# US 12,193,289 B2 · Display panel > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,193,289 B2 - Document ID: US12193289B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/623,872 - Filed: 2021-12-17 - Published: 2023-06-15 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2021-12-09 - Assignees: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yanyang Li; Shaojing Wu; Xiaoguang Zhu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12193289B2 ## CPC - H10K 59/131: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals - H10K 59/351: {comprising more than three subpixels, e.g. red-green-blue-white [RGBW]} - H10K 59/353: {characterised by the geometrical arrangement of the RGB subpixels} - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area. The display panel includes a substrate and a driving circuit layer disposed on the substrate. The driving circuit layer includes a plurality of data lines located in the display area and extending along a first direction, and a plurality of first traces located at least partially in the display area and electrically connected to the data lines and a driving chip. A connecting hole(s) of the first traces and the data lines is located in the display area. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display panel, comprising a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, wherein the display panel comprises: a substrate; and a driving circuit layer disposed on the substrate, the driving circuit layer comprising: a plurality of data lines located in the display area and extending along a first direction; and a plurality of first traces located at least partially in the display area and electrically connected to the data lines and a driving chip, wherein a connecting hole(s) of the first traces and the data lines is located in the display area, and wherein the driving circuit layer further comprises a plurality of second traces located in the display area and electrically insulated from the driving chip and the first traces, and extension lines of the first traces extending along the first direction overlap at least part of the second traces. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display panel of claim 1, wherein a number of the connecting hole(s) of each of the first traces and each of the data lines is greater than or equal to 1. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display panel of claim 1, wherein orthographic projections of the first traces, which are located in the display area and extend along the first direction, projected on a layer where the data lines are located overlap the data lines. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display panel of claim 1, wherein lengths of the first traces are equal to each other in the display area. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display panel of claim 1, wherein the display panel comprises a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, which are arranged along the first direction, the first sub-pixel comprises at least one of the first traces extending along the first direction, the second sub-pixel comprises at least one of the second traces extending along the first direction, and one or more of the second traces located in the second sub-pixel and extending along the first direction overlap the extension line(s) of one or more of the first traces located in the first sub-pixel and extending along the first direction; and the display panel further comprises a third sub-pixel and a fourth sub-pixel, which are arranged along a second direction, and a total number of the first traces and the second traces extending along the first direction contained in the third sub-pixel is greater than or equal to a total number of the first traces and the second traces extending along the first direction contained in the fourth sub-pixel. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display panel of claim 5, wherein the third sub-pixel comprises at least one of the first traces extending along the second direction, the fourth sub-pixel comprises at least one of the second traces extending along the second direction, and one or more of the second traces located in the fourth sub-pixel and extending along the second direction overlap the extension line(s) of one or more of the first traces located in the third sub-pixel and extending along the second direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The display panel of claim 6, wherein a total number of the first traces and the second traces extending along the second direction contained in the first sub-pixel is greater than or equal to a total number of the first traces and the second traces extending along the second direction contained in the second sub-pixel. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The display panel of claim 5, wherein a number of the first traces extending along the first direction contained in the third sub-pixel is greater than a number of the first traces extending along the first direction contained in the fourth sub-pixel, and a number of the second traces extending along the first direction contained in the third sub-pixel is less than a number of the second traces extending along the first direction contained in the fourth sub-pixel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The display panel of claim 8, wherein the total number of the first traces and the second traces extending along the first direction contained in the third sub-pixel is equal to the total number of the first traces and the second traces extending along the first direction contained in the fourth sub-pixel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The display panel of claim 5, wherein a number of the first traces extending along the second direction contained in the third sub-pixel is greater than a number of the first traces extending along the second direction contained in the fourth sub-pixel, and a number of the second traces extending along the second direction contained in the third sub-pixel is less than a number of the second traces extending along the second direction contained in the fourth sub-pixel. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The display panel of claim 10, wherein a total number of the first traces and the second traces extending along the second direction contained in the third sub-pixel is equal to a total number of the first traces and the second traces extending along the second direction contained in the fourth sub-pixel. ### Claim 12 (depends on 5) The display panel of claim 5, wherein a number of the first traces extending along the first direction contained in the first sub-pixel is greater than a number of the first traces extending along the first direction contained in the second sub-pixel, and a number of the second traces extending along the first direction contained in the first sub-pixel is less than a number of the second traces extending along the first direction contained in the second sub-pixel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display panel of claim 12, wherein a total number of the first traces and the second traces extending along the first direction contained in the first sub-pixel is equal to a total number of the first traces and the second traces extending along the first direction contained in the second sub-pixel. ### Claim 14 (depends on 5) The display panel of claim 5, wherein a number of the first traces extending along the second direction contained in the first sub-pixel is greater than a number of the first traces extending along the second direction contained in the second sub-pixel, and a number of the second traces extending along the second direction contained in the first sub-pixel is less than a number of the second traces extending along the second direction contained in the second sub-pixel. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The display panel of claim 14, wherein a total number of the first traces and the second traces extending along the second direction contained in the first sub-pixel is equal to a total number of the first traces and the second traces extending along the second direction contained in the second sub-pixel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 5) The display panel of claim 5, wherein the display panel further comprises a fifth sub-pixel and a sixth sub-pixel, which are arranged along the first direction, and the second traces located in the sixth sub-pixel and extending along the first direction overlap extension lines of the second traces located in the fifth sub-pixel and extending along the first direction. ### Claim 17 (depends on 5) The display panel of claim 5, wherein the display panel further comprises a seventh sub-pixel and an eighth sub-pixel, which are arranged along the second direction, and the second traces located in the eighth sub-pixel and extending along the second direction overlap extension lines of the second traces located in the seventh sub-pixel and extending along the second direction. ### Claim 18 (depends on 5) The display panel of claim 5, wherein the first traces and the second traces are located in a same metal layer in the driving circuit layer. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The display panel of claim 1, wherein the display panel further comprises a light-emitting layer disposed on the driving circuit layer, the light-emitting layer comprises a positive electrode; and a distance between an edge of an orthographic projection of the positive electrode projected on the driving circuit layer and the connecting hole(s) is greater than 0.