# US 11,114,523 B2 · Display panel and electronic device including the same

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- Number: US 11,114,523 B2
- Document ID: US11114523B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/687,917
- Filed: 2019-11-19
- Published: 2020-06-04
- Granted: 2021-09-07
- Earliest claimed: 2018-11-30
- Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Hyunae Park; Jaewon Kim; Seungwoo Sung; Jun-yong An; Nuree Um; Ji-eun Lee; Yun-kyeong In; Donghyeon Jang; Seunghan Jo; Junyoung Jo
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11114523B2

## CPC

- H10K 59/131: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals
- G09G 3/3225: using an active matrix
- G09G 3/3266: Details of drivers for scan electrodes
- H10K 50/841: {Self-supporting sealing arrangements}
- H10K 50/86: Arrangements for improving contrast, e.g. preventing reflection of ambient light
- H10K 59/121: characterised by the geometry or disposition of pixel elements
- H10K 59/1213: {the pixel elements being TFTs}
- H10K 59/1216: {the pixel elements being capacitors}
- H10K 59/123: Connection of the pixel electrodes to the thin film transistors [TFT]
- H10K 59/1315: {comprising structures specially adapted for lowering the resistance}
- H10K 59/40: OLEDs integrated with touch screens
- H10K 59/88: Dummy elements, i.e. elements having non-functional features
- G09G 2300/0426: Layout of electrodes and connections
- G09G 2300/08: Active matrix structure, i.e. with use of active elements, inclusive of non-linear two terminal elements, in the pixels together with light emitting or modulating elements
- H10D 86/441: {Interconnections, e.g. scanning lines}
- H10D 86/481: {integrated with passive devices, e.g. auxiliary capacitors}
- H10D 86/60: wherein the TFTs are in active matrices
- H10K 59/124: Insulating layers formed between TFT elements and OLED elements
- H10K 59/65: OLEDs integrated with inorganic image sensors
- H10K 59/871: {Self-supporting sealing arrangements}
- H10K 59/8791: {Arrangements for improving contrast, e.g. preventing reflection of ambient light}
- H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES
- G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00)
- H10D: INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

## Abstract

A display panel includes a first panel region (FPR) including (n−1)-th and n-th pixel rows ((n−1)PR and nPR), and a second panel region (SPR) dividing the nPR to propagate an optical signal. The display panel includes a circuit element layer (CEL) and a display element layer (DEL). The CEL includes a signal line (SL), a pixel driving circuit (PDC), and first to third regions. The SL and the PDC are in the first region. The second region (SR) corresponds to the SPR. The SL and the PDC are not in the SR. The third region (TR) corresponds to the SPR and is along a periphery of the SR. The SL is in the TR, and includes an (n−1)-th scan line ((n−1)SL) connected to the (n−1)PR, an n-th reset line (nRL) connected to the nPR, and a first row connection line in the TR and connecting the (n−1)SL and the nRL.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device comprising:
a display panel comprising:
a first panel region comprising:
a first pixel;
a second pixel disposed in a same pixel row as the first pixel;
a third pixel disposed in a pixel row different from the pixel row of the first pixel and the second pixel; and
a fourth pixel disposed in a same pixel row as the third pixel; and
a second panel region having greater light transmittance than the first panel region; and
a third panel region having greater light transmittance than the first panel region, wherein the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel, and the fourth pixel are disposed outside the second panel region, and the third panel region, the first pixel opposite to the second pixel with respect to the second panel region and the third panel region, and the third pixel is opposite to the fourth pixel with respect to the second panel region and the third panel region; and
an optical film disposed on the display panel,
wherein the display panel comprises:
a circuit element layer comprising a signal line;
pixel driving circuits configured to drive a corresponding pixel of the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel, and the fourth pixel; and
a display element layer disposed on the circuit element layer, the display element layer comprising a display element and a dummy display element,
wherein the circuit element layer comprises:
a first region in which the signal line and the pixel driving circuits are disposed;
a second region corresponding to the second panel region and the third panel region, the signal line and the pixel driving circuits being disposed outside the second region;
a third region disposed along a periphery of the second region, the signal line being disposed in the third region; and
a dummy region disposed between the second panel region and the third panel region,
wherein the signal line comprises:
a first scan line connected to the first pixel;
a second scan line connected to the second pixel;
a first reset line connected to the third pixel;
a second reset line connected to the fourth pixel; and
a connection line disposed in the third region and the dummy region, the connection line being electrically connected to the first scan line, the second scan line,
the first reset line, and the second reset line;
wherein the dummy display element is disposed in the dummy region, and
laminated structures of the display element and the dummy display element are different from each other.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein:
the pixel driving circuits comprise transistors;
the transistors comprise:
a first transistor; and
a second transistor different from the first transistor; and
the connection line is configured to provide a signal to the first transistors of each of the first pixel and the second pixel, and to the second transistor of each of the third pixel and the fourth pixel.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the first and second scan lines and the first and second reset lines are disposed in a same layer as control electrodes of the first transistor.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the connection line is disposed in a same layer as a capacitor electrode electrically connected to a corresponding first transistor.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the optical film comprises an opening corresponding to the second panel region.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising an electro-optical module configured to transmit or receive an optical signal, wherein the electro-optical module overlaps the second panel region.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein each of the second panel region and the third panel region comprises an opening penetrating from a bottom surface of the display panel to a top surface of the display panel.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the pixel driving circuit is not disposed in the second panel region.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein:
the circuit element layer further comprises a dummy pixel driving circuit disposed in the dummy region; and
the pixel driving circuit and the dummy pixel driving circuit comprise a plurality of transistors having a same configuration.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The electronic device of claim 9, wherein:
the dummy display element is not electrically connected to the dummy pixel driving circuit, and
the display element is electrically connected to the pixel driving circuit.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein:
the first scan line, the second scan line, the first reset line, and the second reset line are disposed in a same layer; and
the connection line and the first scan line are disposed in layers different from each other.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the connection line comprise a first portion disposed in the third region and a second portion disposed in the dummy region.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the first portion and the second portion are disposed in layers different from each other.