Granted Patent B2

US 12,289,960 · App. 17/642,988 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Inventors: Huajie Yan (Beijing, CN); Zhiqiang Jiao (Beijing, CN); Lu Wang (Beijing, CN); Xiaohu Li (Beijing, CN)

Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.

H10K59/122H10K50/856H10K50/858H10K71/00H10K50/115H10K59/1201

Abstract

Claims (39)

1. A display panel comprising:

a driving substrate having a light-transmitting structure;

a light-emitting layer disposed at a side of the driving substrate and comprising a plurality of front light-emitting units and a plurality of rear light-emitting units, wherein each rear light-emitting unit comprises a light source part and a light extracting part, and the front light-emitting units and the light source part are configured to emit light to a side away from the driving substrate; and

a light guide layer disposed at a side of the light-emitting layer away from the driving substrate and comprising a plurality of light guide parts, wherein each light guide part is disposed in a one-to-one correspondence with each rear light-emitting unit, and each light guide part is configured to guide light emitted by the light source part of corresponding rear light-emitting unit to the light extracting part, to extract light to the driving substrate by the light extracting part,

wherein an orthographic projection of the each light guide part on the driving substrate is positioned between the light source part and the light extracting part of the corresponding rear light-emitting unit, and

the light guide layer comprises a plurality of first refractive layers sequentially distributed along a direction away from the driving substrate, and a second refractive layer is attached between two adjacent first refractive layers,

wherein a ratio of a refractive index of the second refractive layer to a refractive index of the first refractive layer is not less than √{square root over (2)}.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the light guide layer is disposed on the side of the light-emitting layer away from the driving substrate, and

the display panel further comprises:

an encapsulation layer covering the light guide layer and the light-emitting layer; and

a light shielding layer disposed on a side of the encapsulation layer away from the driving substrate and comprising a plurality of light shielding parts, wherein each rear light-emitting unit is located within an orthographic projection of each light-shielding part on the driving substrate in a one-to-one correspondence, and each front light-emitting unit is located outside the orthographic projection of each light-shielding part on the driving substrate.

3. A display device comprising a display panel according to claim 1 .

4. A display panel comprising:

a driving substrate having a light-transmitting structure;

a light-emitting layer disposed at a side of the driving substrate and comprising a plurality of front light-emitting units and a plurality of rear light-emitting units, wherein each rear light-emitting unit comprises a light source part and a light extracting part, and the front light-emitting units and the light source part are configured to emit light to a side away from the driving substrate; and

a light guide layer disposed at a side of the light-emitting layer away from the driving substrate and comprising a plurality of light guide parts, wherein each light guide part is disposed in a one-to-one correspondence with each rear light-emitting unit, and each light guide part is configured to guide light emitted by the light source part of corresponding rear light-emitting unit to the light extracting part, to extract light to the driving substrate by the light extracting part, wherein the display panel further comprises:

a cover plate, disposed at the side of the light-emitting layer away from the driving substrate,

wherein the light guide layer is disposed at a surface of the cover plate close to the driving substrate, and each light guide part comprises a light guide groove extending toward the corresponding rear light-emitting unit, the light guide groove comprises a first groove wall and a second groove wall that are reflective and disposed opposite to each other, the first groove wall is configured to reflect at least part of light emitted by the light-emitting part to the second groove wall, and the second groove wall is configured to reflect at least part of light from the first groove wall to the light extracting part.

5. The display panel according to claim 4 , wherein an included angle between the first groove wall and the cover plate and an included angle between the second groove wall and the cover plate are both 45°, the light source part is disposed within an orthographic projection of the first groove wall on the driving substrate while outside an orthographic projection of the second groove wall on the driving substrate, and the light extracting part is disposed within the orthographic projection of the second groove wall on the driving substrate while outside the orthographic projection of the first groove wall on the driving substrate.

6. The display panel according to claim 4 , wherein the light guide part comprises:

a support layer, disposed at a surface of the light-emitting layer close to the cover plate and having a groove extending towards the corresponding rear light-emitting unit; and

a reflective layer, overlapped on side walls of the groove, and wherein the light guide groove is formed by the reflective layer.

7. A display device comprising a display panel according to claim 4 .

8. A display panel comprising:

a driving substrate having a light-transmitting structure;

a light-emitting layer disposed at a side of the driving substrate and comprising a plurality of front light-emitting units and a plurality of rear light-emitting units, wherein each rear light-emitting unit comprises a light source part and a light extracting part, and the front light-emitting units and the light source part are configured to emit light to a side away from the driving substrate; and

a light guide layer disposed at a side of the light-emitting layer away from the driving substrate and comprising a plurality of light guide parts, wherein each light guide part is disposed in a one-to-one correspondence with each rear light-emitting unit, and each light guide part is configured to guide light emitted by the light source part of corresponding rear light-emitting unit to the light extracting part, to extract light to the driving substrate by the light extracting part, wherein:

the light source is configured to emit light of a first color, and the rear light-emitting units comprises a first rear light-emitting unit, a second rear light-emitting unit and a third rear light-emitting unit; and

the light extracting part of the first rear light-emitting unit is in a light-transmitting structure, and the light extracting part of the second rear light-emitting unit and the light extracting part of the third rear light-emitting unit both include a photoluminescent layer excitable by the by the light of the first color to emit light, and the light emitted by the photoluminescent layer of the second rear light-emitting unit and the light emitted by the photoluminescent layer of the third rear light-emitting unit have different colors.

9. The display panel according to claim 8 , wherein:

each front light-emitting unit comprises a first front electrode, a front light-emitting functional layer, and a second front electrode sequentially stacked in a direction away from the driving substrate;

each rear light-emitting unit comprises a first rear electrode, a rear light-emitting functional layer, and a second rear electrode stacked in sequence in the direction away from the driving substrate, wherein the first front electrode and the first rear electrode are reflective, and the second front electrode and the second rear electrode are transitive, and

wherein the light-emitting layer comprises:

a first electrode layer disposed on a same side of the driving substrate as the photoluminescent layer, wherein the first electrode is reflective and comprises the first front electrode and the first rear electrode;

a pixel defining layer disposed on a same side of the driving substrate as the first electrode layer and exposing the first front electrode, the first rear electrode, and the photoluminescent layer, wherein the a through hole is formed in the pixel defining layer at an area corresponding to the first rear light-emitting unit;

a light-emitting functional layer overlapped on the first electrode layer and the pixel defining layer and comprising the front light-emitting functional layer and the rear light-emitting functional layer; and

a second electrode layer overlapped on the light-emitting functional layer, the first electrode layer and the photoluminescent layer and extended into the through hole, wherein the second electrode layer is transitive and comprising the second front electrode and the second rear electrode.

10. The display panel according to claim 8 , wherein the photoluminescent layer comprises quantum dot material.

11. A display device comprising a display panel according to claim 8 .

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