IP Library Granted Patent US 12,489,102
Granted Patent B2
US 12,489,102 · App. 18/250,392 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Display substrate and display apparatus

Inventors: Qiwei Wang (Beijing, CN); Jun Yan (Beijing, CN); Rong Wang (Beijing, CN); Fan He (Beijing, CN); Cong Fan (Beijing, CN); Xiangdan Dong (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
H01L25/167H10D86/441H10D86/60H10H20/857H10H29/142
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Patent No.
US 12,489,102
App. No.
18/250,392
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display substrate has a main display region and a light-transmissive display region. The display substrate includes a plurality of pixel circuits located in the main display region and including first pixel circuits and second pixel circuits, and a plurality of light-emitting devices including first light-emitting devices located in the main display region and second light-emitting devices located in the light-transmissive display region. The first pixel circuits include pixel circuits of a first type and pixel circuits of a second type, and the second pixel circuits include pixel circuits of the first type and pixel circuits of the second type. A pixel circuit of the first type and a pixel circuit of the second type have different structures. At least two second light-emitting devices of a same color and arranged in succession in a first direction are coupled to pixel circuit(s) of a same type in the second pixel circuits.

Claims (49)

1 . A display substrate having a main display region and a light-transmissive display region, the main display region being located on at least one side of the light-transmissive display region; the display substrate comprising:

a plurality of pixel circuits located in the main display region, wherein the plurality of pixel circuits include first pixel circuits and second pixel circuits; the first pixel circuits include pixel circuits of a first type and pixel circuits of a second type, and the second pixel circuits include pixel circuits of the first type and pixel circuits of the second type; in the plurality of pixel circuits, one of two adjacent pixel circuits in a first direction is a pixel circuit of the first type, and another of the two adjacent pixel circuits is a pixel circuit of the second type; the pixel circuit of the first type and the pixel circuit of the second type have different structures; and

a plurality of light-emitting devices including first light-emitting devices located in the main display region and second light-emitting devices located in the light-transmissive display region, wherein the first light-emitting devices are coupled to the first pixel circuits, and the second light-emitting devices are coupled to the second pixel circuits, wherein

in the first direction, at least two second light-emitting devices of a same color and arranged in succession are both coupled to at least one pixel circuit of a same type in the second pixel circuits.

2 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein all second light-emitting devices of the same color are each coupled to a pixel circuit of the first type in the second pixel circuits; or

all the second light-emitting devices of the same color are each coupled to a pixel circuit of the second type in the second pixel circuits.

3 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein at least one second pixel circuit is coupled to at least one second light emitting device.

4 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein

a single second pixel circuit is coupled to a single second light-emitting device; or

the single second pixel circuit is coupled to the at least two second light-emitting devices of the same color.

5 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the light-transmissive display region of the display substrate includes a plurality of display unit areas, and a display unit area includes a plurality of second light-emitting devices in the second light-emitting devices located in the light-transmissive display region; and

two second light-emitting devices belonging to two adjacent display unit areas and of the same color are coupled to a same second pixel circuit.

6 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the light-transmissive display region of the display substrate includes a plurality of display unit areas, and a display unit area includes two second light-emitting devices of the same color; and

the two second light-emitting devices of the same color in the display unit area are coupled to a same second pixel circuit.

7 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , further comprising first conductive lines, wherein the main display region of the display substrate includes a plurality of sub-pixel areas;

a first light-emitting device and a second pixel circuit are located in a same sub-pixel area; and

a first pixel circuit is coupled to the first light-emitting device located in the same sub-pixel area as the second pixel circuit through a first conductive line.

8 . The display substrate according to claim 7 , wherein a light-emitting device includes an anode, a light-emitting layer and a cathode layer that are sequentially stacked in a direction away from the substrate; and

at least one first conductive line is disposed in a same layer as the anode of the light-emitting device.

9 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , further comprising second conductive lines, wherein

a second pixel circuit is coupled to a second light-emitting device through a second conductive line.

10 . The display substrate according to claim 9 , further comprising first conductive lines, wherein the main display region of the display substrate includes a plurality of sub-pixel areas;

a first light-emitting device and the second pixel circuit are located in a same sub-pixel area;

the first light-emitting device in the same sub-pixel area as the second pixel circuit is coupled to a first pixel circuit in another sub-pixel area through a first conductive line, and a color of another first light-emitting device in the another sub-pixel area is different from a color of the second light-emitting device to which the second pixel circuit located in the same sub-pixel area as the first light-emitting device is coupled through the second conductive line.

11 . The display substrate according to claim 9 , wherein the display substrate comprises a transparent conductive layer:

in a second direction, the transparent conductive layer is located between the plurality of pixel circuits and the plurality of light-emitting devices; the second direction intersects the first direction and is perpendicular to the display substrate; and

the transparent conductive layer includes the second conductive lines.

12 . The display substrate according to claim 11 , wherein the transparent conductive layer includes a plurality of transparent conductive films disposed to be insulated from each other in the second direction; and

different transparent conductive films include second conductive lines coupled to second light-emitting devices of different colors, and second conductive lines coupled to second light-emitting devices of the same color are located in a same transparent conductive film.

13 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein two second light-emitting devices of the same color are connected to two second pixel circuits, respectively;

a second light-emitting device of the two second light-emitting devices proximate to the main display region is coupled to a second pixel circuit of the two second pixel circuits proximate to the light-transmissive display region; and

another second light-emitting device of the two second light-emitting devices far away from the main display region is coupled to another second pixel circuit of the two second pixel circuits far away from the light-transmissive display region.

14 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein in two adjacent second pixel circuits in the first direction, a pixel circuit of the first type and a pixel circuit of the second type are coupled to second light-emitting devices of different colors, respectively.

15 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a first light-emitting device and a second light-emitting device of a same color are coupled to a pixel circuit of the first type in the first pixel circuits and a pixel circuit of the first type in the second pixel circuits, respectively; or

the first light-emitting device and the second light-emitting device of the same color are coupled to a pixel circuit of the second type in the first pixel circuits and a pixel circuit of the second type in the second pixel circuits, respectively.

16 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the light-transmissive display region of the display substrate includes a plurality of display unit areas, and a display unit area includes one second light-emitting device of a first color, two second light-emitting devices of a second color and one second light-emitting device of a third color; and

the second light-emitting device of the first color and the second light-emitting device of the third color are each coupled to a pixel circuit of the first type in the second pixel circuits; and

the second light-emitting devices of the second color are each coupled to a pixel circuit of the second type in the second pixel circuits.

17 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel circuit of the first type and the pixel circuit of the second type that are adjacent in the first direction are two pixel circuits arranged in a mutual mirror image manner.

18 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein in the first direction, at least one second pixel circuit is located between two first pixel circuits; and/or

in the first direction, at least one first pixel circuit is located between two second pixel circuits.

19 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the main display region includes a transition region and a remaining display region;

the transition region at least partially surrounds the light-transmissive display region;

the remaining display region at least partially surrounds the transition region; and

the second pixel circuits are located at least in the transition region, and the first pixel circuits are located in the remaining display region and the transition region.

20 . A display apparatus, comprising:

the display substrate according to claim 1 ;

an optical sensor located on a side of a back surface of the display substrate, the back surface of the display substrate being a surface opposite to a display surface of the display substrate, wherein

a light-collecting region of the optical sensor at least partially overlaps with the light-transmissive display region of the display substrate.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2025
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072961/0224 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2023
From: WANG, QIWEI; YAN, JUN; WANG, RONG; HE, FAN; FAN, CONG; DONG, XIANGDAN
To: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063431/0065 →
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