Display Panel Segmented Power Lines for Signal Transmission

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current display panels face challenges in enhancing display quality, particularly in areas where electronic modules are disposed, due to limitations in light transmittance and resolution variations across different display areas.

Innovation Solution

A display panel design featuring a first display area with a specific light transmittance and resolution, and a second display area with higher light transmittance and lower resolution, where the second area has a different power voltage level to improve signal transmission and reception for electronic modules disposed below it.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If a display panel uses a single display area with uniform light transmittance and resolution, then the manufacturing process is simple, but the display quality is compromised in areas where electronic modules are disposed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanufacturing simplicityVSAvoiddisplay quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The display panel is divided into two distinct display areas: a first display area with first light transmittance and first resolution, and a second display area with second light transmittance and second resolution. This segmentation allows each area to be optimized for its specific function, with the second area having higher light transmittance for electronic module signal transmission while the first area maintains standard display quality

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different regions of the display panel are assigned different optical and resolution characteristics. The second display area, where electronic modules are disposed, has higher light transmittance and lower resolution optimized for signal transmission, while the first display area maintains standard resolution and light transmittance for normal display purposes

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Reliability

If the second display area has higher light transmittance to improve signal transmission, then signal reception is enhanced, but the resolution in that area is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesignal transmissionVSAvoidresolution
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The display panel implements local quality optimization by assigning different resolution characteristics to different areas. The second display area has second resolution optimized for signal transmission reliability, while the first display area maintains first resolution for high-quality visual display. This allows the system to achieve reliable signal transmission without compromising overall display quality

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adapts to different functional requirements by having different resolution levels in different areas. The second display area operates with lower resolution specifically when electronic modules require enhanced signal transmission, while the first area maintains higher resolution for normal display operations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Reliability

If different power voltage levels are applied to different display areas, then signal transmission is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesignal transmissionVSAvoidpower line configuration
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The power supply system is segmented into at least two separate power lines: a first power line providing first power voltage to the first display area, and a second power line providing second power voltage to the second display area. This segmentation enables different voltage levels to be applied to different areas, improving signal transmission reliability while managing the increased complexity through systematic power distribution

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11626467B2Display panel and display device having the same
Publication Date: 2023.04.11 SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO LTD
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AI summary

A display panel includes a first display area having a first light transmittance and a second display area having a second light transmittance that is higher than the first light transmittance. The display panel further comprises a plurality of first pixels disposed in the first display area and a plurality of second pixels disposed in the second display area. A first power line is connected to the plurality of first pixels. The first power line is configured to provide a first power voltage. A second power line is connected to the plurality of second pixels. The second power line is configured to provide a second power voltage having a voltage level that is different from a voltage level of the first power voltage.