This application is the U.S. national phase of PCT Application No. PCT/CN2020/079486 filed on Mar. 16, 2020 which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, in particular to a display substrate, a manufacturing method, and a display device.
Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode (AMOLED) display panel has been widely applied in various fields due to such advantages as low power consumption, low manufacture cost and wide gamut.
The AMOLED display panel includes a pixel circuit arranged at a display region and a scanning driving circuit arranged at a peripheral region. The pixel circuit includes a plurality of pixel sub-circuits arranged in an array form. The scanning driving circuit includes a plurality of shift register units each configured to provide a light emitting control signal to a corresponding pixel sub-circuit. Because the scanning driving circuit is arranged at the peripheral region of the AMOLED display panel, a bezel width of the AMOLED display panel depends on an arrangement mode of the scanning driving circuit.
In one aspect, the present disclosure provides in some embodiments a display substrate, including a scanning driving circuit arranged on a base substrate. The scanning driving circuit includes a plurality of shift register units and a first voltage signal line extending in a first direction. At least one of the plurality of shift register units includes an output capacitor and a first transistor, a first electrode of the first transistor is coupled to the first voltage signal line, and a second electrode of the first transistor is coupled to an electrode plate of the output capacitor. A maximum distance between an orthogonal projection of the first electrode of the first transistor onto the base substrate and an orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line onto the base substrate is smaller than a first predetermined distance in a second direction, a maximum distance between an orthogonal projection of the second electrode of the first transistor onto the base substrate and an orthogonal projection of the electrode plate of the output capacitor onto the base substrate is smaller than a second predetermined distance in the second direction, and the first direction intersects the second direction.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the first predetermined distance is greater than or equal to 20 μm and smaller than or equal to 30 m, and the second predetermined distance is greater than or equal to 25 μm and smaller than or equal to 35 μm.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, an orthogonal projection of a first electrode plate of the output capacitor onto the base substrate overlaps the orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line onto the base substrate at a signal line overlapping region, and the first electrode plate of the output capacitor is coupled to the first voltage signal line through at least one signal line via hole in the signal line overlapping region. An electrode plate of the output capacitor coupled to the second electrode of the first transmission is a second electrode plate of the output capacitor, the at least one shift register unit further includes an electrode plate conductive connection member coupled to the second electrode of the first transistor, an orthogonal projection of the electrode plate conductive connection member onto the base substrate overlaps an orthogonal projection of the second electrode plate of the output capacitor onto the base substrate at an electrode plate overlapping region, and the electrode plate conductive connection member is coupled to the second electrode plate of the output capacitor through at least one electrode plate via hole in the electrode plate overlapping region.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the orthogonal projection of the first electrode plate of the output capacitor onto the base substrate at least partially overlaps the orthogonal projection of the second electrode plate of the output capacitor onto the base substrate.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one shift register unit further includes a second transistor. An active layer of the first transistor and an active layer of the second transistor are formed by a continuous second semiconductor layer extending in the first direction, the active layer of the first transistor includes a first one of third conductive members, a third channel member and a second one of the third conductive members arranged sequentially in the first direction, the second one of the third conductive members is reused as a first one fourth conductive members, the active layer of the second transistor includes the first one of the fourth conductive members, a fourth channel member and a second one of the fourth conductive members arranged sequentially in the first direction, and the second electrode of the first transistor is reused as a second electrode of the second transistor.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the scanning driving circuit further includes a second voltage signal line arranged at a side of the first transistor away from the first voltage signal line, extending in the first direction, and arranged at a side of the first voltage signal line away from a display region.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the scanning driving circuit further includes a second voltage signal line arranged at a side of the first voltage signal line away from a display region, the at least one shift register unit further includes an input transistor, and the first transistor and the input transistor are arranged between the first voltage signal line and the second voltage signal line.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, a second electrode of the input transistor is coupled to a ninth conductive connection member, and a gate electrode of the first transistor is coupled to the ninth conductive connection member so that the gate electrode of the first transistor is coupled to the second electrode of the input transistor.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one shift register unit further includes a third node control transistor arranged between the first voltage signal line and the second voltage signal line, a second electrode of the input transistor is reused as a second electrode of the third node control transistor and coupled to a ninth conductive connection member, and a gate electrode of the first transistor is coupled to the ninth conductive connection member so that the gate electrode of the first transistor is coupled to the second electrode of the third node control transistor.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one shift register unit further includes a second capacitor, the first transistor and the second transistor are arranged at a side of the first voltage signal line away from a display region, an orthogonal projection of a second electrode plate of the second capacitor onto the base substrate overlaps an orthogonal projection of the ninth conductive connection member onto the base substrate at a tenth overlapping region, the ninth conductive connection member is coupled to the second electrode plate of the second capacitor through a tenth via hole in the tenth overlapping region, and the gate electrode of the first transistor is coupled to the ninth conductive connection member so that the gate electrode of the first transistor is coupled to the second electrode plate of the second capacitor.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one first shift register unit further includes a first node control transistor and a second capacitor, a gate electrode of the first node control transistor is coupled to a second electrode plate of the second capacitor, an orthogonal projection of a first electrode plate of the second capacitor onto the base substrate is located within an orthogonal projection of the second electrode plate of the second capacitor onto the base substrate, the first electrode plate of the second capacitor is of an L-like shape and includes a second horizontal electrode plate member, and an orthogonal projection of the gate electrode of the first node control transistor onto the base substrate and an orthogonal projection of the second horizontal electrode plate member onto the base substrate are arranged in the first direction.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the scanning driving circuit further includes a second voltage signal line extending in the first direction and arranged at a side of the first voltage signal line away from a display region, the first node control transistor is arranged between the second voltage signal line and the first voltage signal line, the first electrode plate of the second capacitor further includes a second vertical electrode plate member coupled to the second horizontal electrode plate member, and an orthogonal projection of the second vertical electrode plate member onto the base substrate partially overlaps an orthogonal projection of the second voltage signal line onto the base substrate.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the scanning driving circuit further includes a first clock signal line extending in the first direction and arranged at a side of the second voltage signal line away from the first voltage signal line, the at least one shift register unit includes an output circuit including an output transistor, the at least one shift register unit further includes a second conductive connection member arranged between a gate electrode of the output transistor and the second electrode plate of the second capacitor and coupled to the gate electrode of the output transistor and the second electrode plate of the second capacitor, the at least one shift register unit further includes a third conductive connection member coupled to the second electrode plate of the second capacitor, an orthogonal projection of the third conductive connection member onto the base substrate overlaps an orthogonal projection of the first clock signal line onto the base substrate at a sixth overlapping region, and the first clock signal line is coupled to the first electrode plate of the second capacitor through at least one sixth via hole in the sixth overlapping region.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the first node control transistor includes a second active pattern of a U-like shape, the second active pattern includes a first one of first node control channel members, a second one of the first node control channel members, a first one of first node control conductive members coupled to the first one of the first node control channel members, and a second one of the first node control conductive members coupled to the second one of the first node control channel members, the gate electrode of the first node control transistor includes a first gate electrode pattern and a second gate electrode pattern coupled to each other, the first gate electrode pattern corresponds to the first one of the first node control channel members, the second gate electrode pattern corresponds to the second one of the first node control channel members, the first one of the first node control conductive members corresponds to a second electrode of the first node control transistor, and the second one of the first node control conductive members corresponds to a first electrode of the first node control transistor.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one shift register unit further includes a second node control transistor and a second capacitor connection transistor, and a second electrode of the second node control transistor is coupled to the second electrode of the first node control transistor through the fourth conductive connection member. The at least one shift register unit further includes a fifth conductive connection member coupled to a gate electrode of the second capacitor connection transistor, an orthogonal projection of the fifth conductive connection member onto the base substrate overlaps an orthogonal projection of the fourth conductive connection member onto the base substrate at a seventh overlapping region, and the fifth conductive connection member is coupled to the fourth conductive connection member through a seventh via hole in the seventh overlapping region.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the scanning driving circuit further includes a second voltage signal line arranged at a side of the first voltage signal line away from a display region, the first electrode of the first node control transistor is coupled to a sixth conductive connection member, a gate electrode of the second node control transistor is coupled to a seventh conductive connection member, an orthogonal projection of the sixth conductive connection member onto the base substrate overlaps an orthogonal projection of the seventh conductive connection member onto the base substrate at an eighth overlapping region, the sixth conductive connection member is coupled to the seventh conductive connection member through an eighth via hole in the eighth overlapping region, and a first electrode of the second node control transistor is coupled to the second voltage signal line.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the scanning driving circuit further includes a second clock signal line extending in the first direction, the gate electrode of the second node control transistor is further coupled to an eighth conductive connection member, an orthogonal projection of the eighth conductive connection member onto the base substrate overlaps an orthogonal projection of the second clock signal line onto the base substrate in a ninth overlapping region, and the eighth conductive connection member is coupled to the second clock signal line through a ninth via hole in the ninth overlapping region.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the scanning driving circuit includes a first clock signal line and a second voltage signal line each extending in the first direction, the second clock signal line is arranged between the first clock signal line and the second voltage signal line, or the first clock signal line is arranged between the second clock signal line and the second voltage signal line.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one shift register unit further includes an input transistor, a first electrode of which is coupled to an input signal end, and a second electrode of which is coupled to a ninth conductive connection member. An orthogonal projection of the ninth conductive connection member onto the base substrate overlaps the orthogonal projection of the second electrode plate of the second capacitor onto the base substrate at a tenth overlapping region, and the ninth conductive connection member is coupled to the second electrode plate of the second capacitor through a tenth via hole in the tenth overlapping region.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one shift register unit further includes a third node control transistor, a second capacitor connection transistor and an input transistor. A gate electrode of the third node control transistor is coupled to the first clock signal line, active layers of the input transistor, the third node control transistor and the second capacitor connection transistor are formed by a continuous third semiconductor layer, the active layer of the input transistor includes a first one of fifth conductive members, a fifth channel member and a second one of the fifth conductive members arranged sequentially in the first direction, the second one of the fifth conductive members is reused as a first one of sixth conductive members, the active layer of the third node control transistor includes the first one of the sixth conductive members, a sixth channel member and a second one of the sixth conductive members sequentially arranged in the first direction, the second one of the sixth conductive members is reused as a first one of seventh conductive members, and the active layer of the second capacitor connection transistor includes the first one of the seventh conductive members, a seventh channel member and a second one of the seventh conductive members sequentially arranged in the first direction.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the scanning driving circuit further includes a second voltage signal line, a first clock signal line, a second clock signal line and a signal output line, the second voltage line, the first clock signal line and the second clock signal line extend in the first direction, an orthogonal projection of the second voltage signal line onto the base substrate, an orthogonal projection of the first clock signal line onto the base substrate and an orthogonal projection of the second clock signal line onto the base substrate are arranged at a side of an orthogonal projection of the shift register unit onto the base substrate away from a display region of the display substrate, and the signal output line extends in the second direction.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the scanning driving circuit further includes a second voltage signal line, a third voltage signal line, a first clock signal line, a second clock signal line and a signal output line. The at least one shift register unit further includes an output transistor, an output resetting transistor, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a second transistor, a first capacitor connection transistor, a second capacitor connection transistor, a first node control transistor, a second node control transistor, an input transistor, and a third node control transistor. A first electrode of the output resetting transistor is coupled to the first voltage signal line, a second electrode of the output transistor is coupled to the third voltage signal line, a second electrode plate of the output capacitor is coupled to a gate electrode of the output resetting transistor, a second electrode of the first transistor is coupled to the second electrode plate of the output transistor, a gate electrode of the first transistor is coupled to a second electrode of the third node control transistor, a second electrode of the second transistor is coupled to a first electrode plate of the first capacitor, a first electrode of the second transistor is coupled to a second electrode of the first capacitor connection transistor, a gate electrode of the second transistor is coupled to a gate electrode of the third node control transistor, gate electrode soft eh first capacitor connection transistor and the second capacitor connection transistor are coupled to a second electrode plate of the first capacitor, the second electrode of the first capacitor connection transistor is coupled to the first electrode plate of the first capacitor, a first electrode of the first capacitor connection transistor is coupled to the gate electrode of the second transistor, a first electrode of the second capacitor connection transistor is coupled to the first voltage signal line, the gate electrode of the second capacitor connection transistor is coupled to a second electrode of the second node control transistor, a second electrode of the second capacitor connection transistor is coupled to a first electrode of the third node control transistor, a first electrode of the first node control transistor is coupled to a gate electrode of the second node control transistor, a gate electrode of the first node control transistor is coupled to a second electrode plate of the second capacitor, the second electrode of the second node control transistor is coupled to a second electrode of the first node control transistor, the gate electrode of the second node control transistor is coupled to the second clock signal line, a first electrode of the second node control transistor is coupled to the second voltage signal line, a gate electrode of the input transistor is coupled to the gate electrode of the second node control transistor, a first electrode of the input transistor is coupled to an input signal end, a second electrode of the input transistor is coupled to the second electrode plate of the second capacitor, the gate electrode of the third node control transistor is coupled to the first clock signal line, a first electrode plate of the output capacitor is coupled to the first voltage signal line, the second electrode plate of the output capacitor is coupled to the gate electrode of the output resetting transistor, the second electrode plate of the second capacitor is coupled to a gate electrode of the output transistor, a first electrode plate of the second capacitor is coupled to the first clock signal line, and second electrodes of the output transistor and the output resetting transistor are coupled to the signal output line.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the first clock signal line, the second clock signal line and the second voltage signal line are arranged sequentially in a direction close to the display region, or the second clock signal line, the first clock signal line and the second voltage signal line are arranged sequentially in the direction close to the display region.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the first electrode plate of the first capacitor includes a first horizontal electrode plate member and a first vertical electrode plate member, the output transistor and the output resetting transistor are arranged between the first voltage signal line and the third voltage signal line, the output resetting transistor, the output transistor and the signal output line are arranged sequentially in the first direction, the second voltage signal line is arranged at a side of the first voltage signal line away from the third voltage signal line, the first capacitor, the first transistor, the second transistor, the first capacitor connection transistor, the second capacitor connection transistor, the first node control transistor, the second node control transistor, the input transistor and the third node control transistor are arranged between the first voltage signal line and the second voltage signal line, the first transistor, the second transistor and the first vertical electrode plate are arranged sequentially in the first direction, the input transistor, the third node control transistor, the second capacitor connection transistor and the first horizontal electrode plate member are arranged sequentially in the first direction, the second node control transistor and the first node control transistor are arranged sequentially in the first transistor, an orthogonal projection of the gate electrode of the first capacitor connector transistor onto the base substrate is arranged between an orthogonal projection of the second electrode plate of the first capacitor onto the base substrate and the orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line onto the base substrate, an orthogonal projection of the gate electrode of the second transistor onto the base substrate is arranged between an orthogonal projection of the gate electrode of the third node control transistor onto the base substrate and an orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line onto the base substrate, an orthogonal projection of the gate electrode of the first node control transistor onto the base substrate is arranged between an orthogonal projection of the second voltage signal line onto the base substrate and an orthogonal projection of an orthogonal projection of the first electrode plate of the first capacitor onto the base substrate, and a minimum distance between the orthogonal projection of the gate electrode of the first node control transistor onto the base substrate and the orthogonal projection of the second voltage signal line onto the base substrate in the second direction is greater than a minimum distance between an orthogonal projection of the gate electrode of the second capacitor connection transistor and the orthogonal projection of the second voltage signal line onto the base substrate in the second direction.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, an orthogonal projection of the first electrode plate of the output capacitor onto the base substrate overlaps the orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line onto the base substrate at a signal line overlapping region, an orthogonal projection of the second electrode plate of the output capacitor onto the base substrate partially overlaps the orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line onto the base substrate, an orthogonal projection of the first electrode plate of the second capacitor is located within an orthogonal projection of the second electrode plate of the second capacitor onto the base substrate, the first electrode plate of the second capacitor is of an L-like shape and includes a second horizontal electrode plate member and a second vertical electrode plate member, the gate electrode of the first node control transistor and the second horizontal electrode plate are arranged in the first direction, and an orthogonal projection of the second vertical electrode plate member onto the base substrate partially overlaps an orthogonal projection of the second voltage signal line onto the base substrate.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one shift register unit further includes a signal output line, an output transistor and an output resetting transistor, second electrodes of the output transistor and the output resetting transistor are coupled to the signal output line extending in the second direction, the display substrate further includes a plurality of rows of pixel circuits on the base substrate and each pixel circuit comprises a light emitting control end, the shift register units of the scanning driving circuit correspond to the plurality of rows of pixel circuits in a one-to-one manner, and the signal output line of the shift register unit is coupled to the light emitting control ends of a corresponding row of pixel circuits and configured to apply a light emitting control signal to the light emitting control ends of the corresponding row of pixel circuits.
In another aspect, the present disclosure provides in some embodiments a method of manufacturing a display substrate, including forming a first voltage signal line and a scanning driving circuit on a base substrate, the first voltage signal line extending in a first direction, the scanning driving circuit including a plurality of shift register units, at least one of the plurality of shift register units including an output capacitor and a first transistor. The method further includes forming the output capacitor and the first transistor in such a manner that a first electrode of the first transistor is coupled to the first voltage signal line and a second electrode of the first transistor is coupled to an electrode plate of the output capacitor. A maximum distance between an orthogonal projection of the first electrode of the first transistor onto the base substrate and an orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line onto the base substrate is smaller than a first predetermined distance in a second direction, a maximum distance between an orthogonal projection of the second electrode of the first transistor onto the base substrate and an orthogonal projection of the electrode plate of the output capacitor onto the base substrate is smaller than a second predetermined distance in the second direction, and the first direction intersects the second direction.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the first predetermined distance is greater than or equal to 20 μm and smaller than or equal to 30p, and the second predetermined distance is greater than or equal to 25 μm and smaller than or equal to 35 μm.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one shift register unit further includes a second transistor. The forming the first transistor and the second transistor includes: forming a second semiconductor layer extending in the first direction; forming a first gate metal layer at a surface of the second semiconductor layer away from the base substrate, and patterning the first gate metal layer to form a gate electrode of the first transistor and a gate electrode of the second transistor, and doping a portion of the second semiconductor layer not covered by the gate electrodes of the first transistor and the second transistor with the gate electrodes as a mask, so as to enable the portion of the second semiconductor layer not covered by the gate electrodes to form conductive members, and enable a portion of the second semiconductor layer covered by the gate electrodes to form channel members. The second semiconductor layer includes a first one of third conductive members, a third channel member, a second one of the third conductive members, a fourth channel member and a second one of fourth conductive members arranged sequentially in the first direction, the second one of the third conductive members is reused as a first one of the fourth conductive members, the first one of the third conductive members is reused as the first electrode of the first transistor, the second one of the third conductive members is reused as the second electrode of the first transistor, and the second one of the fourth conductive members is reused as the second electrode of the second transistor.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the electrode plate of the output capacitor coupled to the second electrode of the first transistor is a second electrode plate of the output capacitor. The forming the output capacitor includes: patterning the first gate metal layer to form the second electrode plate of the output capacitor, forming a second gate metal layer at a surface of the first gate metal layer away from the second semiconductor layer, and patterning the second gate metal layer to form a first electrode plate of the output capacitor; and forming a source-drain metal layer at a surface of the second gate metal layer away from the first gate metal layer, and patterning the source-drain metal layer to form an electrode plate conductive connection member, the first voltage signal line and a second voltage signal line. An orthogonal projection of a first electrode plate of the output capacitor onto the base substrate overlaps the orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line onto the base substrate at a signal line overlapping region, and the first electrode plate of the output capacitor is coupled to the first voltage signal line through at least one signal line via hole in the signal line overlapping region. An orthogonal projection of the electrode plate conductive connection member onto the base substrate overlaps an orthogonal projection of the second electrode plate of the output capacitor onto the base substrate at an electrode plate overlapping region, and the electrode plate conductive connection member is coupled to the second electrode plate of the output capacitor through at least one electrode plate via hole in the electrode plate overlapping region. The second voltage signal line extends in the first direction, the first transistor and the second transistor are arranged between the first voltage signal line and the second voltage signal line, and the second voltage signal line is arranged at a side of the first voltage signal line away from a display region.
In yet another aspect, the present disclosure provides in some embodiments a display device including the above-mentioned display substrate.
In order to make the objects, the technical solutions and the advantages of the present disclosure more apparent, the present disclosure will be described hereinafer in a clear and complete manner in conjunction with the drawings and embodiments. Obviously, the following embodiments merely relate to a part of, rather than all of, the embodiments of the present disclosure, and based on these embodiments, a person skilled in the art may, without any creative effort, obtain the other embodiments, which also fall within the scope of the present disclosure.
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A gate electrode G9 of the output resetting transistor T9 may be coupled to a second electrode plate C3b of the output capacitor C3, and a first electrode S9 of the output resetting transistor T9 may receive a high voltage signal Vgh.
A gate electrode G10 of the output transistor T10 may be coupled to a second electrode plate C2b of the second capacitor C2, and a first electrode S10 of the output transistor T10 may receive a low voltage signal Vgl.
A second electrode D9 of the output resetting transistor T9 and a second electrode D10 of the output transistor T10 may be coupled to the signal output line EOUT.
A second electrode D8 of the first transistor T8 may be coupled to the second electrode plate C3b of the output capacitor C3, a first electrode S8 of the first transistor T8 may receive the high voltage signal Vgh, and a gate electrode G8 of the first transistor T8 may be coupled to a second electrode D4 of the third node control transistor T4.
A second electrode D7 of the second transistor T7 may be coupled to a first electrode plate C1a of the first capacitor C1, a first electrode S7 of the second transistor 7 may be coupled to the second electrode plate C3b of the output capacitor C3, and a gate electrode G7 of the second transistor 17 may be coupled to a gate electrode G4 of the third node control transistor T4.
A gate electrode G6 of the first capacitor connection transistor T6 and a gate electrode G5 of the second capacitor connection transistor T5 may be coupled to a second electrode plate C1b of the first capacitor C1, a second electrode D6 of the first capacitor connection transistor T6 may be coupled to the first electrode plate C1a of the first capacitor C1, and a first electrode S6 of the first capacitor connection transistor T6 may be coupled to the gate electrode G7 of the second transistor T7.
A first electrode S5 of the second capacitor connection transistor T5 may be coupled to the first voltage signal line VGH, the gate electrode G5 of the second capacitor connection transistor T5 may be coupled to a second electrode D3 of the second node control transistor T3, and a second electrode D5 of the second capacitor connection transistor T5 may be coupled to a first electrode S4 of the third node control transistor T4.
A first electrode S2 of the first node control transistor T2 may be coupled to a gate electrode G3 of the second node control transistor T3, and a gate electrode G2 of the first node control transistor T2 may be coupled to the second electrode plate C2b of the second capacitor C2.
The second electrode D3 of the second node control transistor T3 may be coupled to the second node D2 of the first node control transistor 12, the gate electrode G3 of the second node control transistor T3 may be coupled to the second clock signal line CK, and a first electrode S3 of the second node control transistor T3 may receive the low voltage signal Vgl.
A gate electrode G1 of the input transistor T1 may be coupled to the gate electrode G3 of the second node control transistor T3, a first electrode S1 of the input transistor T1 may be coupled to an input signal end E1, and a second electrode D1 of the input transistor T1 may be coupled to the second electrode plate C2b of the second capacitor C2.
A gate electrode G4 of the third node control transistor T4 may be coupled to the first clock signal line CB.
A first electrode plate C3a of the output capacitor C3 may receive the high voltage signal Vgh, and the second electrode plate C3b of the output capacitor C3 may be coupled to the gate electrode G9 of the output resetting transistor T9.
The second electrode plate C2b of the second capacitor C2 may be coupled to the gate electrode G10 of the output transistor T10, and a first electrode plate C2a of the second capacitor C2 may be coupled to the first clock signal line CB.
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In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first electrode of each transistor may be a source electrode and the second electrode thereof may be a drain electrode, or the first electrode of each transistor may be a drain electrode and the second electrode thereof may be a source electrode.
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At a second phase P2, a low level may be inputted to CB, so as to turn on T4 and T7. A high level may be inputted to the first clock signal line CK, so as to turn of f T1 and T3. Due to the energy storage effect of the first capacitor C1, the potential at the second node N2 may be maintained at the low level at the previous phase, so as to turn on T5 and T6. Vgh may be applied to the first node N1 through T5 and T4 each in the on state, so as to maintain the potential at the first node N1 to be at the high level at the previous phase, thereby to turn of f T2, T8 and T10. In addition, the low level from CB may be applied to the fourth node N4 through T6 and 17 each in the on state, so as to change the potential at the fourth node N4 to be a low level, thereby to turn on T9. At this time, EOUT may output the high voltage signal Vgh.
At a third phase P3, a low level may be inputted to CK, so as to turn on T1 and T3. A high level may be inputted to CB, so as to turn of f T4 and T7. Due to the energy storage effect of C3, the potential at the fourth node N4 may be maintained at the low level at the previous phase, so as to maintain T9 in the on state. At this time, EOUT may output the high voltage signal Vgh.
At a fourth phase P4, a high level may be inputted to CK, so as to turn of f T1 and T3. A low level may be inputted to CB, so as to turn on T4 and T7. Due to the energy storage effect of the second capacitor C2, the potential at the first node N1 may be maintained at the high level at the previous phase, so as to turn of f T2, T8 and T10. Due to the energy storage effect of the first capacitor C1, the potential at the second node N2 may be continuously maintained at the low level at the previous phase, so as to turn on T5 and T6. In addition, the low voltage signal from CB may be applied to the fourth node N4 through T6 and T7 in the on state, so as to change the level at the fourth node N4 to be a low level, thereby to turn on T9 and output the high voltage Vgh through T9 in the on state. At this time, EOUT may output the high voltage signal Vgh.
At a fifth phase P5, a low voltage signal may be inputted to CK, so as to turn on T1 and T3. A high voltage signal may be inputted to CB, so as to turn of f T4 and T7. An input signal at a low level from E1 may be applied to the first node N1 through T1 in the on state, so as to change the potential at the first node N1 to be a low level, thereby to turn on T2, T8 and T10. A second clock signal at a low level may be applied to the second node N2 through T2 in the on state, so as to further pull down the potential at the second node N2 and maintain the potential at the second node N2 to be the low level at the previous phase, thereby to turn on T5 and T6. In addition, Vgh may be applied to the fourth node N4 through T8 in the on state, so as to change the potential at the fourth node N4 to be a high voltage, thereby to turn of f T9. Vgl may be outputted through T10 in the on state. At this time, EOUT may output the low voltage signal Vgl.
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A plurality of light emitting control lines, a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines may be arranged at the display region A0 of the display substrate J1, and the plurality of gate lines may cross the plurality of data lines to define a plurality of subpixels.
A scanning driving circuit may be arranged at the first peripheral region B1 and/or the second peripheral region B2, and include a plurality of shift register units corresponding to the plurality of light emitting control lines in one-to-one manner. A signal output line of each shift register may be coupled to a corresponding light emitting control line, and configured to provide a light emitting control signal to the corresponding light emitting control line.
During the implementation, one light emitting control line may be coupled to light emitting control ends of pixel circuits in a corresponding row.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the display substrate may further includes a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in rows on the base substrate, and each pixel circuit may include the light emitting control end. The shift register units in the scanning driving circuit may corresponding to the rows of the pixel circuits in one-to-one manner. The signal output line of the shift register unit may be coupled to the light emitting control ends of the pixel circuits in a corresponding row, and configured to provide a light emitting control signal to the light emitting control ends of the pixel circuits in the corresponding row.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, each pixel circuit may be arranged at an active display region of the display substrate, and the scanning driving circuit may be arranged at the peripheral region of the display substrate.
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Based on the above problem, it is found that, through adjusting layout modes of the transistors in the shift register unit, it is able to reduce an area occupied by the shift register unit, thereby to reduce a bezel width of the display substrate.
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Further, the first clock signal line CB, the second clock signal line CK and the start voltage signal line ESTV may be arranged at a side of the second voltage signal line VGL1 away from the first voltage signal line VGH. The first clock signal line CB, the second clock signal line CK and the start voltage signal line ESTV may be arranged sequentially in a second direction away from the display region. The first clock signal line CB, the second clock signal line CK and the start voltage signal line ESTV may each extend in the first direction.
The output resetting transistor T9 and the output transistor T10 may be arranged between the first voltage signal line VGH and the third voltage signal line VGL2. The output resetting transistor T9, the output transistor T10 and the signal output line EOUT may be arranged sequentially in the first direction.
The first capacitor C1, the first transistor T8, the second transistor T7, the first capacitor connection transistor T6, the second capacitor connection transistor T5, the first node control transistor T2, the second node control transistor T3, the input transistor T1 and the third node control transistor T4 may be arranged between the first voltage signal line VGH and the second voltage signal line VGL1.
The first transistor T8, the second transistor T7 and the first capacitor C1 may be arranged sequentially in the first direction, the input transistor T1, the third node control transistor T4, the second capacitor connection transistor T5 and the first capacitor C1 may be arranged sequentially in the first direction, and the second node control transistor T3 and the first node control transistor T2 may be arranged sequentially in the first direction.
The second transistor T7 and the third node control transistor T4 may be arranged sequentially in the second direction, the first capacitor connection transistor T6 and the second capacitor connection transistor T5 may be arranged sequentially in the second direction, and the first transistor T8, the input transistor T1 and the second node control transistor T3 may be arranged in the second direction. In addition, an active pattern of the first node control transistor T2 may be of a U-like shape, so that T2 may be of a double-gate structure.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, an input signal end of the first stage of shift register unit of the scanning driving circuit may be coupled to the start signal line ESTV, and the input signal end may be an end coupled to the first electrode S1 of the input transistor T1.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the first direction may intersect the second direction. For example, the first direction may be, but not limited to, perpendicular to the second direction.
To be specific, an angle between the second direction and the first direction may be set according to the practical need. For example, the second direction may be perpendicular to the first direction.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, a position of the first clock signal line CB and a position of the second clock signal line CK may be, but not limited to, interchanged.
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In actual use, a width of each signal line may mainly affect a resistance. The signal line with a large width may have a small resistance, so the signal may be outputted stably. The first voltage signal line VGH, the second voltage signal line VGL1 and the third voltage signal line VGL2 may each provide a direct-current voltage, which is less affected by a line width. However, the first clock signal line CB and the second clock signal line CK may each provide a clock signal, and when a potential of the clock signal is switched from a high voltage to a low voltage, the potential of the clock signal applied to the clock signal line with a small resistance may rapidly reach the low voltage. Hence, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, each of the first clock signal line CB and the second clock signal line CK may be provided with a large line width.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the display substrate may include a scanning driving circuit arranged on the base substrate and including a plurality of shift register units. The scanning driving circuit may further include a first voltage signal line extending in a first direction. At least one of the plurality of shift register units may include an output capacitor and a first transistor. A first electrode of the first transistor may be coupled to the first voltage signal line, and a second electrode thereof may be coupled to an electrode plate of the output capacitor. A maximum distance between an orthogonal projection of the first electrode of the first transistor onto the base substrate and an orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line onto the base substrate may be smaller than a first predetermined distance in a second direction, a maximum distance between an orthogonal projection of the second electrode of the first transistor onto the base substrate and an orthogonal projection of the electrode plate of the output capacitor onto the base substrate may be smaller than a second predetermined distance in the second direction, and the first direction may intersect the second direction.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first transistor may be arranged at a side of the first voltage signal line away from the third voltage signal line, and the orthogonal projection of the electrode plate onto the base substrate may partially overlap the orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line onto the base substrate, so as to reduce a distance between the first electrode of the first transistor and the first voltage signal line, reduce a distance between the second electrode of the first transistor and a second electrode plate of the output capacitor, and enable the first transistor to be coupled to the first voltage signal line and the second electrode plate of the output capacitor conveniently, thereby to provide a compact space as well as a reasonable layout.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, when the maximum distance between the orthogonal projection of the first electrode of the first transistor onto the base substrate and the orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line onto the base substrate is smaller than the first predetermined distance in the second direction and the maximum distance between the orthogonal projection of the second electrode of the first transistor onto the base substrate and the orthogonal projection of the second electrode plate of the output capacitor onto the base substrate is smaller than the second predetermined distance in the second direction, it is able for the first transistor to be arranged close to the first voltage signal line and the output capacitor, thereby to reduce a transverse width of the shift register unit and provide a narrow bezel.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the first predetermined distance and the second predetermined distance may be set according to the practical need. For example, the first predetermined distance may be greater than or equal to 20 μm and smaller than or equal to 30 μm, and the second predetermined distance may be greater than or equal to 25 μm and smaller than or equal to 35 μm.
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Further, the gate electrode G5 of T5 may be coupled to be second electrode plate C1b of C1, and the second electrode D6 of T6 may be coupled to the first electrode plate C1a of the first capacitor C1, so T5 and T6 may be arranged close to VGH, and a shape of C1 may be adjusted through reducing a distance between T5 and T6. As shown in
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In the embodiments of the present disclosure, T8 may be arranged at a side of the first voltage signal line VGH away from the third voltage signal line VGL2, and the orthogonal projection of the electrode plate of the output capacitor C3 onto the base substrate may partially overlap the orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line VGH onto the base substrate, so as to reduce a distance between the first electrode S8 of the first transistor T8 and the first voltage signal line VGH and reduce a distance between the second electrode D8 of the first transistor T8 and the second electrode plate C3b of the output capacitor C3, so that T8 may be coupled to the first voltage signal line VGH and the second electrode plate C3b of the output capacitor C3 conveniently, thereby to provide a compact space as well as a more reasonable layout.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a maximum distance between the orthogonal projection of the first electrode S8 of the first transistor T8 onto the base substrate and the orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line VGH onto the base substrate may be smaller than a first predetermined distance in a second direction and a maximum distance between the orthogonal projection of the second electrode D8 of the first transistor T8 onto the base substrate and the orthogonal projection of the second electrode plate C3b of the output capacitor C3 onto the base substrate may be smaller than a second predetermined distance in the second direction, so it is able for the first transistor T8 to be arranged close to the first voltage signal line VGH and the output capacitor C3, thereby to reduce a transverse width of the shift register unit and provide a narrow bezel.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the first predetermined distance and the second predetermined distance may be set according to the practical need. For example, the first predetermined distance may be greater than or equal to 20 μm and smaller than or equal to 30 μm, and the second predetermined distance may be greater than or equal to 25 μm and smaller than or equal to 35 μm.
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In a possible embodiment of present disclosure, the maximum distance between the orthogonal projection of the first electrode S8 of the first transistor T8 onto the base substrate and the orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line VGH onto the base substrate in the second direction may refer to a maximum distance between any point at an edge line of the orthogonal projection of the first electrode S8 of the first transistor T8 onto the base substrate and an edge line of the orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line VGH onto the base substrate in the second direction. The maximum distance between the orthogonal projection of the second electrode D8 of the first transistor T8 onto the base substrate and the orthogonal projection of the second electrode plate C3b of the output capacitor C3 onto the base substrate in the second direction may refer to a maximum distance between any point at an edge line of the orthogonal projection of the second electrode D8 of the first transistor T8 onto the base substrate and an edge line of the orthogonal projection of the second electrode plate C3b of the output capacitor C3 onto the base substrate in the second direction.
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During the implementation, the first voltage signal line VGH and the second voltage signal line VGL1 may, but not limited to, extend in the first direction.
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The gate electrode G8 of the first transistor T8 may be coupled to the ninth conductive connection member L9, so that the gate electrode G8 of the first transistor T8 may be coupled to the second electrode plate C2b of the second capacitor C2 conveniently through the ninth conductive connection member L9 and a via hole, rather than through a connection line crossing over the voltage signal line.
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During the implementation, the display substrate may further include a second voltage signal line arranged at a side of the first transistor away from the first voltage signal line and extending in the first direction.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the second voltage signal line may be a low voltage signal line, and a low voltage provided by the second voltage signal line may, but not limited to, be the same as a low voltage provided by the first voltage signal line.
To be specific, the first transistor may be arranged between the first voltage signal line and the second voltage signal line.
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In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the first one of the third conductive members 211 may serve as the first electrode S8 of the first transistor T8, the second one of the third conductive members 212 may serve as the second electrode D8 of the first transistor T8, and the second one of the fourth conductive members 232 may serve as the second electrode D7 of the second transistor 17.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, T7 may be arranged between T8 and C1, and the second electrode S8 of T8 may be reused as the second electrode of T7, so as to reduce the longitudinal height of the shift register unit while reducing the transverse width of the shift register unit.
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During the implementation, the first voltage signal line VGH and the third voltage signal line VGL2 may extend in a first direction.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the output circuit O1 may be arranged between the first voltage signal line VGH and the third voltage signal line VGL2. In this regard, in a spatial structure, the first voltage signal line VGH may be arranged at a side of the output circuit O1 away from the display region, and no signal line or member of the other transistor may be arranged between the first voltage signal line VGH and the output circuit O1. The third voltage signal line VGL2 may be arranged at a side of the output circuit O1 adjacent to the display region, and no signal line or member of the other transistor may be arranged between the third voltage signal line VGL2 and the output circuit O1. As a result, it is able to reduce a distance between the first voltage signal line VGH and the output circuit O1 and a distance between the third voltage signal line VGL2 and the output circuit O1, thereby to reduce the transverse width of the shift register unit.
During the implementation, the first transistor T8 may be arranged at a side of the first voltage signal line VGH away from the transistor of the output circuit O1.
During the implementation, the first voltage signal line VGH may be arranged at a side of the third voltage signal line VGL2 away from the display region.
To be specific, the output circuit may include an output transistor and an output resetting transistor arranged in the first direction. A first electrode of the output resetting transistor may be coupled to the first voltage signal line, and a first electrode of the output transistor may be coupled to the third voltage signal line.
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In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one shift register unit may further include a signal output line coupled to a second electrode of the output transistor and a second electrode of the output resetting transistor. The signal output line may extend in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
During the implementation, the at least one shift register unit may further include the signal output line, and the output transistor and the output resetting transistor may be coupled to the signal output line, so the output transistor and the output resetting transistor shall be arranged close to the signal output line. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the signal output line may be moved downward to be between the output circuits of the adjacent shift register units, so as to reduce the transverse width of the shift register unit.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the output resetting transistor T9 is configured to provide an invalid light emitting control signal, and the output transistor T10 is configured to provide a valid light emitting control signal.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the valid light emitting control signal may be a voltage signal capable of enabling light emitting control transistor (a gate electrode of which is coupled to the light emitting control line) in a pixel circuit to be turned on, and the invalid light emitting control signal may be a voltage signal capable of enabling the light emitting control transistor to be turned of f.
To be specific, a plurality of subpixels may be arranged at the display region of the display substrate, and at least one of the plurality of subpixels may include a pixel driving circuit. The pixel driving circuit may include transistors, gate lines, light emitting control lines and data lines. The plurality of shift register units of the scanning driving circuit may correspond to the plurality of light emitting control lines in a one-to-one manner. The signal output line of each shift register unit may be coupled to a corresponding light emitting control line, and configured to provide the light emitting control signal to the corresponding light emitting control line.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, an active layer of the output transistor and an active layer of the output resetting transistor may be formed by a continuous first semiconductor layer, and the first semiconductor layer and the output signal line may be arranged in the first direction.
During the implementation, the active layer of the output transistor and the active layer of the output resetting transistor may be formed by, but not limited to, a continuous first semiconductor layer.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, an active layer of the output transistor and an active layer of the output resetting transistor may be formed by a continuous first semiconductor layer. The active layer of the output resetting transistor may include at least one first conductive member and at least one first channel member arranged opposite to each other in the first direction, and each first channel member may be arranged between two adjacent first conductive members. The active layer of the output transistor may include at least two second conductive members and at least one second channel member arranged opposite to the second conductive members in the first direction, and each second channel member may be arranged between two adjacent second conductive members. A first conductive member in the active layer of the output resetting transistor closest to the active layer of the output transistor may be reused as a second conductive member of the output transistor, so as to further reduce a layout space of the output transistor and the output resetting transistor, thereby to provide the display substrate with a narrow bezel.
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The active layer of the output transistor T10 may include a second one of second conductive members 132 and a third one of the second conductive members 133. It may further include a first one of second channel members 141 and a second one of the second channel members 142. The first one of the second channel members 141 may be arranged between the first one of the second conductive members and the second one of the second conductive members 132, and the second one of the second channel members 142 may be arranged between the second one of the second conductive members 132 and the third one of the second conductive members 133.
For each of the output resetting transistor T9 and the output transistor T10, the conductive members at both sides of the channel member may serve as the first electrode and the second electrode of the transistor respectively, or may be coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode of the transistor respectively, so that T9 and T10 may be electrically connected to each other directly through the third one of the first conductive members 113.
During the manufacture of the first semiconductor layer 11, for example, a first semiconductor material layer may be formed at first, and then the gate electrode G9 of the output resetting transistor T9 and the gate electrode G10 of the output transistor T10 may be formed. Then, a portion of the first semiconductor material layer not covered by the gate electrodes of the transistors may be doped with the gate electrode G9 of the output resetting transistor T9 and the gate electrode G10 of the output transistor T10 as a mask, so that the portion of the first semiconductor material layer not covered by the gate electrodes of the transistors forms the conductive members, and a portion of the first semiconductor material layer covered by the gate electrodes of the transistors forms the channel members.
Based on the above structure of the display substrate, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the output resetting transistor T9 and the output transistor T10 in the shift register unit may be arranged in the first direction, so as to reduce an area occupied by the shift register unit in the second direction, thereby to provide the display substrate with a narrow bezel.
To be specific, the gate electrode of the output resetting transistor may include at least one output resetting gate electrode pattern, the first electrode of the output resetting transistor may include at least one first electrode pattern, and the second electrode of the output resetting transistor may include at least one second electrode pattern. The output resetting gate electrode pattern may be arranged between the first electrode pattern and the second electrode pattern adjacent to each other. The second electrode pattern, the output resetting gate electrode pattern and the first electrode pattern may extend in the second direction intersecting the first direction.
To be specific, the gate electrode of the output transistor may include at least one output gate electrode pattern, the first electrode of the output transistor may include at least one third electrode pattern, and the second electrode of the output transistor may include at least one fourth electrode pattern. The output gate electrode pattern may be arranged between the third electrode pattern and the fourth electrode pattern adjacent to each other. The fourth electrode pattern, the output gate electrode pattern and the third electrode pattern may extend in the second direction intersecting the first direction. The second electrode pattern of the output resetting transistor closest to the gate electrode of the output transistor may be reused as the fourth electrode pattern of the output transistor.
During the implementation, the quantity of the output resetting gate electrode patterns, the quantity of the first electrode patterns, the quantity of the second electrode patterns, the quantity of the output gate electrode patterns, the quantity of the third electrode patterns and the quantity of fourth electrode patterns may be set according to the practical need. For example, as shown in
In addition, because the second electrodes of the output transistor and the output resetting transistor are coupled to the signal output line, during the arrangement of the output transistor and the output resetting transistor, the second electrode pattern of the output resetting transistor closest to the gate electrode of the output transistor may be reused as the fourth electrode pattern of the output transistor, so as to further reduce a layout space of each of the output transistor and the output resetting transistor, thereby to provide the display substrate with a narrow bezel.
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In the embodiments of the present disclosure, during the operation of the shift register unit in the scanning driving circuit, when T10 is turned on, the shift register unit may continuously output a low voltage signal. In order to maintain a stable voltage signal applied to the gate electrode of T10, it is necessary to prevent the gate electrode G10 of T10 from overlapping the clock signal line. At this time, G10 may overlap the second voltage signal line VGL1 (a direct-current voltage signal line), so as to minimize the influence on the voltage signal applied to the gate electrode G10 of T10.
During the implementation, the active layer of the output resetting transistor may include at least two first conductive members arranged opposite to each other in the first direction, and at least one first channel member. Each first channel member may be arranged between two adjacent first conductive members. The first channel members may correspond to the output resetting gate electrode patterns in a one-to-one manner, and an orthogonal projection of each first channel member onto the base substrate may be located within the orthogonal projection of the corresponding output resetting gate electrode pattern onto the base substrate. A part of the first conductive members of the output resetting transistor may correspond to the first electrode patterns in a one-to-one manner, an orthogonal projection of each first electrode pattern onto the base substrate may overlap an orthogonal projection of the corresponding first conductive member onto the base substrate at a first overlapping region, and the first electrode pattern may be coupled to the corresponding first conductive member through at least one first via hole in the first overlapping region. Another part of the first conductive members of the output resetting transistor may correspond to the second electrode patterns in a one-to-one manner, an orthogonal projection of each second electrode pattern onto the base substrate may overlap an orthogonal projection of the corresponding first conductive member onto the base substrate at a second overlapping region, and the second electrode pattern may be coupled to the corresponding first conductive member through at least one second via hole in the second overlapping region.
During the implementation, the active layer of the output transistor may include at least two second conductive members arranged opposite to each other in the first direction, and at least one second channel member. Each second channel member may be arranged between two adjacent second conductive members. The second channel members may correspond to the output gate electrode patterns in a one-to-one manner, and an orthogonal projection of each second channel member onto the base substrate may be located within the orthogonal projection of the corresponding output gate electrode pattern onto the base substrate. A part of the second conductive members of the output transistor may correspond to the third electrode patterns in a one-to-one manner, an orthogonal projection of each third electrode pattern onto the base substrate may overlap an orthogonal projection of the corresponding second conductive member onto the base substrate at a third overlapping region, and the third electrode pattern may be coupled to the corresponding second conductive member through at least one third via hole in the third overlapping region. Another part of the first conductive members of the output transistor may correspond to the fourth electrode patterns in a one-to-one manner, an orthogonal projection of each fourth electrode pattern onto the base substrate may overlap an orthogonal projection of the corresponding second conductive member onto the base substrate at a fourth overlapping region, and the fourth electrode pattern may be coupled to the corresponding second conductive member through at least one fourth via hole in the fourth overlapping region.
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In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the quantity of the first via holes, the quantity of the second via holes, the quantity of the third via holes, and the quantity of the fourth via holes may be set according to the practical need.
According to the display substrate in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the active layers of the output resetting transistor T9 and the output transistor T10 may be formed through the first semiconductor layer 10 extending in the first direction, so that T9 and T10 may each occupy a small space in the second direction. In addition, through increasing a size of each of the active layers of the output resetting transistor T9 and the output transistor T10 in the first direction, it is able to ensure a channel width of each of T9 and T10, thereby to reduce a bezel width of the display substrate while ensuring the operation performance of T9 and T10.
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During the implementation, the active layer, the first gate metal layer, the second gate metal layer, the via holes and the source-drain metal layer may be arranged sequentially on the base substrate, so as to form the display substrate.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, apart from the output transistor and the output resetting transistor, the shift register unit may further include a plurality of transistors. Conductive members at both sides of a channel member of each transistor may serve as a first electrode and a second electrode of the transistor respectively, or may be coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode of the transistor respectively.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one shift register unit may further include a first capacitor, and a transistor coupled to a second electrode plate of the first capacitor. The first capacitor and the transistor coupled to the second electrode plate of the first capacitor may be arranged at a side of the first voltage signal line away from the third voltage signal line. A maximum distance between an orthogonal projection of a gate electrode of the transistor coupled to the second electrode plate of the first capacitor onto the base substrate and the orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line onto the base substrate in the second direction may be smaller than a third predetermined distance.
During the implementation, the transistor coupled to the second electrode plate of the first capacitor may also be coupled to the first voltage signal line, so the transistor coupled to the second electrode plate of the first capacitor should be better arranged close to the first voltage signal line. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, when the maximum distance between the orthogonal projection of the gate electrode of the transistor coupled to the second electrode plate of the first capacitor onto the base substrate and the orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line onto the base substrate in the second direction is smaller than a third predetermined distance, it is able to reduce the transverse width of the shift register unit.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the third predetermined distance may be set according to the practical need, e.g., it may be greater than or equal to 30 μm and smaller than or equal to 40 μm.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the maximum distance between the orthogonal projection of the gate electrode of the transistor coupled to the second electrode plate of the first capacitor onto the base substrate and the orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line onto the base substrate in the second direction may refer to a maximum distance between any point on an edge line of the orthogonal projection of the gate electrode of the transistor coupled to the second electrode plate of the first capacitor onto the base substrate and an edge line of the orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line onto the base substrate in the second direction.
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In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the second electrode D6 of the first capacitor connection transistor T6 may be coupled to the first conductive connection member L1 through a third connection via hole H83.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the first conductive connection member L1 may be of, but limited to, an L-like shape.
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In the embodiments of the present disclosure, T5 may be arranged close to T6, so as to adjust a shape of the electrode plate of C1. When the first electrode plate C1a of C1 is of an L-like shape, it is able to make full use of a wiring space between the gate electrode of T5 and the second conductive connection member, and provide a more reasonable layout, thereby to effectively reduce the transverse width of the shift register unit as well as the longitudinal height of the shift register unit.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the fourth predetermined distance may be set according to the practical need, e.g., it may be greater than or equal to 20 μm and smaller than or equal to 30 μm.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the fourth predetermined distance may be, but not limited to, 18 μm.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the maximum distance between the gate electrode G6 of the first capacitor connection transistor T6 and the gate electrode G5 of the second capacitor connection transistor T5 in the second direction may refer to a maximum distance between any point on an edge line of G5 and an edge line of G6 in the second direction. In
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In the embodiments of the present disclosure, C1 may be arranged through making full use of a space between T5 and T6 as well as a space between the gate electrode of T5 and the second conductive connection member, and each electrode plate of C1 may be of an L-like shape, so as to provide a reasonable layout.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, a second electrode D7 of the second transistor T7 may be coupled to the first conductive connection member L1 through a sixth connection via hole H86, so that the second electrode D7 of the second transistor T7 may be coupled to the second electrode D6 of the first capacitor connection transistor T6.
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In the embodiments of the present disclosure, through providing the electrode plate of C2 with an L-like shape and placing the horizontal electrode plate member in the electrode plate of C2 in a space between T2 of the nth stage of shift register unit and the second node control transistor of the (n+1)th stage of shift register unit, it is able to reduce the transverse width of the shift register unit.
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To be specific, the electrode plate of C2 may be of an L-like shape, and the orthogonal projection of the second vertical electrode plate member C2a2 of C2 onto the base substrate may partially overlap the orthogonal projection of the second voltage signal line VGL1 onto the base substrate, so as to reduce the longitudinal height of the shift register unit.
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The at least one shift register unit may further include a third conductive connection member L3 coupled to the first electrode plate C2a of the second capacitor C2.
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In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the second conductive connection member L2 may extend in the second direction, and be coupled to the gate electrode G10 of the output transistor T10 and the second electrode plate C2b of the second capacitor C2. The third conductive connection member L3 may extend in the second direction, and be coupled to the first electrode plate C2a of the second capacitor C2 through the sixth via hole H6.
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In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the first one of the first capacitor connection conductive members LIII may serve as the first electrode S6 of the first capacitor connection transistor T6, and the second one of the first capacitor connection conductive members L112 may serve as the second electrode D6 of the first capacitor connection transistor T6.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the first active pattern A1 of T6 may extend in the first direction, and T6 may be arranged between T5 and VGH, so as to reduce the transverse width of the shift register unit.
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Because the gate electrode of T3 is coupled to the second clock signal line CK, the gate electrode of T3 may be arranged close to the second clock signal line CK, so as to provide a reasonable layout.
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To be specific, the scanning driving circuit may further include a second voltage signal line, a first clock signal line, a second clock signal line and a signal output line. The second voltage signal line, the first clock signal line and the second clock signal line may extend in the first direction. An orthogonal projection of the second voltage signal line onto the base substrate, an orthogonal projection of the first clock signal line onto the base substrate, and an orthogonal projection of the second clock signal line onto the base substrate may be arranged at a side of an orthogonal projection of the shift register unit onto the base substrate away from the display region of the display substrate. The signal output line may extend in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
To be specific, positions of the first clock signal line, the second clock signal line and the second voltage signal line may be set according to the practical need. For example, the first clock signal line, the second clock signal line and the second voltage signal line may be arranged at an edge of the display substrate in such a manner that the orthogonal projection of the second voltage signal line onto the base substrate, the orthogonal projection of the first clock signal line onto the base substrate, and the orthogonal projection of the second clock signal line onto the base substrate are arranged at a side of the orthogonal projection of the shift register unit onto the base substrate away from the display region of the display substrate. In this regard, during the arrangement of the shift register unit, it is able to prevent the transistors in the shift register unit from overlapping the first clock signal line, the second clock signal line and the second voltage signal line to a great extent, thereby to improve the operation performance of the shift register unit.
In addition, when the first clock signal line, the second clock signal line and the second voltage signal line extend in the first direction, it is able to provide the display substrate with a narrow bezel.
During the implementation, a phase of a first clock signal outputted by the first clock signal line may be, but not limited to, reverse to a phase of a second clock signal outputted by the second clock signal line.
During the implementation, as shown in
The output resetting transistor T9 and the output transistor T10 may be arranged in the first direction. A first electrode S9 of the output resetting transistor T9 may be coupled to the first voltage signal line VGH, and a first electrode S10 of the output transistor T10 may be coupled to the third voltage signal line VGL2.
The output transistor T10 and the signal output line EOUT may be arranged in the first direction, and a second electrode D9 of the output resetting transistor T9 and a second electrode D10 of the output transistor T10 may be coupled to the signal output line EOUT. The signal output line EOUT may extend in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
A second electrode D8 of the first transistor T8 may be coupled to a second electrode plate C3b of the output capacitor C3, a first electrode S8 of the first transistor T8 may be coupled to the first voltage signal line VGH, and a gate electrode G8 of the first transistor T8 may be coupled to a second electrode D4 of the third node control transistor T4.
A second electrode D7 of the second transistor T7 may be coupled to a first electrode plate C1a of the first capacitor C1, a first electrode S7 of the second transistor T7 may be coupled to the second electrode plate C3b of the output capacitor C3, and a gate electrode G7 of the second transistor T7 may be coupled to a gate electrode G4 of the third node control transistor T4.
A gate electrode G6 of the first capacitor connection transistor T6 and a gate electrode G5 of the second capacitor connection transistor T5 may be coupled to a second electrode plate C1b of the first capacitor C1, a second electrode D6 of the first capacitor connection transistor T6 may be coupled to the first electrode plate C1a of the first capacitor C1, and a first electrode S6 of the first capacitor connection transistor T6 may be coupled to the gate electrode G7 of the second transistor T7.
A first electrode S5 of the second capacitor connection transistor T5 may be coupled to the first voltage signal line VGH, the gate electrode G5 of the second capacitor connection transistor T5 may be coupled to a second electrode D3 of the second node control transistor T3, and a second electrode D5 of the second capacitor connection transistor T5 may be coupled to a first electrode S4 of the third node control transistor T4.
A first electrode S2 of the first node control transistor T2 may be coupled to a gate electrode G3 of the second node control transistor T3, and a second gate electrode G2 of the first node control transistor T2 may be coupled to the second electrode plate C2b of the second capacitor C2.
The second electrode D3 of the second node control transistor T3 may be coupled to a second electrode D2 of the first node control transistor T2, the gate electrode G3 of the second node control transistor T3 may be coupled to the second clock signal line CK, and a first electrode S3 of the second node control transistor T3 may be coupled to the second voltage signal line VGL1.
A gate electrode G1 of the input transistor T1 may be coupled to the gate electrode G3 of the second node control transistor T3, a first electrode S1 of the input transistor T1 may be coupled to an input signal end E1, and a second electrode D1 of the input transistor T1 may be coupled to the second electrode plate C2b of the second capacitor C2. The gate electrode G4 of the third node control transistor T4 may be coupled to the first clock signal line CB.
A first electrode plate C3a of the output capacitor C3 may be coupled to the first voltage signal line VGH, and the second electrode plate C3b of the output capacitor C3 may be coupled to the gate electrode G9 of the output resetting transistor T9.
The second electrode plate C2b of the second capacitor C2 may be coupled to the gate electrode G10 of the output transistor T10, and the first electrode plate C2a of the second capacitor C2 may be coupled to the first clock signal line CB. The second electrode D9 of the output resetting transistor T9 and the second electrode D10 of the output transistor T10 may be coupled to the signal output line EOUT.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, in a direction close to the display region, the first clock signal line, the second clock signal line and the second voltage signal may be arranged sequentially, or in a direction close to the display region, the second clock signal line, the first clock signal line and the second voltage signal line may be arranged sequentially.
As shown in
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The second voltage signal line VGL1 may be arranged at a side of the first voltage signal line VGH away from the third voltage signal line VGL2. The first capacitor C1, the first transistor T8, the second transistor T7, the first capacitor connection transistor T6, the second capacitor connection transistor T5, the first node control transistor T2, the second node control transistor T3, the input transistor T1 and the third node control transistor T4 may be arranged between the first voltage signal line VGH and the second voltage signal line VGL1.
The first transistor T8, the second transistor T7 and the first vertical electrode plate member C1a2 may be arranged sequentially in the first direction, the input transistor T1, the third node control transistor T4, the second capacitor connection transistor T5 and the first horizontal electrode plate member C1a1 may be arranged sequentially in the first direction, and the second node control transistor T3 and the first node control transistor T2 may be arranged sequentially in the first direction.
An orthogonal projection of the gate electrode G6 of the first capacitor connection transistor T6 onto the base substrate may be arranged between an orthogonal projection of the second electrode plate C1b of the first capacitor C1 onto the base substrate and an orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line VGH onto the base substrate.
An orthogonal projection of the gate electrode G7 of the second transistor T7 onto the base substrate may be arranged between an orthogonal projection of the gate electrode G4 of the third node control transistor T4 onto the base substrate and the orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line VGH onto the base substrate.
An orthogonal projection of the gate electrode G2 of the first node control transistor T2 onto the base substrate may be arranged between an orthogonal projection of the second voltage signal line VGL1 onto the base substrate and an orthogonal projection of the first electrode plate C1a of the first capacitor C1 onto the base substrate.
A minimum distance between the orthogonal projection of the gate electrode G2 of the first node control transistor T2 onto the base substrate and the orthogonal projection of the second voltage signal line VGL1 onto the base substrate may be greater than a minimum distance between the orthogonal projection of the gate electrode G5 of the second capacitor connection transistor T5 onto the base substrate and the orthogonal projection of the second voltage signal line VGL1 onto the base substrate.
In the layout mode as shown in
In the layout mode as shown in
In the layout mode as shown in
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the minimum distance between the orthogonal projection of the gate electrode G2 of the first node control transistor T2 onto the base substrate and the orthogonal projection of the third voltage signal line VGL2 onto the base substrate in the second direction may refer to a minimum distance between any point on an edge line of the orthogonal projection of G2 onto the base substrate and an edge line of the orthogonal projection of VGL2 onto the base substrate in the second direction. The minimum distance between the orthogonal projection of the gate electrode G5 of the second capacitor connection transistor T5 onto the base substrate and the orthogonal projection of the third voltage signal line VGL2 onto the base substrate in the second direction may refer to a minimum distance between any point on an edge line of the orthogonal projection of G5 onto the base substrate and an edge line of the orthogonal projection of VGL2 onto the base substrate in the second direction.
During the implementation, an orthogonal projection of the first electrode plate C3a of the output capacitor C3 onto the base substrate may overlap the orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line VGH onto the base substrate at a signal line overlapping region, and an orthogonal projection of the second electrode plate C3b of the output capacitor C3 onto the base substrate may partially overlap the orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line VGH onto the base substrate. An orthogonal projection of the first electrode plate C2a of the second capacitor C2 onto the base substrate may be located within an orthogonal projection of the second electrode plate C2b of the second capacitor C2 onto the base substrate. The first electrode plate C2a of the second capacitor C2 may be of an L-like shape.
As shown in
In the layout mode as shown in
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a first gate insulation layer may be further arranged between the semiconductor layer in
During the manufacture of the display substrate in the embodiments of the present disclosure, at first a semiconductor material layer may be arranged on the base substrate, and then patterned to form the active layers of the transistors. As shown in
The first gate insulation layer may be formed at a surface of the active layer away from the base substrate. The first gate metal layer may be formed at a surface of the first gate insulation layer away from the active layer, and then patterned to form the gate electrodes of the transistors in the shift register unit, the second electrode plate of the output capacitor C3, the second electrode plate of the first capacitor C1 and the second electrode plate of the second capacitor C2 as shown in
A portion of the active layer not covered by the gate electrodes may be doped by using the gate electrodes of the transistors as a mask, so as to enable the portion of the active layer not covered by the gate electrodes to form the conductive members, and enable a portion of the active layer covered by the gate electrodes to form the channel members. The conductive members may serve as the first electrodes or the second electrodes, or the conductive members may be coupled to the first electrodes or the second electrodes.
The second gate insulation layer may be arranged at a surface of the first gate metal layer away from the first gate insulation layer.
The second gate metal layer may be arranged at a surface of the second gate insulation layer away from the first gate metal layer, and then patterned, so as to form the signal output line EOUT, the input signal end R1, the first electrode plate of the output capacitor C3, the first electrode plate of the first capacitor C1 and the first electrode plate of the second capacitor C2 as shown in
The insulation layer may be arranged at a surface of the second gate metal layer away from the second gate insulation layer.
As shown in
The source-drain metal layer may be arranged at a surface of the insulation layer away from the second gate metal layer, and then patterned to form the first voltage signal line VGH, the second voltage signal line VGL1, the third voltage signal line VGL2, the first clock signal line CB, the second clock signal line CK, the start signal line ESTV, the second electrode D9 of the output resetting transistor T9, the first electrode S9 of the output resetting transistor T9, the second electrode D10 of the output transistor T10 and the first electrode S10 of the output transistor T10 as shown in
The present disclosure further provides in some embodiments a method of manufacturing a display substrate, which includes forming a first voltage signal line and a scanning driving circuit on a base substrate. The first voltage signal line extends in a first direction, the scanning driving circuit includes a plurality of shift register units, and at least one of the plurality of shift register units includes an output capacitor and a first transistor. The method further includes forming the output capacitor and the first transistor in such a manner that a first electrode of the first transistor is coupled to the first voltage signal line and a second electrode of the first transistor is coupled to an electrode plate of the output capacitor. A maximum distance between an orthogonal projection of the first electrode of the first transistor onto the base substrate and an orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line onto the base substrate is smaller than a first predetermined distance in a second direction, a maximum distance between an orthogonal projection of the second electrode of the first transistor onto the base substrate and an orthogonal projection of the electrode plate of the output capacitor onto the base substrate is smaller than a second predetermined distance in the second direction, and the first direction intersects the second direction.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first electrode of the first transistor may be coupled to the first voltage signal line and the second electrode of the first transistor may be coupled to the second electrode plate of the output capacitor, so during the manufacture of the display substrate, the closer the first transistor to the first voltage signal line and the output transistor, the more reasonable the layout. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first transistor may be arranged at a side of the first voltage signal line away from the second voltage signal line, the maximum distance between the orthogonal projection of the first electrode of the first transistor onto the base substrate and the orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line onto the base substrate in the second direction may be smaller than the first predetermined distance, and the maximum distance between the orthogonal projection of the second electrode of the first transistor onto the base substrate and the orthogonal projection of the electrode plate of the output capacitor onto the base substrate may be smaller than the second predetermined distance, so as to provide a reasonable layout.
During the implementation, the first predetermined distance may be greater than or equal to 20 μm and smaller than or equal to 30 μm, and the second predetermined distance may be greater than or equal to 25 μm and smaller than or equal to 35 μm.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one shift register unit may further include a second transistor. The forming the first transistor and the second transistor may include: forming a second semiconductor layer extending in the first direction; forming a first gate metal layer at a surface of the second semiconductor layer away from the base substrate, and patterning the first gate metal layer to form a gate electrode of the first transistor and a gate electrode of the second transistor, and doping a portion of the second semiconductor layer not covered by the gate electrodes of the first transistor and the second transistor by using the gate electrodes of the first transistor and the gate electrode of the second transistor as a mask, so as to enable the portion of the second semiconductor layer not covered by the gate electrodes to form conductive members, and enable a portion of the second semiconductor layer covered by the gate electrodes to form channel members. The second semiconductor layer may include a first one of third conductive members, a third channel member, a second one of the third conductive members, a fourth channel member and a second one of fourth conductive members arranged sequentially in the first direction, the second one of the third conductive members may be reused as a first one of the fourth conductive members, the first one of the third conductive members may be reused as the first electrode of the first transistor, the second one of the third conductive members may be reused as the second electrode of the first transistor, and the second one of the fourth conductive members may be reused as the second electrode of the second transistor.
During the implementation, the electrode plate of the output capacitor coupled to the second electrode of the first transistor may be a second electrode plate of the output capacitor. The forming the output capacitor may include: patterning the first gate metal layer to form the second electrode plate of the output capacitor; forming a second gate metal layer at a surface of the first gate metal layer away from the second semiconductor layer, and patterning the second gate metal layer to form a first electrode plate of the output capacitor, and forming a source-drain metal layer at a surface of the second gate metal layer away from the first gate metal layer, and patterning the source-drain metal layer to form an electrode plate conductive connection member, the first voltage signal line and a second voltage signal line. An orthogonal projection of a first electrode plate of the output capacitor onto the base substrate may overlap the orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line onto the base substrate at a signal line overlapping region, and the first electrode plate of the output capacitor may be coupled to the first voltage signal line through at least one signal line via hole in the signal line overlapping region. An orthogonal projection of the electrode plate conductive connection member onto the base substrate may overlap an orthogonal projection of the second electrode plate of the output capacitor onto the base substrate at an electrode plate overlapping region, and the electrode plate conductive connection member may be coupled to the second electrode plate of the output capacitor through at least one electrode plate via hole in the electrode plate overlapping region. The first voltage signal line and the second voltage signal line may extend in the first direction, the first transistor and the second transistor may be arranged between the first voltage signal line and the second voltage signal line, and the second voltage signal line may be arranged at a side of the first voltage signal line away from a display region.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, an active layer of the first transistor and an active layer of the second transistor may be formed by a continuous second semiconductor layer extending in the first direction. The active layer of the first transistor may include a first one of third conductive members, a third channel member and a second one of the third conductive members arranged sequentially in the first direction, and the second one of the third conductive members may be reused as a first one fourth conductive members. The active layer of the second transistor may include the first one of the fourth conductive members, a fourth channel member and a second one of the fourth conductive members arranged sequentially in the first direction. The first one of the third conductive members may serve as the first electrode of the first transistor, the second one of the third conductive members may serve as the second electrode of the first transistor, and the second one of the fourth conductive members may serve as the second electrode of the second transistor. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the second transistor may be arranged between the first transistor and the first capacitor, and the second electrode of the first transistor may be reused as the second electrode of the second transistor, so as to reduce the longitudinal height of the shift register unit while reducing the transverse width thereof.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one shift register unit may include an output circuit. The method may further include forming a third voltage signal line on the base substrate, and forming transistors of the output circuit between the first voltage signal line and the third voltage signal line.
According to the method of manufacturing the display substrate in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the output circuit may be arranged between the first voltage signal line and the third voltage signal line. In this regard, in a spatial structure, the first voltage signal line may be arranged at a side of the output circuit away from the display region, and no signal line or member of the other transistor may be arranged between the first voltage signal line and the output circuit. The third voltage signal line may be arranged at a side of the output circuit adjacent to the display region, and no signal line or member of the other transistor may be arranged between the third voltage signal line and the output circuit. As a result, it is able to reduce a distance between the first voltage signal line and the output circuit and a distance between the third voltage signal line and the output circuit, thereby to reduce the transverse width of the shift register unit.
During the implementation, the first voltage signal line and the third voltage signal line may extend in the first direction.
During the implementation, the first voltage signal line may be arranged at a side of the third voltage signal line away from the display region.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the output circuit may include an output transistor and an output resetting transistor. The forming the transistors of the output circuit may include: forming a first semiconductor layer between the first voltage signal line and the third voltage signal line; forming a first gate metal layer at a surface of the first semiconductor layer away from the base substrate, and patterning the first gate metal layer, so as to form a gate electrode of the output transistor and a gate electrode of the output resetting transistor, and doping a portion of the first semiconductor layer not covered by the gate electrode of the output transistor and the gate electrode of the output resetting transistor by using the gate electrode of the output transistor and the gate electrode of the output resetting transistor as a mask, so as to enable the portion of the first semiconductor layer not covered by the gate electrodes to form the conductive members and enable a portion of the first semiconductor layer covered by the gate electrodes to form the channel members.
During the implementation, an active layer of the output transistor and an active layer of the output resetting transistor may be formed by, but not limited to, the continuous first semiconductor layer.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the active layer of the output transistor and the active layer of the output resetting transistor may be formed by the continuous first semiconductor layer extending in the first direction. The active layer of the output resetting transistor may include at least one first conductive member and at least one first channel member arranged opposite to each other in the first direction, and each first channel member may be arranged between two adjacent first conductive members. The active layer of the output transistor may include at least two second conductive members and at least one second channel member arranged opposite to the second conductive members in the first direction, and each second channel member may be arranged between two adjacent second conductive members. A first conductive member in the active layer of the output resetting transistor closest to the active layer of the output transistor may be reused as a second conductive member of the output transistor, so as to further reduce a layout space of the output transistor and the output resetting transistor, thereby to provide the display substrate with a narrow bezel.
During the implementation, the method may further include forming a second gate metal layer at a surface of the first gate metal layer away from the first semiconductor layer, and patterning the second gate metal layer to form a signal output line extending in the second direction. An orthogonal projection of the first semiconductor layer onto the base substrate and an orthogonal projection of the signal output line onto the base substrate may be arranged in the first direction intersecting the second direction.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, when the orthogonal projection of the first semiconductor layer onto the base substrate and the orthogonal projection of the signal output line onto the base substrate are arranged in the first direction, it is able to reduce the transverse width of the shift register unit.
During the implementation, the forming the first voltage signal line and the third voltage signal line may include forming a source-drain metal layer at a surface of the second gate metal layer away from the first gate metal layer, and patterning the source-drain metal layer to form the first voltage signal line and the third voltage signal line.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one shift register unit may further include a first capacitor, and at least two transistors coupled to a first electrode plate of the first capacitor. The method may further include forming the first capacitor and the at least two transistors at a side of the first voltage signal line away from the third voltage signal line. A maximum distance between an orthogonal projection of a gate electrode of each of the at least two transistors onto the base substrate and the orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line onto the base substrate in the second direction may be smaller than a third predetermined distance.
During the implementation, the transistor coupled to the second electrode plate of the first capacitor may also be coupled to the first voltage signal line, so the transistor coupled to the second electrode plate of the first capacitor should be better arranged close to the first voltage signal line. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, when the maximum distance between the orthogonal projection of the gate electrode of the transistor coupled to the second electrode plate of the first capacitor and the orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line onto the base substrate in the second direction is smaller than the third predetermined distance, it is able to reduce the transverse width of the shift register unit.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least two transistors may include a first capacitor connection transistor and a second capacitor connection transistor. The forming the first capacitor connection transistor and the second capacitor connection transistor may include: forming an active layer of the first capacitor connection transistor and an active layer of the second capacitor connection transistor on the base substrate; forming a first gate metal layer at a surface of each active layer away from the base substrate, and patterning the first gate metal layer, so as to form a gate electrode of the first capacitor connection transistor, a gate electrode of the second capacitor connection transistor and the second electrode plate of the first capacitor, the gate electrode of the first capacitor connection transistor and the gate electrode of the second capacitor connection transistor being coupled to the second electrode plate of the first capacitor; doping a portion of each active layer not covered by the gate electrode of the first capacitor connection transistor and the gate electrode of the second capacitor connection transistor by using the gate electrode of the first capacitor connection transistor and the gate electrode of the second capacitor connection transistor as a mask, so as to enable the portion of each active layer not covered by the gate electrodes to form conductive members, and enable a portion of each active layer covered by the gate electrodes to form channel members, the active layer of the first capacitor connection transistor including a first one of first capacitor connection conductive members, a first capacitor connection channel member and a second one of the first capacitor connection conductive members arranged sequentially in the first direction, the active layer of the second capacitor connection transistor including a first one of seventh conductive members, a seventh channel member, and a second one of the seventh conductive members arranged sequentially in the first direction, the first one of the first capacitor connection conductive members being used as a first electrode of the first capacitor connection transistor, the second one of the first capacitor connection conductive members being used as a second electrode of the first capacitor connection transistor, forming a second gate metal layer at a surface of the first gate metal layer away from the active layer, and patterning the second gate metal layer to form the first electrode plate of the first capacitor; and forming a source-drain metal layer at a surface of the second gate metal layer away from the first gate metal layer, and patterning the source-drain metal layer, so as to form the first voltage signal line, the third voltage signal line and a first conductive connection member. An orthogonal projection of the first conductive connection member onto the base substrate may overlap the orthogonal projection of the first electrode plate of the first capacitor onto the base substrate at a fifth overlapping region, and the first conductive connection member may be coupled to the first electrode plate of the first capacitor through at least one fifth via hole in the fifth overlapping region.
During the implementation, the first one of the seventh conductive member can be used as the second electrode of the second capacitor connection transistor, and the second one of the seventh conductive member can be used as the second electrode of the second capacitor connection transistor. The first electrode of the second capacitor connecting transistor is coupled to the first voltage signal line. The distance between the orthographic projection of the gate electrode of the first capacitor connection transistor on the base substrate and the orthographic projection of the first voltage signal line on the substrate in the second direction is smaller than the distance between the orthographic projection of the gate electrode of the second capacitor connection transistor on the base substrate and the orthographic projection of the first voltage signal line on the base substrate in the second direction.
During the implementation, a distance between the orthogonal projection of the gate electrode of the first capacitor connection transistor onto the base substrate and the orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line onto the base substrate in the second direction may be smaller than a distance between the orthogonal projection of the gate electrode of the second capacitor connection transistor onto the base substrate and the orthogonal projection of the first voltage signal line onto the base substrate in the second direction, i.e., the second capacitor connection transistor may be arranged at a side of the first capacitor connection transistor away from the first voltage signal line.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, a maximum distance between the gate electrode of the first capacitor connection transistor and the gate electrode of the second capacitor connection transistor in the second direction may be smaller than a fourth predetermined distance. The orthogonal projection of the first electrode plate of the first capacitor onto the base substrate may be located within the orthogonal projection of the second electrode plate of the first capacitor onto the base substrate. The first electrode plate of the first capacitor may be of an L-like shape.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first capacitor connection transistor may be arranged close to the second capacitor connection transistor, so as to adjust the shape of the electrode plate of the first capacitor. When the first electrode plate of the first capacitor is of an L-like shape, it is able to make full use of a wiring space between the gate electrode of the second capacitor connection transistor and the second conductive connection member and provide a more reasonable layout, thereby to reduce the transverse width and the longitudinal height of the shift register unit.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one shift register unit may further include a first node control transistor and a second capacitor. The forming the first node control transistor and the second capacitor may include: forming an active layer of the first node control transistor on the base substrate while forming the active layers of the first capacitor connection transistor and the second capacitor connection transistor on the base substrate; patterning the first gate metal layer, so as to form a gate electrode of the first node control transistor and a second electrode plate of the second capacitor, and enable the gate electrode of the first node control transistor to be coupled to the second electrode plate of the second capacitor; doping a portion of the active layer of the first node control transistor not covered by the gate electrode of the first node control transistor by using the gate electrode of the first node control transistor as a mask; and patterning the second gate metal layer, so as to form a first electrode plate of the second capacitor. An orthogonal projection of the first electrode plate of the second capacitor onto the base substrate may be located within the orthogonal projection of the second electrode plate of the second capacitor onto the base substrate, and the first electrode plate of the second capacitor may be of an L-like shape. The first electrode plate of the second capacitor may include a second horizontal electrode plate member, and an orthogonal projection of the gate electrode of the first node control transistor onto the base substrate and an orthogonal projection of the second horizontal electrode plate member onto the base substrate may be arranged in the first direction.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, through providing the electrode plate of the second transistor with an L-like shape and placing the horizontal electrode plate member in the first electrode plate of the second transistor in a space between the first node control transistor and a next stage of shift register unit, it is able to reduce the transverse width of the shift register unit.
During the implementation, the method may further include patterning the source-drain metal layer to form the second voltage signal line extending in the first direction. The first node control transistor may be arranged at a side of the second capacitor connection transistor away from the first voltage signal line, and between the second voltage signal line and the first voltage signal line. The first electrode plate of the second capacitor may further include a second vertical electrode plate member coupled to the second horizontal electrode plate member, and an orthogonal projection of the second vertical electrode plate member onto the base substrate may partially overlap the orthogonal projection of the second voltage signal line onto the base substrate.
To be specific, the first electrode plate of the second capacitor may be of an L-like shape, and the orthogonal projection of the second vertical electrode plate member of the second capacitor onto the base substrate may partially overlap the orthogonal projection of the third voltage signal line onto the base substrate, so as to reduce the longitudinal height of the shift register unit.
The present disclosure further provides in some embodiments a display device including the above-mentioned display substrate.
The display substrate mentioned hereinabove has a narrow bezel, so when the display device includes the display substrate, it is also able to provide a narrow bezel, which will not be particularly defined herein.
The display device in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be any product or member having a display function, e.g., mobile phone, flat-panel computer, television, display, laptop computer, digital photo frame or navigator.
Unless otherwise defined, any technical or scientific term used herein shall have the common meaning understood by a person of ordinary skills. Such words as “first” and “second” used in the specification and claims are merely used to differentiate different components rather than to represent any order, number or importance. Similarly, such words as “one” or “one of” are merely used to represent the existence of at least one member, rather than to limit the number thereof. Such words as “include” or “including” intends to indicate that an element or object before the word contains an element or object or equivalents thereof listed after the word, without excluding any other element or object. Such words as “connect/connected to” or “couple/coupled to” may include electrical connection, direct or indirect, rather than to be limited to physical or mechanical connection. Such words as “on”, “under”, “left” and “right” are merely used to represent relative position relationship, and when an absolute position of the object is changed, the relative position relationship will be changed too.
It should be appreciated that, in the case that such an element as layer, film, region or substrate is arranged “on” or “under” another element, it may be directly arranged “on” or “under” the other element, or an intermediate element may be arranged therebetween.
In the above description, the features, structures, materials or characteristics may be combined in any embodiment or embodiments in an appropriate manner.
The above embodiments are for illustrative purposes only, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Obviously, a person skilled in the art may make further modifications and improvements without departing from the spirit of the present disclosure, and these modifications and improvements shall also fall within the scope of the present disclosure.
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