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Granted Patent B2
US 12,464,916 · App. 17/976,821 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Display panel with metal oxide layer

Inventors: Zhijun Wan (Guangdong, CN); Jinchuan Li (Guangdong, CN); Weiran Cao (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
H10K59/1315H10K50/816H10K71/00H10K59/1201
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Patent No.
US 12,464,916
App. No.
17/976,821
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention discloses a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The display panel includes a driver wiring layer, an electron transport layer, an electron injection layer, and a cathode layer. The driver wiring layer includes a cathode voltage line, and the electron transport layer is connected to the cathode voltage line. The cathode layer is connected to the electron injection layer. Patterns of the electron transport layer and the electron injection layer are the same as a pattern of the cathode layer. The display panel further includes a resistance reduction layer located between the cathode voltage line and the electron transport layer. The present invention simultaneously patterns the cathode layer, the electron injection layer, and the electron transport layer by a mask plate and forms the same patterns.

Claims (28)

1 . A display panel, comprising:

a driver wiring layer comprising cathode voltage line;

an electron transport layer located on a side of the driver wiring layer and connected to the cathode voltage line;

an electron injection layer located on a side of the electron transport layer away from the driver wiring layer;

a cathode layer located on a side of the electron injection layer away from the driver wiring layer and connected to the electron injection layer; and

a resistance reduction layer located between the cathode voltage line and the electron transport layer;

wherein patterns of the electron transport layer and the electron injection layer are the same as a pattern of the cathode layer;

wherein the resistance reduction layer at least comprises a first metal oxide layer contacting the electron transport layer.

2 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises an anode layer, a material and a film layer lamination structure of the anode layer are the same as a material and a film layer lamination structure of the resistance reduction layer.

3 . The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the resistance reduction layer further comprises a second metal oxide layer contacting the cathode voltage line and a conductive function layer located between the first metal oxide layer and the second metal oxide layer.

4 . The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the driver wiring layer further comprises a circuit layer and an insulation planarization layer located between the circuit layer and the anode layer; and

the insulation planarization layer comprises a plurality of first via holes, the first via holes expose the cathode voltage line, and the resistance reduction layer is connected to the cathode voltage line through the first via holes.

5 . The display pane according to claim 4 , wherein the resistance reduction layer comprises a first sub-resistance reduction portion and a second sub-resistance reduction portion located on a periphery of the first sub-resistance reduction portion and connected to the first sub-resistance reduction portion, and the second sub-resistance reduction portion is located on a sidewall of the first via holes corresponding to the insulation planarization layer.

6 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the driver wiring layer comprises a circuit layer and an insulation planarization layer located between the circuit layer and the anode layer of the display panel;

the resistance reduction layer comprises a first sub-resistance reduction portion and a third sub-resistance reduction portion located between the periphery of the first sub-resistance reduction portion and connected to the first sub-resistance reduction portion, and the third sub-resistance reduction portion is located between the cathode voltage line and the insulation planarization layer; and

the insulation planarization layer comprises a plurality of first via holes, the first via holes expose the first sub-resistance reduction portion of the resistance reduction layer, and the electron transport layer is connected to the first sub-resistance reduction portion through the first via holes.

7 . The display panel according to claim 4 , wherein the display panel comprises a display region and a non-display region located on a periphery of the display region, the non-display region comprises a cathode lap region, each of the first via holes is located in the cathode lap region; and

wherein the cathode layer, the electron injection layer, and the electron transport layer cover the display region and the cathode lap region.

8 . A display panel, comprising:

a driver wiring layer comprising cathode voltage line;

an electron transport layer located on a side of the driver wiring layer and connected to the cathode voltage line;

an electron injection layer located on a side of the electron transport layer away from the driver wiring layer;

a cathode layer located on a side of the electron injection layer away from the driver wiring layer and connected to the electron injection layer; and

a resistance reduction layer located between the cathode voltage line and the electron transport layer;

wherein patterns of the electron transport layer and the electron injection layer are the same as a pattern of the cathode layer;

wherein the driver wiring layer comprises a circuit layer and an insulation planarization layer located between the circuit layer and the anode layer of the display panel;

wherein the resistance reduction layer comprises a first sub-resistance reduction portion and a third sub-resistance reduction portion located between the periphery of the first sub-resistance reduction portion and connected to the first sub-resistance reduction portion, and the third sub-resistance reduction portion is located between the cathode voltage line and the insulation planarization layer; and

wherein the insulation planarization layer comprises a plurality of first via holes, the first via holes expose the first sub-resistance reduction portion of the resistance reduction layer, and the electron transport layer is connected to the first sub-resistance reduction portion through the first via holes.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2022
From: WAN, ZHIJUN; LI, JINCHUAN; CAO, WEIRAN
To: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061640/0366 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202211230099.5 · Oct 8, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240122018A1 · Apr 11, 2024
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