Transparent display panel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11888017-B2
Application number	US-202117463557-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 1, 2021
Priority date	Aug 15, 2018
Publication date	Jan 30, 2024
Grant date	Jan 30, 2024

Abstract

A transparent display panel with a light-transmitting substrate, a plurality of top-emitting micro light emitting diodes, a plurality of bottom-emitting micro light emitting diodes, and a light shielding layer. The light transmissive substrate has a surface. These top-emitting micro light emitting diodes and these bottom-emitting micro light emitting diodes are disposed on the surface of the light transmissive substrate. The bottom-emitting micro light emitting diodes has an epitaxial structure and a light shielding member, the epitaxial structure has a pair of upper and lower surfaces on the opposite sides, the lower surface faces toward the light transmissive substrate, and the light shielding member is disposed on the upper surface to shield the light emitted by the bottom-emitting micro light emitting diodes towards the upper surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A transparent display panel, comprising:
a light transmissive substrate, with a surface;
a plurality of first pixels arranged on the surface to form an image in a first direction;
a plurality of second pixels arranged on the surface to form an image in a second direction, wherein a pitch of the first pixels is different from a pitch of the second pixels;
a plurality of top-emitting micro light emitting diodes for emitting rays in the first direction, the top-emitting micro light emitting diodes being disposed on the surface and arranged in the first pixels;
a plurality of bottom-emitting micro light emitting diodes for emitting rays in the second direction, the bottom-emitting micro light emitting diodes being disposed on the surface and arranged in the second pixels, wherein each of the bottom-emitting micro light emitting diodes comprises an epitaxial structure and a light shielding component, the epitaxial structure has an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface faces the light transmissive substrate, and the light shielding component is disposed on the upper surface to shield the rays emitted from the bottom-emitting micro light emitting diodes towards the upper surface; and
a plurality of pixel-solar cells, disposed on the surface and arranged in the second pixels.

2. The transparent display panel of claim 1 , wherein the pitch of the first pixels is smaller than the pitch of the second pixels.

3. The transparent display panel of claim 1 , further comprising a light guide element disposed on the surface and adjacent to one of the pixel-solar cells.

4. The transparent display panel of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the bottom-emitting micro light emitting diodes further comprises a reflective sidewall.

5. The transparent display panel of claim 4 , wherein the reflective sidewall is oblique with respect to the surface.

6. The transparent display panel of claim 1 , wherein each of the pixel-solar cells is bonded to the light transmissive substrate and has a pillar structure and a height of the pillar structure is greater than a height of the epitaxial structure.

7. The transparent display panel of claim 1 , wherein each of the pixel-solar cells is bonded to the light transmissive substrate and has thin-film structure.

8. The transparent display panel of claim 1 , wherein a size of each of the bottom-emitting micro light emitting diodes is larger than a size of each of the top-emitting micro light emitting diodes.

9. The transparent display panel of claim 1 , wherein an overall light transmittance of the transparent display panel is greater than 40%.

10. A transparent display panel, comprising:
a light transmissive substrate, with a surface;
a plurality of pixels arranged on the surface;
a plurality of top-emitting micro light emitting diodes for emitting rays in a first direction, the top emitting micro light emitting diodes being disposed on the surface and arranged in the pixels;
a plurality of bottom-emitting micro light emitting diodes for emitting rays in a second direction, the bottom-emitting micro light emitting diodes being disposed on the surface and arranged in a first group of the pixels, wherein each of the bottom-emitting micro light emitting diodes comprises an epitaxial structure and a light shielding component, the epitaxial structure has an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface faces the light transmissive substrate, and the light shielding component is disposed on the upper surface to shield the rays emitted from the bottom-emitting micro light emitting diodes towards the upper surface; and
a plurality of pixel-solar cells, disposed on the surface and arranged in a second group of the pixels without the bottom-emitting micro light emitting diodes,
wherein the first group of the pixels are arranged in array with an equal pitch.

11. The transparent display panel of claim 10 , wherein the top-emitting micro light emitting diodes are disposed in the first group of the pixels, the second group of the pixels and a third group of the pixel, and the bottom-emitting micro light emitting diodes and the pixel-solar cells are absent in the third group of the pixels.

12. The transparent display panel of claim 10 , further comprising a plurality of light transmission areas arranged between the pixels.

13. The transparent display panel of claim 10 , further comprising a light guide element disposed on the surface.

14. The transparent display panel of claim 10 , wherein at least one of the bottom-emitting micro light emitting diodes further comprises a reflective sidewall being oblique with respect to the surface.

15. The transparent display panel of claim 10 , wherein each of the pixel-solar cells is bonded to the light transmissive substrate.

16. The transparent display panel of claim 15 , wherein each of the pixel-solar cells has a pillar structure and a height of the pillar structure is greater than a height of the epitaxial structure.

17. The transparent display panel of claim 15 , wherein each of the pixel-solar cells has thin-film structure.

18. The transparent display panel of claim 10 , wherein a size of each of the bottom-emitting micro light emitting diodes is larger than a size of each of the top-emitting micro light emitting diodes.

19. The transparent display panel of claim 10 , wherein an overall light transmittance of the transparent display panel is greater than 40%.

20. The transparent display panel of claim 10 , wherein a quantity of the top-emitting micro light emitting diodes in each pixel of the first group and a quantity of the top-emitting micro light emitting diodes in each pixel of the second group are the same.

Assignees

• Playnitride Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Yu-Chu
• Liao Kuan-Yung
• Chen Pei-Hsin
• Chen Yi-Ching
• Shih Yi-Chun

Classifications

• H10W90/00 Primary

  Package configurations · CPC title

• H10H20/855

  Optical field-shaping means, e.g. lenses · CPC title

• H10H20/814

  having reflecting means, e.g. semiconductor Bragg reflectors · CPC title

• H10F55/18

  wherein the radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices and the electric light source share a common body having dual-functionality of light emission and light detection · CPC title

• H10H20/84

  Coatings, e.g. passivation layers or antireflective coatings · CPC title