Disclosure of Invention
An objective of the embodiments of the present application is to provide a display panel and a display device, which are used for solving the problem that the position of a blind hole of a liquid crystal panel is easy to generate yellowing phenomenon when being pressed in the prior art. The specific technical scheme is as follows:
An embodiment of a first aspect of the present application provides a display panel including an array substrate, a counter substrate arranged opposite to the array substrate, a liquid crystal layer arranged between the array substrate and the counter substrate, and a support structure arranged between the array substrate and the counter substrate, the display panel including a display region, a blind hole region, and a transition region arranged between the display region and the blind hole region, the support structure being arranged at the transition region.
In some embodiments of the application, the support structure includes a plurality of spacers disposed around the blind hole region within the transition region, and at least some of the plurality of spacers have different heights.
In some embodiments of the present application, the support structure includes a plurality of spacers disposed around the blind hole region in the transition region, and heights of the plurality of spacers decrease in sequence along a direction in which the transition region points to an edge of the blind hole region.
In some embodiments of the present application, the spacer is disposed on a side of the opposite substrate near the array substrate, a portion of the spacers include a plurality of columnar spacers disposed around the blind hole region, and another portion of the spacers include a plurality of stripe-shaped spacers disposed around the blind hole region.
In some embodiments of the present application, the distance between the strip-shaped spacers and the array substrate is smaller than the distance between the columnar spacers and the array substrate.
In some embodiments of the present application, the shortest distance between the two adjacent stripe-shaped spacers is smaller than the shortest distance between the two adjacent column-shaped spacers.
In some embodiments of the application, a light shielding layer is disposed on the counter substrate, the light shielding layer covering the transition region in orthographic projection of the counter substrate.
In some embodiments of the present application, a cushion layer is disposed on a side of the light shielding layer near the array substrate, where the front projection of the cushion layer on the opposite substrate and the front projection of the strip-shaped spacers on the opposite substrate at least partially overlap.
In some embodiments of the present application, the array substrate includes a first substrate, a thin film transistor disposed on the first substrate and located in the display region, the thin film transistor including a gate electrode, an active layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, and a first electrode connected to the drain electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode being disposed opposite to each other;
the array substrate further comprises a grid line and a data line, wherein the grid line is positioned in the display area, the grid line is connected with the grid electrode of the thin film transistor, the data line is connected with the source electrode of the thin film transistor, the grid line extends to the transition area and forms a first metal wiring layer in the transition area, and the data line extends to the transition area and forms a second metal wiring layer in the transition area.
In some embodiments of the present application, the array substrate further includes a gate insulating layer disposed between the gate electrode and the source electrode, the drain electrode, and an interlayer insulating layer disposed between the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the first electrode, and a passivation layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode.
In some embodiments of the present application, the counter substrate is a color film substrate, and the color film substrate includes a second substrate and a color resistance unit disposed on the second substrate, where the color resistance unit is located in the display area.
In some embodiments of the present application, the display panel further includes a first alignment layer disposed on a side of the array substrate adjacent to the liquid crystal layer, and a second alignment layer disposed on a side of the color film substrate adjacent to the liquid crystal layer.
In some embodiments of the present application, the first alignment layer is disposed on the passivation layer and the second electrode, the color film substrate further includes a planarization layer covering the color resist unit and the second substrate, and the second alignment layer is disposed on the planarization layer.
An embodiment of a second aspect of the present application provides a display device including a display panel according to any one of the embodiments described above.
The embodiment of the application has the beneficial effects that:
According to the display panel provided by the embodiment of the application, the supporting structure is arranged in the transition area between the display area and the blind hole area, and the supporting structure can provide support for the thickness of the liquid crystal layer around the blind hole area in the display panel. In the display panel of the related art, the spacer is not arranged at the position of the blind hole, so when the periphery of the blind hole is pressed, the liquid crystal around the blind hole is concentrated in the pixel area nearest to the blind hole, thereby causing the yellowing problem of the display panel. The supporting structure of the display panel can provide support for the thickness of the liquid crystal layer around the blind hole area in the display panel, and even if the position of the blind hole is pressed, the thickness of the liquid crystal layer around the blind hole can be prevented from being changed, so that the arrangement of liquid crystal is prevented from being changed, the problems of yellowing of the periphery and the like are solved, and the display quality of the display panel is ensured. In addition, the display panel of the embodiment of the application can be applied to a display device, so that the display quality of the display device can be improved.
Of course, it is not necessary for any one product or method of practicing the application to achieve all of the advantages set forth above at the same time.
Detailed Description
The following description of the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present application, all other embodiments obtained by the person skilled in the art based on the present application are included in the scope of protection of the present application.
As shown in fig. 1 to 4, an embodiment of the first aspect of the present application provides a display panel 100. The display panel 100 includes an array substrate 101, a counter substrate 102 disposed opposite to the array substrate 101, a liquid crystal layer 103 disposed between the array substrate 101 and the counter substrate 102, and a support structure 140 disposed between the array substrate 101 and the counter substrate 102. The display panel 100 includes a display region 110, a blind via region 120, and a transition region 130 disposed between the display region 110 and the blind via region 120, and the support structure 140 is disposed in the transition region 130. It should be noted that the support structure 140 may be disposed on the array substrate 101, and the orthographic projection of the support structure 140 on the array substrate 101 is located in the transition region 130, and the support structure 140 may also be disposed on the opposite substrate 102, and the orthographic projection of the support structure 140 on the opposite substrate 102 is located in the transition region 130.
According to the display panel 100 provided by the embodiment of the application, the support structure 140 is arranged between the array substrate 101 and the opposite substrate 102 and located in the transition region 130, and the support structure 140 can provide support for the thickness of the liquid crystal layer around the blind hole region in the display panel 100. In the display panel of the related art, the spacer is not arranged at the position of the blind hole, so when the periphery of the blind hole is pressed, the liquid crystal around the blind hole is concentrated in the pixel area nearest to the blind hole, thereby causing the yellowing problem of the display panel. In the display panel 100 of the embodiment of the present application, the supporting structure 140 can provide support for the thickness of the liquid crystal layer around the blind hole area 120 in the display panel, and even if the blind hole is pressed, the thickness of the liquid crystal layer around the blind hole is prevented from changing, so as to prevent the arrangement of the liquid crystal from changing, further solve the problems of yellowing around the periphery, and further improve the display quality of the display panel 100.
It should be noted that, in the related art, the Main spacer 111 and the auxiliary spacer 112 are disposed in the display area 110 of the display panel 100, wherein the Main spacer 111 is usually in the form of a support column, called Main support column (Main-PS), and the auxiliary spacer 112 can also be in the form of a support column, called auxiliary support column (Sub-PS), and the height of the auxiliary spacer 112 is smaller than that of the Main spacer 111. Embodiments of the present application generally relate to the design of support structures in the transition region 130 between the display region 110 and the blind via region 120 of the display panel 100.
In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 2, the supporting structure 140 includes a plurality of spacers 141 disposed around the blind hole area 120 in the transition area 130, and at least some of the plurality of spacers 141 have different heights, so that the plurality of spacers 141 can provide multi-stage support for the thickness of the cell around the blind hole, i.e. the plurality of spacers 141 can provide support under different pressures around the blind hole, so that the difference in thickness of the cell is avoided after the liquid crystal layer is compressed around the blind hole, and uniformity of arrangement of the cell thickness and the liquid crystal layer is ensured as much as possible, thereby improving the display quality of the display panel 100. The height of the spacer 141 refers to the dimension of the spacer 141 in the thickness direction of the display panel 100 (hereinafter, the height of the spacer 141 is also understood).
In some embodiments, the spacers 141 may be arranged in the transition region 130 according to a certain rule, specifically, as shown in fig. 2, the spacers 141 are arranged in the transition region 130 in an annular array around the blind hole region 120, so as to form a plurality of spacer rings around the blind hole region 120 in the transition region 130, the radius of each spacer ring is different, each spacer ring is arranged concentrically, and at least some spacer rings in the plurality of spacer rings have different heights, so that the plurality of spacer rings can provide multi-stage support for the thickness of the cell around the blind hole, i.e. the plurality of spacer rings can provide support under different pressures around the blind hole, so that the difference in thickness of the cell is avoided in the liquid crystal layer after the pressure around the blind hole, the thickness of the cell and the uniformity of the arrangement of the liquid crystal layer are ensured as much as possible, and the display quality of the display panel 100 is improved. The height of the spacer ring refers to the dimension of the spacer object constituting the spacer ring in the thickness direction of the display panel 100 (hereinafter, the height of the spacer ring is also understood).
Illustratively, the plurality of spacer rings include two spacer rings with different heights, which are respectively denoted as a first spacer ring and a second spacer ring, and the second spacer ring is higher than the first spacer ring, and the first spacer ring and the second spacer ring are arranged in a direction of the transition region 130 pointing to the edge of the blind hole region 120, so that the first spacer ring and the second spacer ring provide 2-level support when being pressed around the blind hole, thereby ensuring uniformity of arrangement of the box thickness and the liquid crystal layer as much as possible, avoiding occurrence of yellowing phenomenon, and improving display quality of the display panel 100.
Illustratively, the first spacer rings and the second spacer rings are alternately arranged at intervals in the direction of the transition region 130 pointing to the edge of the blind hole region 120, so that the second spacer rings and the first spacer rings provide support around the blind holes in sequence, thereby ensuring the uniformity of the arrangement of the liquid crystal layer and the thickness of the cell as much as possible, and avoiding occurrence of yellowing.
The first spacer rings are arranged at intervals in the direction of the transition region 130 pointing to the edge of the blind hole region 120, and the second spacer rings surround the outer portion of the first spacer rings, so that the second spacer rings and the first spacer rings can provide 2-stage step support when being pressed around the blind holes, the uniformity of the arrangement of the box thickness and the liquid crystal layer is ensured as much as possible, the occurrence of yellowing phenomenon is avoided, the display quality of the display panel 100 is improved, and in addition, the first spacer rings are lower than the second spacer rings, but are distributed more densely, and the compression resistance of the display panel 100 can be improved.
In some embodiments of the present application, the supporting structure 140 includes a plurality of spacers 141 disposed around the blind hole region 120 in the transition region 130, and the heights of the plurality of spacers 141 decrease gradually along the direction of the transition region 130 pointing to the edge of the blind hole region 120, so that the plurality of spacers 141 can provide a multi-stage gradual support from outside to inside when being pressed around the blind hole, thereby ensuring the uniformity of the arrangement of the box thickness and the liquid crystal layer as much as possible, avoiding occurrence of yellowing phenomenon, and improving the display quality of the display panel 100.
In some embodiments of the present application, a portion 141 of the plurality of spacers 141 comprises a plurality of columnar spacers 1411 disposed around the blind hole region 120, and another portion 141 of the plurality of spacers 141 comprises a plurality of stripe-shaped spacers 1412 disposed around the blind hole region 120.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, a plurality of spacers 141 are annularly arranged around the blind hole area 120 in the transition area 130, so as to form a plurality of spacer rings around the blind hole area 120 in the transition area 130, the spacer rings have different radii, and are concentrically arranged, wherein one spacer ring formed by annularly arranging a plurality of strip spacers 1412 around the blind hole area 120 in the transition area 130 is denoted as a third spacer ring, the remaining spacer rings are denoted as fourth spacer rings, each of the plurality of column spacers 1411 is annularly arranged around the blind hole area 120 in the transition area 130, the third spacer ring is formed around the outside of the plurality of fourth spacer rings, and the strip spacers 1412 are higher than the column spacers 1411. The strip-shaped spacer 1412 has a larger compression-resistant area than the columnar spacer 1411, so that the third spacer ring formed by a plurality of strip-shaped spacers 1412 has a stronger compression-resistant deformation-resistant capability, and the fourth spacer ring formed by a plurality of columnar spacers 1411 and the third spacer ring formed by a plurality of strip-shaped spacers 1412 can provide effective support, thereby effectively ensuring the uniformity of the arrangement of the box thickness and the liquid crystal layer, avoiding occurrence of yellowing phenomenon, and improving the display quality of the display panel 100.
Further, as shown in fig. 3, the number of third spacer rings is one, the number of fourth spacer rings is four, where the pitches of two adjacent strip spacers 1412 in the third spacer ring are equal, the pitches of two adjacent column spacer rings 1411 in the fourth spacer ring are equal, the diameters of the four fourth spacer rings decrease in sequence along the direction of the transition region 130 pointing to the edge of the blind hole region 120, and the pitches of two adjacent column spacers 1412 in the fourth spacer ring with small diameters are small between the four fourth spacer rings with different diameters.
In some embodiments of the present application, the spacers 141 may be disposed on a side of the opposite substrate 102 near the array substrate 101.
In some embodiments of the present application, the distance between the strip-shaped spacers 1412 and the array substrate 101 is smaller than the distance between the columnar spacers 1411 and the array substrate 101, so that the strip-shaped spacers 1412 and the columnar spacers 1411 can provide multi-stage support when pressed around the blind holes, thereby ensuring the uniformity of the arrangement of the liquid crystal layer and the thickness of the cell as much as possible, avoiding yellowing, and improving the display quality of the display panel 100.
In some embodiments of the present application, the shortest distance between two adjacent strip spacers 1412 is smaller than the shortest distance between two adjacent column spacers 1411, so as to increase the supporting density around the blind hole and prevent the problem of yellowing of the boundary of the blind hole.
In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 3, a light shielding layer 142 is disposed on the opposite substrate 102, and the front projection of the light shielding layer 142 on the opposite substrate 102 covers the transition region 130, so that the light emitted by the backlight source can be shielded by the light shielding layer 142, thereby avoiding the light leakage phenomenon in the transition region 130 between the display region 110 and the blind hole region 120 in the display panel 100.
In some embodiments of the present application, a cushion layer 143 is disposed on a side of the light shielding layer 142 near the array substrate 101, where the cushion layer 143 may be a color resist, and the color resist may be any one of a red light resist, a green light resist, and a blue light resist, and the front projection of the cushion layer 143 on the opposite substrate 102 and the front projection of a part of the spacers 141 of the support structure 140 on the opposite substrate 102 at least partially overlap, so that the cushion layer 143 may raise the part of the spacers 141 in the support structure 140. In addition, while achieving the difference in the heights of at least part of the spacers 141 in the transition region 110, a new layer (the layer structure of the blind via region 120 is the same as that of the display region 100) is not introduced, so that the manufacturing process is simplified.
In some embodiments, the front projection of the cushion layer 143 onto the counter substrate 102 at least partially overlaps the front projection of the strip-shaped spacers 1412 onto the counter substrate 102; further, the orthographic projection of the strip-shaped spacers 1412 on the opposite substrate 102 is located within the orthographic projection of the cushion layer 143 on the opposite substrate 102. Therefore, the strip-shaped spacer 1412 can be lifted, the height difference between the columnar spacer 1411 and the strip-shaped spacer 1412 is increased, and the columnar spacer 1411 can start to provide support only when the strip-shaped spacer 1412 is deformed by enough external force around the blind hole and is insufficient to provide support, so that the compression resistance around the blind hole can be improved, the uniformity of arrangement of the box thickness and the liquid crystal layer can be effectively ensured, the occurrence of yellowing phenomenon is avoided, and the display quality of the display panel 100 is improved.
In some embodiments of the present application, the distance between two adjacent columnar spacers 1411 is 60 um-100 um, the distance between two adjacent strip-shaped spacers 1412 is 40 um-60 um, and the distance between two adjacent strip-shaped spacers 1412 is smaller than the distance between two adjacent columnar spacers 1411, so that the support density of the edges of the blind holes can be enhanced, and the problem of yellowing of the boundaries of the blind holes can be prevented.
In some embodiments of the present application, the length x width of the stripe-shaped spacers 1412 is 50um x 10um, the width of the pad layer 143 is 10-20 um, and the size of the column-shaped spacers 1411 is consistent with the size of the main spacers 111 of the display area 110, and it should be understood that the size herein includes the height.
In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the array substrate 101 includes a first substrate 1011, a thin film transistor 1012, a first electrode 1013 and a second electrode 104, the thin film transistor 1012 is disposed on the first substrate 1011 and is located in the display region 110, the thin film transistor 1012 includes a gate electrode 1012-1, an active layer 1012-2, a source electrode 1012-3 and a drain electrode 1012-4, the first electrode 1013 is connected with the drain electrode 1012-4, and the second electrode 104 and the first electrode 1013 are disposed opposite to each other; the array substrate 101 further includes a gate line and a data line in the display area 110, the gate line is connected to the gate electrode 1012-1 of the thin film transistor 1012, the data line is connected to the source electrode 1012-3 of the thin film transistor 1012, the gate line extends to the transition area 130 and forms the first metal wiring layer 1014 in the transition area 130, and the data line extends to the transition area 130 and forms the second metal wiring layer 1015 in the transition area 130. It is understood that the first electrode 1013 is a pixel electrode and the second electrode 104 is a common electrode.
In some embodiments of the present application, the array substrate 101 further includes a gate insulating layer 1016 and a passivation layer 1017, the gate insulating layer 1016 is disposed between the gate electrode 1012-1 and the source electrode 1012-3, the drain electrode 1012-4, the gate insulating layer 1016 extends to the transition region 130 and is located between the first metal routing layer 1014 and the second metal routing layer 1015, and the passivation layer 1017 is disposed between the first electrode 1013 and the second electrode 104. Note that the thin film transistor 1012 may be a bottom gate type, the gate electrode 1012-1 is disposed on the first substrate 1011, and the active layer 1012-2 is disposed on a side of the gate insulating layer 1016 away from the gate electrode 1012-1. Of course, the thin film transistor may also be a top gate type, and the gate electrode 1012-1 is disposed on a side of the active layer 1012-2 away from the first substrate 1011.
In some embodiments of the present application, the opposite substrate 102 may be a color film substrate, the color film substrate includes a second substrate 1021 and a color resist unit 1022 disposed on the second substrate 1021, the color resist unit 1022 is located in the display area 110, the color resist unit 1022 may include a first color resist, a second color resist and a third color resist, the first color resist may be a red resist, the second color resist may be a green resist, the third color resist may be a blue resist, and a black matrix 1023 may be disposed between two adjacent color resists to prevent color mixing.
In some embodiments of the present application, the display panel 100 further includes a first alignment layer 105 and a second alignment layer 106, where the first alignment layer 105 is disposed on a side of the array substrate 101 near the liquid crystal layer 103, the second alignment layer 106 is disposed on a side of the color film substrate near the liquid crystal layer 103, and the first alignment layer 105 and the second alignment layer 106 cooperatively control an initial array direction of the liquid crystal layer 103.
In some embodiments of the present application, the first alignment layer 105 is disposed on the passivation layer 1017 and the second electrode 104, the color film substrate further includes a planarization layer 1024, the planarization layer 1024 covers the color resist unit 1022 and the second substrate 1021, the second alignment layer 106 is disposed on the planarization layer 1024, the passivation layer 1017 is used to make the surface of the array substrate smoother, and meanwhile, the planarization layer 1024 covers the color resist unit 1022 and the second substrate 1021, so that the surface of the color film substrate is smoother and plays a role of protecting the color resist unit 1022.
In some embodiments, the passivation layer 1017 is a PVX protective layer and the planarization layer 1024 is an OC protective layer.
An embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention provides a display device including the display panel 100 in any of the above embodiments.
According to the display device provided by the embodiment of the application, the display panel 100 is provided with the support structure 140 between the array substrate 101 and the opposite substrate 102 and located in the transition region 130, and the support structure 140 can provide support for the cell thickness of the liquid crystal layer around the blind hole region in the display panel 100. Even under the condition that the positions of the blind holes are pressed, the change of the thickness of the liquid crystal layer around the blind holes can be avoided, so that the change of the arrangement of liquid crystals is avoided, the problems of yellowing and the like of the periphery are solved, and the display quality of the display panel 100 is improved.
In some embodiments of the present application, the display device further includes a backlight module, and the backlight module is located at the back of the display panel 100.
In some embodiments of the present application, the display device further includes a camera assembly, the camera assembly is located between the display panel 100 and the backlight module, and the camera assembly is aligned with the blind hole region 120.
It is noted that relational terms such as first and second, and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Moreover, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.
In this specification, each embodiment is described in a related manner, and identical and similar parts of each embodiment are all referred to each other, and each embodiment mainly describes differences from other embodiments.
The foregoing description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present application and is not intended to limit the scope of the present application. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application are included in the protection scope of the present application.