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Granted Patent B2
US 12,268,050 · App. 17/052,825 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Display panel

Inventors: Zesheng Chen (Wuhan, CN); Yong Zhao (Wuhan, CN); Wenxu Xianyu (Wuhan, CN)
H10K50/865H10K59/38H10K59/12
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Patent No.
US 12,268,050
App. No.
17/052,825
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a thin film transistor array layer, a light-emitting device layer, and a light shielding layer disposed on a substrate in sequence. The light shielding layer is provided with openings corresponding to positions of light-emitting areas of the light-emitting device layer, an organic protective layer is disposed on the light shielding layer, and the openings of the light shielding layer are filled with the organic protective layer having a transparent material. The present disclosure, by removing conventional red, green, and blue color resists which cover the light-emitting areas of the display panel, solves a problem of reduced yield of a color filter functional layer in a plurality of wet etching processes.

Claims (50)

1. A display panel, comprising:

a substrate;

a thin film transistor array layer, disposed on the substrate;

a light-emitting device layer, disposed on the thin film transistor array layer and comprises light-emitting devices arranged at intervals, wherein each of the light-emitting devices comprises an anode, a light-emitting layer, and a cathode disposed in a stack;

a light-absorbing medium layer, disposed on a side of the cathode adjacent to and/or away from the light-emitting layer and comprising a first sublayer, a second sublayer, a third sublayer, and a fourth sublayer disposed in a stack;

a light shielding layer, disposed on the light-emitting device layer and provided with openings corresponding to positions of light-emitting areas of the light-emitting devices;

an organic protective layer disposed on the light shielding layer; and

a plurality of diffuse reflection structures, disposed on a light emitting side of the light-emitting devices and at least corresponding to the openings of the light shielding layer to perform a scattering treatment on ambient light,

wherein the plurality of diffuse reflection structures are distributed uniformly directly on a surface of the cathode;

the openings of the light shielding layer are filled with the organic protective layer, and the organic protective layer is a transparent material; and

the first sublayer is configured to absorb stray light with wavelengths ranging from 300 nm to a wavelength of blue light, the second sublayer is configured to absorb stray light with wavelengths ranging from a wavelength of green light to the wavelength of blue light, the third sublayer is configured to absorb stray light with wavelengths ranging from a wavelength of red light to the wavelength of green light, and the fourth sublayer is configured to absorb stray light with wavelengths ranging from 800 nm to the wavelength of red light.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a thin film encapsulation layer is disposed between the light-emitting device layer and the light shielding layer, and the thin film encapsulation layer comprises an inorganic layer and an organic layer disposed in a stack.

3. The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the light-absorbing medium layer is disposed on the thin film encapsulation layer and corresponds to the openings of the light shielding layer.

4. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the light-absorbing medium layer is made of at least one material of C60, boron subphthalocyanine chloride, or lead phthalocyanine.

5. The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein at least a part of the cathode is an oxide material.

6. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the light shielding layer is a black matrix.

7. A display panel, comprising:

a substrate;

a thin film transistor array layer, disposed on the substrate;

a light-emitting device layer, disposed on a side of the thin film transistor array layer away from the substrate, and comprising a plurality of light-emitting areas arranged at intervals;

a light-absorbing medium layer, disposed on a light-emitting side of the light-emitting device layer, and arranged at least corresponding to the plurality of light-emitting areas;

a light shielding layer, disposed on a side of the light-absorbing medium layer away from the light-emitting device layer, and provided with openings respectively corresponding to positions the plurality of light-emitting areas;

a thin film encapsulation layer, disposed between the light-emitting device layer and the light shielding layer;

an organic protective layer, disposed on a side of the light shielding layer away from the substrate; and

a plurality of diffuse reflection structures, disposed on a light emitting side of the light-emitting device layer and at least corresponding to the openings of the light shielding layer to perform a scattering treatment on ambient light,

wherein the openings of the light shielding layer are filled with the organic protective layer, and the organic protective layer is a transparent material;

the light-absorbing medium layer is disposed on a side of the thin film encapsulation layer away from the light-emitting device layer and disposed in the openings of the light shielding layer; and

the plurality of diffuse reflection structures are distributed uniformly and directly on a surface of the light-absorbing medium layer away from the the thin film encapsulation layer.

8. The display panel according to claim 7 , wherein a light-absorbing range of the light-absorbing medium layer ranges from 300 nm to 800 nm.

9. The display panel according to claim 8 , wherein the light-emitting device layer comprises red light-emitting devices, green light-emitting devices, and blue light-emitting devices arranged at intervals; and the light-absorbing medium layer comprises:

first light-absorbing medium portions, disposed corresponding to the red light-emitting devices, and configured to to absorb visible light except red light;

second light-absorbing medium portions, disposed corresponding to the green light-emitting devices, and configured to to absorb visible light except green light; and

third light-absorbing medium portions, disposed corresponding to the blue light-emitting devices, and configured to to absorb visible light except blue light.

10. The display panel according to claim 8 , wherein the light-absorbing medium layer comprises a first sublayer, a second sublayer, a third sublayer, and a fourth sublayer disposed in a stack, the first sublayer is configured to absorb stray light with wavelengths ranging from 300 nm to a wavelength of blue light, the second sublayer is configured to absorb stray light with wavelengths ranging from a wavelength of green light to the wavelength of blue light, the third sublayer is configured to absorb stray light with wavelengths ranging from a wavelength of red light to the wavelength of green light, and the fourth sublayer is configured to absorb stray light with wavelengths ranging from 800 nm to the wavelength of red light.

11. The display panel according to claim 10 , wherein each of the first sublayer, the second sublayer, the third sublayer, and the fourth sublayer is arranged in a whole surface.

12. The display panel according to claim 8 , wherein the light-emitting device layer comprises light-emitting devices arranged at intervals, each of the light-emitting devices comprises an anode, a light-emitting layer, and a cathode stacked in sequence away from the substrate, and the light-absorbing medium layer is disposed between the light-emitting layer and the cathode.

13. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of diffuse reflection structures are distributed uniformly directly on a surface of the cathode.

14. The display panel according to claim 13 , wherein the plurality of diffuse reflection structures are distributed uniformly directly on a surface of the cathode facing away from the light-emitting layer.

15. The display panel according to claim 8 , wherein the light-emitting device layer comprises light-emitting devices arranged at intervals, each of the light-emitting devices comprises an anode, a light-emitting layer, and a cathode stacked in sequence away from the substrate, and the light-absorbing medium layer is disposed between the cathode and the thin film encapsulation layer.

16. A display panel, comprising:

a substrate;

a thin film transistor array layer, disposed on the substrate;

a light-emitting device layer, disposed on a side of the thin film transistor array layer away from the substrate, comprising a plurality of light-emitting areas arranged at intervals, and comprising light-emitting devices arranged at intervals, wherein each of the light-emitting devices comprises an anode, a light-emitting layer, and a cathode stacked in sequence away from the substrate;

a light-absorbing medium layer, disposed on a light-emitting side of the light-emitting device layer, arranged at least corresponding to the plurality of light-emitting areas, and disposed between the light-emitting layer and the cathode;

a light shielding layer, disposed on a side of the light-absorbing medium layer away from the light-emitting device layer, and provided with openings respectively corresponding to positions the plurality of light-emitting areas;

an organic protective layer, disposed on a side of the light shielding layer away from the substrate; and

a plurality of diffuse reflection structures, disposed on a light emitting side of the light-emitting device layer and at least corresponding to the openings of the light shielding layer to perform a scattering treatment on ambient light,

wherein the openings of the light shielding layer are filled with the organic protective layer, and the organic protective layer is a transparent material.

17. The display panel according to claim 16 , wherein the plurality of diffuse reflection structures are distributed uniformly directly on a surface of the cathode.

18. The display panel according to claim 17 , wherein the plurality of diffuse reflection structures are distributed uniformly directly on a surface of the cathode facing away from the light-emitting layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2020
From: CHEN, ZESHENG; ZHAO, YONG; XIANYU, WENXU
To: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054266/0526 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010574123.1 · Jun 22, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230099301A1 · Mar 30, 2023
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