Display substrate, manufacturing method thereof, and display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12477927-B2
Application number	US-202117795243-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2021
Priority date	Sep 30, 2021
Publication date	Nov 18, 2025
Grant date	Nov 18, 2025

Abstract

Provided is a display substrate including a substrate and a plurality of light emitting units and a plurality of light detection units located on the substrate, At least one light emitting unit includes a light emitting element and a pixel circuit connected to the light emitting element, and at least one light detection unit includes an optical sensing element and a light emitting detecting circuit connected to the optical sensing element. At least one inorganic hydrogen barrier layer is arranged on one side of the optical sensing element close to the substrate. The light emitting element has a first light emitting region and a second light emitting region, the first light emitting region of the light emitting element emits light from a side away from the substrate, and the second light emitting region of the light emitting element emits light from a side close to the substrate.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A display substrate, comprising:
a substrate and a plurality of light emitting units and a plurality of light detection units located on the substrate, wherein at least one light emitting unit in the plurality of light emitting units comprises: a light emitting element and a pixel circuit connected to the light emitting element, at least one light detection unit in the plurality of light detection units comprises: an optical sensing element and a light emission detection circuit connected to the optical sensing element; the optical sensing element is located on a side of the light emitting element close to the substrate; at least one inorganic hydrogen barrier layer is arranged on a side of the optical sensing element close to the substrate; the light emitting element comprises a first light emitting region and a second light emitting region, the first light emitting region of the light emitting element emitting light from a side away from the substrate, and the second light emitting region of the light emitting element emitting light from a side close to the substrate; an orthographic projection of the second light emitting region of the light emitting element on the substrate is completely fallen within an orthographic projection of the first light emitting region on the substrate; and an orthographic projection of at least one of the optical sensing elements on the substrate is at least partially overlapped with an orthographic projection of a second light emitting region of at least one of the light emitting elements on the substrate.

2 . The display substrate of claim 1 , wherein the optical sensing element comprises: a first cathode, a photoelectric conversion structure and a first anode that are sequentially stacked along a direction away from the substrate; the first anode is made of a light-transmissive material; and
the at least one inorganic hydrogen barrier layer is located on a side of the photoelectric conversion structure close to the substrate.

3 . The display substrate of claim 2 , wherein in a direction perpendicular to the display substrate, the light emission detection circuit at least comprises: a semiconductor layer, a gate metal layer, and a first source-drain metal layer sequentially disposed on the substrate;
the first cathode of the optical sensing element and the first source-drain metal layer are in a same layer; the inorganic hydrogen barrier layer at least comprises one of the following: an interlayer insulating layer located between the gate metal layer and the first source-drain metal layer, and a second passivation layer located on a side of the first source-drain metal layer away from the substrate.

4 . The display substrate of claim 3 , wherein an orthographic projection of the second passivation layer on the substrate is not overlapped with an orthographic projection of the photoelectric conversion structure on the substrate.

5 . The display substrate of claim 3 , wherein the second passivation layer comprises a first inorganic layer and a second inorganic layer that are stacked, and thicknesses of the first inorganic layer and the second inorganic layer are substantially the same.

6 . The display substrate of claim 5 , wherein the thicknesses of the first inorganic layer and the second inorganic layer are 1000 angstroms to 3000 angstroms, and the material of the first inorganic layer and the second inorganic layer is silicon oxide.

7 . The display substrate of claim 2 , wherein in a direction perpendicular to the display substrate, the light emission detection circuit at least comprises: a semiconductor layer, a gate metal layer, and a first source-drain metal layer sequentially disposed on the substrate;
the first cathode of the optical sensing element is located on a side of the first source-drain metal layer away from the substrate; the inorganic hydrogen barrier layer at least comprises one of the following: an interlayer insulating layer between the gate metal layer and the first source-drain metal layer, a third passivation layer between the first source-drain metal layer and the first cathode of the optical sensing element, and a fourth passivation layer between the third passivation layer and the first cathode of the optical sensing element.

8 . The display substrate of claim 7 , wherein a material of the third passivation layer and the fourth passivation layer is silicon oxide, and a thickness of the third passivation layer and the fourth passivation layer is 1000 angstroms to 3000 angstroms.

9 . The display substrate of claim 7 , wherein an organic hydrogen barrier layer is provided between the fourth passivation layer and the first cathode of the optical sensing element;
an orthographic projection of the organic hydrogen barrier layer on the substrate covers an orthographic projection of the photoelectric conversion structure of the optical sensing element on the substrate; the organic hydrogen barrier layer satisfies at least one of the following: a curing temperature is lower than 230 degrees Celsius; and a thermal decomposition temperature is greater than 450 degrees Celsius.

10 . The display substrate of claim 3 , wherein an etching rate of the interlayer insulating layer is 2 Å/s.

11 . The display substrate of claim 2 , wherein the light emission detection circuit at least comprises one transistor;
an orthographic projection of the photoelectric conversion structure on the substrate is not overlapped with an orthographic projection of the transistor of the light emission detection circuit on the substrate.

12 . The display substrate of claim 11 , wherein the photoelectric conversion structure comprises a first photoelectric conversion structure and a second photoelectric conversion structure arranged in sequence along a first direction, and the orthographic projection of the transistor of the light emission detection circuit on the substrate is located between an orthographic projection of the first photoelectric conversion structure and an orthographic projection of the second photoelectric conversion structure on the substrate.

13 . The display substrate of claim 12 , wherein the orthographic projections of the first photoelectric conversion structure and the second photoelectric conversion structure on the substrate are rectangular.

14 . The display substrate of claim 1 , wherein the light emitting element comprises: a second anode, an emitting functional layer, and a second cathode that are sequentially stacked in a direction away from the substrate; the second cathode is made of a light-transmissive material, and the second anode comprises a reflective layer and a light-transmissive layer which are stacked; an orthographic projection of the reflective layer on the substrate is not overlapped with the orthographic projection of the second light emitting region on the substrate, and an orthographic projection of the light-transmissive layer on the substrate covers the orthographic projection of the second light emitting region on the substrate.

15 . The display substrate of claim 1 , wherein the orthographic projection of the optical sensing element on the substrate is at least partially overlapped with an orthographic projection of the light emission detection circuit on the substrate, and the orthographic projection of the optical sensing element on the substrate is not overlapped with an orthographic projection of the pixel circuit on the substrate.

16 . The display substrate of claim 1 , wherein the orthographic projection of at least one optical sensing element on the sub

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd
• Beijing Boe Technology Dev Co Ltd

Inventors

• He Jiayu
• Ning ce
• Li Zhengliang
• Hu hehe
• Huang Jie
• Yao Nianqi
• Zhao Kun
• Li Feifei
• Lei Liping
• Qi Qi

Classifications

• H10K59/1213

  the pixel elements being TFTs · CPC title

• H10K71/00

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

• H10K59/1201

  Manufacture or treatment · CPC title

• H10K59/874 Primary

  including getter material or desiccant · CPC title

• H10K50/844

  Encapsulations · CPC title