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US 12,284,851 · App. 17/789,593 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Display panel, method for manufacturing the same, and display apparatus

Inventors: Yinwei Chen (Beijing, CN); Haiwei Sun (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: BOE MLED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
H10H20/855H01L25/0753H10H20/0363
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Patent No.
US 12,284,851
App. No.
17/789,593
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display panel includes a display module and a lens layer. The display module has a display region and includes a plurality of pixel units disposed in the display region and distributed in an array, each pixel unit is configured to emit light. The lens layer is disposed on a display side of the display module. Light emitted by the plurality pixel units passes through the lens layer to form a display image, and the display image includes a plurality of pixels distributed in an array. The number of pixel units included in a row of pixel units in a first direction is less than the number of pixels included in a row of pixels in the first direction. A first pixel distance is smaller than a first pixel unit distance.

Claims (52)

1. A display panel, comprising:

a display module having a display region, the display module including a plurality of pixel units disposed in the display region and distributed in an array, each pixel unit being configured to emit light;

a lens layer disposed on a display side of the display module; wherein

light emitted by the plurality of pixel units passes through the lens layer to form a display image, and the display image includes a plurality of pixels distributed in another array;

a number of pixel units included in a line of pixel units in a first direction is less than a number of pixels included in a line of pixels in the first direction; a first pixel distance is less than a first pixel unit distance, the first pixel distance is a distance between every two adjacent pixels in the first direction, and the first pixel unit distance is a distance between every two adjacent pixel units in the first direction; the first direction is one of a row direction and a column direction of the plurality of pixel units that are distributed in the array.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

a number of pixel units included in a line of pixel units in a second direction is less than a number of pixels included in the line of pixels in the second direction; a second pixel distance is less than a second pixel unit distance, the second pixel distance is a distance between every two adjacent pixels in the second direction, and the second pixel unit distance is a distance between every two adjacent pixel units in the second direction;

the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

3. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

a size of the display region is substantially equal to a size of the display image.

4. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the lens layer includes a plurality of convex lenses distributed in an array, and optical centers of the plurality of convex lenses are in a same plane; a focal length f of each convex lens and T satisfy a following condition: T is greater than a product of 2 and f (T>2×f), wherein T is a set distance, and the set distance is a vertical distance between a light-exit surface of each pixel unit and the plane where the optical centers of the plurality of convex lenses are located.

5. The display panel according to claim 4 , wherein

any two adjacent convex lenses are in contact with each other.

6. The display panel according to claim 4 , wherein

each convex lens is arched in a direction of the convex lens away from the display module.

7. The display panel according to claim 4 , wherein

T is greater than or equal to C, and is less than or equal to a product of 4 and C (C≤T≤4×C), wherein C is a reference distance, the reference distance is a greater one of the first pixel unit distance and a second pixel unit distance; the second pixel unit distance is a distance between every two adjacent pixel units in a second direction, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

8. The display panel according to claim 4 , wherein

L1 is greater than or equal to a product of 0.7 and D1, and is less than or equal to a product of 2 and D1 (0.7D1≤L1≤2×D1), wherein D1 is the first pixel unit distance, and L1 is a first lens distance; the first lens distance is a distance between optical centers of two adjacent convex lenses in the lens layer in the first direction.

9. The display panel according to claim 4 , wherein

L2 is greater than or equal to a product of 0.7 and D2, and is less than or equal to a product of 2 and D2 (0.7×D2≤L2≤2×D2), wherein D2 is a second pixel unit distance, and L2 is a second lens distance; the second lens distance is a distance between optical centers of two adjacent convex lenses in the lens layer in a second direction, the second pixel unit distance is a distance between every two adjacent pixel units in the second direction, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

10. The display panel according to claim 4 , wherein

a distance between optical centers of every two adjacent convex lenses is in a range from 0.1 mm to 10 mm, inclusive, and a height by which each convex lens arches is in a range from 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm, inclusive.

11. The display panel according to claim 4 , wherein

an orthogonal projection of each convex lens on the display module has a rectangular shape, a triangular shape or a polygonal shape.

12. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

a surface of the lens layer away from the display side of the display module is a rough surface.

13. The display panel according to claim 4 , wherein

the lens layer further includes a transparent substrate in direct contact with surfaces of the plurality of convex lenses proximate to the display module.

14. The display panel according to claim 13 , wherein

a material of the transparent substrate is different from a material of the convex lenses.

15. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein each pixel unit includes at least one light-emitting device;

the display module further includes a substrate, and light-emitting devices in the plurality of pixel units are disposed on the substrate;

the display module further includes a transparent material layer covering the light-emitting devices, and a distance between a surface of the transparent material layer away from the light-emitting devices and the substrate is greater than distances between light-exit surfaces of the light-emitting devices and the substrate.

16. The display panel according to claim 15 , wherein

the light-emitting device is a light-emitting diode.

17. A display apparatus, comprising the display panel according to claim 1 .

18. A method for manufacturing a display panel, the method comprising:

forming a display module, wherein the display module has a display region, and the display module includes a plurality of pixel units disposed in the display region and distributed in an array; each pixel unit is configured to emit light; and

forming a lens layer on a display side of the display module; wherein

light emitted by the plurality of pixel units passes through the lens layer to form a display image, and the display image includes a plurality of pixels distributed in another array;

a number of pixel units included in a line of pixel units in a first direction is less than a number of pixels included in a line of pixels in the first direction, a first pixel distance is less than a first pixel unit distance, the first pixel distance is a distance between every two adjacent pixels in the first direction, and the first pixel unit distance is a distance between every two adjacent pixel units in the first direction; the first direction is one of a row direction and a column direction of the plurality of pixel units distributed in the array.

19. The method for manufacturing the display panel according to claim 18 , wherein forming the display module includes:

forming a plurality of light-emitting devices on a substrate; and

forming a transparent material layer covering the plurality of light-emitting devices on the substrate; wherein

a distance between a surface of the transparent material layer away from the plurality of light-emitting devices and the substrate is greater than distances between light-exit surfaces of the plurality of light-emitting devices and the substrate.

20. The method for manufacturing the display panel according to claim 18 , wherein forming the lens layer on the display side of the display module includes:

forming a transparent film on a transparent substrate;

imprinting the transparent film by a mold imprinting process to form the lens layer; and

adhering the lens layer to the display module; wherein

a surface of a mold core of a mold used in the mold imprinting process is a rough surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2022
From: CHEN, YINWEI; SUN, HAIWEI
To: BOE MLED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010479612.9 · May 29, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230048591A1 · Feb 16, 2023
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