Narrow Frame Display Panel Peripheral Pixel Arrangement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current LCD technologies face challenges in achieving an ultra narrow frame or frame-free design due to the occupied width of gate driving circuits integrated in the peripheral region, hindering the realization of these designs.
Innovation Solution
A display panel configuration with a first and second substrate, a light shielding pattern between them, and first pixel units located in the peripheral region, where the driving circuit is electrically connected to all first pixel units and a printed circuit board, allowing the peripheral region to display images and enabling an ultra narrow frame or frame-free design.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Length of moving object
If gate driving circuits are integrated in the peripheral region of the display panel, then the driving function is achieved, but the frame width increases and ultra narrow frame design is hindered
Solution Approach 1:
The patent moves the pixel units from the traditional planar display region into the peripheral region along the edge of the display panel, utilizing the third dimension (edge/perimeter space) rather than only the two-dimensional central area. This dimensional shift allows the pixel units to be arranged in a linear fashion along the periphery, enabling ultra-narrow frame design while maintaining driving circuit integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The display panel is segmented into a central display region and peripheral pixel units, with the pixel units divided into first pixel units (in the peripheral region) and second pixel units (in the display region). This segmentation allows independent optimization of different regions, with the peripheral region dedicated to ultra-narrow frame pixel units and the central region maintaining traditional display functions.
2Length of moving object
If pixel units are arranged in the peripheral region, then ultra narrow frame design is achieved, but the display area is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes the peripheral edge dimension of the display panel to arrange pixel units, converting what would be wasted edge space into functional display area. By placing pixel units along the periphery rather than sacrificing central display area, the design achieves ultra-narrow frames without proportionally reducing overall display area.
Solution Approach 2:
The peripheral region serves dual functions: it provides the ultra-narrow frame structure and simultaneously functions as an active display area through the first pixel units. This multi-functionality allows the same spatial region to contribute both to frame reduction and to overall display area, eliminating the trade-off between frame width and display area.
3Shape
If the peripheral region is used for pixel units, then frame-free design is enabled, but the driving circuit layout becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the driving circuit integration with the peripheral pixel unit arrangement, where the driving circuits are co-located with the first pixel units in the peripheral region. This combining of driving functions with the ultra-narrow frame pixel units simplifies the overall layout by eliminating separate driving circuit regions that would otherwise increase frame width.
Solution Approach 2:
The driving circuits are arranged in the peripheral dimension along with the first pixel units, utilizing the edge space of the display panel. This peripheral arrangement in the third dimension (edge region) allows both pixel units and driving circuits to coexist without increasing the central display area or frame width, enabling frame-free design.
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AI summary
A display panel and a display device are disclosed; and the display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate which are disposed opposite to each other, and a light shielding pattern located between the two substrates; a side of the first substrate away from the second substrate is a light emitting side of the display panel; a plurality of first pixel units are additionally disposed in a peripheral region of the display panel and a side of the light shielding pattern away from the second substrate, and a driving circuit electrically connected with the first pixel units and a printed circuit board of the display panel.