Display Panel Redundant Electrode Reflectivity Management

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing micro-LED and mini-LED display panels face issues with abnormal light emission due to transfer technology limitations, leading to increased reflectivity from redundant electrodes, which affects display quality and efficiency.

Innovation Solution

A display panel design incorporating a base substrate with main and redundant electrode units, bank structures, and functional structures that cover redundant electrodes to reduce reflectivity and enhance light extraction, including a method for forming and positioning these structures to improve display brightness and efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If redundant electrodes are retained in pixels for LED repair compensation, then the reliability of light emission is improved, but the reflectivity of the display panel increases due to exposed metal electrodes

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelight emission reliabilityVSAvoidreflectivity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent converts the harmful reflective property of redundant electrodes into a beneficial function by filling the electrode regions with light-emitting materials. The previously harmful metal electrodes become useful light-emitting structures when abnormal LEDs are detected, transforming the defect into a repair mechanism that improves display reliability while eliminating the reflectivity problem.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies different treatments to different regions: functional structures (light-emitting materials) are selectively filled in regions where redundant electrodes are located and abnormal LEDs are detected, while other regions maintain their original structure. This localized approach ensures that reflectivity is reduced only where necessary, while preserving the overall display quality and enabling targeted repair compensation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Ease of manufacture

If all positions of redundant electrodes are directly exposed on the surface, then the ease of manufacture is improved, but the display effect deteriorates due to increased reflectivity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanufacturing simplicityVSAvoiddisplay brightness quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the optical parameters of the redundant electrode regions by filling them with light-emitting materials having different refractive indices and optical properties. This transformation modifies how light interacts with these regions, converting them from highly reflective metal surfaces into light-emitting structures that enhance rather than degrade display brightness and quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transforms the previously harmful exposed metal electrodes into beneficial light-emitting structures. By filling the electrode regions with functional materials, the design converts the manufacturing simplicity of exposed electrodes into an opportunity for active light emission, thereby improving display effect while maintaining ease of manufacture through the same fabrication processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

3Loss of energy

If functional structures are filled in all first openings, then the light extraction efficiency is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelight extraction efficiencyVSAvoidstructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of energyVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements functional structures selectively in only those first openings where redundant electrodes are located and abnormal LEDs are detected, rather than filling all openings. This partial action approach achieves the necessary light extraction improvement for repair compensation while avoiding the unnecessary complexity that would result from universally filling all openings, thus balancing performance enhancement with device simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS20230141534A1Display panel, display device, and preparation method
Publication Date: 2023.05.11 HUBEI YANGTZE IND INNOVAION CENT OF ADVANCED DISPLAY CO LTD
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AI summary

Provided are a display panel, a display device, and a preparation method. The display panel includes a base substrate, electrode units, a first light-emitting unit, bank structures and openings disposed among the bank structures, and a functional structure. The electrode units are disposed on a side of the base substrate, where the electrode units include a main electrode unit and a redundant electrode unit. The first light-emitting unit is electrically connected to the main electrode unit. The openings include a first opening, and the redundant electrode unit is disposed in the first opening. Part of first openings are filled with the functional structure, and the functional structure is at least partially disposed on a side of the redundant electrode unit facing away from the base substrate.