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US 12,512,052 · App. 18/476,687 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Display device and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Dachao Li (Beijing, CN); Shengji Yang (Beijing, CN); Chen Xu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
G09G3/3233H10K59/1213H10K59/131G09G2300/0426G09G2330/021H10K59/1201
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Patent No.
US 12,512,052
App. No.
18/476,687
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The display device includes a base substrate and at least one pixel circuit provided on the base substrate, and the pixel circuit includes a driving transistor, a first transistor, and a second transistor; the driving transistor includes a control electrode, a first electrode, and a second electrode; the first transistor includes a first active region, the second transistor includes a second active region, the driving transistor includes a fourth active region, at least one of a doping concentration of the first active region and a doping concentration of the second active region is greater than a doping concentration of the fourth active region.

Claims (27)

1 . A display device, comprising a base substrate, at least one pixel circuit, and a light-emitting element,

wherein the pixel circuit and the light-emitting element are on the base substrate;

the pixel circuit comprises a driving transistor, the driving transistor comprises a control electrode, a first electrode, and a second electrode, and the driving transistor is configured to control a driving current, flowing through the first electrode of the driving transistor and the second electrode of the driving transistor, for driving the light-emitting element to emit light according to a voltage of the control electrode of the driving transistor; a direction from the first electrode of the driving transistor to the second electrode of the driving transistor is a first direction, and a direction perpendicular to the first direction is a second direction, the control electrode comprises a first side and a second side which are opposite along the second direction, and the pixel circuit further comprises a first transistor, a control electrode of the first transistor is connected with a first scanning line, and a first connection portion of the driving transistor connected with the first transistor and a second connection portion of the driving transistor connected with the light emitting element are both closer to the first side relative to the second side.

2 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the driving transistor further comprises a first active region, the first active region comprises a third side and a fourth side which are opposite along the second direction, and both the first connection portion and the second connection portion are closer to the third side relative to the fourth side.

3 . The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the first side and the third side are located on the same side of the second direction.

4 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first scanning line comprises a first part and a second part extending in the first direction, and a first distance between the first part and the first connection portion and the second distance between the second part and the first connection portion are not equal, and the first distance and the second distance are both distances in the second direction.

5 . The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the first part and the control electrode of the first transistor overlap in a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the base substrate.

6 . The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance.

7 . The display device according to claim 4 , further comprising a first transfer electrode electrically connected to the control electrode of the driving transistor, and the first transfer electrode and the second part of the first scanning line overlapping in a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the base substrate.

8 . The display device according to claim 7 , wherein an extending direction of the first transfer electrode is perpendicular to an extending direction of the second part of the first scanning line.

9 . The display device according to claim 7 , further comprising a second transfer electrode located at a first side of the first scanning line and electrically connected with the first transfer electrode;

wherein the first transfer electrode extends from the first side of the first scanning line to the second side of the first scanning line; and

the pixel circuit further comprises a second transistor and a third transistor, and two ends of the second transfer electrode are electrically connected with a first electrode of the second transistor and a first electrode of the third transistor respectively.

10 . The display device according to claim 9 , wherein an extending direction of the first transfer electrode is perpendicular to an extending direction of the second transfer electrode.

11 . The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a first power supply voltage line, wherein a first electrode of the first transistor is connected with the first power supply voltage line, and the first power supply voltage line comprises a third part and a fourth part extending along the first direction, and a third distance between the third part and the first connection portion and a fourth distance between the fourth part and the first connection portion are not equal, and the third distance and the fourth distance being both distances in the second direction.

12 . The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the third distance is greater than the fourth distance.

13 . The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the third part and the fourth part are connected by a fifth part, and the pixel circuit further comprises a third transistor, and the fifth part overlaps a control electrode of the third transistor in a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the base substrate.

14 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel circuit further comprises a second transistor and a third transistor, and both the second transistor and the third transistor are connected to the control electrode of the driving transistor;

the first transistor comprises a first active region, the second transistor comprises a second active region, the third transistor comprises a third active region, and the driving transistor comprises a fourth active region; and

wherein a doping concentration of at least one of the second active region and the third active region is greater than that of the fourth active region.

15 . The display device according to claim 14 , wherein a doping concentration of the fourth active region is smaller than that of the first active region.

16 . The display device according to claim 14 , wherein doping concentrations of the second active region and the third active region are both greater than those of the first active region and the fourth active region.

17 . The display device according to of claim 14 , wherein a doping concentration of the fourth active region is 4 orders of magnitude smaller than that of the first active region.

18 . The display device according to claim 14 , wherein doping concentrations of the second active region and the third active region are three orders of magnitude greater than that of the first active region.

19 . The display device according to claim 14 , further comprising a second scanning signal line, wherein a control electrode of the second transistor is connected to the second scanning signal line, and

orthographic projections of the second active region and the third active region on the base substrate are both located between an orthographic projection of the second scanning signal line on the base substrate and an orthographic projection of the first scanning line on the base substrate.

20 . The display device according to claim 14 , further comprising a second power supply voltage line, wherein the third transistor is electrically connected with the second power supply voltage line, and orthographic projections of the second active region and the third active region on the base substrate intersect with an orthographic projection of the second power supply voltage line on the base substrate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2023
From: LI, DACHAO; YANG, SHENGJI; XU, CHEN
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
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