Patent Application
20240188384
The present application relates to a field of display technology, and particularly to a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof.
Organic light emitting diode devices have become a next generation of display products with great competitiveness and development prospects because of a series of advantages such as their all solid-state structures, high brightness, full viewing angles, fast response speeds, wide working temperature ranges, and being able to achieve flexible display.
Display panels are provided with the organic light emitting diode devices. Organic light emitting materials and cathode materials of the organic light emitting diode devices are particularly sensitive to water and oxygen, so being too wet or having overly high oxygen content will affect service life of the organic light emitting diode devices. Therefore, when the organic light emitting diode devices are used in the display panels, it is necessary to set a packaging layer to prevent water and oxygen from penetrating into the organic light emitting diode devices and avoid affecting the service life of the organic light emitting diode devices.
However, when cutting the display panels, the packaging layer is easy to generate cracks, and the cracks generated in the packaging layer easily spread to a display area of the display panels. In the prior art, addition of a crack prevention area or design of a longer effective packaging area are usually adopted to prevent the cracks from extending to the display area. However, a packaging effect of a method mentioned above is limited, and the longer effective packaging area increases a size of a frame area of the display panels, which affects a narrow frame design of the display panels.
The present application provides a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, which can solve a packaging layer failure caused by cutting and achieve a narrow frame design.
On one hand, an embodiment of the present application provides one display panel, which includes a substrate, an inorganic layer, a photoresist layer, a packaging layer, and at least two grooves; the inorganic layer is disposed on the substrate; the photoresist layer is disposed on a side of the inorganic layer away from the substrate; the packaging layer is disposed on a side of the photoresist layer away from the substrate; each of the at least two grooves including a first groove part penetrating the photoresist layer and a second groove part penetrating the inorganic layer, wherein an orthographic projection of the second groove part on the substrate overlaps an orthographic projection of the first groove part on the substrate, and the packaging layer is disconnected at each of the at least two grooves; a groove diameter of the second groove part away from the substrate is at least 200 nm greater than a groove diameter of the first groove part close to the second groove part.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present application, a thickness of the inorganic layer is greater than 100 nm.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present application, the display panel further includes a metal layer, the metal layer is disposed on a side of the inorganic layer close to the substrate, the metal layer is provided with a third groove part corresponding to the second groove part, and an orthographic projection of the third groove part on the substrate overlaps the orthographic projection of the second groove part on the substrate.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present application, a cross-section shape of the first groove part along a first direction, a cross-section shape of the second groove part along the first direction, and a cross-section shape of the third groove part along the first direction are all inverted trapezoids.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present application, one of the at least two grooves is located on a cutting line.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present application, the display panel includes a display area and a frame area; the frame area includes a wiring area, an effective packaging area, and a cutting area; the effective packaging area is located on a side of the wiring area away from the display area, the cutting area is located on a side of the effective packaging area away from the wiring area, and the at least two grooves are located in the cutting area.
An embodiment of the present application provides another one display panel, which includes a substrate, an inorganic layer, a photoresist layer, a packaging layer, and at least one groove; the inorganic layer is disposed on the substrate; the photoresist layer is disposed on a side of the inorganic layer away from the substrate; the packaging layer is disposed on a side of the photoresist layer away from the substrate; the at least one groove including a first groove part penetrating the photoresist layer and a second groove part penetrating the inorganic layer, wherein an orthographic projection of the second groove part on the substrate overlaps an orthographic projection of the first groove part on the substrate, and the packaging layer is disconnected at the at least one groove.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present application, a groove diameter of the second groove part away from the substrate is at least 200 nm greater than a groove diameter of the first groove part close to the second groove part.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present application, a thickness of the inorganic layer is greater than 100 nm.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present application, the display panel further includes a metal layer, the metal layer is disposed on a side of the inorganic layer close to the substrate, the metal layer is provided with a third groove part corresponding to the second groove part, and an orthographic projection of the third groove part on the substrate overlaps the orthographic projection of the second groove part on the substrate.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present application, a cross-section shape of the first groove part along a first direction, a cross-section shape of the second groove part along the first direction, and a cross-section shape of the third groove part along the first direction are all inverted trapezoids.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present application, the display panel includes at least two grooves.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present application, one of the at least two grooves is located on a cutting line.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present application, the display panel includes a display area and a frame area; the frame area includes a wiring area, an effective packaging area, and a cutting area; the effective packaging area is located on a side of the wiring area away from the display area, the cutting area is located on a side of the effective packaging area away from the wiring area, and the at least one groove is located in the cutting area.
On another hand, the present application provides a manufacturing method of a display panel, which includes following steps: forming an inorganic layer on a substrate; forming a photoresist layer on the inorganic layer, and forming a first groove part of at least one groove on the photoresist layer; forming a second groove part corresponding to the first groove part on the inorganic layer, and an orthographic projection of the second groove part on the substrate overlapping an orthographic projection of the first groove part on the substrate; forming a packaging layer on the photoresist layer.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present application, the step of forming the second groove part corresponding to the first groove part on the inorganic layer, and the orthographic projection of the second groove part on the substrate overlapping the orthographic projection of the first groove part on the substrate, specifically includes: forming a metal layer on a side of the inorganic layer close to the substrate, and forming a third groove part corresponding to the second groove part on the metal layer, and an orthographic projection of the third groove part on the substrate being overlapping the orthographic projection of the second groove part on the substrate.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present application, a cross-section shape of the first groove part along a first direction, a cross-section shape of the second groove part along the first direction, and a cross-section shape of the third groove part along the first direction are all inverted trapezoids.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present application, the display panel includes at least two grooves.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present application, one of the at least two grooves is located on a cutting line.
Alternatively, in some embodiments of the present application, the display panel includes a display area and a frame area; the frame area includes a wiring area, an effective packaging area, and a cutting area; the effective packaging area is located on a side of the wiring area away from the display area, the cutting area is located on a side of the effective packaging area away from the wiring area, and the at least one groove is located in the cutting area.
The present application provides the display panel and the manufacturing method thereof. The display panel includes the substrate, the inorganic layer, the photoresist layer, the packaging layer, and the at least one groove; the inorganic layer is disposed on the substrate; the photoresist layer is disposed on the side of the inorganic layer away from the substrate; the packaging layer is disposed on the side of the photoresist layer away from the substrate; the at least one groove includes the first groove part penetrating the photoresist layer and the second groove part penetrating the inorganic layer, wherein the orthographic projection of the second groove part on the substrate overlaps the orthographic projection of the first groove part on the substrate, and the packaging layer is disconnected at the at least one groove. By forming the first groove part and the second groove part into an “eaves like” inscribed structure, when cutting the display panel, cutting cracks generated by the packaging layer is difficult to extend out of an area where the groove located, which avoids the packaging layer failure caused by the cutting cracks of the packaging layer extending to the display area of the display panel, and achieves the narrow frame design.
In order to clearly explain technical solutions in embodiments of the present application, the following will briefly introduce drawings needed to be used in descriptions of the embodiments. It is obvious that the drawings in the following descriptions are only some embodiments of the present application. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without paying creative labor.
Wherein,
Technical schemes in embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below in combination with accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, but not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative work belong to a scope of a protection of the present application.
Embodiment of the present application provide display panels and a manufacturing method thereof, which can solve a packaging layer failure caused by cutting and achieve a narrow frame design. The following are described in detail. It should be noted that an order of description of the following embodiments is not a limitation of a preferred order of the embodiments. In addition, in the description of the present application, a term “including” refers to “including but not limited to”. Terms “first”, “second”, “third” and so on are used only as signs, which are used to distinguish different objects, and not to describe a specific order.
Referring to
In the embodiment of the present application, the display panel 100 includes a display area AA and a frame area NA. Specifically, the frame area NA includes a wiring area 101, an effective packaging area 102, and a cutting area 103. The effective packaging area 102 is located on a side of the wiring area 101 away from the display area AA, the cutting area 103 is located on a side of the effective packaging area 102 away from the wiring area 101, and the groove 50 is located in the cutting area 103. Wherein the cutting area 103 is an area reserved for cutting on the display panel 100, which includes a standard line for an alignment cutting, that is, a cutting line C, in order to ensure cutting accuracy and a heat affected area. Wherein a width of the cutting area 103 can be adjusted according to actual demands, and is not limited by the present application here.
In the embodiment of the present application, the packaging layer 40 in the groove 50 is disconnected from the packaging layer 40 outside the groove 50. When cutting the display panel 100 along the cutting line C, cutting cracks are generated from a cutting position of the packaging layer 40 in the groove 50, and the cutting cracks will stop when extending to a wall of the groove 50, that is, the cutting cracks will not exist in the packaging layer 40 outside the groove 50, which avoids a failure problem of the packaging layer 40 caused by the cutting cracks of the packaging layer 40 extending to the display area AA of the display panel 100, and meanwhile, a narrow frame design can be achieved to further ensure quality of the display panel 100.
In the embodiment of the present application, the substrate 10 can be a flexible substrate, such as a polyimide substrate. The photoresist layer 30 includes a first photoresist layer 31 and a second photoresist layer 32 disposed in a stack. The first groove part 51 includes a first sub groove part (not shown in drawings) disposed on the first photoresist layer 31 and a second sub groove part (not shown in the drawings) disposed on the second photoresist layer 32. An orthographic projection of the second sub groove part on the substrate 10 overlaps an orthographic projection of the first sub groove part on the substrate 10. Wherein the first photoresist layer 31 is a planarization layer; the second photoresist layer 32 is a pixel defining layer, and such a structural design is same as a setting of film layers in the prior art.
It should be noted that an edge of the second photoresist layer 32 cannot extend to the cutting area 103. Specifically, the second photoresist layer 32 can only extend to the effective packaging area 102, so as to reduce numbers of overlapping film layers in the cutting area 103 and improve stability of the display panel 100.
In the embodiment of the present application, a first direction is an A-A′ direction shown in
In the embodiment of the present application, a groove diameter of the second groove part 52 away from the substrate 10 is at least 200 nm greater than a groove diameter of the first groove part 51 close to the second groove part 52. Further, a diameter of the first groove part 51 away from the second groove part 52 is at least 200 nm less than a diameter of the second groove part 52 close to the substrate 10. A structural design of the first groove part 51 and the second groove part 52 being wider at a top and narrower at a bottom is more unfavorable to a deposition of materials of the packaging layer 40 on a side wall of the second groove part 52, and is more conducive to blocking a connection between the packaging layer 40 located at a bottom of the second groove part 52 and the packaging layer 40 located on the first groove part 51, so that the packaging layer 40 is disconnected at the second groove part 52.
In the embodiment of the present application, a thickness of the inorganic layer 20 is greater than 100 nm. Wherein the inorganic layer 20 can include inorganic materials such as a silicon nitride, a silicon oxide, a laminate of the silicon nitride and the silicon oxide, or a laminate of an alumina and the silicon oxide. The silicon nitride has a strong ion barrier ability and a good water-oxygen isolation ability, which can effectively prevent impurities from diffusing into the display panel 100 in a thermal process, and moreover, the silicon oxide also has good interface performance.
In the embodiment of the present application, the packaging layer 40 can adopt an inorganic packaging layer, an organic packaging layer, or the inorganic packaging layer and the organic packaging layer alternately stacked. Wherein the inorganic packaging layer can include inorganic materials such as alumina, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon carbide, titanium oxide, zirconia, zinc oxide, and so on. The organic packaging layer can include organic materials such as epoxy resin, polyimide, polyethylene terephthalate, polycarbonate, polyethylene, polyacrylate, and so on.
In the display panel 100 provided by the embodiment of the present application, by forming the first groove part 51 and the second groove part 52 into an “eaves-like” inscribed structure, when cutting the display panel 100, it is difficult for the cutting cracks to extend out of an area where the groove 50 located, which avoids the failure problem of the packaging layer 40 caused by the cutting cracks of the packaging layer 40 extending to the display area AA of the display panel 100, and achieves the narrow frame design.
As a specific embodiment of the present application, please refer to
In the embodiment of the present application, the display panel 300 includes a display area AA and a frame area NA. Specifically, the frame area NA includes a wiring area 101, an effective packaging area 102, and a cutting area 103. The effective packaging area 102 is located on a side of the wiring area 101 away from the display area AA, the cutting area 103 is located on a side of the effective packaging area 102 away from the wiring area 101, and a groove 50 is located in the cutting area 103. Wherein the cutting area 103 is an area reserved for cutting on the display panel 300, which includes a standard line for an alignment cutting, that is, a cutting line C, in order to ensure cutting accuracy and a heat affected area. Wherein a width of the cutting area 103 can be adjusted according to actual demands, and is not limited by the present application here.
In the embodiment of the present application, in order to simplify process fabrication and improve cutting accuracy, preferably, a photoresist layer 30 is only disposed in the wiring area 101 and the effective packaging area 102, and the groove 50 includes the third groove part 53 penetrating the metal layer 60 and the second groove part 52 penetrating the inorganic layer 20. The photoresist layer 30 can also be extended to the cutting area 103 as needed, which can be selected by those skilled in the art as needed and is not limited by the present application here.
In the embodiment of the present application, a first direction is an A-A′ direction shown in
In the embodiment of the present application, a groove diameter of the third groove part 53 away from the substrate 10 is at least 200 nm greater than a groove diameter of the second groove part 52 close to the third groove part 53. Further, a diameter of the second groove part 52 away from the third groove part 53 is at least 200 nm less than a diameter of the third groove part 53 close to the substrate 10. A structural design of the third groove part 53 and the second groove part 52 being wider at a top and narrower at a bottom is more unfavorable to a deposition of materials of the packaging layer 40 on a side wall of the second groove part 52, and is more conducive to blocking a connection between the packaging layer 40 located at the bottom of the third groove part 53 and the packaging layer 40 located on the second groove part 52, so that the packaging layer 40 is disconnected at the third groove part 53.
In the embodiment of the present application, a thickness of the metal layer 60 is greater than 100 nm. The metal layer 60 can include at least one of a metal such as molybdenum, aluminum, copper, titanium, chromium, silver, etc., or mixtures thereof; the metal layer 60 can be a single film structure or a multi-film structure.
In the embodiment of the present application, the packaging layer 40 is disconnected at the groove 50. That is, the packaging layer 40 in the groove 50 is disconnected from the packaging layer 40 outside the groove 50. When cutting the display panel 300 along the cutting line C, cutting cracks are generated from a cutting position of the packaging layer 40 in the groove 50, and the cutting cracks will stop when extending to a wall of the groove 50, that is, the cutting cracks will not exist in the packaging layer 40 outside the groove 50, which avoids a failure problem of the packaging layer 40 caused by the cutting cracks of the packaging layer 40 extending to the display area AA of the display panel 300, and meanwhile, a narrow frame design can be achieved to further ensure quality of the display panel 300.
In the embodiment of the present application, the packaging layer 40 can adopt an inorganic packaging layer, an organic packaging layer, or the inorganic packaging layer and the organic packaging layer alternately stacked. Wherein the inorganic packaging layer can include inorganic materials such as alumina, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon carbide, titanium oxide, zirconia, zinc oxide, and so on. The organic packaging layer can include organic materials such as epoxy resin, polyimide, polyethylene terephthalate, polycarbonate, polyethylene, polyacrylate, and so on.
As a specific embodiment of the present application, please refer to
In the embodiment of the present application, the display panel 200 includes a display area AA and a frame area NA. Specifically, the frame area NA includes a wiring area 101, an effective packaging area 102, and a cutting area 103. The effective packaging area 102 is located on a side of the wiring area 101 away from the display area AA, the cutting area 103 is located on a side of the effective packaging area 102 away from the wiring area 101, and the at least two grooves 50 are located in the cutting area 103. Wherein the cutting area 103 is an area reserved for cutting on the display panel 200, which includes a standard line for an alignment cutting, that is, a cutting line C, in order to ensure cutting accuracy and a heat affected area. Wherein a width of the cutting area 103 can be adjusted according to actual demands, and is not limited by the present application here.
In the embodiment of the present application, a first direction is an A-A′ direction shown in
In the embodiment of the present application, a groove diameter of the second groove part 52 away from the substrate 10 is at least 200 nm greater than a groove diameter of the first groove part 51 close to the second groove part 52. Further, a diameter of the first groove part 51 away from the second groove part 52 is at least 200 nm less than a diameter of the second groove part 52 close to the substrate 10. An structural design of the first groove part 51 and the second groove part 52 being wider at a top and narrower at a bottom is more unfavorable to a deposition of materials of the packaging layer 40 on a side wall of the second groove part 52, and is more conducive to blocking a connection between the packaging layer 40 located at a bottom of the second groove part 52 and the packaging layer 40 located on the first groove part 51, so that the packaging layer 40 is disconnected at the second groove part 52.
In the embodiment of the present application, the at least two grooves 50 can be both disposed at the cutting line C in the cutting area 103, or one of the at least two grooves 50 can be disposed at the cutting line C. A design of the at least two grooves 50 is to further consider influence of a cutting error. When one of the at least two grooves 50 loses a blocking effect on cutting cracks, other grooves 50 close to the display area AA of the display panel 200 can also block the cutting cracks, which further ensures quality of the display panel 200.
As a specific embodiment of the present application, please refer to
In the embodiment of the present application, the display panel 400 includes a display area AA and a frame area NA. Specifically, the frame area NA includes a wiring area 101, an effective packaging area 102, and a cutting area 103. The effective packaging area 102 is located on a side of the wiring area 101 away from the display area AA, the cutting area 103 is located on a side of the effective packaging area 102 away from the wiring area 101, and the at least two grooves 50 are located in the cutting area 103. Wherein the cutting area 103 is an area reserved for cutting on the display panel 400, which includes a standard line for an alignment cutting, that is, a cutting line C, in order to ensure cutting accuracy and a heat affected area. Wherein a width of the cutting area 103 can be adjusted according to actual demands, and is not limited by the present application here.
In the embodiment of the present application, in order to simplify process fabrication and improve cutting accuracy, preferably, a photoresist layer 30 is only disposed in the wiring area 101 and the effective packaging area 102, and each of the at least two grooves 50 includes a third groove part 53 penetrating a metal layer 60 and a second groove part 52 penetrating an inorganic layer 20. The photoresist layer 30 can also be extended to the cutting area 103 as needed, which can be selected by those skilled in the art as needed and is not limited by the present application here.
In the embodiment of the present application, a first direction is an A-A′ direction shown in
In the embodiment of the present application, a groove diameter of the third groove part 53 away from the substrate 10 is at least 200 nm greater than a groove diameter of the second groove part 52 close to the third groove part 53. Further, a diameter of the second groove part 52 away from the third groove part 53 is at least 200 nm less than a diameter of the third groove part 53 close to the substrate 10. A structural design of the third groove part 53 and the second groove part 52 being wider at a top and narrower at a bottom is more unfavorable to a deposition of materials of the packaging layer 40 on a side wall of the second groove part 52, and is more conducive to blocking a connection between the packaging layer 40 located at a bottom of the third groove part 53 and the packaging layer 40 located on the second groove part 52, so that the packaging layer 40 is disconnected at the third groove part 53.
In the embodiment of the present application, the at least two grooves 50 can be both disposed at the cutting line C in the cutting area 103, or one of the at least two grooves 50 can be disposed at the cutting line C. A design of the at least two grooves 50 is to further consider influence of a cutting error. When one of the at least two grooves 50 loses a blocking effect to cutting cracks, other grooves 50 close to the display area AA of the display panel 400 can also block the cutting cracks, which further ensures quality of the display panel 400.
As a specific embodiment of the present application, please refer to
In the embodiment of the present application, by setting the at least two grooves 50 in the display panel 500, it is more difficult for cutting cracks generated by the packaging layer 40 to extend to a display area AA of the display panel 500, so as to further improve a packaging effect of the display panel 500 and improve service life and competitiveness of the display panel 500.
On another hand, referring to
S10: forming an inorganic layer 20 on a substrate 10.
In the embodiment of the present application, an inorganic film layer is formed by a physical vapor deposition process, and the inorganic film layer is patterned by a yellow light process or a dry etching process to form the inorganic layer 20.
S20: forming a photoresist layer 30 on the inorganic layer 20, and forming a first groove part 51 of a groove 50 on the photoresist layer 30.
In the embodiment of the present application, a photoresist film layer is formed by coating, the photoresist film layer is patterned by a yellow light process, and the first groove part 51 is formed in a cutting area 103 to form the photoresist layer 30.
S30: forming a second groove part 52 corresponding to the first groove part 51 on the inorganic layer 20, and an orthographic projection of the second groove part 52 on the substrate 10 overlapping an orthographic projection of the first groove part 51 on the substrate 10.
In the embodiment of the present application, the inorganic layer 20 is dry etched at a position corresponding to the first groove part 51 in the cutting area 103 to form the second groove part 52, and a time of dry etching is prolonged to over etch the second groove part 52, so that an edge of the inorganic layer 20 at the second groove part 52 indents within an edge of the photoresist layer 30, that is, a groove diameter of the second groove part 52 away from the substrate 10 is greater than a groove diameter of the first groove part 51 close to the second groove part 52.
S40: forming a packaging layer 40 on the photoresist layer 30.
In the embodiment of the present application, the packaging layer 40 can adopt an inorganic packaging layer, an organic packaging layer, or the inorganic packaging layer and the organic packaging layer alternately stacked. Specifically, the packaging layer 40 is disconnected at the groove 50. That is, the packaging layer 40 in the groove 50 is disconnected with the packaging layer 40 outside the groove 50. When cutting the display panel along a cutting line C, cutting cracks are generated from a cutting position of the packaging layer 40 in the groove 50, and the cutting cracks will stop when extending to a wall of the groove 50, that is, the cutting cracks will not exist in the packaging layer 40 outside the groove 50, which avoids a failure problem of the packaging layer 40 caused by the cutting cracks of the packaging layer 40 extending to a display area AA of the display panel, and meanwhile, a narrow frame design can be achieved to further ensure quality of the display panel.
As a specific embodiment of the present application, the step of forming the second groove part 52 corresponding to the first groove part 51 on the inorganic layer 20, and the orthographic projection of the second groove part 52 on the substrate 10 overlaps the orthographic projection of the first groove part 51 on the substrate 10, specifically includes: forming a metal layer 60 on a side of the inorganic layer 20 close to the substrate 10, and forming a third groove part 53 corresponding to the second groove part 52 on the metal layer 60; an orthographic projection of the third groove part 53 on the substrate 10 overlaps the orthographic projection of the second groove part 52 on the substrate 10. A manufacturing method of a display panel in the specific embodiment is same as above manufacturing method, and will not be repeated here.
The present application provides the display panel and the manufacturing method thereof. By forming the first groove part 51 and the second groove part 52 into the “eaves-like” inscribed structure, when cutting the display panel, it is difficult for the cutting cracks to extend out of the area where the groove 50 located, which avoids the failure problem of the packaging layer 40 caused by the cutting cracks of the packaging layer 40 extending to the display area AA of the display panel, and achieves the narrow frame design.
The above describes the display panel and the manufacturing method thereof provided in the embodiments of the present application in detail. In this paper, specific examples are applied to explain a principle and implementation modes of the present application. The descriptions of the above embodiments are only used to help understand a method and a core idea of the present application; meanwhile, for those skilled in the art, there will be changes in the specific implementation modes and an application scope according to the idea of the present application. In conclusion, contents of the specification should not be understood as restrictions on the present application.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 202210349154.6 | Apr 2022 | CN | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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| PCT/CN2022/087061 | 4/15/2022 | WO |
