Organic light-emitting display panel, preparation method thereof, display apparatus and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11723232-B2
Application number	US-202117370711-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 8, 2021
Priority date	Sep 29, 2020
Publication date	Aug 8, 2023
Grant date	Aug 8, 2023

Abstract

An organic light-emitting display panel is provided. The organic light-emitting display panel includes a substrate and a plurality of pixel units disposed on a side of the substrate, wherein the pixel unit includes an organic light-emitting diode (OLED); the substrate has a first pixel density area and a second pixel density area, and a density of pixel units in the first pixel density area is greater than that of pixel units in the second pixel density area; and in the second pixel density area, a light-emitting surface of the OLED protrudes along a light-emitting direction of the OLED.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An organic light-emitting display panel, comprising a substrate and a plurality of pixel units on a side of the substrate, the pixel unit comprising an organic light-emitting diode (OLED),
wherein the substrate has a first pixel density area and a second pixel density area, wherein a density of pixel units in the first pixel density area is greater than a density of pixel units in the second pixel density area; and in the second pixel density area, a light-emitting surface of the OLED protrudes along a light-emitting direction of the OLED.

2. The organic light-emitting display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the OLED comprises a first electrode, a light-emitting layer and a second electrode which are sequentially laminated, and the first electrode, the light-emitting layer and the second electrode that are disposed in the second pixel density area all protrude along the light-emitting direction of the OLED.

3. The organic light-emitting display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the light-emitting direction of the OLED is a direction from the substrate towards the OLED.

4. The organic light-emitting display panel according to claim 2 , further comprising an intermediate layer, wherein in the second pixel density area, the first electrode is disposed on a side of the intermediate layer away from the substrate.

5. The organic light-emitting display panel according to claim 4 , wherein in the second pixel density area, a first protruding structure is provided on a surface of the intermediate layer away from the substrate, wherein the first protruding structure protrudes along the light-emitting direction of the OLED, and in the second pixel density area, an orthographic projection of the first electrode on the substrate is overlapped with an orthographic projection of the first protruding structure on the substrate.

6. The organic light-emitting display panel according to claim 4 , wherein the intermediate layer is a planarization layer.

7. The organic light-emitting display panel according to claim 6 , further comprising an interlayer insulating layer, wherein the planarization layer is disposed on a side of the interlayer insulating layer away from the substrate.

8. The organic light-emitting display panel according to claim 7 , wherein in the second pixel density area, a second protruding structure is provided on a surface of the interlayer insulating layer away from the substrate, wherein the second protruding structure protrudes along the light-emitting direction of the OLED, and an orthographic projection of a first protruding structure on the substrate is overlapped with an orthographic projection of the second protruding structure on the substrate.

9. The organic light-emitting display panel according to claim 4 , wherein the intermediate layer is an interlayer insulating layer.

10. The organic light-emitting display panel according to claim 9 , further comprising a planarization layer, wherein the planarization layer is disposed on a side of the interlayer insulating layer away from the substrate, and an orthographic projection of the planarization layer on the substrate is within the first pixel density area.

11. The organic light-emitting display panel according to claim 9 , wherein an orthographic projection of the interlayer insulating layer on the substrate is within the first pixel density area and the second pixel density area.

12. The organic light-emitting display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the first electrode is an anode and the second electrode is a cathode.

13. The organic light-emitting display panel according to claim 2 , wherein boundaries of sections of protruding structures of the first electrode, the light-emitting layer and the second electrode in a first direction are arc-shaped, the first direction being perpendicular to a surface of the substrate for carrying the OLED.

14. The organic light-emitting display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a virtual pixel driving unit, disposed in the first pixel density area and configured to drive the OLED in the second pixel density area to emit light.

15. A method for preparing an organic light-emitting display panel, comprising:
providing a substrate;
forming a plurality of pixel units on the substrate, the pixel unit comprising an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), wherein a first pixel density area and a second pixel density area are formed on the substrate, a density of pixel units in the first pixel density area is greater than a density of pixel units in the second pixel density area, and a light-emitting surface of the OLED in the second pixel density area protrudes along a light-emitting direction of the OLED.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein prior to forming the plurality of pixel units on the substrate, the method further comprises:
sequentially forming an interlayer insulating layer and a planarization layer on the substrate, wherein in the second pixel density area, a first protruding structure is provided on a surface of the planarization layer away from the substrate, the first protruding structure protruding along the light-emitting direction of the OLED; and
forming the plurality of pixel units on the substrate comprises:
sequentially forming a first electrode, a light-emitting layer and a second electrode on the substrate on which the planarization layer is formed, wherein in the second pixel density area, the first electrode, the light-emitting layer and the second electrode protrude along the light-emitting direction of the OLED, and orthographic projections of the first electrode, the light-emitting layer and the second electrode on the substrate are overlapped with an orthographic projection of the first protruding structure on the substrate.

17. The method according to claim 15 , wherein prior to forming the plurality of pixel units on the substrate, the method further comprises:
sequentially forming an interlayer insulating layer and a planarization layer on the substrate, wherein in the second pixel density area, a first protruding structure is provided on a surface of the interlayer insulating layer away from the substrate, the first protruding structure protruding along the light-emitting direction of the OLED, and an orthographic projection of the planarization layer on the substrate is within the first pixel density area; and
forming the plurality of pixel units on the substrate comprises:
sequentially forming a first electrode, a light-emitting layer and a second electrode on the substrate on which the planarization layer is formed, wherein in the second pixel density area, the first electrode, the light-emitting layer and the second electrode protrude along the light-emitting direction of the OLED, and orthographic projections of the first electrode, the light-emitting layer and the second electrode on the substrate are overlapped with an orthographic projection of the first protruding structure on the substrate.

18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein forming the interlayer insulating layer on the substrate comprises:
forming an interlayer insulating layer material on the substrate, and removing the interlayer insulating layer material of partial-thickness in a predetermined area in the second pixel density area, such that a portion of the interlayer insulating layer which is disposed in an area other than the predetermined area in the second pixel density area forms the first protruding structure.

19. A display apparatus, comprising an organic light-emitting disp

Assignees

• Chongqing Boe Display Tech Co Ltd
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Xinwei
• Zhang Wei
• Xu Yanyan
• Li Cunzhi
• Shi Dawei
• Zhao Dongsheng
• Kwak Jonguk

Classifications

• H10K59/80521

  characterised by their shape · CPC title

• H10K59/80515

  characterised by their shape · CPC title

• H10K59/65

  OLEDs integrated with inorganic image sensors · CPC title

• H10K59/121 Primary

  characterised by the geometry or disposition of pixel elements · CPC title

• H10K71/00

  Manufacture or treatment specially adapted for the organic devices covered by this subclass · CPC title