Display panel and manufacturing method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10520766-B2
Application number	US-201514983207-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2015
Priority date	Dec 31, 2014
Publication date	Dec 31, 2019
Grant date	Dec 31, 2019

Abstract

A display panel and a manufacturing method therefor are disclosed. The display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, and at least one of a first organic film layer disposed on the first substrate, and a second organic film layer disposed on the second substrate, where at least one of the first organic film layer or the second organic film layer is an polyimide doped with a dichromatic organic dye.

First claim

We claim:

1. A display panel, comprising:
a first substrate;
a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate; and
a first organic film layer disposed on the first substrate, and
a second organic film layer disposed on the second substrate,
wherein each of the first organic film layer and the second organic film layer is an organic film layer of polyimide doped with a dichromatic organic dye, the dichromatic organic dye is orientationally aligned in the first organic film layer and the second organic film layer by being exposed to polarized ultraviolet (UV) light, wherein the first organic film layer is disposed on an inner side of the first substrate, and the second organic film layer is disposed on an inner side of the second substrate,
wherein the display panel is a liquid crystal display panel, the first substrate is a color filter substrate, and the second substrate is an array substrate,
wherein the display panel further comprises:
a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate;
spacers formed between the first substrate and the second substrate;
a frame sealant adhering to the first substrate and the second substrate to form a liquid crystal box together with the first substrate and the second substrate;
a black matrix and color filters, which are disposed on the inner side of the first substrate;
a thin-film transistor layer and a first transparent conductive film, which are disposed on the second substrate, and the thin-film transistor layer and the first transparent conductive film are disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the second substrate;
wherein the first organic film layer is disposed between the liquid crystal layer and a film layer comprising the color filters and the black matrix, and the first organic film layer is directly in contact with the liquid crystal layer; and
wherein the second organic film layer is disposed between the thin-film transistor layer and the first transparent conductive film, and the second organic film layer is directly in contact with the thin-film transistor layer.

2. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the dichromatic organic dye is an organic dye having a dichroic ratio greater than 7.

3. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the first organic film layer forms a first planarization layer, and the second organic film layer forms a second planarization layer.

4. The display panel of claim 3 , wherein the black matrix has a plurality of openings, the color filters are disposed in the openings of the black matrix, respectively; and
the thin-film transistor layer, the second organic film layer, the first transparent conductive film, an insulating layer, and a second transparent conductive film are disposed on the array substrate in sequence in a direction from the array substrate to the color filter substrate, and in the direction from the array substrate to the color filter substrate, the first organic film layer is disposed over the second transparent conductive film, wherein the thin-film transistor layer comprises a gate electrode layer, a gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer and a source-drain metal layer.

5. A method for manufacturing a display panel, wherein the display panel comprises:
a first substrate;
a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate;
a first organic film layer disposed on the first substrate, and
a second organic film layer disposed on the second substrate, wherein each of the first organic film layer and the second organic film layer is an organic film layer of polyimide doped with a dichromatic organic dye, the dichromatic organic dye is orientationally aligned in the first organic film layer and the second organic film layer, wherein the first organic film layer is disposed on an inner side of the first substrate, and the second organic film layer is disposed on an inner side of the second substrate,
wherein the display panel is a liquid crystal display panel, the first substrate is a color filter substrate, and the second substrate is an array substrate,
wherein the display panel further comprises:
a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate;
spacers formed between the first substrate and the second substrate;
a frame sealant adhering to the first substrate and the second substrate to form a liquid crystal box together with the first substrate and the second substrate;
a black matrix and a color filter, which are disposed on the inner side of the first substrate;
a thin-film transistor layer and a first transparent conductive film, which are disposed on the second substrate, and the thin-film transistor layer and the first transparent conductive film are disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the second substrate;
wherein the first organic film layer is disposed between the liquid crystal layer and a film layer comprising the color filters and the black matrix, and the first organic film layer is directly in contact with the liquid crystal layer;
wherein the second organic film layer is disposed between the thin-film transistor layer and the first transparent conductive film, and the second organic film layer is directly in contact with the thin-film transistor layer;
wherein the method comprises:
forming the first substrate;
forming a first organic matter layer on a first surface of the first substrate, wherein a polyimide prepolymer doped with the dichromatic organic dye is mixed in the first organic matter layer;
exposing the first organic matter layer to polarized UV light to form the first organic film layer of polyimide doped with the dichromatic organic dye;
forming the second substrate;
forming a second organic matter layer on a third surface of the second substrate, wherein a polyimide prepolymer doped with the dichromatic organic dye is mixed in the second organic matter layer; and
exposing the second organic matter layer to polarized UV light to form the second organic film layer of polyimide doped with the dichromatic organic dye; thereby forming the display panel.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the dichromatic organic dye is an organic dye having a dichroic ratio greater than 7.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the black matrix layer, the color filter layer and a first planarization layer are formed in sequence on the color filter substrate, wherein the black matrix layer has a plurality of openings, the color filter layer is formed in the openings of the black matrix layer, and the first planarization layer is formed above the color filter layer and the black matrix layer; and
the thin-film transistor layer, a second planarization layer, the first transparent conductive film, an insulating layer and a second transparent conductive film are formed in sequence on the array substrate, wherein the thin-film transistor layer comprises a gate electrode layer, a gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer and a source-drain metal layer.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the second organic film layer is formed on the gate electrode layer, the gate insulating layer, and the source-drain metal layer.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein forming the second organic matter layer, in which the polyimide prepolymer doped with the dichromatic organic dye is mixed, on the third surface of the second substrate comprises:
coating a mixture of an organic matter and the polyimide prepolymer doped with the dichromatic organic dye on the third surface of the second substrate to form the second organic matter layer.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein exposing the second organic matter layer to polarized UV light to form the second organic film layer of the polyimide doped wi

Assignees

• Xiamen Tianma Micro Electronics Co Ltd
• Tianma Micro Electronics Co Ltd
• Tiana Micro Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Long
• Shen Poping
• Han Lei
• Song Qiong

Classifications

• G02F2202/043

  pleochroic · CPC title

• G02F2202/022

  polymeric · CPC title

• G02F1/133528 Primary

  Polarisers · CPC title

• G02F2001/133565

  Physics · mapped topic

• Y10T428/1041

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic