IP Library Granted Patent US 12,225,777
Granted Patent B2
US 12,225,777 · App. 17/629,026 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Pixel regions having curved surfaces between first and second definition layers

Inventors: Juanjuan You (Beijing, CN); Ying Cui (Beijing, CN); Yue Zhang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
H10K59/122H01L23/5387H10K59/40H10K71/00H10K71/135H10K71/231H10K59/1201H10K2102/311
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Patent No.
US 12,225,777
App. No.
17/629,026
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display base plate includes: a substrate ( 101 ), a first electrode layer ( 102 ) formed on the substrate ( 101 ), and a first pixel definition layer ( 103 ) and a second pixel definition layer ( 104 ) formed on the first electrode layer ( 102 ); the first pixel definition layer ( 103 ) divides the substrate ( 101 ) into a plurality of pixel regions ( 105 ), each pixel region ( 105 ) includes a plurality of subpixel regions ( 1050 ) distributed along a first direction, and two adjacent subpixel regions ( 1050 ) are separated by the second pixel definition layer ( 104 ); in the first direction, surfaces of each pixel region ( 105 ) in contact with the first pixel definition layer ( 103 ) include a plurality of first curved surfaces ( 1061 ) and a plurality of second curved surfaces ( 1062 ), and the first curved surfaces ( 1061 ) and the second curved surfaces ( 1062 ) are protruded away from the pixel region ( 105 ) to which they belong.

Claims (36)

1. A display base plate, wherein the display base plate comprises: a substrate, a first electrode layer formed on the substrate, and a first pixel definition layer and a second pixel definition layer formed on the first electrode layer;

the first pixel definition layer divides the substrate into a plurality of pixel regions, each of the plurality of pixel regions comprises a plurality of subpixel regions distributed along a first direction, and two adjacent instances of the plurality of subpixel regions are separated by the second pixel definition layer; and

in the first direction, surfaces of each of the plurality of pixel regions in contact with the first pixel definition layer comprise a plurality of first curved surfaces and a plurality of second curved surfaces, for a same pixel region, any two adjacent instances of the plurality of first curved surfaces are connected directly, and two adjacent instances of the plurality of second curved surfaces are connected directly; or any two adjacent instances of the plurality of first curved surfaces are connected by a first connection part, any two adjacent instances of the plurality of second curved surfaces are connected by a second connection part;

the first curved surfaces and second curved surfaces corresponding to each pixel region are set to protrude toward another pixel region adjacent to the pixel region in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction;

wherein the second pixel definition layer comprises first pixel definition structures and second pixel definition structures disposed in each of the plurality of pixel regions;

each of the first pixel definition structures is disposed between the first curved surface and the second curved surface, and located at a maximum spacing between the first curved surface and the second curved surface along the second direction; and

one end of each of the second pixel definition structures is located at a connection position of two adjacent instances of the plurality of first curved surfaces, the other end of each of the second pixel definition structures is located at a connection position of two adjacent instances of the plurality of second curved surfaces, and a line connecting two ends of each of the second pixel definition structures is located in the second direction.

2. The display base plate according to claim 1 , wherein

the two ends of each of the second pixel definition structures are in contact with the first curved surface and the second curved surface, and located at a minimum spacing between the first curved surface and the second curved surface along the second direction.

3. The display base plate according to claim 1 , wherein the two ends of each of the second pixel definition structures are contact with the first connection part and the second connection part;

wherein, orthographic projections of the first connection part and the second connection part on the substrate are straight line segments distributed along the first direction.

4. The display base plate according to claim 3 , wherein in the first direction, a width of each of the second pixel definition structures is greater than or equal to widths of the first connection part and the second connection part.

5. The display base plate according to claim 1 , wherein in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, and a thickness of the second pixel definition layer is less than a thickness of the first pixel definition layer.

6. The display base plate according to claim 5 , wherein the thickness of the first pixel definition layer is 1.5 μm to 3 μm, and the thickness of the second pixel definition layer is less than or equal to 1 μm.

7. The display base plate according to claim 1 , wherein quantities of the first curved surfaces and the second curved surfaces of each of the plurality of pixel regions in contact with the first pixel definition layer are greater than or equal to 2.

8. The display base plate according to claim 1 , wherein the first curved surfaces and the second curved surfaces are disposed correspondingly, and orthographic projections of the first curved surfaces and the second curved surfaces on the substrate are circular arc shapes.

9. The display base plate according to claim 8 , wherein for a same pixel region, quantities of the first curved surfaces and the second curved surfaces are equal, and radiuses of curvature corresponding to the orthographic projections of the first curved surfaces and the second curved surfaces on the substrate are equal.

10. A display panel, wherein the display panel comprises the display base plate according to claim 1 .

11. The display panel according to claim 10 , wherein the display panel further comprises an organic functional layer formed in each of the plurality of subpixel regions, a cathode covering the organic functional layer, the first pixel definition layer and the second pixel definition layer, and an encapsulation layer.

12. A display apparatus, wherein the display apparatus comprises the display panel according to claim 10 .

13. A manufacturing method of a display base plate, wherein the method comprises:

providing a substrate;

forming a first electrode layer on the substrate;

forming a first pixel definition layer and a second pixel definition layer on the first electrode layer;

wherein, the first pixel definition layer divides the substrate into a plurality of pixel regions, each of the plurality of pixel regions comprises a plurality of subpixel regions distributed along a first direction, and two adjacent instances of the plurality of subpixel regions are separated by the second pixel definition layer; in the first direction, surfaces of each of the plurality of pixel regions in contact with the first pixel definition layer comprise a plurality of first curved surfaces and a plurality of second curved surfaces, for a same pixel region, any two adjacent instances of the plurality of first curved surfaces are connected directly, and two adjacent instances of the plurality of second curved surfaces are connected directly; or any two adjacent instances of the plurality of first curved surfaces are connected by a first connection part, any two adjacent instances of the plurality of second curved surfaces are connected by a second connection part; and

the first curved surfaces and second curved surfaces corresponding to each pixel region are set to protrude toward another pixel region adjacent to the pixel region in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction;

wherein the second pixel definition layer comprises first pixel definition structures and second pixel definition structures disposed in each of the plurality of pixel regions;

each of the first pixel definition structures is disposed between the first curved surface and the second curved surface, and located at a maximum spacing between the first curved surface and the second curved surface along the second direction; and

one end of each of the second pixel definition structures is located at a connection position of two adjacent instances of the plurality of first curved surfaces, the other end of each of the second pixel definition structures is located at a connection position of two adjacent instances of the plurality of second curved surfaces, and a line connecting two ends of each of the second pixel definition structures is located in the second direction.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the first pixel definition layer and the second pixel definition layer are formed at one time by a halftone mask process.

15. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the first pixel definition layer and the second pixel definition layer are disposed in a same layer.

16. The display panel according to claim 13 , wherein

the two ends of each of the second pixel definition structures are in contact with the first curved surface and the second curved surface, and located at a minimum spacing between the first curved surface and the second curved surface along the second direction.

17. The display panel according to claim 13 , wherein the two ends of each of the second pixel definition structures are contact with the first connection part and the second connection part;

wherein, orthographic projections of the first connection part and the second connection part on the substrate are straight line segments distributed along the first direction.

18. The display panel according to claim 17 , wherein in the first direction, a width of each of the second pixel definition structures is greater than or equal to widths of the first connection part and the second connection part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2022
From: YOU, JUANJUAN; CUI, YING; ZHANG, YUE
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058722/0516 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010441530.5 · May 22, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220320205A1 · Oct 6, 2022
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