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Granted Patent B2
US 12,431,072 · App. 18/733,590 · Granted Sep 30, 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.
G09G3/32G02F1/136204G09G2300/0408G09G2300/0426G09G2310/0267G09G2310/0286G09G2310/0291
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Patent No.
US 12,431,072
App. No.
18/733,590
Granted
Sep 30, 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 (94)

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;

a driver signal transmission trace, wherein the driver signal transmission trace is located in the display area, the driver signal transmission trace is connected to the driver circuit and configured to provide a drive signal for the driver circuit;

a signal terminal;

a driver circuit signal line group, wherein the driver signal transmission trace connects the driver circuit signal line group to the driver 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; and

the driver signal transmission trace extends along the second direction;

wherein

the driver circuit signal line group extends along the first direction;

wherein the driver circuit signal line group is configured to connect the driver signal transmission trace and the signal terminal.

2. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

at least one driver signal transmission trace is located between two adjacent pixel circuits.

3. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the pixel circuit row comprises a plurality of pixel circuit groups, a pixel circuit group of the plurality of pixel circuit groups comprises at least two pixel circuits; and

at least one driver signal transmission trace is located between two adjacent pixel circuit groups.

4. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the shift register circuits in the driver circuit are cascaded along the second direction, and the driver signal transmission trace is connected to the shift register circuits.

5. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

at least one stage of shift register circuit comprises at least two shift register circuit modules, and adjacent shift register circuit modules are connected through at least one trace;

a shift register circuit module is connected to at least one driver signal transmission trace; and

another shift register circuit module is connected to at least another driver signal transmission trace.

6. The display panel of claim 5 , wherein

the pixel circuit row comprises a plurality of pixel circuit groups, and a pixel circuit group of the plurality of pixel circuit groups comprises at least two pixel circuits;

the driver signal transmission traces connected to different shift register circuit modules are located in different gaps between adjacent pixel circuits or between adjacent pixel circuit groups.

7. The display panel of claim 1 , further comprising:

a data line and a scan line, the data line is configured to provide a data signal for the pixel circuit, and the scan line is configured to provide a scan signal for the pixel circuit;

wherein at least one of the following is satisfied:

the data line and the drive signal transmission trace each extends along the second direction; or,

the scan line extends along the first direction.

8. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the driver circuit signal line group is located in the display area.

9. The display panel of claim 8 , wherein

at least part of driver circuit signal lines in the driver circuit signal line group are located between adjacent pixel circuit rows or adjacent light-emitting element rows.

10. The display panel of claim 8 , wherein

driver circuit signal lines in one driver circuit signal line group are located between at least two different gaps between adjacent pixel circuit rows or adjacent light-emitting element rows.

11. The display panel of claim 8 , wherein

the driver circuit signal line group comprises a first driver circuit signal line group; and

the first driver circuit signal line group is configured to provide a signal for the driver circuit in a test stage and a display stage.

12. The display panel of claim 8 , wherein

the driver circuit signal line group comprises a first driver circuit signal line group and a second driver circuit signal line group;

the first driver circuit signal line group is configured to provide a signal for the driver circuit in a display stage; and

the second driver circuit signal line group is configured to provide a signal for the driver circuit in a test stage.

13. The display panel of claim 12 , wherein

the first driver circuit signal line group and the second driver circuit signal line group are located in different gaps between adjacent pixel circuit rows or adjacent light-emitting element rows.

14. The display panel of claim 8 , wherein

the driver circuit signal line group comprises a first signal line group subsection and a second signal line group subsection;

the driver circuit comprises a scan driver circuit and a light-emitting control driver circuit; and

the first signal line group subsection is configured to provide a drive signal for the scan driver circuit, and the second signal line group subsection is configured to provide a drive signal for the light-emitting control driver circuit.

15. The display panel of claim 14 , wherein

the first signal line group subsection and the second signal line group subsection are located in different gaps between adjacent pixel circuit rows or adjacent light-emitting element rows.

16. The display panel of claim 8 , wherein

the drive circuit signal line group comprises a first clock signal line, a second clock signal line, a first enable signal line, a first level signal line, and a second level signal line;

the driver circuit comprises a scan driver circuit;

the first clock signal line is configured to provide a clock signal for the scan driver circuit, and the second clock signal line is configured to provide a clock signal for the scan driver circuit;

the first enable signal line is configured to provide an initial starting signal for the scan driver circuit; and

the first level signal line is configured to provide a first level signal for the scan driver circuit, and the second level signal line is configured to provide a second level signal for the scan driver circuit.

17. The display panel of claim 8 , wherein

wherein the driver circuit signal line group comprises a third clock signal line, a fourth clock signal line, a second enable signal line, a first level signal line and a second level signal line;

the driver circuit comprises a light-emitting control driver circuit;

the third clock signal line is configured to provide a clock signal for the light-emitting control driver circuit, the fourth clock signal line is configured to provide a clock signal for the light-emitting control driver circuit;

the second enable signal line is configured to provide an initial starting signal for the light-emitting control driver circuit; and

the first level signal line is configured to provide a first level signal for the light-emitting control driver circuit, and the second level signal line is configured to provide a second level signal for the light-emitting control driver circuit.

18. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

wherein the pixel circuit row comprises a plurality of pixel circuit groups, a pixel circuit group of the plurality of pixel circuit groups comprises at least two pixel circuits;

wherein at least one of the following is satisfied:

the driving signal transmission traces respectively connecting at least two different driver circuit signal lines in the driver circuit signal line group are located in different gaps between adjacent pixel circuits or adjacent pixel circuit groups; or,

the driver signal transmission traces respectively connecting at least two different driver circuit signal lines in the drive circuit signal line group are located in a same gap between adjacent pixel circuits or adjacent pixel circuit groups.

19. 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;

a driver signal transmission trace, wherein the driver signal transmission trace is located in the display area, the driver signal transmission trace is connected to the driver circuit and configured to provide a drive signal for the driver circuit;

a signal terminal;

a driver circuit signal line group, wherein the driver signal transmission trace connects the driver circuit signal line group to the driver 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; and

the driver signal transmission trace extends along the second direction;

wherein the driver circuit signal line group extends along the first direction;

wherein the driver circuit signal line group is configured to connect the driver signal transmission trace and the signal terminal.

20. 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;

a driver signal transmission trace, wherein the driver signal transmission trace is located in the display area, the driver signal transmission trace is connected to the driver circuit and configured to provide a drive signal for the driver circuit;

a driver circuit signal line group, wherein the driver signal transmission trace connects the driver circuit signal line group to the driver 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; and

the driver signal transmission trace extends along the second direction;

wherein at least one stage of shift register circuit comprises at least two shift register circuit modules and driver signal transmission traces of at least one of different shift register circuits or different shift register circuit modules are connected to a same line of driver circuit signal line group.

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.
Reel/Frame 068262/0155 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202110490929.7 · May 6, 2021 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17968266 · Oct 18, 2022
Continuation 17445182 · Aug 16, 2021
Related Publication 20240331620A1 · Oct 3, 2024
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