Display Panel Layout for Image Display Over Component Areas
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display panels struggle to display images in areas where electronic components are typically located, limiting the effective use of display apparatuses in diverse applications.
Innovation Solution
A display panel design with an extended display area that includes a main display area, an auxiliary display area, and a peripheral area, featuring specialized pixel circuits and connections to accommodate both image display and component integration, allowing image display even in areas with electronic elements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If electronic components are integrated in the display area, then device functionality is improved, but image display capability in that area deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The display area is segmented into a main display area and an auxiliary display area. The auxiliary display area is further divided into a circuit area and a component area. This segmentation allows different regions to serve different functions: the main display area for high-quality image display, the circuit area for signal processing, and the component area for housing electronic components while still maintaining display functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the display panel are assigned different functional qualities. The main display area uses standard pixel circuits for high-resolution imaging. The auxiliary display area uses specialized pixel circuits that can operate with electronic components present. The circuit area uses different circuit designs than the component area, optimizing each zone for its specific purpose.
2Adaptability or versatility
If auxiliary display area is added, then display versatility is improved, but device area increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the functions of display and electronic component integration into a single auxiliary display area. Instead of adding separate components that would increase device area, the component area within the auxiliary display area houses electronic components while still maintaining display functionality, effectively combining multiple functions in one space.
Solution Approach 2:
The auxiliary display area serves multiple functions: it displays images (display functionality), houses electronic components (component integration), and processes signals (circuit functionality). This multi-functionality is achieved within a compact area, avoiding the need to increase overall device size to add these capabilities.
3Adaptability or versatility
If component area is integrated in display area, then device functionality is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The manufacturing process is segmented into distinct stages for forming different areas. The auxiliary display area is formed with specific characteristics different from the main display area. The circuit area and component area are further segmented with their own specialized structures, allowing standardized manufacturing processes for each zone while maintaining overall integration.
Data Source
AI summary
A display panel includes: a substrate having a main display area, an auxiliary display area, and a peripheral area, the auxiliary display area having a circuit area and a component area; main display elements arranged in the main display area and main pixel circuits respectively connected to the main display elements; first display elements arranged in the component area; second display elements arranged in the circuit area; and auxiliary pixel circuits arranged in the circuit area, wherein the circuit area is arranged between the main display area and the component area, the auxiliary pixel circuits include: first pixel circuits connected to the first display elements, respectively; and second pixel circuits connected to the second display elements, respectively, and at least some of the second display elements overlap the first pixel circuits.