Display substrate and manufacturing method thereof, display device, wearable device, and display method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12588397-B2
Application number	US-202117764335-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 22, 2021
Priority date	Mar 22, 2021
Publication date	Mar 24, 2026
Grant date	Mar 24, 2026

Abstract

A display substrate is provided. The display substrate includes: a base substrate; a light-emitting unit layer arranged on the base substrate, wherein the light-emitting unit layer includes a plurality of light-emitting units respectively emitting light of a plurality of colors; and a light modulation layer located on a side of the light-emitting unit layer away from the base substrate, and configured to transmit a part of the light emitted from the plurality of light-emitting units and reflect the other part of the light emitted from the plurality of light-emitting units; wherein the light modulation layer is configured such that a reflectivity of the light modulation layer to light in a first wavelength range is greater than that of the light modulation layer to light outside the first wavelength range, and the first wavelength range is within a wavelength range of visible light and is 500 nm or more.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display substrate, comprising:
a base substrate; a light-emitting unit layer arranged on the base substrate, wherein the light-emitting unit layer comprises a plurality of light-emitting units respectively emitting light of a plurality of colors; and a light modulation layer located on a side of the light-emitting unit layer away from the base substrate, and configured to transmit a part of the light emitted from the plurality of light-emitting units and reflect the other part of the light emitted from the plurality of light-emitting units, the light modulation layer is a continuous integral layer, and orthographic projections of the plurality of light-emitting units on the base substrate fall within an orthographic projection of the light modulation layer on the base substrate; wherein the light modulation layer is configured such that a reflectivity of the light modulation layer to light in a first wavelength range is greater than that of the light modulation layer to light outside the first wavelength range, and the first wavelength range is within a wavelength range of visible light and is 500 nm or more; wherein the light modulation layer is further configured to reflect light in the first wavelength range in environment; and wherein the light-emitting unit of the light-emitting unit layer is configured to emit light in a second wavelength range complementary to the light in the first wavelength range.

2 . The display substrate of claim 1 , wherein the light modulation layer comprises an odd number of sub-layers arranged in stack, and the odd number is 3 or more; and
wherein the odd number of sub-layers comprise a first sub-layer having a first refractive index and a second sub-layer having a second refractive index, the first sub-layer and the second sub-layer are alternately arranged, and the first refractive index is greater than the second refractive index.

3 . The display substrate of claim 2 , wherein the first refractive index is in a range of 1.6 to 2.5, and the second refractive index is in a range of 1.3 to 1.5.

4 . The display substrate of claim 2 , wherein the first sub-layer contains silicon nitride, and the second sub-layer contains silicon oxide.

5 . The display substrate of claim 4 , wherein,
a thickness of the first sub-layer is in a range of 210 nm to 230 nm, a thickness of the second sub-layer is in a range of 70 nm to 90 nm, and the first wavelength range is 500 nm to 600 nm; or the thickness of the first sub-layer is in a range of 230 nm to 250 nm, the thickness of the second sub-layer is in a range of 110 nm to 130 nm, and the first wavelength range is 600 nm to 760 nm; or the thickness of the first sub-layer is in a range of 90 nm to 110 nm, the thickness of the second sub-layer is in a range of 65 nm to 85 nm, and the first wavelength range is 580 nm to 630 nm; or the thickness of the first sub-layer is in a range of 130 nm to 150 nm, the thickness of the second sub-layer is in a range of 240 nm to 260 nm, and the first wavelength range is 630 nm to 670 nm.

6 . The display substrate of claim 2 , wherein the first sub-layer contains titanium oxide, and the second sub-layer contains silicon oxide.

7 . The display substrate of claim 6 , wherein,
the thickness of the first sub-layer is in a range of 80 nm to 100 nm, the thickness of the second sub-layer is in a range of 85 nm to 105 nm, and the first wavelength range is 500 nm to 600 nm; or the thickness of the first sub-layer is in a range of 110 nm to 130 nm, the thickness of the second sub-layer is in a range of 85 nm to 105 nm, and the first wavelength range is 600 nm to 760 nm.

8 . The display substrate of claim 2 , wherein the light modulation layer comprises five sub-layers, and the five sub-layers comprise three first sub-layers and two second sub-layers.

9 . The display substrate of claim 1 , further comprising a reflective layer located between the light-emitting unit layer and the light modulation layer, wherein the reflective layer is provided with a plurality of light-transmitting holes, orthographic projections of the plurality of light-transmitting holes on the base substrate respectively overlap orthographic projections of the plurality of light-emitting units on the base substrate, and the reflective layer is configured to reflect most of light incident on the reflective layer.

10 . A display device comprising the display substrate of claim 1 .

11 . A wearable device comprising the display substrate of claim 1 .

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tian Xueyan
• Wang Chunyang

Classifications

• H10K59/878

  comprising reflective means · CPC title

• H10K2102/351

  Thickness · CPC title

• H10K59/50

  OLEDs integrated with light modulating elements, e.g. with electrochromic elements, photochromic elements or liquid crystal elements · CPC title

• H10K59/1201

  Manufacture or treatment · CPC title

• H10K59/32

  Stacked devices having two or more layers, each emitting at different wavelengths · CPC title