Spliced LED Display on Transparent Substrate

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional display splicing methods result in visible gaps and complex assembly processes, affecting display quality and increasing costs, especially as pixel pitch decreases and spliced displays are applied to smaller screens.

Innovation Solution

A spliced display design featuring a transparent substrate with LED modules disposed on its back surface, eliminating the need for tiling frames by bonding LED modules directly to the substrate, thus avoiding visible gaps and simplifying the assembly process.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Area of stationary object

If traditional tiling frame splicing method is used to integrate multiple display units, then large-sized display surface can be achieved, but visible gaps and black lines appear between displays reducing display quality

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay surface areaVSAvoiddisplay quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple LED modules onto a single transparent substrate, eliminating the physical separation and tiling frames between modules. This integration approach removes the visible gaps and black lines that occur when displays are spliced using traditional tiling frames, thereby maintaining high display quality across large display surfaces.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Area of stationary object

If traditional tiling frame splicing method is used to assemble multiple displays, then large display surface can be formed, but assembly process becomes complicated and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay surface areaVSAvoidassembly process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple LED modules onto one transparent substrate during manufacturing, integrating what would otherwise require complex post-assembly tiling operations. This merging of modules into a single assembly unit dramatically simplifies the assembly process and reduces assembly time while achieving large display surfaces.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Device complexity

If traditional display splicing method is used, then assembly structure is simple with tiling frames, but visible black lines appear affecting display quality

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveassembly structureVSAvoiddisplay quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges LED modules onto a continuous transparent substrate, eliminating the need for tiling frames and their associated visible seams. This merging approach maintains structural simplicity while simultaneously improving display quality by removing the black lines that appear at the boundaries of traditionally spliced displays.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This approach enhances display quality by eliminating visible black lines and simplifies the assembly process, making it more efficient and cost-effective for producing high-quality display products across various sizes.

Implementation Method 1

Each of the LED modules includes a driving backplane and a plurality of micro LEDs, and the micro LEDs are disposed in an array between the driving backplane and the transparent substrate

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectroluminescence: Electroluminescence

Data Source

PatentUS11244937B2Spliced display with LED modules disposed on transparent substrate
Publication Date: 2022.02.08 IND TECH RES INST
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AI summary

A spliced display including a transparent substrate, a plurality of light emitting diode modules, at least one control element and a signal transmission structure is provided. The transparent substrate has a display surface and a back surface opposite to each other. The light emitting diode modules are disposed on the back surface of the transparent substrate to be spliced with each other. Each of the light emitting diode modules includes a driving backplane and a plurality of micro light emitting diodes, and the micro LEDs are disposed in an array between the driving backplane and the transparent substrate. The control element is disposed on the transparent substrate. The control element is connected to the light emitting diode modules via the signal transmission structure, and the light emitting diode modules are connected to each other via the signal transmission structure.