Display panel and method for manufacturing the same, display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10831045-B2
Application number	US-201715749284-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2017
Priority date	Oct 28, 2016
Publication date	Nov 10, 2020
Grant date	Nov 10, 2020

Abstract

A display panel and a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device, and the display panel includes a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer; a first matrix including a plurality of grooves; and a second matrix, disposed in the grooves of the first matrix; the grooves are shaped so as to enable total reflection of light which is incident incident from the second matrix or the first matrix to an interface between the second matrix and the first matrix, and at least one of the first matrix and the second matrix is configured to change its refractive index in operation according to a change of a voltage difference between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display panel comprising:
a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer, which are disposed to at least partially overlap with each other;
a first matrix comprising a plurality of grooves and disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer; and
a second matrix, disposed in the grooves of the first matrix;
wherein the grooves are shaped so as to enable total reflection of light which is incident at least partially perpendicular to the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer and incident from the second matrix or the first matrix to an interface between the second matrix and the first matrix, at least one of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer is a transparent conductive layer, and
at least one of the first matrix and the second matrix is configured to change a refractive index of the at least one of the first matrix and the second matrix in operation according to a change of a voltage difference between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein
one of the first matrix and the second matrix is made of the first electro-optical material and the other of the first matrix and the second matrix is made of a second electro-optical material, and the first electro-optical material and the second electro-optical material are configured to change refractive indices of the first and the second electro-optical materials in operation according to the change of the voltage difference between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, and the refractive indices of the first and the second electro-optical materials change by different degrees for a same voltage difference.

3. The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the first electro-optical material comprises any one or any combination of lithium niobate, aluminum gallium arsenide, lead lanthanum zirconate titanate, dendrimer, or thiophene multimer; and the second electro-optical material comprises any one or any combination of lithium niobate, aluminum gallium arsenide, lead lanthanum zirconate titanate, dendrimer, or thiophene multimer.

4. The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein
the grooves are disposed on a side of the first matrix closer to the second electrode layer, and a cross-sectional area of each groove is decreased in a direction perpendicular to the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer and from the second electrode layer toward the first electrode layer; or,
the grooves are disposed on a side of the first matrix closer to the first electrode layer, and a cross-sectional area of each groove is decreased in a direction perpendicular to the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer and from the first electrode layer toward the second electrode layer.

5. The display panel according to claim 2 , further comprising a filter layer, wherein the filter layer is disposed on a side of the first matrix and the second matrix, which side is closer to the first electrode layer or closer to the second electrode layer.

6. The display panel according to claim 2 , comprising a plurality of sub-pixel regions arranged in an array, wherein
the first electrode layer includes a plurality of first sub-electrodes each in a block shape, the second electrode layer is a planar electrode, and the first sub-electrodes correspond to the sub-pixel regions in one-to-one correspondence; or
the second electrode layer includes a plurality of second sub-electrodes each in a block shape, the first electrode layer is a planar electrode, and the second sub-electrodes correspond to the sub-pixel regions in one-to-one correspondence; or
the first electrode layer includes a plurality of first sub-electrodes each in a block shape, the second electrode layer includes a plurality of second sub-electrodes each in a block shape, the first sub-electrodes and the second sub-electrodes correspond to the sub-pixel regions in one-to-one correspondence; or
the first electrode layer includes a plurality of strip-shaped first sub-electrodes, the second electrode layer includes a plurality of strip-shaped second sub-electrodes, and each of the first sub-electrodes corresponds to a row of the sub-pixel regions, and each of the second sub-electrodes corresponds to a column of the sub-pixel regions; or
the first electrode layer includes a plurality of strip-shaped first sub-electrodes, the second electrode layer includes a plurality of strip-shaped second sub-electrodes, and each of the first sub-electrodes corresponds to a column of the sub-pixel regions, and each of the second sub-electrodes corresponds to a row of the sub-pixel regions.

7. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein
the grooves are disposed on a side of the first matrix closer to the second electrode layer, and a cross-sectional area of each groove is decreased in a direction perpendicular to the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer and from the second electrode layer toward the first electrode layer; or,
the grooves are disposed on a side of the first matrix closer to the first electrode layer, and a cross-sectional area of each groove is decreased in a direction perpendicular to the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer and from the first electrode layer toward the second electrode layer.

8. The display panel according to claim 7 , wherein shapes of the grooves comprise hemisphere, cone, triangular prism, ellipsoid or partial hemisphere.

9. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising a filter layer, wherein the filter layer is disposed on a side of the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer, which side is closer to the first matrix and the second matrix.

10. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein the filter layer is a black filter layer, and the black filter layer is disposed on a side of the first matrix and the second matrix, which side is closer to the first electrode layer.

11. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein the filter layer is a patterned color filter layer, and the color filter layer is disposed on a side of the first matrix and the second matrix, which side is closer to the first electrode layer or closer to the second electrode layer.

12. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising a voltage control circuit,
wherein the voltage control circuit is connected to the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer and is configured to apply a first voltage to the first electrode layer and a second voltage to the second electrode layer respectively.

13. The display panel according to claim 1 , comprising a plurality of sub-pixel regions arranged in an array, wherein
the first electrode layer includes a plurality of first sub-electrodes each in a block shape, the second electrode layer is a planar electrode, and the first sub-electrodes correspond to the sub-pixel regions in one-to-one correspondence; or
the second electrode layer includes a plurality of second sub-electrodes each in a block shape, the first electrode layer is a planar electrode, and the second sub-electrodes correspond to the sub-pixel regions in one-to-one correspondence; or
the first electrode layer includes a plurality of first sub-electrodes each in a block shape, the second electrode layer includes a plurality of second sub-electrodes each in a block shape, the first sub-electrodes and the second sub-electrodes correspond to the sub-pixel regions in one-to-one correspondence; or
the first electrode layer includes a plurality of strip-shaped first sub-electrodes, the second electrode layer

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liang Pengxia

Classifications

• G02F1/0305 Primary

  Constructional arrangements (G02F1/0327 - G02F1/05 take precedence) · CPC title

• G02F1/136222

  Colour filters incorporated in the active matrix substrate · CPC title

• G02F1/133514

  Colour filters · CPC title

• G02F1/195

  by using frustrated reflection (digital reflection using controlled total internal reflection G02F1/315) · CPC title

• G02F1/134309 Primary

  characterised by their geometrical arrangement · CPC title