This application is a U.S. national Stage of International Application No. PCT/CN2018/104639, filed on Sep. 7, 2018, designating the United States, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201810455765.2, filed with the Chinese Patent Office on May 14, 2018 and entitled “DISPLAY SCREEN WITH IRREGULAR SHAPE AND DISPLAY DEVICE”, the content of each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The present disclosure relates to the field of display, and particularly to irregular shaped display screens and a display devices.
At present, in the design process of the display panel, on the one hand, a high screen-to-body ratio is required, on the other hand, the necessary components such as the receiver and the camera cannot be removed. Therefore, it is necessary to form a groove on a portion of the display screen to meet the above requirements. As another example, the four corners of some display screens are arc angles. Compared with the display with a regular rectangular shape, a display screen body with a groove or arc angles is referred as a display screen with an irregular shape.
Display screens with irregular shapes have become a trend. Generally, the display screen with the irregular shape includes an irregular-shaped display area and a wiring area, and the wiring area is located at the periphery of the irregular-shaped display area. The scan lines, data lines or other compensation circuit connecting lines of the irregular-shaped display area are distributed in the wiring area. The scan lines, the data lines or other compensation circuit connecting lines are connected to the pixels of the corresponding rows of the irregular-shaped display area. Compared with the display area with regular shape, the wiring on the periphery of the irregular-shaped display area is more complicated and denser, so the occupied space is larger, such that the border corresponding to the irregular-shaped display area in the display screen with the irregular shape is difficult to realize a narrow border.
Accordingly, the present disclosure provides a display screen with an irregular shape and a display device, which can realize a narrow border of the irregular-shaped display area of the display screen with the irregular shape.
The present disclosure provides a display screen with an irregular shape includes:
an irregular-shaped display area including an irregular-shaped boundary and a pixel area, the irregular-shaped boundary is located at a periphery of the pixel area;
a packaging area provided at a periphery of the irregular-shaped boundary, the packaging are is configured to package the irregular-shaped display area; and
a plurality of connecting lines located between the irregular-shaped boundary and the packaging area, and the plurality of connecting lines are arranged along a direction from the irregular-shaped boundary to the packaging area.
Along a direction from the irregular-shaped boundary to the packaging area, each of the connecting lines is sequentially connected to a pixel of the pixel area. After one of the connecting lines adjacent to the irregular-shaped boundary is connected to the corresponding pixel, the remaining connecting lines are integrally bent towards the irregular-shaped boundary, such that the plurality of connecting lines are compactly wired and arranged integrally adjacent to the irregular-shaped boundary.
In one of the embodiments, the pixel area of the irregular-shaped display area includes two protrusion areas, and a groove is formed between the two protrusion areas; sides of the protrusion areas adjacent to the groove form the irregular-shaped boundary, and the irregular-shaped boundary is arched.
In one of the embodiments, the display screen with the irregular shape further includes a plurality of compensation loads, the compensation loads are provided on aside of the protrusion area, and the side where the compensation loads located is adjacent to the irregular-shaped boundary. Each of the connecting lines connects the compensation loads and the pixels corresponding to the protrusion areas.
In one of the embodiments, the pixels of the protrusion areas are arranged in rows and columns. Each of the compensation loads is connected to the pixels of the corresponding row of the protrusion areas via the corresponding connecting line. Along the direction from the irregular-shaped boundary to the packaging area, each of the connecting lines is sequentially connected to a pixel of the pixel area; after the connecting line most adjacent to the irregular-shaped boundary is connected to the corresponding pixel, the remaining connecting lines are integrally bent towards the irregular-shaped boundary, such that the plurality of connecting lines are compactly wired.
In one of the embodiments, the compensation loads are capacitors.
In one of the embodiments, the display screen with the irregular shape further includes a plurality of data signal units provided between the irregular-shaped boundary and the package area. The connecting lines includes a plurality of data lines located between the data signal units and the packaging area; each of the data signal units is connected to the corresponding pixel of the irregular-shaped display area via the corresponding data line; after one of the data lines adjacent to the irregular-shaped boundary is connected to the corresponding pixel, the remaining data lines are bent towards the irregular-shaped boundary, such that the plurality of data lines are compactly wired and arranged integrally adjacent to the irregular-shaped boundary.
In one of the embodiments, the display screen with the irregular shape further includes a plurality of driving circuit units. The connecting lines further include a plurality of scan lines, the plurality of driving circuit units are provided between the plurality of data lines and the packaging area; the plurality of scan lines are located between the plurality of data lines and the driving circuit units; each of the driving circuit units is connected to the corresponding pixel of the irregular-shaped display area via the corresponding scan line; after one of the scan lines adjacent to the packaging area is connected to the corresponding pixel, the remaining scan lines are bent towards the packaging area, such that the plurality of scan lines are compactly wired and arranged integrally adjacent to the packaging area.
In one of the embodiments, the irregular-shaped display area includes a sector display area, and the irregular-shaped boundary is an arc boundary of the sector display area.
In one of the embodiments, the display screen with the irregular shape further includes a plurality of data signal units provided between the irregular-shaped boundary and the package area. The connecting lines includes a plurality of data lines located between the data signal units and the packaging area; each of the data signal units is connected to the corresponding pixel of the sector display area via the corresponding data line; and after one of the data lines adjacent to the irregular-shaped boundary is connected to the corresponding pixel, the remaining data lines are integrally bent towards the irregular-shaped boundary, such that the plurality of data lines are wired compactly wired and arranged integrally adjacent to the irregular-shaped boundary.
In one of the embodiments, the display screen with the irregular shape further includes a plurality of driving circuit units. The connecting lines further include a plurality of scan lines, the plurality of driving circuit units are provided between the plurality of data lines and the packaging area; the plurality of scan lines are located between the plurality of data lines and the driving circuit units; each of the driving circuit units is connected to the corresponding pixel of the sector display area via the corresponding scan line; after one of the scan lines adjacent to the packaging area is connected to the corresponding pixel, the remaining scan lines are integrally bent towards the packaging area, such that the plurality of scan lines are compactly wired and arranged integrally adjacent to the packaging area.
In one of the embodiments, the display screen with the irregular shape further includes a cathode power line provided between the packaging area and the plurality of connecting lines.
The present disclosure further provides a display device including the display screen with the irregular shape of any one of the aforementioned embodiments.
In the aforementioned display screen with the irregular shape and the display device, a plurality of connecting lines are located between the irregular-shaped boundary and the packaging area, and the plurality of connecting lines are arranged one by one along a direction from the irregular-shaped boundary to the packaging area. In the process of wiring the plurality of connecting lines, after one connecting line adjacent to the irregular-shaped boundary is connected to the corresponding pixel, the remaining connecting lines are integrally bent towards the irregular-shaped boundary, such that the plurality of connecting lines are compactly wired and arranged integrally adjacent to the irregular-shaped boundary. On the one hand, the wiring space occupied by the plurality of connecting lines is reduced. Since the area occupied by the plurality of connecting lines corresponds to at least a portion of the frame of the irregular-shaped display area, reducing the wiring space occupied by the plurality of connecting lines makes the frame of the irregular-shaped display area narrower, thereby achieving the narrowing of the frame of the irregular-shaped display area. On the other hand, since the connecting lines are integrally arranged more adjacent to the irregular-shaped boundary, other lines may also be provided between the packaging area and the plurality of connecting lines while narrowing the frame, so as to facilitate the wiring of other related lines of the display screen with the irregular shape.
To illustrate the technical solutions according to the embodiments of the present disclosure or in the prior art more clearly, the accompanying drawings for describing the embodiments or the prior art are introduced briefly in the following. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and persons of ordinary skill in the art can derive other drawings from the accompanying drawings without creative efforts.
The specific embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The irregular-shaped display area 110 includes an irregular-shaped boundary 112 and a pixel area 114, the irregular-shaped boundary 112 is located at a periphery of the pixel area 114. The irregular-shaped boundary 112 is a boundary between the pixel area 114 and an outside area. A projection of the irregular-shaped boundary 112 on the plane of the irregular-shaped display area 110 may have a circular arc shape or a shape of other curved segments. The shape of the irregular-shaped boundary 112 depends on the shape of the irregular-shaped display area 110. The pixel area includes a plurality of pixels for displaying. Generally, the plurality of pixel are arranged in rows and columns.
The packaging area 120 is provided at a periphery of the irregular-shaped boundary 112. The packaging area 120 is used to package the irregular display area 110.
The plurality of connecting lines 130 are located between the irregular-shaped boundary 112 and the packaging area 120. The plurality of connecting lines 130 are arranged one by one along the direction from the irregular-shaped boundary 112 to the packaging area 120. Along the direction from the irregular-shaped boundary 112 to the packaging area 120, each of the connecting lines is sequentially connected to a pixel of the pixel area 114. After one of the connecting lines adjacent to the irregular-shaped boundary 112 is connected to the corresponding pixel, the remaining connecting lines are integrally bent towards the irregular-shaped boundary 112, such that the plurality of connecting lines are compactly wired and arranged integrally adjacent to the irregular-shaped boundary.
In the aforementioned display screen 100 with the irregular shape, the plurality of connecting lines 130 are located between the irregular-shaped boundary 112 and the packaging area 120, and the plurality of connecting lines 130 are arranged one by one along a direction from the irregular-shaped boundary 112 to the packaging area 120. After one connecting line 130 adjacent to the irregular-shaped boundary 112 is connected to the corresponding pixel, the remaining connecting lines 130 are integrally bent towards the irregular-shaped boundary 112, such that the plurality of connecting lines 130 are compactly wired and arranged integrally adjacent to the irregular-shaped boundary 112. On the one hand, the wiring space occupied by the plurality of connecting lines 130 is reduced. Since the area occupied by the plurality of connecting lines 130 corresponds to the frame of the irregular-shaped display area 110, reducing the wiring space occupied by the plurality of connecting lines 130 makes the frame of the irregular-shaped display area 110 narrower, thereby achieving the narrowing of the frame of the irregular-shaped display area 110. On the other hand, since the connecting lines 130 are integrally arranged more adjacent to the irregular-shaped boundary 112, other lines may also be provided between the packaging area 120 and the plurality of connecting lines 130 while narrowing the frame, so as to facilitate the wiring of other related lines of the display screen 100 with the irregular shape.
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Therefore, the distance from the packaging area 220 to the irregular-shaped boundary 212 can be reduced within an allowable range, thereby narrowing the frame of the display screen 200 with the irregular shape. In addition to narrowing the frame, other lines may also be provided between the packaging area 220 and the driving circuit. For example, a cathode wiring area 250 can be provided between the driving circuit and the packaging area 220, cathode power line can be provided on the cathode wiring area 250, such that the cathode power line can be easily arranged.
It should be noted that, in the aforementioned display screen 200 with the irregular shape, the compensation load, data signal unit 241, and the driving circuit unit 243 are only used as examples to illustrate the wiring structure of the plurality of connecting lines 230. In fact, the wiring structure of the plurality of connecting lines 230 can be applied in circuits of any display screens 200 with irregular shapes.
The present disclosure further provides a display device including the display screen with the irregular shape of any one of the aforementioned embodiments. In this way, the frame of the display screen of the display device can be narrower.
The technical features of the embodiments described above can be arbitrarily combined. In order to make the description succinct, there is no describing of all possible combinations of the various technical features in the foregoing embodiments. It should be noted that there is no contradiction in the combination of these technical features which should be considered as the scope of the description.
Although the present disclosure is illustrated and described herein with reference to specific embodiments, the present disclosure is not intended to be limited to the details shown. It is to be noted that, various modifications may be made in the details within the scope and range of equivalents of the claims and without departing from the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.
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