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US 12,382,820 · App. 18/022,435 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Display panel

Inventors: Wenbo Hu (Beijing, CN); Rui Cheng (Beijing, CN); Qiang Fu (Beijing, CN); Yaohong Tan (Beijing, CN); Wen Sun (Beijing, CN); Jenyu Lee (Beijing, CN); Xuwei Li (Beijing, CN); Jianyun Xu (Beijing, CN); Gaoqiang Wang (Beijing, CN); Jinyu Chao (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
H10K59/88G06F3/0446H10K59/40H10K59/65H10K59/8721H10K59/873G06F2203/04111
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Patent No.
US 12,382,820
App. No.
18/022,435
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display panel, which belongs to the technical field of display devices. The display panel includes an opening area ( 20 ) provided with an opening: an active area ( 70 ) at least partially surrounding the opening area ( 20 ); and a first anti-crack area ( 40 ). The display panel in the first anti-crack area ( 40 ) further includes: at least one circle of anti-crack protective layer ( 41 ); the active area ( 70 ) includes at least one touch electrode layer ( 71 ); and the anti-crack protective layer ( 41 ) and at least one of the at least one touch electrode layer ( 71 ) are arranged in a same layer and with a same material. The anti-crack protective layer ( 41 ) of the display panel of the present disclosure may improve the anti-crack ability of the area surrounding the digging holes.

Claims (40)

1. A display panel, comprising:

an opening area, wherein the opening area is provided with an opening;

an active area, wherein the active area at least partially surrounds the opening area; and

a first anti-crack area, wherein the first anti-crack area at least partially surrounds the opening area;

wherein the display panel in the first anti-crack area further comprises: a substrate, an encapsulation layer located on the substrate, and at least one circle of anti-crack protective layer located on the encapsulation layer;

the active area comprises at least one touch electrode layer; and

the anti-crack protective layer and at least one of the at least one touch electrode layer are arranged in a same layer and with a same material;

wherein the anti-crack protective layer comprises at least one layer of metal, and the touch electrode layer comprises a touch metal layer;

wherein the substrate and the encapsulation layer extend to the active area, and the touch metal layer is located on a side of the encapsulation layer away from the substrate;

wherein the at least one touch electrode layer comprises a first touch metal layer closer to the substrate, a second touch metal layer and a touch medium layer between the first touch metal layer and the second touch metal layer, and the anti-crack protective layer and the first touch metal layer are arranged in a same layer and with a same material; and/or

the anti-crack protective layer and the second touch metal layer are arranged in a same layer and with a same material.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first touch metal layer is a bridging layer, the second touch metal layer is an electrode pattern layer, and the bridging layer is electrically connected to at least part of the electrode pattern layer through a through-hole penetrating the touch medium layer.

3. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the anti-crack protective layer comprises a first anti-crack protective layer and a second anti-crack protective layer that are stacked, and the first anti-crack protective layer is provided between the second anti-crack protective layer and the substrate;

wherein the first anti-crack protective layer and the first touch metal layer are arranged in a same layer and with a same material; and

the second anti-crack protective layer and the second touch metal layer are arranged in a same layer and with a same material.

4. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the anti-crack protective layer comprises a single-layer or tandem structure of metal or metal oxide.

5. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first anti-crack area further comprises at least one circle of first anti-crack dam located under the encapsulation layer; and the first anti-crack dam and the anti-crack protective layer are distributed on two sides of the encapsulation layer.

6. The display panel according to claim 5 , wherein the first anti-crack dam and the anti-crack protective layer are stacked on two sides of the encapsulation layer, and an orthographic projection of the anti-crack protective layer on the substrate at least partially covers an orthographic projection of the first anti-crack dam on the substrate.

7. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first anti-crack dam and the anti-crack protective layer are dislocated on two sides of the encapsulation layer, and an orthographic projection of the anti-crack protective layer on the substrate is located between orthographic projections of two adjacent first anti-crack dams on the substrate.

8. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises: a stop zone surrounding the first anti-crack area; and

the substrate and the encapsulation layer extend to the stop zone, and a stop dam is provided between the encapsulation layer and the substrate that are located in the stop zone.

9. The display panel according to claim 8 , wherein the display panel further comprises: a second anti-crack area surrounding the stop zone; the display panel in the second anti-crack area further comprises: the substrate, and the encapsulation layer located on the substrate; wherein a second anti-crack dam is provided between the encapsulation layer and the substrate located in the second anti-crack area.

10. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein the first anti-crack area further comprises at least one circle of first anti-crack dam located under the encapsulation layer; the anti-crack protective layer and an orthographic projection of the first anti-crack dam and/or the second anti-crack dam have at least partially overlapped areas.

11. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein an area of the encapsulation layer contacted with at least one circle of a first anti-crack dam and/or at least one circle of a second anti-crack dam comprises at least one concave structure, and the anti-crack protective layer at least covers the concave structure.

12. A display panel, comprising:

an opening area, wherein the opening area is provided with an opening;

an active area, wherein the active area at least partially surrounds the opening area; and

a first anti-crack area, wherein the first anti-crack area at least partially surrounds the opening area;

wherein the display panel in the first anti-crack area further comprises: a substrate, an encapsulation layer located on the substrate, at least one circle of anti-crack protective layer located on the encapsulation layer and at least one circle of first anti-crack dam located under the encapsulation layer; an area of the encapsulation layer contacted with at least one circle of first anti-crack dam comprises at least one concave structure, the anti-crack protective layer at least covers the concave structure;

wherein the active area comprises at least one touch electrode layer, and the anti-crack protective layer and at least one of the at least one touch electrode layer are arranged in a same layer and with a same material;

wherein the anti-crack protective layer comprises at least one layer of metal, and the touch electrode layer comprises a touch metal layer;

wherein the substrate and the encapsulation layer extend to the active area, and the touch metal layer is located on a side of the encapsulation layer away from the substrate;

wherein the at least one touch electrode layer comprises a first touch metal layer closer to the substrate, a second touch metal layer and a touch medium layer between the first touch metal layer and the second touch metal layer, and the anti-crack protective layer and the first touch metal layer are arranged in a same layer and with a same material; and/or

the anti-crack protective layer and the second touch metal layer are arranged in a same layer and with a same material.

13. The display panel according to claim 12 , wherein the first anti-crack dam and the anti-crack protective layer are stacked on two sides of the encapsulation layer, and an orthographic projection of the anti-crack protective layer on the substrate at least partially covers an orthographic projection of the first anti-crack dam on the substrate.

14. The display panel according to claim 12 , wherein the first anti-crack dam and the anti-crack protective layer are dislocated on two sides of the encapsulation layer, and an orthographic projection of the anti-crack protective layer on the substrate is located between orthographic projections of two adjacent first anti-crack dams on the substrate.

15. The display panel according to claim 12 , wherein the first anti-crack dam comprises at least one concave-convex structure, so that the encapsulation layer comprises a concave structure, and the concave structure comprises at least one step perpendicular to a direction of the substrate, and the anti-crack protective layer at least partially covers the step.

16. The display panel according to claim 15 , wherein the concave structure comprises at least two first surfaces and a second surface located between the two first surfaces, and two steps connecting the first surfaces and the second surface are perpendicular to the direction of the substrate, and the anti-crack protective layer completely covers the concave structure.

17. The display panel according to claim 12 , wherein the anti-crack protective layer comprises a first anti-crack protective layer and a second anti-crack protective layer that are stacked, the first anti-crack protective layer is provided between the second anti-crack protective layer and the substrate; and

the first anti-crack protective layer at least partially covers the concave structure, and/or, the second anti-crack protective layer at least partially covers the concave structure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2023
From: HU, WENBO; CHENG, RUI; FU, QIANG; TAN, YAOHONG; SUN, WEN; LEE, JENYU; LI, XUWEI; XU, JIANYUN; WANG, GAOQIANG; CHAO, JINYU
To: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062763/0627 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202111086347.9 · Sep 16, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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