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Granted Patent B2
US 12,120,924 · App. 17/535,593 · Granted Oct 15, 2024

Display panel and display device including transparent regions with different thicknesses

Inventors: Jujian Fu (Shanghai, CN); Shaorong Yu (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
H10K59/122
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Patent No.
US 12,120,924
App. No.
17/535,593
Granted
Oct 15, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a display area, the display area includes transparent display regions, where film layers in at least two display regions of transparent display regions have different thicknesses, and/or the film layers in the at least two adjacent transparent regions are made of different materials.

Claims (30)

1. A display panel, comprising:

a display area, wherein the display area comprises a plurality of transparent regions, wherein film layers in at least two transparent regions in the plurality of transparent regions have different thicknesses, or the film layers in the at least two transparent regions in the plurality of transparent regions are made of different materials,

wherein the display panel further comprises: a first film laver, wherein the film layers in the at least two transparent regions having different thicknesses comprises the film layers in a first transparent region of the at least two adjacent transparent regions comprising the first film layer, and the film layers in a second transparent region of the at least two adjacent transparent regions not comprising the first film layer.

2. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the film layers in the at least two adjacent transparent regions in the plurality of transparent regions have different thicknesses, or the film layers in the at least two adjacent transparent regions in the plurality of transparent regions are made of different materials.

3. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the first film layer comprises a single film layer.

4. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the first film layer comprises multiple film layers, wherein the multiple film layers are continuously stacked, or the multiple film layers are stacked at an interval.

5. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the film layers in the at least two transparent regions in the plurality of transparent regions making of different materials comprises: for two transparent regions making of different materials, a material of the film layers in one of the two transparent regions comprises an organic material, and a material of the film layers in the other of the two transparent regions comprises an inorganic material; or for two transparent regions making of different materials, the two film layers in the two transparent regions being made of different materials, a thickness ratio of the two film layers in one of the two transparent regions being different from a thickness ratio of the two film layers in the other of the two transparent regions.

6. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein at least one transparent region in the plurality of transparent regions comprises a plurality of transparent sub-regions, the film layers in each transparent sub-region in a same transparent region have different thicknesses, or the film layers in each transparent sub-region in a same transparent region are made of different materials.

7. The display panel of claim 6 , wherein a same transparent region comprises a first transparent sub-region and a second transparent sub-region, wherein the first transparent sub-region is surrounded by the second transparent sub-region.

8. The display panel of claim 7 , wherein a thickness of film layer disposed in the second transparent sub-region is greater than a thickness of the film layer disposed in the first transparent sub-region.

9. The display panel of claim 8 , wherein along a direction pointing from the second transparent sub-region to the first transparent sub-region, a thickness of the film layer disposed in the second transparent sub-region is gradually varied.

10. The display panel of claim 6 , wherein grooves are configured in the film layers in the plurality of transparent regions.

11. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein edges in the plurality of transparent regions comprise curves.

12. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the thicknesses of the film layers in the plurality of transparent regions follow a random distribution.

13. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the thicknesses of the film layers in the plurality of transparent regions follow a periodic distribution.

14. A display device, comprising the display panel of claim 1 .

15. A display panel, comprising:

a display area, wherein the display area comprises a plurality of transparent regions, wherein film layers in at least two transparent regions in the plurality of transparent regions have different thicknesses, or the film layers in the at least two transparent regions in the plurality of transparent regions are made of different materials;

wherein the display panel further comprises: a second film layer, second film layers in the at least two transparent regions having different thicknesses.

16. The display panel of claim 15 , wherein along a film laying direction, the second film layer continuously extends from a first transparent region of the at least two transparent regions to a second transparent region of the at least two transparent regions, or the second film layer being not continuously configured between two adjacent transparent regions.

17. A display panel, comprising:

a display area, wherein the display area comprises a plurality of transparent regions, wherein film layers in at least two transparent regions in the plurality of transparent regions have different thicknesses, or the film layers in the at least two transparent regions in the plurality of transparent regions are made of different materials;

a base substrate;

a buffer layer disposed on one side of the base substrate;

an array layer disposed on one side of the buffer layer facing away from the base substrate; and

a planarization layer disposed on one side of the array layer facing away from the base substrate;

wherein at least one of the base substrate, the buffer layer, the array layer and the planarization layer in the at least two transparent regions has different thicknesses, or at least one of the base substrate, the buffer layer, the array layer and the planarization layer in the at least two transparent regions is made of different materials.

18. The display panel of claim 17 , further comprising:

a pixel defining layer, which is disposed on one side of the planarization layer facing away from the base substrate;

wherein at least one of the base substrate, the buffer layer, the array layer, the planarization layer and the pixel defining layer in the at least two transparent regions has different thicknesses, or at least one of the base substrate, the buffer layer, the array layer, the planarization layer and the pixel defining layer in the at least two transparent regions is made of different materials.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2021
From: FU, JUJIAN; YU, SHAORONG
To: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058210/0578 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201911223241.1 · Dec 3, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 16853707 · Apr 20, 2020
Related Publication 20220085122A1 · Mar 17, 2022