# US 12,765,145 B2 · Display panel, preparation method thereof, and display apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,765,145 B2 - Document ID: US12765145B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/381,457 - Filed: 2023-10-18 - Published: 2024-02-15 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2023-03-30 - Assignees: Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Bo Dong - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12765145B2 ## CPC - H10H 20/857: Interconnections, e.g. lead-frames, bond wires or solder balls - H10W 90/00: Package configurations - H10H 20/0364: {of interconnections} - H10H: INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS - H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10 ## Abstract Provided are a display panel, a preparation method thereof, and a display apparatus. The display panel includes a display region and a fan-out wire region. The display region includes multiple data lines. The fan-out wire region includes multiple fan-out wires. A fan-out wire of the multiple fan-out wires is electrically connected to a respective data line of the multiple data lines. The fan-out wires include multiple first fan-out wires and multiple second fan-out wires. A second fan-out wire is located on a side of a first fan-out wire facing away from a substrate. The first fan-out wire includes a first main portion and a first edge portion. The second fan-out wire includes a second main portion and a second edge portion. At least one first main portion does not overlap at least one second main portion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display panel, comprising a display region and a fan-out wire region, wherein the display region comprises a plurality of data lines, the fan-out wire region comprises a plurality of fan-out wires, and a fan-out wire of the plurality of fan-out wires is electrically connected to a respective data line of the plurality of data lines; the plurality of fan-out wires comprise a plurality of first fan-out wires and a plurality of second fan-out wires, the display panel further comprises a substrate, and a second fan-out wire of the plurality of second fan-out wires is located on a side of a first fan-out wire of the plurality of first fan-out wires facing away from the substrate; the first fan-out wire comprises a first main portion and a first edge portion, the first edge portion is located at an edge of the first main portion, a thickness of the first edge portion is less than a thickness of the first main portion, the second fan-out wire comprises a second main portion and a second edge portion, the second edge portion is located at an edge of the second main portion, and a thickness of the second edge portion is less than a thickness of the second main portion; and in a thickness direction of the display panel, at least one second main portion of second main portions of the plurality of second fan-out wires does not overlap with all first body portions of first main portions of the plurality of first fan-out wires that are adjacent to the at least one second main body portion along an arrangement direction of the plurality of fan-out wires. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the first edge portion partially overlaps the second edge portion in the thickness direction of the display panel; or the first edge portion does not overlap the second edge portion in the thickness direction of the display panel; in a first direction, a minimum distance L between the first edge portion and the second edge portion satisfies that L≤0.3 μm; and the first direction is an arrangement direction of the plurality of fan-out wires. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the second edge portion increases gradually in a direction of the second edge portion pointing to the second main portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the second main portion comprises a first surface on a side of the second main portion facing the substrate, the second edge portion comprises a second surface on a side of the second edge portion facing the substrate, a plane where the first surface is located is parallel to a plane where the substrate is located, and a plane where the second surface is located intersects the plane where the substrate is located. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the second main portion comprises a third surface on a side of the second main portion facing away from the substrate, and a plane where the third surface is located is parallel to a plane where the substrate is located; and the second edge portion comprises a second surface on a side of the second edge portion facing the substrate and a first side surface connecting the second surface and the third surface, and the first side surface comprises a curved surface. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display panel according to claim 5, wherein the first side surface has two positions, and an included angle between a tangent plane of a position of the two positions closer to the second main portion and the plane where the substrate is located is greater than an included angle between a tangent plane of a position of the two positions farther away from the second main portion and the plane where the substrate is located. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the first edge portion comprises a second side surface, the second edge portion comprises a second surface on a side of the second edge portion facing the substrate, and a plane where the second side surface is located is parallel to a plane where the second surface is located. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein in a first direction, a width of the second fan-out wire is greater than a width of the first fan-out wire, and the first direction is an arrangement direction of the plurality of fan-out wires. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, further comprising a bonding region, wherein the bonding region is located on a side of the fan-out wire region facing away from the display region, and the bonding region comprises a bonding pad; the second fan-out wire comprises a first wire segment and a second wire segment that are connected to each other, the first wire segment is electrically connected to a data line of the plurality of data lines, the second wire segment is electrically connected to the bonding pad, an included angle between the first wire segment and a preset direction is less than an included angle between the second wire segment and the preset direction, and the preset direction is parallel to a direction of the display region pointing to the bonding region; and a wire width of the first wire segment is greater than a wire width of the second wire segment. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The display panel according to claim 9, wherein the first wire segment satisfies at least one of the following: a wire width of a second main portion of the first wire segment is greater than a wire width of a second main portion of the second wire segment; or a wire width of a second edge portion of the first wire segment is greater than a wire width of a second edge portion of the second wire segment. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein in two second fan-out wires of the plurality of second fan-out wires, a wire width of a second fan-out wire of the two second fan-out wires closer to an edge of the display panel in a first direction is greater than a wire width of a second fan-out wire of the two second fan-out wires closer to a center of the display panel; and the first direction is an arrangement direction of the plurality of fan-out wires. ### Claim 12 A preparation method of a display panel configured to prepare a display panel, wherein the display panel comprises: a display region and a fan-out wire region, wherein the display region comprises a plurality of data lines, the fan-out wire region comprises a plurality of fan-out wires, and a fan-out wire of the plurality of fan-out wires is electrically connected to a respective data line of the plurality of data lines; the plurality of fan-out wires comprise a plurality of first fan-out wires and a plurality of second fan-out wires, the display panel further comprises a substrate, and a second fan-out wire of the plurality of second fan-out wires is located on a side of a first fan-out wire of the plurality of first fan-out wires facing away from the substrate; the first fan-out wire comprises a first main portion and a first edge portion, the first edge portion is located at an edge of the first main portion, a thickness of the first edge portion is less than a thickness of the first main portion, the second fan-out wire comprises a second main portion and a second edge portion, the second edge portion is located at an edge of the second main portion, and a thickness of the second edge portion is less than a thickness of the second main portion; and in a thickness direction of the display panel, at least one second main portion of second main portions of the plurality of second fan-out wires does not overlap with all first body portions of first main portions of the plurality of first fan-out wires that are adjacent to the at least one second main body portion along an arrangement direction of the plurality of fan-out wires wherein the preparation method comprises: providing the substrate; preparing the first fan-out wire on a side of the substrate; and preparing the second fan-out wire on a side of the first fan-out wire facing away from the substrate. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The preparation method according to claim 12, wherein preparing the second fan-out wire on the side of the first fan-out wire facing away from the substrate comprises: preparing a second fan-out wire layer on a side of the first fan-out wire; preparing a photoresist layer on a side of the second fan-out wire layer facing away from the first fan-out wire; exposing the photoresist layer by using a mask to form an exposure photoresist on a side of the second fan-out wire layer, wherein the mask comprises a mask main portion and a mask edge portion that are connected to each other; the mask edge portion comprises a plurality of mask protrusions; a hollow region is disposed between two adjacent mask protrusions of the plurality of mask protrusions in an arrangement direction of the plurality of mask protrusions; the exposure photoresist comprises a first region, a second region, and a third region; and in the thickness direction of the display panel, the second region overlaps the mask edge portion, the third region overlaps the mask main portion, and the first region overlaps a region between two adjacent mask edge portions and does not overlap the mask; and etching the second fan-out wire layer to prepare the second fan-out wire, wherein in the thickness direction of the display panel, the second main portion overlaps the third region, the second edge portion overlaps the second region, and a gap between two adjacent second fan-out wires overlaps the first region. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The preparation method according to claim 13, after exposing the photoresist layer by using a mask to form the exposure photoresist on the side of the second fan-out wire layer, further comprising: developing the first region of the exposure photoresist to form a photoresist-free region, wherein the photoresist-free region exposes the second fan-out wire layer; developing the second region of the exposure photoresist to form a first thickness photoresist; and developing the third region of the exposure photoresist to form a second thickness photoresist, wherein a thickness of the second thickness photoresist is greater than a thickness of the first thickness photoresist. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The preparation method according to claim 14, wherein etching the second fan-out wire layer to prepare the second fan-out wire comprises: etching the second fan-out wire layer to prepare a second fan-out wire matrix; and etching the second fan-out wire matrix to prepare the second fan-out wire. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The preparation method according to claim 15, wherein etching the second fan-out wire layer to prepare the second fan-out wire matrix comprises: etching the second fan-out wire layer exposed by the photoresist-free region by using a first etching medium, wherein the first etching medium reacts with the second fan-out wire layer, and a first region of the second fan-out wire layer is etched and removed through the first etching medium to obtain the second fan-out wire matrix. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The preparation method according to claim 16, after etching the second fan-out wire layer to prepare the second fan-out wire matrix, further comprising: etching the first thickness photoresist by using a development etching medium to remove the first thickness photoresist, wherein the first thickness photoresist exposes at least part of the second fan-out wire matrix. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The preparation method according to claim 17, wherein etching the second fan-out wire matrix to prepare the second fan-out wire comprises: etching the second fan-out wire matrix exposed by the first thickness photoresist by using a second etching medium, wherein the second etching medium reacts with the second fan-out wire matrix, and a second region of the second fan-out wire matrix is etched and removed through the second etching medium to obtain the second fan-out wire. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The preparation method according to claim 14, wherein in a direction of the mask main portion pointing to the mask edge portion, a width of the mask edge portion is positively related to a width of the first thickness photoresist. ### Claim 20 A display apparatus, comprising a display panel, where the display panel comprises: a display region and a fan-out wire region, wherein the display region comprises a plurality of data lines, the fan-out wire region comprises a plurality of fan-out wires, and a fan-out wire of the plurality of fan-out wires is electrically connected to a respective data line of the plurality of data lines; the plurality of fan-out wires comprise a plurality of first fan-out wires and a plurality of second fan-out wires, the display panel further comprises a substrate, and a second fan-out wire of the plurality of second fan-out wires is located on a side of a first fan-out wire of the plurality of first fan-out wires facing away from the substrate; the first fan-out wire comprises a first main portion and a first edge portion, the first edge portion is located at an edge of the first main portion, a thickness of the first edge portion is less than a thickness of the first main portion, the second fan-out wire comprises a second main portion and a second edge portion, the second edge portion is located at an edge of the second main portion, and a thickness of the second edge portion is less than a thickness of the second main portion; and in a thickness direction of the display panel, at least one second main portion of second main portions of the plurality of second fan-out wires does not overlap with all first body portions of first main portions of the plurality of first fan-out wires that are adjacent to the at least one second main body portion along an arrangement direction of the plurality of fan-out wires.