# US 12,111,554 B2 · Display substrate and display panel

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- Number: US 12,111,554 B2
- Document ID: US12111554B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/791,338
- Filed: 2021-08-18
- Published: 2023-11-02
- Granted: 2024-10-08
- Earliest claimed: 2020-09-30
- Assignees: Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.; Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.; BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Hong Liu; Jingyi Xu; Xiaochun Xu; Jiantao Liu; Wanzhi Chen; Chengfu Xu; Bo Li; Yongqiang Zhang; Peng Liu; Ruirui Hao; Yu Feng; Xinguo Wu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12111554B2

## CPC

- H10K 59/124: Insulating layers formed between TFT elements and OLED elements
- G02F 1/1333: Constructional arrangements; {Manufacturing methods}(G02F1/135, G02F1/136 take precedence)
- G02F 1/1368: in which the switching element is a three-electrode device {(G02F1/136277 takes precedence)}
- H10K 77/10: Substrates, e.g. flexible substrates
- G02F 1/133345: {Insulating layers (G02F1/1335, G02F1/1337, G02F1/135, G02F1/136 take precedence)}
- G02F 1/133357: {Planarisation layers}
- H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES
- 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

The present disclosure provides a display substrate and a display panel, and belongs to the field of display technology. The present display substrate includes a display region and a peripheral region surrounding the display region; the display substrate includes: a base substrate; a plurality of insulating layers sequentially arranged along a direction away from the base substrate; wherein each of the plurality of insulating layers is located in the display region and the peripheral region; one or more protrusion structures arranged between at least two adjacent ones of the plurality of insulating layers and in the peripheral region.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A display substrate, comprising a display region and a peripheral region surrounding the display region; wherein the display substrate comprises:
a base substrate;
a plurality of insulating layers sequentially arranged along a direction away from the base substrate; wherein each of the plurality of insulating layers is located in the display region and the peripheral region; and
one or more protrusion structures between at least two adjacent ones of the plurality of insulating layers and in the peripheral region;
wherein each of the one or more protrusion structures comprises a groove on a sidewall of the protrusion structure, recessed into the protrusion structure and extending along a circumference direction of the protrusion structure;
each of the one or more protrusion structures comprises a first sub-structure, a second sub-structure, and a third sub-structure stacked along the direction away from the base substrate; and
an orthographic projection of the second sub-structure on the base substrate is entirely inside an orthographic projection of the first sub-structure on the base substrate and is entirely inside an orthographic projection of the third sub-structure on the base substrate, so as to form the groove on the sidewall of the protrusion structure;
wherein the first sub-structure, the second sub-structure and the third sub-structure each comprise a metal layer;
the plurality of insulating layers comprise a planarization layer, which covers a surface of the third sub-structure away from the base substrate; and
a part of the planarization layer is arranged between a surface of the first sub-structure away from the base substrate and a surface of the third sub-structure close to the base substrate to be in direct contact with a side surface of the second sub-structure along the circumference direction of the protrusion structure.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The display substrate of claim 1, wherein the plurality of insulating layers further comprise an interlayer insulating layer, and the interlayer insulating layer and the planarization layer are sequentially arranged along the direction away from the base substrate; and
the one or more protrusion structures are between the interlayer insulating layer and the planarization layer.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The display substrate of claim 2, further comprising a thin film transistor on the base substrate and in the display region;
wherein the interlayer insulating layer is on a side, close to the base substrate, of a layer where a source electrode and a drain electrode of the thin film transistor are located; and
the one or more protrusion structures and the source electrode and the drain electrode of the thin film transistor are arranged in a same layer.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The display substrate of claim 3, wherein
each of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the thin film transistor comprises a first metal layer, a second metal layer and a third metal layer stacked along the direction away from the base substrate;
the first sub-structure and the first metal layer are arranged in a same layer and are made of a same material;
the second sub-structure and the second metal layer are arranged in a same layer and are made of a same material; and
the third sub-structure and the third metal layer are arranged in a same layer and are made of a same material.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The display substrate of claim 2, wherein the planarization layer is in direct contact with a part of the first sub-structure.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The display substrate of claim 1, wherein an included angle, between a surface of the third sub-structure close to the base substrate and a tangent of a surface where an outer boundary of the second sub-structure is located, is in a range of 55° to 75°.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

The display substrate of claim 4, wherein each of the first metal layer, the second metal layer and the third metal layer is made of at least one of titanium, molybdenum, aluminum and copper or a combination thereof.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The display substrate of claim 1, wherein the one or more protrusion structures are only provided at corners of the peripheral region.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The display substrate of claim 1, wherein the one or more protrusion structures surround the display region.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The display panel of claim 9, wherein each of the one or more protrusion structures has a continuous pattern, which surrounds the display region and is broken at a position on a side of the display region.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The display substrate of claim 1, wherein the one or more protrusion structures comprise at least one protrusion structure, each of which is continuously arranged.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The display substrate of claim 11, wherein the at least one protrusion structure comprises a plurality of protrusion structures which are sequentially arranged in a direction away from the display region, and each of the plurality of protrusion structures has a continuous pattern.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The display substrate of claim 1, wherein the one or more protrusion structures comprise a plurality of protrusion structures, which surround the display region and are arranged at intervals along an extension direction of the peripheral region.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The display substrate of claim 13, wherein an orthographic projection of each of the plurality of protrusion structures on the base substrate is square or rectangular.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

A display panel, comprising the display substrate of claim 1.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The display panel of claim 15, wherein the display panel comprises any one of a liquid crystal panel, an OLED panel, and a QLED panel.

### Claim 17 (depends on 1)

The display substrate of claim 1, wherein the one or more protrusion structures comprise a plurality of protrusion structures, which are only provided at corners of the peripheral region, surround the display region and are arranged at intervals along an extension direction of the peripheral region.