Liquid crystal grating and fabrication method thereof, and naked eye 3D display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10324338-B2
Application number	US-201514908298-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 16, 2015
Priority date	Dec 16, 2014
Publication date	Jun 18, 2019
Grant date	Jun 18, 2019

Abstract

A liquid crystal grating and a fabrication method thereof, and a display device are provided. The liquid crystal grating comprises a first substrate (1) and a second substrate (2) provided opposite to each other, and a liquid crystal layer (7); a plate-shaped transparent substrate (3) is provided on the first substrate (1), and a second transparent conductive layer (4), a transparent insulating layer (5) and a first transparent conductive layer (6) are sequentially provided on the second substrate (2); the first transparent conductive layer (6) includes first strip-shaped transparent electrodes (61) and second strip-shaped transparent electrodes (62) which are alternately provided, and there is a gap between the first strip-shaped transparent electrode (61) and the second strip-shaped transparent electrode (62) adjacent to each other; and the second transparent conductive layer (4) includes third strip-shaped transparent electrodes (41) provided at intervals.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A liquid crystal grating, comprising a first substrate and a second substrate provided opposite to each other and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, a plate-shaped transparent electrode being provided on the first substrate, wherein,
a second transparent conductive layer, a transparent insulating layer and a first transparent conductive layer are sequentially provided on the second substrate;
the first transparent conductive layer includes first strip-shaped transparent electrodes and second strip-shaped transparent electrodes which are alternately provided, and there is a gap between the first strip-shaped transparent electrode and the second strip-shaped transparent electrode adjacent to each other;
the second transparent conductive layer includes third strip-shaped transparent electrodes provided at intervals;
one second strip-shaped transparent electrode is provided between every two immediately adjacent first strip-shaped transparent electrodes, and one first strip-shaped transparent electrode is provided between every two immediately adjacent second strip-shaped transparent electrodes; and
only one third strip-shaped transparent electrode is provided between orthographic projections of every two immediately adjacent second strip-shaped transparent electrodes on the second transparent conductive layer, and only one second strip-shaped transparent electrode is provided between orthographic projections of every two immediately adjacent third strip-shaped transparent electrodes on the first transparent conductive layer.

2. The liquid crystal grating according to claim 1 , wherein, the third strip-shaped transparent electrode is provided at an edge of the first strip-shaped transparent electrode.

3. The liquid crystal grating according to claim 1 , wherein, a projection of the third strip-shaped transparent electrode on the second substrate overlaps with a projection of the first strip-shaped transparent electrode on the second substrate.

4. The liquid crystal grating according to claim 1 , wherein, a voltage of the second strip-shaped transparent electrode and a voltage of the third strip-shaped transparent electrode are same as a voltage of the plate-shaped transparent electrode and are different from a voltage of the first strip-shaped transparent electrode.

5. The liquid crystal grating according to claim 1 , wherein, a side of the third strip-shaped transparent electrode overlaps with a side of one of the first strip-shaped transparent electrodes, and the other side of the third strip-shaped transparent electrode at most extends to an edge of a next first strip-shaped transparent electrode next to the one of the first strip-shaped transparent electrodes.

6. The liquid crystal grating according to claim 5 , wherein, the other side of the third strip-shaped transparent electrode extends to a position between the one of the first strip-shaped transparent electrodes and the second strip-shaped transparent electrode adjacent to the one of the first strip-shaped transparent electrodes.

7. The liquid crystal grating according to claim 6 , wherein, the first strip-shaped transparent electrode has a width of 419.32 μm, and the second strip-shaped transparent electrode has a width of 84.83 μm.

8. The liquid crystal grating according to claim 7 , wherein, the third strip-shaped transparent electrode has a width of 3 μm, and an overlapping width between the third strip-shaped transparent electrode and the one of the first strip-shaped transparent electrodes is 1.15 μm.

9. The liquid crystal grating according to claim 1 , wherein, a side of the third strip-shaped transparent electrode is provided at an edge of one of the first strip-shaped transparent electrodes, and the other side of the third strip-shaped transparent electrode at most extends to an edge of a next first strip-shaped transparent electrode next to the one of the first strip-shaped transparent electrodes.

10. The liquid crystal grating according to claim 1 , wherein, there is a gap between a side of the third strip-shaped transparent electrode and an edge of one of the first strip-shaped transparent electrodes, and the other side of the third strip-shaped transparent electrode at most extends to an edge of a next first strip-shaped transparent electrode next to the one of the first strip-shaped transparent electrodes.

11. The liquid crystal grating according to claim 10 , wherein, the gap has a width less than 1 μm.

12. The liquid crystal grating according to claim 1 , wherein, a width of the first strip-shaped transparent electrode is greater than a width of the second strip-shaped transparent electrode and a width the third strip-shaped transparent electrode.

13. A display device, comprising the liquid crystal grating according to claim 1 .

14. A fabrication method of a liquid crystal grating, comprising:
forming a transparent conductive layer on a first substrate, and forming a pattern including a plate-shaped transparent electrode by a patterning process;
forming a second transparent conductive layer on a second substrate, and forming a pattern including third strip-shaped transparent electrodes provided at intervals by a patterning process;
forming a transparent insulating layer on the second substrate where the second transparent conductive layer has been formed;
forming a first transparent conductive layer on the second substrate where the transparent insulating layer has been formed, forming a pattern including first strip-shaped transparent electrodes and second strip-shaped transparent electrodes by a patterning process, the first strip-shaped transparent electrodes and the second strip-shaped transparent electrodes being alternately provided, and there being a gap between the first strip-shaped transparent electrode and the second strip-shaped transparent electrode adjacent to each other; and
dripping off liquid crystal molecules on the first substrate or the second substrate, and bonding the first substrate and the second substrate to form the liquid crystal grating;
wherein one second strip-shaped transparent electrode is provided between every two immediately adjacent first strip-shaped transparent electrodes, and one first strip-shaped transparent electrode is provided between every two immediately adjacent second strip-shaped transparent electrodes; and
only one third strip-shaped transparent electrode is provided between orthographic projections of every two immediately adjacent second strip-shaped transparent electrodes on the second transparent conductive layer, and only one second strip-shaped transparent electrode is provided between orthographic projections of every two immediately adjacent third strip-shaped transparent electrodes on the first transparent conductive layer.

15. The fabrication method of the liquid crystal grating according to claim 14 , wherein, a voltage of the second strip-shaped transparent electrode and a voltage of the third strip-shaped transparent electrode are same as a voltage of the plate-shaped transparent electrode and are different from a voltage of the first strip-shaped transparent electrode.

16. The liquid crystal grating according to claim 1 , wherein an edge of an orthographic projection of each third strip-shaped transparent electrode on the first transparent conductive layer is in direct contact with an edge of adjacent second strip-shaped transparent electrode in a direction along which the first strip-shaped transparent electrodes and the second strip-shaped transparent electrodes are alternately arranged

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd
• Beijing Boe Display Tech Co

Inventors

• Chen Yuqiong

Classifications

• G02B30/27

  involving lenticular arrays · CPC title

• G02F1/1343 Primary

  Electrodes {(reflective electrodes G02F1/133553)} · CPC title

• G02B26/02

  for controlling the intensity of light {(G02B26/004 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• G02F1/134309 Primary

  characterised by their geometrical arrangement · CPC title

• G02F2201/128

  field shaping · CPC title