Display substrate and manufacturing method therefor, and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020184856-A1
Application number	US-201916617604-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 5, 2019
Priority date	May 8, 2018
Publication date	Jun 11, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

A display substrate and a manufacturing method therefor, and a display device. The display substrate includes a flexible protective layer and sub-pixel structures. The flexible protective layer includes bosses, the sub-pixel structure is provided on a top surface of the boss, the boss further includes multiple side surfaces intersecting with the top surface, and the display substrate further includes secondary sub-pixel structures provided on at least one of the multiple side surfaces.

First claim

1 . A display substrate, comprising:
a flexible protection layer; and a sub-pixel structure, wherein the flexible protection layer comprises a boss, the sub-pixel structure is provided on a top surface of the boss, and the boss further comprises a plurality of lateral surfaces intersecting with the top surface, the display substrate further comprises a secondary sub-pixel structure provided on at least one of the plurality of lateral surfaces.

2 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of a cross section of the boss comprises a rectangle or a trapezoid, and the cross section is perpendicular to the top surface.

3 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a thin film transistor unit, provided on the top surface of the boss, wherein the thin film transistor unit is connected with the sub-pixel structure and the secondary sub-pixel structure, and configured to drive the sub-pixel structure and the secondary sub-pixel structure to emit light.

4 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , comprising:
a plurality of sub-pixel structures, wherein the flexible protection layer comprises a plurality of bosses, and the plurality of sub-pixel structures and the plurality of bosses are arranged in one-to-one correspondence.

5 . The display substrate according to claim 4 , wherein the plurality of bosses are arranged in an array along a row direction and a column direction, and the secondary sub-pixel structure is provided on a lateral surface in the plurality of lateral surfaces, which intersects with the row direction.

6 . The display substrate according to claim 5 , wherein the secondary sub-pixel structure is provided on a lateral surface in the plurality of lateral surfaces, which intersects with the column direction.

7 . The display substrate according to claim 4 , further comprising: an encapsulation layer, provided on a side of the sub-pixel structure and the secondary sub-pixel structure, which is away from the boss,
wherein the encapsulation layer coats the sub-pixel structure and the secondary sub-pixel structure, and an interval is formed between two portions of the encapsulation layer respectively provided on adjacent ones of the plurality of bosses.

8 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the sub-pixel structure comprises a first anode provided on the top surface of the boss and a first light-emitting layer provided on a side of the first anode, which is away from the boss; and
the secondary sub-pixel structure comprises a second anode provided on at least one of the plurality of lateral surfaces and a second light-emitting layer provided on a side of the second anode, which is away from the boss.

9 . The display substrate according to claim 8 , wherein the first anode and the second anode are electrically connected.

10 . The display substrate according to claim 8 , wherein the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer are configured to emit light with the same color.

11 . A manufacturing method of a display substrate, comprising:
forming a protruding portion on a first substrate; forming a sub-pixel structure on a top surface of the protruding portion; and forming a secondary sub-pixel structure on at least one of a plurality of lateral surfaces of the protruding portion, which intersect with the top surface, wherein the manufacturing method further comprises: before forming the sub-pixel structure on the top surface of the protruding portion, forming a flexible base on the first substrate and the protruding portion; after forming the secondary sub-pixel structure on at least one of the plurality of lateral surfaces of the protruding portion, which intersect with the top surface, removing the second substrate and the protruding portion so as to enable the flexible base to form a concave-convex structure and applying a flexible material on a side of the flexible base, which is away from the sub-pixel structure, so as to form a flexible protection layer, and filling the concave-convex structure with the flexible protection layer so as to form a boss.

12 . The manufacturing method of the display substrate according to claim 11 , wherein forming the protruding portion on the first substrate comprises:
forming a separating layer on a second substrate; and patterning the separating layer to form the protruding portion, wherein the first substrate comprises the second substrate and the protruding portion.

13 . (canceled)

14 . The manufacturing method of the display substrate according to claim 11 , wherein the sub-pixel structure comprises a first anode provided on the top surface of the protruding portion and a first light-emitting layer provided on a side of the first anode, which is away from the protruding portion; and the secondary sub-pixel structure comprises a second anode provided on at least one of the plurality of lateral surfaces and a second light-emitting layer arranged at the second anode and away from the protruding portion,
the first anode and the second anode are formed by patterning the same metal layer, and the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer are formed by adopting the same evaporation process.

15 . A display apparatus, comprising the display substrate according to claim 1 .

16 . The display substrate according to claim 3 , comprising:
a plurality of sub-pixel structure, wherein the flexible protection layer comprises a plurality of bosses, and the plurality of sub-pixel structures and the plurality of bosses are arranged in one-to-one correspondence.

17 . The display substrate according to claim 16 , further comprising: an encapsulation layer, provided on a side of the sub-pixel structure and the secondary sub-pixel structure, which is away from the boss,
wherein the encapsulation layer coats the sub-pixel structure and the secondary sub-pixel structure, and an interval is formed between two portions of the encapsulation layer respectively provided on adjacent ones of the plurality of bosses.

18 . The display substrate according to claim 16 , further comprising:
a flexible base, wherein the flexible base forms a concave-convex structure on the flexible protection layer, the sub-pixel structure and the secondary sub-pixel structure are provided on a side of the flexible base away from the flexible protection layer.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Hejin
• Hsieh Ming Che
• Kao Shanchen

Classifications

• H10K59/12 Primary

  Active-matrix OLED [AMOLED] displays · CPC title

• H10K59/87

  Passivation; Containers; Encapsulations · CPC title

• H10K77/00

  Constructional details of devices covered by this subclass and not covered by groups H10K10/80, H10K30/80, H10K50/80 or H10K59/80 · CPC title

• G09F9/301 Primary

  flexible foldable or roll-able electronic displays, e.g. thin LCD, OLED · CPC title

• H10K59/122 Primary

  Pixel-defining structures or layers, e.g. banks · CPC title