Patent Application
20210281670
The present disclosure relates to the field of electronic technology, and in particular, to a display panel and a terminal.
With the rapid development of electronic products in recent years, mobile phones have become a shining star, and irreplaceably become the most concerned electronic products of the public. In view of the development history of Apple and several leading mobile phones, the screens are getting bigger and bigger, the appearance is getting more refined, and the mobile phones are getting thinner and lighter. However, in recent years, a bottleneck of a material of a mobile phone structure greatly restricts development of the mobile phone in an extreme direction such as ultra-thin and ultra-light. Therefore, development of various mobile phone members becomes a key to the development of the mobile phone. Mobile phone members such as high-strength, ultra-thin, curved, and bent members become the focus of the market.
A display screen of the mobile phone is a window for a consumer to feel the mobile phone. For the mobile phone, a design of a display window is particularly important. Long-term use of a 2D display screen and a 2.5D curved-glass display screen can no longer surprise consumers. Although a 3D curved screen have given consumers a strong visual impact, the 3D curved screen cannot produce a qualitative change.
A full screen is a screen design in which a screen-to-body ratio is close to 100%. An upper/left/right frame of a display module is less than 0.5 mm, a lower frame is less than 3 mm, and an active Area (AA) far exceeds a screen-to-body ratio 80%. In a design of a full-screen mobile phone, a front screen-to-body ratio is close to 100%, and there is no position for placing an optical component such as a camera or a photosensitive component. Therefore, to place the optical component on the screen, a hole that meets a transmittance required by the optical component needs to be created directly above the optical component, so as to implement a normal function of the optical component, such as photographing, face unlocking, and photosensitive sensing.
In addition, to improve a screen-to-body ratio, as shown in
Alternatively, to improve a screen-to-body ratio, most of OLED displays and thin film transistor (TFT) display modules on the market use a special-shape cutting process, thereby freeing space for an on-screen optical component.
However, the foregoing design cannot be referred to as an actual full screen, but further increases a screen-to-body ratio, because a display position corresponding to an optical component does not have a display function. It can be learned that a display screen in the related art cannot ensure a full display function on the basis of providing a light transmission condition for an optical component.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display panel and a terminal.
According to a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display panel, including:
a transparent substrate; and
a first display module disposed in a first area of the transparent substrate and a second display module disposed in a second area of the transparent substrate, where
the first area and the second area are combined to form an entire display area, the first display module is an active matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) display module, and the second display module is a passive matrix organic light-emitting diode (PMOLED) display module.
According to a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a terminal, including a driving chip, at least one optical component, and the foregoing display panel, where a cathode layer and an anode layer of a PMOLED display module are electrically connected to the driving chip, and the optical component obtains light by using the PMOLED display module.
Beneficial effects of the embodiments of the present disclosure are as follows:
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the AMOLED display module is disposed in the first area of the transparent substrate, and the PMOLED display module is disposed in the second area, so that an entire display module is formed by the AMOLED display module and the PMOLED display module, thereby jointly implementing a display function. Because the PMOLED display module has a relatively high light transmittance, the second area can not only provide a light transmission condition for the optical component, but also can cooperate with the first area for display. This resolves a problem in the related art that a display screen cannot ensure a full display function on the basis of providing the light transmission condition for the optical component.
To describe the technical solutions in embodiments of the present disclosure more clearly, the following briefly describes the accompanying drawings required for describing the embodiments of the present disclosure. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following description show merely some embodiments of the present disclosure, and a person of ordinary skill in the art may still derive another drawing from these accompanying drawings.
The following clearly describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Apparently, the described embodiments are some rather than all of the embodiments of the present disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present disclosure shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display panel. As shown in
a transparent substrate; and
a first display module disposed in a first area 1 of the transparent substrate and a second display module disposed in a second area 2 of the transparent substrate, where
the first area 1 and the second area 2 are combined to form an entire display area, the first display module is an AMOLED display module, and the second display module is a PMOLED display module.
Specifically, as shown in
It can be learned from an internal structure of the AMOLED display module that a part of the AMOLED display module that can transmit light is a gap between metal cabling in the TFT circuit, that is, light can only pass through the gap between the metal cabling in the TFT circuit. Therefore, a light transmittance of the AMOLED display module is relatively low. Specifically,
Compared with the AMOLED display module, an internal structure of the PMOLED display module is simpler, and drive manners are mainly different (the AMOLED display module is an active drive, and the PMOLED display module is a passive drive). As shown in
It can be learned from that, because the PMOLED display module does not have the reflection electrode and the TFT circuit that are not translucent, a transmittance of the PMOLED display module is greatly in increased compared with that of the AMOLED display module. Therefore, an area (that is, the second area 2) in which the PMOLED display module is disposed on the display panel in some embodiments of the present disclosure has a display function, and has a relatively high light transmittance, so that a light transmittance requirement of some optical components on a terminal can be met. Therefore, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, a problem in the related art that a display screen cannot ensure a full display function on the basis of providing a light transmission condition for an optical component is resolved.
It should be noted that internal cabling of the AMOLED display module disposed in the first area and internal cabling of the PMOLED display module disposed in the second area do not affect each other.
Optionally, the anode layer of the PMOLED display module is prepared by using a transparent indium tin oxide ITO material, thereby further improving a light transmittance of the PMOLED display module.
Optionally, the cathode layer of the AMOLED display module and the cathode layer of the PMOLED display module are located on a same layer, thereby simplifying a process of manufacturing the display panel in some embodiments of the present disclosure. A material of the cathode layer of the AMOLED display module may also be the same as a material of the cathode layer of the PMOLED display module. Therefore, during manufacturing, the cathode layer of the AMOLED display module and the cathode layer of the PMOLED display module are laid together, thereby further simplifying the manufacturing process. When the cathode layer of the AMOLED display module and the cathode layer of the PMOLED display module are located at a same layer, there is an insulating material in a boundary area between the cathode layer of the AMOLED display module and the cathode layer of the PMOLED display module, so that the cathode layer of the AMOLED display module and the cathode layer of the PMOLED display module are separated from each other, and display functions of the two are not affected by each other.
Optionally, the anode layer of the AMOLED display module and the anode layer of the PMOLED display module are located on a same layer, thereby simplifying a process of manufacturing the display panel in some embodiments of the present disclosure. When the anode layer of the AMOLED display module and the anode layer of the PMOLED display module are located at a same layer, there is an insulating material in a boundary area between the anode layer of the AMOLED display module and the anode layer of the PMOLED display module, so that the anode layer of the AMOLED display module and the anode layer of the PMOLED display module are separated from each other, and display functions of the two are not affected by each other.
Optionally, the light-emitting layer of the AMOLED display module and the light-emitting layer of the PMOLED display module are located on a same layer, thereby simplifying a process of manufacturing the display panel in some embodiments of the present disclosure.
Optionally, the first area 1 is set around the second area 2. A manner of setting the first area 1 and the second area 2 is not limited thereto. For example, the first area 1 and the second area 2 may be set in a splicing form, that is, the first area 1 and the second area 2 are spliced into a complete display area.
Optionally, there are at least two second areas 2, to meet an arrangement requirement of a plurality of optical components on the terminal.
Optionally, the first area 1 forms a quadrangular shape, and the second area 2 forms a circular shape. Setting shapes of the first area 1 and the second area 2 are not limited thereto.
In view of the above, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the AMOLED display module is disposed in the first area 1 of the transparent substrate, and the PMOLED display module is disposed in the second area 2, so that an entire display module is formed by the AMOLED display module and the PMOLED display module, thereby jointly implementing a display function. Because the PMOLED display module has a relatively high light transmittance, the second area 2 can not only provide a light transmission condition for the optical component, but also can cooperate with the first area 1 for display. This resolves a problem in the related art that a display screen cannot ensure a full display function on the basis of providing the light transmission condition for the optical component.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a terminal, including a driving chip, at least one optical component, and the foregoing display panel, where a cathode layer and an anode layer of a PMOLED display module are electrically connected to the driving chip, and the optical component obtains light by using the PMOLED display module.
Because the PMOLED display module on the display panel has a relatively high light transmittance, when the optical component is located below the PMOLED display module, light may be irradiated onto the optical component by using the PMOLED display module, so that the optical component can work normally. In addition, the PMOLED display module may further cooperate with the AMOLED display module for display. Therefore, according to the terminal in some embodiments of the present disclosure, a full screen is actually implemented on the basis of ensuring that a display area of the optical component has a display function, thereby improving an appearance effect of the entire terminal.
Specifically, the terminal in some embodiments of the present disclosure may be specifically an electronic device such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, or a notebook computer.
The optical component includes a camera and/or a photosensitive component.
The foregoing descriptions are merely optional implementations of the present disclosure. It should be noted that a person of ordinary skill in the art may make several improvements and polishing without departing from the principle of the present disclosure and the improvements and polishing shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201811454286.5 | Nov 2018 | CN | national |
This application is continuation application of PCT International Application No. PCT/CN2019/119905 filed on Nov. 21, 2019, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201811454286.5, filed on Nov. 30, 2018 in China, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | PCT/CN2019/119905 | Nov 2019 | US |
| Child | 17327476 | US |
