US 11,882,747 B2
Display panel and display apparatus
Xueshun Hou, Wuhan (CN); Dongxu Xiang, Wuhan (CN); Yuan Li, Wuhan (CN); and Tao Peng, Wuhan (CN)
Assigned to WuHan TianMa Micro-electronics CO., LTD., Wuhan (CN)
Filed by WuHan TianMa Micro-electronics CO., LTD., Wuhan (CN)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/138,790.
Claims priority of application No. 202011149420.8 (CN), filed on Oct. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0118960 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. H10K 59/35 (2023.01); H10K 59/65 (2023.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/353 (2023.02) [H10K 59/131 (2023.02); H10K 59/65 (2023.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display panel, comprising:
a normal display region comprising a first display region, a second display region and a third display region; and
a functional region,
wherein along a first direction, a length of the second display region is smaller than a length of the first display region and smaller than a length of the third display region, and the length of the first display region is smaller than the length of the third display region,
wherein a density of sub-pixels located in the functional region is smaller than a density of sub-pixels located in the normal display region; the second display region, the functional region, and the first display region are sequentially adjacent to each other along the first direction; the functional region and at least one of the first display region or the second display region are adjacent to the third display region along a second direction, and the first direction intersects the second direction,
wherein the first display region is a specific display region, a plurality of first pixel circuits is located in the specific display region, a plurality of first semiconductor pattern layers is provided in the plurality of first pixel circuits, the plurality of first semiconductor pattern layers is arranged along a third direction and connected to each other, and a first angle α included between the third direction and the first direction satisfies 90°>α≥0°,
wherein a plurality of second pixel circuits is located in the second display region, a plurality of second semiconductor pattern layers is provided in the plurality of second pixel circuits in one-to-one correspondence, the plurality of second semiconductor pattern layers is arranged along a fourth direction and connected to each other, a second angle β included between the fourth direction and the first direction satisfies 90°>β≥0°,
wherein the plurality of second semiconductor pattern layers that is arranged along the fourth direction and connected to each other is connected to the plurality of first semiconductor pattern layers that is arranged along the third direction and connected to each other, and
wherein one second semiconductor pattern layer of the plurality of second semiconductor pattern layers that is located in the second display region is, by the functional region, spaced apart from one first semiconductor pattern layer of the plurality of first semiconductor pattern layers that is located in the specific display region, and the one second semiconductor pattern layer is connected to the one first semiconductor pattern layer and the functional region comprises a light-transmitting region and a transition region surrounding the light-transmitting region;
wherein at least one connecting semiconductor is provided in the transition region, and through the at least one connecting semiconductor, the plurality of second semiconductor pattern layers that is arranged along the fourth direction and connected to each other is connected to the plurality of first semiconductor pattern layers that is arranged along the third direction and connected to each other; and
wherein each of the at least one connecting semiconductor is connected to at least two of the plurality of second semiconductor pattern layers that are located in the second display region and adjacent to the functional region, and connected to at least two of the plurality of first semiconductor pattern layers that are located in the first display region and adjacent to the functional region.