OLED display panel and display device
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of display, in particular to an OLED display panel and a display device.
Background
Currently, Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) panels generally use a mask plate, such as a metal mask plate, to perform evaporation on a substrate. However, when the substrate is evaporated by using the mask plate, the mask plate easily scratches the substrate, and the mask plate easily contacts the substrate to stick dust on the mask plate to the substrate, thereby reducing the quality of the evaporated film.
Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the invention discloses an OLED display panel and a display device, wherein a substrate is provided with a plurality of convex columns which are non-uniformly distributed, so that a mask plate can be prevented from contacting and scratching the substrate.
In a first aspect, an OLED display panel is provided, which includes a substrate, a pixel defining layer formed on a surface of the substrate, and a spacer layer formed on a surface of the pixel defining layer, wherein the pixel defining layer separates the substrate into a plurality of light emitting areas; the spacing layer comprises a plurality of convex columns which are spaced from each other, and the convex columns are non-uniformly distributed on the substrate.
In an embodiment, a plurality of pixel regions are defined on the substrate, each pixel region corresponds to one pixel unit of the OLED display panel, and each pixel region includes a plurality of light emitting regions, wherein a ratio of the number of the pillars distributed on the substrate to the number of the pixel regions defined on the substrate ranges from 3:1 to 1: 50.
In an embodiment, a pitch between adjacent pillars distributed on the substrate ranges from 10 micrometers to 1000 micrometers.
In an embodiment, the distribution density of the pillars is different in at least two regions of the substrate.
In an embodiment, a distribution density of the pillars in a middle region of the substrate is less than a distribution density of the pillars in two end regions of the substrate.
In one embodiment, the distribution density of the pillars is different along different directions on the substrate.
In one embodiment, the distribution density of the pillars along the same direction of the substrate is the same.
In one embodiment, the OLED display panel is a foldable panel, the OLED display panel is divided into a folding area and panel areas on two sides of the folding area, and the overall distribution density of the convex columns in the folding area is smaller than that in the panel areas.
In an embodiment, the folding direction of the OLED display panel is defined as an X direction, a direction perpendicular to the X direction on the OLED display panel is defined as a Y direction, and in the panel region, the distribution density of the convex columns along the Y direction is smaller than the distribution density along the X direction.
In one embodiment, in the panel region, the convex columns are uniformly distributed along the Y direction and are also uniformly distributed along the X direction.
In an embodiment, the distribution density of the convex columns in the folding area along the X direction and the Y direction is smaller than that in the panel area.
In an embodiment, in the folding region, the pillars are distributed in parallel in a plurality of rows, a direction of each row of the pillars is parallel to a folding direction of the OLED display panel, a distribution density of the pillars in odd-numbered rows along the folding direction is less than a distribution density of the pillars in even-numbered rows along the folding direction, and a row pitch of adjacent rows is greater than a pitch between adjacent pillars in even-numbered rows.
In an embodiment, the distribution density of the convex columns in each odd-numbered row along the folding direction is the same, and the distribution density of the convex columns in each even-numbered row along the folding direction is the same.
In an embodiment, in the folding region, the protruding pillars are distributed in parallel in a plurality of rows, a direction of each row of the protruding pillars forms an acute angle with a folding direction of the OLED display panel, a row pitch of adjacent rows is greater than a pitch between adjacent protruding pillars in each row, and distribution densities of the protruding pillars in each row are the same.
In one embodiment, the plurality of light-emitting areas include a plurality of red light-emitting areas, a plurality of green light-emitting areas, and a plurality of blue light-emitting areas.
In an embodiment, the OLED display panel further includes a vapor deposition layer formed on a surface of the substrate.
In one embodiment, the substrate is a glass substrate or a flexible substrate.
In a second aspect, a display device is provided, which comprises the OLED display panel as described above; the display device further comprises a control module, and the control module is used for inputting data signals and scanning signals to the OLED display panel so as to control the display of the OLED display panel.
In the embodiment of the application, a plurality of convex columns are formed on the surface of the pixel definition layer of the OLED display panel, and the convex columns can support a mask plate during evaporation, so that the mask plate is prevented from contacting with a substrate, friction between the mask plate and the substrate can be further reduced, and foreign matters on the metal mask plate can be prevented from being stuck to the substrate through the contact between the mask plate and the substrate, so that poor evaporation or packaging failure is caused; furthermore, a plurality of convex columns are in non-uniform distribution, so that the density of the convex columns at different positions of the substrate can be set as required, and the effect of supporting the mask plate and the effect of preventing color mixing and black spots can be considered.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.
Fig. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an OLED display panel according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic distribution diagram of the protruding pillars on the OLED display panel according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an OLED display panel according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 4 is a schematic view illustrating a convex pillar distribution in a panel region of the OLED display panel of fig. 3 according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 5 is a schematic view illustrating a convex pillar distribution of a folding region of the OLED display panel of fig. 3 according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 6 is a schematic view illustrating another distribution of protruding pillars of the folding region of the OLED display panel of fig. 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a display device according to an embodiment of the invention.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the technical solutions of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides an OLED display panel 1, which includes a substrate 2, a pixel defining layer 3 formed on a surface of the substrate 2, and a spacer layer 4 formed on a surface of the pixel defining layer 3. The pixel defining layer 3 divides the substrate 2 into a plurality of light emitting regions 21, wherein the pixel defining layer 3 surrounds each of the light emitting regions 21 such that the plurality of light emitting regions 21 are exposed to the pixel defining layer 3. The spacing layer 4 includes a plurality of mutually spaced convex pillars 41, and the plurality of convex pillars 41 are non-uniformly distributed on the substrate 2.
The substrate 2 may be a glass substrate or a flexible substrate.
In one embodiment, the light-emitting regions 21 may include a plurality of red light-emitting regions, a plurality of green light-emitting regions, and a plurality of blue light-emitting regions.
The pixel defining layer 3 may be formed by depositing a pixel defining layer material and etching the pixel defining layer material; the pixel defining layer may be made of a photoresist material formed by mixing a resin, a photosensitizer, a solvent, and the like.
In one embodiment, the spacing layer 4 is a plurality of mutually spaced apart pillars 41.
The material of the spacing layer 4 can be organic material or inorganic material; preferably, an organic material; more preferably, it is one or more of polyimide resin, polystyrene resin, polymethacrylic resin, silicone material, and the like.
In the embodiment of the technical scheme, the convex columns 41 can support the mask plate during evaporation to prevent the mask plate from contacting with the substrate 2, so that the friction between the mask plate and the substrate 2 can be reduced, and foreign matters on the metal mask plate can be prevented from being stuck to the substrate 2 through the contact between the mask plate and the substrate 2 to cause poor evaporation; in addition, during vapor deposition, if the foreign matters of the mask plate are bonded to the convex columns 41, the mask plate can be jacked up, so that local color mixing is caused, the foreign matters are bonded to the convex columns 41, so that packaging failure is caused, and the panel presents black points, namely although the convex columns 41 have the function of supporting the mask plate, if the density of the black points is too high, the risks of color mixing and black points caused by the foreign matters are higher; the inventor of the technical scheme discovers that foreign matters are bonded at different positions of the substrate, so that the severity of the evaporation color mixing and black dot consequences caused by the foreign matters is different, and a plurality of convex columns 41 are designed to be in non-uniform distribution, so that the density of the convex columns 41 at different positions of the substrate 2 can be set as required, and the effect of supporting the mask plate and the effect of preventing the color mixing and the black dots of the convex columns 41 can be considered.
In an embodiment, a plurality of pixel regions 22 (only one is shown in fig. 1) are defined on the substrate 2, each pixel region 22 corresponds to one pixel unit of the OLED display panel, and each pixel region 22 includes a plurality of light emitting regions 21; the ratio of the number of the convex columns 41 distributed on the substrate 2 to the number of the pixel regions 22 defined on the substrate ranges from 3:1 to 1: 50.
In an embodiment, a pitch between each adjacent pillars 41 distributed on the substrate 2 ranges from 10 micrometers to 1000 micrometers.
In the foregoing embodiment, the distribution density of the convex pillars 41 is small as a whole, so that the probability that the foreign matter of the mask plate is bonded to the convex pillars 41 can be reduced, and the risk of local color mixing and black spots can be reduced.
In an embodiment, each of the pixel regions 22 includes three light emitting regions 21, and the three light emitting regions 21 are a red light emitting region, a green light emitting region, and a blue light emitting region.
In an embodiment, the distribution density of the pillars 41 is different in at least two regions of the substrate 2. That is, the convex pillars 41 may be provided in different densities according to characteristics of different regions of the substrate 2. For example, as shown in fig. 2, the distribution density of the pillars 41 in the middle area 201 of the substrate 2 is less than the distribution density of the pillars 41 in the two end areas 202 of the substrate 2, so as to enhance the supporting effect of the two end areas 202 of the substrate 2 and reduce the probability of defects in the middle area 201 of the substrate 2 during evaporation.
In one embodiment, the distribution density of the pillars 41 is different along different directions of the substrate 2. Wherein, the distribution density of the convex columns 41 in different directions can be set according to the characteristics of the substrate 2. For example, the distribution density of the convex columns 41 is different in a direction along a stretching direction of the corresponding metal mask plate on the substrate 2 and in a direction along a non-stretching direction of the corresponding metal mask plate on the substrate 2.
Further, in an embodiment, the distribution density of the pillars 41 is different along different directions of the substrate 2, and the distribution density of the pillars 41 is the same along the same direction of the substrate 2.
At present, during vapor deposition, the metal mask plate is easy to wrinkle, and the area where the wrinkle is generated is easy to contact with the substrate 2, so that the series of defects are generated; therefore, the distribution density of the convex columns 41 cannot be too small on the substrate 2 corresponding to the area where the mask is prone to wrinkle. In an embodiment, the mask plate includes at least one wrinkle region, a spacing between each adjacent convex pillar 41 and the wrinkle region is defined as K, a half-wave width of a wrinkle of the wrinkle region is L, a height of the wrinkle is H, and a thickness of the spacer layer is a, where K is smaller than L × a/H; that is to say, the distance between the convex columns 41 and the wrinkle region is smaller than L × a/H, so as to ensure that the distribution density of the convex columns 41 in the wrinkle region is not too small, and the mask plate can be supported, so that the wrinkles in the wrinkle region of the mask plate have a distance from the substrate 2, thereby preventing the wrinkles in the wrinkle region of the mask plate from contacting the substrate 2 during evaporation.
Please refer to fig. 3, which is a schematic diagram illustrating distribution of the protruding pillars of the OLED display panel 1 according to another embodiment, wherein the OLED display panel 1 is a foldable panel, and the OLED display panel 1 is divided into a folding area 11 and panel areas 12 on two sides of the folding area. In the embodiment, the folding direction is defined as an X direction, and a direction perpendicular to the X direction is defined as a Y direction.
The characteristic of the foldable panel causes the foldable panel to be easy to generate stress concentration in the X direction, and further causes packaging cracks; therefore, in the present embodiment, referring to fig. 3 and 4, in the panel region 12, the distribution density of the convex pillars 41 along the Y direction is smaller than the distribution density along the X direction, that is, the distribution density of the convex pillars 41 along the X direction, in which stress concentration is likely to occur, is larger.
In this embodiment, in the panel region 12, the convex columns 41 are uniformly distributed along the Y direction and also uniformly distributed along the X direction.
The folding area 11 of the foldable panel has higher sensitivity to foreign matters, that is, if the foreign matters on the mask plate corresponding to the folding area 11 stick to the convex columns 41 during vapor deposition, the yield of the panel is greatly influenced; therefore, in the present embodiment, the overall distribution density of the convex columns 41 in the folding area 11 is less than the overall distribution density of the panel area 12, so as to reduce the probability that foreign matters on the mask plate adhere to the convex columns 41 in the folding area 11.
Referring to fig. 3 and 5, in an embodiment, in the folding region 11, the protruding pillars 41 are distributed in parallel in a plurality of rows, a direction of each row of the protruding pillars 41 is parallel to the X direction, wherein a distribution density of the odd-numbered rows of the protruding pillars 41 along the X direction is less than a distribution density of the even-numbered rows of the protruding pillars 41 along the X direction, and a row pitch of adjacent rows is greater than a pitch between adjacent even-numbered rows of the protruding pillars 41. More preferably, the distribution density of the studs 41 in each odd-numbered row along the X direction is the same, and the distribution density of the studs 41 in each even-numbered row along the X direction is the same.
Referring to fig. 3 and 6, in an embodiment, in the folding region 11, the protruding pillars 41 are distributed in parallel in a plurality of rows, a direction of each row of the protruding pillars 41 forms an acute angle with the X direction, wherein a row pitch of adjacent rows is greater than a pitch between adjacent protruding pillars 41 in each row, and distribution densities of the protruding pillars 41 in each row are the same.
Referring to fig. 1 again, in an embodiment, the OLED display panel 1 further includes a vapor deposition layer 5, and the vapor deposition layer 5 is formed on the surface of the substrate 2.
It is understood that the vapor deposited layer 5 may be a single layer film or may comprise multiple layers, wherein only one vapor deposited layer 5 is shown in fig. 1.
It is understood that when the vapor deposition film layer includes a plurality of film layers, the vapor deposition film layer may include a bottom electrode layer, a first organic layer, a light emitting layer, a second organic layer, a top electrode layer, and the like, which are sequentially formed, wherein the first organic layer, the light emitting layer, and the second organic layer may also be a multi-layer structure; are not described herein in detail; the bottom electrode layer may be an anode, the anode may be located in each light-emitting region 21, and the anode in each light-emitting region 21 is surrounded by the pixel defining layer 3 in a blocking manner, that is, the anode in each light-emitting region 21 is separated by the pixel defining layer 3; it is to be understood that the first organic layer, the light emitting layer, the second organic layer, the top electrode layer, and the like may not be limited to the positions shown in fig. 1, and may be formed at other positions of the substrate.
It should be noted that all the aforementioned embodiments of the present disclosure can be combined with each other to form a new embodiment if they are not contradictory, and they are not listed here, but the embodiments combined with each other shall also fall within the scope of the present disclosure.
Referring to fig. 7, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a display device 100, where the display device 100 includes the OLED display panel 1, and the display device 100 further includes a control module 110, where the control module 110 is configured to input a data signal and a scan signal to the OLED display panel 1 to control display of the OLED display panel 1.
It should be understood that the display device 100 provided in the embodiment of the present invention may be a display device with a display function, such as a mobile phone, a computer, a television, and a vehicle-mounted display device, and the present invention is not limited thereto.
While the foregoing is directed to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.