IP Library Granted Patent US 12,446,438
Granted Patent B2
US 12,446,438 · App. 17/922,475 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Display panels and display apparatuses having the same

Inventors: Bo Shi (Beijing, CN); Weiyun Huang (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
H10K59/65G06V40/166H10K59/879H10K59/8792
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Patent No.
US 12,446,438
App. No.
17/922,475
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display panel ( 100 ) and a display apparatus ( 1000 ) having the same. The display panel ( 100 ) is provided with a preset area ( 101 ), a transmitting sensor ( 201 ) and a receiving sensor ( 202 ) of a time-of-flight device ( 200 ) are adapted to be provided on a non-display side of the preset area ( 101 ), and light emitted from the transmitting sensor ( 201 ) is adapted to be transmitted from the preset area ( 101 ) to a display side of the display panel ( 100 ), and be reflected by a to-be-detected object on the display side back to a non-display side of the display panel ( 100 ), so as to be received by the receiving sensor ( 202 ). The display panel ( 100 ) includes a substrate layer ( 11 ), an organic light-emitting device layer ( 12 ), and an anti-reflection layer ( 13 ), where the organic light-emitting device layer ( 12 ) is provided on a display side of the substrate layer ( 11 ); and the anti-reflection layer ( 13 ) includes one or more layers and is provided between the substrate layer ( 11 ) and the organic light-emitting device layer ( 12 ), and at least part of the anti-reflection layer ( 13 ) is disposed opposite to the preset area ( 101 ) in a thickness direction of the display panel ( 100 ).

Claims (32)

1. A display panel, wherein the display panel is provided with a preset area, a transmitting sensor and a receiving sensor of a time-of-flight device are adapted to be provided on a non-display side of the preset area, and light emitted from the transmitting sensor is adapted to be transmitted from the preset area to a display side of the display panel, and be reflected by a to-be-detected object on the display side back to a non-display side of the display panel, so as to be received by the receiving sensor, the display panel comprising:

a substrate layer;

an organic light-emitting device layer provided on a display side of the substrate layer; and

an anti-reflection layer comprising one or more anti-reflection layers and provided between the substrate layer and the organic light-emitting device layer, at least part of the anti-reflection layer being disposed opposite to the preset area in a thickness direction of the display panel, wherein at least one of the one or more anti-reflection layers is made of polyimide.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein one of the one or more anti-reflection layers is a preset thin film layer, and the preset thin film layer is disposed immediately adjacent to the substrate layer.

3. The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the display panel comprises only the preset thin film layer as the anti-reflection layer, and the display panel further comprises a buffer layer disposed immediately adjacent to a display side of the preset thin film layer.

4. The display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the light emitted from the transmitting sensor has a wavelength of 940 nm, the substrate layer comprises polyimide and has a refractive index of 1.945, the buffer layer has a refractive index of 1.467, the preset thin film layer has a refractive index of 1.625 or 1.691, and the preset thin film layer has a thickness of 235 nm.

5. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a projection of at least one of the one or more anti-reflection layers in the thickness direction of the display panel completely covers the substrate layer.

6. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a projection of at least one of the one or more anti-reflection layers in the thickness direction of the display panel exactly covers the preset area.

7. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a refractive index n x of the anti-reflection layer satisfies:

n−0.2≤n x ≤n+0.2, wherein n=(n 1 ×n 2 ){circumflex over ( )}(½), n 1 is a refractive index of a film layer immediately adjacent to a non-display side of a corresponding anti-reflection layer, and n 2 is a refractive index of a film layer immediately adjacent to a display side of the corresponding anti-reflection layer.

8. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness d x of the anti-reflection layer satisfies:

d−50 nm≤d x ≤d+50 nm, wherein d x =λ/4, and λ is a wavelength of the light emitted from the transmitting sensor.

9. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein an extinction coefficient k of the anti-reflection layer satisfies: k≤1.

10. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the organic light-emitting device layer comprises an electron transport layer, and at least one of the one or more anti-reflection layers is made of the same material as that of the electron transport layer.

11. A display apparatus, comprising:

a display panel provided with a preset area; and

a time-of-flight device comprising a transmitting sensor and a receiving sensor both provided on a non-display side of the preset area, wherein light emitted from the transmitting sensor is transmitted from the preset area to a display side of the display panel, and is reflected by a to-be-detected object on the display side back to a non-display side of the display panel, so as to be received by the receiving sensor,

wherein the display panel comprises:

a substrate layer;

an organic light-emitting device layer provided on a display side of the substrate layer; and

an anti-reflection layer comprising one or more anti-reflection layers and provided between the substrate layer and the organic light-emitting device layer, at least part of the anti-reflection layer being disposed opposite to the preset area in a thickness direction of the display panel, wherein at least one of the one or more anti-reflection layers is made of polyimide.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein one of the one or more anti-reflection layers is a preset thin film layer, and the preset thin film layer is disposed immediately adjacent to the substrate layer.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the display panel comprises only the preset thin film layer as the anti-reflection layer, and the display panel further comprises a buffer layer disposed immediately adjacent to a display side of the preset thin film layer.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the light emitted from the transmitting sensor has a wavelength of 940 nm, the substrate layer comprises polyimide and has a refractive index of 1.945, the buffer layer has a refractive index of 1.467, the preset thin film layer has a refractive index of 1.625 or 1.691, and the preset thin film layer has a thickness of 235 nm.

15. The display apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein a projection of at least one of the one or more anti-reflection layers in the thickness direction of the display panel completely covers the substrate layer.

16. The display apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein a projection of at least one of the one or more anti-reflection layers in the thickness direction of the display panel exactly covers the preset area.

17. The display apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein a refractive index n x of the anti-reflection layer satisfies:

n−0.2≤n x ≤n+0.2, wherein n=(n 1 ×n 2 ){circumflex over ( )}(½), n 1 is a refractive index of a film layer immediately adjacent to a non-display side of a corresponding anti-reflection layer, and n 2 is a refractive index of a film layer immediately adjacent to a display side of the corresponding anti-reflection layer.

18. The display apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein a thickness d x of the anti-reflection layer satisfies:

d−50 nm≤d x ≤d+50 nm, wherein d x =λ/4, and λ is a wavelength of the light emitted from the transmitting sensor.

19. The display apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein an extinction coefficient k of the anti-reflection layer satisfies: k≤1.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2025
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072855/0052 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2022
From: SHI, BO; HUANG, WEIYUN
To: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061594/0614 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202011197835.2 · Oct 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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