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US 12,424,153 · App. 18/735,286 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Display panel and display device

Inventors: Wenjun Dai (Shanghai, CN); Liang Xing (Shanghai, CN); Tianyi Wu (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Hubei Yangtze Industrial Innovation Center Of Advanced Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 12,424,153
App. No.
18/735,286
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a display area, a plurality of light-emitting elements located in the display area, and at least one driver circuit located in the display area; the plurality of light-emitting elements includes a plurality of light-emitting element rows extend in a first direction and arranged in a second direction, where the first direction and the second direction intersect; the at least one driver circuit includes a plurality of shift register circuits disposed in cascade and a shift register circuit of the plurality of shift register circuits is located between adjacent light-emitting element rows of the plurality of light-emitting element rows.

Claims (66)

1. A display panel, comprising a display area;

wherein the display panel further comprises:

a light-emitting element, wherein the light-emitting element is located in the display area;

a pixel circuit, wherein the pixel circuit is located in the display area and the pixel circuit is configured to drive the light-emitting element;

a driver circuit, wherein the driver circuit is located in the display area and the driver circuit is configured to provide a drive signal to the pixel circuit; and

pixel circuit rows, wherein at least one of the pixel circuit rows comprises a plurality of pixel circuits arranged along a first direction, the pixel circuit rows are arranged along a second direction, the first direction and the second direction intersect;

wherein the driver circuit comprises a plurality of stages of shift register circuits cascaded, and at least one stage of shift register circuit is located between adjacent pixel circuit rows;

the display panel comprises a contact electrode, along a direction perpendicular to a base substrate of the display panel, at least one light-emitting element does not overlap with the pixel circuit connected to the at least one light-emitting element, wherein at least one of the following is satisfied:

an electrode of the at least one light-emitting element is electrically connected to the contact electrode through an eutectic layer; or

along a thickness direction of the base substrate, the contact electrode is located between the pixel circuit and the at least one light-emitting element.

2. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

along the direction perpendicular to the base substrate of the display panel, a position where the contact electrode is bonded to the light-emitting element does not overlap with the pixel circuit.

3. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

along the direction perpendicular to the base substrate of the display panel, the contact electrode does not overlap with the pixel circuit.

4. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

at least one light-emitting element is offset along the second direction relative to the pixel circuit connected to the at least one light-emitting element.

5. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

along the first direction, at least one light-emitting element does not overlap with the pixel circuit connected to the at least one light-emitting element.

6. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

at an edge area of the display area, at least one light-emitting element is offset along the first direction relative to the pixel circuit connected to the at least one light-emitting element.

7. The display panel of claim 6 , wherein

along the second direction, at least one light-emitting element overlaps with the pixel circuit connected to the at least one light-emitting element.

8. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

an offset amount of at least one light-emitting element along the second direction relative to the pixel circuit connected to the at least one light-emitting element is greater than an offset amount of at least one light-emitting element along the first direction relative to the pixel circuit connected to the at least one light-emitting element.

9. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

along a direction perpendicular to the base substrate of the display panel, at least one light-emitting element does not overlap with the driver circuit.

10. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

along the first direction, at least one light-emitting element does not overlap with either the pixel circuit or the driver circuit.

11. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the display panel comprises light-emitting element rows, at least one of the light-emitting element rows comprises a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged along the first direction, and the light-emitting element rows are arranged along the second direction;

an i-th pixel circuit row and an (i+1)-th pixel circuit row are located between an i-th light-emitting element row and an (i+1)-th light-emitting element row.

12. The display panel of claim 11 , wherein

the i-th pixel circuit row is configured to drive the i-th light-emitting element row, and the (i+1)-th pixel circuit row is configured to drive the (i+1)-th light-emitting element row.

13. The display panel of claim 11 , wherein

no shift register circuit is disposed between the i-th pixel circuit row and the (i+1)-th pixel circuit row.

14. The display panel of claim 11 , wherein

the display panel comprises N pixel circuit rows and the N pixel circuit rows are arranged along the second direction;

an (N−1)-th pixel circuit row and an N-th pixel circuit row are located at an edge area of the display area; and

when i=N, no shift register circuit is disposed between the (N−1)-th pixel circuit row and the N-th pixel circuit row.

15. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the display panel comprises light-emitting element rows, at least one of the light-emitting element rows comprises a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged along the first direction, and the light-emitting element rows are arranged along the second direction;

the j-th pixel circuit row is disposed on a side of the j-th light-emitting element row away from the (j+1)-th light-emitting element row, and the (j+1)-th pixel circuit row is disposed on a side of the (j+1)-th light-emitting element row facing the j-th light-emitting element row; or

the j-th pixel circuit row is disposed on a side of the j-th light-emitting element row facing the (j+1)-th light-emitting element row, and the (j+1)-th pixel circuit row is disposed on a side of the (j+1)-th light-emitting element row away from the j-th light-emitting element row.

16. The display panel of claim 15 , wherein

the j-th pixel circuit row is configured to drive the j-th light-emitting element row, and the (j+1)-th pixel circuit row is configured to drive the (j+1)-th light-emitting element row.

17. The display panel of claim 15 , wherein

at least one shift register circuit is disposed between the j-th pixel circuit row and the (j+1)-th pixel circuit row.

18. The display panel of claim 15 , wherein

the display panel comprises N pixel circuit rows and the N pixel circuit rows are arranged along the second direction;

an (N−1)-th pixel circuit row and an N-th pixel circuit row are located at an edge area of the display area; and

when j=N, a shift register circuit is disposed between the (N−1)-th pixel circuit row and the N-th pixel circuit row.

19. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the display panel comprises light-emitting element rows, at least one of the light-emitting element rows comprises a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged along the first direction, and the light-emitting element rows are arranged along the second direction;

the i-th pixel circuit row and the (i+1)-th pixel circuit row are located between an i-th light-emitting element row and an (i+1)-th light-emitting element row; and

the j-th pixel circuit row is disposed on a side of the j-th light-emitting element row away from the (j+1)-th light-emitting element row, and the (j+1)-th pixel circuit row is disposed on a side of the (j+1)-th light-emitting element row facing the j-th light-emitting element row; or the j-th pixel circuit row is disposed on a side of the j-th light-emitting element row facing the (j+1)-th light-emitting element row, and the (j+1)-th pixel circuit row is disposed on a side of the (j+1)-th light-emitting element row away from the j-th light-emitting element row;

wherein the i-th pixel circuit row and the (i+1)-th pixel circuit row are located in an area of the display area, and the j-th pixel circuit row and the (j+1)-th pixel circuit row are located in another area of the display area.

20. A display device comprising a display panel, wherein the display panel comprises a display area;

wherein the display panel further comprises:

a light-emitting element, wherein the light-emitting element is located in the display area;

a pixel circuit, wherein the pixel circuit is located in the display area and the pixel circuit is configured to drive the light-emitting element,

a driver circuit, wherein the driver circuit is located in the display area and the driver circuit is configured to provide a drive signal to the pixel circuit; and

pixel circuit rows, wherein at least one of the pixel circuit rows comprises a plurality of pixel circuits arranged along a first direction, the pixel circuit rows are arranged along a second direction, the first direction and the second direction intersect;

wherein the driver circuit comprises a plurality of stages of shift register circuits cascaded, and at least one stage of shift register circuit is located between adjacent pixel circuit rows;

the display panel comprises a contact electrode, along a direction perpendicular to a base substrate of the display panel, at least one light-emitting element does not overlap with the pixel circuit connected to the at least one light-emitting element, wherein at least one of the following is satisfied:

an electrode of the at least one light-emitting element is electrically connected to the contact electrode through an eutectic layer; or

along a thickness direction of the base substrate, the contact electrode is located between the pixel circuit and the at least one light-emitting element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2024
From: DAI, WENJUN; XING, LIANG; WU, TIANYI
To: HUBEI YANGTZE INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION CENTER OF ADVANCED DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202110490929.7 · May 6, 2021 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17968266 · Oct 18, 2022
Continuation 17445182 · Aug 16, 2021
Related Publication 20240321190A1 · Sep 26, 2024
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