Display Panel Bypass Line Layout for Reduced Camera Dead Area
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Solution Overview
Problem
Display apparatuses face an issue with increased 'dead areas' due to wirings around multiple functional areas such as cameras and sensors, which reduces the effective display space.
Innovation Solution
A display panel design with a substrate featuring distinct areas for components like cameras and sensors, where lines such as data or scan lines are strategically routed to bypass these areas, reducing the number of lines passing through intermediate areas and optimizing their distribution to minimize dead space.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If wirings are routed around multiple functional areas (camera, sensor), then functional integration is improved, but dead area increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent routes wirings in different directions (first direction and second direction) to bypass functional areas from different spatial dimensions, reducing the dead area created by traditional single-direction wiring layouts
Solution Approach 2:
The wiring is divided into multiple segments (first wiring and second wiring) that take different paths around functional areas, allowing optimized routing that minimizes dead space while maintaining connectivity
2Ease of operation
If more lines pass through intermediate areas to connect display elements, then connectivity is improved, but dead area increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different wiring densities to different regions: more lines are routed through areas with fewer functional components, while areas with cameras or sensors have reduced wiring density, optimizing the balance between connectivity and dead area reduction
Data Source
AI summary
A display panel includes a substrate including a first area and a second area that are spaced apart from each other in a first direction; a plurality of display elements located in a display area, the display area being adjacent to the first area and the second area; and a plurality of lines extending in a second direction that intersects the first direction, the plurality of lines being electrically respectively connected to the plurality of display elements, wherein the plurality of lines include: a first line and a second line adjacent to each other and bypassing along an edge of the first area; and a third line and a fourth line adjacent to each other and bypassing along an edge of the second area, wherein the first area and the second area are different from each other in at least one of size or shape.