Display panel and method of manufacturing the same, display device and wearable intelligent device

• US 10,211,362 B2
• Filed: 04/11/2016
• Issued: 02/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Qiu, Yun, Yang, Jiuxia
• Primary Examiner(s): Flory, Christopher A
• Application Number:
  US15/095,673
• Publication Number:
  US 20170042426A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,044 Days
• Field of Search: 600479
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0468 Built-in electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0233 Special features of optical sensors or probes classified in A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/164 the sensor is mounted in or on a conformable substrate or carrier
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02427 Details of sensor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/0259 Monolithic
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/10 Arrangements of light sources specially adapted for spectrometry or colorimetry
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/42 Absorption spectrometry; Double beam spectrometry; Flicker spectrometry; Reflection spectrometry beam switching arrangements G01J3/08
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2933/0016 relating to electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2933/005 relating to encapsulations
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 31/173 formed in, or on, a common substrate
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 31/18 Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 33/005 Processes

Abstract

A display panel and a method of manufacturing the same, a display device and a wearable intelligent device are disclosed. The display panel includes: a substrate; a display unit arranged on the substrate; a monitoring light emitting unit formed on a side of the substrate away from the display unit, for emitting monitoring light toward an object in a direction facing away from the display unit; and a light receiving unit formed on the side of the substrate away from the display unit, for receiving reflected monitoring light from the object and generating monitoring data of the object based to the reflected monitoring light. With technique solutions of the invention, devices for monitoring a user'"'"'s body conditions can be integrated on the back of the substrate, that is, be integrated with the substrate, such that the display panel has a more compact structure and a more aesthetic appearance.

Claims

1. A display panel, comprising:

a substrate;

a display unit arranged on the substrate;

a monitoring light emitting unit formed on the substrate and located on a side of the substrate facing away from the display unit, and configured to emit monitoring light toward an object in a direction facing away from the display unit;

a light receiving unit formed on the substrate and located on the side of the substrate facing away from the display unit, and configured to receive reflected monitoring light from the object and to generate monitoring data of the object based on the reflected monitoring light;

an isolation layer formed on the side of the substrate facing away from the display unit and located between the substrate and the monitoring light emitting unit and the light receiving unit; and

a single protection layer formed over the monitoring light emitting unit and the light receiving unit to package the monitoring light emitting unit and the light receiving unit such that in a cross sectional view of the display panel, each of the monitoring light emitting unit and the light receiving unit is surrounded by the singe protection layer at three sides thereof, the single protection layer being in contact with the isolation layer,

wherein the monitoring light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are formed on a side of the isolation layer facing away from the substrate, such that external moisture is prevented by the isolation layer from entering the monitoring light emitting unit and the light receiving unit.

2. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring light emitting unit comprises:

a light emitting layer made of an electroluminescent material and/or a photoluminescence material.

3. The display panel according to claim 2, wherein the light emitting layer is made of an electroluminescent material, and the monitoring light emitting unit further comprises:

a first electrode layer formed on the side of the substrate away from the display unit, the light emitting layer being formed on a side of the first electrode layer away from the substrate; and

a second electrode layer formed on a side of the light emitting layer away from the first electrode.

4. The display panel according to claim 3, wherein the light emitting layer is formed of a monochromatic electroluminescent material.

5. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the light receiving unit comprises a photoelectric sensor.

6. The display panel according to claim 5, wherein the light receiving unit comprises:

a third electrode layer formed on the side of the substrate away from the display unit;

a first type semiconductor layer formed on a side of the third electrode layer away from the substrate;

a depletion layer formed on a side of the first type semiconductor layer away from the third electrode layer;

a second type semiconductor layer formed on a side of the depletion layer away from the first type semiconductor layer; and

a fourth electrode layer formed on a side of the second type semiconductor layer away from the depletion layer,

wherein the first type semiconductor layer is formed of one of an N-type semiconductor material and a P-type semiconductor material, and the second type semiconductor layer is formed of the other one of the N-type semiconductor material and the P-type semiconductor material.

7. A display device, comprising the display panel according to claim 1.

8. A wearable intelligent device, comprising the display device according to claim 7.

9. A method of manufacturing the display panel according to claim 1, comprising steps of:

forming the isolation layer on the side of the substrate facing away from the display unit;

forming the monitoring light emitting unit on a side of the isolation layer facing away from the substrate such that the isolation layer is located between the substrate and the monitoring light emitting unit, the monitoring light emitting unit being located on the side of the substrate away from the display unit and configured to emit monitoring light toward an object in the direction facing away from the display unit;

forming the light receiving unit on the side of the isolation layer facing away from the substrate such that the isolation layer is located between the substrate and the light receiving unit, the light receiving unit being located on the side of the substrate away from the display unit and configured to receive reflected monitoring light from the object and to generate monitoring data of the object based on the reflected monitoring light; and

forming the single protection layer over the monitoring light emitting unit and the light receiving unit to package the monitoring light emitting unit and the light receiving unit such that in a cross sectional view of the display panel, each of the monitoring light emitting unit and the light receiving unit is surrounded by the single protection layer at three sides thereof, the single protection layer being in contact with the isolation layer.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the step of forming the monitoring light emitting unit comprises:

forming a first electrode layer on the substrate, the first electrode layer being located on the side of the substrate away from the display unit;

forming a light emitting layer on a side of the first electrode layer away from the substrate; and

forming a second electrode layer on a side of the light emitting layer away from the first electrode.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the step of forming the light receiving unit comprises:

forming a third electrode layer on the substrate, the third electrode layer being located on the side of the substrate away from the display unit;

forming a first type semiconductor layer on a side of the third electrode layer away from the substrate;

forming a depletion layer on a side of the first type semiconductor layer away from the third electrode layer;

forming a second type semiconductor layer on a side of the depletion layer away from the first type semiconductor layer; and

forming a fourth electrode layer on a side of the second type semiconductor layer away from the depletion layer,

wherein the first type semiconductor layer is formed of one of an N-type semiconductor material and a P-type semiconductor material, and the second type semiconductor layer is formed of the other one of the N-type semiconductor material and the P-type semiconductor material.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the third electrode layer and the first electrode layer are formed at the same time, and the fourth electrode layer and the second electrode layer are formed at the same time.