# US 11,444,141 B2 · Display panel with separated pixel circuit regions > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,444,141 B2 - Document ID: US11444141B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/622,913 - Filed: 2019-08-27 - Published: 2022-02-24 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-05-13 - Assignees: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Xiang Xiao; Baixiang Han - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11444141B2 ## CPC - H10K 59/121: characterised by the geometry or disposition of pixel elements - H10K 59/131: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract The present disclosure provides a display panel including gate lines and data lines disposed on a base substrate. The base substrate is further divided into pixel regions including transparent regions and pixel circuit regions having pixel circuits. The pixel circuit regions of at least two adjacent pixel regions are disposed next to each other and form a pixel circuit joining region, so that the pixel circuit regions of a same row or a same column of the pixel regions are arranged spaced apart from each other. Two adjacent pixel circuit joining regions are spaced apart by the transparent regions. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display panel, comprising: a base substrate; a plurality of gate lines arranged along a row on the base substrate and a plurality of data lines arranged along a column on the base substrate, and the base substrate further comprising pixel regions arranged in an array; wherein the pixel regions comprise transparent regions and pixel circuit regions, and the pixel circuit regions comprise pixel circuits; and wherein the pixel circuit regions of at least two adjacent pixel regions are disposed next to each other and form a pixel circuit joining region, so that the pixel circuit regions of a same row or a same column of the pixel regions are arranged spaced apart from each other, and two adjacent pixel circuit joining regions are spaced apart by the transparent regions. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the pixel circuit joining region is formed by at least three pixel regions arranged in the same row or the same column, wherein the pixel circuit regions of the at least three pixel regions in the same row or the same column are arranged next to each other, and each of the pixel circuit regions disposed at two ends of the pixel circuit joining region has an area smaller than an area of other pixel circuit regions, so that the two adjacent pixel circuit joining regions are spaced apart by the transparent regions. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein in the pixel regions forming the pixel circuit joining region, two ends of the transparent regions of two adjacent pixel regions are connected to each other and surround the pixel circuit joining region. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display panel according to claim 3, wherein the pixel circuit joining region comprises the pixel circuit regions of four pixel regions, wherein areas of the transparent regions of the four pixel regions are equal, and areas of the pixel circuit regions of the four pixel regions are also equal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display panel according to claim 4, wherein a shape of the pixel circuit joining region is a rectangle, and a shape of the pixel circuit regions is also a rectangle. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The display panel according to claim 4, wherein a shape of the pixel circuit joining region is a rhombus, and a shape of the pixel circuit regions is a triangle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the display panel further comprises a light-emitting unit, the pixel circuits provide a driving signal to the light-emitting unit, and the light-emitting unit comprises an anode, a light-emitting layer, and a cathode, which are disposed in a stack. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The display panel according to claim 7, wherein the anode, the light-emitting layer, and the cathode are arranged corresponding to the pixel circuit regions. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The display panel according to claim 7, wherein the light-emitting layer is disposed corresponding to the pixel circuit regions, and the anode and/or the cathode shares the pixel circuit regions and the transparent regions, wherein the anode and/or the cathode are made of a transparent material. ### Claim 10 A display panel, comprising: a base substrate; a plurality of gate lines arranged along a row on the base substrate and a plurality of data lines arranged along a column on the base substrate, and the base substrate further comprising pixel regions arranged in an array; wherein the pixel regions comprise transparent regions and pixel circuit regions, and the pixel circuit regions comprise pixel circuits; and wherein the pixel circuit regions of at least two adjacent pixel regions are disposed next to each other and form a pixel circuit joining region, so that the pixel circuit regions of a same row or a same column of the pixel regions are arranged spaced apart from each other, two adjacent pixel circuit joining regions are spaced apart by the transparent regions, and a border line between the transparent regions and the pixel circuit regions is a straight line, a zigzag line, or a curved line. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The display panel according to claim 10, wherein the pixel circuit joining region is formed by at least three pixel regions arranged in the same row or the same column, wherein the pixel circuit regions of the at least three pixel regions in the same row or the same column are arranged next to each other, and each of the pixel circuit regions disposed at two ends of the pixel circuit joining region has an area smaller than an area of other pixel circuit regions, so that the two adjacent pixel circuit joining regions are spaced apart by the transparent regions. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The display panel according to claim 10, wherein in the pixel regions forming the pixel circuit joining region, two ends of the transparent regions of two adjacent pixel regions are connected to each other and surround the pixel circuit joining region. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display panel according to claim 12, wherein the pixel circuit joining region comprises the pixel circuit regions of four pixel regions, wherein areas of the transparent regions of the four pixel regions are equal, and areas of the pixel circuit regions of the four pixel regions are also equal. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The display panel according to claim 13, wherein a shape of the pixel circuit joining region is a rectangle, and a shape of the pixel circuit regions is also a rectangle. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The display panel according to claim 13, wherein a shape of the pixel circuit joining region is a rhombus, and a shape of the pixel circuit regions is a triangle. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The display panel according to claim 10, wherein the display panel further comprises a light-emitting unit, the pixel circuits provide a driving signal to the light-emitting unit, and the light-emitting unit comprises an anode, a light-emitting layer, and a cathode, which are disposed in a stack. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The display panel according to claim 16, wherein the anode, the light-emitting layer, and the cathode are arranged corresponding to the pixel circuit regions. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The display panel according to claim 16, wherein the light-emitting layer is disposed corresponding to the pixel circuit regions, and the anode and/or the cathode shares the pixel circuit regions and the transparent regions, wherein the anode and/or the cathode are made of a transparent material.