Display panel and preparation method thereof, and display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11864415-B2
Application number	US-202117358016-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 25, 2021
Priority date	Nov 10, 2020
Publication date	Jan 2, 2024
Grant date	Jan 2, 2024

Abstract

Provided are a display panel and a preparation method thereof, and a display apparatus. The display panel includes a first display region, and the first display region includes multiple sub-display regions and a first light transmittance region located between adjacent sub-display regions. Each first sub-display region of the multiple sub-display regions includes a first light-emitting element and a first filter unit disposed in a first light-emergence direction of the first light-emitting element. Each second sub-display region in the multiple sub-display regions includes a first collimating light extraction element disposed in a second light-emergence direction of the first light-emitting element and a second filter unit disposed in a light-emergence direction of the first collimating light extraction element.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display panel, comprising:
a first display region, the first display region comprises a plurality of sub-display regions and a first light transmittance region located between adjacent sub-display regions;
each first sub-display region of the plurality of sub-display regions comprises a first light-emitting element and a first filter unit disposed in a first light-emergence direction of the first light-emitting element;
each second sub-display region in the plurality of sub-display regions comprises a first collimating light extraction element disposed in a second light-emergence direction of the first light-emitting element and a second filter unit disposed in a light-emergence direction of the first collimating light extraction element; and
each third sub-display region in the plurality of sub-display regions comprises a second collimating light extraction element disposed in a third light-emergence direction of the first light-emitting element and a third filter unit disposed in a light-emergence direction of the second collimating light extraction element.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein on a direction perpendicular to the display panel, the first light-emitting element has a cross-sectional shape of a trapezoid.

3. The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the trapezoid is an isosceles trapezoid with an upper base of 8 μm to 10 μm, a lower base of 4.8 μm to 7.2 μm, and a leg of 1.8 μm to 2.4 μm.

4. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein an angle between the first light-emergence direction and the display panel is 90 degrees, an angle between the second light-emergence direction and the display panel is greater than 90 degrees, and an angle between the third light-emergence direction and the display panel is smaller than 90 degrees.

5. The display panel according to claim 4 , wherein an angle between the second light-emergence direction and the first light-emergence direction equals to an angle between the third light-emergence direction and the first light-emergence direction.

6. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first collimating light extraction element and the second collimating light extraction element each is a grating element.

7. The display panel according to claim 6 , wherein the grating element is a nano-grating with a grating pitch of 301 nm to 400 nm and a height of 160 nm to 240 nm.

8. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein on a direction perpendicular to the display panel, the first display region comprises: a substrate, a drive structure layer disposed on the substrate, a light-emitting structure layer disposed on a side of the drive structure layer away from the substrate, a thin film encapsulation layer disposed on a side of the light-emitting structure layer away from the substrate, a light extraction structure layer disposed on a side of the thin film encapsulation layer away from the substrate, a low-refractive-index reflecting layer covering the light extraction structure layer, and a color filter layer disposed on a side of the low-refractive-index reflecting layer away from the substrate,
wherein the light-emitting structure layer comprises a plurality of first light-emitting elements, wherein the first light-emitting elements respectively emit light along the first light-emergence direction, the second light-emergence direction and the third light-emergence direction;
the light extraction structure layer comprises a plurality of first collimating light extraction elements and a plurality of second collimating light extraction elements, wherein each first collimating light extraction element is located in the second light-emergence direction of the first light-emitting element corresponding to the first collimating light extraction element; each second collimating light extraction element is located in the third light-emergence direction of the first light-emitting element corresponding to the second collimating light extraction element; and
the color filter layer comprises a plurality of first filter units, a plurality of second filter units and a plurality of third filter units, wherein each first filter unit is located in the first light-emergence direction of the first light-emitting element corresponding to the first filter unit; each second filter unit is located in the light-emergence direction of the first collimating light extraction element corresponding to the second filter unit; and each third filter unit is located in the light-emergence direction of the second collimating light extraction element corresponding to the third filter unit.

9. The display panel according to claim 8 , wherein the low-refractive-index reflecting layer is a single layer structure or a composite structure comprising organosiloxane.

10. The display panel according to claim 8 , wherein the low-refractive-index reflecting layer has a thickness of 0.8 μm to 1.2 μm.

11. The display panel according to claim 8 , wherein an orthographic projection of the first filter unit on the substrate is overlapped with none of an orthographic projection of the first collimating light extraction element and an orthographic projection of the second collimating light extraction element on the substrate;
an orthographic projection of the second filter unit on the substrate covers the orthographic projection of the first collimating light extraction element on the substrate; and
an orthographic projection of the third filter unit on the substrate covers the orthographic projection of the second collimating light extraction element on the substrate.

12. The display panel according to claim 8 , wherein there is an overlapped region between an orthographic projection of the first filter unit on the substrate and an orthographic projection of the first light-emitting element on the substrate;
an orthographic projection of the second filter unit on the substrate is not overlapped with the orthographic projection of the first light-emitting element on the substrate; and
an orthographic projection of the third filter unit on the substrate is not overlapped with the orthographic projection of the first light-emitting element on the substrate.

13. The display panel according to claim 8 , wherein on the direction perpendicular to the display panel, the first light-emitting element comprises: a planarization layer disposed on a side of the drive structure layer away from the substrate, an anode covering the planarization layer, an organic emitting layer covering the anode, and a cathode disposed on a side of the organic emitting layer away from the substrate, wherein light-emitting structures of the planarization layer, the anode and the organic emitting layer each has a cross-sectional shaped of a trapezoid.

14. The display panel according to claim 13 , wherein an orthographic projection of the cathode on the substrate is overlapped with an orthographic projection of the organic emitting layer on the substrate.

15. A display apparatus, comprising:
a display panel and a photosensitive element, and the photosensitive element is disposed in a first display region of the display panel;
the display panel comprises the first display region, and the first display region comprises a plurality of sub-display regions and a first light transmittance region located between adjacent sub-display regions;
each first sub-display region of the plurality of sub-display regions comprises a first light-emitting element and a first filter unit disposed in a first light-emergence direction of the first light-emitting element;
each second sub-display region in the plu

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Wenqu
• Zhang Feng
• Yao Qi
• Cui Zhao
• Song Xiaoxin
• Lv Zhijun
• Hou Dongfei
• Meng Detian
• Dong Liwen
• Wang Libo
• Yue Yang
• Huang Haitao
• Xu Chuanxiang

Classifications

• H10K59/65

  OLEDs integrated with inorganic image sensors · CPC title

• H10K59/12

  Active-matrix OLED [AMOLED] displays · CPC title

• H10K71/00

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

• H10K50/858 Primary

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

• H10K59/879 Primary

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