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Granted Patent B2
US 12,538,694 · App. 18/272,690 · Granted Jan 27, 2026

Light-emitting panel and manufacturing method thereof, and light-emitting apparatus

Inventors: Cheng Han (Beijing, CN); Qixiao Wu (Beijing, CN); Songquan Wu (Beijing, CN); Xu Li (Beijing, CN); Yanming Wang (Beijing, CN); Xiangmin Wen (Beijing, CN); Yansong Li (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
H10K59/879H10K59/1201H10K59/126H10K59/352H10K59/38H10K59/40H10K59/8731
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Patent No.
US 12,538,694
App. No.
18/272,690
Granted
Jan 27, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and a light-emitting apparatus are provided, which relate to the technical field of photoelectric technology. The light-emitting panel includes: a light-emitting substrate including a light-emitting area and a non-light-emitting area surrounding the light-emitting area; a first packaging layer disposed at a light emitting side of the light-emitting substrate; a low refractive index layer disposed at a side of a first packaging layer away from the light-emitting substrate, the low refractive index layer being arranged around the light-emitting area; a high refractive index layer disposed at sides of the low refractive index layer and the first packaging layer away from the light-emitting substrate, an orthographic projection of the high refractive index layer on the light-emitting substrate covering the light-emitting area, and the high refractive index layer covering a side surface of the low refractive index layer facing the light-emitting area.

Claims (52)

1 . A light-emitting panel, comprising:

a light-emitting substrate comprising a light-emitting area and a non-light-emitting area surrounding the light-emitting area;

a first packaging layer disposed at a light emitting side of the light-emitting substrate;

a low refractive index layer disposed at a side of the first packaging layer away from the light-emitting substrate, the low refractive index layer being arranged around the light-emitting area;

a high refractive index layer disposed at sides of the low refractive index layer and the first packaging layer away from the light-emitting substrate, an orthographic projection of the high refractive index layer on the light-emitting substrate covering the light-emitting area, and the high refractive index layer covering a side surface of the low refractive index layer facing the light-emitting area; and

a second packaging layer disposed at a side of the high refractive index layer away from the light-emitting substrate;

wherein a refractive index of the high refractive index layer is greater than a refractive index of the low refractive index layer, and the side surface of the low refractive index layer facing the light-emitting area contacts with the high refractive index layer to form a first interface, and the first interface is configured for totally reflecting light emitted from the light-emitting area and incident through the high refractive index layer.

2 . The light-emitting panel according to claim 1 , wherein an included angle between the first interface and a plane where the light-emitting substrate is located is a first included angle, the first included angle being greater than or equal to 50 degrees and less than or equal to 90 degrees and an opening of the first included angle facing away from the light-emitting area.

3 . The light-emitting panel according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of a side of the high refractive index layer away from the light-emitting substrate is higher than a surface of a side of the low refractive index layer away from the light-emitting substrate, and the surface of the side of the high refractive index layer away from the light-emitting substrate is provided with a digging hole, an orthographic projection of the digging hole on the light-emitting substrate being located within an orthographic projection of the low refractive index layer on the light-emitting substrate;

wherein the refractive index of the second packaging layer is less than the refractive index of the high refractive index layer, and the second packaging layer fills the digging hole, so that the second packaging layer and a hole wall of the digging hole contact with each other to form a second interface.

4 . The light-emitting panel according to claim 3 , wherein an included angle between the second interface and the plane where the light-emitting substrate is located is a second included angle, the second included angle being greater than or equal to 50 degrees and less than or equal to 130 degrees and an opening of the second included angle facing the light-emitting area.

5 . The light-emitting panel according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting panel comprises a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel and a blue sub-pixel, the high refractive index layer comprises a first color film layer, and the first color film layer comprises:

a first red light transmission pattern located in the red sub-pixel for transmitting red light;

a first green light transmission pattern located in the green sub-pixel for transmitting green light; and

a first blue light transmission pattern located in the blue sub-pixel for transmitting blue light.

6 . The light-emitting panel according to claim 5 , wherein the light-emitting panel further comprises:

a planarization layer disposed at the side of the first packaging layer away from the light-emitting substrate, the low refractive index layer and the first color film layer being both located at a side of the planarization layer away from the light-emitting substrate;

wherein transmittance of the planarization layer is greater than or equal to transmittance of the first color film layer.

7 . The light-emitting panel according to claim 6 , wherein the light-emitting panel further comprises:

a first light-shielding layer located between the planarization layer and the low refractive index layer, an orthographic projection of the first light-shielding layer on the light-emitting substrate being located within the non-light-emitting area, and the low refractive index layer covering a side surface of the first light-shielding layer facing the light-emitting area.

8 . The light-emitting panel according to claim 6 , wherein an absolute value of difference between the refractive index of the first packaging layer and a refractive index of the planarization layer is less than or equal to 0.15, and an absolute value of difference between a refractive index of the first color film layer and the refractive index of the planarization layer is less than or equal to 0.15.

9 . The light-emitting panel according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting panel comprises a plurality of sub-pixels with different colors, and the high refractive index layer comprises a transmission film layer, the transmission film layer being made of a same material in different color sub-pixels.

10 . The light-emitting panel according to claim 9 , wherein the plurality of sub-pixels include a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel and a blue sub-pixel, and the light-emitting panel further comprises:

a second color film layer disposed between the transmission film layer and the second packaging layer, or at a side of the second packaging layer away from the light-emitting substrate; wherein the second color film layer comprises:

a second red light transmission pattern located in the red sub-pixel for transmitting red light;

a second green light transmission pattern located in the green sub-pixel for transmitting green light; and

a second blue light transmission pattern located in the blue sub-pixel for transmitting blue light.

11 . The light-emitting panel according to claim 9 , wherein the light-emitting panel further comprises:

a second light-shielding layer located between the first packaging layer and the low refractive index layer, an orthographic projection of the second light-shielding layer on the light-emitting substrate being located within the non-light-emitting area, and the low refractive index layer covering a side surface of the second light-shielding layer facing the light-emitting area.

12 . The light-emitting panel according to claim 9 , wherein an absolute value of difference between the refractive index of the first packaging layer and a refractive index of the transmission film layer is less than or equal to 0.15.

13 . The light-emitting panel according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting panel further comprises:

a third packaging layer disposed at a side of the second packaging layer away from the light-emitting substrate;

wherein a material of the first packaging layer comprises an inorganic material, a material of the second packaging layer comprises an organic material, and a material of the third packaging layer comprises an inorganic material.

14 . The light-emitting panel according to claim 13 , wherein the light-emitting panel further comprises:

a touch layer disposed at a side of the third packaging layer away from the light-emitting substrate; and

a cover plate disposed at a side of the touch layer away from the light-emitting substrate.

15 . The light-emitting panel according to claim 1 , wherein the refractive index of the high refractive index layer is greater than or equal to 1.65 and less than or equal to 1.85; and/or the refractive index of the low refractive index layer is greater than or equal to 1.45 and less than or equal to 1.55.

16 . The light-emitting panel according to claim 1 , wherein the high refractive index layer is made of at least one of: an organic matrix, zirconia, titanium oxide, a photosensitizer, a dye and a resin; and/or the low refractive index layer is made of at least one of: an organic material doped with photosensitive particles, silicon oxide, silicon nitride and silicon oxynitride.

17 . The light-emitting panel according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the high refractive index layer is greater than or equal to 2 microns and less than or equal to 6 microns; and/or a thickness of the low refractive index layer is greater than or equal to 1 micron and less than or equal to 3 microns.

18 . The light-emitting panel according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting substrate comprises:

a light emitting device located in the light-emitting area, wherein the light emitting device comprises an organic light-emitting diode, a quantum dot light-emitting diode, a mini light-emitting diode or a micro light-emitting diode.

19 . A light-emitting apparatus, comprising:

the light-emitting panel according to claim 1 ;

a driving integrated circuit configured to provide a driving signal to the light-emitting panel; and

a power supply circuit configured to supply power to the light-emitting panel.

20 . A manufacturing method of a light-emitting panel, comprising:

providing a light-emitting substrate, the light-emitting substrate comprising a light-emitting area and a non-light-emitting area surrounding the light-emitting area;

forming a first packaging layer at a light emitting side of the light-emitting substrate;

forming a low refractive index layer at a side of the first packaging layer away from the light-emitting substrate, the low refractive index layer being arranged around the light-emitting area;

forming a high refractive index layer at sides of the low refractive index layer and the first packaging layer away from the light-emitting substrate, an orthographic projection of the high refractive index layer on the light-emitting substrate covering the light-emitting area, and the high refractive index layer covering a side surface of the low refractive index layer facing the light-emitting area; and

forming a second packaging layer at a side of the high refractive index layer away from the light-emitting substrate;

wherein a refractive index of the high refractive index layer is greater than a refractive index of the low refractive index layer, and the side surface of the low refractive index layer facing the light-emitting area contacts with the high refractive index layer to form a first interface, and the first interface is configured for totally reflecting light emitted from the light-emitting area and incident through the high refractive index layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2023
From: HAN, CHENG; WU, QIXIAO; WU, SONGQUAN; LI, XU; WANG, YANMING; WEN, XIANGMIN; LI, YANSONG
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
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