Disclosure of Invention
In view of the foregoing defects in the prior art, an object of the present application is to provide a display panel, a display device and a method for manufacturing the display panel, which omit a fan-out region and a splicing region, thereby reducing the size of a gap generated during splicing and improving the display effect of the display panel.
The purpose of the invention is realized by the following technical scheme:
the present invention provides a display panel including:
the circuit board comprises a plurality of substrates, a plurality of signal wires and a plurality of signal wires, wherein each substrate is provided with the signal wires, and the signal wires are exposed at one edge side of the substrate and used as pins;
the micro light-emitting diodes are fixedly arranged on each substrate and are electrically connected with the signal wires; and
and the transparent wiring layers are jointly arranged above the micro light-emitting diodes of the plurality of substrates and are electrically connected with the pins through at least one conductive material.
According to the display panel, based on the TFT glass substrate modular splicing technology, a transparent wiring layer is designed on the top layer, and signal wires of the micro light-emitting diodes are connected through transparent wires arranged on the transparent wiring layer, so that the fan-out space is saved, and the splicing gap is reduced; the display panel can be suitable for large-size splicing, the overhauling times of the substrate can be effectively reduced, and the influence of repeated repairing on the Micro LED chip can be further reduced.
Optionally, the transparent routing layer includes at least one transparent wire, and the transparent wire is one or more of a silver nanowire, a graphene wire, an indium tin oxide wire, or a carbon nanotube.
According to the invention, the transparent wiring layer is arranged, and the transparent wires are used for wiring in the transparent wiring layer, so that the wiring space of the display panel is increased, the light transmittance of the display light-transmitting area is improved, and the display effect of the display panel is improved.
Optionally, the signal line is routed in a high pin manner.
Each signal line inside the panel is directly wired on or directly under the panel, and the wiring layer is exposed from the top and the bottom to be used as a pin, so that the signal line is conveniently connected with the transparent wiring layer. Optionally, the light emitting diode package structure further comprises a sealing adhesive layer and a flat layer, wherein the sealing adhesive layer is arranged on the substrate and encapsulates the micro light emitting diode, and the flat layer is arranged on the sealing adhesive layer.
Optionally, the package structure further includes a laminated structure, and the laminated structure is correspondingly disposed in the encapsulant layer above the pins.
Optionally, a via is disposed on the stacked structure, the via penetrates to the pin, and a conductive material is filled in the via to electrically connect the transparent conductive wire with the pin.
Based on the same concept, the present invention provides a display device including a plurality of display panels as any one of the above.
According to the display panel, based on the TFT glass substrate modular splicing technology, a transparent wiring layer is designed on the top layer, and signal wires of the micro light-emitting diodes are connected through transparent wires arranged on the transparent wiring layer, so that the fan-out space is saved, and the splicing gap is reduced; the display panel can be suitable for large-size splicing, the overhauling times of the substrate can be effectively reduced, and the influence of repeated repairing on the Micro LED chip can be further reduced.
Based on the same conception, the invention provides a display panel manufacturing method, which comprises the following steps:
exposing a signal line in a substrate on one edge side to be used as a pin;
forming a stacked structure over a lead of the substrate;
a plurality of micro light-emitting diodes are fixedly arranged on each substrate and are electrically connected with the signal wires;
etching the laminated structure to form a guide hole;
and manufacturing a transparent wiring layer above the micro light-emitting diode, wherein the transparent wiring layer is electrically connected with the pins of the substrate through the conductive material filled in the guide holes.
According to the display panel, based on the TFT glass substrate modular splicing technology, a transparent wiring layer is designed on the top layer, and signal wires of the micro light-emitting diodes are connected through transparent wires arranged on the transparent wiring layer, so that the fan-out space is saved, and the splicing gap is reduced; the display panel can be suitable for large-size splicing, the overhauling times of the substrate can be effectively reduced, and the influence of repeated repairing on the Micro LED chip can be further reduced.
Optionally, the step of fixedly mounting the plurality of micro light emitting diodes on each of the substrates and electrically connecting the micro light emitting diodes to the signal lines further includes:
and forming a sealing adhesive layer on the substrate, wherein the micro light-emitting diode is encapsulated in the sealing adhesive layer, and a flat layer is formed on the sealing adhesive layer.
Optionally, the stacked structure is formed by etching by a chemical vapor deposition method.
Detailed Description
To facilitate an understanding of the present application, the present application will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Preferred embodiments of the present application are given in the accompanying drawings. This application may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the present application is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application.
An embodiment of a display panel according to the present invention is described below, as shown in fig. 1, where fig. 1 includes two display panels, and represents a control state when the two display panels are spliced, each display panel includes:
a compact array of substrates 10; in the embodiment, two substrates 10 are taken as an example, but the invention does not mean that only two substrates are implemented, and the number of the substrates 10 to be spliced is not limited; a plurality of signal lines are disposed in each of the substrates 10, and the signal lines include, but are not limited to, data lines, scan lines, power lines VSS/VDD, and the like. The signal lines in the substrate 10 are exposed as pins (pin pins) 101 on one edge side of the substrate 10; the leads 101 are located on the upper surface or the lower surface of the substrate 10.
A plurality of micro light emitting diodes 103, which are fixedly arranged on the substrate 10 and electrically connected with the signal lines; as an alternative embodiment, the micro light emitting diodes 103 arrayed on the substrate 10 are fixedly welded on the substrate 10 through a bonding Pad (Pad) 100;
and the transparent wiring layers 106, wherein the transparent wiring layers 106 are commonly arranged above the micro light emitting diodes 103 of the plurality of substrates 10, and are electrically connected with the pins 101 through at least one conductive material.
As an alternative embodiment, the transparent conductive wire includes but is not limited to fine metal wire, nano silver wire, graphene, indium tin oxide or carbon nanotube. As an alternative embodiment, the signal lines in the substrate are routed in the manner of High pins (High Pin). That is, each signal line inside the panel is routed on the panel in a straight-up or straight-down manner, and the routing layer is exposed from the uppermost side and the lowermost side to serve as a pin 101, which is conveniently connected with the transparent routing layer.
Further, the adhesive layer 104 and the flat layer 105 are sequentially included; specifically, the adhesive layer 104 is disposed on the substrate 10, the adhesive layer 104 encapsulates the micro light emitting diode 10, and the planarization layer 105 is disposed on the adhesive layer 104. The packaging structure further comprises a laminated structure 102, wherein the laminated structure 102 is formed by etching through a chemical vapor deposition method and is arranged in the sealant layer 104 in a penetrating manner, and the laminated structure 102 is correspondingly arranged at the pin 101 of the substrate 10.
As an alternative embodiment, a via 107 is made from the transparent wiring layer 106 to penetrate the laminated structure 102 from the transparent wiring layer 106 to the upper side of the lead 101, and then the via 107 may be filled with a conductive material to connect the transparent conductive wire with the lead 101. As an alternative embodiment, a transparent routing layer 106 is disposed above the flat layer 105, and the transparent routing layer 106 includes a plurality of transparent wires; according to the invention, the transparent wiring layer is arranged, and the transparent wires are used for wiring in the transparent wiring layer, so that the wiring space of the display panel is increased, the light transmittance of the display light-transmitting area is improved, and the display effect of the display panel is improved.
Bonding pins (Bonding pins) are left on the transparent wiring layer 106, and the IC is bonded to the Bonding pins to complete the fabrication of the display panel.
The invention provides a display device, which comprises a plurality of display panels which are spliced in a close array manner; in this embodiment, two display panels are spliced as an example, but the present invention does not mean that only two display panels are implemented, and the number of the spliced display panels is not limited in the present invention.
A display device includes a first display panel and a second display panel, the first display panel being the same as the second display panel; the first display panel and the second display panel are seamlessly spliced to form the display device; as an optional seamless splicing mode, the first display panel and the second display panel are arranged in an array manner, the frames of the first display panel and the second display panel are in close contact, and a splicing area is arranged between the first display panel and the second display panel; the display device also comprises a third display panel, and the third display panel completely covers the splicing area so that the splicing display device has a seamless splicing display effect.
Wherein the first display panel, as shown in fig. 1, includes:
a substrate 10; in the embodiment, two substrates 10 are taken as an example, but the invention does not mean that only two substrates are implemented, and the number of the substrates 10 to be spliced is not limited;
the substrate 10 and the micro light-emitting diodes 103 arrayed on the substrate 10, wherein the micro light-emitting diodes 103 are welded on the substrate 10 through a bonding Pad (Pad) 100; the substrate 10 has a plurality of signal lines therein, including but not limited to data lines, scan lines, power lines VSS/VDD, and the like. The signal lines in the substrate 10 are exposed as pins (pin pins) 101 on one edge side of the substrate; the leads 101 are located on the upper surface or the lower surface of the substrate 10. As an alternative embodiment, the signal lines in the substrate 10 are routed in a High Pin (High Pin) manner. That is, each signal line inside the panel is routed on the panel in a straight-up or straight-down manner, and the routing layer is exposed from the uppermost side and the lowermost side to serve as a pin 101, which is conveniently connected with the transparent routing layer.
Further, a sealant layer 104 and a planarization layer 105 are sequentially included on the substrate 10. The packaging structure further comprises a laminated structure 102, wherein the laminated structure 102 is penetratingly arranged in the sealant layer 104, and the laminated structure 102 is correspondingly arranged at the pins 101 of the substrate.
A transparent routing layer 106 is also arranged above the flat layer 105, and the transparent routing layer 106 comprises a plurality of transparent conducting wires; a via 107 is formed from the transparent wiring layer 106 to penetrate the laminated structure 102 from the transparent wiring layer 106 to the top of the lead 101, and then the via 107 may be filled with a conductive material to connect a transparent conductive wire with the lead 101.
Bonding pins (Bonding pins) are left on the transparent wiring layer 106, and the IC is bonded to the Bonding pins to complete the fabrication of the display panel.
Based on the same inventive concept, as shown in fig. 2, the present application further provides a display panel manufacturing method, which specifically includes the following steps:
as shown in fig. 3, the signal line in the substrate 10 is exposed on one edge side as a lead 101; the leads 101 are located on the upper surface or the lower surface of the substrate 10. The substrate 10 has a plurality of signal lines therein, including but not limited to data lines, scan lines, power lines VSS/VDD, and the like. As an alternative embodiment, the signal lines in the substrate 10 are routed in a High Pin (High Pin) manner. That is, each signal line inside the panel is routed on the panel in a straight-up or straight-down manner, and the routing layer is exposed from the uppermost side and the lowermost side to serve as a pin 101, which facilitates the contact of the later-described via.
As shown in fig. 4 and 5, a plurality of micro light emitting diodes 103 are fixedly disposed on each of the substrates 10 and electrically connected to the signal lines; specifically, the micro light emitting diode 103 is soldered on the substrate 10 through a bonding Pad (Pad) 100; as an optional implementation, further comprising forming an adhesive sealing layer 104 on the substrate 10, the adhesive sealing layer encapsulating the micro light emitting diode, and forming a flat layer 105 on the adhesive sealing layer; as shown in fig. 5, a laminated structure 102 is etched above the lead 101; specifically, the laminated structure 102 is disposed in the sealant layer 104 in a penetrating manner, and the laminated structure 102 is correspondingly disposed above the leads 101 of the substrate. As an alternative embodiment, the stacked structure 102 is formed by etching through a chemical vapor deposition process.
As shown in fig. 6, a transparent wiring layer 106 is formed on the micro light emitting diodes 103 of the plurality of substrates 10; the transparent wiring layer 106 comprises a plurality of transparent conducting wires; the transparent conducting wire comprises but is not limited to a fine metal wire, a nano silver wire, graphene, indium tin oxide or a carbon nanotube;
a via 107 penetrating to the lead 101 through the stacked structure 102 is formed, and then the via 107 may be filled with a conductive material to connect the transparent conductive line to the lead through the via;
the IC chip is bonded on the transparent wiring layer 106.
Based on the same inventive concept, the application also provides a manufacturing method of the display device, wherein the same first display panel and the same second display panel are seamlessly spliced to form the display device; as an alternative seamless splicing method:
the first display panel and the second display panel are arranged in an array mode, and the frames of the first display panel and the second display panel are in close contact;
a splicing area is included between the first display panel and the second display panel;
the display device also comprises a third display panel, and the third display panel completely covers the splicing area so that the splicing display device has a seamless splicing display effect.
According to the display panel, based on the TFT glass substrate modular splicing technology, the transparent wiring layer is designed on the top layer, and the signal wires of the micro light-emitting diodes are connected through the transparent wires arranged on the transparent wiring layer, so that the fan-out space is saved, and the splicing gap is reduced; the display panel can be suitable for large-size splicing, the overhauling times of the substrate can be effectively reduced, and the influence of repeated repairing on the Micro LED chip can be further reduced.
It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the examples described above, but that modifications and variations may be effected thereto by those of ordinary skill in the art in light of the foregoing description, and that all such modifications and variations are intended to be within the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.