IP Library Granted Patent US 12,455,643
Granted Patent B2
US 12,455,643 · App. 18/340,135 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Display panel and display device

Inventors: Weiyun Huang (Beijing, CN); Longhui Xue (Beijing, CN); Yue Long (Beijing, CN); Wei Zhang (Beijing, CN); Xingliang Xiao (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
G06F3/0412G06F2203/04102
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Patent No.
US 12,455,643
App. No.
18/340,135
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display panel includes: a base substrate, a pixel driving circuit layer in a second display region of the base substrate, a plurality of light emitting elements and a touch function layer at least in the second display region. A pixel driving circuit trace of the pixel driving circuit layer includes a plurality of first traces extending in a first direction and a plurality of second traces extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction. A first slit is between two adjacent first traces and a second slit is between two adjacent second traces. At least one of an orthographic projection of the first slit on the base substrate and an orthographic projection of the second slit on the base substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of the touch function layer on the base substrate.

Claims (38)

1. A display panel, comprising:

a base substrate, wherein the base substrate comprises a first display region and a second display region located at least on a side of the first display region, the second display region comprises a plurality of light transmitting regions and a plurality of pixel cell regions, and at least one pixel cell region in the plurality of pixel cell regions comprises a plurality of sub-pixels;

a pixel driving circuit layer located on a side of the base substrate and at least in the second display region, wherein the pixel driving circuit layer comprises a pixel driving circuit and a pixel driving circuit trace electrically connected to the pixel driving circuit, the pixel driving circuit trace includes a plurality of first traces extending in a first direction and a plurality of second traces extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a first slit is between two adjacent first traces and a second slit is between two adjacent second traces;

a plurality of light-emitting elements located in the second display region and on a side of the pixel driving circuit layer away from the base substrate, and a light-emitting element comprises an anode, a light-emitting layer, and a cathode stacked sequentially;

a touch function layer located on a side of the plurality of light emitting elements away from the base substrate and at least in the second display region, and at least one of an orthographic projection of the first slit on the base substrate and an orthographic projection of the second slit on the base substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of the touch function layer on the base substrate; and

wherein a density of the sub-pixels in the first display region is greater than a density of the sub-pixels in the second display region.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the touch function layer comprises a plurality of first touch electrodes extending in the first direction, and a plurality of second touch electrodes extending in the second direction;

wherein an orthographic projection of a first touch electrode at least partially covers the orthographic projection of the first slit on the base substrate; and

wherein an orthographic projection of a second touch electrode at least partially covers the orthographic projection of the second slit on the base substrate.

3. The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the first touch electrode winds at least partially around an edge of at least one sub-pixel in the plurality of sub-pixels; or

wherein the second touch electrode winds at least partially around an edge of at least one sub-pixel in the plurality of sub-pixels.

4. The display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of sub-pixels comprises a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel, the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel are arranged in the second direction, and the third sub-pixel is located on a side of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel along the first direction.

5. The display panel according to claim 4 , wherein the first touch electrode winds at least partially around edges of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel; or

wherein the first touch electrode winds at least partially around an edge of the third sub-pixel.

6. The display panel according to claim 5 , wherein the first touch electrode winds at least partially around the edges of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel, and the second touch electrode winds at least partially around the edge of the third sub-pixel.

7. The display panel according to claim 6 , wherein the orthographic projection of the first touch electrode on the base substrate and the orthographic projection of the second touch electrode on the base substrate do not overlap with an orthographic projection of a light emitting region of the light emitting element on the base substrate.

8. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the orthographic projection of the touch function layer does not overlap with an orthographic projection of the anode on the base substrate.

9. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a third slit is between adjacent sub-pixels, and

wherein the orthographic projection of the touch function layer on the base substrate overlaps with an orthographic projection of the third slit on the base substrate.

10. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein the touch function layer comprises a plurality of first touch electrodes extending in the first direction and a plurality of second touch electrodes extending in the second direction, the third slit comprises a first sub-slit, a second sub-slit and a third sub-slit, and each of the first sub-slit, the second sub-slit and the third sub-slit is located between adjacent sub-pixels,

wherein the first touch electrode comprises a first winding by winding at least partially around the edges of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel, an orthographic projection of the first winding of the first touch electrode overlaps with orthographic projections of the first sub-slit and the second sub-slit connected to each other on the base substrate, or the orthographic projection of the first winding of the first touch electrode overlaps with orthographic projections of the first sub-slit and the third sub-slit connected to each other on the base substrate; and

wherein the second touch electrode comprises a second winding by winding at least partially around the edge of the third sub-pixel, and an orthographic projection of the second winding of the second touch electrode overlaps with orthographic projections of the second sub-slit and the third sub-slit connected to each other on the base substrate.

11. The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the orthographic projection of the first touch electrode on the base substrate covers the orthographic projection of the first slit on the base substrate, and an area of the orthographic projection of the first touch electrode on the base substrate is smaller than a sum of an area of the orthographic projection of the first slit on the base substrate and areas of orthographic projections of two first traces adjacent on two sides of the first slit on the base substrate.

12. The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the orthographic projection of the second touch electrode on the base substrate covers the orthographic projection of the second slit on the base substrate, and an area of the orthographic projection of the second touch electrode on the base substrate is smaller than a sum of an area of the orthographic projection of the second slit on the base substrate and areas of orthographic projections of two second traces adjacent on two sides of the second slit on the base substrate.

13. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first traces are configured to transmit a data signal and a power voltage signal to the plurality of sub-pixels.

14. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of second traces are configured to transmit a scan signal and a light emitting control signal to the plurality of sub-pixels.

15. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a light transmittance of the first display region is smaller than a light transmittance of the second display region.

16. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the touch function layer comprises a plurality of first touch structures, a plurality of second touch structures, and a plurality of third touch structures;

wherein the plurality of first touch structures extend in the first direction;

wherein the plurality of second touch structures extend in the second direction;

wherein the plurality of third touch structures respectively correspond to the plurality of pixel cell regions, a third touch structure comprises a plurality of sub-parts, the plurality of sub-parts of each third touch structure respectively surround the plurality of sub-pixels in the pixel cell region corresponding to the third touch structure;

wherein the third touch structures corresponding to two pixel cell regions adjacent in the first direction are electrically connected through the first touch structure; and

wherein the third touch structures corresponding to two pixel cell regions adjacent in the second direction are electrically connected through the second touch structure.

17. The display panel according to claim 16 , wherein the first touch structure, the second touch structure and the third touch structure are located on a same layer.

18. The display panel according to claim 16 , wherein a width of the first touch structure in the first direction and a width of the second touch structure in the second direction are greater than a line width of each grid in the third touch structure.

19. A display device, comprising:

the display panel according to claim 1 ; and

a sensor unit arranged in the second display region of the display panel and located on a side of the base substrate facing away from a light emitting direction, wherein a photosensitive surface of the sensor unit faces the display panel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2023
From: HUANG, WEIYUN; XUE, LONGHUI; LONG, YUE; ZHANG, WEI; XIAO, XINGLIANG
To: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064040/0180 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201911333470.9 · Dec 20, 2019 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation In Part 17993046 · Nov 23, 2022
Continuation 16905108 · Jun 18, 2020
Related Publication 20230333684A1 · Oct 19, 2023
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