This application is a national phase entry under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of International Application No. PCT/CN2020/104942, filed on Jul. 27, 2020, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
This application relates to the field of display technology, in particular to a display panel and a display device.
At present, a flexible display panel which adopts an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) as a light-emitting device and adopts a thin film transistor to perform signal control prevails in the current OLED industry.
In the flexible display panel, a display substrate is packaged by means of a chemical vapor deposition process after being formed so as to protect the light-emitting device, and thus it is guaranteed that oxidizing reactions with the outside do not happen to the light-emitting device and other structures in the display panel. Once packaging fails, for example, a packaging membrane layer breaks and cracks, water vapor enters the display panel along cracks and the cracks of an organic layer or an inorganic layer will become water vapor passageways. After the water vapor invades an organic light-emitting material of the OLED, the organic light-emitting material is oxidized and loses effects, thereby failing to emit light. The failure area is gradually expanded along with continuous invasion of the water vapor, the display panel is poor in displaying, and the service life of the display panel is affected.
Embodiments of the application provide a display panel and a display device, and the specific scheme is as follows.
A display panel provided by embodiments of the application includes a base substrate provided with a display area and a bezel area surrounding the display area. The bezel area includes a first dam surrounding the display area.
The display area includes an anode layer, a light-emitting layer and a cathode layer arranged on a side of the base substrate in sequence in a laminated mode.
A first metal layer, a first planarization layer, an anode lap joint layer, a pixel defining layer and the cathode layer arranged on the side of the base substrate in sequence in the laminated mode are disposed between the first dam and the display area.
The first metal layer at least includes a first supply voltage wire.
The anode lap joint layer and the anode layer are on the same layer.
The cathode layer is electrically connected with the first supply voltage wire through the anode lap joint layer.
The anode lap joint layer includes a main body portion and sharp angle portions located at two ends of the main body portion. The sharp angle portion at least includes a first side edge close to the display area.
The pixel defining layer wraps a border of the anode lap joint layer and is provided with a first groove. The first groove extends from one sharp angle portion of the anode lap joint portion to the other sharp angle portion of the anode lap joint layer, is located at a side of the sharp angle portion far away from the main body portion and is formed at a side of the sharp angle portion close to the display area. An edge of the first groove adjacent to the first side edge of the sharp angle portion is a second side edge, and an outline of the second side edge is consistent with that of the first side edges.
The first planarization layer is provided with a second groove, and an orthographic projection of the second side edge on the base substrate is located in an orthographic projection of the second groove on the base substrate.
Optionally, in the display panel provided by embodiments of the application, the first side edge of the sharp angle portion close to the display area is an oblique edge, and an included angle between the oblique edge and a border of the display area adjacent to the oblique edge is larger than 0° but smaller than or equal to 30°.
Optionally, in the display panel provided by embodiments of the application, the first side edge of the sharp angle portion close to the display area is in a step design.
Optionally, in the display panel provided by embodiments of the application, the pixel defining layer is further provided with a third groove.
An orthographic projection of the third groove on the base substrate is located in an orthographic projection of the anode lap joint layer on the base substrate.
An edge of the third groove adjacent to the first side edge of the sharp angle portion is a third side edge, and an outline of the third side edge is consistent with that of the first side edge.
An orthographic projection of the third side edge on the base substrate is located in the orthographic projection of the second groove on the base substrate.
Optionally, in the display panel provided by embodiments of the application, the first planarization layer wraps a border of the first supply voltage wire.
The orthographic projection of the second groove on the base substrate is located in an orthographic projection of the first supply voltage wire on the base substrate.
Optionally, in the display panel provided by embodiments of the application, the bezel area further includes:
The second planarization layer is provided with a fourth groove, and an orthographic projection of the fourth groove on the base substrate at least covers the orthographic projection of the second groove on the base substrate.
The first supply voltage wire is electrically connected with the second supply voltage wire through the fourth groove.
Optionally, in the display panel provided by embodiments of the application, the orthographic projection of the fourth groove on the base substrate coincides with the orthographic projection of the second groove on the base substrate.
Optionally, in the display panel provided by embodiments of the application, the orthographic projection of the first supply voltage wire on the base substrate coincides with an orthographic projection of the second supply voltage wire on the base substrate.
Optionally, in the display panel provided by embodiments of the application, the bezel area further includes a second dam surrounding the first dam.
The pixel defining layer and the first planarization layer both cover an area where the second dam is located.
The pixel defining layer is provided with a fifth groove in an area corresponding to a gap between the first dam and the second dam.
The first planarization layer is provided with a sixth groove in an area corresponding to the gap between the first dam and the second dam.
Correspondingly, embodiments of the application further provide a display device, including a driving chip and any one of the display panels provided by embodiments of the application.
In specific implementation, a water vapor channel can be avoided through a design or a process, however, in a cut-off position of an anode lap joint layer in a bezel area of a display panel, in order to prevent static electricity from damaging a back plate circuit through the anode lap joint layer with high conductivity, a border of the anode lap joint layer needs to be wrapped with a pixel defining layer made of an organic material. The pixel defining layer herein communicates with an organic layer in a dam, and consequently a water vapor passageway is unavoidably formed.
On that account, embodiments of the application provide a display panel and a display device, so that the risk of water vapor invasion into the display panel is reduced.
In order to make the above-mentioned objectives, features and advantages of the application clearer and more understandable, the application will be further described below in combination with the accompanying drawings and embodiments. Nevertheless, exemplary embodiments can be implemented in various modes but should not be constructed as limitation to the embodiments described herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so as to make the application more comprehensive and complete, and the conception of the exemplary embodiments is fully conveyed to those skilled in the art. Same symbols in the accompanying drawings represent same or similar structures, and thus repetitive description is omitted. Terms for representing positions and directions described in the application are all illustrated with the accompanying drawings as examples, and meanwhile change can be made as required and should be within the protection scope of the application. The accompanying drawings of the application are only for illustrating the relative position relation but not represent the actual proportion.
It should be noted that the details are set forth in the following description so that the application can be fully understood. Meanwhile the application can be implemented in various other modes different from the modes described herein, and those skilled in the art can make similar popularization without violating the intension of the application. Therefore, the application is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed as follows. The follow-up description of the specification is better embodiments for implementing the application but is only for describing general principles of the application and does not limit the scope of the application. The protection scope of the application should be determined by definitions of appended claims.
A display panel and a display device provided by embodiments of the application are specifically illustrated below in combination with the accompanying drawings.
As shown in
During specific implementation, the display area includes a light-emitting pixel array, and the light-emitting pixel array mainly includes a pixel circuit located on the base substrate and an organic light-emitting diode connected with the pixel circuit. The pixel circuit is mainly composed of a plurality of transistors and capacitors, like a pixel circuit shown in
In some embodiments, as shown in
During specific implementation, as shown in
In the display panel provided by embodiments of the application, as shown in
During specific implementation, the anode lap joint layer serves as a bridge for making the first supply voltage wire be electrically connected with the cathode layer, the smaller the resistance of the anode lap joint layer is, the better the display effect becomes. Thus the area of the anode lap joint layer needs to be increased. The area of the anode lap joint layer can be as large as possible when the anode lap joint layer is of an annular structure which surrounds the display area, however, it is found that during actual application, when the anode lap joint layer is of the annular structure, light leakage happens to a bottom side bezel of the display panel, and if the portion of the anode lap joint layer at the bottom side bezel of the display panel is removed, the problem of light leakage can be solved. Thus in some embodiments, the anode lap joint layer has an opening at the bottom side bezel of the display panel, and the anode lap joint layer has two cut-off ends. At the cut-off ends of the anode lap joint layer, in order to prevent static electricity from damaging a back plate circuit through the anode lap joint layer with high conductivity, a border of the anode lap joint layer needs to be wrapped with the pixel defining layer made of an organic material, and consequently a water vapor passageway is unavoidably formed herein. The water vapor passageway can be extended so as to reduce the risk of water vapor invasion. In the display panel provided by embodiments of the application, as shown in
The anode lap joint layer 02 includes a main body portion 02a and sharp angle portions 02b located at the two ends of the main body portion 02a. The sharp angle portion 02b at least includes first side edge S1 close to the display area.
The pixel defining layer wraps the border of the anode lap joint layer 02 and has a first groove V1. The first groove V1 extends from one sharp angle portion 02b of the anode lap joint layer 02 to the other sharp angle portion 02b of the anode lap joint layer 02, is located at the side of the sharp angle portions 02b far away from the main body portion 02a and is formed at the side of the sharp angle portions 02b close to the display area. The edge of the first groove V1 adjacent to the first side edge S1 of the sharp angle portion 02b is a second side edge S2, and an outline of the second side edge S2 is consistent with that of the first side edge S1.
The first planarization layer has a second groove V3, and an orthographic projection of the second side edge S2 on the base substrate is located in an orthographic projection of the second groove V3 on the base substrate.
According to the above-mentioned display panel provided by the embodiments of the application, as the orthographic projection of the second side edge of the first groove on the base substrate is located in the orthographic projection of the second groove on the base substrate, as shown in
Optionally, in embodiments of the invention, as shown in
An orthographic projection of the third groove V2 on the base substrate is located in an orthographic projection of the anode lap joint layer 02 on the base substrate. An edge of the third groove V2 adjacent to the first side edge S1 of the sharp angle portion 02b is a third side edge S3, and an outline of the third side edge S3 is consistent with that of the first side edge S1. An orthographic projection of the third side edge S3 on the base substrate is located in the orthographic projection of the second groove V3 on the base substrate. Accordingly, it is guaranteed that a water vapor passageway of the pixel defining layer exists only between the third side edge S3 and the second side edge S2, and as the outline of the third side edge S3 and the outline of the second side edge S2 are consistent with that of the first side edge S1, a water vapor invasion path between the third side edge S3 and the second side edge S2 is in the outline direction of the first side edges S1.
Optionally, in the display panel provided by embodiments of the application, as shown in
During specific implementation, in
Furthermore, in embodiments of the invention, as shown in
Optionally, in the display panel provided by embodiments of the application, as shown in
During specific implementation, in the display panel provided by embodiments of the application, the anode lap joint layer and the anode layer of the display area are arranged on the same layer, and the first supply voltage wire and the source electrode and the drain electrode in the display area are arranged on the same layer.
Optionally, in the display panel provided by embodiments of the application, as shown in
Optionally, in the display panel provided by embodiments of the application, as shown in
Optionally, in the display panel provided by embodiments of the application, as shown in
The second planarization layer 21_2 has a fourth groove V4, and an orthographic projection of the fourth groove V4 on the base substrate covers the orthographic projection of the second groove V3 on the base substrate.
The first supply voltage wire VSS1 is electrically connected with the second supply voltage wire VSS2 through the fourth groove V4.
The above-mentioned display panel is of a double-layer supply voltage wire structure, and the overall resistance of the supply voltage wires can be reduced through two layers of the supply voltage wires. The orthographic projection of the fourth groove V4 on the base substrate at least covers the orthographic projection of the second groove V3 on the base substrate, and the water vapor path at the cut-off ends of the anode lap joint layer cannot be affected by arrangement of the second planarization layer 21_2.
Optionally, in the display panel provided by embodiments of the application, as shown in
Optionally, in the display panel provided by embodiments of the application, the orthographic projection of the first supply voltage wire on the base substrate coincides with an orthographic projection of the second supply voltage wire on the base substrate. Certainly, during specific implementation, the sizes of the first supply voltage wire and the second supply voltage wire can differ, which is not limited herein.
Optionally, the display panel provided by embodiments of the application further includes a thin film packaging layer. The thin film packaging layer is composed of a laminated structure of an organic layer and an inorganic layer. The organic layer in the thin film packaging layer is generally formed in an ink-jet printing mode, thus the first dam surrounds the display area so that ink of the organic layer can be prevented from spreading to the outside of the base substrate during forming. The first dam can be formed of a material which is same as that of some film layers in the display area, for example, the first dam can be formed by the first planarization layer, the second planarization layer and the pixel defining layer during patterning, which is not limited herein.
Optionally, in the display panel provided by embodiment of the present application, as shown in
Specifically, the pixel defining layer and the first planarization layer cover an area where the second dam is located. The pixel defining layer has a fifth groove in an area corresponding to a gap between the first dam and the second dam. The first planarization layer has a sixth groove in an area corresponding to the gap between the first dam and the second dam. The second dam is arranged to surround the first dam so that the display panel can be further protected. The effect of stopping water vapor from invading the display area can be further achieved by arrangement of the fifth groove and the sixth groove.
Furthermore, the second planarization layer covers the area where the second dam is located and has a seventh groove in an area corresponding to the gap between the first dam and the second dam.
During specific implementation, in the display panel provided by embodiments of the application, the base substrate can be formed of any proper flexible insulating material. For example, the base substrate can be formed of polymer materials such as polyimide (PI), polycarbonate (PC), polyether sulfone (PES), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), polyarylate (PAR) or fiber reinforced plastic (FRP).
Based on the same inventive concept, embodiments of the application further provide a display device, including a driving chip and any one of the display panels provided by the embodiments of the application. The display device can be a mobile phone or a tablet PC or any other flexible product or component with the display function. The implementation of the display device can refer to the embodiments of the above-mentioned display panels, and no description is given to repetitions.
According to the display panel and the display device provided by the embodiments of the application, as the orthographic projection of the second side edge of the first groove on the base substrate is located in the orthographic projection of the second groove on the base substrate, at the second side edge of the first groove, the pixel defining layer and the first planarization layer are grooved so that water vapor cannot pass through the first groove, and as shown in
Apparently, those skilled in the art can make various changes and variations for the present application without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application. Therefore, if the changes and the variations for the present application are within the scope of the claims of the present application and identical technologies thereof, the present application intends to include the changes and the variations.
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