Display panel and display device

Abstract

The utility model relates to a display panel and a display device, the display panel is provided with a display area and a non-display area arranged around the outer side of the display area, and the display area comprises a plurality of sub-pixel areas; the display panel comprises a first substrate, a second substrate and a supporting layer which are oppositely arranged. The first substrate comprises a light shielding layer, the light shielding layer comprises a first light shielding part located in the display area and a second light shielding part located in the non-display area, the thickness of the first light shielding part is smaller than that of the second light shielding part, and the first light shielding part is provided with a plurality of pixel openings in one-to-one correspondence with the sub-pixel areas; the supporting layer comprises a plurality of supporting units arranged between the first shading part and the second substrate; in the sub-pixel area adjacent to the second shading part, the number of the supporting units is zero, or the supporting units are located in the corresponding sub-pixel area and are closer to the inner side of the sub-pixel area relative to the outer side of the sub-pixel area. The non-uniform box thickness of the display area of the display panel can be avoided, and the display effect of the display panel is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This application relates to the field of display technology, and more particularly to a display panel and a display device. Background Technology

[0002] A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel comprises an array substrate, a cell substrate, and a liquid crystal layer located between the array substrate and the cell substrate. During the manufacturing process of an LCD panel, the cell gap (CG) between the array substrate and the cell substrate is adjusted by controlling the amount of liquid crystal between them, thereby controlling the optical characteristics of the LCD panel. However, under the influence of external pressure or the weight of the glass, the display panel is prone to uneven cell gap, affecting display characteristics such as transmittance, contrast ratio, and response time. Therefore, it is necessary to uniformly distribute photo spacers (PS) between the two glass substrates to effectively control the uniformity of the cell gap.

[0003] However, due to the different process control precision between the display area and the non-display area, the black matrix (BM) of the non-display area is usually thicker than that of the display area. This results in the transition area between the display area and the non-display area being thicker than the normal display area. This causes the liquid crystal in the liquid crystal cell to flow back towards the center of the display area, resulting in uneven cell thickness in the display area. Consequently, problems such as brightening or uneven push mura appear around the display area, thus reducing the display effect of the liquid crystal panel. Utility Model Content

[0004] This application provides a display panel and a display device that avoids uneven cell thickness in the display area of ​​the display panel and improves the display effect of the display panel.

[0005] To achieve the above objectives, according to a first aspect of this application, a display panel is provided, the display panel having a display area and a non-display area disposed around the outer side of the display area, the display area including a plurality of sub-pixel areas; the display panel comprising:

[0006] The first substrate includes a light-shielding layer; the light-shielding layer includes a first light-shielding portion located in the display area and a second light-shielding portion located in the non-display area, the thickness of the first light-shielding portion is less than the thickness of the second light-shielding portion, and the first light-shielding portion is provided with a plurality of pixel openings that correspond one-to-one with the plurality of sub-pixel areas;

[0007] A second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate; and

[0008] A support layer is located in the display area and includes a plurality of support units disposed between the first light-shielding portion and the second substrate;

[0009] In the sub-pixel region adjacent to the second light-shielding part, the number of support units is 0, or the support units are located within the corresponding sub-pixel region and are closer to the inner side of the sub-pixel region than the outer side of the sub-pixel region.

[0010] Optionally, the plurality of sub-pixel regions are arranged in multiple rows and columns in a first direction and a second direction, with the first direction and the second direction intersecting each other; the display area includes a first side and a second side extending along the first direction and arranged opposite to each other in the second direction; the multiple rows of sub-pixel regions include a first sub-pixel region row adjacent to the first side, a second sub-pixel region row adjacent to the second side, and a plurality of third sub-pixel region rows located between the first sub-pixel region row and the second sub-pixel region row;

[0011] The number of support units located in the third sub-pixel area row is greater than 0, and the number of support units located in the first sub-pixel area row and / or the second sub-pixel area row is 0.

[0012] Optionally, the display area is divided along the second direction into a first sub-display area, a second sub-display area, and a third sub-display area arranged sequentially adjacent to each other; the first sub-display area has a first sub-pixel area row and a plurality of third sub-pixel area rows arranged sequentially adjacent to the first sub-pixel area row, the second sub-display area has a plurality of third sub-pixel area rows, and the third sub-display area has a second sub-pixel area row and a plurality of third sub-pixel area rows arranged sequentially adjacent to the second sub-pixel area row;

[0013] The first sub-display area is divided into multiple first support repeating areas along the first direction; the second sub-display area is divided into multiple second support repeating areas along the first direction and the second direction; and the third sub-display area is divided into multiple third support repeating areas along the first direction. The first support repeating areas, the second support repeating areas, and the third support repeating areas are the same size and shape, and include the same number of the sub-pixel areas.

[0014] The support layer includes a first support array located in the first support repetition area, a second support array located in the second support repetition area, and a third support array located in the third support repetition area; the first support array, the second support array, and the third support array each include a plurality of support units arranged in multiple rows along the second direction;

[0015] The support unit in the first support array has one less row than the support unit in the second support array, and the support unit in the third support array has one less row than the support unit in the second support array.

[0016] Optionally, the display area is divided along the second direction into a first sub-display area, a second sub-display area, and a third sub-display area arranged sequentially and adjacently; the first sub-pixel area row is located in the first sub-display area, the third sub-pixel area row is located in the second sub-display area, and the second sub-pixel area row is located in the third sub-display area; the second sub-display area is divided along the first direction and the second direction into a plurality of fourth support repeating areas of the same shape and size, the fourth support repeating areas including a plurality of the sub-pixel areas;

[0017] The support unit includes a first sub-support unit and a second sub-support unit, wherein the thickness of the first sub-support unit is greater than the thickness of the second sub-support unit;

[0018] The fourth support repeating region is provided with at least one first sub-support unit and at least one second sub-support unit, and the arrangement and / or density of the first sub-support unit and the second sub-support unit in each fourth support repeating region are the same.

[0019] Optionally, the multiple sub-pixel regions are arranged in multiple rows and columns in a first direction and a second direction, with the first direction and the second direction intersecting each other; the display area includes a first side and a second side extending along the first direction and arranged opposite to each other in the second direction; the multiple rows of sub-pixel regions include a first sub-pixel region row arranged adjacent to the first side and multiple second sub-pixel region rows located on the side of the first sub-pixel region row away from the first side;

[0020] The number of support units located in the first sub-pixel area row is 0, the number of support units located in the second sub-pixel area row is greater than 0, and the support units are located within the corresponding sub-pixel area and are closer to the inner side of the sub-pixel than the outer side of the sub-pixel area.

[0021] Optionally, the display area is divided along the second direction into a first sub-display area and a second sub-display area arranged adjacent to each other. The first sub-display area has a first sub-pixel area row and a plurality of second sub-pixel area rows arranged adjacent to the first sub-pixel area row. The second sub-display area has a plurality of second sub-pixel area rows.

[0022] The first sub-display area is divided into a plurality of first support repeating areas along the first direction, and the second sub-display area is divided into a plurality of second support repeating areas along the first direction and the second direction; the first support repeating areas and the second support repeating areas are the same size and shape, and include the same number of the sub-pixel areas;

[0023] The support layer includes a first support array located in the first support repetition area and a second support array located in the second support repetition area; both the first support array and the second support array include a plurality of support units arranged in multiple rows along the second direction;

[0024] The support unit located in the first support array has one less row than the support unit located in the second support array.

[0025] Optionally, the display area is divided along the second direction into a first sub-display area and a second sub-display area arranged adjacent to each other, the first sub-pixel area row is located in the first sub-display area, and the second sub-pixel area row is located in the second sub-display area; the second sub-display area is divided along the first direction and the second direction into a plurality of fifth support repeating areas of the same shape and size, the fifth support repeating area including a plurality of the sub-pixel areas;

[0026] The support unit includes a first sub-support unit and a second sub-support unit, wherein the thickness of the first sub-support unit is greater than the thickness of the second sub-support unit;

[0027] The fifth support repeating region is provided with at least one first sub-support unit and at least one second sub-support unit, and the arrangement and / or density of the first sub-support unit and the second sub-support unit in each fifth support repeating region are the same.

[0028] Optionally, the display area includes a plurality of sub-pixel area columns arranged sequentially along a first direction and a plurality of sub-pixel area rows arranged sequentially along a second direction, wherein the first direction and the second direction are intersected; the sub-pixel area column includes a plurality of sub-pixel areas arranged sequentially adjacent to each other along the second direction, and the sub-pixel area row includes a plurality of sub-pixel areas arranged sequentially adjacent to each other along the first direction;

[0029] Wherein, the number of support units in at least one sub-pixel row adjacent to the second light-shielding portion is 0, and the number of support units in at least one sub-pixel column adjacent to the second light-shielding portion is 0.

[0030] Optionally, the first substrate further includes a color filter layer covering the plurality of pixel openings, the color filter layer including a plurality of color resist units disposed in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of pixel openings;

[0031] The color resist unit located near the non-display area extends into the adjacent non-display area.

[0032] According to a second aspect of this application, a display device is also provided, the display device comprising the display panel described above.

[0033] In the display panel and display device of this application embodiment, by removing the support unit in the sub-pixel area adjacent to the thicker second light-shielding portion, or by maintaining the distance between the support unit in the sub-pixel area adjacent to the thicker second light-shielding portion and the adjacent second light-shielding portion in a range close to one sub-pixel area size (i.e., the distance between the side of the sub-pixel area away from the adjacent second light-shielding portion and the adjacent second light-shielding portion), it is possible to avoid setting the support unit on the second light-shielding portion. This avoids uneven cell thickness in the display area caused by the thickness of the second light-shielding portion being greater than the thickness of the first light-shielding portion, thereby improving the display effect of the display panel. Furthermore, this application does not require significant adjustments to the film layer structure of the display panel; only the distribution position of the support unit needs to be adjusted. This simple and efficient method avoids uneven cell thickness in the display area of ​​the display panel, thereby effectively improving the display effect of the display panel.

[0034] Other features and advantages of this application will be described in detail in the following detailed description section. Attached Figure Description

[0035] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of this application, the accompanying drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of this application. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.

[0036] To gain a more complete understanding of this application and its beneficial effects, the following description will be provided in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein the same reference numerals in the following description denote the same parts.

[0037] Figure 1 This is a top view schematic diagram of an exemplary display panel provided in this application;

[0038] Figure 2 This is a top view schematic diagram of a display panel provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0039] Figure 3 This is a top view schematic diagram of another display panel provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0040] Figures 4a to 4c They are Figure 3Enlarged schematic diagram of the first, second, and third support repetition areas in the diagram;

[0041] Figure 5 This is a schematic cross-sectional view of a display panel provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0042] Figure 6 This is a top view schematic diagram of another display panel provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0043] Figure 7 yes Figure 6 An enlarged schematic diagram of the fourth support repeating region;

[0044] Figure 8 This is a top view schematic diagram of another display panel provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0045] Figure 9 This is a top view schematic diagram of another display panel provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0046] Figure 10 yes Figure 9 An enlarged schematic diagram of the fifth support repeating region;

[0047] Figure 11 This is a top view schematic diagram of another display panel provided in an embodiment of this application;

[0048] Figure 12 This is a cross-sectional structural diagram of a display device provided in an embodiment of this application.

[0049] Explanation of reference numerals in the attached drawings: 1. Display panel; 2. Display area; 2a. First sub-display area; 2b. Second sub-display area; 2c. Third sub-display area; 3. Non-display area; 4. Subpixel area; 5. First substrate; 6. Second substrate; 7. Liquid crystal layer; 8. Support layer; 9. Substrate layer; 10. Light-shielding layer; 11. First light-shielding part; 12. Second light-shielding part; 13. Pixel opening; 14. Support unit; 14a. First sub-support unit; 14b. Second sub-support unit; 15. Subpixel row; 16. Subpixel line; 6a. First sub-pixel area row; 16b. Second sub-pixel area row; 16c. Third sub-pixel area row; 17. First side edge; 18. Second side edge; 19. First support repeating area; 20. Second support repeating area; 21. Third support repeating area; 22. First support array; 23. Second support array; 24. Third support array; 25. Fourth support repeating area; 26. Fifth support repeating area; 27. Color filter layer; 28. Color resist unit; 29. ​​Display device; 30. Housing; X, First direction; Y, Second direction. Detailed Implementation

[0050] The technical solutions of the embodiments of this application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of this application, and not all of them. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of this application without creative effort are within the protection scope of this application.

[0051] For the display area of ​​an LCD panel, the uniform distribution of the support structure (such as PS) is particularly important. Figure 1 As shown, an exemplary design of the support structure PS for the display area AA is to divide the display area AA into several repeating regions B with the four sides (i.e., the edges) as the boundary, and the distribution density of the support structure PS in each repeating region B is the same, thereby ensuring that the support structure PS of the entire display area AA is evenly distributed.

[0052] LCD panels typically incorporate a black matrix (BM) as a light-shielding layer on the cell substrate to enhance display performance. However, due to differences in manufacturing precision between the display and non-display areas, the BM in the non-display area is usually thicker than that in the display area. This results in a thicker transition zone between the display and non-display areas compared to the normal display area. Consequently, liquid crystal in the cell flows back towards the center of the display area, causing uneven cell thickness. This leads to issues such as bright edges or push mura around the display area, ultimately reducing the overall display quality of the LCD panel.

[0053] Generally, support structures can be divided into main support structures (e.g., Main PS) and auxiliary support structures (e.g., Sub PS) based on their thickness. When the LCD panel is not pressed, both ends of the main support structure are in contact with both substrates, thus supporting the liquid crystal cell and maintaining its thickness. At this time, the auxiliary support structure is in contact with only one substrate. When the LCD panel is pressed, both ends of the auxiliary support structure are in contact with both substrates, thus providing auxiliary support for the liquid crystal cell.

[0054] It should be noted that the thickness of the support structure described in this application refers to its length or height in the thickness direction of the display panel.

[0055] The applicant discovered that one reason why the transition area between the display and non-display areas is thicker than the display area's BM (Black Matrix) is that the support structure in the LCD panel corresponds to the black matrix setting. For example, when the transition area's BM is thicker than the normal display area's BM, on the one hand, since the main support structure corresponding to both the transition area's BM and the normal display area's BM has the same thickness, the thickness of the liquid crystal cell in the transition area will be greater than that in the normal display area when the LCD panel is not pressed, resulting in uneven cell thickness in the display area. On the other hand, since the auxiliary support structure corresponding to both the transition area's BM and the normal display area's BM has the same thickness, the thickness of the liquid crystal cell in the transition area will also be greater than that in the normal display area when the LCD panel is pressed, resulting in uneven cell thickness in the display area.

[0056] Based on the above problems, the applicant improved the design of the support structure in the LCD panel, avoiding the problem of uneven cell thickness in the display area in a simple and efficient way. This effectively improves problems such as peripheral brightening or push mura caused by uneven cell thickness in the display area, thereby optimizing the display effect of the LCD panel. See the following descriptions of specific embodiments.

[0057] like Figure 2 and Figure 3 As shown, this application embodiment provides a display panel 1, which has a display area 2 and a non-display area 3 disposed around the outer side of the display area 2. The display area 2 includes a plurality of sub-pixel areas 4. Figure 5 As shown, the display panel 1 includes a first substrate 5 and a second substrate 6 disposed opposite to each other, a liquid crystal layer 7 and a support layer 8 sandwiched between the first substrate 5 and the second substrate 6.

[0058] It is understandable that the display area 2 and the non-display area 3 are adjacent to each other, each sub-pixel area 4 corresponds to one sub-pixel, and the sub-pixel is the smallest light-emitting unit in the display panel 1.

[0059] In some embodiments, the first substrate 5 includes a substrate layer 9 and a light-shielding layer 10 disposed on one side of the substrate layer 9. The light-shielding layer 10 includes a first light-shielding portion 11 located in the display area 2 and a second light-shielding portion 12 located in the non-display area 3. The thickness of the first light-shielding portion 11 is less than the thickness of the second light-shielding portion 12, and the first light-shielding portion 11 is provided with a plurality of pixel openings 13 corresponding one-to-one with the plurality of sub-pixel areas 4.

[0060] In some embodiments, the substrate 9 includes a glass substrate, but is not limited thereto.

[0061] In some embodiments, the material of the light-shielding layer 10 includes black color resist, for example, the light-shielding layer 10 is the black matrix described above, but is not limited thereto.

[0062] Understandably, the second light-shielding part 12 in the light-shielding layer 10 is arranged along the edge of the display area 2; and the area of ​​the pixel opening 13 is smaller than the area of ​​the corresponding sub-pixel area 4, and a light-shielding layer 10 is provided around each pixel opening 13.

[0063] In some embodiments, the second substrate 6 is located on the side of the light-shielding layer 10 opposite to the substrate layer 9, and the liquid crystal layer 7 and the support layer 8 are sandwiched between the light-shielding layer 10 and the second substrate 6. It is understood that both the first substrate 5 and the second substrate 6 are located in the display area 2 and the non-display area 3.

[0064] In one specific embodiment, the first substrate 5 is a color filter substrate or an opposing substrate, and the second substrate 6 is an array substrate, but is not limited thereto.

[0065] In some embodiments, the support layer 8 is located in the display area 2 and includes a plurality of support units 14 disposed between the first light-shielding portion 11 and the second substrate 6. In the sub-pixel area 4 adjacent to the second light-shielding portion 12, the number of support units 14 is 0, or the support units 14 are located within the corresponding sub-pixel area 4 and are closer to the inner side of the sub-pixel area 4 than the outer side of the sub-pixel area 4.

[0066] It is understandable that the support unit 14 is not overlapped with any pixel opening 13, and the support unit 14 is set with a light-shielding layer 10 around the pixel opening 13.

[0067] In some embodiments, the support unit 14 is disposed on the first light-shielding portion 11, but is not limited thereto. For example, in other embodiments, the support unit 14 may also be disposed on other film layers of the first substrate 5 and coincide with the first light-shielding side; or, the support unit 14 may also be disposed on the side of the second substrate 6 close to the first substrate 5.

[0068] It should be noted that in the sub-pixel area 4 adjacent to the second light-shielding part 12, the number of support units 14 is 0, which means that no support units 14 are provided in the sub-pixel area 4 adjacent to the second light-shielding part 12; in the sub-pixel area 4 adjacent to the second light-shielding part 12, the support units 14 are located in the corresponding sub-pixel area 4 and are closer to the inner side of the sub-pixel area 4 than the outer side of the sub-pixel area 4, which means that support units 14 are provided in the sub-pixel area 4 adjacent to the second light-shielding part 12, and the support units 14 in the sub-pixel area 4 are located in the area of ​​the sub-pixel area 4 away from the non-display area 3.

[0069] Understandably, the outer side of subpixel area 4 refers to the side closer to the adjacent non-display area 3, and the inner side of subpixel area 4 refers to the side farther away from the adjacent non-display area 3.

[0070] In one specific embodiment, the number of support units 14 in the sub-pixel area 4 adjacent to the second light-shielding part 12 is 0. This design ensures that no support units 14 are provided in the sub-pixel areas 4 adjacent to the second light-shielding part 12 in the display area 2, thereby preventing the cell thickness at the boundary of the display area 2 from being higher than the cell thickness of the normal display area 2. This avoids display abnormalities caused by uneven cell thickness in the display area 2 and helps to optimize the display effect.

[0071] It is understood that the cell thickness mentioned in the embodiments of this application refers to the thickness of the liquid crystal cell.

[0072] In another specific embodiment, in the sub-pixel region 4 adjacent to the second light-shielding part 12, the support unit 14 is located on the side of the corresponding pixel opening 13 away from the adjacent second light-shielding part 12, that is, the support unit 14 is closer to the inner side of the sub-pixel region 4 than the outer side of the sub-pixel region 4. This design results in a larger distance between the support unit 14 disposed in the sub-pixel region 4 adjacent to the second light-shielding part 12 in the display region 2 and the edge of the display region 2, thereby avoiding the cell thickness at the boundary of the display region 2 being higher than the cell thickness of the normal display region 2, and thus avoiding the display abnormality problem caused by uneven cell thickness of the display region 2, which is beneficial to optimizing the display effect.

[0073] It is understood that the present application embodiment avoids uneven thickness of display area 2 by adjusting the distribution position of support unit 14, without requiring any improvement to the structure of support unit 14. Therefore, the present application embodiment can avoid uneven thickness of display area 2 in a simpler and more efficient way, thereby improving the display effect.

[0074] In some embodiments, multiple sub-pixel regions 4 are arranged in multiple rows and columns along a first direction X and a second direction Y, with the first direction X and the second direction Y intersecting. For example, the display area 2 includes multiple sub-pixel region columns 15 arranged sequentially along the first direction X and multiple sub-pixel region rows 16 arranged sequentially along the second direction Y. The sub-pixel region columns 15 include multiple sub-pixel regions 4 arranged adjacent to each other along the second direction Y, and the sub-pixel region rows 16 include multiple sub-pixel regions 4 arranged adjacent to each other along the first direction X.

[0075] Understandably, the first direction X is the row direction, and the second direction Y is the column direction.

[0076] Display area 2 includes a first side 17 and a second side 18 extending along a first direction X and disposed opposite to each other along a second direction Y. Multi-row sub-pixel area 4 includes a first sub-pixel area row 16a disposed adjacent to the first side 17, a second sub-pixel area row 16b disposed adjacent to the second side 18, and a plurality of third sub-pixel area rows 16c located between the first sub-pixel area rows 16a and the second sub-pixel area rows 16b. The number of support units 14 located in the third sub-pixel area rows 16c is greater than 0, and the number of support units 14 located in the first sub-pixel area rows 16a and / or the second sub-pixel area rows 16b is 0.

[0077] Understandably, the first row of subpixel areas 4 (i.e., the first subpixel area row 16a) and / or the last row of subpixel areas 4 (i.e., the second subpixel area row 16b) in the multi-row subpixel areas 4 are not provided with support units 14, but support units 14 are provided in the second row of subpixel areas 4 to the penultimate row of subpixel areas 4, that is, support units 14 are provided in each third subpixel area row 16c.

[0078] In this embodiment, the number of support units 14 located in the third sub-pixel row 16c is greater than zero. This ensures that support units 14 are provided in the other sub-pixel rows 16 of the display area 2, excluding those adjacent to the first side 17 and the second side 18. This guarantees the support function of the support units 14 for the main body of the display area 2, allowing the liquid crystal cell to maintain a normal cell thickness and thus ensuring a normal display effect. The number of support units 14 located in the first sub-pixel row 16a and / or the second sub-pixel row 16b is zero. This prevents the cell thickness at the edge of the display area 2 from being greater than the normal cell thickness of the display area 2, thereby avoiding uneven cell thickness in the display area 2 and improving the display effect caused by uneven cell thickness.

[0079] It should be noted that when the number of support units 14 in the first sub-pixel area row 16a or the second sub-pixel area row 16b is 0, the support units 14 in the first sub-pixel area row 16a or the second sub-pixel area row 16b with support units 14 need to maintain a preset distance from the edge of the display area 2 to avoid uneven thickness of the display area 2. For example, the support units 14 in the first sub-pixel area row 16a or the second sub-pixel area row 16b with support units 14 are located inside the corresponding sub-pixel area 4, so that the distance between the support unit 14 and the edge of the adjacent display area 2 is close to the size of a sub-pixel area 4 (this size refers to the length of the sub-pixel area 4 in the direction toward the adjacent non-display area 3).

[0080] In one specific embodiment, the first direction X and the second direction Y are set perpendicularly, for example, the first direction X is horizontal and the second direction Y is vertical.

[0081] In some embodiments, the display area 2 is divided along the second direction Y into a first sub-display area 2a, a second sub-display area 2b, and a third sub-display area 2c arranged adjacent to each other in sequence; the first sub-display area 2a is provided with a first sub-pixel area row 16a and a plurality of third sub-pixel area rows 16c arranged adjacent to the first sub-pixel area row 16a in sequence; the second sub-display area 2b is provided with a plurality of third sub-pixel area rows 16c in sequence; and the third sub-display area 2c is provided with a second sub-pixel area row 16b and a plurality of third sub-pixel area rows 16c arranged adjacent to the second sub-pixel area row 16b in sequence.

[0082] The first sub-display area 2a is divided along the first direction X into multiple adjacent first support repeating areas 19 of the same shape and size. The second sub-display area 2b is divided along the first direction X and the second direction Y into multiple second support repeating areas 20 of the same shape and size. The third sub-display area 2c is divided along the first direction X into multiple third support repeating areas 21 of the same shape and size. The first support repeating areas 19, the second support repeating areas 20, and the third support repeating areas 21 are the same size and shape, and include the same number of sub-pixel areas 4.

[0083] Understandably, the sum of the areas of the multiple first support repeating areas 19 is equal to the area of ​​the first sub-display area 2a, the sum of the areas of the multiple second support repeating areas 20 is equal to the area of ​​the second sub-display area 2b, and the sum of the areas of the multiple third support repeating areas 21 is equal to the area of ​​the third sub-display area 2c.

[0084] The support layer 8 includes a first support array 22 located in the first support repetition region 19, a second support array 23 located in the second support repetition region 20, and a third support array 24 located in the third support repetition region 21. Each of the first support array 22, the second support array 23, and the third support array 24 includes a plurality of support units 14 arranged in multiple rows along the second direction Y. Specifically, the support units 14 in the first support array 22 have one less row than those in the second support array 23, and the support units 14 in the third support array 24 have one less row than those in the second support array 23.

[0085] In one specific embodiment, the arrangement and density of the support units 14 in the first support array 22 are the same as those in the second support array 23 after removing the first row of support units 14 near the first side 17. The arrangement and density of the support units 14 in the third support array 24 are the same as those in the second support array 23 after removing the first row of support units 14 near the second side 18.

[0086] It should be noted that the arrangement described in the embodiments of this application refers to the distribution pattern, such as the relative positional relationship between different support units 14; the density described in the embodiments of this application refers to the distribution density.

[0087] Understandably, in this embodiment of the application, the display area 2 is provided with three types of support repeating areas and three types of support arrays.

[0088] In some embodiments, the support unit 14 includes a first sub-support unit 14a and a second sub-support unit 14b, wherein the thickness of the first sub-support unit 14a is greater than the thickness of the second sub-support unit 14b. The first support array 22, the second support array 23, and the third support array 24 each include at least one first sub-support unit 14a and at least one second sub-support unit 14b.

[0089] Specifically, when the display surface or back surface of the display panel 1 is not pressed, the two ends of the first sub-support unit 14a are in contact with the first substrate 5 and the second substrate 6 respectively, and the two ends of the second sub-support unit 14b are in contact with the first substrate 5 or the second substrate 6 only.

[0090] It should be noted that the thickness of the first sub-support unit 14a refers to the length of the first sub-support unit 14a in the thickness direction of the display panel 1, and the thickness of the second sub-support unit 14b refers to the length of the second sub-support unit 14b in the thickness direction of the display panel 1.

[0091] In one specific embodiment, the first support array 22, the second support array 23 and the third support array 24 each include a first sub-support unit 14a and a plurality of second sub-support units 14b.

[0092] For example, such as Figure 3 , Figures 4a to 4cAs shown, the first sub-display area 2a has a first sub-pixel area row 16a and three third sub-pixel area rows 16c arranged sequentially adjacent to the first sub-pixel area row 16a. The second sub-display area 2b has 4N (N is a positive integer) third sub-pixel area rows 16c, and the third sub-display area 2c has a second sub-pixel area row 16b and three third sub-pixel area rows 16c arranged sequentially adjacent to the second sub-pixel area row 16b. The first support repeating area 19, the second support repeating area 20, and the third support repeating area 21 each include 4 (rows) x 6 (columns) sub-pixel areas 4. The first support array 22 includes 3 (rows) x 6 (columns) support units 14 arranged one-to-one with the sub-pixel areas 4 in the second to fourth rows of the first support repeating area 19, one of which is a first sub-support unit 14a, and the other support units 14 are second sub-support units 14b. The second support array 23 includes 4 (rows) x 6 (columns) support units 14, each corresponding to one of the sub-pixel areas 4 in the first to fourth rows of the second support repeating area 20. One of the support units 14 is a first sub-support unit 14a, and the other support units 14 are second sub-support units 14b. The third support array 24 includes 3 (rows) x 6 (columns) support units 14, each corresponding to one of the sub-pixel areas 4 in the first to third rows of the third support repeating area 21. One of the support units 14 is a first sub-support unit 14a, and the other support units 14 are second sub-support units 14b.

[0093] Furthermore, in the entire display area 2, the spacing between any two adjacent first sub-support units 14a is the same in the first direction X; and the spacing between any two adjacent first sub-support units 14a is the same in the second direction Y. This design helps to improve the uniformity of the distribution of the first sub-support units 14a, thereby improving the uniformity of the cell thickness of the display area 2, and thus improving the display effect.

[0094] Furthermore, the first sub-support unit 14a in the first support array 22 is located in a row of support units 14 near the adjacent second light-shielding part 12. This design helps to improve the support effect of the first sub-support unit 14a on the edge position of the display area 2, and avoids the problem of small cell thickness caused by the lack of the first sub-support unit 14a at the edge position of the display area 2.

[0095] In other words, the embodiments of this application are equivalent to... Figure 1 Based on the arrangement of the support structures shown, the support structures in the first row of sub-pixel area 4 and the last row of sub-pixel area 4 were directly removed, and the arrangement of other support structures was not changed.

[0096] In this embodiment, by removing the support unit 14 in the sub-pixel region 4 adjacent to the thicker second light-shielding portion 12, or by maintaining the distance between the support unit 14 in the sub-pixel region 4 adjacent to the thicker second light-shielding portion 12 and the adjacent second light-shielding portion 12 within a range close to the size of a sub-pixel region 4 (i.e., the distance between the side of the sub-pixel region 4 away from the adjacent second light-shielding portion 12 and the adjacent second light-shielding portion 12), it is possible to avoid setting the support unit 14 on the second light-shielding portion 12. This avoids the uneven thickness of the display area 2 caused by the thickness of the second light-shielding portion 12 being greater than the thickness of the first light-shielding portion 11, thereby improving the display effect of the display panel 1. Furthermore, this application does not require significant adjustments to the film structure of the display panel 1; only the distribution position of the support unit 14 needs to be adjusted. This simple and efficient method can avoid uneven thickness of the display area 2 of the display panel 1, thereby effectively improving the display effect of the display panel 1.

[0097] like Figure 6 As shown, this application embodiment also provides a display panel 1, which differs from the previous embodiment in that the display area 2 of this application embodiment is provided with only a support repeating area and a support array.

[0098] Specifically, the display area 2 is divided along the second direction Y into a first sub-display area 2a, a second sub-display area 2b, and a third sub-display area 2c, which are arranged adjacent to each other in sequence. The first sub-pixel area row 16a is located in the first sub-display area 2a, the third sub-pixel area row 16c is located in the second sub-display area 2b, and the second sub-pixel area row 16b is located in the third sub-display area 2c. The second sub-display area 2b is divided along the first direction X and the second direction Y into multiple fourth support repeating areas 25 of the same shape and size, each fourth support repeating area 25 including multiple sub-pixel areas 4.

[0099] Understandably, the sum of the areas of the multiple fourth support repeating areas 25 is equal to the area of ​​the second sub-display area 2b.

[0100] The support unit 14 includes a first sub-support unit 14a and a second sub-support unit 14b, wherein the thickness of the first sub-support unit 14a is greater than the thickness of the second sub-support unit 14b. The fourth support repeating region 25 is provided with at least one first sub-support unit 14a and at least one second sub-support unit 14b, and the arrangement and / or density of the first sub-support unit 14a and the second sub-support unit 14b in each fourth support repeating region 25 are the same.

[0101] In one specific embodiment, the arrangement and density of the first sub-support unit 14a and the second sub-support unit 14b in each fourth support repeating region 25 are the same. That is, the support array formed by the multiple support units 14 in each fourth support repeating region 25 is the same.

[0102] For example, such as Figure 7 As shown, the first sub-display area 2a has a first sub-pixel area row 16a, the second sub-display area 2b has 4N (N is a positive integer) third sub-pixel area rows 16c, and the third sub-display area 2c has a second sub-pixel area row 16b. Each fourth support repeating area 25 includes 4 (rows) x 6 (columns) sub-pixel areas 4. The support array located in the fourth support repeating area 25 includes 4 (rows) x 6 (columns) support units 14 arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with the first to fourth rows of sub-pixel areas 4 in the fourth support repeating area 25, one of which is a first sub-support unit 14a, and the other support units 14 are second sub-support units 14b. Furthermore, in the entire display area 2, in the first direction X, the spacing between any two adjacent first sub-support units 14a is the same; in the second direction Y, the spacing between any two adjacent first sub-support units 14a is the same.

[0103] The embodiments of this application can simply and efficiently avoid uneven cell thickness in the display area 2 of the display panel 1, thereby effectively improving the display effect of the display panel 1. Furthermore, the embodiments of this application also make the distribution of the first sub-support unit 14a and the second sub-support unit 14b in the second sub-display area 2b more uniform, which can further improve the uniformity of cell thickness in the display area 2 of the display panel 1, and is beneficial to further improving the display effect.

[0104] like Figure 8 As shown, this application embodiment also provides a display panel 1. Unlike any of the previous embodiments, this application embodiment only removes the support unit 14 in the first row of sub-pixel areas 4 of the display area 2, and the support unit 14 in other sub-pixel areas 4 is closer to the inner side of the sub-pixel area 4 than the outer side of the sub-pixel area 4.

[0105] Specifically, multiple sub-pixel regions 4 are arranged in multiple rows and columns along the first direction X and the second direction Y. The display area 2 includes a first side 17 and a second side 18 extending along the first direction X and arranged opposite to each other along the second direction Y. The multiple rows of sub-pixel regions 4 include a first sub-pixel region row 16a adjacent to the first side 17 and multiple second sub-pixel region rows 16b located on the side of the first sub-pixel region row 16a away from the first side 17. The number of support units 14 in the first sub-pixel region row 16a is 0, the number of support units 14 in the second sub-pixel region row 16b is greater than 0, and the support units 14 are located within the corresponding sub-pixel region 4 and are closer to the inner side of the sub-pixel than the outer side of the sub-pixel region 4.

[0106] In one embodiment, the display area 2 is divided along the second direction Y into a first sub-display area 2a and a second sub-display area 2b arranged adjacent to each other. The first sub-display area 2a is provided with a first sub-pixel area row 16a and a plurality of second sub-pixel area rows 16b arranged adjacent to the first sub-pixel area row 16a. The second sub-display area 2b is provided with a plurality of second sub-pixel area rows 16b.

[0107] The first sub-display area 2a is divided into multiple first support repeating areas 19 along the first direction X, and the second sub-display area 2b is divided into multiple second support repeating areas 20 along the first direction X and the second direction Y. The first support repeating areas 19 and the second support repeating areas 20 are the same size and shape, and include the same number of sub-pixel areas 4.

[0108] The support layer 8 includes a first support array 22 located in the first support repeating region 19 and a second support array 23 located in the second support repeating region 20; both the first support array 22 and the second support array 23 include a plurality of support units 14 arranged in multiple rows along the second direction Y. The support units 14 in the first support array 22 have one less row than the support units 14 in the second support array 23.

[0109] For example, such as Figure 8 , Figure 4a and Figure 4b As shown, the first sub-display area 2a has a first sub-pixel area row 16a and three second sub-pixel area rows 16b arranged sequentially adjacent to the first sub-pixel area row 16a. The second sub-display area 2b has 4N (N is a positive integer) second sub-pixel area rows 16b. The first support repeating area 19 and the second support repeating area 20 each include 4 (rows) x 6 (columns) sub-pixel areas 4. The first support array 22 includes 3 (rows) x 6 (columns) support units 14 arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with the sub-pixel areas 4 in the second to fourth rows of the first support repeating area 19, where one support unit 14 is a first sub-support unit 14a and the other support units 14 are second sub-support units 14b. The second support array 23 includes 4 (rows) x 6 (columns) support units 14 arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with the sub-pixel areas 4 in the second support repeating area 20, where one support unit 14 is a first sub-support unit 14a and the other support units 14 are second sub-support units 14b.

[0110] Furthermore, in the entire display area 2, the spacing between any two adjacent first sub-support units 14a is the same in the first direction X; and the spacing between any two adjacent first sub-support units 14a is the same in the second direction Y. This design helps to improve the uniformity of the distribution of the first sub-support units 14a, thereby improving the uniformity of the cell thickness of the display area 2, and thus improving the display effect.

[0111] Furthermore, the first sub-support unit 14a in the first support array 22 is located in a row of support units 14 near the adjacent second light-shielding part 12. This design helps to improve the support effect of the first sub-support unit 14a on the edge position of the display area 2, and avoids the problem of small cell thickness caused by the lack of the first sub-support unit 14a at the edge position of the display area 2.

[0112] In other words, the embodiments of this application are in Figure 1 Based on the arrangement of the support structures shown, the support structures in the first row of sub-pixel area 4 were directly removed, and the arrangement of other support structures was not changed.

[0113] In this embodiment, by removing the support unit 14 in a sub-pixel row 16 adjacent to the thicker second light-shielding portion 12, and maintaining the distance between the support unit 14 in the sub-pixel area 4 and the adjacent second light-shielding portion 12 within a range close to the size of the sub-pixel area 4 (i.e., the distance between the side of the sub-pixel area 4 away from the adjacent second light-shielding portion 12 and the adjacent second light-shielding portion 12), it is possible to avoid setting the support unit 14 on the second light-shielding portion 12. This avoids the uneven thickness of the display area 2 caused by the thickness of the second light-shielding portion 12 being greater than the thickness of the first light-shielding portion 11, thereby improving the display effect of the display panel 1. This application does not require significant adjustments to the film structure of the display panel 1; only the distribution position of the support unit 14 needs to be adjusted. This simple and efficient method can avoid uneven thickness of the display area 2 of the display panel 1, thereby effectively improving the display effect of the display panel 1.

[0114] like Figure 9 As shown, this application embodiment also provides a display panel 1, which differs from the previous embodiment in that the display area 2 of this application embodiment is provided with only a support repeating area and a support array.

[0115] Specifically, the display area 2 is divided along the second direction Y into a first sub-display area 2a and a second sub-display area 2b arranged adjacent to each other. A first sub-pixel area row 16a is located in the first sub-display area 2a, and a second sub-pixel area row 16b is located in the second sub-display area 2b. The second sub-display area 2b is divided along the first direction X and the second direction Y into multiple fifth support repeating areas 26 of the same shape and size. Each fifth support repeating area 26 includes multiple sub-pixel areas 4. The support unit 14 includes a first sub-support unit 14a and a second sub-support unit 14b, with the thickness of the first sub-support unit 14a being greater than the thickness of the second sub-support unit 14b. Each fifth support repeating area 26 contains at least one first sub-support unit 14a and at least one second sub-support unit 14b, and the arrangement and / or density of the first sub-support units 14a and second sub-support units 14b in each fifth support repeating area 26 are the same.

[0116] Understandably, the sum of the areas of the multiple fifth support repeating areas 26 is equal to the area of ​​the second sub-display area 2b.

[0117] In one specific embodiment, the arrangement and density of the first sub-support unit 14a and the second sub-support unit 14b in each fifth support repeating region 26 are the same. That is, the support array formed by the multiple support units 14 in each fifth support repeating region 26 is the same.

[0118] For example, such as Figure 10 As shown, the first sub-display area 2a has a first sub-pixel area row 16a, and the second sub-display area 2b has 4N (N is a positive integer) second sub-pixel area rows 16b. Each fifth support repeating area 26 includes 4 (rows) x 6 (columns) sub-pixel areas 4. The support array located in the fifth support repeating area 26 includes 4 (rows) x 6 (columns) support units 14 arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with the first to fourth rows of sub-pixel areas 4 in the fifth support repeating area 26, and one of the support units 14 is a first sub-support unit 14a, and the other support units 14 are second sub-support units 14b. The support unit 14 in each sub-pixel area 4 is located on the side of the corresponding pixel opening 13 away from the adjacent second light-shielding part 12. Furthermore, in the entire display area 2, in the first direction X, the spacing between any two adjacent first sub-support units 14a is the same; in the second direction Y, the spacing between any two adjacent first sub-support units 14a is the same.

[0119] The embodiments of this application can simply and efficiently avoid uneven cell thickness in the display area 2 of the display panel 1, thereby effectively improving the display effect of the display panel 1. Furthermore, the embodiments of this application also make the distribution of the first sub-support unit 14a and the second sub-support unit 14b in the second sub-display area 2b more uniform, which can further improve the uniformity of cell thickness in the display area 2 of the display panel 1, and is beneficial to further improving the display effect.

[0120] This application embodiment also provides a display panel 1, which differs from any of the aforementioned embodiments in that the display area 2 includes a plurality of sub-pixel area columns 15 arranged sequentially along a first direction X and a plurality of sub-pixel area rows 16 arranged sequentially along a second direction Y; the sub-pixel area columns 15 include a plurality of sub-pixel areas 4 arranged sequentially adjacent to each other along the second direction Y, and the sub-pixel area rows 16 include a plurality of sub-pixel areas 4 arranged sequentially adjacent to each other along the first direction X; wherein, the number of support units 14 in at least one sub-pixel row adjacent to the second light-shielding part 12 is 0, and the number of support units 14 in at least one sub-pixel column adjacent to the second light-shielding part 12 is 0.

[0121] In this embodiment, the support units 14 in the first and last two rows of sub-pixel areas 4 and the first and last two columns of sub-pixel areas 4 of the display area 2 are removed. This can prevent the cell thickness at any edge position of the display area 2 from being greater than the cell thickness of the normal display area 2, thereby improving the uniformity of the cell thickness of the entire display area 2 and thus improving the display effect.

[0122] like Figure 11 As shown, this application embodiment also provides a display panel 1, which differs from any of the aforementioned embodiments in that the first substrate 5 further includes a color filter layer 27 covering a plurality of pixel openings 13. The color filter layer 27 includes a plurality of color resist units 28 disposed one-to-one with the plurality of pixel openings 13. Among them, the color resist units 28 disposed near the non-display area 3 extend into the non-display area 3.

[0123] It is understandable that, in the direction toward the non-display area 3, the length of the color resist unit 28 disposed closer to the non-display area 3 is greater than the length of the color resist unit 28 disposed further away from the non-display area 3.

[0124] In one specific embodiment, the color filter layer 27 includes a plurality of color resist units 28 arranged along the second direction Y, and each row of color resist units 28 includes a plurality of color resist units 28 arranged sequentially along the first direction X. The first row of color resist units 28 and the last row of color resist units 28 both extend toward the adjacent non-display area 3.

[0125] In one specific embodiment, the color filter layer 27 includes a plurality of color resist units 28 arranged along a first direction X, and each column of color resist units 28 includes a plurality of color resist units 28 arranged sequentially along a second direction Y. The first column of color resist units 28 and the last column of color resist units 28 both extend toward the adjacent non-display area 3.

[0126] In some embodiments, each row of color resist units 28 includes a plurality of groups of color resist units 28, and each group of color resist units 28 includes adjacent red color resist (R), green color resist (G) and blue color resist (B).

[0127] In this embodiment, the color filter layer 27 near the non-display area 3 is designed to extend into the non-display area 3, so that the edge of the color resist unit 28 at the boundary of the display area 2 extends beyond the boundary of the display area 2. This avoids display abnormalities caused by missing or uneven thickness of the color resist at the boundary of the display area 2 due to process fluctuations, and is beneficial to improving the display effect.

[0128] like Figure 12 As shown, this application embodiment also provides a display device 29, which includes the display panel 1 described in any of the above embodiments.

[0129] In some embodiments, the display device 29 further includes a housing 30, which is located at least on the back of the display panel 1.

[0130] In this embodiment, the high uniformity of the cell thickness of the display area 2 of the display panel 1 is beneficial to improving the display effect of the display device 29.

[0131] In the description of this application, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly specifying the number of technical features indicated. Therefore, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more features. In the description of this application, "multiple" means two or more, unless otherwise explicitly specified.

[0132] In the above embodiments, the descriptions of each embodiment have different focuses. For parts not described in detail in a certain embodiment, please refer to the relevant descriptions in other embodiments.

[0133] The embodiments, implementation methods, and related technical features of this application can be combined and substituted for each other without conflict.

[0134] The above are merely preferred embodiments of this application and are not intended to limit this application in any way. Any simple modifications, equivalent changes, and alterations made to the above embodiments based on the technical essence of this application without departing from the scope of the technical solution of this application shall still fall within the scope of the technical solution of this application.

Claims

1. A display panel, characterized by, The display panel has a display area and a non-display area disposed around the outer side of the display area, the display area including a plurality of sub-pixel areas; the display panel includes: The first substrate includes a light-shielding layer; the light-shielding layer includes a first light-shielding portion located in the display area and a second light-shielding portion located in the non-display area, the thickness of the first light-shielding portion is less than the thickness of the second light-shielding portion, and the first light-shielding portion is provided with a plurality of pixel openings that correspond one-to-one with the plurality of sub-pixel areas; A second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate; and A support layer is located in the display area and includes a plurality of support units disposed between the first light-shielding portion and the second substrate; In the sub-pixel region adjacent to the second light-shielding part, the number of support units is 0, or the support units are located within the corresponding sub-pixel region and are closer to the inner side of the sub-pixel region than the outer side of the sub-pixel region.

2. The display panel of claim 1, wherein, The multiple sub-pixel regions are arranged in multiple rows and columns in a first direction and a second direction, with the first direction and the second direction intersecting each other; the display area includes a first side and a second side extending along the first direction and arranged opposite to each other in the second direction; the multiple rows of the sub-pixel regions include a first sub-pixel region row adjacent to the first side, a second sub-pixel region row adjacent to the second side, and multiple third sub-pixel region rows located between the first sub-pixel region row and the second sub-pixel region row; The number of support units located in the third sub-pixel area row is greater than 0, and the number of support units located in the first sub-pixel area row and / or the second sub-pixel area row is 0.

3. The display panel of claim 2, wherein, The display area is divided along the second direction into a first sub-display area, a second sub-display area, and a third sub-display area arranged adjacent to each other in sequence; the first sub-display area has a first sub-pixel area row and a plurality of third sub-pixel area rows arranged adjacent to the first sub-pixel area row, the second sub-display area has a plurality of third sub-pixel area rows, and the third sub-display area has a second sub-pixel area row and a plurality of third sub-pixel area rows arranged adjacent to the second sub-pixel area row in sequence; The first sub-display area is divided into multiple first support repeating areas along the first direction; the second sub-display area is divided into multiple second support repeating areas along the first direction and the second direction; and the third sub-display area is divided into multiple third support repeating areas along the first direction. The first support repeating areas, the second support repeating areas, and the third support repeating areas are the same size and shape, and include the same number of the sub-pixel areas. The support layer includes a first support array located in the first support repetition region, a second support array located in the second support repetition region, and a third support array located in the third support repetition region. The first support array, the second support array, and the third support array each include a plurality of support units arranged in multiple rows along the second direction; The support unit in the first support array has one less row than the support unit in the second support array, and the support unit in the third support array has one less row than the support unit in the second support array.

4. The display panel of claim 2, wherein, The display area is divided along the second direction into a first sub-display area, a second sub-display area, and a third sub-display area arranged adjacent to each other in sequence; the first sub-pixel area row is located in the first sub-display area, the third sub-pixel area row is located in the second sub-display area, and the second sub-pixel area row is located in the third sub-display area; the second sub-display area is divided along the first direction and the second direction into a plurality of fourth support repeating areas of the same shape and size, and the fourth support repeating area includes a plurality of the sub-pixel areas; The support unit includes a first sub-support unit and a second sub-support unit, wherein the thickness of the first sub-support unit is greater than the thickness of the second sub-support unit; The fourth support repeating region is provided with at least one first sub-support unit and at least one second sub-support unit, and the arrangement and / or density of the first sub-support unit and the second sub-support unit in each fourth support repeating region are the same.

5. The display panel of claim 1, wherein, The multiple sub-pixel regions are arranged in multiple rows and columns in a first direction and a second direction, and the first direction and the second direction are intersected; the display area includes a first side and a second side extending along the first direction and arranged opposite to each other in the second direction; the multiple rows of the sub-pixel regions include a first sub-pixel region row arranged adjacent to the first side and multiple second sub-pixel region rows located on the side of the first sub-pixel region row away from the first side; The number of support units located in the first sub-pixel area row is 0, the number of support units located in the second sub-pixel area row is greater than 0, and the support units are located within the corresponding sub-pixel area and are closer to the inner side of the sub-pixel than the outer side of the sub-pixel area.

6. The display panel of claim 5, wherein, The display area is divided into a first sub-display area and a second sub-display area arranged adjacent to each other along the second direction. The first sub-display area has a first sub-pixel area row and a plurality of second sub-pixel area rows arranged adjacent to the first sub-pixel area row. The second sub-display area has a plurality of second sub-pixel area rows. The first sub-display area is divided into a plurality of first support repeating areas along the first direction, and the second sub-display area is divided into a plurality of second support repeating areas along the first direction and the second direction; the first support repeating areas and the second support repeating areas are the same size and shape, and include the same number of the sub-pixel areas; The support layer includes a first support array located in the first support repetition area and a second support array located in the second support repetition area; both the first support array and the second support array include a plurality of support units arranged in multiple rows along the second direction; The support unit located in the first support array has one less row than the support unit located in the second support array.

7. The display panel of claim 5, wherein, The display area is divided along the second direction into a first sub-display area and a second sub-display area arranged adjacent to each other, with the first sub-pixel area row located in the first sub-display area and the second sub-pixel area row located in the second sub-display area; the second sub-display area is divided along the first direction and the second direction into a plurality of fifth support repeating areas of the same shape and size, the fifth support repeating area including a plurality of the sub-pixel areas; The support unit includes a first sub-support unit and a second sub-support unit, wherein the thickness of the first sub-support unit is greater than the thickness of the second sub-support unit; The fifth support repeating region is provided with at least one first sub-support unit and at least one second sub-support unit, and the arrangement and / or density of the first sub-support unit and the second sub-support unit in each fifth support repeating region are the same.

8. The display panel of claim 1, wherein, The display area includes a plurality of sub-pixel area columns arranged sequentially along a first direction and a plurality of sub-pixel area rows arranged sequentially along a second direction, the first direction and the second direction being intersected; the sub-pixel area column includes a plurality of sub-pixel areas arranged sequentially adjacent to each other along the second direction, and the sub-pixel area row includes a plurality of sub-pixel areas arranged sequentially adjacent to each other along the first direction; Wherein, the number of support units in at least one sub-pixel row adjacent to the second light-shielding portion is 0, and the number of support units in at least one sub-pixel column adjacent to the second light-shielding portion is 0.

9. The display panel according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that, The first substrate further includes a color filter layer covering the plurality of pixel openings, the color filter layer including a plurality of color resist units disposed in a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of pixel openings; The color resist unit located near the non-display area extends into the adjacent non-display area.

10. A display device, characterized by comprising: Includes the display panel described in any one of claims 1-9.

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