Display panel, display device and signal transmission device

• US 10,657,920 B2
• Filed: 07/24/2017
• Issued: 05/19/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Seo Yoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Chow, Wing H
• Application Number:
  US15/752,391
• Publication Number:
  US 20190005911A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,030 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13312 Circuits comprising photodetectors for purposes other than feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13318 Circuits comprising a photodetector
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133526 Lenses, e.g. microlenses or Fresnel lenses
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/1339 Gaskets; Spacers; Sealing of cells
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13452 Conductors connecting driver circuitry and terminals of panels
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13454 Drivers integrated on the active matrix substrate G02F1/136277 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0408 Integration of the drivers onto the display substrate
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/14 Detecting light within display terminals, e.g. using a single or a plurality of photosensors
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/18 Use of optical transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/36 using liquid crystals
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3677 suitable for active matrices only
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/10 Intensity circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 27/12 the substrate being other than a semiconductor body, e.g. an insulating body
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 27/1214 comprising a plurality of TFTs formed on a non-semiconducting substrate, e.g. driving circuits for AMLCDs
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/803 Free space interconnects, e.g. between circuit boards or chips
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/02 Details

Abstract

A display panel, a display device and a signal transmission device are provided. The display panel includes: an array substrate; an opposed substrate arranged opposite to the array substrate; a circuit board, disposed on a side of the array substrate away from the opposed substrate; a driving circuit, disposed on a side of the array substrate close to the opposed substrate; a light emitter, disposed on a side of the circuit board close to the array substrate and electrically connected with the circuit board, in which the light emitter includes a light emitting surface which faces the array substrate; and a light receiver, disposed on a side of the array substrate close to the opposed substrate and electrically connected with the driving circuit, in which the light receiver includes a light receiving surface which faces the light emitter.

Claims

1. A display panel, comprising:

an array substrate;

an opposed substrate arranged opposite to the array substrate;

a circuit board, disposed on a side of the array substrate away from the opposed substrate;

a driving circuit, disposed on a side of the array substrate close to the opposed substrate;

a light emitter, disposed on a side of the circuit board close to the array substrate and electrically connected with the circuit board, in which the light emitter includes a light emitting surface which faces the array substrate; and

a light receiver, disposed on a side of the array substrate close to the opposed substrate and directly and electrically connected with the driving circuit, in which the light receiver includes a light receiving surface which faces the light emitter,

wherein the light receiver is configured to convert light intensity information received by the light receiving surface into an electrical signal and output the electrical signal to the driving circuit,

the light receiver provides the electrical signal to the driving circuit, the electrical signal is a signal which drives the display panel to display image information,

wherein the display panel further comprises a collimator, and the collimator includes a second focus which is disposed on the light emitting surface, and the collimator is selected from a group consisting of a microlens, an aspherical lens and a spherical lens, the collimator is disposed at a light-exiting side of the light emitter, the collimator is disposed between the light emitter and the light receiver, and a distance of the collimator and the light emitter is an object focal length, and

wherein the display panel further comprises a moving unit which is configured to drive the light emitter to do translational motion during displaying an image.

2. The display panel according to claim 1, further comprising an optical collector, wherein the optical collector includes a first focus which is disposed on the light receiving surface.

3. The display panel according to claim 2, wherein the optical collector is selected from a group consisting of a microlens, an aspherical lens and a spherical lens.

4. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the light emitter is selected from a group consisting of a light-emitting diode and a laser diode.

5. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the circuit board is selected from a group consisting of a flexible printed circuit board and a printed circuit board.

6. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the light receiver is selected from a group consisting of a polysilicon thin-film transistor, an oxide semiconductor thin-film transistor and a photodiode.

7. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the driving circuit is a driver on the array substrate which is directly formed on the array substrate.

8. The display panel according to claim 7, wherein the driving circuit is bonded to the array substrate by using an anisotropic conductive film.

9. The display panel according to claim 1, further comprising sealant, wherein the sealant is disposed at a periphery of the array substrate;

and at least a part of the light receivers are disposed inside or outside the sealant or in the sealant.

10. A display device, comprising the display panel according to claim 1.

11. A signal transmission device, applied to a display panel, comprising:

a light emitter, including a light emitting surface and configured to receive an electrical signal and emit light from the light emitting surface according to the received electrical signal; and

a light receiver, including a light receiving surface which faces the light emitter and configured to convert light intensity information received by the light receiving surface into electrical signal and output the electrical signal,

wherein the light receiver is directly and electrically connected to a driving circuit of the display panel and provides the electrical signal to the driving circuit, and the electrical signal is a signal which drives the display panel to display image information,

wherein the signal transmission device further comprises a collimator, and the collimator includes a second focus which is disposed on the light emitting surface, and the collimator is selected from a group consisting of a microlens, an aspherical lens and a spherical lens, the collimator is disposed at a light-exiting side of the light emitter, the collimator is disposed between the light emitter and the light receiver, and a distance of the collimator and the light emitter is an object focal length, and

wherein signal transmission device further comprises a moving unit which is configured to drive the light emitter to do translational motion during displaying an image.

12. The signal transmission device according to claim 11, further comprising an optical collector, wherein the optical collector includes a first focus which is disposed on the light receiving surface.

13. The signal transmission device according to claim 12, wherein the optical collector is selected from a group consisting of a microlens, an aspherical lens and a spherical lens.

14. The signal transmission device according to claim 11, wherein the light emitter is selected from a group consisting of an LED and a laser diode.