Electronic paper display screen and manufacturing method therefor, and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12124148-B2
Application number	US-202117772149-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2021
Priority date	Jul 29, 2020
Publication date	Oct 22, 2024
Grant date	Oct 22, 2024

Abstract

An electronic paper display screen and a manufacturing method therefor, and a display device. The electronic paper display screen includes a first electronic paper screen and a second liquid crystal display layer which are stacked; the first electronic paper screen is an electrophoretic electronic paper screen, the second liquid crystal display layer is a cholesteric liquid crystal display screen, and the second liquid crystal display layer includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a control drive circuit; the first substrate is provided with multiple first electrodes arranged in a first direction, and the second substrate is provided with multiple second electrodes arranged in a second direction; and at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate is further provided with multiple metal wires, the metal wires are respectively connected to the control drive circuit and the electrodes of the substrate to which the metal wires belong.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic paper display screen, comprising a first electronic paper screen and a second liquid crystal display layer which are stacked, wherein
the first electronic paper screen is an electrophoretic electronic paper screen and the second liquid crystal display layer is a cholesteric liquid crystal display screen, and the second liquid crystal display layer comprises a first substrate, a second substrate and a control drive circuit;
the first substrate and the second substrate are oppositely provided, a plurality of first electrodes arranged in a first direction are provided on a side of the first substrate facing the second substrate, and a plurality of second electrodes arranged in a second direction are provided on aside of the second substrate facing the first substrate;
the first substrate comprises a first base, a first metal layer provided on the first base, a first passivation layer provided on the first metal layer, and a first electrode layer provided on the first passivation layer;
the second substrate comprises a second base, a second metal layer provided on the second base, a second passivation layer provided on the second metal layer, and a second electrode layer provided on the second passivation layer;
the first metal layer comprises a plurality of first metal wires, the second metal layer comprises a plurality of second metal wires, the first electrode layer comprises the first electrodes, the second electrode layer comprises the second electrodes, the first metal wires are connected to the first electrodes through a third opening in the first passivation layer, and the second metal wires are connected to the second electrodes through a second opening in the second passivation layer;
the first passivation layer is provided with at least one elongated first opening, the first metal wires are integrally overlapped with the first electrodes through the at least one first opening, and an orthographic projection of the first metal wires on the first base comprises an orthographic projection of the at least one first opening on the first base;
the second substrate further comprises a black matrix provided between the second base and the second metal layer, and an orthographic projection of the black matrix on the second base comprises an orthographic projection of the first metal wires on the second base and an orthographic projection of the second metal wires on the second substrate:
the black matrix comprises a plurality of first black matrices arranged along the first direction and a plurality of second black matrices arranged along the second direction, and a width of the first black matrix along the first direction is greater than a width of the second black matrix along the second direction;
the first black matrix comprises a first side and a second side oppositely provided along the first direction, a distance between an orthographic projection of the first side on the first base and an orthographic projection of the first metal wire adjacent to the first side on the first base is greater than or equal to a preset first distance, an orthographic projection of the second side on the first base coincides with an orthographic projection of a boundary of the first electrode adjacent to the second side close to the second side on the first base; and
the second black matrix comprises a third side and a fourth side oppositely provided along the second direction, an orthographic projection of the third side on the first base coincides with an orthographic projection of a boundary of the second electrode adjacent to the third side close to the third side on the first base, and an orthographic projection of the fourth side on the first base coincides with an orthographic projection of a boundary of the second electrode adjacent to the fourth side close to the fourth side on the first base.

2. The electronic paper display screen according to claim 1 , wherein the first passivation layer is provided with at least one of the third opening, a first metal wire is provided with at least one second protrusion, each of the at least one second protrusion is overlapped with a connection point of a first electrode through the at least one of the third opening.

3. The electronic paper display screen according to claim 1 , wherein the second passivation layer is provided with at least one of the second opening, a second metal wire is provided with at least one first protrusion, each of the at least one first protrusion is overlapped with a connection point of a second electrode through the at least one of the second opening.

4. The electronic paper display screen according to claim 1 , wherein the black matrix comprises first black matrices arranged along the first direction and second black matrices arranged along the second direction, a first black matrix comprises at least one first region and at least one second region, a width of a first region along the first direction is greater than a width of a second black matrix along the second direction, at least one third protrusion is provided in the second region along the first direction, and a width of a third protrusion along the second direction is greater than a width of the second black matrix along the second direction.

5. The electronic paper display screen according to claim 1 , further comprising a frame sealing glue, a support retaining wall, first bistable cholesteric liquid crystal and second bistable cholesteric liquid crystal provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the support retaining wall is in a bend line shape, one side of the support retaining wall and the frame sealing glue form a first accommodating space, the other side of the support retaining wall and the frame sealing glue form a second accommodating space, two adjacent first electrodes are respectively located in the first accommodating space and the second accommodating space, the first accommodating space is filled with the first bistable cholesteric liquid crystal, and the second accommodating space is filled with the second bistable cholesteric liquid crystal.

6. The electronic paper display screen according to claim 1 , further comprising a frame sealing glue, a support retaining wall and third bistable cholesteric liquid crystal provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the frame sealing glue between the first substrate and the second substrate forms a third accommodating space filled with the third bistable cholesteric liquid crystal, and an orthographic projection of the black matrix on the first substrate is overlapped with an orthographic projection of the support retaining wall on the first substrate.

7. The electronic paper display screen according to claim 6 , further comprising a third liquid crystal display layer provided on a side of the second liquid crystal display layer away from the first electronic paper screen, wherein the third liquid crystal display layer comprises a third substrate, a fourth substrate, and a frame sealing glue, a support retaining wall and fourth bistable cholesteric liquid crystal provided between the third substrate and the fourth substrate, the frame sealing glue between the third substrate and the fourth substrate forms a fourth accommodating space, and the fourth accommodating space is filled with the fourth bistable cholesteric liquid crystal.

8. The electronic paper display screen according to claim 7 , wherein a plurality of support retaining walls are provided between the first substrate and the second substrate and a plurality of support retaining walls are provided between the third substrate and the fourth substrate, the plurality of the support retaining walls are provided at intervals, and a shape of t

Assignees

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

Inventors

• Nie Lingfang
• Zhang Yong
• Wang Jian
• Duan Jinshuai
• Yang Zhichao
• Tian Li
• Lin Jian
• Qin Xianglei
• Zhang Limin
• Jin Honggui
• Sun Zepeng
• An Yashuai
• Tang Liangzhen
• Duan Zhilong

Classifications

• G02F1/1391

  Bistable or multi-stable liquid crystal cells (G02F1/141 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02F1/13718

  based on a change of the texture state of a cholesteric liquid crystal · CPC title

• G02F1/136286

  Wiring, e.g. gate line, drain line · CPC title

• G02F1/136209

  Light shielding layers, e.g. black matrix, incorporated in the active matrix substrate, e.g. structurally associated with the switching element · CPC title

• G02F2201/44

  Arrangements combining different electro-active layers, e.g. electrochromic, liquid crystal or electroluminescent layers · CPC title