Display substrate and preparation method therefor, and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12284902-B2
Application number	US-202117771015-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 10, 2021
Priority date	Jul 24, 2020
Publication date	Apr 22, 2025
Grant date	Apr 22, 2025

Abstract

A display substrate ( 910 ), including a flexible substrate body, a thickness adjustment layer ( 71 ), and a micro-lens layer ( 72 ). The flexible substrate body includes: a plurality of island-shaped display regions ( 100 ) spaced apart from each other, a hollow region ( 300 ) disposed between adjacent island-shaped display regions ( 100 ), and a connection region ( 200 ) for connecting the adjacent island-shaped display regions ( 100 ). The thickness adjustment layer ( 71 ) is disposed on light exit sides of the plurality of island-shaped display regions ( 100 ) of the flexible substrate body. The micro-lens layer ( 72 ) is disposed on the side of the thickness adjustment layer ( 71 ) away from the flexible substrate body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display substrate, comprising:
a flexible substrate body comprising: a plurality of island-shaped display regions spaced apart from each other, a hollow region disposed between adjacent island-shaped display regions and a connection region for connecting the adjacent island-shaped display regions;
a thickness adjusting layer disposed on light exit sides of the plurality of island-shaped display regions of the flexible substrate body; and
a micro-lens layer disposed on a side of the thickness adjusting layer away from the flexible substrate body,
wherein an orthographic projection of the thickness adjusting layer on the flexible substrate body comprises an orthographic projection of the micro-lens layer on the flexible substrate body, and the orthographic projection of the micro-lens layer on the flexible substrate body is at least partially overlapped with the plurality of island-shaped display regions; the thickness adjusting layer and the micro-lens layer are configured to enlarge an image displayed by the plurality of island-shaped display regions,
wherein at least one island-shaped display region comprises a flexible substrate, and
wherein the display substrate further comprises a first adhesive layer and a first over coat layer sequentially disposed on a side of the micro-lens layer away from the flexible substrate body, and a second adhesive layer and a second over coat layer sequentially disposed on a side of the flexible substrate body away from the micro-lens layer.

2. The display substrate of claim 1 , wherein the micro-lens layer comprises a plurality of micro-lenses; an orthographic projection of at least one of the plurality of micro-lenses on the flexible substrate body is at least partially overlapped with one of the plurality of island-shaped display regions; or, an orthographic projection of any one of the plurality of micro-lenses on the flexible substrate body is at least partially overlapped respectively with at least two adjacent island-shaped display regions of the plurality of island-shaped display regions.

3. The display substrate of claim 2 , wherein the orthographic projection of any one of the plurality of micro-lenses on the flexible substrate body is at least partially overlapped with one of the plurality of island-shaped display regions, and orthographic projections of different micro-lenses on the flexible substrate body are at least partially overlapped with different island-shaped display regions respectively.

4. The display substrate of claim 3 , wherein the orthographic projection of any one of the plurality of micro-lenses on the flexible substrate body is located within an island-shaped display region.

5. The display substrate of claim 2 , wherein orthographic projections of at least two adjacent micro-lenses of the plurality of micro-lenses on the flexible substrate body are at least partially overlapped with a same island-shaped display region of the plurality of island-shaped display regions.

6. The display substrate of claim 2 , wherein the thickness adjusting layer comprises a plurality of thickness adjusting regions corresponding to the plurality of micro-lenses one to one, and an orthographic projection of any one thickness adjusting region on the flexible substrate body comprises an orthographic projection of a corresponding micro-lens on the flexible substrate body;
for any micro-lens of the micro-lens layer, a correlation between the micro-lens and a thickness of the corresponding thickness adjusting region is 1/f=1/h+1/L, where f denotes a focal length of the micro-lens, h denotes a thickness of the thickness adjusting region, and L denotes a distance between human eyes and the display substrate.

7. The display substrate of claim 2 , wherein types of the plurality of micro-lenses comprise at least one of a plano-convex lens and a lenticular lens.

8. The display substrate of claim 1 , wherein the thickness adjusting layer is made of a stretchable material.

9. The display substrate of claim 1 , wherein at least one island-shaped display region further comprises a display structure layer disposed on the flexible substrate, and a color filter layer disposed on a light exit side of the display structure layer;
the display structure layer comprises a plurality of light-emitting units;
the color filter layer comprises a black matrix and a plurality of filter units defined by the black matrix and corresponding to the plurality of light-emitting units one to one.

10. The display substrate of claim 9 , wherein the display structure layer, the color filter layer, the thickness adjusting layer and the micro-lens layer are disposed on a same side of the flexible substrate; or, the display structure layer is disposed on a side of the flexible substrate, and the color filter layer, the thickness adjusting layer and the micro-lens layer are disposed on the other side of the flexible substrate.

11. The display substrate of claim 9 , wherein the island-shaped display region further comprises:
a thin film encapsulation layer disposed on a side of the display structure layer away from the flexible substrate; and
a hard mask layer disposed on a side of the color filter layer away from the flexible substrate.

12. A display device, comprising the display substrate according to claim 1 .

13. A display device, comprising the display substrate according to claim 2 .

14. A display device, comprising the display substrate according to claim 3 .

15. A display device, comprising the display substrate according to claim 4 .

16. A display device, comprising the display substrate according to claim 5 .

17. A method for preparing a display substrate, comprising:
preparing a flexible substrate body, wherein the flexible substrate body comprises a plurality of island-shaped display regions spaced apart from each other, a hollow region disposed between adjacent island-shaped display regions and a connection region for connecting the adjacent island-shaped display regions;
forming a thickness adjusting layer on a light exit side of the plurality of island-shaped display regions of the flexible substrate body; and
forming a micro-lens layer on a side of the thickness adjusting layer away from the flexible substrate body;
wherein, an orthographic projection of the thickness adjusting layer on the flexible substrate body comprises an orthographic projection of the micro-lens layer on the flexible substrate body, and the orthographic projection of the micro-lens layer on the flexible substrate body is at least partially overlapped with the plurality of island-shaped display regions; the thickness adjusting layer and the micro-lens layer are configured to enlarge an image displayed by the plurality of island-shaped display regions,
wherein preparation the flexible substrate body comprises:
providing a flexible substrate;
wherein the preparation method further comprises:
sequentially forming a first adhesive layer and a first over coat layer on a side of the micro-lens layer away from the flexible substrate body; and
sequentially forming a second adhesive layer and a second over coat layer on a side of the flexible substrate body away from the micro-lens layer.

18. The preparation method of claim 17 , wherein preparation the flexible substrate body further comprises:
forming a display structure layer on the flexible substrate of the plurality of island-shaped display regions, the display structure layer comprises a plurality of light-emitting units;
forming a thin film encapsulation layer on a side of th

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sun Zhongyuan
• Yan Meng
• An Che
• Yuan Guangcai
• Liu Jinnv

Classifications

• H10K59/131

  Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals · CPC title

• H10K59/8792

  comprising light absorbing layers, e.g. black layers · CPC title

• H10K59/879

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

• H10K59/873

  Encapsulations · CPC title

• H10K59/87

  Passivation; Containers; Encapsulations · CPC title