# US 11,910,683 B2 · Display panel and display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,910,683 B2 - Document ID: US11910683B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/682,329 - Filed: 2022-02-28 - Published: 2022-06-16 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2020-03-10 - Assignees: KunShan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd - Applicants: Kunshan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd - Inventors: Junhui Lou; Lu Zhang; Shixing Cai; Yong Wu; Lin Ge; Yanan Ji - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11910683B2 ## CPC - H10K 59/80515: {characterised by their shape} - H10K 59/35: comprising red-green-blue [RGB] subpixels - H10K 59/353: {characterised by the geometrical arrangement of the RGB subpixels} - H10K 59/65: OLEDs integrated with inorganic image sensors - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract A display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a transparent display region. A plurality of sub-pixels are disposed in the transparent display region and the plurality of sub-pixels are arranged in a line along at least one direction. In each line of the plurality of sub-pixels arranged along at least one direction, a bottom electrode of one sub-pixel of each two adjacent sub-pixels among at least a part of a plurality of two adjacent sub-pixels has a first shape type, and a bottom electrode of the other sub-pixel of each two adjacent sub-pixels has a second shape type; the first shape type includes a circle or an ellipse; and the second shape type is the same as a shape of a light-emitting region of the other sub-pixel of each two adjacent sub-pixels. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display panel having a transparent display region, comprising: a plurality of sub-pixels disposed in the transparent display region, wherein, in two adjacent sub-pixels among at least a part of a plurality of two adjacent sub-pixels of the plurality of sub-pixels, a bottom electrode of a first sub-pixel of the two adjacent sub-pixels has a first shape type, and a bottom electrode of a second sub-pixel of the two adjacent sub-pixels has a second shape type, the second shape type is the same as a shape of a light-emitting region of the second sub-pixel of the two adjacent sub-pixels, and wherein the first shape type is different from the second shape type. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the first shape type comprises a circle or an ellipse, and the plurality of sub-pixels are arranged in lines. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display panel according to claim 2, wherein the sub-pixels in each line of the plurality of sub-pixels are divided to form a plurality of first repeating units, each first repeating unit among the plurality of first repeating units comprises three sub-pixels of the plurality of sub-pixels, wherein, in the first repeating unit of at least a part of the plurality of first repeating units, bottom electrodes of two adjacent sub-pixels have the first shape type, and a bottom electrode of a third sub-pixel has the second shape type. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display panel according to claim 3, wherein in the first repeating unit, the sub-pixel having the bottom electrode of the second shape type is a green sub-pixel. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The display panel according to claim 2, wherein the sub-pixels in each line of the plurality of sub-pixels are divided to form a plurality of first repeating units, each first repeating unit among the plurality of first repeating units comprising three sub-pixels of the plurality of sub-pixels, wherein, in the first repeating unit of at least a part of the plurality of first repeating units, bottom electrodes of two adjacent sub-pixels have the second shape type, and a bottom electrode of a third sub-pixel has the first shape type. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display panel according to claim 5, wherein in the first repeating unit, the two adjacent sub-pixels having the bottom electrodes of the second shape type are a green sub-pixel and a blue sub-pixel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein in the line of the plurality of sub-pixels, sub-pixels which have bottom electrodes of the first shape type and sub-pixels which have bottom electrodes of the second shape type are arranged alternately. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of sub-pixels are arranged in a line along a first direction, the plurality of sub-pixels form a plurality of pixels, and each pixel among the plurality of pixels comprises three sub-pixels emitting different colors; wherein two sub-pixels in each pixel are arranged along the first direction, and virtual centers of the three sub-pixels in each pixel are connected to form a virtual triangle. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The display panel according to claim 8, wherein two virtual triangles which correspond to two pixels adjacently arranged along the first direction have vertex angles pointing to opposite directions along a second direction, and the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of sub-pixels are arranged in a matrix; and along a row direction of the matrix, the sub-pixels which have bottom electrodes of the first shape type and the sub-pixels which have bottom electrodes of the second shape type are arranged alternately, and along a column direction of the matrix, the sub-pixels which have bottom electrodes of the first shape type and the sub-pixels which have bottom electrodes of the second shape type are arranged alternately. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The display panel according to claim 10, wherein shapes of light-emitting regions of the plurality of sub-pixels comprise at least one of a triangle, a square, a pentagon, a circle, an ellipse, and a rounded rectangle. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The display panel according to claim 10, wherein the second shape type comprises at least one of a triangle, a square, a pentagon, a circle, an ellipse, and a rounded rectangle. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein along a direction of thickness of the display panel, a projection of a light-emitting region of the sub-pixel among the plurality of sub-pixels on a bottom electrode of the sub-pixel is within the bottom electrode of the sub-pixel; and a ratio of an area of a light-emitting region of a sub-pixel which has a bottom electrode of the first shape type to an area of the bottom electrode of the first shape type is less than a ratio of an area of a light-emitting region of a sub-pixel which has a bottom electrode of the second shape type to an area of the bottom electrode of the second shape type. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, further comprising a main display region disposed around at least a part of the transparent display region, wherein the plurality of sub-pixels comprising a plurality of first sub-pixels disposed in the main display region, and bottom electrodes of the plurality of first sub-pixels in the main display region have the second shape type. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The display panel according to claim 14, wherein a transmittance of the main display region is lower than a transmittance of the transparent display region. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of sub-pixels comprise light-emitting regions of a same shape. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of sub-pixels comprise light-emitting regions of different shapes. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein a light-emitting region of each sub-pixel among the plurality of sub-pixels is located in a middle region of a bottom electrode of the each sub-pixel. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) A display device, comprising the display panel according to claim 1 and comprising a photosensitive component disposed below the transparent display region of the display panel. ### Claim 20 A display panel having a transparent display region, comprising: a plurality of sub-pixels disposed in the transparent display region, wherein, in two adjacent sub-pixels among at least a part of a plurality of two adjacent sub-pixels of the plurality of sub-pixels, a bottom electrode of a first sub-pixel of the two adjacent sub-pixels has a first shape type, and a bottom electrode of a second sub-pixel of the two adjacent sub-pixels has a second shape type, the second shape type is the same as a shape of a light-emitting region of the second sub-pixel of the two adjacent sub-pixels, wherein the first shape type comprises a circle or an ellipse, and the plurality of sub-pixels are arranged in lines, wherein the sub-pixels in each line of the plurality of sub-pixels are divided to form a plurality of first repeating units, each first repeating unit among the plurality of first repeating units comprises three sub-pixels of the plurality of sub-pixels, and wherein, in the first repeating unit of at least a part of the plurality of first repeating units, bottom electrodes of two adjacent sub-pixels have the first shape type, and a bottom electrode of a third sub-pixel has the second shape type.