Patent Grant
12111529
This application is a National Phase of PCT Patent Application No. PCT/CN2022/093498 having International filing date of May 18, 2022, which claims the benefit of priority of Chinese Patent Application No. 202210423401.2 filed on Apr. 21, 2022. The contents of the above applications are all incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein in their entirety.
The present disclosure relates to the field of display technologies, in particular to a splicing display panel and a splicing display device.
Traditional display panels need to arrange a large number of metal traces in a bezel area, or liquid crystal displays usually use a sealant to encapsulate a liquid crystal structure. Black matrix and sealing regions disposed at an edge of the display panel lead to obvious black edges.
With a rapid development of an outdoor display market, large size and high resolution have become a development direction of outdoor displays. A traditional splicing display panel is usually formed by splicing multiple display panels. However, the traditional splicing display panel cannot eliminate seams, which affects the visual experience.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a splicing display panel and a splicing display device for eliminating seams of the splicing display panel.
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a splicing display panel including:
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, each of the first display modules includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, the first substrate includes a first recess portion, the first recess portion is arranged on a side of the first substrate close to the second substrate, the second substrate includes a second recess portion, the second recess portion is arranged on a side of the second substrate close to the first substrate, and
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the second display module includes a driving substrate and a light-emitting diode (LED) chip disposed on the driving substrate, the driving substrate is arranged in the first recess portion and covers the seam, and the LED chip is disposed on a surface of the driving substrate away from the first recess portion.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the driving substrate is a printed circuit board-based driving substrate.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first substrate includes a base and a thin film transistor structure layer disposed on the base, and the first recess portion is formed on the base.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the second substrate includes:
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the splicing display panel further includes a liquid crystal layer, the liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the liquid crystal layer is disposed in the display area.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the second display module includes a driving substrate and an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) light-emitting functional layer, the driving substrate is disposed in the first recess portion and covers the seam, and the OLED light-emitting functional layer is disposed on a surface of the driving substrate away from a bottom surface of the first recess portion.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, a distance from a bottom of the first recess portion to a bottom of the second recess portion is equal to a thickness of the second display module.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, a width of the accommodating cavity is equal to a width of the second display module.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, a distance between two adjacent pixels of the first display module is equal to a distance between two adjacent pixels of the second display module.
Correspondingly, an embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a splicing display device, including a splicing display panel and a backlight module. The splicing display panel includes:
The backlight module is configured to provide a backlight of the first display modules.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, each of the first display modules includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, the first substrate includes a first recess portion, the first recess portion is arranged on a side of the first substrate close to the second substrate, the second substrate includes a second recess portion, the second recess portion is arranged on a side of the second substrate close to the first substrate, and the first recess portion and the second recess portion surround to form the accommodating slot.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the second display module includes a driving substrate and a light-emitting diode (LED) chip disposed on the driving substrate, the driving substrate is arranged in the first recess portion and covers the seam, and the LED chip is disposed on a surface of the driving substrate away from the first recess portion.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the driving substrate is a printed circuit board-based driving substrate.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first substrate includes a base and a thin film transistor structure layer disposed on the base, and the first recess portion is formed on the base.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the second substrate includes:
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the splicing display panel further includes a liquid crystal layer, the liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the liquid crystal layer is disposed in the display area.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the second display module includes a driving substrate and an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) light-emitting functional layer, the driving substrate is disposed in the first recess portion and covers the seam, and the OLED light-emitting functional layer is disposed on a surface of the driving substrate away from a bottom surface of the first recess portion.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, a distance between two adjacent pixels of the first display module is equal to a distance between two adjacent pixels of the second display module.
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide the splicing display panel and the splicing display device. The splicing display panel includes at least two spliced first display modules and at least one second display module. There is the seam between two of the first display modules which are adjacent and spliced, each of the first display modules includes the display area and the bezel area arranged outside the display area. The portion of the first display module corresponding to the bezel area is provided with the accommodating slot. The opening of the accommodating slot is arranged on the side of the bezel area close to the seam, and the opening of the accommodating slot is communicated with the seam. Two of the accommodating slots are spliced to form the accommodating cavity. The at least one second display module is arranged in the accommodating cavity, and the second display module covers the seam.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the accommodating slot is provided in the portion of the first display module corresponding to the bezel area. The accommodating slot is spliced with the accommodating slot of the adjacent first display module to form the accommodating cavity. The second display module is arranged in the accommodating cavity and covers the seam, which realizes a seamless splicing of the splicing display panel, improves a utilization rate of a screen of the splicing display panel, and improves a display quality. In addition, the opening of the accommodating slot of the embodiments of the present disclosure is disposed on the side close to the seam. Therefore, there is no step difference between the first display module and the second display module, which ensures a flatness of a light-emitting surface of the splicing display panel and effectively improves the flatness of the light-emitting surface. Users cannot see a side surface of the second display module from a side view, which can improve a technical problem of dark shadows at the seam in the side view, and greatly improve the display quality.
In order to illustrate technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure more clearly, the following briefly introduces accompanying drawings required for the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some examples of the present disclosure. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can also be obtained from these drawings without creative efforts.
In order to make purposes, technical solutions, and advantages of the present disclosure more clear, the present disclosure will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Reference is made to the drawings in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals represent like components. The following description is based on the specific embodiments of the present disclosure and should not be construed as limiting other specific embodiments of the present disclosure not detailed herein. As used in this specification, a term “embodiment” means an instance, instance, or illustration.
In the description of the present disclosure, it should be understood that directions or location relationships indicated by terms “center”, “longitudinal”, “landscape”, “length”, “width”, “thickness”, “upper”, “lower”, “front”, “rear”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “inner”, “outer”, “clockwise”, and “counterclockwise” are directions or location relationships shown based on the accompanying drawings, are merely used for the convenience of describing the present disclosure and simplifying the description, but are not used to indicate or imply that a device or an element must have a particular direction or must be constructed and operated in a particular direction, and therefore, cannot be understood as a limitation to the present disclosure. In addition, terms “first” and “second” are merely used to describe the objective, but cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implying a quantity of indicated technical features. Therefore, features limited by “first” and “second” may indicate explicitly or implicitly that one or more features are included. In the description of the present disclosure, unless otherwise specifically limited, “plurality of” means at least two, for example, two or three.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a splicing display panel and a splicing display device. Each of them will be described in detail below. It should be noted that the description order of the following embodiments is not intended to limit the preferred order of the embodiments.
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a splicing display panel. The splicing display panel includes at least two spliced first display modules and at least one second display module. There is a seam between two of the first display modules which are adjacent and spliced. Each of the first display modules includes a display area and a bezel area arranged outside the display area. A portion of the first display module corresponding to the bezel area is provided with an accommodating slot. An opening of the accommodating slot is arranged on a side of the bezel area close to the seam, and the opening of the accommodating slot is communicated with the seam. In two adjacent first display modules, the accommodating slot of one of the first display modules is spliced with the accommodating slot of another one of the first display modules to form an accommodating cavity. The at least one second display module is arranged in the accommodating cavity, and the second display module covers the seam.
In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the accommodating slot is provided in the portion of the first display module corresponding to the bezel area. The accommodating slot is spliced with the accommodating slot of the adjacent first display module to form the accommodating cavity. The second display module is arranged in the accommodating cavity and covers the seam, which realizes a seamless splicing of the splicing display panel, improves a utilization rate of a screen of the splicing display panel, and improves a display quality. In addition, the opening of the accommodating slot of the embodiment of the present disclosure is disposed on the side close to the seam. Therefore, there is no step difference between the first display module and the second display module, which ensures a flatness of a light-emitting surface of the splicing display panel and effectively improves the flatness of the light-emitting surface. Users cannot see a side surface of the second display module from a side view, which can improve a technical problem of dark shadows at the seam in the side view, and greatly improve the display quality.
A driving substrate of the present disclosure will be described in detail below through specific embodiments.
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In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the accommodating slot 40a is provided in the portion of the first display module 100 corresponding to the bezel area NA. The accommodating slot 40a is spliced with the accommodating slot 40a of the adjacent first display module 100 to form the accommodating cavity 40. The second display module 200 is arranged in the accommodating cavity 40 and covers the seam S, which realizes a seamless splicing of the splicing display panel 1000, improves a utilization rate of a screen of the splicing display panel 1000, and improves a display quality. In addition, the opening of the accommodating slot 40a of the embodiment of the present disclosure is disposed on the side close to the seam S. Therefore, there is no step difference between the first display module 100 and the second display module 200, which ensures a flatness of a light-emitting surface of the splicing display panel and effectively improves the flatness of the light-emitting surface. Users cannot see a side surface of the second display module 200 from a side view, which can improve a technical problem of dark shadows at the seam in the side view, and greatly improve the display quality.
It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first display module 100 may be one of a liquid crystal display (LCD) module and an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display module. The embodiment of the present disclosure is described by taking the first display module as the liquid crystal display module as an example, but is not limited thereto.
It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the bezel area NA of one first display module 100 is spliced with the bezel area NA of the adjacent first display module 100 to form a seam PA.
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The first substrate 10 includes a base 101 and a thin film transistor structure layer 102 disposed on the base 101. The first recess portion 10a is formed on the base 101.
In some embodiments, the base 101 may be a glass substrate with a thickness greater than or equal to 0.5 mm. For example, the thickness of the base 101 may be any one of 0.5 mm, 0.7 mm, 0.9 mm, and 1 mm. Since the thickness of the base 101 of the embodiments of the present disclosure is greater than or equal to 0.5 mm, a risk of breakage of the base 101 is prevented when the base 101 corresponding to the bezel area NA is subjected to a thinning processing.
It should be understood that the thin film transistor structure layer provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure is a thin film transistor structure layer of the known technology, which may include any one of a bottom gate type thin film transistor, a top gate type thin film transistor, and a double gate type thin film transistor, which will not be repeated here.
The second substrate 20 includes a substrate 201 and a color filter layer 202 disposed on a side of the substrate 201 close to the first substrate 10. The color filter layer 202 includes a black matrix 202a and a plurality of color resist blocks 202b. The second recess portion 20a is formed on the substrate 201. The black matrix 202a is disposed on a surface of the substrate 201 close to the first substrate 10, and the black matrix 202a is disposed in the display area AA. The color resist blocks 202b are disposed between the black matrices 202a. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the portion corresponding to the bezel area NA is not provided with the black matrix structure. Therefore, no light-shielding structure covers the second display module 200, which improves the utilization rate of the screen of the first display modules 100, and realizes a narrow bezel design. In addition, since the substrate 201 is provided with the second recess portion 20a, a thickness of the substrate 201 corresponding to the bezel area NA is reduced, so that the light of the directly displayed second display module 200 can be uniformly transmitted.
In some embodiments, the substrate 201 may be a glass substrate with a thickness greater than or equal to 0.5 mm. For example, the thickness of the substrate 201 may be any one of 0.5 mm, 0.7 mm, 0.9 mm, and 1 mm. Since the thickness of the substrate 201 of the embodiments of the present disclosure is greater than or equal to 0.5 mm, a risk of breakage of the substrate 201 is prevented when the substrate 201 corresponding to the bezel area NA is subjected to a thinning processing, and the light of the display area AA is facilitated to transmit uniformly.
The color resist blocks include red color blocks, green color resist blocks, and blue color resist blocks.
The first display module 100 also includes a sealant 60. The sealant 60 is disposed between the first substrate 10 and the second substrate 20. The first substrate 10 is adhered to the second substrate 20 through the above-mentioned sealant 60. The sealant 60 is provided on a peripheral side of the liquid crystal layer 30. That is, the sealant 60 is arranged around the liquid crystal layer 30, and the sealant 60 is arranged corresponding to the bezel area NA of the first display module 100.
In some embodiments, the color filter layer 202 may also be disposed on the first substrate 10. A color filter on array (COA) technology is adopted to improve a pixel aperture of the splicing display panel 1000.
In some embodiments, the splicing display panel 1000 further includes a liquid crystal layer 30. The liquid crystal layer 30 is disposed between the first substrate 10 and the second substrate 20, and the liquid crystal layer 30 is disposed in the display area AA. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first display modules 100 are liquid crystal display modules. Since the liquid crystal display module usually uses a sealant to encapsulate a liquid crystal structure, black matrix and sealing regions located at an edge of the display module lead to obvious black edges, which is not conducive to the realization of the narrow bezel. Especially in liquid crystal splicing display panels, there are usually dark lines in the splicing seams including the sealing region between adjacent liquid crystal display panels. Therefore, in this embodiment, the accommodating slot 40a is provided in the portion corresponding to the bezel area NA of the first display modules 100. The accommodating slot 40a is spliced with the accommodating slot 40a of the adjacent first display modules 100 to form the accommodating cavity 40. The second display module 200 is disposed in the accommodating cavity 40 and covers the seam S. The seamless splicing of the splicing display panel 1000 is realized, the utilization rate of the screen of the splicing display panel 1000 is improved, and the display quality is improved.
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In some embodiments, the driving substrate 21 includes a printed circuit board (PCB)-based driving substrate, a glass-based driving substrate, and the like.
In some embodiments, the LED chip 23 may be a micro-LED chip or a mini-LED chip. The second display module 200 uses small-sized light-emitting diodes such as micro-LED and mini-LED to emit light for display. By improving the process and panel design, it is possible to manufacture micro-LED light-emitting structures and mini-LED light-emitting structures with smaller pitches. When the pitch between the light-emitting diodes of the micro-LED light-emitting structure and the mini-LED light-emitting structure is reduced, on the one hand, a higher-resolution display can be realized with a narrow seam to enhance the display performance, on the other hand, it can visually achieve a borderless effect, and it is better to integrate with the first display modules 100 to make the display screen more continuous and complete.
In some embodiments, a distance from a bottom of the first recess portion 10a to a bottom of the second recess portion 20a is equal to a thickness of the second display module 200. A width of the accommodating cavity 40 is equal to a width of the second display module 200. The second display module 200 is engaged in the accommodating cavity 40. Therefore, the second display module 200 does not shake, and a stability of the splicing display panel 1000 is improved.
In some embodiments, a distance between two adjacent pixels of the first display module 100 is equal to a distance between two adjacent pixels of the second display module 200. A color gamut synchronization between the first display module 100 and the second display module 200 is realized, which further improves the display quality of the splicing display panel 1000.
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In some embodiments, material of the optically clear adhesive 50 is selected from one or any combination of organic silicone, acrylic glue, epoxy sealant, and polyurethane glue. In the present disclosure, polymer material has high viscosity, high density, and high transmittance of light. Therefore, the embodiment of the present disclosure selects optical materials with high water and oxygen barrier capabilities, such as organic silicone, acrylic glue, epoxy sealant, and polyurethane glue, which have both high water and oxygen barrier capabilities and excellent optical properties. The optically clear adhesive 50 provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure can be directly attached to two adjacent bezel areas NA without introducing an adhesive layer.
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The OLED light-emitting functional layer 24 may include an anode, a pixel definition layer, a light-emitting layer, and a cathode. The anode is connected to the driving substrate 21. The pixel definition layer is disposed on the anode. The pixel definition layer includes an opening. The opening exposes a portion of the anode. The light emitting layer is defined in the opening, and the cathode is arranged on the pixel definition layer.
An embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a splicing display device. Referring to
The embodiment of the present disclosure provides the splicing display device, and the splicing display device 2000 includes the splicing display panel 1000 and the backlight module 300. Referring to
In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the accommodating slot 40a is provided in the portion of the first display module 100 corresponding to the bezel area NA. The accommodating slot 40a is spliced with the accommodating slot 40a of the adjacent first display module 100 to form the accommodating cavity 40. The second display module 200 is arranged in the accommodating cavity 40 and covers the seam S, which realizes a seamless splicing of the splicing display panel 1000, improves a utilization rate of a screen of the splicing display panel 1000, and improves a display quality. In addition, the opening of the accommodating slot 40a of the embodiment of the present disclosure is disposed on the side close to the seam S. Therefore, there is no step difference between the first display module 100 and the second display module 200, which ensures a flatness of a light-emitting surface of the splicing display panel and effectively improves the flatness of the light-emitting surface. Users cannot see a side surface of the second display module 200 from a side view, which can improve a technical problem of dark shadows at the seam in the side view, and greatly improve the display quality.
The splicing display device 2000 of the present disclosure can be applied to electronic devices. The electronic device may be at least one of a smartphone, a tablet, an e-book reader, a computer, a media player, a mobile medical machine, a camera, a game console, a car navigator, and an electronic billboard.
In summary, although the present disclosure has been disclosed above with preferred embodiments, the above preferred embodiments are not intended to limit the present disclosure. Various changes and modifications can be made by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure is subject to the scope defined by the claims.
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