IP Library Granted Patent US 12701837
Granted Patent B2
US 12701837 · App. 18/018,723 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Display panel and display device using the same

Inventors: Heling Zhu (Beijing, CN); Chenchang Chen (Beijing, CN); Xiawei Yun (Beijing, CN); Yuanhao Sun (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: BOE MLED Technology Co., Ltd.; BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
H10H20/856H10W90/00
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Patent No.
US 12701837
App. No.
18/018,723
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display panel relates to the display technical field, including a substrate; at least one light-emitting unit, located on the substrate; first reflective walls, arranged surrounding the light-emitting unit, wherein a height of the first reflective walls along a direction perpendicular to the substrate is greater than a height of the light-emitting unit along the direction perpendicular to the substrate; and a first microstructure layer, located on a side of the first reflective wall away from the substrate, wherein orthographic projections of the first microstructure layer on the substrate at least overlap orthographic projections of the first reflective walls on the substrate, and a distance between the first microstructure layer and the substrate along the direction perpendicular to the substrate is greater than or equal to a distance between a surface of the first reflective walls away from the substrate and the substrate along the direction perpendicular to the substrate.

Claims (32)

1 . A display panel, comprising:

a substrate;

at least one light-emitting unit, located on the substrate, wherein the light-emitting unit comprises a plurality of light-emitting subunits on the substrate;

first reflective walls, each arranged surrounding the light-emitting unit, wherein a height of the first reflective walls along a direction perpendicular to the substrate is greater than a height of the light-emitting unit along the direction perpendicular to the substrate;

second reflective walls, each arranged between two adjacent light-emitting subunits in a same light-emitting unit, wherein the first reflective walls and the second reflective walls are arranged in a same layer; and

a first microstructure layer, located on a side of the first reflective walls and the second reflective walls away from the substrate,

wherein orthographic projections of the first reflective walls and the second reflective walls on the substrate are within orthographic projections of the first microstructure layer on the substrate, and a distance between the first microstructure layer and the substrate along the direction perpendicular to the substrate is greater than a distance between a surface of the first reflective walls and the second reflective walls away from the substrate and the substrate along the direction perpendicular to the substrate, and

wherein orthographic projections of the light-emitting subunits on the substrate and the orthographic projections of the first microstructure layer on the substrate do not overlap each other, and the first reflective walls are connected with the second reflective walls.

2 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first microstructure layer and the first reflective walls are of an integrated structure; and

the distance between the first microstructure layer and the substrate along the direction perpendicular to the substrate is equal to the distance between the surface of the first reflective walls away from the substrate and the substrate along the direction perpendicular to the substrate.

3 . A display device, comprising the display panel according to claim 1 .

4 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the functional layer, the first reflective walls and the substrate constitute an enclosed space, and the light-emitting unit and the second reflective walls are all located in the enclosed space; and

the display panel further comprises a first filling layer, the first filling layer fills a space in the enclosed space except the light-emitting unit and the second reflective walls, and at least one of the first filling layer and the functional layer comprises diffusion particles.

5 . The display panel according to claim 4 , wherein a material of the functional layer comprises a black composite, and a material of the first filling layer comprises a light-transmitting composite; or

the functional layer and the first filling layer are of the integrated structure, and the materials of both the functional layer and the first filling layer comprise the black composite.

6 . The display panel according to claim 4 , wherein a refractive index of the reflective wall is less than a refractive index of the first filled layer, and the reflective wall is configured to enable at least part of light emitted from the first filled layer to the reflective wall to occur total reflection.

7 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises a functional layer, the functional layer is located on the side of the first reflective walls and the second reflective walls away from the substrate, the first microstructure layer is located on a side of the functional layer away from the first reflective walls and the second reflective walls, and the first microstructure layer and the functional layer are of an integrated structure.

8 . The display panel according to claim 7 , wherein an orthographic projection of the functional layer on the substrate overlaps the orthographic projections of the first reflective walls and the second reflective walls on the substrate, and the orthographic projection of the functional layer on the substrate overlaps the orthographic projection of the light-emitting unit on the substrate.

9 . The display panel according to claim 7 , wherein the display panel further comprises a protective layer, and the protective layer covers.

10 . The display panel according to claim 7 , wherein the functional layer is a patterned film structure, an orthographic projection of the functional layer on the substrate overlaps the orthographic projections of the first reflective walls on the substrate, and the orthographic projection of the functional layer on the substrate does not overlap the orthographic projection of the light-emitting unit on the substrate.

11 . The display panel according to claim 10 , wherein the light-emitting unit comprises a plurality of light-emitting subunits on the substrate, a second reflective wall is further arranged between two adjacent light-emitting subunits in a same light-emitting unit, and the first reflective walls and the second reflective walls are arranged in a same layer; and

the orthographic projection of the functional layer on the substrate overlaps orthographic projections of the second reflective walls on the substrate, and the orthographic projections of the first microstructure layer on the substrate overlap the orthographic projections of the second reflective walls on the substrate.

12 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises a second microstructure layer; and

orthographic projections of the second microstructure layer on the substrate overlap the orthographic projection of the light-emitting unit on the substrate, and the orthographic projections of the second microstructure layer on the substrate are connected with the orthographic projections of the first microstructure layer on the substrate.

13 . The display panel according to claim 12 , wherein in a circumstance that the orthographic projection of the functional layer on the substrate overlaps the orthographic projection of the light-emitting unit on the substrate, the second microstructure layer is located on a side of the functional layer away from the substrate, and the second microstructure layer and the functional layer are of the integrated structure, and the second microstructure layer and the first microstructure layer are arranged in a same layer.

14 . The display panel according to claim 12 , wherein both a surface of the first microstructure layer away from the substrate and a surface of the second microstructure layer away from the substrate have rough microstructures, and a distribution density of the microstructures in the first microstructure layer is greater than that in the second microstructure layer.

15 . The display panel according to claim 14 , wherein the distribution density of the microstructures gradually decreases along a first direction, and the first direction is a direction that the first microstructure layer points to the second microstructure layer.

16 . The display panel according to claim 12 , wherein in a circumstance that the orthographic projection of the functional layer on the substrate does not overlap the orthographic projection of the light-emitting unit on the substrate, the display panel further comprises a second filling layer, and the second filling layer covers the light-emitting subunits; and

the second microstructure layer is located on a side of the second filling layer away from the substrate.

17 . The display panel according to claim 16 , wherein a distance between a surface of the second filled layer away from the substrate and the substrate along the direction perpendicular to the substrate is equal to a distance between a surface of the functional layer away from the substrate and the substrate along the direction perpendicular to the substrate; and

the second microstructure layer and the second filling layer are of the integrated structure, and the second microstructure layer and the first microstructure layer are arranged in a same layer.

18 . The display panel according to claim 16 , wherein the second filling layer further covers the functional layer, and a distance between a surface of the second microstructure layer away from the substrate and the substrate along the direction perpendicular to the substrate is greater than a distance between a surface of the first microstructure layer away from the substrate and the substrate along the direction perpendicular to the substrate.