IP Library Granted Patent US 12,261,162
Granted Patent B2
US 12,261,162 · App. 18/349,996 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Light-emitting diode display panel with micro lens array

Inventors: Lei Zhang (Albuquerque, NM); Fang Ou (Monterey Park, CA); Qiming Li (Albuquerque, NM)
Assignee: Jade Bird Display (Shanghai) Limited
H01L25/167H01L25/0753H01L25/50H01L33/52H01L24/97H01L33/58H01L33/62H01L2224/18H01L2224/73267H01L2224/92244H01L2933/0058H01L2933/0066
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Patent No.
US 12,261,162
App. No.
18/349,996
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting diode (LED) display panel includes a substrate, a driver circuit array on the substrate and including a plurality of pixel driver circuits arranged in an array, an LED array including a plurality of LED dies each being coupled to one of the pixel driver circuits, a micro lens array including a plurality of micro lenses each corresponding to and being arranged over at least one of the LED dies, and an optical spacer formed between the LED array and the micro lens array.

Claims (47)

1. A light-emitting diode (LED) display panel, comprising:

an LED panel including:

a driver circuit wafer including a substrate and a driver circuit formed in the substrate; and

an LED array including a plurality of LED dies coupled to the driver circuit;

a micro lens array arranged over the LED panel;

an optical spacer formed between the LED panel and the micro lens array; and

a mechanical fixture holding the driver circuit wafer and the micro lens array,

wherein the optical spacer includes an air gap.

2. The LED display panel of claim 1 , wherein the micro lens array includes a plurality of micro lenses, and

each of the micro lenses is aligned with the corresponding one of the LED dies.

3. The LED display panel of claim 1 , wherein the micro lens array is made of one of a polymer material, a dielectric material, or a semiconductor material.

4. The LED display panel of claim 1 , wherein the micro lenses are arranged in a triangular matrix, a square matrix, a rectangular matrix, or a hexagonal matrix.

5. The LED display panel of claim 1 , wherein each of the micro lenses has a lateral size larger than a lateral size of the corresponding at least one of the LED dies.

6. The LED display panel of claim 1 , wherein each of the micro lenses includes one of a spherical lens, an aspherical lens, or a Fresnel lens.

7. The LED display panel of claim 1 , wherein the driver circuit includes a plurality of pixel driver circuits, and

each pixel driver circuit is coupled to two or more of the LED dies.

8. The LED display panel of claim 1 , wherein the micro lens array includes a plurality of micro lenses, and

each of the micro lenses corresponds to and is arranged over two or more of the LED dies.

9. The LED display panel of claim 1 , wherein:

the micro lens array includes a protrusion portion of a micro lens assembly, and

the protrusion portion faces the LED array.

10. The LED display panel of claim 1 , wherein:

the micro lens array includes a protrusion portion of a micro lens assembly,

the micro lens assembly further includes a base portion supporting the protrusion portion,

the protrusion portion faces opposite to the LED array, and

the optical spacer further includes the base portion.

11. A light-emitting diode (LED) display panel, comprising:

a substrate;

a driver circuit array formed in the substrate;

an LED array including a plurality of LED dies coupled to the driver circuit array;

a micro lens array arranged over at least one of the LED dies; and

an optical spacer formed between the LED array and the micro lens array,

wherein the LED array, the optical spacer, and the micro lens array are made from a same semiconductor epitaxial layer grown on a semiconductor growth substrate.

12. The LED display panel of claim 11 , wherein the micro lens array includes a plurality of micro lenses, and

each of the micro lenses is aligned with the corresponding one of the LED dies.

13. The LED display panel of claim 12 , wherein the micro lenses are arranged in a triangular matrix, a square matrix, a rectangular matrix, or a hexagonal matrix.

14. The LED display panel of claim 12 , wherein each of the micro lenses has a lateral size larger than a lateral size of the corresponding at least one of the LED dies.

15. The LED display panel of claim 12 , wherein each of the micro lenses includes one of a spherical lens, an aspherical lens, or a Fresnel lens.

16. The LED display panel of claim 12 , wherein a bottom of each of the micro lenses has one of a circular shape, a square shape, a rectangular shape, a triangle shape, or a hexagonal shape.

17. The LED display panel of claim 11 , wherein the driver circuit array includes a plurality of pixel driver circuits, and

each pixel driver circuit is coupled to two or more of the LED dies.

18. The LED display panel of claim 17 , wherein the two or more LED dies coupled to the same pixel driver circuit are coupled to each other in parallel.

19. The LED display panel of claim 11 , wherein the micro lens array includes a plurality of micro lenses, and

each of the micro lenses corresponds to and is arranged over two or more of the LED dies.

20. The LED display panel of claim 11 , wherein:

the optical spacer includes a plurality of spacer units separated and electrically isolated from each other, and

each of the spacer units corresponds to and is formed over one of the LED dies.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2026
From: JADE BIRD DISPLAY (SHANGHAI) LIMITED
To: HUE INC.
Reel/Frame 075373/0207 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2023
From: ZHANG, LEI; OU, FANG; LI, QIMING
To: HONG KONG BEIDA JADE BIRD DISPLAY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064206/0517 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2023
From: HONG KONG BEIDA JADE BIRD DISPLAY LIMITED
To: JADE BIRD DISPLAY (SHANGHAI) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064206/0527 →
Continuity (9)
Continuation 17809405 · Jun 28, 2022
Continuation 17133842 · Dec 24, 2020
Division 16387896 · Apr 18, 2019
Division 15239467 · Aug 17, 2016
Continuation In Part 15007959 · Jan 27, 2016
Provisional Application 62259810 · Nov 25, 2015
Provisional Application 62258072 · Nov 20, 2015
Provisional Application 62214395 · Sep 4, 2015
Related Publication 20230361099A1 · Nov 9, 2023
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