Display panels and display devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025204224-A1
Application number	US-202318291450-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 18, 2023
Priority date	Dec 13, 2023
Publication date	Jun 19, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. A first light emitting layer emits light with a first wavelength λ 1 , and a second light emitting layer emits light with a second wavelength λ 2 that is smaller than the first wavelength λ 1 . An orthographic projection of a first capping unit on a substrate layer overlaps an orthographic projection of the first light emitting layer on the substrate layer. An orthographic projection of a second capping unit on the substrate layer overlaps an orthographic projection of the second light emitting layer on the substrate layer. A thickness of at least a part of the first capping unit is greater than a thickness of at least a part of the second capping unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display panel comprising:
a substrate layer; a light emitting device layer disposed on the substrate layer and comprising a transparent anode layer, a light emitting layer and a cathode layer, wherein the light emitting layer is disposed between the transparent anode layer and the cathode layer, the transparent anode layer is located on a side of the light emitting layer close to the substrate layer, the transparent anode layer comprises a first transparent anode and a second transparent anode spaced apart, the light emitting layer comprises a first light emitting layer disposed on the first transparent anode and a second light emitting layer disposed on the second transparent anode, the first light emitting layer emits light with a first wavelength λ 1 , the second light emitting layer emits light with a second wavelength λ 2 , and the first wavelength λ 1 is greater than the second wavelength λ 2 ; a thin film encapsulation layer located on a side of the light emitting device layer away from the substrate layer; and a capping layer disposed between the cathode layer and the thin film encapsulation layer, wherein a refractive index of the capping layer is greater than a refractive index of the cathode layer, and the capping layer comprises a first capping unit and a second capping unit, an orthographic projection of the first capping unit on the substrate layer overlaps an orthographic projection of the first light emitting layer on the substrate layer, an orthographic projection of the second capping unit on the substrate layer overlaps an orthographic projection of the second light emitting layer on the substrate layer, and a thickness of at least a part of the first capping unit is greater than a thickness of at least a part of the second capping unit.

2 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent anode layer further comprises a third transparent anode spaced apart from the first transparent anode and the second transparent anode, the light emitting layer further comprises a third light emitting layer disposed on the third transparent anode, the third light emitting layer emits light with a third wavelength λ 3 , and the third wavelength λ 3 is greater than the second wavelength λ 2 ;
the capping layer further comprises a third capping unit, an orthographic projection of the third capping unit on the substrate layer overlaps an orthographic projection of the third light emitting layer on the substrate layer, and a thickness of at least a part of the third capping unit is greater than the thickness of at least a part of the second capping unit;
when the first wavelength λ 1 is greater than the third wavelength λ 3 , the thickness of at least a part of the first capping unit is greater than the thickness of at least a part of the third capping unit; or, when the first wavelength λ 1 is less than the third wavelength λ 3 , the thickness of at least a part of the first capping unit is less than the thickness of at least a part of the third capping unit.

3 . The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the display panel further comprises:
a filter layer, wherein the filter layer is located on a side of the thin film encapsulation layer away from the light emitting device layer and comprises a first color resist unit, a third color resist unit and a second color resist unit with different colors from each other, an orthographic projection of the first color resist unit on the substrate layer overlaps orthographic projections of the first light emitting layer and the first capping unit on the substrate layer, an orthographic projection of the second color resist unit on the substrate layer overlaps orthographic projections of the second light emitting layer and the second capping unit on the substrate layer, and an orthographic projection of the third color resist unit on the substrate layer overlaps orthographic projections of the third light emitting layer and the third capping unit on the substrate layer; the first wavelength λ 1 comprises a first maximum transmittance wavelength λ a , a transmittance of light with the first maximum transmittance wavelength λ a passing through the first color resist unit is a maximum transmittance of light with the first wavelength λ 1 passing through the first color resist unit, a thickness d 1 of the first capping unit meets a formula d 1 =0.5λ a m 1 -A 1 -B 1 -C, A 1 is a thickness of the first transparent anode, B 1 is a sum of thicknesses of film layers located between the first transparent anode and the cathode layer, C is a thickness of the cathode layer, and m 1 is an integer greater than or equal to 1; the second wavelength λ 2 comprises a second maximum transmittance wavelength λ b , a transmittance of light with the second maximum transmittance wavelength λ b passing through the second color resist unit is a maximum transmittance of light with the second wavelength λ 2 passing through the second color resist unit, a thickness d 2 of the second capping unit meets a formula d 2 =0.5λ b m 2 -A 2 -B 2 -C, A 2 is a thickness of the second transparent anode, B 2 is a sum of thicknesses of film layers located between the second transparent anode and the cathode layer, and m 2 is an integer greater than or equal to 1; the third wavelength λ 3 comprises a third maximum transmittance wavelength λ c , a transmittance of light with the third maximum transmittance wavelength λ c passing through the third color resist unit is a maximum transmittance of light with the third wavelength λ 3 passing through the third color resist unit, a thickness d 3 of the third capping unit meets a formula d 3 =0.5λ c m 3 -A 3 -B 3 -C, A 3 is a thickness of the third transparent anode, B 3 is a sum of thicknesses of film layers located between the third transparent anode and the cathode layer, and m 3 is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

4 . The display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the light with the first wavelength λ 1 is red light, and the first color resist unit is a red color resistor;
the light with the second wavelength λ 2 is blue light, and the second color resist unit is a blue color resistor; and
the light with the third wavelength λ 3 is green light, and the third color resist unit is a green color resistor.

5 . The display panel according to claim 4 , wherein at least one of the maximum transmittance of the light with the first wavelength λ 1 passing through the first color resist unit and the maximum transmittance of the light with the third wavelength λ 3 passing through the third color resist unit is less than the maximum transmittance of the light with the second wavelength λ 2 passing through the second color resist unit.

6 . The display panel according to claim 4 , wherein the first maximum transmittance wavelength λ a is greater than or equal to 620 nanometers and less than or equal to 640 nanometers, and the transmittance of the light with the first maximum transmittance wavelength passing through the first color resist unit is greater than or equal to 45%;
the second maximum transmittance wavelength λ b is greater than or equal to 420 nanometers and less than or equal to 450 nanometers, and the transmittance of the light with the second maximum transmittance wavelength λ b passing through the second color resist unit is greater than or equal to 45%; and
the third maximum transmittance wavelength λ c is greater than or equal to 495 nanometers and less than or equal to 530 nanometers, and the transmittance of the light with the third maximum transmittance wavelength λ c passing through the third color resist unit is greater than or equal to 45%.

7 . The display panel according to claim 6 , wherein the transmittance of the light with

Assignees

• Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hu Kai

Classifications

• H10K59/38

  comprising colour filters or colour changing media [CCM] · CPC title

• H10K59/879

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

• H10K2102/351

  Thickness · CPC title

• H10K59/35

  comprising red-green-blue [RGB] subpixels · CPC title

• H10K59/876 Primary

  comprising a resonant cavity structure, e.g. Bragg reflector pair · CPC title