The present disclosure relates to the field of display technologies, and particularly to a driving panel and a display device.
With the development of micro light emitting diode (micro-LED) display, borderless display driving manner has become a design bright spot and even a design trend in a future market. At present, a bonding connection of a passive driving panel is achieved by a wiring (also referred to as left and right wiring) from left and right borders in a non-display area of the driving panel to a lower border of the driving panel and then to a drive circuit, thereby making the driving panel to have a narrow border. Since a signal current of a common driver is relatively large, a line width of a signal connecting line should be considered, therefore, a larger border is occupied by the line width of the signal connecting line and the left and right wiring. Therefore, the realization of borderless display driving manner is a technical problem to be solved.
In view of the above, in order to overcome at least some of defects and deficiencies in the related art, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a driving panel and a display device, which solves the problem of a wider border of the driving panel in the related art, realizes a narrow-border or even borderless panel, and expands an market application of the driving panel.
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a driving panel. The driving panel includes: a substrate, including a display area and a non-display area; column scanning lines, disposed in the display area of the substrate; row scanning lines, disposed in the display area of the substrate and staggered with the column scanning lines; signal connecting lines, disposed in the display area of the substrate and electrically connected to the row scanning lines; a drive circuit, disposed in the non-display area of the substrate and electrically connected to the column scanning lines and the signal connecting lines; first electrode pads, disposed in the display area of the substrate and electrically connected to the column scanning lines; and second electrode pads, disposed in the display area of the substrate and electrically connected to the row scanning lines and the signal connecting lines.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the driving panel further includes a first insulating layer, the first insulating layer covers the row scanning lines and disposed between the row scanning lines and the signal connecting lines, the first insulating layer is provided with first vias, and the row scanning lines are electrically connected to the signal connecting lines through the first vias.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the driving panel further includes a second insulating layer, the second insulating layer covers the signal connecting lines and the first insulating layer; the second insulating layer is disposed between the second electrode pads and the signal connecting lines, and also disposed between the first insulating layer and the column scanning lines; and the second insulating layer is provided with second vias, and the second electrode pads are electrically connected to the signal connecting lines through the second vias.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the driving panel further includes a planarization layer, the planarization layer covers the second insulating layer and the column scanning lines, and the first electrode pads penetrate through the planarization layer and are electrically connected to the column scanning lines.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the first electrode pads has a first binding surface, and each of the second electrode pads has a second binding surface; the first binding surface and the second binding surface are individually disposed at a side of the planarization layer facing away from the substrate, and a minimum distance between the first binding surface and the substrate is equal to a minimum distance between the second binding surface and the substrate.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the column scanning lines are in parallel with the signal connecting lines, and the column scanning lines and the signal connecting lines are perpendicular to the row scanning lines.
Further, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display device. The display device includes: any one of the driving panels as described above; and light emitting devices, disposed on the driving panel, where the light emitting devices include first electrodes and second electrodes, the first electrodes are electrically connected to the first electrode pads of the driving panel, and the second electrodes are electrically connected to the second electrode pads of the driving panel.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the row scanning lines and the column scanning lines are staggered with each other to form pixel units therebetween; the light emitting devices are disposed in the pixel units and form sub-pixels; and a projection area of each of the first vias on the substrate is equal to a projection area of at least one of each of the sub-pixels on the substrate.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the light emitting devices is a micron light emitting diode (micro-LED) or a submillimeter LED (mini-LED).
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the display device further includes an encapsulation layer covering the light emitting devices and the driving panel.
As can be seen from the above, the embodiments of the present disclosure can realize a narrow or even borderless design of a driving panel based on a passive driving mode by arranging signal connecting lines connecting the row scanning lines in a display area of the driving panel, thereby meeting the requirements of users in the market for narrow borders. In addition, the signal connecting lines are connected to the row scanning lines through each via with a projection area equal to or larger than that of at least one corresponding pixel, so that a current carrying capacity of the signal connecting lines are improved and the reliability of the driving panel is improved. Under the protection of an organic film on the driving panel, the signal connecting lines can be electrically connected to light emitting devices through upper metal pads (first electrode pads and a second electrode pad) on the driving panel. Furthermore, by arranging a planarization layer, the bonding between the upper metal pads and the light emitting devices is facilitated, and the quality and reliability of the driving panel are improved.
In order to explain technical solutions of embodiments of the present disclosure more clearly, accompanying drawings that required to be used in the embodiments will be briefly introduced hereinafter. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following description are merely some embodiments of the present disclosure. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these accompanying drawings without any creative effort.
In order to make objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the embodiments of the present disclosure more clearly, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described clearly and completely in combination with the accompanying drawings. Apparently, the described embodiments are merely parts of the embodiments of the present disclosure, but not the whole embodiments. Based on the embodiments described in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative work belong to the scope of protection of the present disclosure.
It should be noted that all directional indications (such as upper, lower, left, right, front, back, top, and bottom) in the embodiments of the present disclosure are merely used to explain relative positional relationships, and movement situations between components in a certain posture (as shown in the accompanying drawings), and if the certain posture changes, the directional indications will also change accordingly. In addition, the term “perpendicular” in the embodiments and claims means that an included angle between two elements is 90° or there is a deviation of −5°˜+5°, and the term “parallel” means that an included angle between two elements is 0° or there is a deviation of −5°˜+5°.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, descriptions involving “first” and “second” are merely only used for descriptive purposes, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying their relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of indicated technical features. Therefore, the features defined by “first” and “second” can explicitly or implicitly include at least one feature.
Referring to
In an embodiment, the display device 50 further includes an encapsulation layer 40, for example. For example, the encapsulation layer 40 covers the light emitting devices 30 and the driving panel 10. The encapsulation layer 40 can fix the positions of light emitting devices such as micro LEDs and/or light emitting device circuits, such as micro integrated circuits (ICs), and can play a protective role therefor. The encapsulation layer 40 may be made of epoxy resin, a silicone resin material, and the other materials.
In an embodiment, the display device 50 is a passive matrix (PM) display device, and correspondingly, the driving panel 10 is a passive driving panel. The driving panel 10 is used to control the light emitting devices 30 to turn on and off, so that the display device 50 can display corresponding pictures.
In an embodiment, referring to
As shown in
The first electrode pads 200 are electrically connected to the column scanning lines 130, and the second electrode pads 190 are electrically connected to the row scanning lines 120 and the signal connection lines 140. The first electrode pad 200 and the second electrode pad 190 are arranged in pairs for connecting one light emitting device 30. The light emitting devices 30 are bonded to the first electrode pads 200 and the second electrode pads 190. Specifically, as shown in
In an embodiment, the row scanning lines 120, the column scanning lines 130, the signal connecting lines 140, the first electrode pads 200 and the second electrode pads 190 are respectively arranged on the substrate 110 through at least one of patterning etching, deposition or sputtering processes. The row scanning lines 120, the column scanning lines 130, the signal connection lines 140, the first electrode pad 200, and the second electrode pad 190 are disposed on different layers on the substrate 110. The row scanning lines 120, the column scanning lines 130, the signal connecting lines 140, the first electrode pad 200 and the second electrode pad 190 are transparent conductive lines, and materials thereof are copper or other transparent conductive materials. In addition, the row scanning lines 120, the column scanning lines 130, the signal connecting lines 140, the first electrode pads 200, and the second electrode pads 190 are each at least two in number, as shown in
As mentioned above, since the signal connecting lines are disposed in the display area on the substrate and electrically connected to the row scanning lines, and the row scanning lines are electrically connected to the drive circuit through the signal connecting lines, so that a width of the border of the driving panel can be reduced, so that a small border or even a borderless panel can be realized, and the requirements of more users in the market can be met.
Further, as shown in
Further, the driving panel 10 further includes, for example, a second insulating layer 170. The second insulating layer 170 covers the signal connection line 140 and the first insulating layer 160. The second insulating layer 170 is located between the second electrode pad 190 and the signal connection line 140. The second insulating layer 170 is provided with a second via 171 (only one second via 171 is shown in
Further, the driving panel 10 further includes a planarization layer 180. The planarization layer 180 covers the second insulating layer 170 and the column scanning line 130, and the first electrode pad 200 penetrates the planarization layer 180 and is electrically connected to the column scanning line 130. The second electrode pad 190 penetrates the planarization layer 180 and the second insulating layer 170 and is electrically connected to the signal connection line 140. The planarization layer 180 can be any suitable organic material, specifically, acrylic resin, epoxy resin, silicone resin, polyvinyl alcohol, or other suitable material, and more specifically, it can be formed by a suitable process, such as spraying, scraping, spin coating, or dispensing. The planarization layer 180 is used to planarize the second insulating layer 170 and the column scanning line 130, so that the first electrode pad 200 and the second electrode pad 190 have the same height, which is beneficial to the bonding of the light emitting device 30. More specifically, as shown in
In addition, as shown in
In addition, in other embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In summary, the driving panel of the display device provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can realize a borderless design of the driving panel based on a passive driving mode by arranging the signal connecting lines connecting the row scanning lines in a display area of the driving panel, thereby meeting the requirements of users in the market for narrow borders. In addition, the signal connecting lines are connected to the row scanning lines through each via with an area equal to or larger than that of at least one pixel, so that a current carrying capacity of the signal connecting lines are improved and the reliability of the driving panel is improved. Under the protection of an organic film on the driving panel, the signal connecting lines can be electrically connected to light emitting devices such as micro-LEDs through upper metal pads (first electrode pads and a second electrode pad) on the driving panel. Furthermore, by arranging a planarization layer, the bonding between the upper metal pads and the light emitting devices is facilitated, and the quality and reliability of the driving panel are improved.
It can be understood that the above-mentioned embodiments are merely exemplary explanations of the present disclosure, and technical solutions of the embodiment can be combined and used at will on the premise that the technical features are not conflicting, the structure is not contradictory, and the inventive purpose of the present disclosure is not violated.
Finally, it should be explained that the above embodiments are merely intended to illustrate the technical solutions of the present disclosure, but not intended to limit thereto. Although the present disclosure has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that it can still modify the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments or substitute some technical features with equivalents. However, these modifications or substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure.
This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2021/142106 filed on Dec. 28, 2021, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
Number | Date | Country | |
---|---|---|---|
Parent | PCT/CN2021/142106 | Dec 2021 | US |
Child | 18389904 | US |