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Granted Patent B2
US 11,061,499 · App. 16/323,545 · Granted Jul 13, 2021

Display panel

Inventor: Chen Zhao (Wuhan, CN)
Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 11,061,499
App. No.
16/323,545
Granted
Jul 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display panel including a touch function structure, wherein the touch function structure includes a protective layer, a metal mesh layer, and a dimming structure layer. The metal mesh layer comprises first metal traces and second metal traces, and the first metal traces and the second metal traces intersect to form vacant regions; the dimming structure layer comprises microstructures for adjusting a light emitting effect of the display panel, and an orthographic projection of each of the microstructures on an encapsulation layer is located within an orthographic projection of each of the vacant regions on the encapsulation layer.

Claims (26)

1. A display panel comprising an encapsulation layer and a touch function structure formed on the encapsulation layer, wherein the touch function structure comprises:

a protective layer disposed on the encapsulation layer to protect the encapsulation layer;

a metal mesh layer disposed on the encapsulation layer; and

a dimming structure layer disposed on the encapsulation layer;

the metal mesh layer comprises a plurality of first metal traces extending along a first direction and a plurality of second metal traces extending along a second direction, and the first metal traces and the second metal traces intersect to form a plurality of vacant regions;

wherein the dimming structure layer comprises a plurality of microstructures to adjust a light emitting effect of the display panel, an orthographic projection of each of the microstructures on the encapsulation layer is located within an orthographic projection of each of the vacant regions on the encapsulation layer; the touch function structure comprises an insulating layer, the metal mesh layer and the dimming structure layer are both disposed on the protective layer, the insulating layer covers the metal mesh layer and the dimming structure layer, the microstructures and the metal mesh layer are spaced from each other, and the microstructures are disposed in the vacant regions.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the microstructures are arranged in an array.

3. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the microstructures comprise a light transmissive element.

4. The display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the light transmissive element comprises at least one of light transmissive metal bodies, two-dimensional photonic crystals, or micro-lenses.

5. The display panel according to claim 4 , wherein each of the two-dimensional photonic crystals comprises a SiN x crystal and/or a SiO 2 crystal.

6. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first metal traces and the second metal traces of the metal mesh layer are enclosed to form a plurality of touch electrodes, and the plurality of touch electrodes comprise a plurality of first touch electrodes and second touch electrodes which are intersected and insulated from each other.

7. The display panel according to claim 6 , wherein the display panel further comprises a plurality of bridges, wherein two adjacent second touch electrodes are electrically connected by each of the bridges.

8. The display panel according to claim 7 , wherein an orthographic projection of each of the bridges on the encapsulation layer and the orthographic projection of each of the microstructures on the encapsulation layer are spaced from each other.

9. A display panel comprising an encapsulation layer and a touch function structure formed on the encapsulation layer, wherein the touch function structure comprises:

a protective layer disposed on the encapsulation layer to protect the encapsulation layer;

a metal mesh layer disposed on the encapsulation layer; and

a dimming structure layer disposed on the encapsulation layer;

the metal mesh layer comprises a plurality of first metal traces extending along a first direction and a plurality of second metal traces extending along a second direction, and the first metal traces and the second metal traces intersect to form a plurality of vacant regions;

wherein the dimming structure layer comprises a plurality of microstructures to adjust a light emitting effect of the display panel, an orthographic projection of each of the microstructures on the encapsulation layer is located within an orthographic projection of each of the vacant regions on the encapsulation layer; the touch function structure comprises an insulating layer, the dimming structure layer is disposed on the protective layer, the insulating layer is disposed on the dimming structure layer, the metal mesh layer is disposed on the insulating layer, and the microstructures are correspondingly disposed below the vacant regions.

10. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein the microstructures are arranged in an array.

11. The display panel according to claim 10 , wherein the microstructures comprise a light transmissive element.

12. The display panel according to claim 11 , wherein the light transmissive element comprises at least one of light transmissive metal bodies, two-dimensional photonic crystals, or micro-lenses.

13. The display panel according to claim 12 , wherein each of the two-dimensional photonic crystals comprises a SiN x crystal and/or a SiO 2 crystal.

14. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein the first metal traces and the second metal traces of the metal mesh layer are enclosed to form a plurality of touch electrodes, and the plurality of touch electrodes comprise a plurality of first touch electrodes and second touch electrodes which are intersected and insulated from each other.

15. The display panel according to claim 14 , wherein the display panel further comprises a plurality of bridges, wherein two adjacent second touch electrodes are electrically connected by each of the bridges.

16. The display panel according to claim 15 wherein an orthographic projection of each of the bridges on the encapsulation layer and the orthographic projection of each of the microstructures on the encapsulation layer are spaced from each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2019
From: ZHAO, CHEN
To: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048364/0772 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811520627.4 · Dec 12, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200192509A1 · Jun 18, 2020
Cited By (1)
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