This application claims priority of Chinese Patent Application No. 201910570426.3, filed on Jun. 27, 2019, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, in particular to a display panel and a display device.
With the development of display technology and people's higher requirements for display screen, special-shaped display screens are needed in some cases, such as circular display screens used in electronic watches, and full screens used to increase the screen ratio. In these cases, pixels in the special-shaped part of the display area can no longer be arranged in a rectangular array, so the number of pixels in each column is not necessarily the same, thereby the loads (RC) of data lines used to provide data signals to different columns are no longer the same.
Firstly, the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure comprises a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, and the display area includes a first display area and a second display area;
In one possible embodiment, in the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first display area includes at least a first column of pixels and a second column of pixels with different quantity of pixels, and a quantity of pixels in the first column of pixels is less than a quantity of pixels in the second column of pixels;
There is a first overlapping area between a data line and a compensation line corresponding to the first column of pixels, and there is a second overlapping area between a the data line and a compensation line corresponding to the second column of pixels;
In one possible embodiment, in the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, when all compensation lines have a same length in the column direction, a width of the compensation line in the row direction in the first overlapping area is larger than that of the compensation line in the row direction in the second overlapping area.
In one possible embodiment, in the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, when all compensation lines have a same width in the row direction, a length of the compensation line in the column direction in the first overlapping area is longer than a length of the compensation line in the column direction in the second overlapping area.
In one possible embodiment, in the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, a width of the data line in the row direction in the first overlapping area is larger than that of the data line in the row direction in the second overlapping area.
In one possible embodiment, in the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, a width of the data line in the non-overlapping area is smaller than that of the same data line in the overlapping area.
In one possible embodiment, in the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, an insulating layer is arranged between a layer where the compensation line is located and a layer where the data line is located;
In one possible embodiment, in the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the fixed potential signal lines include a power supply voltage signal line.
In one possible embodiment, in the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, at least part of an edge of the first display area is a curved edge, a fillet, a chamfer or a notch, and the columns of pixels in the first display area extend to the curved edge, the fillet, the chamfer or the notch.
In one possible embodiment, in the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first display area includes a notch or a hollow section, and the columns of pixels in the first display area extend to the notch or the hollow section.
Secondly, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display device including a display panel provided in any of the embodiments.
The display panel in the related technology, as shown in
However, the development of display technology has brought higher requirements for display panels. In some cases, irregularly-rectangular special-shaped display panels are needed. As shown in
As the circular display panel which can be applied to electronic watches shown in
In summary, the pixels in the special-shaped part of the display area can no longer be arranged in an rectangular array, so the number of pixels in each column is not necessarily the same, and the loads (RC) of data lines used to provide data signals to different columns are no longer the same, which leads to the inconsistent brightness in the special-shaped and non-special-shaped areas when data lines in both areas provide same data signals. As a consequence, the display uniformity of the special-shaped display panel is poor and the display effect is not ideal.
In view of the problems existing in the related technology, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display panel and a display device to improve the uniformity of the display brightness and optimize the display effect.
The display panel and display device provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
As shown in
each of the first display area X1 and the second display area X2 includes a plurality of pixels P0 arranged in an array, a plurality of data lines extending in the column direction and arranged in the row direction and a plurality of fixed potential signal lines 2 extending in the column direction and arranged in the row direction, with the row direction being perpendicular to the column direction; the data lines 1 and the fixed potential signal lines 2 are arranged in the same layer, and the number of pixels in each column of pixels P0 in the first display area X1 is less than that of pixels in any column of pixels P0 in the second display area X2.
The first display area X1 also includes: compensation lines 3, and the compensation lines 3 and the fixed potential signal lines 2 are electrically connected and are arranged in different layers, the compensation lines 3 are insulated from the data lines 1, and there is an overlapping area between the compensation lines 3 and the data lines 1 in the direction perpendicular to the direction of the display panel.
In practical applications, the conventional display panel is rectangular, and a plurality of pixels are arranged in an array, source driving circuits are arranged in the non-display area on both sides of the display panel, and the source driving circuit provides a corresponding data signal to each data line. In the conventional display panel, the number of pixels in one column of pixels connected with each data line is equal. In the actual production process, the data line will pass through the non-open area of a column of pixels, so the resistance of the data line itself and the resistance and capacitance between the data line and the elements such as transistors in the pixels will become the load of the data line. In order to meet some special requirements, the display panel may be designed into a non-rectangular shape. Then, part of pixels in the pixel array of the display panel will be cut off at the edges, interior and other positions, which results in the unequal number of pixels contained in each column of pixels. At this time, the loads of data lines connecting each column of pixels will be different because of the unequal number of pixels, so when the same data signal is loaded, there are also differences among the signals input to each column of pixels, which leads to the poor display uniformity.
Based on the above, the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure divides the display area into a first display area and a second display area, and the number of pixels in any column of pixels in the first display area is less than the number of pixels in each column of pixels in the second display area, which results in that the loads of the data lines in the first display area are less than those of the data lines in the second display area. Now, stray capacitance will be formed between the data lines and the compensation lines arranged in different layers to increase the loads of the data lines connecting fewer pixels, compensate for the load gap between the data lines, and improve the poor display uniformity of the display panel; at the same time, the compensation lines are electronically connected with the fixed potential signal lines to enlarge the area of the fixed potential signal lines and reduce the voltage drop of the fixed potential signal lines.
It should be noted that the overlapping area between the compensation line 3 and the data line 1 is determined according to the load that each data line 1 needs to be compensated, as shown in
In one embodiment, in the display panel provided in some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
the data line 1 and the compensation line 3 corresponding to the first column of pixels have a first overlapping area S1, and the data line 1 and the compensation line 3 corresponding to the second column of pixels have a second overlapping area S2;
the area of the first overlapping area S1 is larger than that of the second overlapping area S2.
In one embodiment, in the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In one embodiment, in the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In one embodiment, in the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In one embodiment, in the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In one embodiment, in the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In one embodiment, in the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the overlapping area between the compensation line 3 and the data line 1 can also be changed by adjusting the length of the compensation line 3 in the column direction while fixing the width of the overlapping area between the compensation line 3 and the data line 1 in the row direction. Taking the circular display panel shown in
In one embodiment, in the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In one embodiment, in the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In one embodiment, in the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In one embodiment, in the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, when the overlapping area between the data line and the compensation line is changed by adjusting the width of the data line in the embodiments, the data line sometimes needs to be wide, but if the whole data line has the same width, the occupied display area is large. Thus, in order to maintain the aperture ratio of the display area, the data line can be formed with only the overlapping area part between the data line and the compensation line having the required width and the width of the rest part meeting the transmission requirement of the data line signal.
It should be noted that, as shown in
In one embodiment, in the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
the compensation line 3 is electrically connected with the fixed potential signal line 2 through a through-hole in the insulating layer 4.
In one embodiment, in the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In one embodiment, in the display panel provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the fixed potential signal line includes a power supply voltage signal line.
In the process of making the pixel circuit, the power supply voltage signal line and the data line are arranged in the same layer, and fixed potential is applied. Therefore, the power supply voltage signal line can be selected to simplify the preparation technology by only arranging one insulating layer on the data line and arranging the compensation line on the insulating layer to electronically connect the compensation line and the power supply voltage signal line. Of course, it can also be replaced by other fixed potential signal lines, and there is no specific restriction here.
In one embodiment, at least part of the edge of the first display area X1 of the display panel provided in some embodiments of the present disclosure is curved. As shown in
In another embodiment, as shown in
In another embodiment, as shown in
Based on the same inventive concept, embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a display device, including a display panel provided in any of the embodiments. The display device can be an LCD, an LCD TV, an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) display, an OLED TV and other display devices, as well as a mobile phone, a tablet, a notebook, a smart watch, a smart bracelet, VR/AR glasses and other mobile devices.
Since the display device provided in the embodiment includes the display panel described in the embodiments, it also has the related advantages of the display panel accordingly. The embodiment of the display device can be referred to the embodiments of the display panel, and the repetition will not be repeated.
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide the display panel and the display device, and the display panel includes a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, the display area includes: a first display area and a second display area; each of the first display area and the second display area includes a plurality of pixels arranged in array, and a plurality of data lines extending along the column direction and arranged along the row direction, and a plurality of fixed potential signal lines extending along the column direction and arranged along the row direction, with the column direction being perpendicular to the row direction; the data line and the fixed potential signal line are arranged in the same layer, and the number of pixels in each column in the first display area is less than that of pixels in any column in the second display area; the first display area also includes compensation lines, and the compensation lines and the fixed potential signal lines are electronically connected and arranged in different layers, the compensation lines and the data lines are insulated, and the compensation lines and the data lines have overlapping areas in the direction perpendicular to the direction of the display panel. By arranging compensation lines in the first display area to form the compensating capacitance between the compensation lines and the data lines in the first display area, the loads of the data lines in the first display area can be increased, load gap between the data lines in the first display area and the data lines in the second display area can be narrowed, thereby the display uniformity of the display panel and the display effect can be improved.
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