US 11,818,933 B2
Display panel and display device with virtual pixel circuit electrically connected to light emitting device in display area
Yanqiu Zhao, Beijing (CN); Yao Huang, Beijing (CN); Yue Long, Beijing (CN); Benlian Wang, Beijing (CN); and Weiyun Huang, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Chengdu (CN); and BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing (CN)
Filed by Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Chengdu (CN); and BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing (CN)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/218,902.
Claims priority of application No. 202010723788.4 (CN), filed on Jul. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0028938 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H10K 59/35 (2023.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/353 (2023.02) [H10K 59/131 (2023.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display panel, comprising:
a base substrate, comprising a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area, wherein the display area comprises a first display area and a second display area;
a plurality of pixel circuits, comprising a plurality of virtual pixel circuits and a plurality of drive pixel circuits, wherein the plurality of virtual pixel circuits are arranged in the peripheral area, and the plurality of drive pixel circuits are arranged in the second display area;
a plurality of light emitting devices, arranged on a side, facing away from the base substrate, of the plurality of pixel circuits, wherein the plurality of light emitting devices comprise a plurality of first light emitting devices and a plurality of second light emitting devices, the plurality of first light emitting devices are arranged in the first display area, and the plurality of second light emitting devices are arranged in the second display area;
wherein at least one of the plurality of virtual pixel circuits is electrically connected with at least one of the plurality of first light emitting devices, and at least one of the plurality of drive pixel circuits is electrically connected with at least one of the plurality of second light emitting devices;
the peripheral area comprises a first peripheral sub-area and a second peripheral sub-area which are arranged oppositely, and a third peripheral sub-area and a fourth peripheral sub-area which are arranged oppositely;
the first peripheral sub-area, the first display area and the second peripheral sub-area are arranged along a first direction, and the third peripheral sub-area, the first display area and the fourth peripheral sub-area are arranged along a second direction, wherein the first direction is different from the second direction; and
the plurality of virtual pixel circuits are arranged in at least one of the first peripheral sub-area, the second peripheral sub-area, the third peripheral sub-area and the fourth peripheral sub-area, and the at least one of the plurality of virtual pixel circuits is electrically connected with the at least one of the plurality of first light emitting devices through at least one connecting trace.