This application claims the priority benefit of China application serial no. 202310573766.8, filed on May 22, 2023. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
The invention relates to a display technology and particularly relates to a display panel.
In recent years, there has been a growing trend favoring organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panels and micro light emitting diode (micro-LED) display panels. This is primarily attributed to their high color saturation, fast response, and good display quality with high contrast. In order to enhance a light output efficiency of these self-luminous display panels, most of the electrode located on a side of the LED away from a light exit surface are reflective electrodes. Since these reflective electrodes reflect external ambient light, when the display panel exhibits a full-screen black screen or a local dark state, human eyes may easily detect the reflection of the external ambient light caused by the reflective electrodes, thus resulting in a decrease in display quality or appearance taste.
To address the above-mentioned issue, a technical solution to place a circular polarizer on one side of the light exit surface of the self-luminous display panel has been proposed. The placement of the circular polarizer serves to transform the incoming external ambient light into circularly-polarized light with specific handedness, and the circularly-polarized light forms circularly-polarized light with reverse handedness after being reflected by the reflective electrodes. The circularly-polarized light with the reverse handedness cannot pass through the circular polarizer. Accordingly, a reflectance of the self-luminous display panel for the external ambient light is reduced. However, the implementation of such a circular polarizer leads to a decrease in an overall light output of the self-luminous display panel; for instance, the brightness may decrease by at least 55%.
The information disclosed in this Background section is only for enhancement of understanding of the background of the described technology and therefore it may contain information that does not form the prior art that is already known to a person of ordinary skill in the art. Further, the information disclosed in the Background section does not mean that one or more problems to be resolved by one or more embodiments of the invention was acknowledged by a person of ordinary skill in the art.
In order to achieve one or a portion of or all of the objects or other objects, an embodiment of the invention provides a display panel that includes a substrate, a light emitting structure layer, a C-plate, and a first bandpass polarizing reflective layer. The light emitting structure layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a plurality of first light emitting structures, where the first light emitting structures have a first peak emission wavelength. The C-plate is disposed on a side of the light emitting structure layer away from the substrate. The first bandpass polarizing reflective layer is disposed between the light emitting structure layer and the C-plate and overlapped with the light emitting structure layer, where a reflectance of the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer for light with a wavelength in a first wavelength range is greater than 20%, and the first wavelength range is the first peak emission wavelength±20 nm.
Other objectives, features and advantages of the present invention will be further understood from the further technological features disclosed by the embodiments of the present invention wherein there are shown and described preferred embodiments of this invention, simply by way of illustration of modes best suited to carry out the invention.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
In the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments, reference is made to the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof, and in which are shown by way of illustration specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. In this regard, directional terminology, such as “top,” “bottom,” “front,” “back,” etc., is used with reference to the orientation of the Figure(s) being described. The components of the present invention can be positioned in a number of different orientations. As such, the directional terminology is used for purposes of illustration and is in no way limiting. On the other hand, the drawings are only schematic and the sizes of components may be exaggerated for clarity. It is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and structural changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology used herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting. The use of “including,” “comprising,” or “having” and variations thereof herein is meant to encompass the items listed thereafter and equivalents thereof as well as additional items. Unless limited otherwise, the terms “connected,” “coupled,” and “mounted” and variations thereof herein are used broadly and encompass direct and indirect connections, couplings, and mountings. Similarly, the terms “facing,” “faces” and variations thereof herein are used broadly and encompass direct and indirect facing, and “adjacent to” and variations thereof herein are used broadly and encompass directly and indirectly “adjacent to”. Therefore, the description of “A” component facing “B” component herein may contain the situations that “A” component directly faces “B” component or one or more additional components are between “A” component and “B” component. Also, the description of “A” component “adjacent to” “B” component herein may contain the situations that “A” component is directly “adjacent to” “B” component or one or more additional components are between “A” component and “B” component. Accordingly, the drawings and descriptions will be regarded as illustrative in nature and not as restrictive.
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For instance, the first light emitting structures ES1, the second light emitting structures ES2, and the third light emitting structures ES3 are adapted to respectively emit excitation light of different peak emission wavelengths, such as green light (e.g., light with a peak emission wavelength between 500 nm and 600 nm), red light (e.g., light with a peak emission wavelength greater than 600 nm), and blue light (e.g., light with a peak emission wavelength less than 500 nm), and color display effects may be accordingly achieved by mixing the lights at different light intensity ratios. That is, the display panel 10 provided in the present embodiment is a self-luminous display, such as an OLED display, which should however not be construed as a limitation to the invention. In other embodiments, the display panel 10 may also be a nano-LED display, a micro-LED display or a mini-LED display.
In the present embodiment, the first electrode layer E1 and the second electrode layer E2 are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the light emitting structures, and the two electrode layers are electrically connected to the light emitting structures. For instance, the first electrode layer E1 is located between the light emitting structures and the substrate 100 and is, for instance, a full-surface electrode. The second electrode layer E2 is, for instance, a plurality of electrode patterns respectively overlapped with the light emitting structures, and the electrode patterns are electrically connected to a plurality of active devices (not shown) of the substrate 100. The overlapping relationship here refers to an orthogonal projection of two components overlapping along a direction Z. If not specifically mentioned below, the overlapping relationship of two components is defined in the same manner and thus will not be further elaborated.
A current flowing through the light emitting structures may be individually controlled via the active devices to generate the same or different light emitting intensity to achieve the display effect.
The first electrode layer E1 is, for instance, a reflective electrode layer, and a material of the reflective electrode layer includes metal, alloy, nitrides of a metallic material, oxides of a metallic material, nitride oxides of a metallic material, other suitable materials, or a stacked layer of a metallic material and other conductive materials. The second electrode layer E2 is, for instance, a light-transmissive electrode layer, and a material of the light-transmissive electrode layer includes metal oxides, such as: indium tin oxide, indium zinc oxide, aluminum tin oxide, aluminum zinc oxide, other suitable oxides, or a stacked layer of at least two of the above.
Particularly, the display panel 10 further includes a bandpass polarizing layer 110, a QWP 120, a first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131, a second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132, and a C-plate 160. The C-plate 160 is disposed on a side of the light emitting structure layer EML away from the substrate 100. The QWP 120 is disposed on a side of the C-plate 160 away from the light emitting structure layer EML. The bandpass polarizing layer 110 is disposed on a side of the QWP 120 away from the light emitting structure layer EML and has an absorption axis AX. That is, the QWP 120 and the C-plate 160 are located between the bandpass polarizing layer 110 and the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 (or the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132). In the present embodiment, the bandpass polarizing layer 110 is adapted to allow light having a first linear polarization state LP1 to pass through and absorb light having a second linear polarization state LP2.
In the present embodiment, an included angle α between the axial direction of the absorption axis AX of the bandpass polarizing layer 110 and the axial direction of the optical axis OA of the QWP 120 is 45 degrees (as shown in
Each of the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 and the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 disposed between the light emitting structure layer EML and the C-plate 160 is overlapped with the light emitting structures of the light emitting structure layer EML. In the present embodiment, the reflectance of the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 for light with a wavelength in a first wavelength range is greater than 20%, a reflectance of the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 for light with a wavelength in a second wavelength range is greater than 20%, and the first wavelength range is different from the second wavelength range. The bandpass polarizing layer 110 has a transmittance greater than 45% for light with a wavelength in the third wavelength range, and an average transmittance for light having a wavelength outside the third wavelength range and a polarizing direction parallel to its absorption axis AX is less than 20%.
In the present embodiment, the first peak emission wavelength of the first light emitting structure ES1 is, for instance, 525 nm, and the first wavelength range is, for instance, the first peak emission wavelength of the first light emitting structure ES1+20 nm (i.e., 505 nm to 545 nm). The second peak emission wavelength of the second light emitting structure ES2 is, for instance, 620 nm (i.e., greater than 600 nm), and the second wavelength range is, for instance, the second peak emission wavelength of the second light emitting structure ES2+20 nm (i.e., 600 nm to 640 nm). The third peak emission wavelength of the third light emitting structure ES3 is, for instance, 460 nm (i.e., less than 500 nm), and the third wavelength range is, for instance, the third peak emission wavelength of the third light emitting structure ES3+20 nm (i.e., 440 nm to 480 nm), which should however not be construed as a limitation to the invention. In another embodiment, the second peak emission wavelength may also be less than 500 nm (for instance, 460 nm), the third peak emission wavelength may also be greater than 600 nm (for instance, 620 nm).
Note that the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 and the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 do not produce substantial reflection effects for light with a wavelength outside the corresponding wavelength ranges mentioned above. That is, the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 does not reflect light (e.g., red or blue light) with the wavelength outside the first wavelength range (i.e., 505 nm to 545 nm), and the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 does not reflect light (e.g., green or blue light) with the wavelength outside the second wavelength range (i.e., 600 nm to 640 nm).
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Since the wavelength of the first light beam LB1a passing through the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 is outside the second wavelength range, the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 does not reflect but directly allows the first light beam LB1a to pass through. After the first light beam LB1a then passes through the QWP 120, the polarization state of the first light beam LB1a is changed from the first circular polarization state CP1 to the first linear polarization state LP1. Since a polarizing direction of the first linear polarization state LP1 is perpendicular to the axial direction of the absorption axis AX of the bandpass polarizing layer 110, the first light beam LB1a may directly pass through the bandpass polarizing layer 110 and is emitted from the display panel 10.
Note that the C-plate 160, which is disposed between the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 and the QWP 120, compensates for phase retardation values along a thickness direction (e.g., the direction Z), so that a polarization state of the passing light at a small angle (e.g., less than ±15 degrees) does not undergo significant changes. In an embodiment of the invention, the sum of the phase retardation values in the thickness direction (Rth) of the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131, the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132, and the C-plate 160 may be less than 100 nm, thereby effectively addressing the color shift problem of the display panel 10 at a side viewing angle and thus enhancing the display quality.
After the first light beam LB1b reflected by the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 is reflected by the first electrode layer E1, the polarization state of the first light beam LB1b is changed from the second circular polarization state CP2 to the first circular polarization state CP1. At this time, the first light beam LB1b with the first circular polarization state CP1 may directly pass through the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131. Since the wavelength of the first light beam LB1b passing through the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 is outside the second wavelength range, the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 does not reflect but directly allows the first light beam LB1b to pass through. The first light beam LB1b passing through the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 and the C-plate 160 is transformed into the first light beam LB1b with the first linear polarization state LP1 after passing through the QWP 120. Therefore, the first light beam LB1b reflected by the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 and the first electrode layer E1 may also pass through the bandpass polarizing layer 110 and is emitted from the display panel 10. In other words, the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 does not result in any substantial light energy loss to the first light beam LB1 emitted by the first light emitting structure ES1.
On the other hand, since the wavelength of the non-polarized second light beam LB2 coming from the second light emitting structure ES2 is outside the first wavelength range, the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 does not reflect but directly allows the second light beam LB2 to pass through. After the second light beam LB2 enters the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132, one part of the second light beam LB2 directly passes through the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 and is transformed into a second light beam LB2a with the first circular polarization state CP1, while the other part of the second light beam LB2 is reflected by the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 and is transformed into a second light beam LB2b with the second circular polarization state CP2. In other words, the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 reflects the light component in the other part of the second light beam LB2 with the second circular polarization state CP2 and allows the light component in the one part of the second light beam LB2 with the first circular polarization state CP1 to pass through.
After the second light beam LB2a passing through the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 passes through the QWP 120 and the C-plate 160, the polarization state of the second light beam LB2a is changed from the first circular polarization state CP1 to the first linear polarization state LP1. Since the polarizing direction of the first linear polarization state LP1 is perpendicular to the axial direction of the absorption axis AX of the bandpass polarizing layer 110, the second light beam LB2a may directly pass through the bandpass polarizing layer 110 and is emitted from the display panel 10. After the second light beam LB2b reflected by the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 passes through the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 again and is reflected by the first electrode layer E1, the polarization state of the second light beam LB2b is changed from the second circular polarization state CP2 to the first circular polarization state CP1. At this time, the second light beam LB2b with the first circular polarization state CP1 and a wavelength outside the first wavelength range may directly pass through the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 and the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132.
After the second light beam LB2b passing through the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 passes through the QWP 120 and the C-plate 160, the second light beam LB2b is changed to a second light beam LB2b with the first linear polarization state LP1. Therefore, the second light beam LB2b reflected by the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 and the first electrode layer E1 may also pass through the bandpass polarizing layer 110 and is emitted from the display panel 10. In other words, the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 does not result in any substantial light energy loss to the second light beam LB2 emitted by the second light emitting structure ES2.
Since the wavelength of the non-polarized third light beam LB3 from the third light emitting structure ES3 is outside the first wavelength range and the second wavelength range, neither the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 nor the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 may reflect the third light beam LB3 with the third wavelength range. In addition, the transmittance of the bandpass polarizing layer 110 for the third light beam LB3 with a wavelength in the third wavelength range is greater than 45%, and the third light beam LB3 may still stay in a non-polarized state after passing through the bandpass polarizing layer 110. More specifically, the bandpass polarizing layer 110 does not result in any substantial light energy loss to the third light beam LB3 emitted by the third light emitting structure ES3.
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Since the wavelength of the ambient light beam EB1 passing through the QWP 120 and the C-plate 160 is outside the second wavelength range and has the first circular polarization state CP1, the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 does not substantially reflect the ambient light beam EB1, and the ambient light beam EB1 may directly pass through the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131. After the ambient light beam EB1 passing through the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 and the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 is reflected by the first electrode layer E1, the polarization state of the ambient light beam EB1 is changed from the first circular polarization state CP1 to the second circular polarization state CP2. At this time, the ambient light beam EB1 with the second circular polarization state CP2 is reflected by the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131, and after being reflected by the first electrode layer E1 again, the ambient light beam EB1 is transformed into an ambient light beam EB1 with the first circular polarization state CP1.
Since the ambient light beam EB1 reflected twice by the first electrode layer E1 has the first circular polarization state CP1 and a wavelength outside the second wavelength range, the ambient light beam EB1 may directly pass through the first bandpass polarizing reflective layers 131 and the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132, and after passing through the C-plate 160 and the QWP 120, the ambient light beam EB1 is transformed into an ambient light beam EB1 which has the first linear polarization state LP1 and may pass through the bandpass polarizing layer 110.
Since the effect resulting from the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 on the ambient light beam EB2 is similar to the effect resulting from the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 on the ambient light beam EB1, relevant detailed descriptions may be referred to as those provided above and thus will not be provided hereinafter.
Although parts of the ambient light beams EB1 and EB2 may still be emitted from the display panel 10 after being reflected by the first electrode layer E1, after the ambient light beams EB1 and EB2 are polarized by the bandpass polarizing layer 110 and reflected twice by the first electrode layer E1, the energy of the ambient light beams EB1 and EB2 may be significantly reduced. In other words, the overall reflectance of the display panel 10 for the external ambient light beam may be reduced, which is conducive to the enhancement of the dark contrast of the display panel 10.
On the other hand, since the wavelength of the ambient light beam EB3 is outside the first wavelength range and the second wavelength range (for instance, the third wavelength range), neither the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 nor the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 may reflect the ambient light beam EB3 with the third wavelength range. Therefore, after the ambient light beam EB3 is reflected by the first electrode layer E1, the ambient light beam EB3 leaves the display panel 10. In addition, the transmittance of the bandpass polarizing layer 110 for the ambient light beam EB3 with a wavelength in the third wavelength range is greater than 45%, so that the ambient light beam EB3 stays in a non-polarized state after passing through the bandpass polarizing layer 110. Although the combination of the above-mentioned bandpass polarizing reflective layers and the bandpass polarizing layer 110 does not suppress the reflectance for the ambient light beam EB3 (e.g., the blue light) as effectively as it suppresses the reflectance for the ambient light beam EB1 (e.g., the green light) and the ambient light beam EB2 (e.g., the red light), the contribution of the blue light to the overall reflectance of the display panel 10 is relatively insignificant. In other words, the display panel 10 provided in the present embodiment still achieves a significant suppression effect on the main ambient light beam that causes an increase in the overall reflectance.
From another perspective, although a general display panel may achieve the effect of suppressing the reflection of the external ambient light beam by means of the polarizing layer and the QWP, the light energy of the internal light emitting devices may be significantly lost (e.g., leading to a display brightness degradation of more than 50%). Therefore, the bandpass polarizing reflective layers and the bandpass polarizing layer 110 in the present embodiment not only reduce the overall reflectance of the display panel 10 for the external ambient light beam but also prevent the display panel 10 from experiencing the light energy loss of the internal display light (e.g., the first light beam LB1, second light beam LB2, and third light beam LB3) resulting from the bandpass polarizing layer 110 and the QWP 120. In other words, the light energy utilization rate and the display quality of the display panel 10 may be simultaneously enhanced.
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As shown in the drawings, the display panel 10 provided in the present embodiment may further solve the color shift issue caused by the combination of the bandpass polarizing reflective layers and the bandpass polarizing layer 110 on the display screen at large viewing angles through the arrangement of the C-plate 160, whereby the color performance of the display panel 10 is comparable or even better than the color performance achieved in the comparative example.
In an embodiment that is not shown in the drawings, note that the number of the bandpass polarizing reflective layers of the display panel may also be one (e.g., the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 in
Other embodiments are listed below to describe the disclosure in detail. The same components are marked with the same symbols, and the description of the same technical content is omitted. Please refer to the foregoing embodiments for the omitted parts as they are not repeated hereafter.
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However, the invention is not limited thereto. With reference to
The three bandpass polarizing reflective layers 131-133 are disposed between the light emitting structure layer EML and the C-plate 160 and are overlapped with the first light emitting structure ES1, the second light emitting structure ES2 and the third light emitting structure ES3 of the light emitting structure layer EML. Similarly, the reflectance of the third bandpass polarizing reflective layer 133 for light with a wavelength in a third wavelength range is greater than 20%, and the third wavelength range is different from the first wavelength range and the second wavelength range. An average transmittance of the bandpass polarizing layer 110A for light having a wavelength in the first wavelength range, the second wavelength range and the third wavelength range and a polarizing direction parallel to its absorption axis AX is less than 20%.
In the present embodiment, the first peak emission wavelength of the first light emitting structure ES1 is, for instance, 525 nm, and the first wavelength range is, for instance, the first peak emission wavelength of the first light emitting structure ES1±20 nm (i.e., 505 nm to 545 nm). The second peak emission wavelength of the second light emitting structure ES2 is, for instance, 620 nm (i.e., greater than 600 nm), and the second wavelength range is, for instance, the second peak emission wavelength of the second light emitting structure ES2+20 nm (i.e., 600 nm to 640 nm). The third peak emission wavelength of the third light emitting structure ES3 is, for instance, 460 nm (i.e., less than 500 nm), and the third wavelength range is, for instance, the third peak emission wavelength of the third light emitting structure ES3+20 nm (i.e., 440 nm to 480 nm), which should however not be construed as a limitation to the invention.
Note that the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131, the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 and the third bandpass polarizing reflective layer 133 do not produce substantial reflection effects for light with a wavelength outside the corresponding wavelength ranges mentioned above. That is, the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 does not reflect light (e.g., red or blue light) with the wavelength outside the first wavelength range (i.e., 505 nm to 545 nm), the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 does not reflect light (e.g., green or blue light) with the wavelength outside the second wavelength range (i.e., 600 nm to 640 nm), and the third bandpass polarizing reflective layer 133 does not reflect light (e.g., red or green light) with the wavelength outside the third wavelength range (i.e., 440 nm to 480 nm).
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Since the wavelength of the first light beam LB1a passing through the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 is outside the second wavelength range and the third wavelength range, the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 and the third bandpass polarizing reflective layer 133 do not reflect but directly allows the first light beam LB1a to pass through. After the first light beam LB1a then passes through the QWP 120, the polarization state of the first light beam LB1a is changed from the first circular polarization state CP1 to the first linear polarization state LP1. Since a polarizing direction of the first linear polarization state LP1 is perpendicular to the axial direction of the absorption axis AX of the bandpass polarizing layer 110A, the first light beam LB1a may directly pass through the bandpass polarizing layer 110A and is emitted from the display panel 10A.
After the first light beam LB1b reflected by the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 is reflected by the first electrode layer E1, the polarization state of the first light beam LB1b is changed from the second circular polarization state CP2 to the first circular polarization state CP1. At this time, the first light beam LB1b with the first circular polarization state CP1 may directly pass through the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131. Since the wavelength of the first light beam LB1b passing through the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 is outside the second wavelength range and the third wavelength range, the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 and the third bandpass polarizing reflective layer 133 do not reflect but directly allows the first light beam LB1b to pass through. The first light beam LB1b passing through the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132, the third bandpass polarizing reflective layer 133 and the C-plate 160 is transformed into the first light beam LB1b with the first linear polarization state LP1 after passing through the QWP 120. Therefore, the first light beam LB1b reflected by the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 and the first electrode layer E1 may also pass through the bandpass polarizing layer 110A and is emitted from the display panel 10A. In other words, the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 does not result in any substantial light energy loss to the first light beam LB1 emitted by the first light emitting structure ES1.
Since the wavelength of the non-polarized second light beam LB2 coming from the second light emitting structure ES2 is outside the first wavelength range and the third wavelength range, the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 and the third bandpass polarizing reflective layer 133 do not reflect but directly allows the second light beam LB2 to pass through. After the second light beam LB2 enters the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132, one part of the second light beam LB2 directly passes through the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 and is transformed into a second light beam LB2a with the first circular polarization state CP1, while the other part of the second light beam LB2 is reflected by the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 and is transformed into a second light beam LB2b with the second circular polarization state CP2. In other words, the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 reflects the light component in the other part of the second light beam LB2 with the second circular polarization state CP2 and allows the light component in the one part of the second light beam LB2 with the first circular polarization state CP1 to pass through.
After the second light beam LB2a passing through the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 passes through the QWP 120 and the C-plate 160, the polarization state of the second light beam LB2a is changed from the first circular polarization state CP1 to the first linear polarization state LP1. Since the polarizing direction of the first linear polarization state LP1 is perpendicular to the axial direction of the absorption axis AX of the bandpass polarizing layer 110A, the second light beam LB2a may directly pass through the bandpass polarizing layer 110A and is emitted from the display panel 10A. After the second light beam LB2b reflected by the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 passes through the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 again and is reflected by the first electrode layer E1, the polarization state of the second light beam LB2b is changed from the second circular polarization state CP2 to the first circular polarization state CP1. At this time, the second light beam LB2b with the first circular polarization state CP1 and a wavelength outside the first wavelength range may directly pass through the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131, the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 and the third bandpass polarizing reflective layer 133.
After the second light beam LB2b passing through the third bandpass polarizing reflective layer 133 passes through the QWP 120 and the C-plate 160, the second light beam LB2b is changed to a second light beam LB2b with the first linear polarization state LP1. Therefore, the second light beam LB2b reflected by the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 and the first electrode layer E1 may also pass through the bandpass polarizing layer 110A and is emitted from the display panel 10A. In other words, the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 does not result in any substantial light energy loss to the second light beam LB2 emitted by the second light emitting structure ES2.
Since the wavelength of the non-polarized third light beam LB3 coming from the third light emitting structure ES3 is outside the first wavelength range and the second wavelength range, the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 and the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 do not reflect but directly allows the third light beam LB3 to pass through. After the third light beam LB3 enters the third bandpass polarizing reflective layer 133, one part of the third light beam LB3 directly passes through the third bandpass polarizing reflective layer 133 and is transformed into a third light beam LB3a with the first circular polarization state CP1, while the other part of the third light beam LB3 is reflected by the third bandpass polarizing reflective layer 133 and is transformed into a third light beam LB3b with the second circular polarization state CP2. In other words, the third bandpass polarizing reflective layer 133 reflects the light component in the other part of the third light beam LB3 with the second circular polarization state CP2 and allows the light component in the one part of the third light beam LB3 with the first circular polarization state CP1 to pass through.
After the third light beam LB3a passing through the third bandpass polarizing reflective layer 133 passes through the QWP 120 and the C-plate 160, the polarization state of the third light beam LB3a is changed from the first circular polarization state CP1 to the first linear polarization state LP1. Since the polarizing direction of the first linear polarization state LP1 is perpendicular to the axial direction of the absorption axis AX of the bandpass polarizing layer 110A, the third light beam LB3a may directly pass through the bandpass polarizing layer 110A and is emitted from the display panel 10A. After the third light beam LB3b reflected by the third bandpass polarizing reflective layer 133 passes through the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 and the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 again and is reflected by the first electrode layer E1, the polarization state of the third light beam LB3b is changed from the second circular polarization state CP2 to the first circular polarization state CP1. At this time, the third light beam LB3b with the first circular polarization state CP1 and a wavelength outside the first wavelength range and the second wavelength range may directly pass through the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131, the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 and the third bandpass polarizing reflective layer 133.
After the third light beam LB3b passing through the third bandpass polarizing reflective layer 133 passes through the QWP 120 and the C-plate 160, the third light beam LB3b is changed to a third light beam LB3b with the first linear polarization state LP1. Therefore, the third light beam LB3b reflected by the third bandpass polarizing reflective layer 133 and the first electrode layer E1 may also pass through the bandpass polarizing layer 110A and is emitted from the display panel 10A. In other words, the third bandpass polarizing reflective layer 133 does not result in any substantial light energy loss to the third light beam LB3 emitted by the third light emitting structure ES3.
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Since the wavelength of the ambient light beam EB1 passing through the QWP 120 and the C-plate 160 is outside the second wavelength range and the third wavelength range and has the first circular polarization state CP1, the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 and the third bandpass polarizing reflective layer 133 do not substantially reflect the ambient light beam EB1, and the ambient light beam EB1 may directly pass through the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131. After the ambient light beam EB1 passing through the three bandpass polarizing reflective layers 131, 132 and 133 is reflected by the first electrode layer E1, the polarization state of the ambient light beam EB1 is changed from the first circular polarization state CP1 to the second circular polarization state CP2. At this time, the ambient light beam EB1 with the second circular polarization state CP2 is reflected by the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131, and after being reflected by the first electrode layer E1 again, the ambient light beam EB1 is transformed into an ambient light beam EB1 with the first circular polarization state CP1.
Since the ambient light beam EB1 reflected twice by the first electrode layer E1 has the first circular polarization state CP1 and a wavelength outside the second wavelength range and the third wavelength range, the ambient light beam EB1 may directly pass through the three bandpass polarizing reflective layers 131, 132 and 133, and after passing through the C-plate 160 and the QWP 120, the ambient light beam EB1 is transformed into an ambient light beam EB1 which has the first linear polarization state LP1 and may pass through the bandpass polarizing layer 110A.
Since the effect resulting from the second bandpass polarizing reflective layer 132 on the ambient light beam EB2 and the effect resulting from the third bandpass polarizing reflective layer 133 on the ambient light beam EB3 are similar to the effect resulting from the first bandpass polarizing reflective layer 131 on the ambient light beam EB1, relevant detailed descriptions may be referred to as those provided above and thus will not be provided hereinafter.
Although parts of the ambient light beams EB1, EB2 and EB3 may still be emitted from the display panel 10A after being reflected by the first electrode layer E1, after the ambient light beams EB1, EB2 and EB3 are polarized by the bandpass polarizing layer 110A and reflected twice by the first electrode layer E1, the energy of the ambient light beams EB1, EB2 and EB3 may be significantly reduced. In other words, the overall reflectance of the display panel 10A for the external ambient light beam may be reduced, which is conducive to the enhancement of the dark contrast of the display panel 10A.
From another perspective, although a general display panel may achieve the effect of suppressing the reflection of the external ambient light beam by means of the polarizing layer and the QWP, the light energy of the internal light emitting devices may be significantly lost (e.g., leading to a display brightness degradation of more than 50%). Therefore, the three bandpass polarizing reflective layers 131, 132 and 133 and the bandpass polarizing layer 110A in the present embodiment not only reduce the overall reflectance of the display panel 10A for the external ambient light beam but also prevent the display panel 10A from experiencing the light energy loss of the internal display light (e.g., the three light beams LB1, LB2, and LB3) resulting from the bandpass polarizing layer 110A and the QWP 120. In other words, the light energy utilization rate and the display quality of the display panel 10A may be simultaneously enhanced.
Note that the reflection bandwidth Ax of the bandpass polarizing reflective layer is equal to the product of the helical pitch P and the refractive index difference Δn. That is, the reflection bandwidth Δλ is proportional to one of the refractive index difference Δn and the helical pitch P if the other is fixed. In the embodiment, the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the reflectance distribution of the bandpass polarizing reflective layer with Δn=0.10 may be less than the FWHM of the reflectance distribution of the bandpass polarizing reflective layer with Δn=0.15 if the helical pitches P of the two bandpass polarizing reflective layers are the same. For example, the FWHM of the reflectance distribution of the bandpass polarizing reflective layer with Δn=0.15 may be 75 nm, and the FWHM of the reflectance distribution of the bandpass polarizing reflective layer with Δn=0.10 may be 55 nm.
A narrower FWHM may further reduce the overall reflectance of the display panel for the external ambient light beam. It should be noted that the light energy utilization rate of the display panel may be simultaneously enhanced if the narrower FWHM remains wider than the corresponding one of the first wavelength range, the second wavelength range and the third wavelength range.
To sum up, in one or more embodiments of the invention, the display panel has the bandpass polarizing reflective layer of which the reflectance is greater than 20% for light within a particular wavelength range, and the display panel is equipped with the C-plate disposed on one side of the bandpass polarizing reflective layer away from the light emitting structure layer. Thereby, in addition to increasing the overall light output of the display panel, the color shift issue of the display screen at the side viewing angle may be addressed, thereby enhancing the light energy utilization rate and the display quality of the display panel.
The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form or to exemplary embodiments disclosed. Accordingly, the foregoing description should be regarded as illustrative rather than restrictive. Obviously, many modifications and variations will be apparent to practitioners skilled in this art. The embodiments are chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and its best mode practical application, thereby to enable persons skilled in the art to understand the invention for various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use or implementation contemplated. It is intended that the scope of the invention be defined by the claims appended hereto and their equivalents in which all terms are meant in their broadest reasonable sense unless otherwise indicated. Therefore, the term “the invention”, “the present invention” or the like does not necessarily limit the claim scope to a specific embodiment, and the reference to particularly preferred exemplary embodiments of the invention does not imply a limitation on the invention, and no such limitation is to be inferred. The invention is limited only by the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Moreover, these claims may refer to use “first”, “second”, etc. following with noun or element. Such terms should be understood as a nomenclature and should not be construed as giving the limitation on the number of the elements modified by such nomenclature unless specific number has been given. The abstract of the disclosure is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract, which will allow a searcher to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure of any patent issued from this disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. Any advantages and benefits described may not apply to all embodiments of the invention. It should be appreciated that variations may be made in the embodiments described by persons skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims. Moreover, no element and component in the present disclosure is intended to be dedicated to the public regardless of whether the element or component is explicitly recited in the following claims.
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202310573766.8 | May 2023 | CN | national |