Top emitting display panels and display devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12324343-B2
Application number	US-202117915742-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 27, 2021
Priority date	Apr 28, 2021
Publication date	Jun 3, 2025
Grant date	Jun 3, 2025

Abstract

Provided are a top emitting display panel and a display device, the top emitting display panel includes a substrate, a light-emitting structure and a cover layer, wherein the light-emitting structure comprises a first light-emitting structure, a second light-emitting structure and a third light-emitting structure, and corresponding light-emitting wavelengths are a first wavelength, a second wavelength and a third wavelength respectively; the cover layer is located on a side of the light-emitting structure away from the substrate, and includes at least two of a first region located on the first light-emitting structure, a second region located on the second light-emitting structure, and a third region located on the third light-emitting structure, the first region has a thickness such that twice of the length of an equivalent optical path in the first region along a thickness direction is an integer multiple of the first wavelength; the second region has a thickness such that twice of the length of an equivalent optical path in the second region along the thickness direction is an integer multiple of the second wavelength; and the third region has a thickness such that twice of the length of an equivalent optical path in the third region along the thickness direction is an integer multiple of the third wavelength. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, light extraction efficiencies corresponding to the first wavelength, the second wavelength, and the third wavelength can be simultaneously increased, and the display panel have a reduced power consumption and an improved lifetime.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A top emitting display panel, comprising:
a substrate;
a light-emitting structure located on the substrate, the light-emitting structure comprising:
a first light-emitting structure which has a first wavelength as a light emitting wavelength thereof,
a second light-emitting structure which has a second wavelength as a light emitting wavelength thereof, and
a third light-emitting structure which has a third wavelength as a light emitting wavelength thereof,
wherein the first wavelength is greater than the second wavelength, and the second wavelength is greater than the third wavelength;

a cover layer located on a side of the light-emitting structure away from the substrate and comprising at least two of a first region located on the first light-emitting structure, a second region located on the second light-emitting structure, and a third region located on the third light-emitting structure, wherein
the first region has a thickness such that twice of a length of an equivalent optical path in the first region along a thickness direction is an integer multiple of the first wavelength;
the second region has a thickness such that twice of the length of an equivalent optical path in the second region along the thickness direction is an integer multiple of the second wavelength; and
the third region has a thickness such that twice of a length of an equivalent optical path in the third region along the thickness direction is an integer multiple of the third wavelength.

2. The top emitting display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the cover layer comprises:
the first region located on the first light-emitting structure,
the second region located on the second light-emitting structure, and
the third region located on the third light-emitting structure.

3. The top emitting display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the cover layer comprises at least one of:
an optical adjusting layer, or
a planarization layer.

4. The top emitting display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the optical adjusting layer is made of a material comprising at least one of silicon nitride, silicon dioxide, silicon oxynitride, IZO, ITO, polymer resin or PI.

5. The top emitting display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the planarization layer is made of a material comprising at least one of PI or SOG.

6. The top emitting display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the optical adjusting layer has an extinction coefficient not greater than 0.05 in a visible wavelength range.

7. The top emitting display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the planarization layer has an extinction coefficient of 0 to 0.1 in a visible wavelength range.

8. The top emitting display panel according to claim 1 , wherein
the first light-emitting structure is a red light-emitting structure,
the second light-emitting structure is a green light-emitting structure, and
the third light-emitting structure is a blue light-emitting structure.

9. The top emitting display panel according to claim 8 , wherein at least one of following is formed by printing or evaporation:
a red organic layer of the red light-emitting structure,
a green organic layer of the green light-emitting structure, and
a blue organic layer of the blue light-emitting structure.

10. The top emitting display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a color filter layer is provided between the cover layer and the light-emitting structure.

11. A display device comprising the top-emitting display panel according to claim 1 .

12. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the cover layer comprises:
the first region located on the first light-emitting structure,
the second region located on the second light-emitting structure, and
the third region located on the third light-emitting structure.

13. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the cover layer comprises at least one of:
an optical adjusting layer, or
a planarization layer.

14. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein the optical adjusting layer is made of a material comprising at least one of silicon nitride, silicon dioxide, silicon oxynitride, IZO, ITO, polymer resin or PI.

15. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein the planarization layer is made of a material comprising at least one of PI or SOG.

16. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein the optical adjusting layer has an extinction coefficient not greater than 0.05 in a visible wavelength range.

17. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein the planarization layer has an extinction coefficient of 0 to 0.1 in a visible wavelength range.

18. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein
the first light-emitting structure is a red light-emitting structure,
the second light-emitting structure is a green light-emitting structure, and
the third light-emitting structure is a blue light-emitting structure.

19. The display device according to claim 18 , wherein at least one of following is formed by printing or evaporation:
a red organic layer of the red light-emitting structure,
a green organic layer of the green light-emitting structure, and
a blue organic layer of the blue light-emitting structure.

20. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein a color filter layer is provided between the cover layer and the light-emitting structure.

Assignees

• Hefei Boe Joint Tech Co Ltd
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jia Wenbin
• Zhu Feifei
• Wan Xiang

Classifications

• H10K59/873

  Encapsulations · CPC title

• H10K59/35 Primary

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

• H10K2102/3026

  Top emission · CPC title

• H10K2102/351

  Thickness · CPC title

• H10K59/38

  comprising colour filters or colour changing media [CCM] · CPC title