Display panel and display device having multiple sub-capping layers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10868278-B2
Application number	US-201916415820-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 17, 2019
Priority date	Dec 29, 2018
Publication date	Dec 15, 2020
Grant date	Dec 15, 2020

Abstract

A display panel includes a light-emitting element and a capping layer disposed at a light exit side of the light-emitting element. The light-emitting element includes a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element and a third light-emitting element emitting a first color light, a second color light and a third color light, respectively. The capping layer includes a first capping layer and a second capping layer stacked together. The second capping layer includes a first sub-capping layer, a second sub-capping layer and a third sub-capping layer correspondingly disposed at light exit sides of the first light-emitting element, the second light-emitting element and the third light-emitting element, respectively. At least one of the first sub-capping layer, the second sub-capping layer, or the third sub-capping layers is configured to have a larger refractive index of light emitted by the corresponding light-emitting element than light emitted by other light-emitting elements.

First claim

What may be claimed is:

1. A display panel, comprising:
a light-emitting element including a first light-emitting element that emits a first color light having a wavelength range of λ1 to λ2, a second light-emitting element that emits a second color light having a wavelength range of λ3 to λ4 and a third light-emitting element that emits a third color light having a wavelength range of λ5 to λ6, and
a capping layer disposed at a light exit side of the light-emitting element and including a first capping layer and a second capping layer stacked together, wherein the first capping layer has a first side facing the light exit side of the light-emitting element and an opposing second side, the second capping layer is disposed at the first side of the first capping layer, the second capping layer includes a first sub-capping layer correspondingly disposed at a light exit side of the first light-emitting element, a second sub-capping layer correspondingly disposed at a light exit side of the second light-emitting element and a third sub-capping layer correspondingly disposed at a light exit side of the third light-emitting element,
wherein at least one of the first sub-capping layer, the second sub-capping layer, or the third sub-capping layers is configured to have a larger refractive index of light emitted by the corresponding light-emitting element than light emitted by other light-emitting elements.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:
for light having a wavelength range of λ1 to λ6, the first sub-cap layer, the second sub-capping layer and the third sub-capping layer each is configured to have a larger refractive index than the first capping layer.

3. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first capping layer is configured to have a refractive index n 1(λ1˜λ2) of the first color light, a refractive index n 1(λ3˜λ4) of the second color light and a refractive index n 1(λ5˜λ6) of the third color light, where n 1(λ1˜λ2) >n 1(λ3˜λ4) and n 1(λ1˜λ2) >n 1(λ5˜λ6) .

4. The display panel according to claim 3 , wherein:
the second sub-capping layer is configured to have a refractive index n 22(λ3˜λ4) of the second color light, where |n 22(λ3˜λ4) −n 1(λ1˜λ2) |<|n 1(λ1˜λ2) −n 1(λ3˜λ4) |.

5. The display panel according to claim 3 , wherein:
the third sub-capping layer is configured to have a refractive index of n 23(λ5˜λ6) of the third color light, where |n 23(λ5˜λ6) −n 1(λ1˜λ2) |<|n 1(λ1˜λ2) −n 1(λ5˜λ6) | and |n 23(λ5˜λ6) −n 1(λ3˜λ4) |<|n 1(λ3˜λ4) −n 1(λ5˜λ6) |.

6. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first sub-capping layer is configured to have a larger refractive index of the first color light than both the second color light and the third color light;
the second sub-capping layer is configured to have a larger refractive index of the second color light than both the first color light and the third color light; and
the third sub-capping layer is configured to have a larger refractive index of the third color light than both the first color light and the second color light.

7. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:
λ1=400 nm, λ2=490 nm, λ3=500 nm, λ4=580 nm, λ5=600 nm, and λ6=720 nm.

8. The display panel according to claim 7 , wherein:
the first color light is blue light;
the second color light is green light; and
the third color light is red light.

9. The display panel according to claim 8 , wherein:
the first sub-capping layer and the second sub-capping layer are configured with a same material; and
the first sub-capping layer and the third sub-capping layer are configured with different materials.

10. The display panel according to claim 8 , wherein:
the second sub-capping layer and the third sub-capping layer are configured with a same material; and
the first sub-capping layer and the third sub-capping layer are configured with different materials.

11. The display panel according to claim 8 , wherein:
each of the first sub-capping layer, the second sub-capping layer, and the third sub-capping layer is configured with a different material.

12. The display panel according to claim 8 , wherein:
a material of the first sub-capping layer includes at least one of an aromatic amine, a carbazole, or a dihydro acridine compound.

13. The display panel according to claim 8 , wherein:
a material of the third sub-capping layer includes at least one of phenanthroline, benzimidazole, benzoacridine, dibenzoacridine or bipyridine.

14. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:
a refractive index n 21(λ1˜λ2) of the first sub-capping layer for the first color light is configured to be approximately 1.75≤n 21(λ1˜λ2) ≤2.50;
the refractive index n 22(λ3˜λ4) of the second sub-capping layer for the second color light is configured to be approximately 1.70≤n 22(λ3˜λ4) ≤2.40; and
the refractive index n 23(λ5˜λ6) of the third sub-capping layer for the third color light is configured to be approximately 1.65≤n 23(λ5˜λ6) ≤2.30.

15. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a third capping layer stacked with the first capping layer and the second capping layer.

16. The display panel according to claim 15 , wherein:
the third capping layer is disposed between the first capping layer and the second capping layer; and
for light having a wavelength range of λ1 to λ6, the third capping layer has a larger refractive index than the first capping layer, but a smaller refractive index than each of the first sub-capping layer, the second sub-capping layer, and the third sub-capping layer.

17. The display panel according to claim 15 , wherein:
the second capping layer has a first side facing the light exit side of the light-emitting element and an opposing second side, and the third capping layer is disposed at the first side of the second capping layer; and
for light having a wavelength range of λ1 to λ6, the third capping layer has a larger refractive index than each of the first sub-capping layer, the second sub-capping layer, and the third sub-capping layer.

18. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:
at least two of the first sub-capping layer, the second sub-capping layer, and the third sub-capping layer are disconnected.

19. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first capping layer is doped with scattering particles.

20. A display device, comprising:
a display panel, wherein the display panel comprises:
a light-emitting element including a first light-emitting element that emits a first color light having a wavelength range of λ1 to λ2, a second light-emitting element that emits a second color light having a wavelength range of λ3 to λ4, and a third light-emitting element that emits a third color light having a wavelength range of λ5 to λ6, and
a capping layer disposed at a light exit side of the light-emitting element and including a first capping layer and a second capping layer stacked together, wherein the first capping layer has a first side facing the light exit side of the light-emitting element and an opposing second side, the second capping layer is disposed at the first side of the first capping layer, the second capping layer includes a first sub-capping layer correspondingly disposed at a light exit side of the first light-emitting element, a second sub-capping layer correspondingly disposed at a light exit side of the second light-emitting element and a third sub-capping layer correspondingly disposed at a light exit side of the third light-emitting element,
wherein at l

Assignees

• Wuhan Tianma Micro Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Gao Wei
• Zhang Lei
• Zhu Qing
• Niu Jinghua
• An Ping
• Lu Yan
• Zhu Hongyan

Classifications

• H10K59/879

  comprising refractive means, e.g. lenses · CPC title

• H10K59/877

  comprising scattering means · CPC title

• H10K50/858

  comprising refractive means, e.g. lenses · CPC title

• H10K59/35 Primary

  comprising red-green-blue [RGB] subpixels · CPC title

• H10H29/14

  comprising multiple light-emitting semiconductor components · CPC title