# US 11,444,137 B2 · Display panel with simplified structure and display device comprising the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,444,137 B2 - Document ID: US11444137B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/824,841 - Filed: 2020-03-20 - Published: 2021-03-18 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-09-12 - Assignees: Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jiaxing Wang; Hongliang Yuan; Xiaojuan Wu; Qi Zheng; Yao Bi; Zhiqiang Zhao; Xuan Zhong; Zhangxiang Cheng; Donghua Zhang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11444137B2 ## CPC - H10K 59/179: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals - G09F 9/302: characterised by the form or geometrical disposition of the individual elements - G09G 3/2085: {Special arrangements for addressing the individual elements of the matrix, other than by driving respective rows and columns in combination} - H10K 50/11: characterised by the electroluminescent [EL] layers - H10K 59/805: {Electrodes} - G02F 1/134309: {characterised by their geometrical arrangement} - G09F 9/335: {being organic light emitting diodes [OLED]} - G09G 2300/0426: Layout of electrodes and connections - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS - 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) - 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 A display panel and a display device including the display panel are provided. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other. The first substrate includes a first base, and the second substrate includes a second base. The first substrate further includes a plurality of first electrodes in an array on the first base, and the second substrate further includes a plurality of second electrodes in an array on the second base. An orthographic projection of each second electrode on the first base at least partially overlaps orthographic projections of n first electrodes on the first base, n is an integer greater than 1. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display panel comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other, wherein the first substrate comprises a first base, the second substrate comprises a second base, the first substrate further comprises a plurality of first electrodes in an array on the first base, and the second substrate further comprises a plurality of second electrodes in an array on the second base, and wherein an orthographic projection of each second electrode of the plurality of second electrodes on the first base at least partially overlaps orthographic projections of n first electrodes of the plurality of first electrodes on the first base, wherein n is an integer greater than 1, wherein the first substrate further comprises a plurality of first leads outside a region of the plurality of first electrodes, wherein the plurality of first leads are configured to transmit a first driving signal to the plurality of first electrodes, wherein the second substrate further comprises a plurality of second leads outside a region of the plurality of second electrodes, and wherein the plurality of second leads are configured to transmit a second driving signal to the plurality of second electrodes, wherein h first leads among the plurality of first leads are configured to transmit the first driving signal to a column of first electrodes among the plurality of first electrodes, the h first leads are electrically connected to first h first electrodes in the column of first electrodes, respectively, and the h first electrodes are closer to the h first leads than remaining first electrodes in the column of first electrodes, wherein an i-th first electrode among the h first electrodes is electrically connected to a (2h−(i−1))-th first electrode and a (2h+i)-th first electrode in the column of first electrodes, wherein h is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and i is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to h. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein two first electrodes adjacent to each other and electrically connected to each other in the column of first electrodes among the plurality of first electrodes form an integral electrode block. ### Claim 3 A display panel comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other, wherein the first substrate comprises a first base, the second substrate comprises a second base, the first substrate further comprises a plurality of first electrodes in an array on the first base, and the second substrate further comprises a plurality of second electrodes in an array on the second base, and wherein an orthographic projection of each second electrode of the plurality of second electrodes on the first base at least partially overlaps orthographic projections of n first electrodes of the plurality of first electrodes on the first base, wherein n is an integer greater than 1, wherein the first substrate further comprises a plurality of first leads outside a region of the plurality of first electrodes, wherein the plurality of first leads are configured to transmit a first driving signal to the plurality of first electrodes, wherein the second substrate further comprises a plurality of second leads outside a region of the plurality of second electrodes, and wherein the plurality of second leads are configured to transmit a second driving signal to the plurality of second electrodes, wherein at least two first electrodes in each column of first electrodes among the plurality of first electrodes are electrically connected to a same first lead to receive a same first driving signal, wherein the plurality of first leads comprises m sets of first leads, wherein each set of first leads are electrically connected to two adjacent columns of first electrodes among the plurality of first electrodes, respectively, wherein orthographic projections of a column of second electrodes among the plurality of second electrodes on the first base overlap orthographic projections of two adjacent columns of first electrodes not electrically connected to a same set of first leads on the first base, and wherein m is an integer greater than 1. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the display panel further comprises a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the display panel further comprises an organic electroluminescent layer, and wherein the organic electroluminescent layer is between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the orthographic projection of each second electrode of the plurality of second electrodes on the first base overlaps the orthographic projections of the n first electrodes on the first base. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A display device comprising the display panel according to claim 1. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The display panel according to claim 6, wherein the display panel further comprises a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The display panel according to claim 6, wherein the display panel further comprises an organic electroluminescent layer, and wherein the organic electroluminescent layer is between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes. ### Claim 10 (depends on 3) A display device comprising the display panel according to claim 3. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The display device according to claim 10, wherein the display panel further comprises a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The display device according to claim 10, wherein the display panel further comprises an organic electroluminescent layer, and wherein the organic electroluminescent layer is between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes. ### Claim 13 (depends on 3) The display panel according to claim 3, wherein the display panel further comprises a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. ### Claim 14 (depends on 3) The display panel according to claim 3, wherein the display panel further comprises an organic electroluminescent layer, and wherein the organic electroluminescent layer is between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes.