Display Panel Corner Wiring Layout for Crease-Resistant Bending

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional four-curved side display panels experience creases at corner areas when attached to Gaussian surfaces, leading to signal line breakage due to inherent curvature issues.

Innovation Solution

A display panel design featuring a base substrate with a flat display area and bending areas, including signal wiring with a bridge line in the corner area that has greater elongation than the primary line, enhancing bending resistance and preventing crease-induced breakage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Illumination intensity

If display panels are attached to Gaussian surfaces (spherical corner areas), then overall display effects of four-curved side products are improved, but corner areas of the display panels are prone to creases, causing signal lines to break easily

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay effectVSAvoidsignal line integrity
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the physical parameters of the signal line by introducing a bridge line with different geometric characteristics (greater elongation) in the corner area. This parameter change allows the signal line to accommodate the Gaussian curvature of the spherical corner without breaking, thus maintaining both display effect and signal line integrity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The signal line is segmented into two distinct parts: a first line in the bending area and a bridge line in the corner area. This segmentation allows each segment to be optimized independently - the first line for standard bending and the bridge line for the complex Gaussian curvature of the corner, preventing crease-induced breakage

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Strength

If bridge line with greater elongation is designed in corner area, then bending resistance of signal wiring is improved, but signal wiring structure becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebending resistanceVSAvoidsignal wiring structure
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by designing the bridge line with greater elongation specifically in the corner area where Gaussian curvature exists, while the first line in the bending area maintains standard characteristics. This localized optimization provides enhanced bending resistance where needed without unnecessarily complicating the entire signal wiring structure

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS20240186334A1Display panel and display device
Publication Date: 2024.06.06 WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
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AI summary

A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a base substrate and a signal wiring disposed on the base substrate. The base substrate includes a first bending area and a second bending area adjoining each other, and a corner area located between the first bending area and the second bending area. The signal wiring includes a first line and a bridge line connected to the first line. The first line is located in the first bending area, the bridge line is located in the corner area, and elongation of the bridge line is greater than elongation of the first line.