Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a display substrate and a display device.
With the continuous development of display technology, organic light emitting diode display devices (OLEDs) have become a research hotspot and a technological development direction for the current manufacturers due to their advantages such as fast response speed, wide color gamut, high contrast, lightweight design, self-illumination, and wide viewing angle. On the other hand, organic light emitting display devices do not require backlight units and can be formed on flexible substrates made of flexible materials, which can also be applied to flexible display technology.
At present, organic light emitting diode display devices (OLEDs) have been widely used in various electronic products, ranging from small electronic products such as smart bracelets, smartwatches, smartphones, tablet computers and so on to large electronic products such as laptop computers, desktop computers, televisions and so on. Therefore, the market demand for active matrix organic light-emitting diode display devices is also increasing. At the same time, the market has increasingly high requirements for the display quality of organic light-emitting diode display devices.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes a base substrate, a plurality of first signal lines, a plurality of second signal lines, and a plurality of gate driving structures; the base substrate includes a display area and a peripheral area located around the display area; the plurality of first signal lines are located in the display area and extend in a first direction; the plurality of second signal lines are located in the display area and extend in the first direction; the plurality of gate driving structures are located in the peripheral area and arranged in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; the display area includes a straight edge region and a rounded corner region, the rounded corner region is located on a side of the straight edge region in the second direction, each of the first signal lines is at least partially located in the straight edge region, and each of the second signal lines is at least partially located in the rounded corner region; the plurality of gate driving structures include a plurality of straight edge gate driving structures and a plurality of rounded corner gate driving structures, each of the straight edge gate driving structures includes a first output end, and each of the rounded corner gate driving structures includes a second output end; a plurality of first output ends of the plurality of straight edge gate driving structures are connected to the plurality of first signal lines through a plurality of first connection structures, and a plurality of second output ends of the plurality of rounded corner gate driving structures are connected to the plurality of second signal lines through a plurality of second connection structures; each of the plurality of first connection structures includes a first conductive part and a plurality of via connection structures, each of the plurality of second connection structures includes a second conductive part and a plurality of via connection structures, the first conductive part and the second conductive part are located in a same conductive layer, and a number and a type of the plurality of via connection structures in each of the plurality of first connection structures are the same as a number and a type of the plurality of via connection structures in each of the plurality of second connection structures. Therefore, by making the number and the type of the plurality of via connection structures in each of the plurality of first connection structures the same as those in each of the plurality of second connection structures, the display substrate can effectively reduce the difference between the electrical properties of the plurality of first connection structures and the electrical properties of the plurality of second connection structures, thereby effectively reducing the risk of abnormal display on the display substrate.
At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display substrate, which includes: a base substrate, including a display area and a peripheral area located around the display area; a plurality of first signal lines, located in the display area and extending in a first direction; a plurality of second signal lines, located in the display area and extending in the first direction; a plurality of gate driving structures, located in the peripheral area and arranged in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; the display area includes a straight edge region and a rounded corner region, the rounded corner region is located on a side of the straight edge region in the second direction, each of the first signal lines is at least partially located in the straight edge region, and each of the second signal lines is at least partially located in the rounded corner region; the plurality of gate driving structures include a plurality of straight edge gate driving structures and a plurality of rounded corner gate driving structures, each of the straight edge gate driving structures includes a first output end, and each of the rounded corner gate driving structures includes a second output end; a plurality of first output ends of the plurality of straight edge gate driving structures are connected to the plurality of first signal lines through a plurality of first connection structures, and a plurality of second output ends of the plurality of rounded corner gate driving structures are connected to the plurality of second signal lines through a plurality of second connection structures; each of the plurality of first connection structures includes a first conductive part and a plurality of via connection structures, each of the plurality of second connection structures includes a second conductive part and a plurality of via connection structures, the first conductive part and the second conductive part are located in a same conductive layer, and a number and a type of the plurality of via connection structures in each of the plurality of first connection structures are the same as a number and a type of the plurality of via connection structures in each of the plurality of second connection structures.
For example, in the display substrate provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, the plurality of first signal lines and the plurality of second signal lines are configured to transmit a same type of first driving signals, and both the first output end and the second output end are configured to output the same type of first driving signals.
For example, in the display substrate provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first driving signal includes one of a first gate driving signal, a second gate driving signal, and a light emission control signal.
For example, the display substrate provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure further includes: a plurality of third signal lines, located in the display area and extending in the first direction; a plurality of fourth signal lines, located in the display area and extending in the first direction; each of the plurality of third signal lines is at least partially located in the straight edge region, and each of the plurality of fourth signal lines is at least partially located in the rounded corner region; each of the plurality of straight edge gate driving structures includes a third output end, and each of the plurality of rounded corner gate driving structures includes a fourth output end, a plurality of third output ends of the plurality of straight edge gate driving structures are connected to the plurality of third signal lines through a plurality of third connection structures, and a plurality of fourth output ends of the plurality of rounded corner gate driving structures are connected to the plurality of fourth signal lines through a plurality of fourth connection structures; each of the plurality of third connection structures includes a third conductive part and a plurality of via connection structures, each of the plurality of fourth connection structures includes a fourth conductive part and a plurality of via connection structures, the third conductive part and the fourth conductive part are located in a same conductive layer, and a number and a type of the plurality of via connection structures in each of the plurality of third connection structures are the same as a number and a type of the plurality of via connection structures in each of the plurality of fourth connection structures.
For example, in the display substrate provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, the plurality of third signal lines and the plurality of fourth signal lines are configured to transmit a same type of second driving signals, and both the third output end and the fourth output end are configured to output the same type of second driving signals, the type of the first driving signals is different from the type of the second driving signals.
For example, in the display substrate provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second driving signal includes one of a first gate driving signal, a second gate driving signal, and a light emission control signal.
For example, in the display substrate provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first conductive part, the second conductive part, the third conductive part, and the fourth conductive part are all located in a same conductive layer.
For example, the display substrate provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure further includes: a plurality of fifth signal lines, located in the display area and extending in the first direction; a plurality of sixth signal lines, located in the display area and extending in the first direction; each of the plurality of fifth signal lines is at least partially located in the straight edge region, and each of the plurality of sixth signal lines is at least partially located in the rounded corner region; each of the plurality of straight edge gate driving structures includes a fifth output end, and each of the plurality of rounded corner gate driving structures includes a sixth output end, a plurality of fifth output ends of the plurality of straight edge gate driving structures are connected to the plurality of fifth signal lines through a plurality of fifth connection structures, and a plurality of sixth output ends of the plurality of rounded corner gate driving structures are connected to the plurality of sixth signal lines through a plurality of sixth connection structures; each of the plurality of fifth connection structures includes a fifth conductive part and a plurality of via connection structures, each of the plurality of sixth connection structures includes a sixth conductive part and a plurality of via connection structures, the fifth conductive part and the sixth conductive part are located in a same conductive layer, and a number and a type of the plurality of via connection structures in each of the plurality of fifth connection structures are the same as a number and a type of the plurality of via connection structures in each of the plurality of sixth connection structures.
For example, in the display substrate provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, the plurality of fifth signal lines and the plurality of sixth signal lines are configured to transmit a same type of third driving signals, and both the fifth output end and the sixth output end are configured to output the same type of third driving signals, the type of the third driving signals is different from both the type of the first driving signals and the type of the second driving signals.
For example, in the display substrate provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first conductive part, the second conductive part, the third conductive part, the fourth conductive part, the fifth conductive part, and the sixth conductive part are all located in a same conductive layer.
For example, in the display substrate provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, the plurality of first connection structures, the plurality of third connection structures, and the plurality of fifth connection structures are sequentially arranged in the second direction, and the plurality of second connection structures, the plurality of fourth connection structures, and the plurality of sixth connection structures are sequentially arranged in the second direction, the first conductive part, the second conductive part, the third conductive part, and the fourth conductive part are located in a first conductive layer, the fifth conductive part and the sixth conductive part are located in a second conductive layer, and the first conductive layer is different from the second conductive layer.
For example, the display substrate provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure further includes: a plurality of seventh signal lines, located in the display area and extending in the first direction; a plurality of eighth signal lines, located in the display area and extending in the first direction; a plurality of cascaded lines, located in the peripheral area and extending in the first direction; each of the plurality of seventh signal lines is at least partially located in the straight edge region, and each of the plurality of eighth signal lines is at least partially located in the rounded corner region; the plurality of cascaded lines are connected to the plurality of seventh signal lines through a plurality of seventh connection structures, and the plurality of cascaded lines are connected to the plurality of eighth signal lines through a plurality of eighth connection structures; each of the plurality of seventh connection structures includes a seventh conductive part and a plurality of via connection structures, each of the plurality of eighth connection structures includes an eighth conductive part and a plurality of via connection structures, the seventh conductive part and the eighth conductive part are located in a same conductive layer, and a number and a type of the plurality of via connection structures in each of the plurality of seventh connection structures are the same as a number and a type of the plurality of via connection structures in each of the plurality of eighth connection structures.
For example, in the display substrate provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, the plurality of seventh signal lines and the plurality of eighth signal lines are configured to transmit reset signals.
For example, in the display substrate provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first conductive part, the second conductive part, the third conductive part, the fourth conductive part, the fifth conductive part, the sixth conductive part, the seventh conductive part, and the eighth conductive part are all located in a same conductive layer.
For example, in the display substrate provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, the plurality of first connection structures, the plurality of seventh connection structures, the plurality of third connection structures, and the plurality of fifth connection structures are sequentially arranged in the second direction, and the plurality of second connection structures, the plurality of eighth connection structures, the plurality of fourth connection structures, and the plurality of sixth connection structures are sequentially arranged in the second direction, the first conductive part, the second conductive part, the third conductive part, and the fourth conductive part are located in a first conductive layer, the fifth conductive part and the sixth conductive part, the seventh conductive part and the eighth conductive part are located in a second conductive layer, and the first conductive layer is different from the second conductive layer.
For example, the display substrate provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure further includes: a first gate layer; a second gate layer, located on a side of the first gate layer away from the base substrate; a first source-drain metal layer, located on a side of the second gate layer away from the first gate layer; and a second source-drain metal layer, located on a side of the first source-drain metal layer away from the second gate layer, the plurality of first signal lines and the plurality of second signal lines are located in the first gate layer or the second gate layer, the first output end and the second output end are located in the first source-drain metal layer, and the first conductive part and the second conductive part are located in the second source-drain metal layer.
For example, the display substrate provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure further includes: a third gate layer, located between the second gate layer and the first source-drain metal layer, the plurality of first signal lines and the plurality of second signal lines are located in the first gate layer, or the plurality of first signal lines and the plurality of second signal lines are located in the second gate layer and the third gate layer.
For example, in the display substrate provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure, the straight edge region includes a display pixel structure and a dummy pixel structure, the dummy pixel structure is located on a side of the display pixel structure close to the peripheral area, and the rounded corner region does not include the dummy pixel structure.
At least one embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a display device, which includes any one of the above display substrates.
In order to clearly illustrate the technical solution of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings of the embodiments will be briefly described. It is obvious that the described drawings in the following are only related to some embodiments of the present disclosure and thus are not construed as any limitation to the present disclosure.
In order to make objectives, technical details, and advantages of the embodiments of the present disclosure more clear, the technical solutions of the embodiments will be described in a clearly and fully understandable way in connection with the drawings related to the embodiments of the present disclosure. Apparently, the described embodiments are just a part but not all of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Based on the described embodiments herein, those skilled in the art can obtain other embodiment(s), without any inventive work, which should be within the scope of the present disclosure.
Unless otherwise defined, all the technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meanings as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure belongs. The terms “first”, “second”, etc., which are used in the present disclosure, are not intended to indicate any sequence, amount or importance, but distinguish various components. Also, the terms “comprise,” “comprising,” “include,” “including,” etc., are intended to specify that the elements or the objects stated before these terms encompass the elements or the objects and equivalents thereof listed after these terms, but do not preclude the other elements or objects. The phrases “connect”, “connected”, etc., are not intended to define a physical connection or mechanical connection, but may include an electrical connection, directly or indirectly.
Unless otherwise defined, the features such as “parallel”, “vertical”, and “identical” used in the embodiment of the present disclosure all include strictly defined situations such as “parallel”, “vertical”, and “identical”, as well as situations where “substantially parallel”, “substantially vertical”, and “substantially identical” contain certain errors. For example, the above “substantially” can indicate that the difference between the compared objects is 10% of the average value of the compared objects, or within 5%. In a case that the number of a component or an element is not specifically specified in the following embodiments of the present disclosure, it means that the component or the element can be one or multiple, or can be understood as at least one. “At least one” refers to one or more, and “a plurality of” refers to at least two.
Due to advantages of low temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) technology such as high charge mobility, high pixel response speed, and low power consumption, the LTPO technology is also increasingly used in display panels. LTPO display products have many requirements for performance specification, and these requirements for performance specification are closely related to the circuit design of backplate of the product.
The inventor(s) of the present application noticed that a common display substrate includes a rounded corner region and a straight edge region. Due to different spaces of the rounded corner region and the straight edge region, it is easy to cause differences or delays in signal lines that transmit driving signals between the rounded corner region and the straight edge region, which results in abnormal display.
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In this regard, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes a base substrate, a plurality of first signal lines, a plurality of second signal lines and a plurality of gate driving structures; the base substrate includes a display area and a peripheral area located around the display area; the plurality of first signal lines are located in the display area and extend along a first direction; the plurality of second signal lines are located in the display area and extend along the first direction; the plurality of gate driving structures are located in the peripheral area and arranged along a second direction intersecting the first direction. The display area includes a straight edge region and a rounded corner region, and the rounded corner region is located on a side of the straight edge region in the second direction, each of the plurality of first signal lines is at least partially located in the straight edge region, and each of the plurality of second signal lines is at least partially located in the rounded corner region; the plurality of gate driving structures include a plurality of straight edge gate driving structures and a plurality of rounded corner gate driving structures, each of the plurality of straight edge gate driving structures includes a first output end, and each of the plurality of rounded corner gate driving structures includes a second output end; the plurality of first output ends of the plurality of straight edge gate driving structures are connected with the plurality of first signal lines through a plurality of first connection structures, the plurality of second output ends of the plurality of rounded corner gate driving structures are connected with the plurality of second signal lines through a plurality of second connection structures; each of the plurality of first connection structures includes a first conductive part and a plurality of via hole connection structures, each of the plurality of second connection structure includes a second conductive part and a plurality of via hole connection structures, the first conductive part and the second conductive part are located in a same conductive layer, a number and a type of the plurality of via hole connection structures in each of the plurality of first connection structures are the same as a number and a type of the plurality of via hole connection structures in each of the plurality of second connection structures. In this way, by making the number and the type of the plurality of via hole connection structures in each of the plurality of first connection structures the same as the number and the type of the plurality of via hole connection structures in each of the plurality of second connection structures, the display substrate can effectively reduce difference between the electrical properties of the plurality of first connection structures and the electrical properties of the plurality of second connection structures, thus the risk of abnormal display on the display substrate is effectively reduced.
Hereinafter, the display substrate and the display device provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display substrate.
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In the display substrate provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, the plurality of first output ends of the plurality of straight edge gate driving structures are connected with the plurality of first signal lines through the plurality of first connection structures, thus driving signals output by the plurality of first output ends can be applied to the plurality of first signal lines respectively; the plurality of second output ends of the plurality of rounded corner gate driving structures are connected with the plurality of second signal lines through the plurality of second connection structures, thus the driving signals output by the plurality of first output ends are respectively applied to the plurality of first signal lines. By arranging the first conductive parts in the first connection structures and the second conductive parts in the second connection structures in a same conductive layer, and making the number and the type of the plurality of via hole connection structures in each of the plurality of first connection structures the same as the number and the type of the plurality of via hole connection structures in each of the plurality of second connection structures, the display substrate can effectively reduce the difference between the electrical properties of the plurality of first connection structures and the electrical properties of the plurality of second connection structures, thus the risk of abnormal display on the display substrate is effectively reduced. It should be noted that the above-mentioned abnormal display may be a split screen phenomenon between the rounded corner region and the straight edge region.
It is worth noting that the above gate driving structures can also be called as gate driving units or gate driving shift registers; a plurality of gate driving structures are cascaded with each other to form a gate driving circuit.
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In the display substrate provided in this example, the plurality of third output ends of the plurality of straight edge gate driving structures are connected with the plurality of third signal lines through the plurality of third connection structures, thus the driving signals output by the plurality of third output ends can be applied to the plurality of third signal lines respectively; the plurality of fourth output ends of the plurality of rounded corner gate driving structures are connected with the plurality of fourth signal lines through the plurality of fourth connection structures, thus the driving signals output by the plurality of fourth output ends can be respectively applied to the plurality of fourth signal lines. By arranging the third conductive part and the fourth conductive part in the same conductive layer, and setting the number and type of the plurality of via hole connection structures in of the plurality of third connection structures to be the same as the number and type of the plurality of via hole connection structures in each of the plurality of fourth connection structures, the display substrate can effectively reduce the difference between the electrical properties of the plurality of third connection structures and the electrical properties of the plurality of fourth connection structures, thus the risk of abnormal display on the display substrate is effectively reduced. It should be noted that the above-mentioned abnormal display may be a split screen phenomenon between the rounded corner region and the straight edge region.
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In some examples, the second driving signal includes one of the first gate driving signal, the second gate driving signal, and the light emission control signal. It should be noted that the above-mentioned gate driving signal may also be called a scanning signal.
For example, the first driving signal is a first gate driving signal, and the second driving signal is a second gate driving signal.
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Of course, embodiments of the present disclosure include but are not limited thereto, the first conductive parts and the second conductive parts may be located in one conductive layer, such as the second source-drain electrode layer, at the same time, the third conductive parts and the fourth conductive parts may be located in another conductive layer, for example, the first source-drain electrode layer.
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In the display substrate provided in this example, by arranging the fifth conductive parts and the sixth conductive parts in a same conductive layer, and setting the number and the type of the plurality of via hole connection structures in each of the plurality of fifth connection structure to be the same as the number and the type of the plurality of via hole connection structures in each of the plurality of sixth connection structures, the display substrate can effectively reduce the difference between the electrical properties of the plurality of fifth connection structures and the electrical properties of the plurality of sixth connection structures, thus the risk of abnormal display on the display substrate is effectively reduced. It should be noted that the above-mentioned abnormal display may cause a split screen phenomenon between the rounded corner region and the straight edge region.
In some examples, the plurality of fifth signal lines 140A and the plurality of sixth signal lines 140B are configured to transmit the same type of third driving signals, the fifth output ends 185 and the sixth output ends 186 are all configured to output the same type of third driving signals, the third driving signal is different from the first driving signal and the second driving signal. In this way, the display substrate can reduce the difference between the electrical properties of the conductive paths passed by the three gate driving signals, thus the risk of abnormal display on the display substrate is further effectively reduced.
In some examples, the third driving signal includes one of a first gate driving signal, a second gate driving signal, and a light emission control signal. It should be noted that the above-mentioned gate driving signal may also be called a scanning signal.
For example, the first driving signal may be a first gate driving signal, the second driving signal may be a second gate driving signal, and the third driving signal may be a light emission control signal.
It is worth noting that the current gate driving structures generally only output the first gate driving signal, the second gate driving signal and the light emission control signal mentioned above; if the gate driving structures can also output other driving signals, then an output end, a signal line and a connection structure corresponding to the driving signal can be deduced by analogy with reference to the first output end, the second output end, the first signal line, the second signal line, the first connection structure and the second connection structure mentioned above, so that the difference between the electrical properties of the conductive paths passed by the driving signals is reduced, thus the risk of abnormal display on the display substrate is further effectively reduced.
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In the display substrate provided in this example, by arranging the seventh conductive parts and the eighth conductive parts in the same conductive layer, and setting the number and the type of the plurality of via hole connection structures in each of the plurality of seventh connection structures to be the same as the number and the type of the plurality of via hole connection structures in each of the plurality of eighth connection structures, the display substrate can effectively reduce the difference between the electrical properties of the seventh connection structure and the electrical properties of the eighth connection structure, thus the risk of abnormal display on the display substrate is effectively reduced. It should be noted that the above-mentioned abnormal display may be a split screen phenomenon between the rounded corner region and the straight edge region.
In some examples, the plurality of seventh signal lines 150A and the plurality of eighth signal lines 150B are configured to transmit reset signals. Of course, embodiments of the present disclosure include but are not limited thereto, the seventh signal lines and the eighth signal lines can also be used to transmit other cascaded signals.
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An embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a display device.
For example, the display device may be a television, a monitor, an electronic picture frame, an electronic photo frame, a navigator, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, a smartphone, or other electronic products with display functions.
The following points need to be explained:
The above is only the specific implementation of the present disclosure, but the scope of protection of the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the scope of protection of the present disclosure should be subject to the scope of protection of the claims.
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2022/140721 | 12/21/2022 | WO |