Display panel and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10503000-B2
Application number	US-201615507600-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 7, 2016
Priority date	Jan 8, 2016
Publication date	Dec 10, 2019
Grant date	Dec 10, 2019

Abstract

A display panel and a display device are disclosed. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate which are disposed oppositely to each other, wherein a first optical film is disposed on a side of the first substrate facing away from the second substrate, a plurality of nanoscale microstructures are formed on the first optical film, and the first optical film is configured to split an incident white light into a plurality of monochromatic lights with different colors. The display panel is capable of reducing the loss of light efficiency of the display device and increasing the light extraction efficiency of the display device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display panel, comprising:
a first substrate;
a second substrate, disposed oppositely to the first substrate;
a first optical film, disposed on a side of the first substrate facing away from the second substrate, and configured to be in contact with the first substrate and split a parallel incident white light into a plurality of monochromatic lights with different colors, the first optical film comprising a plurality of nanoscale grooves formed in the first optical film; and
a black matrix pattern, disposed on a side of the first substrate facing towards the second substrate and configured to be in contact with the first substrate.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a cross-section of the groove is in a shape of rectangle, taper, semi-circle or semi-ellipse.

3. The display panel according to claim 1 ,
wherein the black matrix pattern comprises a plurality of hollows and is formed on a light emitting side of the first optical film, wherein amonochromatic light with one color is allowed to transmit one of the hollows.

4. The display panel according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a second optical film, which is configured to enlarge divergence angles of the monochromatic lights, wherein the second optical film is disposed on a side of the black matrix pattern facing away from the first optical film.

5. The display panel according to claim 4 , wherein the second optical film is a diffusion film or a wide visual angle film.

6. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a fourth optical film which is configured to adjust a light emitting direction of the monochromatic lights, wherein the fourth optical film is disposed on a light emitting side of the first optical film.

7. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel is a liquid crystal display panel.

8. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel is an OLED display panel, the first substrate is an OLED array substrate or a package substrate, a white light emitting layer is formed on the OLED array substrate, the first optical film is disposed on a light emitting side of the white light emitting layer.

9. The display panel according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a third optical film disposed between the white light emitting layer and the first optical film, wherein the third optical film is configured to convert divergent light emitted from the white light emitting layer into parallel light.

10. The display panel according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a planarization layer disposed between the first optical film and the black matrix pattern.

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

12. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the display panel is a liquid crystal display panel, and the display device further comprises a backlight module which is configured to provide a parallel light source for the liquid crystal display panel.

13. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel is an OLED display panel, the first substrate is an OLED array substrate or a package substrate, a white light emitting layer is formed on the OLED array substrate, the first optical film is disposed on a light emitting side of the white light emitting layer.

14. The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the display panel is an OLED display panel, the first substrate is an OLED array substrate or a package substrate, a white light emitting layer is formed on the OLED array substrate, the first optical film is disposed on a light emitting side of the white light emitting layer.

15. The display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the display panel is an OLED display panel, the first substrate is an OLED array substrate or a package substrate, a white light emitting layer is formed on the OLED array substrate, the first optical film is disposed on a light emitting side of the white light emitting layer.

16. The display panel according to claim 4 , wherein the display panel is an OLED display panel, the first substrate is an OLED array substrate or a package substrate, a white light emitting layer is formed on the OLED array substrate, the first optical film is disposed on a light emitting side of the white light emitting layer.

17. The display panel according to claim 5 , wherein the display panel is an OLED display panel, the first substrate is an OLED array substrate or a package substrate, a white light emitting layer is formed on the OLED array substrate, the first optical film is disposed on a light emitting side of the white light emitting layer.

18. A display panel, comprising:
a first substrate;
a second substrate, disposed oppositely to the first substrate;
a liquid crystal layer, disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate;
a first optical film, disposed on a side of the first substrate opposite to the liquid crystal layer, the first optical film comprising a plurality of nanoscale grooves and being configured to split a white light incident on the first optical film into a plurality of monochromatic lights with different colors; and
a black matrix pattern, disposed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer,
wherein the first optical film and the black matrix patter are located on a same side of the liquid crystal layer.

19. The display panel according to claim 18 , wherein the first optical film is configured to be in contact with the first substrate, and the black matrix pattern is configured to be in contact with the first substrate.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd
• Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhao Wenqing
• Chen Xiaochuan
• Gao Jian
• Wang Qian
• Lu Pengcheng
• Yang Ming
• Xu Rui
• Wang Lei
• Niu Xiaochen

Classifications

• G02F2203/34

  Colour display without the use of colour mosaic filters · CPC title

• G02F1/133512

  Light shielding layers, e.g. black matrix (G02F1/136209 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02F1/133504 Primary

  Diffusing, scattering, diffracting elements (associated to illuminating devices G02F1/133606) · CPC title

• G02F1/1335 Primary

  Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors · CPC title

• H01L51/5275

  Electricity · mapped topic