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US 12,232,359 · App. 17/480,352 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Display panel and display device with angle adjustment of light-emitting element

Inventors: Qianglong Li (Wuhan, CN); Xu Zhang (Wuhan, CN); Jiancheng Zhao (Wuhan, CN)
Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H10K59/00G09F9/301H10K59/131H10N39/00H10K59/875H10K59/8791H10K2102/311H10N30/20H10N30/85H10N30/8554
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Patent No.
US 12,232,359
App. No.
17/480,352
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a substrate, a light-emitting element located on a side of the substrate, and a deformation module located between the substrate and the light-emitting element and including at least one deformation element. In a direction perpendicular to a plane where the substrate is located, the at least one deformation element in the deformation module overlaps the light-emitting element. Provided are a display panel and a display device to change a light-emitting angle of a light-emitting element, so that users can obtain a better view angle and the display effect can be improved.

Claims (46)

1. A display panel, comprising:

a substrate;

a light-emitting element located on a side of the substrate; and

a deformation module located between the substrate and the light-emitting element; wherein the deformation module comprises at least one deformation element, and in a direction perpendicular to a plane where the substrate is located, the at least one deformation element in the deformation module overlaps the light-emitting element;

wherein each deformation element of the at least one deformation element comprises a deformation anode, a deformation layer and a deformation cathode, the deformation layer is located between the deformation anode and the deformation cathode; and the deformation layer is configured to exhibit different deformation magnitudes according to changes of electric field intensity between the deformation anode and the deformation cathode, controlling the light-emitting angle of the light-emitting element; and

wherein a cross section of the light-emitting element and the deformation module as a whole, perpendicular to the plane where the substrate is located, is in a trapezoidal structure; and

the display panel further comprises an isolation layer, wherein the isolation layer is located on a sidewall of the trapezoidal structure.

2. The display panel of claim 1 , further comprising a pixel driving circuit, wherein the pixel driving circuit is located between the at least one deformation element and the light-emitting element, and is electrically connected to the light-emitting element.

3. The display panel of claim 1 , further comprising a pixel driving circuit, the pixel driving circuit is located between the substrate and the at least one deformation element and is electrically connected to the light-emitting element.

4. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein an area of a surface of a side of the deformation layer farther away from the substrate is smaller than an area of a surface of a side of the deformation layer closer to the substrate.

5. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the deformation layer comprises a first region and a second region, the second region is located on a side of the first region closer to a center of the light-emitting element, and the deformation anode is located in the first region.

6. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the deformation layer comprises a first region and a second region, the second region is located on a side of the first region closer to a center of the light-emitting element, the deformation anode comprises a first deformation anode and a second deformation anode that are electrically insulated from each other, the first deformation anode is located in the first region, and the second deformation anode is located in the second region.

7. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the deformation module comprises a plurality of deformation elements; and

deformation layers of any two deformation elements in a same deformation module are separated from each other.

8. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting element comprises a display cathode, a light-emitting layer, and a display anode, and the light-emitting layer is located between the display cathode and the display anode.

9. The display panel of claim 1 comprises a main display region and a plurality of peripheral display regions,

wherein the plurality of peripheral display regions are bent toward a side opposite to the main display region; and the plurality of peripheral display regions comprise a first peripheral display region, a second peripheral display region, a third peripheral display region and a fourth peripheral display region, and wherein the first peripheral display region and the second peripheral display region are disposed opposite to each other in a first direction, the third peripheral display region and the fourth peripheral display region are disposed opposite to each other in a second direction, and the first direction and the second direction intersect;

wherein a plurality of deformation modules comprise a third deformation module, and wherein the third deformation module comprises a first deformation element, a second deformation element, a third deformation element, and a fourth deformation element, the first deformation element and the second deformation element in a same third deformation module are arranged in the first direction, the third deformation element and the fourth deformation element in a same third deformation module are arranged in the first direction, the first deformation element and the third deformation element in a same third deformation module are arranged in the second direction, and the second deformation element and the fourth deformation element in a same third deformation module are arranged in the second direction; and

wherein the third deformation module is located in at least one of the first peripheral display region, the second peripheral display region, the third peripheral display region, and the fourth peripheral display region.

10. The display panel of claim 9 , wherein, deformation anodes of a plurality of first deformation elements are electrically connected in the first direction or the second direction, deformation anodes of the plurality of second deformation elements are electrically connected in the first direction or the second direction, deformation anodes of a plurality of third deformation elements are electrically connected in the first direction or the second direction, and deformation anodes of a plurality of fourth deformation elements are electrically connected in the first direction or the second direction.

11. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein

the deformation module comprises a plurality of deformation elements; and

deformation cathodes of all the plurality of deformation elements in a same deformation module are electrically connected.

12. The display panel of claim 11 , wherein deformation cathodes of all deformation elements are electrically connected to each other.

13. A display panel, comprising:

a substrate;

a light-emitting element located on a side of the substrate; and

a deformation module located between the substrate and the light-emitting element; wherein the deformation module comprises at least one deformation element, and in a direction perpendicular to a plane where the substrate is located, the at least one deformation element in the deformation module overlaps the light-emitting element;

wherein each deformation element of the at least one deformation element comprises a deformation anode, a deformation layer and a deformation cathode, the deformation layer is located between the deformation anode and the deformation cathode; and the deformation layer is configured to exhibit different deformation magnitudes according to changes of electric field intensity between the deformation anode and the deformation cathode, controlling the light-emitting angle of the light-emitting element;

wherein the display panel further comprises a main display region and a plurality of peripheral display regions, wherein the plurality of peripheral display regions are bent toward a side opposite to the main display region; the plurality of peripheral display regions comprise a first peripheral display region and a second peripheral display region that are disposed opposite to each other in a first direction;

wherein the deformation module comprises a first deformation module, and the first deformation module comprises a first deformation element and a second deformation element; and the first deformation element and the second deformation element in a same first deformation module are arranged in the first direction; and

wherein the first deformation module is located in at least one of the first peripheral display region and the second peripheral display region.

14. The display panel of claim 13 , wherein,

deformation anodes of a plurality of first deformation elements are electrically connected in the second direction, deformation anodes of a plurality of second deformation elements are electrically connected in the second direction, and the first direction and the second direction intersect.

15. The display panel of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of peripheral display regions further comprise a third peripheral display region and a fourth peripheral display region that are disposed opposite to each other in a second direction, and the first direction and the second direction intersect;

wherein the deformation module further comprises a second deformation module, the second deformation module comprises a third deformation element and a fourth deformation element; and the third deformation element and the fourth deformation element, in a same second deformation module, are arranged in the second direction; and

wherein the second deformation module is located in at least one of the third peripheral display region and the fourth peripheral display region.

16. The display panel of claim 15 , wherein deformation anodes of a plurality of third deformation elements are electrically connected in the first direction, and deformation anodes of a plurality of fourth deformation elements are electrically connected in the first direction.

17. A display device, comprising a display panel, wherein the display panel comprises:

a substrate;

a light-emitting element located on a side of the substrate; and

a deformation module located between the substrate and the light-emitting element; wherein the deformation module comprises at least one deformation element, and in a direction perpendicular to a plane where the substrate is located, the at least one deformation element in the deformation module overlaps the light-emitting element;

wherein each deformation element of the at least one deformation element comprises a deformation anode, a deformation layer and a deformation cathode, the deformation layer is located between the deformation anode and the deformation cathode; and the deformation layer is configured to exhibit different deformation magnitudes according to changes of electric field intensity between the deformation anode and the deformation cathode, controlling the light-emitting angle of the light-emitting element;

wherein a cross section of the light-emitting element and the deformation module as a whole, perpendicular to the plane where the substrate is located, is in a trapezoidal structure; and

the display panel further comprises an isolation layer, wherein the isolation layer is located on a sidewall of the trapezoidal structure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2021
From: LI, QIANGLONG; ZHANG, XU; ZHAO, JIANCHENG
To: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057553/0104 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202110262381.0 · Mar 10, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220005919A1 · Jan 6, 2022
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