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US 12,598,863 · App. 18/022,480 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Display panel and display apparatus

Inventors: Hongwei Zhang (Beijing, CN); Qiyun Wang (Beijing, CN); Zhenye Wei (Beijing, CN); Lulin Ma (Beijing, CN); Zhen Sun (Beijing, CN); Cheng Zeng (Beijing, CN); Li Chen (Beijing, CN); Xiongyi Luo (Beijing, CN); Guangri Yu (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
H10K59/1201H10K59/35H10K59/873H10K59/879H10K77/10H10K2102/302
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Patent No.
US 12,598,863
App. No.
18/022,480
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display apparatus. The display panel includes: a substrate, including a plurality of sub-pixel regions; a plurality of light emitting devices, located on one side of the substrate and corresponding to the sub-pixel regions one by one; a first pixel definition layer, located on one side, facing away from the substrate, of the light emitting devices and including first opening regions corresponding to the sub-pixel regions one by one; a plurality of quantum dot layers, located on the side, facing away from the substrate, of the light emitting devices and located in at least part of the first opening regions; and a plurality of first refractive index patterns, located between the light emitting devices and the quantum dot layers, where a refractive index of each quantum dot layer is greater than that of each first refractive index pattern.

Claims (70)

1 . A display panel, wherein the display panel comprises:

a substrate, comprising a plurality of sub-pixel regions;

a plurality of light emitting devices, arranged on one side of the substrate and corresponding to the plurality of sub-pixel regions one by one;

a first pixel definition layer, arranged on one side, facing away from the substrate, of the plurality of light emitting devices; wherein the first pixel definition layer comprises first opening regions corresponding to the plurality of sub-pixel regions one by one;

a plurality of quantum dot layers, arranged on the side, facing away from the substrate, of the plurality of light emitting devices; wherein the plurality of quantum dot layers are arranged in at least part of the first opening regions;

a plurality of first refractive index patterns, arranged between the plurality of light emitting devices and the plurality of quantum dot layers, wherein a refractive index of each of the plurality of quantum dot layers is greater than that of each of the plurality of first refractive index patterns; and

a prism structure arranged on one side, facing away from the plurality of first refractive index patterns, of the plurality of quantum dot layers.

2 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first refractive index patterns comprise resin and first hollow particles dispersed in the resin.

3 . The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein a diameter of each of the first hollow particles is greater than or equal to 20 nm and less than or equal to 200 nm.

4 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises:

second refractive index patterns, at least arranged between a side surface of the first pixel definition layer and the plurality of quantum dot layers.

5 . The display panel according to claim 4 , wherein a refractive index of each of the second refractive index patterns is less than that of each of the plurality of quantum dot layers.

6 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises:

an encapsulation layer, arranged between the plurality of first refractive index patterns and the plurality of light emitting devices; wherein the encapsulation layer comprises a first inorganic encapsulation film, an organic encapsulation film and a second inorganic encapsulation film which are stacked;

wherein at least one of the first inorganic encapsulation film and the second inorganic encapsulation film comprises: at least one group of first inorganic encapsulation sub-films and second inorganic encapsulation sub-films alternately arranged; and

a refractive index of each of the first inorganic encapsulation sub-films is greater than a refractive index of each of the second inorganic encapsulation sub-films.

7 . The display panel according to claim 6 , wherein each first inorganic encapsulation sub-film and each second inorganic encapsulation sub-film satisfy a following condition:

λ

/

(

4

×

N

1

)

+

λ

/

(

4

×

N

2

)

=

H

1

+

H

2

,

wherein λ is a central wavelength of reflected light of an interface between the first inorganic encapsulation sub-film and the second inorganic encapsulation sub-film; N 1 is the refractive index of the first inorganic encapsulation sub-film; N 2 is the refractive index of the second inorganic encapsulation sub-film; H 1 is a thickness of the first inorganic encapsulation sub-film; and H 2 is a thickness of the second inorganic encapsulation sub-film.

8 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises an entire scattering layer arranged on one side, facing away from the plurality of quantum dot layers, of the prism structure.

9 . The display panel according to claim 8 , wherein the scattering layer comprises a flat film and first scattering particles dispersed in the flat film.

10 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of light emitting devices are blue light emitting devices;

the plurality of sub-pixel regions comprise: a plurality of red sub-pixel regions, a plurality of blue sub-pixel regions, and a plurality of green sub-pixel regions; and

the first refractive index patterns and the quantum dot layers are only arranged in first opening regions corresponding to the plurality of red sub-pixel regions and the plurality of green sub-pixel regions.

11 . The display panel according to claim 10 , wherein an orthogonal projection of the prism structure on the substrate and the plurality of blue sub-pixel regions do not overlap each other.

12 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises:

a plurality of color resistances, arranged on one side, facing away from the plurality of first refractive index patterns, of the plurality of quantum dot layers;

wherein the plurality of color resistances are arranged at least in part of the plurality of sub-pixel regions.

13 . The display panel according to claim 12 , wherein the plurality of color resistances comprise a filter material and second hollow particles dispersed in the filter material.

14 . The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein the plurality of sub-pixel regions comprise: a plurality of red sub-pixel regions, a plurality of blue sub-pixel regions, and a plurality of green sub-pixel regions; and

the plurality of color resistances are all blue color resistances, and the plurality of color resistances at least comprise the blue color resistances corresponding to the blue sub-pixel regions one by one.

15 . The display panel according to claim 14 , wherein the plurality of color resistances further comprise: red color resistances corresponding to the red sub-pixel regions one by one, and a plurality of green color resistances corresponding to the green sub-pixel regions one by one; and

the blue color resistances further comprise second scattering particles dispersed in the filter material.

16 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a refractive index of each of the plurality of first refractive index patterns is greater than or equal to 1.25 and less than or equal to 1.45.

17 . The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of each of the plurality of first refractive index patterns is greater than or equal to 1 micron and less than or equal to 4 microns.

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

19 . A display panel, wherein the display panel comprises:

a substrate, comprising a plurality of sub-pixel regions;

a plurality of light emitting devices, arranged on one side of the substrate and corresponding to the plurality of sub-pixel regions one by one;

a first pixel definition layer, arranged on one side, facing away from the substrate, of the plurality of light emitting devices; wherein the first pixel definition layer comprises first opening regions corresponding to the plurality of sub-pixel regions one by one;

a plurality of quantum dot layers, arranged on the side, facing away from the substrate, of the plurality of light emitting devices; wherein the plurality of quantum dot layers are arranged in at least part of the first opening regions; and

a plurality of first refractive index patterns, arranged between the plurality of light emitting devices and the plurality of quantum dot layers, wherein a refractive index of each of the plurality of quantum dot layers is greater than that of each of the plurality of first refractive index patterns;

wherein the plurality of light emitting devices are blue light emitting devices;

the plurality of sub-pixel regions comprise: a plurality of red sub-pixel regions, a plurality of blue sub-pixel regions, and a plurality of green sub-pixel regions;

the first refractive index patterns and the quantum dot layers are only arranged in first opening regions corresponding to the plurality of red sub-pixel regions and the plurality of green sub-pixel regions; and

when the display panel further comprises a prism structure, an orthogonal projection of the prism structure on the substrate and the plurality of blue sub-pixel regions do not overlap each other.

20 . The display panel according to claim 19 , wherein the plurality of first refractive index patterns comprise resin and first hollow particles dispersed in the resin.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2023
From: ZHANG, HONGWEI; WANG, QIYUN; WEI, ZHENYE; MA, LULIN; SUN, ZHEN; ZENG, CHENG; CHEN, LI; LUO, XIONGYI; YU, GUANGRI
To: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
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