IP Library Granted Patent US 12,696,591
Granted Patent B2
US 12,696,591 · App. 18/396,705 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Display device having different opening widths or openings with opposite offset shift of stacked light-shielding layers in different LED colors

Inventors: Jia Hao Hsu (Hsinchu, TW); Kun-Cheng Tien (Hsinchu, TW); Ming-Lung Chen (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: AUO Corporation
H10H20/84H10D86/441H10D86/60H10H29/142H10W90/00
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Patent No.
US 12,696,591
App. No.
18/396,705
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus includes a driving backplane, a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on the driving backplane, a first light-shielding layer disposed on the plurality of light-emitting elements, and a second light-shielding layer disposed on the first light-shielding layer. The plurality of light-emitting elements include a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element. The first light-shielding layer has a first opening and a second opening respectively overlapping the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element. The second light-shielding layer has a first opening and a second opening respectively overlapping the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element. An area of the first opening of the first light-shielding layer and an area of the second opening of the second light-shielding layer are substantially the same. An area of the first opening of the second light-shielding layer is less than the area of the second opening of the second light-shielding layer.

Claims (19)

1 . A display apparatus, comprising:

a driving backplane;

a plurality of light-emitting elements, disposed on the driving backplane, and electrically connected to the driving backplane;

a first light-shielding layer, wherein the light-emitting elements are located between the first light-shielding layer and the driving backplane, the light-emitting elements comprise a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element respectively configured to emit a first color light and a second color light that are different, and the first light-shielding layer has a first opening and a second opening respectively overlapping the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element; and

a second light-shielding layer, wherein the first light-shielding layer is located between the second light-shielding layer and the light-emitting elements, and the second light-shielding layer has a first opening and a second opening respectively overlapping the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element;

wherein an area of the first opening of the first light-shielding layer and an area of the second opening of the second light-shielding layer are substantially the same, and an area of the first opening of the second light-shielding layer is less than the area of the second opening of the second light-shielding layer.

2 . A display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each light-emitting element has a first side and a second side that are opposing, a first oblique viewing angle direction is located on the first side of the first light-emitting element, a first angle is included between the first oblique viewing angle direction and a first optical axis of the first light-emitting element, a second oblique viewing angle direction is located on the first side of the second light-emitting element, a second angle is included between the second oblique viewing angle direction and a second optical axis of the second light-emitting element, the first angle is substantially equal to the second angle, and a ratio of brightness of the first light-emitting element in the first oblique viewing angle direction to brightness of the first light-emitting element on the first optical axis is greater than a ratio of brightness of the second light-emitting element in the second oblique viewing angle direction to brightness of the second light-emitting element on the second optical axis.

3 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the area of the first opening of the second light-shielding layer is less than the area of the first opening of the first light-shielding layer.

4 . The display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the area of the first opening of the second light-shielding layer falls within the area of the first opening of the first light-shielding layer.

5 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the area of the first opening of the first light-shielding layer, an area of the second opening of the first light-shielding layer, and the area of the second opening of the second light-shielding layer are substantially the same.

6 . A display apparatus, comprising:

a driving backplane;

a plurality of light-emitting elements, disposed on the driving backplane, and electrically connected to the driving backplane;

a first light-shielding layer, wherein the light-emitting elements are located between the first light-shielding layer and the driving backplane, the light-emitting elements comprise a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element respectively configured to emit a first color light and a second color light that are different, and the first light-shielding layer has a first opening and a second opening respectively overlapping the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element; and

a second light-shielding layer, wherein the first light-shielding layer is located between the second light-shielding layer and the light-emitting elements, and the second light-shielding layer has a first opening and a second opening respectively overlapping the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element;

wherein a geometric center of the first opening of the second light-shielding layer is offset in a first offset direction relative to a geometric center of the first opening of the first light-shielding layer, a geometric center of the second opening of the second light-shielding layer is offset in a second offset direction relative to a geometric center of the second opening of the first light-shielding layer, and the first offset direction is opposite to the second offset direction.

7 . The display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein each light-emitting element has a first side and a second side that are opposing, a first oblique viewing angle direction is located on the first side of the first light-emitting element, a second oblique viewing angle direction is located on the first side of the second light-emitting element, a third oblique viewing angle direction is located on the second side of the first light-emitting element, a fourth oblique viewing angle direction is located on the second side of the second light-emitting element, a first angle is included between the first oblique viewing angle direction and a first optical axis of the first light-emitting element, a second angle is included between the second oblique viewing angle direction and a second optical axis of the second light-emitting element, a third angle is included between the third oblique viewing angle direction and the first optical axis of the first light-emitting element, a fourth angle is included between the fourth oblique viewing angle direction and the second optical axis of the second light-emitting element, the first angle and the third angle are substantially the same, brightness of the first light-emitting element in the first oblique viewing angle direction is greater than brightness of the first light-emitting element in the third oblique viewing angle direction, and the first offset direction points from the first side of the first light-emitting element to the second side of the first light-emitting element.

8 . A display apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the second angle and the fourth angle are substantially the same, brightness of the second light-emitting element in the fourth oblique viewing angle direction is greater than brightness of the second light-emitting element in the second oblique viewing angle direction, and the second offset direction points from the second side of the second light-emitting element to the first side of the second light-emitting element.

9 . The display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein an area of the second opening of the second light-shielding layer is greater than an area of the first opening of the second light-shielding layer and less than an area of the first opening of the first light-shielding layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 1, 2024
From: HSU, JIA HAO; TIEN, KUN-CHENG; CHEN, MING-LUNG
To: AUO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065989/0456 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 112148810 · Dec 14, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250204098A1 · Jun 19, 2025
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