IP Library Granted Patent US 12,557,525
Granted Patent B2
US 12,557,525 · App. 18/687,834 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Display modules and display devices

Inventor: Wen Han (Hubei, CN)
Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
H10K59/872G06F1/1652H10K77/111H10K2102/311
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Patent No.
US 12,557,525
App. No.
18/687,834
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display module and a display device are provided, the display module includes a planar region and a curved region located outside the planar region. A backplane of the display module includes a planar portion disposed corresponding to the planar region and a curved portion disposed corresponding to the curved region. A first groove is disposed at a corner portion of the curved portion. The backplane further includes a first sub-backplane and a second sub-backplane. The first groove penetrates through the first sub-backplane to alleviate the problem that bubbles are easily appearing at the Gaussian curved surface of the existing four-curved screen after laminating.

Claims (26)

1 . A display module comprising a planar region and a curved region located outside the planar region; wherein the display module further comprises:

a display panel; and

a backplane disposed on a non-light-exiting side of the display panel, wherein the backplane comprises a planar portion disposed corresponding to the planar region and a curved portion disposed corresponding to the curved region, and the curved portion comprises a plurality of edge portions and corner portions connected between two adjacent ones of the edge portions;

wherein the backplane further comprises a first sub-backplane and a second sub-backplane located on a side of the first sub-backplane close to the display panel, a first groove is disposed on a side of one of the corner portions away from the display panel, and the first groove penetrates through the first sub-backplane.

2 . The display module according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of each of the first sub-backplane and the second sub-backplane is greater than or equal to 25 microns, and a thickness of the backplane is less than or equal to 200 microns.

3 . The display module according to claim 2 , wherein an elastic modulus of the backplane is greater than or equal to 3 GPa.

4 . The display module according to claim 1 , wherein the first groove extends from the at least one of the corner portions to an adjacent edge portion of the edge portions, and an extension length of the first groove in the adjacent edge portion is less than an extension length of the first groove in the at least one of the corner portions.

5 . The display module according to claim 4 , wherein the extension length of the first groove in the adjacent edge portion is greater than or equal to 0 millimeters and less than or equal to 1 millimeter.

6 . The display module according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the first groove is greater than 0 microns and less than or equal to 0.5 microns.

7 . The display module according to claim 1 , wherein a minimum distance between the first groove and a boundary of the at least one of the corner portions away from the planar portion is greater than 0.

8 . The display module according to claim 7 , wherein in a direction pointing from the planar portion to the at least one of the corner portions, an arc length of the at least one of the corner portions is L, and a distance between the first groove and the boundary of the at least one of the corner portions away from the planar portion is L′, wherein ⅓L≤L′≤⅔L.

9 . The display module according to claim 8 , wherein L′=½L.

10 . The display module according to claim 7 , wherein the curved region comprises a first display region and a frame region located on a side of the first display region away from the planar region, and the first groove is disposed corresponding to the first display region.

11 . The display module according to claim 7 , wherein a second groove is disposed on a side of at least one of the edge portions away from the display panel, and the second groove is spaced apart from the first groove.

12 . The display module according to claim 11 , wherein a cross-sectional shape of the first groove comprises at least one of an arc line and a curved line; and/or, a cross-sectional shape of the second groove comprises at least one of a straight line and a curved line.

13 . The display module according to claim 11 , wherein the first groove comprises a plurality of first sub-grooves disposed at intervals; and/or, the second groove comprises a plurality of second sub-grooves disposed at intervals.

14 . The display module according to claim 1 , wherein the display module further comprises a protective layer and a support functional layer, the protective layer is disposed on a side of the display panel away from the backplane, and the support function layer is disposed on a side of the backplane away from the display panel.

15 . A display device comprising a display module, wherein the display module comprises a planar region and a curved region located outside the planar region; the display module further comprises:

a display panel; and

a backplane disposed on a non-light-exiting side of the display panel, wherein the backplane comprises a planar portion disposed corresponding to the planar region and a curved portion disposed corresponding to the curved region, and the curved portion comprises a plurality of edge portions and corner portions connected between two adjacent ones of the edge portions;

wherein the backplane further comprises a first sub-backplane and a second sub-backplane located on a side of the first sub-backplane close to the display panel, a first groove is disposed on a side of one of the corner portions away from the display panel, and the first groove penetrates through the first sub-backplane.

16 . The display device according to claim 15 , wherein the first groove extends from the at least one of the corner portions to an adjacent edge portion of the edge portions, and an extension length of the first groove in the adjacent edge portion is less than an extension length of the first groove in the at least one of the corner portions.

17 . The display device according to claim 15 , wherein a width of the first groove is greater than 0 microns and less than or equal to 0.5 microns.

18 . The display device according to claim 15 , wherein a minimum distance between the first groove and a boundary of the at least one of the corner portions away from the planar portion is greater than 0.

19 . The display device according to claim 18 , wherein in a direction pointing from the planar portion to the at least one of the corner portions, an arc length of the at least one of the corner portions is L, and a distance between the first groove and the boundary of the at least one of the corner portions away from the planar portion is L′, wherein ⅓L≤L′≤⅔L.

20 . The display device according to claim 18 , wherein the curved region comprises a first display region and a frame region located on a side of the first display region away from the planar region, and the first groove is disposed corresponding to the first display region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2024
From: HAN, WEN
To: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066659/0110 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202410026397.5 · Jan 8, 2024 · national
Continuity (1)
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