# US 12,004,394 B2 · Display substrate and display device

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- Number: US 12,004,394 B2
- Document ID: US12004394B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/520,503
- Filed: 2021-11-05
- Published: 2022-09-29
- Granted: 2024-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2021-03-29
- Assignees: Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Fan He; Hongwei Ma; Xiangdan Dong
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12004394B2

## CPC

- H10D 86/441: {Interconnections, e.g. scanning lines}
- H10K 59/131: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals
- H10D 86/60: wherein the TFTs are in active matrices
- G09G 3/3225: using an active matrix
- G09G 2300/0426: Layout of electrodes and connections
- H10D: INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
- 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)

## Abstract

The disclosure discloses a display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes a base substrate, and a first wire layer, a first insulating layer, a transitional connection layer, a second insulating layer, a third insulating layer, and a second wire layer sequentially arranged on a wire changing region of the substrate; first wires of the first wire layer are electrically connected to electrical connection portions of the transitional connection layer through a first opening of the first insulating layer, and the electrical connection portions are electrically connected to second wires of the second wire layer through a second opening of the second insulating layer and a third opening of the third insulating layer; at least two of a projection of the first opening, a projection of the second opening, or a projection of the third opening on the substrate are staggered in positions.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A display substrate, comprising a base substrate comprising a display region and a wire changing region located at a periphery of the display region, and the display substrate further comprising a first wire layer, a first insulating layer, a transitional connection layer, a second insulating layer, a third insulating layer, and a second wire layer sequentially arranged on the wire changing region of the substrate; wherein,
the first insulating layer is provided with a first opening; the second insulating layer is provided with a second opening; the third insulating layer is provided with a third opening; the first wire layer comprises a plurality of first wires; the transitional connection layer comprises a plurality of electrical connection portions; the second wire layer comprises a plurality of second wires;
the first wires are electrically connected to the electrical connection portions through the first opening, and the electrical connection portions are electrically connected to the second wires through the second opening and the third opening; and
at least two of a projection of the first opening on the substrate, a projection of the second opening on the substrate, or a projection of the third opening on the substrate are staggered in positions.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The display substrate of claim 1, wherein the projection of the second opening on the substrate at least partially overlaps with the projection of the third opening on the substrate.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The display substrate of claim 1, wherein a position of the projection of the first opening on the substrate is staggered from a position of the projection of the third opening on the substrate.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The display substrate of claim 3, wherein the first opening comprises a plurality of first via holes; the second opening is a continuous hollow portion; the third opening comprises a plurality of third via holes; and
projections of the plurality of first via holes on the substrate and projections of the plurality of third via holes on the substrate are alternately arranged.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The display substrate of claim 4, wherein the projections of the plurality of first via holes and the projections of the plurality of third via holes on the substrate are within the projection of the second opening on the substrate.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The display substrate of claim 3, wherein the first opening comprises a plurality of first via holes; the second opening is a continuous hollow portion; the third opening is a continuous hollow portion; and
no overlapping area is present between projections of the plurality of first via holes on the substrate and projections of the second opening and the third opening on the substrate.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The display substrate of claim 6, wherein the projection of the second opening on the substrate substantially overlaps with the projection of the third opening on the substrate.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The display substrate of claim 1, wherein a direction in which the positions are staggered is consistent with an extending direction of the first wires, or is consistent with an extending direction of the second wires.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The display substrate of claim 1, wherein the display substrate further comprises a gate layer, a first source-drain layer, and a second source-drain layer on the display region of the substrate;
the first wire layer is arranged on a same layer as the gate layer;
the transitional connection layer is arranged on a same layer as the first source-drain layer; and
the second wire layer is arranged on a same layer as the second source-drain layer.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The display substrate of claim 9, wherein the first insulating layer is an interlayer insulating layer; the second insulating layer is an inorganic passivation layer; and the third insulating layer is an organic planarization layer.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The display substrate of claim 9, wherein the gate layer comprises a first gate layer and a second gate layer which are stacked; and
the first wire layer comprises odd rows of wires and even rows of wires, the odd rows of wires are arranged on a same layer as the first gate layer, and the even rows of wires are arranged on a same layer as the second gate layer.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The display substrate of claim 9, wherein the substrate comprises a bend region at the periphery of the display region, and is bendable along a bend line; the bend line intersects with an extending direction of the second wires; and
the wire changing region comprises one of regions at two sides of the bend line.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The display substrate of claim 1, wherein the first wires are in a one-to-one correspondence with the second wires, and a pair of corresponding wires are electrically connected.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The display substrate of claim 1, wherein the first wires comprise one or several of a touch signal wire, a gate signal wire, and a data signal wire.

### Claim 15

A display device, comprising a display substrate comprising a base substrate comprising a display region and a wire changing region located at a periphery of the display region, and the display substrate further comprising a first wire layer, a first insulating layer, a transitional connection layer, a second insulating layer, a third insulating layer, and a second wire layer sequentially arranged on the wire changing region of the substrate; wherein,
the first insulating layer is provided with a first opening; the second insulating layer is provided with a second opening; the third insulating layer is provided with a third opening; the first wire layer comprises a plurality of first wires; the transitional connection layer comprises a plurality of electrical connection portions; the second wire layer comprises a plurality of second wires;
the first wires are electrically connected to the electrical connection portions through the first opening, and the electrical connection portions are electrically connected to the second wires through the second opening and the third opening; and
at least two of a projection of the first opening on the substrate, a projection of the second opening on the substrate, or a projection of the third opening on the substrate are staggered in positions.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The display device of claim 15, wherein the projection of the second opening on the substrate at least partially overlaps with the projection of the third opening on the substrate.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The display device of claim 15, wherein a position of the projection of the first opening on the substrate is staggered from a position of the projection of the third opening on the substrate.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The display device of claim 17, wherein the first opening comprises a plurality of first via holes; the second opening is a continuous hollow portion; the third opening comprises a plurality of third via holes; and
projections of the plurality of first via holes on the substrate and projections of the plurality of third via holes on the substrate are alternately arranged.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The display device of claim 18, wherein the projections of the plurality of first via holes and the projections of the plurality of third via holes on the substrate are within the projection of the second opening on the substrate.

### Claim 20 (depends on 17)

The display device of claim 17, wherein the first opening comprises a plurality of first via holes; the second opening is a continuous hollow portion; the third opening is a continuous hollow portion; and
no overlapping area is present between projections of the plurality of first via holes on the substrate and projections of the second opening and the third opening on the substrate.
