# US 10,871,673 B2 · Display substrate and display apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,871,673 B2 - Document ID: US10871673B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/612,325 - Filed: 2018-08-27 - Published: 2020-06-04 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2018-05-03 - Assignees: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.; Beijing Boe Display Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Beijing Boe Display Technology Co., Ltd.; BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Dianzheng Dong; Weitao Chen; Yu Ma; Yan Yan; Dade Sheng; Dongqi Chang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10871673B2 ## CPC - G02F 1/133512: {Light shielding layers, e.g. black matrix (G02F1/136209 takes precedence)} - G02F 1/133388: {with constructional differences between the display region and the peripheral region} - G02F 2202/22: Antistatic materials or arrangements - G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS ## Abstract The present application provides a display substrate having a display area and a peripheral area. The display substrate includes a base substrate; a black matrix in the peripheral area on the base substrate; and an auxiliary black matrix in the peripheral area on the base substrate and spaced apart from the black matrix. The auxiliary black matrix is in an outer peripheral region of the peripheral area. The outer peripheral region is a region outside the black matrix and on a side of a region in the peripheral area occupied by the black matrix distal to the display area. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display substrate having a display area and a peripheral area, comprising: a base substrate; a black matrix in the peripheral area on the base substrate; and an auxiliary black matrix in the peripheral area on the base substrate and spaced apart from the black matrix by a main gap, the auxiliary black matrix being in an outer peripheral region of the peripheral area, the outer peripheral region being a region outside the black matrix and on a side of a region in the peripheral area occupied by the black matrix distal to the display area; wherein the auxiliary black matrix comprises a plurality of auxiliary black matrix blocks spaced apart from each other; gaps separating adjacent auxiliary black matrix blocks of the plurality of auxiliary black matrix blocks from each other comprise a plurality of first gap portions, a respective one of which having a first elongated shape, a longitudinal direction of the first elongated shape of the plurality of first gap portions substantially along a first direction; gaps separating adjacent auxiliary black matrix blocks of the plurality of auxiliary black matrix blocks from each other further comprise a plurality of second gap portions, a respective one of which having a second elongated shape, a longitudinal direction of the second elongated shape of the plurality of second gap portions substantially along the second direction; the plurality of first gap portions and the plurality of second gap portions form an inter-connected gap network independent of the main gap; two directly adjacent first gap portions of the plurality of first gap portions that are not directly connected by the main gap are connected by one of the plurality of second gap portions; two directly adjacent second gap portions of the plurality of second gap portions that are not directly connected by the main gap are connected by one of the plurality of first gap portions; a first total number of auxiliary black matrix blocks per first unit area is greater than a second total number of auxiliary black matrix blocks per second unit area, the first unit area and the second unit area having a same size, the second unit area being closer to the display area than the first unit area; and a first area of a first respective one of the plurality of auxiliary black matrix blocks is smaller than a second area of a second respective one of the plurality of auxiliary black matrix blocks, the second respective one of the plurality of auxiliary black matrix blocks being closer to the display area than the first respective one of the plurality of auxiliary black matrix blocks. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display substrate of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary black matrix covers at least 90% of the outer peripheral region. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display substrate of claim 1, wherein the black matrix substantially encircles the display area of the display substrate; and the auxiliary black matrix substantially encircles the black matrix. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display substrate of claim 1, wherein the plurality of first gap portions have a misaligned arrangement in the display substrate along a second direction different from the first direction so that not all of the plurality of first gap portions are collinear along the first direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display substrate of claim 4, wherein the plurality of second gap portions have a misaligned arrangement in the display substrate along the first direction so that not all of the plurality of second gap portions are collinear along the second direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display substrate of claim 1, wherein the plurality of auxiliary black matrix blocks constitute one or more groups of auxiliary black matrix blocks; each of the one or more groups of auxiliary black matrix blocks comprises a plurality of auxiliary black matrix clusters arranged in a repeating pattern in the display substrate; and each of the plurality of auxiliary black matrix clusters comprises one or more of the plurality of auxiliary black matrix blocks. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The display substrate of claim 6, wherein at least two of the plurality of auxiliary black matrix blocks in a same one of the plurality of auxiliary black matrix clusters have different shapes. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The display substrate of claim 6, wherein areas of multiple ones of the plurality of auxiliary black matrix blocks arranged along a direction from the display area to the peripheral area and in a same one of the plurality of auxiliary black matrix clusters sequentially decrease. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The display substrate of claim 6, wherein first gap portions of the plurality of first gap portions in each of the one or more groups of auxiliary black matrix blocks have a misaligned arrangement in the display substrate along a second direction different from the first direction so that not all of the first gap portions of the plurality of first gap portions in a same group of the one or more groups of auxiliary black matrix blocks are collinear along the first direction. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The display substrate of claim 9, wherein second gap portions of the plurality of second gap portions in each of the one or more groups of auxiliary black matrix blocks have a misaligned arrangement in the display substrate along the first direction so that not all of the second gap portions of the plurality of second gap portions in a same group of the one or more groups of auxiliary black matrix blocks are collinear along the second direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The display substrate of claim 1, wherein the plurality of auxiliary black matrix blocks constitute a plurality of circles of auxiliary black matrix blocks sequentially arranged along a direction from the display area to the peripheral area, each of the plurality of circles of auxiliary black matrix blocks comprising multiple ones of the plurality of auxiliary black matrix blocks arranged encircling the black matrix. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The display substrate of claim 11, wherein the plurality of circles of auxiliary black matrix blocks comprise a first circle of auxiliary black matrix blocks and a second circle of auxiliary black matrix blocks directly adjacent to each other; adjacent auxiliary black matrix blocks in the first circle of auxiliary black matrix blocks form a plurality of first gaps; adjacent auxiliary black matrix blocks in the second circle of auxiliary black matrix blocks form a plurality of second gaps; and any individual one of the plurality of first gaps is misaligned with respect to any of the plurality of second gaps. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The display substrate of claim 11, wherein areas of individual auxiliary black matrix blocks of the multiple ones of the plurality of auxiliary black matrix blocks in the plurality of circles of auxiliary black matrix blocks sequentially decrease along a direction from the display area to the peripheral area and across the plurality of circles of auxiliary black matrix blocks. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The display substrate of claim 11, wherein the multiple ones of the plurality of auxiliary black matrix blocks in a same one of the plurality of circles of auxiliary black matrix blocks have a substantially same shape and dimension. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The display substrate of claim 1, wherein the plurality of auxiliary black matrix blocks have a shape selected from a group consisting of a circular shape, a rectangular shape, a polygonal shape, and a mosaic shape. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The display substrate of claim 1, wherein the black matrix has a plurality of recesses along an outer boundary of the black matrix on a side of the black matrix distal to the display area. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The display substrate of claim 16, wherein at least a portion of each of the plurality of recesses has a stepped boundary. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The display substrate of claim 1, wherein the plurality of auxiliary black matrix blocks covers greater than 70% of an entire area of the outer peripheral region. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) A display apparatus, comprising the display substrate of claim 1, and a printed circuit board connected to the display substrate.