This application is a 371 of PCT Application No. PCT/CN2021/070170, filed Jan. 4, 2021, which is based on and claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202020021403.5, filed on Jan. 6, 2020 and titled “DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, SPLICED DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS”, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to the field of display technologies, and more particularly to a display substrate, a spliced display panel and a display apparatus.
In the field of display technologies, a spliced display panel is usually adopted for large-area display of images. The spliced display panel is usually formed by a plurality of display substrates which are spliced with each other.
In one aspect, there is provided a display substrate. The display substrate includes a base substrate, a plurality of light-emitting units, a protecting layer and a connecting line;
In another aspect, provided is a spliced display panel which includes a parent plate and a plurality of spliced display substrates according to the above-mentioned aspect; and
In yet another aspect, provided is a display apparatus which includes a driving circuit, a flexible circuit board and a display substrate according to the above-mentioned aspects;
To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings required for describing the embodiments. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following description show merely some embodiments of the present disclosure, and a person of ordinary skill in the art may still derive other drawings from these accompanying drawings without creative efforts.
In the related art, each display substrate includes a connecting line which is arranged on an edge of the display substrate and configured to connect to a flexible circuit board of the display apparatus. Moreover, the display apparatus further includes a driving circuit which is configured to drive the display substrate and is connected to the flexible circuit board.
The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a spliced display panel and a display apparatus, and the technical solutions are given below.
For clearer descriptions of the objects, technical solutions and advantages in the present disclosure, the implementation of the present disclosure is described in detail below in combination with the accompanying drawings.
In the related art, it is necessary to bend a flexible circuit board to arrange a driving IC on the back of a display substrate when a plurality of display substrates are spliced to form a spliced display panel. In this case, the flexible circuit board which connects the display substrate to the driving IC is disposed on a side of the display substrate, which causes a large clearance between every two adjacent display substrates in the spliced display panel and a poor display effect of the spliced display panel.
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By arranging the protecting layer 103 between the plurality of light-emitting units 102 and the connecting line 104, the connecting line 104 and the plurality of light-emitting units 102 may be arranged in different layers. Because the connecting line 104 and the plurality of light-emitting units 102 are arranged in different layers and the other end of the connecting line 104 is configured to connect to the driving circuit, the driving circuit is disposed on a side of the protecting layer 103 distal from the base substrate 101. Therefore, it is not necessary to bend a flexible circuit board on a side of a display substrate 10 when a plurality of display substrates 10 are spliced to form a spliced display panel. Moreover, because the base substrate 101 is a transparent substrate, light emitted from the plurality of light-emitting units 102 can be emitted through the base substrate 101. By arranging the driving circuit on a side of the protecting layer 103 distal from the base substrate 101, light emitted from the plurality of light-emitting units 102 may be prevented from being affected by the driving circuit may be avoided so as to ensure a display effect of the display substrate 10.
In summary, the present disclosure provides a display substrate. The display substrate includes a base substrate, and a plurality of light-emitting units, a protecting layer and a connecting line which are laminated in sequence along a direction distal from the base substrate. One end of the connecting line is connected to the plurality of the light-emitting units through a via arranged in the protecting layer while the other end is configured to connect to a driving circuit, that is to say, the driving circuit is arranged directly on a side of the protecting layer distal from the base substrate. Because it is not necessary to bend a flexible circuit board on a side of a display substrate when a plurality of display substrates are spliced to form a spliced display panel, a clearance between every two adjacent display substrates is small and the display effect is good.
Optionally, materials of the protecting layer 103 may include at least one of silica gel and epoxy glue. The protecting layer 103 may be formed on a side of the plurality of light-emitting units 102 distal from the base substrate 101 by a coating process.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the plurality of light-emitting units 102 may be disposed in a display area of the display substrate 10. An orthographic projection of the other end of the connecting line 104 on the base substrate 101 is disposed in the display area. With reference to
Because the orthographic projection of the connecting line 104 on the base substrate 101 overlaps with orthographic projections of some of the plurality of light-emitting units 102 on the base substrate 101, an orthographic projection of the driving circuit which connects to the connecting line 104 on the base substrate 101 will also overlap with the orthographic projections of some of the plurality of light-emitting units 102 on the base substrate 101. However, because the driving circuit is disposed on the side of the light-emitting unit 102 distal from the base substrate 101 and light emitted from the light-emitting unit 102 is emitted from the base substrate 101, the driving circuit will not affect the light emitted from the light-emitting unit 102.
The micro lens 105 may be configured to reflect light. Because a part of light emitted from the light-emitting unit 102 may be emitted from the side of the light-emitting unit 102 distal from the base substrate 101, a corresponding micro lens 105 is arranged on the side of each light-emitting unit 102 distal from the base substrate 101 so that some of light emitted from the light-emitting unit 102 irradiates the micro lens 105 and may be reflected to the base substrate 101, thereby improving the light-emitting efficiency of the light-emitting unit 102.
Optionally, materials of the micro lens 105 may include a transparent adhesive. Moreover, a specific dimension of the micro lens 105 may be acquired according to an optical simulation. The micro lens 105 may be formed on the side of the light-emitting unit 102 distal from the base substrate 101 by means of dispensing.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, by arranging a reflective coating 106 on the side of the light-emitting unit 102 distal from the base substrate 101, light emitted from the light-emitting unit 102 can be reflected to the base substrate 101 and so as to be emitted from the base substrate 101, and the light-emitting efficiency of the light-emitting unit 102 is high.
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By arranging a micro lens 105 and a reflective coating 106 in the display substrate 10, it may be further ensured that light emitted from the light-emitting unit 102 can be reflected to the base substrate 101 and emitted from the base substrate 101, and thus the light-emitting efficiency of the light-emitting unit 102 is high.
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Optionally, materials of the reflective coating 106 may include at least one of aluminum (Al) and silver (Ag). Certainly, the reflective coating 106 may also be a highly reflective coating made of other highly reflective materials, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Moreover, the reflective coating 106 may be formed on a side of the light-emitting unit distal from the base substrate 101 by an evaporating or a sputtering process.
Optionally, materials of the bonding layer 107 may include a transparent photoresist. Because the bonding layer 107 is made of the transparent photoresist, the bonding layer 107 disposed between the plurality of light-emitting units 102 and the base substrate 101 will affect light emitted from the light-emitting units 102 and the display effect of the display substrate 10 is good when light emitted from the light-emitting units 102 is emitted from the base substrate 101.
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In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each light-emitting unit 102 may be a micro light-emitting diode (micro-LED) or each light-emitting unit 102 may also be an organic light-emitting diode (OLED). The type of the light-emitting unit 102 is not limited in the embodiment of the present disclosure.
Optionally, the first semiconductor layer 1021 may be a P-type semiconductor layer, the active layer 1023 may be a multiple quantum well (MQW) layer, and the second semiconductor layer 1022 may be an N-type semiconductor layer.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the micro-LED 102 may further include a first electrode 1024, a second electrode 1025 and a reflective layer 1026, with reference to
The reflective layer 1026 may be disposed on a side of the first semiconductor layer 1021 distal from the active layer 1023. By arranging the reflective layer 1026 in the micro-LED 102, light emitted from the active layer 1023 in the micro-LED 102 may be emitted from the base substrate 101, and a driving circuit which is disposed on a side of the protecting layer 103 distal from the base substrate 101 is avoided from affecting images displayed on the display substrate 10.
Optionally, materials of the reflective layer 1026 may include at least one of aluminum (Al) and silver (Ag). The reflective layer 1026 may be a distributed bragg reflector.
The first electrode 1024 is connected to the first semiconductor layer 1021, and the second electrode 1025 is connected to the second semiconductor layer 1022. The first electrode 1024 may be a P-type electrode, and the second electrode 1025 may be an N-type electrode. Both the first electrode 1024 and the second electrode 1025 may be disposed on a side of the reflective layer 1026 distal from the first semiconductor layer 1021.
Both the first electrode 1024 and the second electrode 1025 may be connected to the TFT circuit. Both the first electrode 1024 and the second electrode 1025 may be connected to different TFT circuits.
In summary, the present disclosure provides a display substrate. The display substrate includes a base substrate, and a plurality of light-emitting units, a protecting layer and a connecting line which are laminated in sequence along a direction distal from the base substrate. One end of the connecting line is connected to the plurality of the light-emitting units through a via arranged in the protecting layer while the other end is configured to connect to a driving circuit, that is to say, the driving circuit may be arranged directly on a side of the protecting layer distal from the base substrate. Because it is not necessary to bend a flexible circuit board on a side of a display substrate when a plurality of display substrates are spliced to form a spliced display panel, a clearance between every two adjacent display substrates is small and the display effect is good.
In step 201, a TFT circuit is formed on a base substrate.
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In step 202, a bonding layer is formed on a side of the TFT circuit distal from the base substrate.
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In step 203, a plurality of light-emitting units are formed on a side of the bonding layer distal from the base substrate.
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Optionally, a mass transfer technology may be adopted in an embodiment of the present disclosure to transfer the plurality of light-emitting units 102 to the base substrate 101 on which a TFT circuit is formed.
In step 204, each of the plurality of light-emitting units is connected to the TFT circuit.
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In step 205, a corresponding micro lens is formed on a side of each light-emitting unit distal from the base substrate.
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In step 206, a corresponding reflective coating is formed on a side of each micro lens distal from the base substrate.
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In step 207, a protecting layer is formed on a side of the reflective coating distal from the base substrate.
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In step 208, a via is formed in the protecting layer.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a via 103a may be formed in a protecting layer 103 after the protecting layer 103 is formed so that a plurality of light-emitting units 102 can be connected to a driving circuit, with reference to
In step 209, the connecting line is connected to the plurality of light-emitting units through the via in the protecting layer.
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It should be noted that the sequence of steps for the method of manufacturing the display substrate according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may be adjusted appropriately, and the steps may also be deleted or added according to the situation. For example, steps 204 to 206 may be deleted according to the actual situation, and step 207 may be that a protecting layer is formed on a side of the plurality of light-emitting units distal from the base substrate. Within the technical scope disclosed in the present disclosure, any variations of the method easily derived by a person of ordinary skill in the art shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure, which is not repeated here.
In summary, the embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a display substrate. Due to the connecting line, the manufactured display substrate is connected to the light-emitting unit through a via arranged in the protecting layer. The connecting line and the light-emitting unit are arranged in different layers, therefore a driving circuit connected to the connecting line may be arranged directly on a side of the protecting layer distal from the base substrate and it is not necessary to bend a flexible circuit board on a side of the display substrate. When a plurality of display substrates are spliced to form a spliced display panel, a clearance between every two adjacent display substrates may be small, and the display effect may be good.
The plurality of display substrates 10 may be arranged on the parent plate 30. The parent plate 30 may be configured to fix the plurality of display substrates 10 and no connection is required among the plurality of display substrates 10.
Because light emitted from a plurality of light-emitting units 102 in the display substrate 10 is emitted from the base substrate 101 in the display substrate 10 and that the driving circuit and the flexible circuit board 40 are disposed on a side of the protecting layer 103 distal from the base substrate 101, light emitted from the light-emitting units 102 will not be influenced by the driving circuit and the flexible circuit board 40. Moreover, the driving circuit is connected to a connecting line 104 via the flexible circuit board 40, which improves the reliability of the connection between the driving circuit and the connecting line 104.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the display apparatus may further include a parent plate 30 and a plurality of display substrates 10. The plurality of the display substrates 10 may be arranged on the parent plate 30. That is to say, the display apparatus may include the spliced display panel according to the embodiments described above.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the display apparatus may be any product or component with a display function, such as an LCD panel, an electronic paper, an OLED panel, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a television, a display, a notebook computer, a digital photo frame or a navigator.
The foregoing descriptions are merely optional embodiments of the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the present disclosure. Within the spirit and principles of the disclosure, any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc., are within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
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