Display panel and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12593548-B2
Application number	US-202318354526-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 18, 2023
Priority date	Dec 30, 2022
Publication date	Mar 31, 2026
Grant date	Mar 31, 2026

Abstract

Disclosed are a display panel and a display device in which one reflective plate has different areas with different light reflectance, such that an average reflectance of the reflective plate is lowered, while a light-emitting element is positioned in an area corresponding to a relatively high reflectance area, so that black reflection visibility can be improved while light efficiency and light reflectance can be optimized. The display panel includes a substrate; a reflective plate disposed on the substrate; and a light-emitting element disposed on the reflective plate, wherein the reflective plate includes a first reflective area and a second reflective area, wherein the first reflective area has a reflectance of light of a wavelength of 550 nm greater than a reflectance of light of a wavelength of 550 nm of the second reflective area, wherein at least a partial area of the light-emitting element overlaps the first reflective area.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A display panel comprising:
a substrate; a reflective plate disposed on the substrate; and a light-emitting element disposed on the reflective plate, wherein the reflective plate includes a first reflective area and a second reflective area, wherein the first reflective area has a reflectance of light of a wavelength of 550 nm greater than a reflectance of light of a wavelength of 550 nm of the second reflective area, and wherein at least a partial area of the light-emitting element overlaps the first reflective area.

2 . The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the second reflective area has a larger area size than an area size of the first reflective area.

3 . The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the first reflective area includes a plurality of first reflective areas, and
wherein adjacent first reflective areas are spaced apart from each other.

4 . The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the reflective plate includes:
a first reflective plate layer disposed to correspond to the first reflective area and the second reflective area; and a third reflective plate layer disposed on the first reflective plate layer and disposed to correspond to the second reflective area, wherein each of the first reflective plate layer and the third reflective plate layer is a metal layer, and wherein the third reflective plate layer has a reflectance of light of a wavelength of 550 nm lower than a reflectance of light of a wavelength of 550 nm of the first reflective plate layer.

5 . The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the reflective plate includes:
a first reflective plate layer disposed to correspond to the first reflective area and the second reflective area; and a second reflective plate layer and a third reflective plate layer disposed to correspond to the second reflective area and sequentially stacked on the first reflective plate layer, wherein each of the first reflective plate layer and the third reflective plate layer is a metal layer, and wherein the second reflective plate layer is a transparent layer.

6 . The display panel of claim 5 , wherein the second reflective plate layer is further disposed to correspond to the first reflective area and disposed on the first reflective plate layer.

7 . The display panel of claim 5 , wherein the first reflective plate layer and the third reflective plate layer include a same metal.

8 . The display panel of claim 5 , wherein the third reflective plate layer has a reflectance of light of a wavelength of 550 nm lower than a reflectance of light of a wavelength of 550 nm of the first reflective plate layer.

9 . The display panel of claim 5 , wherein a thickness of the third reflective plate layer is smaller than a thickness of the first reflective plate layer.

10 . The display panel of claim 5 , wherein the metal layer includes at least one selected from a group consisting of aluminum (Al), silver (Ag), molybdenum (Mo), titanium (Ti), and an alloy of at least two thereof.

11 . The display panel of claim 5 , wherein the transparent layer is a conductive oxide layer or a transparent insulating layer.

12 . A display panel comprising:
a substrate; a reflective plate disposed on the substrate; and a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on the reflective plate, wherein the reflective plate includes a first reflective area and a second reflective area, wherein the first reflective area has a reflectance of light of a wavelength of 550 nm greater than a reflectance of light of a wavelength of 550 nm of the second reflective area, and wherein some of the plurality of light-emitting elements are disposed to overlap the first reflective area, while the others of the plurality of light-emitting elements are disposed to overlap the second reflective area.

13 . The display panel of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of light-emitting elements include a first color light-emitting element, a second color light-emitting element, and a third color light-emitting element,
wherein the first color light-emitting element and the second color light-emitting element are disposed to overlap the second reflective area, and wherein the third color light-emitting element is disposed to overlap the first reflective area.

14 . The display panel of claim 13 , wherein the first color light-emitting element renders a red color,
wherein the second color light-emitting element renders a green color, and wherein the third color light-emitting element renders a blue color.

15 . A display device comprising:
a substrate; a thin-film transistor including source and drain electrodes; a reflective plate electrically connected to one of the source and drain electrodes; a light-emitting element disposed on the reflective plate; and a connection electrode electrically connecting the reflective plate and the light-emitting element to each other, wherein the reflective plate includes a first reflective area and a second reflective area, wherein the first reflective area has a reflectance of light of a wavelength of 550 nm greater than a reflectance of light of a wavelength of 550 nm of the second reflective area, and wherein at least a partial area of the light-emitting element overlaps the first reflective area.

16 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein the reflective plate includes:
a first reflective plate layer disposed to correspond to the first reflective area and the second reflective area; and a second reflective plate layer and a third reflective plate layer disposed to correspond to the second reflective area and sequentially stacked on the first reflective plate layer, wherein each of the first reflective plate layer and the third reflective plate layer is a metal layer, and wherein the second reflective plate layer is a transparent layer.

17 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein the reflective plate includes:
a first reflective plate layer disposed to correspond to the first reflective area and the second reflective area; and a third reflective plate layer disposed on the first reflective plate layer and disposed to correspond to the second reflective area, wherein each of the first reflective plate layer and the third reflective plate layer is a metal layer, and wherein the third reflective plate layer has a reflectance of light of a wavelength of 550 nm lower than a reflectance of light of a wavelength of 550 nm of the first reflective plate layer.

18 . A display device comprising:
a substrate; a thin-film transistor including source and drain electrodes; a reflective plate electrically connected to one of the source and drain electrodes; a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on the reflective plate; and a connection electrode electrically connecting the reflective plate and the light-emitting element to each other, wherein the reflective plate includes a first reflective area and a second reflective area, wherein the first reflective area has a reflectance of light of a wavelength of 550 nm greater than a reflectance of light of a wavelength of 550 nm of the second reflective area, and wherein some of the plurality of light-emitting elements are disposed to overlap the first reflective area, while the others of the plurality of light-emitting elements are disposed to overlap the second reflective area.

19 . The display device of claim 18 , wherein the plurality of light-emitting elements include a first color light-emitting element, a second color light-emitting elem

Assignees

• Lg Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ahn Jiyoung

Classifications

• H10W90/00 Primary

  Package configurations · CPC title

• H10D86/441

  Interconnections, e.g. scanning lines · CPC title

• H10H20/856 Primary

  Reflecting means · CPC title

• H10H20/8506

  Containers · CPC title

• H10H29/142 Primary

  Two-dimensional arrangements, e.g. asymmetric LED layout · CPC title