Display panel, method for preparing display panel, and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021193949-A1
Application number	US-202016903679-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 17, 2020
Priority date	Dec 18, 2019
Publication date	Jun 24, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a display panel, a method for preparing the display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a driving back plate; a light-emitting structure array, arranged on the driving back plate and includes light-emitting structures in one-to-one correspondence to sub-pixels; cofferdam structures, configured to form cavities in one-to-one correspondence to the light-emitting structures; where each cofferdam structure is arranged between respective one pair of two adjacent light-emitting structures, and the each cofferdam structure includes a lyophobic material layer; and a micro lens array, including micro lenses in one-to-one correspondence to the cavities; where the micro lens array is arranged on a side, facing away from the driving back plate, of the light-emitting structure array, each micro lens is arranged in a corresponding cavity and arranged at a corresponding lyophobic material layer, and a material of the micro lenses includes a solidified liquid material.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display panel, comprising:
a driving back plate; a light-emitting structure array, arranged on the driving back plate and comprising a plurality of light-emitting structures in one-to-one correspondence to a plurality of sub-pixels; a plurality of cofferdam structures, configured to form a plurality of cavities in one-to-one correspondence to the plurality of light-emitting structures; wherein the plurality of cofferdam structures each is arranged between respective one pair of two adjacent light-emitting structures, and the plurality of cofferdam structures each comprises a lyophobic material layer; and a micro lens array, comprising a plurality of micro lenses in one-to-one correspondence to the plurality of cavities; wherein the micro lens array is arranged on a side, facing away from the driving back plate, of the light-emitting structure array, each of the plurality of micro lenses is arranged in a corresponding cavity and arranged at a corresponding lyophobic material layer, and a material of the micro lenses comprises a solidified liquid material.

2 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of light-emitting structures are organic light emitting diode (OLED) devices; and
the plurality of cofferdam structures are arranged on the side, facing away from the driving back plate, of the light-emitting structure array.

3 . The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of light-emitting structures are white-light OLED devices; and
the display panel further comprises: a grating structure array, comprising a plurality of grating structures in one-to-one correspondence to the plurality of cavities; wherein each of the plurality of grating structures is arranged in a corresponding cavity; the plurality of grating structures are classified into various types of grating structures which are corresponding to the plurality of sub-pixels in various colors, respectively; and each type of the grating structure is configured to diffract light and take out light waves of which wavelengths are the same as light exiting wavelengths of a corresponding sub-pixel.

4 . The display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the grating structure array comprises first grating structures corresponding to red sub-pixels, second grating structures corresponding to green sub-pixels and third grating structures corresponding to blue sub-pixels; and
a first period of the first grating structures ranges from 630 nm to 670 nm, a second period of the second grating structures ranges from 500 nm to 540 nm, and a third period of the third grating structures ranges from 400 nm to 440 nm.

5 . The display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of grating structures each comprises a first layer of metal grating and a second layer of metal grating, and the first layer of metal grating and the second layer of metal grating are alternately arranged.

6 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of light-emitting structures are micro LED devices; and
each of the plurality of light-emitting structures is arranged in a corresponding cavity.

7 . The display panel according to claim 6 , wherein the light-emitting structure array comprises a plurality of micro LED devices in various colors corresponding to the plurality of sub-pixels in various colors, respectively; and
the display panel further comprises: a protecting layer, comprising a plurality of protecting structures in one-to-one correspondence to the plurality of cavities; wherein each of the plurality of protecting structures is arranged in the corresponding cavity, and is arranged between a corresponding light-emitting structure and a corresponding micro lens.

8 . The display panel according to claim 7 , wherein a longitudinal section of each of the plurality of cofferdam structures is inverted trapezoidal.

9 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the lyophobic material layer is an organic material.

10 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of cofferdam structures each is a single-layer structure; or the plurality of cofferdam structures each is a double-layer structure with a layer far away from the driving back plate being the lyophobic material layer.

11 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the material of the micro lenses is a photocurable material.

12 . A method for preparing a display panel, comprising:
arranging a light-emitting structure array and a plurality of cofferdam structures on a driving back plate; wherein the light-emitting structure array comprises a plurality of light-emitting structures in one-to-one correspondence to a plurality of sub-pixels; and the plurality of cofferdam structures are configured to form a plurality of cavities in one-to-one correspondence to the plurality of light-emitting structures; wherein the plurality of cofferdam structures each is arranged between respective one pair of two adjacent light-emitting structures, and the plurality of cofferdam structures comprises a lyophobic material layer; and preparing a micro lens array on the driving back plate; wherein the micro lens array comprises a plurality of micro lenses in one-to-one correspondence to the plurality of cavities, wherein the plurality of micro lenses each is arranged in a corresponding cavity and arranged at a corresponding lyophobic material layer; and a material of the micro lenses comprises a solidified liquid material.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein said preparing the micro lens array on the driving back plate comprises:
printing a micro lens material into each of the plurality of cavities by using an ink-jet printing process; and forming the plurality of micro lenses distributed in an array manner.

14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises:
preparing a white-light OLED device array on the driving back plate; preparing a encapsulation layer on the white-light OLED device array; and preparing a grating structure array and the plurality of cofferdam structures on the encapsulation layer; wherein the grating structure array comprises a plurality of grating structures in one-to-one correspondence to the plurality of cavities, and each of the plurality of grating structures is arranged in a corresponding cavity; and the plurality of grating structures are classified into various types of grating structures which are corresponding to the plurality of sub-pixels in various colors, respectively, and each type of the grating structure is configured to diffract light and take out light waves of which wavelengths are the same as light exiting wavelengths of a corresponding sub-pixel.

15 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises:
preparing the plurality of cofferdam structures on the driving back plate; transferring a plurality of micro LED devices in various colors corresponding to the plurality of sub-pixels in various colors to the driving back plate through a mass transferring technology, respectively, wherein the plurality of micro LED devices each is arranged in a corresponding cavity; and preparing a protecting layer on the each of the plurality of micro LED devices, wherein the protecting layer comprises a plurality of protecting structures in one-to-one correspondence to the plurality of cavities, and the plurality of protecting structures each is arranged in the corresponding cavity.

16 . A display device, comprising a display panel, wherein the display panel comprises:
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Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Huang Haitao
• Xu Chuanxiang
• Yu Yong
• Li Xiang
• Gu Renquan
• Yue Yang
• Shu Shi

Classifications

• H10K50/841

  Self-supporting sealing arrangements · CPC title

• H10K59/879 Primary

  comprising refractive means, e.g. lenses · CPC title

• H01L51/5253

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/3211

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/56

  Electricity · mapped topic