit configured to provide a control signal to the pixel circuit and comprising the first capacitor,

wherein the first capacitor has a greater capacitance than the second capacitor; and

wherein the pixel circuit comprises the first capacitor, and the driving circuit comprises the second capacitor; and an orthographic projection of the second capacitor on a plane of the display panel partially overlaps an orthographic projection of the first transistor on the plane of the display panel, and an orthographic projection of the first capacitor on the plane of the display panel partially does not overlap an orthographic projection of the second transistor on the plane of the display panel; or

the pixel circuit comprises the first transistor, and the driving circuit comprises the second transistor, and an area of a region where an orthographic projection of the second capacitor on a plane of the display panel overlaps an orthographic projection of the first transistor of the pixel circuit on the plane of the display panel is greater than an area of a region where an orthographic projection of the first capacitor on the plane of the display panel overlaps an orthographic projection of the second transistor on the plane of the display panel.

14. The display panel according to claim 13 , wherein the pixel circuit comprises the first transistor and a third transistor, and the driving circuit comprises the second transistor and a fourth transistor,

wherein the third transistor comprises a third active layer comprising oxide semiconductor,

the fourth transistor comprises a fourth active layer comprising silicon,

a channel region of the first transistor has a width of W 1 and a length of L 1 ;

a channel region of the second transistor has a width of W 2 and a length of L 2 ;

a channel region of the third transistor has a width of W 3 and a length of L 3 ; and

a channel region of the fourth transistor has a width of W 4 and a length of L 4 .

15. The display panel according to claim 14 , wherein each of the first transistor and the third transistor is a switching transistor of the pixel circuit, where |W 1 /L 1 -W 4 /L 4 |<|W 2 /L 2 -W 3 /L 3 |.

16. The display panel according to claim 14 , wherein the first transistor is a driving transistor of the pixel circuit, and the third transistor is a switching transistor of the pixel circuit, where |W 1 /L 1 -W 4 /L 4 |>5*|W 2 /L 2 -W 3 /L 3 |; or

wherein the first transistor is a switching transistor of the pixel circuit, and the third transistor is a driving transistor of the pixel circuit, where 5*|W 1 /L 1 -W 4 /L 4 |<|W 2 /L 2 -W 3 /L 3 |.

17. A display apparatus, comprising:

a display panel, comprising a base substrate and a driving array layer, the driving array layer being disposed on the base substrate and having functional layers and insulation layers,

wherein the driving array layer comprises:

a first transistor, wherein the first transistor comprises a first active layer comprising silicon;

a second transistor, wherein the second transistor comprises a second active layer comprising oxide semiconductor;

a first capacitor comprising a first plate and a second plate; and

a second capacitor comprising a third plate and a fourth plate,

wherein a first insulation layer is provided between the first plate and the second plate, and a second insulation layer is provided between the third plate and the fourth plate; and the first insulation layer has a greater hydrogen content than the second insulation layer;

the first transistor comprises a first gate electrode, a first source electrode, a first drain electrode and the first active layer, wherein the first gate electrode is located at a side of the first active layer away from the base substrate;

the second transistor comprises a second gate electrode, a third gate electrode, a second source electrode, a second drain electrode and the second active layer, wherein the second gate electrode is located between the second active layer and the base substrate; and the third gate electrode is located at a side of the second active layer away from the base substrate; and

the first gate electrode is located in a first metal layer, the second gate electrode is located in a second metal layer, and the third gate electrode is located in a third metal layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2023
From: LI, JIELIANG; LIU, JIAXIAN
To: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062310/0874 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202011150331.5 · Oct 23, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17147309 · Jan 12, 2021
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