Patent Description:
Active matrix organic light emitting diodes (AMOLEDs) are widely used in terminal display products with high-resolution color screens due to their advantages such as self-luminescence, high contrast, wide viewing angle, high color gamut, fast response speed and low power consumption. Because electrodes with strong reflection characteristics are used in some organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panels, strong reflection occurring in external light in a bright field of view will decrease the contrast of panels greatly. Anti-reflection optical structures are usually used for improving visuality of the panels. However, linear polarizers are contained in the commonly used anti-reflection film layer structures, which will cause a great loss (not less than <NUM>%) of the self-luminance of the panels, further resulting in many problems such as increased power consumption and loss of service life.

The following is a summary of subject matters described herein in detail. The summary is not intended to limit the protection scope of the claims.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display substrate, which includes a light emitting element disposed on a base substrate, and an encapsulation layer, a connection layer, a light extraction layer, a polarization conversion layer and a polarization layer which are stacked sequentially at a light exiting side of the light emitting element, wherein the light extraction layer is configured to convert at least a portion of light which is emitted by the light emitting element and incident onto the light extraction layer into circularly polarized light with a set rotational direction to pass through the light extraction layer; the polarization conversion layer is configured to convert the circularly polarized light passing through the light extraction layer into linearly polarized light, wherein a polarization direction of the linearly polarized light is parallel to a direction of a light transmission axis of the polarization layer; the connection layer is configured to bond the light extraction layer to the encapsulation layer, a thickness of the connection layer is greater than <NUM> times of a thickness of the light extraction layer, and a difference between a refractive index of the connection layer and a refractive index of a film layer of the encapsulation layer close to the connection layer is greater than <NUM>.

The embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a display device including the display substrate described above.

Other aspects may be understood upon reading and understanding of the drawings and the detailed description.

Accompanying drawings are intended to provide a further understanding of technical solutions of the present disclosure and form a part of the specification, and are used to explain the technical solutions of the present disclosure together with embodiments of the present disclosure, and not intended to form limitations on the technical solutions of the present disclosure. Shapes and sizes of various components in the drawings do not reflect actual scales, and are only intended to schematically illustrate the contents of the present disclosure.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display substrate. As shown in <FIG> and <FIG>, <FIG> is a schematic diagram of a film layer structure of a display substrate according to some exemplary embodiments, <FIG> is a schematic diagram of a cross-sectional structure of the display substrate in <FIG> according to some exemplary embodiments, and <FIG> is a schematic diagram showing that light emitted by light emitting elements of a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel and a blue sub-pixel passes through of a light extraction layer, a polarization conversion layer, a half-wave phase retardation film and a polarization layer sequentially in a display substrate according to some exemplary embodiments. The display substrate includes a light emitting element <NUM> (shown in <FIG>) disposed on a base substrate <NUM>, and an encapsulation layer <NUM>, a connection layer <NUM>, a light extraction layer <NUM>, a polarization conversion layer <NUM> and a polarization layer <NUM> which are stacked at a light exiting side of the light emitting element <NUM> sequentially. The light extraction layer <NUM> is configured to convert at least a portion of light which is emitted by the light emitting element <NUM> and incident onto the light extraction layer <NUM> into circularly polarized light with a set rotational direction to pass through the light extraction layer <NUM>. The polarization conversion layer <NUM> is configured to convert the circularly polarized light passing through the light extraction layer <NUM> into linearly polarized light, wherein a polarization direction of the linearly polarized light is parallel to a direction of a light transmission axis of the polarization layer <NUM>. The connection layer <NUM> is configured to bond the light extraction layer <NUM> to the encapsulation layer <NUM>, wherein a thickness of the connection layer <NUM> is greater than <NUM> times of a thickness of the light extraction layer <NUM>, and a difference between a refractive index of the connection layer <NUM> and a refractive index of a film layer of the encapsulation layer <NUM> close to the connection layer <NUM> is greater than <NUM>.

In the display substrate according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, the light extraction layer <NUM> is configured to convert at least a portion of the light which is emitted by the light emitting element <NUM> and incident onto the light extraction layer <NUM> into the circularly polarized light with the set rotational direction to pass through the light extraction layer <NUM>, and the circularly polarized light passing through the light extraction layer <NUM> can be converted into the linearly polarized light, the polarization direction of the linearly polarized light is parallel to the direction of the light transmission axis of the polarization layer <NUM>, such that the linearly polarized light can pass through the polarization layer <NUM> almost without loss. Thus, compared with schemes in some techniques in which the light emitted by the light emitting element <NUM> is emitted from the polarization layer <NUM> without being modulated by polarization, light loss can be reduced and a light emitting efficiency of the display substrate can be improved, thereby improving luminance of the display substrate and decreasing power consumption. In addition, setting the thickness of the connection layer <NUM> to be greater than <NUM> times of the thickness of the light extraction layer <NUM> and the difference between the refractive index of the connection layer <NUM> and the refractive index of the film layer of the encapsulation layer <NUM> close to the connection layer <NUM> to be greater than <NUM> is conducive to reducing loss of light when the light passes through the connection layer <NUM>, not only the light emitting efficiency of the display substrate is improved, but also interference fringe phenomena occurring after external ambient light is incident onto the display substrate is reduced, thereby facilitating improvement in anti-reflection effect of the display substrate.

In some exemplary embodiments, as shown in <FIG>, the refractive index of the connection layer <NUM> may be <NUM> to <NUM>. The thickness of the connection layer <NUM> may be <NUM> to <NUM>, and the thickness of the light extraction layer <NUM> may be <NUM> to <NUM>. The connection layer <NUM> may play a part in assisting in light extraction and in bonding the encapsulation layer <NUM> to the light extraction layer <NUM>.

In some exemplary embodiments, as shown in <FIG>, the display substrate may include multiple sub-pixels configured to display different colors, and each sub-pixel includes one light emitting element. Sub-pixels of three colors, which are respectively a red sub-pixel R, a green sub-pixel G and a blue sub-pixel B, are illustrated in <FIG>. Taking the blue sub-pixel B as an example, the light emitting element <NUM> may include an anode <NUM>, a light emitting layer <NUM> and a cathode <NUM> which are stacked sequentially along a direction away from the base substrate <NUM>. As shown in <FIG>, the light extraction layer <NUM> is further configured to convert another portion of the light which is emitted by the light emitting element <NUM> and incident onto the light extraction layer <NUM> into circularly polarized light with a rotational direction opposite to the set rotational direction and reflect the light. The circularly polarized light with the rotational direction opposite to the set rotational direction reflected off the light extraction layer <NUM> is converted into circularly polarized light with the same rotational direction as the set rotational direction after it is reflected off the cathode <NUM>, and can pass through the light extraction layer <NUM>. Thus, the circularly polarized light reflected off the light extraction layer <NUM> can be retrieved by the reflection action of the cathode <NUM>, thereby reducing the light loss and improving the light emitting efficiency. In other implementations, a reflective layer may be disposed at a side of the cathode <NUM> facing away from the base substrate <NUM> and is used for reflecting the circularly polarized light reflected off the light extraction layer <NUM>.

In an example of this embodiment, as shown in <FIG>, the light emitting element <NUM> may be a top-emission OLED device. The anode <NUM> of the top-emission OLED device may be a composite film layer structure composed of a metal layer with high reflectivity and high work function and a transparent metal oxide layer, such as Ag/ITO (silver/indium tin oxide), Ag/IZO (silver/indium zinc oxide) or ITO/Ag/ITO, wherein a thickness of the metal layer may be <NUM> to <NUM>, and a thickness of the metal oxide layer may be <NUM> to <NUM>. An average reflectivity of the anode <NUM> in a visible light region may be <NUM>% to <NUM>%. The anode <NUM> may be formed through processes such as magnetron sputtering, etching, etc. The cathode <NUM> may be made of a metal material such as magnesium, silver or aluminum, or an alloy material (e.g., magnesium-silver alloy, in which a ratio of magnesium to silver may be <NUM>: <NUM> to <NUM>: <NUM>). Transmittance of the cathode <NUM> to light of <NUM> may be <NUM>% to <NUM>%, thus a translucent cathode is formed. Alternatively, the cathode <NUM> may be made into a transparent cathode from a material such as a transparent oxide ITO, IZO, IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide), etc. The cathode <NUM> may be formed by vacuum deposition and a thickness of the cathode <NUM> may be <NUM> to <NUM>. Materials of the light emitting layer may include a host material and a fluorescent guest material. In order to improve transmission capability of electrons and holes in the OLED device, taking the red sub-pixel R as an example, a hole injection layer <NUM>, a hole transport layer <NUM> and an electron block layer <NUM> stacked sequentially may be disposed between the anode <NUM> and the light emitting layer <NUM>, and a hole block layer <NUM>, an electron transport layer <NUM> and an electron injection layer <NUM> stacked sequentially may be disposed between the light emitting layer <NUM> and the cathode <NUM>. All film layers between the anode <NUM> and the cathode <NUM> may be referred to as organic functional layers.

In an example of this embodiment, as shown in <FIG>, the light extraction layer <NUM> may include a cholesteric liquid crystal material (which may also be referred to as a chiral nematic liquid crystal) with a cured chiral direction (e.g., left-handed direction). Illustratively, the light extraction layer <NUM> includes a cholesteric liquid crystal layer, which may be a polymer stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal film material with a fixed rotational direction formed by photocuring a mixture of a nematic liquid crystal monomer having photopolymerization properties and a chiral agent (a doping ratio of the chiral agent may be less than <NUM>%, for example, less than <NUM>%), and the prepared cholesteric liquid crystal film material is adhered to a surface of the encapsulation layer <NUM> facing away from the base substrate <NUM> through the connection layer <NUM>. The light extraction layer <NUM> may not contain a base material such as PET (polyethylene terephthalate) or PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate).

As shown in <FIG>, the cholesteric liquid crystal layer (light extraction layer <NUM>) may be configured to convert a portion (which may be <NUM>%) of natural light in a set wavelength range (e.g., blue light) incident onto the cholesteric liquid crystal layer into circularly polarized light with a rotational direction (e.g., right-handed direction) opposite to its chiral direction to pass through the light extraction layer <NUM>, and convert another portion (which may be <NUM>%) of the natural light in the set wavelength range into circularly polarized light with a rotational direction (e.g., left-handed direction) same as its chiral direction and reflect it. The circularly polarized light with the rotational direction (e.g., left-handed direction) same as its chiral direction reflected off the cholesteric liquid crystal layer is reversed in rotational direction after it is reflected off the cathode <NUM> (e.g., left-handed direction is reversed to right-handed direction) to become circularly polarized light (e.g., right-handed direction) that can pass through the cholesteric liquid crystal layer. If the reflectivity of the cathode <NUM> is <NUM>%, more than <NUM>% of the light emitted by the light emitting element <NUM> can pass through the cholesteric liquid crystal layer and present a circular polarization property of a fixed rotational direction (e.g., right rotational direction). The circularly polarized light passing through the light extraction layer <NUM> is converted into the linearly polarized light after passing through the polarization conversion layer <NUM>, and wherein a polarization direction of the linearly polarized light is parallel to a direction of the light transmission axis of the polarization layer <NUM>, so that the natural light in the set wavelength range (e.g., blue light) can pass through the polarization layer <NUM> almost without loss. The cholesteric liquid crystal layer may further be configured such that there is no change in a polarization state of natural light outside the set wavelength range (e.g., red light and green light) incident onto the cholesteric liquid crystal layer, that is, the natural light outside the set wavelength range is still natural light after it is incident onto and pass throughs the cholesteric liquid crystal layer.

In display substrates based on some technologies, luminescent materials of red OLED devices and green OLED devices are selected as phosphorescent materials, while luminescent materials of blue OLED devices are selected as fluorescent materials due to life problems. Due to differences between luminescence mechanisms of phosphorescent materials and fluorescent materials, a fluorescence efficiency is far lower than a phosphorescent efficiency, so a light emitting efficiency of blue light of the display substrate is far lower than light extraction efficiencies of red light and green light. In some technologies, the light emitting efficiency of blue light of the display substrate is improve by optimizing a luminescence system of blue luminescent materials, but it is difficult to give consideration to both the efficiency and service life of blue OLED devices, therefore demands for mass production cannot be met.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the light extraction layer <NUM> may be configured to convert light in a wavelength range from <NUM> to <NUM> into circularly polarized light with a set rotational direction to pass through the light extraction layer <NUM>. Transmittance of the light extraction layer <NUM> to light in the wavelength range from <NUM> to <NUM> is <NUM>% to <NUM>% (e.g., <NUM>% to <NUM>%), and transmittance of the light extraction layer <NUM> to light with a wavelength greater than <NUM> is larger than <NUM>% (e.g., larger than <NUM>%). Thus, because <NUM> to <NUM> is the wavelength range of blue light, as shown in <FIG>, the light extraction layer <NUM> can convert a portion of blue light in the wavelength range from <NUM> to <NUM> emitted by the blue OLED device into the circularly polarized light with the set rotational direction to pass through the light extraction layer <NUM>, and can convert another portion of the light into the circularly polarized light with a rotational direction opposite to the set rotational direction and reflect it, thereby improving the blue light emitting efficiency of the display substrate. The light extraction layer <NUM> is configured such that there is no change in polarization states of red light emitted by the red OLED device and green light emitted by the green OLED device, that is, the red light and the green light are still natural light after passing through the light extraction layer <NUM>, and the transmittance of the light extraction layer <NUM> to the red light and the green light may be greater than <NUM>%.

In some exemplary embodiments, as shown in <FIG>, the polarization conversion layer <NUM> may be a quarter-wave phase retardation film, which may have inverse wavelength dispersion, that is, as a wavelength of incident light increases, an optical path difference between o light (ordinary light) and e light (extraordinary light) occurring after birefringence of incident light by the quarter-wave phase retardation film increases, and accordingly, an optical path difference ratio R/R<NUM> increases, wherein R is an optical path difference between o light and e light occurring after the birefringence of the incident light by the quarter-wave phase retardation film, and R<NUM> is an optical path difference between o light and e light occurring after birefringence of incident light of a central wavelength (e.g., green light of <NUM>) by the quarter-wave phase retardation film. As shown in <FIG> is a curve graph of wavelength dispersion of three different polarization conversion film materials, wherein optical path difference ratios R/R<NUM> of a polarization conversion film material a and a polarization conversion film material b which have inverse wavelength dispersion, increases as the wavelength of the incident light increases, and an optical path difference ratio R/R<NUM> of a polarization conversion film material c which has positive wavelength dispersion, decreases as the wavelength of the incident light increases.

If the quarter-wave phase retardation film has positive wavelength dispersion, then after external ambient light is incident into the display substrate from the polarization layer and is emitted after passing through the polarization conversion layer, because a central wavelength (e.g., <NUM>) of the quarter-wave phase retardation film is green light, emitted light of the green light is approximately circularly polarized light, while emitted light of each of the red light and the blue light is elliptically polarized light, as shown in <FIG> is a schematic diagram showing a light emitting effect after the external ambient light is incident from the polarization layer into the display substrate and emitted from the quarter-wave phase retardation film having positive wavelength dispersion. Thus, after the elliptically polarized light of the red light and the blue light emitted from the polarization conversion layer is reflected off the cathode, then it is still elliptically polarized light after passing through the polarization conversion layer. A portion of the elliptically polarized light will be emitted from the polarization layer when passing through the polarization layer, so that a better anti-reflection effect cannot be achieved. In this embodiment, the quarter-wave phase retardation film has inverse wavelength dispersion, thus after the external ambient light is incident into the display substrate from the polarization layer and is emitted after passing through the polarization conversion layer, the emitted light of each of the red light, blue light and green light is close to circularly polarized light, as shown in <FIG> is a schematic diagram showing a light emitting effect after the external ambient light is incident from the polarization layer into the display substrate and emitted from the quarter-wave phase retardation film having inverse wavelength dispersion. After the circularly polarized light emitted from the polarization conversion layer is reflected off the cathode, it then becomes linearly polarized light after passing through the polarization conversion layer. A polarization direction of the linearly polarized light is perpendicular to a direction of a light transmission axis of the polarization layer, so the linearly polarized light cannot be emitted from the polarization layer, thereby achieving a good anti-reflection effect.

In an example of this embodiment, the quarter-wave phase retardation film can satisfy: <NUM> < RB/R<NUM> < <NUM>, <NUM> < RG/R<NUM> < <NUM>, and <NUM> < RR/R<NUM> < <NUM>,
wherein R<NUM> is an optical path difference between o light and e light occurring after birefringence of incident light of a central wavelength (e.g., green light of <NUM>) by the quarter-wave phase retardation film; RB is an optical path difference between o light and e light occurring after birefringence of the incident blue light by the quarter-wave phase retardation film; RG is an optical path difference between o light and e light occurring after birefringence of incident green light by the quarter-wave phase retardation film; RR is an optical path difference between o light and e light occurring after birefringence of incident red light by the quarter-wave phase retardation film.

In some exemplary embodiments, as shown in <FIG>, the display substrate may further include a half-wave phase retardation film <NUM> disposed between the polarization conversion layer <NUM> and the polarization layer <NUM>. Thus, after the external ambient light is incident from the polarization layer <NUM> into the display substrate and passes through the half-wave phase retardation film <NUM> and the quarter-wave phase retardation film with inverse wavelength dispersion sequentially, the emitted light of the red light, blue light and green light will be closer to circularly polarized light, and then the circularly polarized light will be absorbed after being reflected off the cathode <NUM> and when finally passing through the polarization layer <NUM>, such that the anti-reflection effect can be improved.

Illustratively, the polarization layer <NUM>, the half-wave phase retardation film <NUM> and the polarization conversion layer (quarter-wave phase retardation film) <NUM> satisfy β-2α=<NUM>°, wherein α is an angle between an optical axis of the half-wave phase retardation film <NUM> and the light transmission axis of the polarization layer <NUM>, and β is an angle between an optical axis of the polarization conversion layer <NUM> and the light transmission axis of the polarization layer <NUM>; or α is an angle between the optical axis of the half-wave phase retardation film <NUM> and an absorption axis of the polarization layer <NUM>, and β is an angle between the optical axis of the polarization conversion layer <NUM> and the absorption axis of the polarization layer <NUM>. Thus, it can be ensured that the circularly polarized light can be formed after the external ambient light passes through the polarization layer <NUM>, the half-wave phase retardation film <NUM> and the polarization conversion layer <NUM> sequentially.

In some exemplary embodiments, the quarter-wave phase retardation film and the half-wave phase retardation film may be liquid crystal material layers or high polymer film layers. The liquid crystal material may be discoid liquid crystal or cholesteric liquid crystal material, and may be made into a film by coating.

In some exemplary embodiments, as shown in <FIG>, the encapsulation layer <NUM> includes multiple film layers stacked, and a refractive index of the encapsulation layer <NUM> may increase and decrease alternately along a direction away from the base substrate <NUM>, which facilitates coupling output of the light emitted by the light emitting element <NUM>, the light emitting efficiency of the display substrate is improved, and luminance at a positive viewing angle of the display substrate can also be improved. In addition, the reflection characteristic of the cathode <NUM> can also be improved, which facilitates retrieving the circularly polarized light reflected off the light extraction layer <NUM>, thereby improving the light emitting efficiency of the display substrate.

In an example of this embodiment, a refractive index of one of any two adjacent film layers in the encapsulation layer is <NUM> to <NUM>, and a refractive index of the other of the film layers is <NUM> to <NUM>.

In some exemplary embodiments, the light emitting element includes an anode, a light emitting layer and a cathode stacked sequentially along the direction away from the base substrate. The display substrate further includes a covering layer (CPL) disposed between the cathode and the encapsulation layer (TFE). The encapsulation layer may include a first inorganic encapsulation layer, an organic encapsulation layer and a second inorganic encapsulation layer that are stacked sequentially along the direction away from the base substrate. the first inorganic encapsulation layer may include one or more film layers, wherein a refractive index of the first inorganic encapsulation layer is greater than a refractive index of the organic encapsulation layer in a case that the first inorganic encapsulation layer includes one film layer. A refractive index of a film layer in the first inorganic encapsulation layer close to the organic encapsulation layer is greater than the refractive index of the organic encapsulation layer in a case that the first inorganic encapsulation layer includes multiple film layers.

In an example of this embodiment, a difference between a refractive index of the covering layer and a refractive index of the film layer of the encapsulation layer close to the covering layer may be greater than <NUM>.

In an example of this embodiment, the first inorganic encapsulation layer includes one film layer, wherein the refractive index of the first inorganic encapsulation layer may be greater than the refractive index of the covering layer (the covering layer may be one film layer); or the covering layer may include a first sub-covering layer and a second sub-covering layer which are stacked sequentially along the direction away from the base substrate, wherein a refractive index of the first sub-covering layer is greater than a refractive index of the second sub-covering layer, and a refractive index of the second sub-covering layer is less than the refractive index of the first inorganic encapsulation layer. Illustratively, a material of the covering layer is an aromatic amine-type or azine-type organic material (illustratively, the refractive indexes of the first sub-covering layer and the second sub-covering layer may be adjusted by adjusting differences in molecular structures of the organic materials forming the first sub-covering layer and the second sub-covering layer), a material of the first inorganic encapsulation layer is silicon nitride or silicon oxynitride, a material of the organic encapsulation layer is a resin material, and a material of the second inorganic encapsulation layer is silicon nitride or silicon oxynitride. Illustratively, in a case that the covering layer is one film layer, the refractive index of the covering layer may be <NUM> to <NUM>, or in a case that the covering layer includes the first sub-covering layer and the second sub-covering layer, the refractive index of the first sub-covering layer may be <NUM> to <NUM>, and the refractive index of the second sub-covering layer may be <NUM> to <NUM>. The refractive index of the first inorganic encapsulation layer may be <NUM> to <NUM>, the refractive index of the organic encapsulation layer may be <NUM> to <NUM>, and the refractive index of the second inorganic encapsulation layer may be <NUM> to <NUM>. In this example, a refractive index of a composite structure layer formed by a combination of the covering layer and the encapsulation layer may increase and decrease alternately along the direction away from the base substrate.

In an example of this embodiment, the first inorganic encapsulation layer may include a first sub-inorganic encapsulation layer and a second sub-inorganic encapsulation layer that are stacked sequentially along the direction away from the base substrate, wherein the refractive index of the first sub-inorganic encapsulation layer may be less than the refractive index of the second sub-inorganic encapsulation layer. The refractive index of the covering layer is greater than the refractive index of the first sub-inorganic encapsulation layer. Illustratively, a material of the first sub-inorganic encapsulation layer may be lithium fluoride or silicon dioxide, a material of the second sub-inorganic encapsulation layer may be silicon nitride or silicon oxynitride, a material of the organic encapsulation layer may be a resin material, and a material of the second inorganic encapsulation layer may be silicon nitride or silicon oxynitride. A material of the covering layer may be an aromatic amine-type or azine-type organic material. A thickness of the covering layer is <NUM> to <NUM>, a thickness of the first sub-inorganic encapsulation layer is <NUM> to <NUM>, a thickness of the second sub-inorganic encapsulation layer is <NUM> to <NUM>, a thickness of the organic encapsulation layer is <NUM> to <NUM>, and a thickness of the second inorganic encapsulation layer is <NUM> to <NUM>. For example, the thickness of the covering layer is <NUM> to <NUM>, the thickness of the first sub-inorganic encapsulation layer is <NUM> to <NUM>, the thickness of the second sub-inorganic encapsulation layer is <NUM> to <NUM>, the thickness of the organic encapsulation layer is <NUM> to <NUM>, and the thickness of the second inorganic encapsulation layer is <NUM> to <NUM>. A total transmittance of the composite structure layer formed by the combination of the covering layer and the encapsulation layer to visible light can be no less than <NUM>%. Alternatively, the materials of both the first sub-inorganic encapsulation layer and the second sub-inorganic encapsulation layer may be silicon oxynitride, and the refractive indexes of the first sub-inorganic encapsulation layer and the second sub-inorganic encapsulation layer may be adjusted by adjusting a ratio of nitrogen to oxygen in the silicon oxynitride forming the first sub-inorganic encapsulation layer and the second sub-inorganic encapsulation layer. Illustratively, the refractive index of the covering layer may be <NUM> to <NUM>, the refractive index of the first sub-inorganic encapsulation layer may be <NUM> to <NUM>, the refractive index of the second sub-inorganic encapsulation layer may be <NUM> to <NUM>, the refractive index of the organic encapsulation layer may be <NUM> to <NUM>, and the refractive index of the second inorganic encapsulation layer may be <NUM> to <NUM>. In this example, the refractive index of the composite structure layer formed by the combination of the covering layer and the encapsulation layer may increase and decrease alternately along the direction away from the base substrate.

In some exemplary embodiments, as shown in <FIG>, the encapsulation layer <NUM> may include three or more than three stacked film layers, a difference between a refractive index of at least one of the film layers in the encapsulation layer <NUM> and the refractive index of the connection layer <NUM> is less than or equal to <NUM>, and refractive indexes of at least two of the film layers in the encapsulation layer <NUM> are greater than <NUM>.

Influences of connection layers of different thicknesses on the light transmittance and anti-reflection effect of the display substrate are compared below.

As shown in <FIG> is a curve graph of the transmittance of the display substrate of Embodiment <NUM> and Embodiment <NUM>. Curve A1 is a curve of transmittance of the display substrate of Embodiment <NUM>, and Curve A2 is a curve of transmittance of the display substrate of Embodiment <NUM>. It can be seen that the transmittance of the display substrate of Embodiment <NUM> is significantly improved compared with the transmittance of the display substrate of Embodiment <NUM>, and in addition, in a blue light wavelength range from <NUM> to <NUM>, increase in the transmittance of the display substrate of Embodiment <NUM> is higher than increase in the transmittance of the display substrate of Embodiment <NUM>, which is more conducive to improving the light emitting efficiency of blue light.

As shown in <FIG> is a curve graph of the transmittance of the above film layer structure <NUM> and film layer structure <NUM> to external ambient light. Curve A1 is a curve of transmittance of film layer structure <NUM> to the external ambient light, and Curve A2 is a curve of transmittance of film layer structure <NUM> to the external ambient light. It can be seen that when the external ambient light is incident, obvious interference fringes appear in film layer structure <NUM>, but no obvious interference fringes appear in film layer structure <NUM>, thus film layer structure <NUM> has better anti-reflection effect than film layer structure <NUM>.

In some exemplary embodiments, as shown in <FIG>, the display substrate includes a display region including multiple pixel units arranged in an array, wherein the pixel units includes a red sub-pixel R, a green sub-pixel G and a blue sub-pixel B, and each sub-pixel includes a light emitting element <NUM>. Any one of the encapsulation layer <NUM>, the connection layer <NUM>, the light extraction layer <NUM>, the polarization conversion layer <NUM> and the polarization layer <NUM> of all sub-pixels in the display region is connected together to form an integrated structure and covers the display region.

In some exemplary embodiments, as shown in <FIG>, the display substrate includes a driving circuit layer <NUM>, a light emitting structure layer <NUM>, an encapsulation layer <NUM>, a connection layer <NUM>, a light extraction layer <NUM>, a polarization conversion layer <NUM>, a half-wave phase retardation film <NUM> and a polarization layer <NUM> that are stacked on the base substrate <NUM> sequentially. The driving circuit layer <NUM> includes multiple pixel driving circuits, and the light emitting structure layer <NUM> includes multiple light emitting elements <NUM>, wherein each of the light emitting elements <NUM> is connected to a corresponding one of the pixel driving circuits. The display substrate may include multiple pixel units arranged in an array, wherein each pixel unit may include sub-pixels of multiple colors, multiple sub-pixels of the same color may be referred to as the same kind of sub-pixels, and each sub-pixel includes one light emitting element <NUM>. Illustratively, the light emitting element <NUM> is a top-emission OLED device, and each pixel unit includes sub-pixels of three colors, such as a red sub-pixel R, a green sub-pixel G and a blue sub-pixel B. The light emitting element <NUM> of the sub-pixel of each color emits light of the color displayed by this sub-pixel, for example, the light emitting element <NUM> of the red sub-pixel R (which may be referred to as a red light emitting element) emits red light.

In some exemplary implementations, the base substrate <NUM> may be made of glass, transparent polyimide or other rigid or flexible base materials, and may have a refractive index of <NUM> to <NUM>.

In some exemplary implementations, as illustrated in <FIG>, the driving circuit layer <NUM> may include multiple transistors and a storage capacitor forming a pixel driving circuit. <FIG> is illustrated by taking each pixel driving circuit including one driving transistor <NUM> and one storage capacitor <NUM> as an example. In some implementations, the driving circuit layer <NUM> may include: a first insulating layer disposed on the base substrate <NUM>; an active layer disposed on the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer covering the active layer; a gate electrode and a first capacitor electrode disposed on the second insulating layer; a third insulating layer covering the gate electrode and the first capacitor electrode; a second capacitor electrode disposed on the third insulating layer; a fourth insulating layer covering the second capacitor electrode; via holes being provided in the second insulating layer, the third insulating layer and the fourth insulating layer and exposing the active layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed on the fourth insulating layer, with the source electrode and the drain electrode being respectively connected to the active layer through corresponding via holes; and a planarization layer covering the aforementioned structures, and via holes which expose the drain electrode are provided in the planarization layer. The active layer, the gate electrode, the source electrode and the drain electrode form the driving transistor <NUM>, and the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode form the storage capacitor <NUM>.

In some exemplary implementations, as shown in <FIG>, the light emitting structure layer <NUM> may include an anode <NUM>, a pixel definition layer <NUM>, a cathode <NUM> and an organic functional layer between the anode <NUM> and the cathode <NUM>. The organic functional layer includes at least a light emitting layer (the light emitting layer of the red sub-pixel R is <NUM>, the light emitting layer of the green sub-pixel G is <NUM>, and the light emitting layer of the blue sub-pixel B is <NUM> in the examples of <FIG>). The organic functional layer may further include a hole injection layer <NUM>, a hole transport layer <NUM>, an electron block layer (the electron block layer of the red sub-pixel R is <NUM>, the electron block layer of the green sub-pixel G is <NUM>, and the electron block layer of the blue sub-pixel B is <NUM> in the examples of <FIG>), a hole block layer <NUM>, an electron transport layer <NUM> and an electron injection layer <NUM>. The anode <NUM> is disposed on the planarization layer of the driving circuit layer <NUM>, and is connected to the drain electrode of the driving transistor <NUM> through a via hole provided in the planarization layer. The pixel definition layer <NUM> is disposed at one side of the anode <NUM> facing away from the base substrate <NUM>, and a pixel opening is provided in the pixel definition layer <NUM>. The pixel definition layer <NUM> covers a portion of a surface of the anode <NUM> close to a circumferential edge, and the pixel opening exposes the remaining portion of the surface of the anode <NUM>. Multiple film layers of the organic functional layer and the cathode <NUM> are stacked sequentially on the portion of the surface of the anode <NUM> exposed by the pixel opening. The anode <NUM>, the organic functional layer and the cathode <NUM> of each sub-pixel form an OLED device (light emitting element) which is configured to emit light of a corresponding color under driving of the corresponding pixel driving circuit. The light emitting structure layer <NUM> may further include other film layers, such as spacer pillars disposed on the pixel definition layer <NUM>.

In some exemplary implementations, as shown in <FIG>, the display substrate including the OLED device may be manufactured using the following manufacturing method. First, the driving circuit layer <NUM> is formed on the base substrate through a patterning process. The driving circuit layer <NUM> may include the driving transistor <NUM> and the storage capacitor <NUM> forming the pixel driving circuit. Then, the planarization layer is formed on the base substrate on which the aforementioned structures are formed, and the via hole exposing the drain electrode of the driving transistor <NUM> is formed on the planarization layer. Then, multiple anodes <NUM> are formed through a patterning process on the base substrate on which the aforementioned structures are formed, and the anode <NUM> of each sub-pixel is connected to a drain electrode of a driving transistor <NUM> of the corresponding pixel driving circuit through a via hole in the planarization layer. Then, the pixel definition layer <NUM> is formed through a patterning process on the base substrate on which the aforementioned structures are formed, and the pixel opening exposing the anode <NUM> is formed in the pixel definition layer <NUM> of each sub-pixel, wherein each pixel opening is used as a light emitting region of the corresponding sub-pixel. Then, on the base substrate on which the aforementioned structures are formed, the hole injection layer <NUM> and the hole transport layer <NUM> are coated by evaporation subsequently using an open mask. The hole injection layers <NUM> and the hole transport layers <NUM> are intercommunicated layers, that is, the hole injection layers <NUM> of all the sub-pixels are connected as a whole, and the hole transport layers <NUM> of all the sub-pixels are connected as a whole. The hole injection layers <NUM> and the hole transport layers <NUM> have approximately same area, but different thicknesses. Then, the electron block layer <NUM> and the light emitting layer <NUM> of the red sub-pixel R, the electron block layer <NUM> and the light emitting layer <NUM> of the green sub-pixel G and the electron block layer <NUM> and the light emitting layer <NUM> of the blue sub-pixel B are coated by evaporation respectively in the red sub-pixel R, the green sub-pixel G and the blue sub-pixel B using a fine metal mask. The electron block layers and the light emitting layers of adjacent sub-pixels may overlap slightly with or be isolated from each other. Then, the hole block layer <NUM>, the electron transport layer <NUM>, the electron injection layer <NUM> and the cathode <NUM> are coated by evaporation sequentially using an open mask. The hole block layers <NUM>, the electron transport layers <NUM>, the electron injection layers <NUM> and the cathodes <NUM> are all intercommunicated layers, that is, the hole block layers <NUM> of all the sub-pixels are connected as a whole, the electron transport layers <NUM> of all the sub-pixels are connected as a whole, the electron injection layers <NUM> of all sub-pixels are collected as a whole, and the cathodes <NUM> of all the sub-pixels are collected as a whole. Thereafter, the encapsulation layer <NUM>, the connection layer <NUM>, the light extraction layer <NUM>, the polarization conversion layer <NUM>, the half-wave phase retardation film <NUM> and the polarization layer <NUM> are formed sequentially at one side of the cathode <NUM> facing away from the base substrate <NUM>.

In some exemplary implementations, the light emitting layer may be coated by evaporation in a multi-source co-evaporation manner to form the light emitting layer containing a host material and a dopant material, wherein the dopant material may be a fluorescent luminescent material. A doping concentration of the dopant material may be regulated and controlled by controlling an evaporation rate of the dopant material or by controlling a ratio of an evaporation rate of the host material to that of the dopant material.

In some exemplary implementations, the hole injection layer may be made of at least one of HATCN (<NUM>,<NUM>,<NUM>,<NUM>,<NUM>,<NUM>-hexacyano-<NUM>,<NUM>,<NUM>,<NUM>,<NUM>,<NUM>-hexaazatriphenylene) and CuPc (copper phthalocyanine). The hole injection layer may also be made of a mixture of a hole transport material (host material) and a p-type dopant material, wherein a doping concentration of the p-type dopant material is <NUM>% ~ <NUM>%. For example, a material of the hole injection layer may be a material formed by doping F<NUM>TCNQ (<NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>-tetrafluoro-<NUM>, <NUM> ', <NUM>, <NUM>'-tetracyanoquinodimethane) into NPB (N, N'-bis (<NUM>-naphthyl)-N, N'-diphenyl-<NUM>, <NUM>'-biphenyl-<NUM>-<NUM>'-diamine), i.e., NPB: F4TCNQ, or a material formed by doping MoO<NUM> (molybdenum trioxide) into TAPC (<NUM>, <NUM>'-cyclohexylbis [N, N-bis (<NUM>-methylphenyl) aniline]), i.e., TAPC: MoO3. A thickness of the hole injection layer may be <NUM> to <NUM>. The hole injection layer <NUM> may decrease a hole injection potential barrier from the anode and improve a hole injection efficiency.

Illustratively, a material of the hole transport layer may be a carbazole-type material or the like with higher hole mobility. The highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy level of the hole transport layer may be between -<NUM>. 2eV and -<NUM>. A thickness of the electron transport layer may be <NUM> to <NUM>. A function of the hole transport layer is to improve the hole transport rate, and also to decrease the hole injection potential barrier and improve the hole injection efficiency.

Illustratively, a main function of the electron block layer is to transfer holes and block electrons as well as excitons generated in the light emitting layer. A material of the electron block layer may be a carbazole-type material or the like. The electron block layer of the sub-pixel of each color may be manufactured using an evaporation process individually, and a thickness of the electron block layer of the blue sub-pixel may be <NUM> to <NUM>. A thickness of the electron block layer of the red sub-pixel may be <NUM> to <NUM>. A thickness of the electron block layer of the green sub-pixel may be <NUM> to <NUM>.

Illustratively, the light emitting layer may include a host material responsible for charge transport and a guest material responsible for emitting light, and the color of emitted light and spectral characteristics of the light emitting layer are mainly determined by the guest material. Alternatively, the material of the light emitting layer may be a delayed fluorescence material system, and the material of the light emitting layer may also include a sensitizer having delayed fluorescence characteristics. The light emitting layer of the sub-pixel of each color can be manufactured using an evaporation process individually. A thickness of the light emitting layer of the blue sub-pixel may be <NUM> to <NUM>. A thickness of the light emitting layer of the red sub-pixel may be <NUM> to <NUM>. A thickness of the light emitting layer of the green sub-pixel may be <NUM> to <NUM>.

Illustratively, a material of the hole block layer may be a derivative such as azine, imidazole, etc. A main function of the hole block layer is to transfer electrons and prevent holes and excitons generated in the light emitting layer from migrating towards one side at which the cathode is located. The thickness of the hole block layer may be <NUM> to <NUM>.

Illustratively, the electron transport layer may be manufactured by mixing a thiophene-type, imidazole-type or azine-type derivative with quinoline lithium, wherein a proportion of the quinoline lithium may be <NUM>% to <NUM>%. The thickness of the electron transport layer may be <NUM> to <NUM>.

Illustratively, a material of the electron injection layer may be <NUM>-hydroxyquinoline lithium (Liq), lithium fluoride (LiF), lithium (Li), ytterbium (Yb), magnesium (Mg) or calcium (Ca). The thickness of the electron injection layer may be <NUM> to <NUM>. The electron injection layer <NUM> may decrease the electron injection potential barrier and improve the electron injection efficiency.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a display device, which includes the display substrate according to any one of the previous embodiments. The display device may be any product or component with a display function, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a television, a display, a laptop computer, a digital photo frame, a navigator, etc..

Sometimes for the sake of clarity, a size of a constituent element, a thickness of a layer or a region in the drawings may be exaggerated. Therefore, one implementation of the present disclosure is not necessarily limited to the size, and the shape and size of each component in the drawings do not reflect actual scales. In addition, the drawings schematically illustrate some examples, and one implementation of the present disclosure is not limited to the shapes or numerical values shown in the drawings.

In the description herein, "parallel" refers to a state in which an angle formed by two straight lines is greater than -<NUM>° and less than <NUM>°, and thus also includes a state in which the angle is greater than -<NUM>° and less than <NUM>°. In addition, "vertical" refers to a state in which an angle formed by two straight lines is greater than <NUM>° and less than <NUM>°, and thus also includes a state in which the angle is greater than <NUM>° and less than <NUM>°.

In the description herein, orientation or position relationships indicated by the terms such as "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "top", "inside", "outside", "axial", "tetragonal" and the like are orientation or position relationships shown in the drawings, and are intended to facilitate description of the embodiments of the present disclosure and simplification of the description, but not to indicate or imply that the mentioned structure has a specific orientation or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, therefore, they should not be understood as limitations on the present disclosure.

Claim 1:
A display substrate, which comprises a light emitting element (<NUM>) disposed on a base substrate (<NUM>), and an encapsulation layer (<NUM>), a connection layer (<NUM>), a light extraction layer (<NUM>), a polarization conversion layer (<NUM>) and a polarization layer (<NUM>) which are stacked sequentially at a light exiting side of the light emitting element (<NUM>),
wherein the light extraction layer (<NUM>) is configured to convert at least a portion of light which is emitted by the light emitting element (<NUM>) and incident onto the light extraction layer (<NUM>) into circularly polarized light with a set rotational direction to pass through the light extraction layer (<NUM>);
the polarization conversion layer (<NUM>) is configured to convert the circularly polarized light passing through the light extraction layer (<NUM>) into linearly polarized light, wherein a polarization direction of the linearly polarized light is parallel to a direction of a light transmission axis of the polarization layer (<NUM>); and
the connection layer (<NUM>) is configured to bond the light extraction layer (<NUM>) to the encapsulation layer (<NUM>), a thickness of the connection layer (<NUM>) is greater than <NUM> times of a thickness of the light extraction layer (<NUM>), and characterized in that a difference between a refractive index of the connection layer (<NUM>) and a refractive index of a film layer of the encapsulation layer (<NUM>) close to the connection layer (<NUM>) is greater than <NUM>.