# US 12,004,395 B2 · Display substrate 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 12,004,395 B2 - Document ID: US12004395B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/555,218 - Filed: 2021-12-17 - Published: 2022-09-15 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2021-03-12 - 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: Huatao Li; Zhiguang Zhang; Lei Feng; Jianhang Fu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12004395B2 ## CPC - H10K 59/131: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals - H10K 59/1315: {comprising structures specially adapted for lowering the resistance} - H10K 59/353: {characterised by the geometrical arrangement of the RGB subpixels} - H10K 59/35: comprising red-green-blue [RGB] subpixels - H10K 59/88: Dummy elements, i.e. elements having non-functional features - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract A display substrate includes a plurality of pixel units arranged to form a plurality of pixel columns extending along a first direction, the display substrate further includes a plurality of groups of power source signal lines and pixel driving circuits located on the substrate, each group of power source signal lines includes a plurality of secondary signal lines, the pixel driving circuits of the pixel units in each pixel column are connected to different secondary signal lines in a same group of power source signal lines, each secondary signal line extends along the first direction from a starting end of the power source signal lines, extension lengths of the secondary signal lines in the same group of power source signal lines are different, and resistance values per unit length of different secondary signal lines along the first direction decrease as total lengths of the secondary signal lines increase. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display substrate, comprising a substrate and a plurality of pixel units located on the substrate, wherein the pixel units are arranged to form a plurality of pixel columns extending along a first direction, the display substrate further comprises a plurality of groups of power source signal lines and pixel driving circuits located on the substrate, each group of power source signal lines comprises a plurality of secondary signal lines, the pixel driving circuits of the pixel units in each pixel column are connected to different secondary signal lines in a same group of power source signal lines, each secondary signal line extends along the first direction from a starting end of the power source signal lines, extension lengths of the secondary signal lines in the same group of power source signal lines are different, and resistance values per unit length of different secondary signal lines along the first direction decrease as total lengths of the secondary signal lines increase. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display substrate according to claim 1, wherein thicknesses of the secondary signal lines are identical, and widths of the secondary signal lines having different lengths are different, wherein a thickness of each secondary signal line is referred to as a size of each secondary signal line in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, a length of each secondary signal line is referred to as a size of each secondary signal line along the first direction, and a width of each secondary signal line is referred to as a size of each secondary signal line along a second direction parallel to the substrate and perpendicular to the first direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display substrate according to claim 2, wherein at least one group of power source signal lines comprises a first secondary signal line and a second secondary signal line, a length of the first secondary signal line is greater than a length of the second secondary signal line, and a width of the first secondary signal line is greater than a width of the second secondary signal line. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display substrate according to claim 1, wherein each pixel unit comprises a plurality of sub-pixels of different colors, the sub-pixels of different colors are respectively connected to different power source signal lines, both lengths and thicknesses of the secondary signal lines corresponding to the sub-pixels of different colors in a same pixel unit are the same, and widths of the secondary signal lines corresponding to the sub-pixels of different colors in the same pixel unit are different, wherein a thickness of each secondary signal line is referred to as a size of each secondary signal line in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, a length of each secondary signal line is referred to as a size of each secondary signal line along the first direction, and a width of each secondary signal line is referred to as a size of each secondary signal line along a second direction parallel to the substrate and perpendicular to the first direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display substrate according to claim 4, wherein the sub-pixels comprise a green sub-pixel, a red sub-pixel and a blue sub-pixel, and widths of secondary signal lines respectively corresponding to the green sub-pixel, the red sub-pixel and the blue sub-pixel in the same pixel unit decrease gradually. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The display substrate according to claim 4, wherein a ratio of a width of a secondary signal line corresponding to the green sub-pixel to a width of a secondary signal line corresponding to the red sub-pixel to a width of a secondary signal line corresponding to the blue sub-pixel in the same pixel unit is (2.8-3.2):(0.9-1.1):(0.4-0.6). ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The display substrate according to claim 6, wherein the ratio of the width of the secondary signal line corresponding to the green sub-pixel to the width of the secondary signal line corresponding to the red sub-pixel to the width of the secondary signal line corresponding to the blue sub-pixel in the same pixel unit is 3:1:0.5. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The display substrate according to claim 2, wherein the display substrate comprises a first display area and a second display area, the second display area is located at one side of the first display area away from the starting end of the power source signal lines, and a length of each secondary signal line corresponding to a pixel unit in the second display area is greater than a length of each secondary signal line corresponding to a pixel unit in the first display area. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The display substrate according to claim 1, further comprising a dummy electrode pattern insulated from the secondary signal lines, and each dummy electrode pattern extends from a terminal end of a corresponding secondary signal line to an edge of the display substrate along the first direction. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The display substrate according to claim 9, wherein the dummy electrode pattern is arranged at a same layer and made of a same material as the secondary signal lines. ### Claim 11 A display device, comprising a display substrate, wherein the display substrate comprises a substrate and a plurality of pixel units located on the substrate, the pixel units are arranged to form a plurality of pixel columns extending along a first direction, the display substrate further comprises a plurality of groups of power source signal lines and pixel driving circuits located on the substrate, each group of power source signal lines comprises a plurality of secondary signal lines, the pixel driving circuits of the pixel units in each pixel column are connected to different secondary signal lines in a same group of power source signal lines, each secondary signal line extends along the first direction from a starting end of the power source signal lines, extension lengths of the secondary signal lines in the same group of power source signal lines are different, and resistance values per unit length of different secondary signal lines along the first direction decrease as total lengths of the secondary signal lines increase. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The display device according to claim 11, wherein thicknesses of the secondary signal lines are identical, and widths of the secondary signal lines having different lengths are different, wherein a thickness of each secondary signal line is referred to as a size of each secondary signal line in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, a length of each secondary signal line is referred to as a size of each secondary signal line along the first direction, and a width of each secondary signal line is referred to as a size of each secondary signal line along a second direction parallel to the substrate and perpendicular to the first direction. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display device according to claim 12, wherein at least one group of power source signal lines comprises a first secondary signal line and a second secondary signal line, a length of the first secondary signal line is greater than a length of the second secondary signal line, and a width of the first secondary signal line is greater than a width of the second secondary signal line. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The display device according to claim 11, wherein each pixel unit comprises a plurality of sub-pixels of different colors, the sub-pixels of different colors are respectively connected to different power source signal lines, both lengths and thicknesses of the secondary signal lines corresponding to the sub-pixels of different colors in a same pixel unit are the same, and the widths of the secondary signal lines corresponding to the sub-pixels of different colors in the same pixel unit are different, wherein a thickness of each secondary signal line is referred to as a size of each secondary signal line in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, a length of each secondary signal line is referred to as a size of each secondary signal line along the first direction, and a width of each secondary signal line is referred to as a size of each secondary signal line along a second direction parallel to the substrate and perpendicular to the first direction. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The display device according to claim 14, wherein the sub-pixels comprise a green sub-pixel, a red sub-pixel and a blue sub-pixel, and widths of secondary signal lines respectively corresponding to the green sub-pixel, the red sub-pixel and the blue sub-pixel in the same pixel unit decrease gradually. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The display device according to claim 14, wherein a ratio of a width of a secondary signal line corresponding to the green sub-pixel to a width of a secondary signal line corresponding to the red sub-pixel to a width of a secondary signal line corresponding to the blue sub-pixel in the same pixel unit is (2.8-3.2):(0.9-1.1):(0.4-0.6). ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The display device according to claim 16, wherein the ratio of the width of the secondary signal line corresponding to the green sub-pixel to the width of the secondary signal line corresponding to the red sub-pixel to the width of the secondary signal line corresponding to the blue sub-pixel in the same pixel unit is 3:1:0.5. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The display device according to claim 12, wherein the display substrate comprises a first display area and a second display area, the second display area is located at one side of the first display area away from the starting end of the power source signal lines, and a length of each secondary signal line corresponding to a pixel unit in the second display area is greater than a length of each secondary signal line corresponding to a pixel unit in the first display area. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The display device according to claim 11, wherein the display substrate further comprises a dummy electrode pattern insulated from the secondary signal lines, and each dummy electrode pattern extends from a terminal end of a corresponding secondary signal line to an edge of the display substrate along the first direction. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The display substrate according to claim 19, wherein the dummy electrode pattern is arranged at a same layer and made of a same material as the secondary signal lines.