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US 12,268,062 · App. 17/274,259 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Display panel and display device with light- emitting devices overlapping winding area

Inventors: Youngyik Ko (Beijing, CN); Benlian Wang (Beijing, CN); Weiyun Huang (Beijing, CN); Yue Long (Beijing, CN); Yudiao Cheng (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
H10K59/131H10K59/1213H01L27/124
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Patent No.
US 12,268,062
App. No.
17/274,259
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Some embodiments of the disclosure provide a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: a display area; a winding area surrounded by the display area; a notch area surrounded by the winding area; a plurality of pixel driving circuits located in the display area; a plurality of light-emitting devices located at sides, facing away from a base substrate, of the pixel driving circuits, each pixel driving circuit being electrically connected to one corresponding light-emitting device; an orthographic projection of at least one of the plurality of light-emitting devices on the base substrate overlaps with the winding area, other light-emitting devices are in the display area; each light-emitting device whose orthographic projection on the base substrate overlaps with the winding area is electrically connected to corresponding pixel driving circuit through a first conducting line, and the first conducting line extends from the display area to the winding area.

Claims (41)

1. A display panel, comprising:

a display area;

a winding area surrounded by the display area;

a notch area surrounded by the winding area;

a plurality of pixel driving circuits located in the display area; and

a plurality of light-emitting devices located at sides, facing away from a base substrate, of the pixel driving circuits, the plurality of pixel driving circuits are electrically connected to the plurality of light-emitting devices in an one-to-one manner;

wherein an orthographic projection of at least one of the plurality of light-emitting devices on the base substrate overlaps with the winding area, and other light-emitting devices are located in the display area;

the light-emitting device whose orthographic projection on the base substrate overlaps with the winding area is electrically connected to a corresponding pixel driving circuit through a first conducting line, and the first conducting line extends from the display area to the winding area;

wherein the display area comprises a first area, a second area and a third area which are arranged in a second direction;

the second area comprises a first sub-area and a second sub-area which are arranged in a first direction; wherein the first sub-area and the second sub-area are separated by the notch area;

an orthographic projection of the light-emitting device whose orthographic projection on the base substrate overlaps with the winding area in the second direction is located in at least one of the first sub-area and the second sub-area;

wherein the light-emitting devices in the first area and the third area are first light-emitting devices, and regions defined by orthographic projections of light-emitting areas of the first light-emitting devices on the base substrate are approximately equal in area;

the pixel driving circuits electrically connected to the first light-emitting devices are first pixel driving circuits, and regions defined by orthographic projections of the first pixel driving circuits on the base substrate are approximately equal in area;

wherein the light-emitting device whose orthographic projection on the base substrate overlaps with the winding area is a second light-emitting device, and the pixel driving circuits electrically connected with the second light-emitting devices are second pixel driving circuits;

an area of regions defined by orthographic projections of light-emitting areas of the second light-emitting devices on the base substrate is larger than an area of regions defined by orthographic projections of the light-emitting areas of the first light-emitting devices on the base substrate;

wherein in the first direction and from the notch area to at least one of the first sub-area and the second sub-area, the area of regions defined by orthographic projections of the light-emitting areas of the second light-emitting devices on the base substrate decreases successively.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the regions defined by orthographic projections of the light-emitting areas of the second light-emitting devices on the base substrate are approximately equal in area.

3. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein an area of regions defined by orthographic projections of the second pixel driving circuits on the base substrate is approximately equal to an area of regions defined by orthographic projections of the first pixel driving circuits on the base substrate;

wherein the second pixel driving circuits are located in a same column as the first pixel driving circuits in the first area and the second area.

4. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein orthographic projections of the light-emitting areas of the first light-emitting devices on the base substrate have first widths in the first direction, and orthographic projections of the light-emitting areas of the first light-emitting devices on the base substrate have second widths in the second direction;

orthographic projections of the light-emitting areas of the second light-emitting devices on the base substrate have third widths in the first direction, and orthographic projections of the light-emitting areas of the second light-emitting devices on the base substrate have fourth widths in the second direction;

the third widths are larger than the first widths, and the second widths are approximately equal to the fourth widths.

5. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting devices located in the second area are third light-emitting devices, and the pixel driving circuits electrically connected with the third light-emitting devices are third pixel driving circuits;

an area of regions defined by orthographic projections of the third pixel driving circuits on the base substrate is approximately equal to the area of regions defined by orthographic projections of the first pixel driving circuits on the base substrate.

6. The display panel according to claim 5 , wherein the area of regions defined by orthographic projections of light-emitting areas of the third light-emitting devices on the base substrate is smaller than the area of regions defined by orthographic projections of the light-emitting areas of the second light-emitting devices on the base substrate;

in the first direction and from the notch area to at least one of the first sub-area and the second sub-area, the area of regions defined by orthographic projections of the light-emitting areas of the third light-emitting devices on the base substrate decreases successively.

7. The display panel according to claim 5 , wherein the regions defined by orthographic projections of the light-emitting areas of the third light-emitting devices on the base substrate are approximately equal to the regions defined by orthographic projections of the light-emitting areas of the second light-emitting devices on the base substrate in area.

8. The display panel according to claim 5 , wherein for at least one third light-emitting device adjacent to the second light-emitting devices, the at least one third light-emitting device is electrically connected to a corresponding third pixel driving circuit through a second conducting line;

the display panel further comprises a plurality of scanning lines; wherein a row of pixel driving circuits is electrically connected to at least one scanning line;

at least one of the first conducting line and the second conducting line are located on a layer same as a layer on which the scanning lines are, and at least one of the first conducting line and the second conducting line are arranged with and the scanning lines in a spaced manner, and at least one of the first conducting line and the second conducting line is made of a material same as a material of which the scanning lines are made.

9. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting devices whose orthographic projections on the base substrate overlap with the winding area are second light-emitting devices, and the pixel driving circuits electrically connected with the second light-emitting devices are second pixel driving circuits;

a distribution density of the second pixel driving circuits is larger than a distribution density of the first pixel driving circuits.

10. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein the area of regions defined by orthographic projections of the second pixel driving circuits on the base substrate is smaller than the area of regions defined by orthographic projections of the first pixel driving circuits on the base substrate.

11. The display panel according to claim 10 , wherein in the first direction and from the notch area to at least one of the first sub-area and the second sub-area, the area of regions defined by orthographic projections of the second pixel driving circuits on the base substrate increases successively.

12. The display panel according to claim 10 , wherein the regions defined by orthographic projections of the second pixel driving circuits on the base substrate are approximately equal in area.

13. The display panel according to claim 10 , wherein a quantity of transistors in the second pixel driving circuit is smaller than a quantity of transistors in the first pixel driving circuit.

14. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein the regions defined by orthographic projections of the light-emitting areas of the second light-emitting devices on the base substrate and the regions defined by orthographic projections of the light-emitting areas of the first light-emitting devices on the base substrate are approximately equal in area;

wherein the second light-emitting devices in the second area are located in a same column as the first light-emitting devices in the first area and the second area.

15. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein the light-emitting devices located in the second area are third light-emitting devices, and the pixel driving circuits electrically connected with the third light-emitting devices are third pixel driving circuits;

orthographic projections of light-emitting areas of the third light-emitting devices on the base substrate are smaller than or approximately equal to orthographic projections of light-emitting areas of the first light-emitting devices on the base substrate.

16. The display panel according to claim 15 , wherein in the first direction and from the notch area to at least one of the first sub-area and the second sub-area, the area of regions defined by orthographic projections of the third pixel driving circuits on the base substrate decreases successively.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2021
From: KO, YOUNGYIK; WANG, BENLIAN; HUANG, WEIYUN; LONG, YUE; CHENG, YUDIAO
To: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
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