OLED Display Panel Light Filters Eliminate Color Separation

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Solution Overview

Problem

OLED display panels experience a color separation phenomenon when in a screen-off state due to diffraction of reflected light, affecting user experience and reliability.

Innovation Solution

A display panel with light filters of different colors arranged in an array on the substrate, where the light filters have specific edge lengths and areas to mix reflected light into white light, eliminating color separation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Illumination intensity

If a light filter is used to filter light in OLED display panels, then the amount of light emitted from the light emitting side is reduced, but color separation phenomenon occurs in screen-off state due to diffraction of reflected light

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelight emission controlVSAvoidcolor separation phenomenon
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The light filter is divided into multiple sub-light filters (first, second, and third sub-light filters) with different colors arranged in an array. Each sub-light filter has specific edge length ratios (second edge length less than or equal to third edge length) to control diffraction. By segmenting the light filter into color-specific components with optimized geometries, the patent reduces color separation while maintaining light emission control in screen-off state.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different sub-light filters are designed with different local properties (colors and edge length ratios) to address the diffraction issue locally. The first sub-light filter (red), second sub-light filter (green), and third sub-light filter (blue) each have optimized edge length ratios suitable for their respective wavelengths, providing localized quality control to eliminate color separation phenomena.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Reliability

If light filters of different colors are arranged to mix reflected light into white light, then color separation is eliminated, but the structural complexity of the light filter increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecolor separation eliminationVSAvoidlight filter structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple sub-light filters of different colors (red, green, blue) are merged into a single integrated light filter structure arranged in an array. This combining approach allows the mixed reflected light from different color sub-filters to form white light, eliminating color separation while maintaining a unified filter component that can be manufactured as a single element.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The light filter structure serves multiple functions simultaneously: it filters light to control emission, mixes reflected light of different colors to form white light, and eliminates color separation phenomena. By designing the light filter with an array of multi-color sub-filters, the patent achieves universal functionality that addresses both light control and color uniformity requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The solution improves color purity and user experience by mixing reflected light into white light, enhancing the reliability of the OLED display panel.

Implementation Method 1

OLED display panels experience a color separation phenomenon when in a screen-off state due to diffraction of reflected light

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectDiffraction: Diffraction

Data Source

PatentUS11302752B2Display panel and display apparatus for emitting white light in screen-off state
Publication Date: 2022.04.12 BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD
  • US11302752B2 patent drawing
  • US11302752B2 patent drawing

AI summary

Provided are a display panel and a display apparatus. The display panel includes: a substrate and a plurality of light filters of different colors disposed on the substrate, the light filter including a plurality of sub-light filters arranged in an array, so that when the display panel is in a screen-off state, light emitted from the light filters of different colors is mixed to form white light.