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Granted Patent B2
US 12,455,480 · App. 18/292,101 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Display substrate and display apparatus

Inventors: Junming Chen (Beijing, CN); Ying Chen (Beijing, CN); Xiaoyuan Wang (Beijing, CN); Xun Pu (Beijing, CN); Bin Wan (Beijing, CN); Guodong Yang (Beijing, CN); Jiandong Guo (Beijing, CN); Zhongshan Wu (Beijing, CN); Yan Liu (Beijing, CN); Yuanyuan Zhu (Beijing, CN); Dong Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd
G02F1/136286G02F1/1368
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Patent No.
US 12,455,480
App. No.
18/292,101
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display substrate, including a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines defining a plurality of pixel regions, where the plurality of pixel regions include a plurality of normal pixel regions and a plurality of redundant pixel regions at a periphery of the normal pixel regions; where each normal pixel region is provided with a first pixel electrode and a first transistor, each redundant pixel region is provided with a second pixel electrode and a second transistor, a gate of the first transistor is connected to a corresponding gate line, a source of the first transistor is connected to a corresponding data line, and a drain of the first transistor is connected to the first pixel electrode; and the second pixel electrode and the second transistor are insulated and spaced apart from each other.

Claims (43)

1. A display substrate, comprising:

a substrate comprising a first region and a second region at a periphery of the first region; and

a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines on the substrate, wherein the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines are intersected with each other to define a plurality of pixel regions in the first region; wherein the plurality of pixel regions comprise a plurality of normal pixel regions and a plurality of redundant pixel regions at a periphery of the normal pixel regions;

wherein each normal pixel region is provided with a first pixel electrode and a first transistor, each redundant pixel region is provided with a second pixel electrode and a second transistor, a gate of the first transistor is connected to a corresponding gate line, a source of the first transistor is connected to a corresponding data line, and a drain of the first transistor is connected to the first pixel electrode; and

the second pixel electrode and the second transistor are insulated and spaced apart from each other,

wherein the display substrate further comprises:

a first insulation layer on a side of the first transistor away from the substrate; and

a second insulation layer on a side of the first insulation layer away from the substrate;

wherein the first pixel electrode is connected to the drain of the first transistor through a first via running through the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer,

wherein the plurality of redundant pixel regions comprise a first redundant pixel region in which a connection part is disposed, and the connection part is in the same layer as, and insulated and spaced apart from, a source and a drain of the second transistor; and

in the first redundant pixel region, the second pixel electrode is on a side of the second insulation layer away from the substrate, and electrically connected to the connection part through a second via running through the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer.

2. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the display substrate further comprises:

a common electrode between the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer, wherein a first hollowed-out portion is provided in the common electrode at a position corresponding to the drain of the first transistor; and an orthographic projection of the first via on the substrate is within an orthographic projection of the first hollowed-out portion on the substrate.

3. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are in the same layer.

4. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the display substrate further comprises:

a common electrode between the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer, wherein a second hollowed-out portion is provided in the common electrode at a position corresponding to the connection part; and an orthographic projection of the second via on the substrate is within an orthographic projection of the second hollowed-out portion on the substrate.

5. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of redundant pixel regions comprise at least one second redundant pixel region in which the second pixel electrode is electrically connected to a common electrode.

6. The display substrate according to claim 5 , wherein the common electrode is between the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer, and in the second redundant pixel region, the second pixel electrode is on a side of the second insulation layer away from the substrate, and connected to the common electrode through a third via in the second insulation layer.

7. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the source and the drain of the first transistor are on a side of the gate of the first transistor away from the substrate, with a gate insulation layer between the source and the drain, and the gate of the first transistor; and

the display substrate further comprises:

a common electrode between the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer, and provided with a third hollowed-out portion;

a first common electrode line in the same layer as the gate of the first transistor;

a first transfer electrode in the same layer as the first pixel electrode; and

a second transfer electrode in the same layer as the source and the drain of the first transistor; wherein

the first transfer electrode is connected to the common electrode through a fourth via running through the second insulation layer, and connected to the second transfer electrode through a fifth via running through the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer, and the second transfer electrode is connected to the first common electrode line through a sixth via running through the gate insulation layer;

wherein an orthographic projection of the fifth via on the substrate is within an orthographic projection of the third hollowed-out portion on the substrate.

8. The display substrate according to claim 7 , wherein the fourth via is in communication with the fifth via.

9. The display substrate according to claim 7 , wherein each pixel region is provided with the first transfer electrode and the second transfer electrode.

10. The display substrate according to claim 7 , wherein a first hollowed-out portion is provided in the common electrode at a position corresponding to the drain of the first transistor; and the third hollowed-out portion and the first hollowed-out portion in each of at least one of the normal pixel regions are in communication with each other.

11. The display substrate according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of redundant pixel regions comprise a first redundant pixel region in which a connection part is disposed, and a second hollowed-out portion is provided in the common electrode at a position corresponding to the connection part; and the third hollowed-out portion and the second hollowed-out portion in each of at least one first redundant pixel region are in communication with each other.

12. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the gate lines each extend in a first direction, the data lines each extend in a second direction, and the first direction is intersected with the second direction; and

the second region comprises a bonding region on a side of the first region in the second direction, and the redundant pixel regions are provided on a side of the first region away from the bonding region, and two opposite sides of the first region in the first direction.

13. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the display substrate further comprises:

a second common electrode line in the second region and in the same layer as the gate of the first transistor;

a common electrode between the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer, and provided with a fourth hollowed-out portion;

a third transfer electrode in the same layer as the first pixel electrode; and

a fourth transfer electrode in the same layer as the source and the drain of the first transistor; wherein

the third transfer electrode is connected to the common electrode through a seventh via running through the second insulation layer, and connected to the fourth transfer electrode through an eighth via running through the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer, and the fourth transfer electrode is connected to the second common electrode line through a ninth via running through a gate insulation layer;

wherein an orthographic projection of the eighth via on the substrate is within an orthographic projection of the fourth hollowed-out portion on the substrate.

14. The display substrate according to claim 13 , wherein a distance from each one of the seventh via, the eighth via, and the ninth via to a region where the plurality of normal pixel regions are located is greater than 100 μm.

15. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the first pixel electrode comprises an electrode body part and an electrode connection part connected with each other, the electrode body part is provided with a plurality of slits, and the electrode connection part is connected to the drain of the first transistor.

16. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a source and a drain of the second transistor each have an orthographic projection on the substrate overlapped with an orthographic projection of a gate of the second transistor on the substrate.

17. A display apparatus, comprising the display substrate according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2025
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072896/0832 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2024
From: CHEN, JUNMING; CHEN, YING; WANG, XIAOYUAN; PU, XUN; WAN, BIN; YANG, GUODONG; GUO, JIANDONG; WU, ZHONGSHAN; LIU, YAN; ZHU, YUANYUAN; WANG, DONG
To: CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066383/0702 →
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