Color conversion substrate, display device including the same, and method of manufacturing color conversion substrate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12563941-B2
Application number	US-202318095218-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 10, 2023
Priority date	Jun 16, 2022
Publication date	Feb 24, 2026
Grant date	Feb 24, 2026

Abstract

A color conversion substrate includes a base substrate, a color filter layer on the base substrate, a low refractive index layer on the color filter layer, a capping layer on the low refractive index layer, where the capping layer includes a first capping film including silicon oxynitride (SiOxNy) having a nitrogen content in a range of about 10 at % to about 35 at %, a bank on the capping layer, where an opening defining a plurality of pixels is defined in the bank, and a color conversion layer on the capping layer in the opening.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A color conversion substrate comprising:
a base substrate; a color filter layer on the base substrate; a low refractive index layer on the color filter layer; a capping layer on the low refractive index layer, wherein the capping layer includes a first capping film including silicon oxynitride (SiOxNy) having a nitrogen content in a range of about 10 at % to about 35 at % and a capping structure on the first capping film and including a material different from a material of the first capping film; a bank on the capping layer, wherein an opening defining a plurality of pixels is defined in the bank; and a color conversion layer on the capping layer in the opening, wherein the first capping film contacts the low refractive index layer and the capping structure contacts the bank.

2 . The color conversion substrate of claim 1 , wherein a silicon content included in the silicon oxynitride included in the first capping film is in a range of about 40 at % to about 50 at %.

3 . The color conversion substrate of claim 1 , wherein an oxygen content included in the silicon oxynitride included in the first capping film is in a range of about 20 at % to about 50 at %.

4 . The color conversion substrate of claim 2 , wherein a thickness of the first capping film is in a range of about 2000 Å to about 5000 Å.

5 . The color conversion substrate of claim 2 , wherein the capping structure is a second capping film on the first capping film, and the second capping film includes at least one organic film.

6 . The color conversion substrate of claim 5 , wherein a thickness of the capping layer is about 10000 Å or less.

7 . The color conversion substrate of claim 1 , wherein the capping layer covers the low refractive index layer and surrounds a side surface of the low refractive index layer.

8 . The color conversion substrate of claim 7 , wherein the capping layer is in contact with the side surface of the low refractive index layer.

9 . The color conversion substrate of claim 1 , wherein the opening has a shape of one selected from a circle, a triangle, a quadrangle, a pentagon, a hexagon, a heptagon, and an octagon.

10 . The color conversion substrate of claim 1 , wherein a side surface of the bank defining the opening is inclined at a taper angle along a thickness direction of the bank.

11 . The color conversion substrate of claim 10 , wherein the taper angle, which is an angle between an upper surface of the base substrate and the side surface of the bank, is about 90 degrees or less.

12 . The color conversion substrate of claim 1 , further comprising:
a protective layer disposed on the color conversion layer.

13 . The color conversion substrate of claim 12 , wherein
the protective layer includes silicon oxynitride (SiOxNy), a nitrogen content included in the silicon oxynitride is in a range of about 10 at % to about 35 at %, a silicon content included in the silicon oxynitride is in a range of about 40 at % to about 50 at %, and an oxygen content included in the silicon oxynitride is in a range of about 20 at % to about 50 at %.

14 . The color conversion substrate of claim 1 , wherein
the capping structure is a second portion of the first capping film which contacts the bank and is disposed on a first portion of the first capping film which contacts the low refractive index layer, and an oxygen content included in the second portion is greater than an oxygen content included in the first portion.

15 . The color conversion substrate of claim 14 , wherein
a nitrogen content included in silicon oxynitride included in the second portion is in a range of about 0.2 at % to about 5 at %, a silicon content included in the silicon oxynitride is in a range of about 30 at % to about 40 at %, and an oxygen content included in the silicon oxynitride is in a range of about 50 at % to about 70 at %.

16 . A display device comprising:
a first base substrate; a second base substrate which faces the first base substrate; a sealing member between the first base substrate and the second base substrate; a color filter layer under the first base substrate; a bank under the color filter layer, wherein an opening defining a plurality of pixels is defined in the bank; a plurality of light emitting diodes on the second base substrate, wherein the plurality of light emitting diodes overlaps the plurality of pixels, respectively; a color conversion layer on the plurality of light emitting diodes in the opening; a low refractive index layer under the color filter layer, and on the color conversion layer and the bank; and a capping layer under the low refractive index layer, and on the color conversion layer and the bank, wherein the capping layer includes a first capping film including silicon oxynitride (SiOxNy) having a nitrogen content in a range of about 10 at % to about 35 at % and a capping structure under the first capping film and including a material different from a material of the first capping film, wherein the first capping film contacts the low refractive index layer and the capping structure contacts the bank.

17 . The display device of claim 16 , wherein a silicon content included in the silicon oxynitride included in the first capping film is in a range of about 40 at % to about 50 at %.

18 . The display device of claim 16 , wherein an oxygen content included in the silicon oxynitride included in the first capping film is in a range of about 20 at % to about 50 at %.

19 . The display device of claim 16 , wherein the sealing member is disposed under the color filter layer and the capping layer, and overlaps the color filter layer and the capping layer.

20 . The display device of claim 19 , wherein the capping layer surrounds a side surface of the low refractive index layer.

21 . A method of manufacturing a color conversion substrate, the method comprising:
providing a color filter layer on a base substrate; providing a low refractive index layer on the color filter layer; providing a capping layer including a first capping film including silicon oxynitride (SiOxNy) having a nitrogen content in a range of about 10 at % to about 35 at % and a capping structure on the first capping film and including a material different from a material of the first capping film on the low refractive index layer; providing a bank on the capping layer; forming an opening defining a plurality of pixels by patterning the bank; and providing a color conversion layer on the capping layer in the opening, wherein the first capping film contacts the low refractive index layer and the capping structure contacts the bank.

22 . The method of claim 21 , wherein a silicon content included in the silicon oxynitride included in the capping layer is in a range of about 40 at % to about 50 at %.

23 . The method of claim 21 , wherein an oxygen content included in the silicon oxynitride included in the capping layer is in a range of about 20 at % to about 50 at %.

24 . The method of claim 21 , wherein the providing the capping layer includes performing a deposition process.

25 . The method of claim 24 , wherein a process gas of the deposition process includes hydrogen (H 2 ) gas, silane (SiH 4 ) gas, ammonia (NH 3 ) gas, nitrous oxide (N 2 O) gas, or nitrogen (N 2 ) gas.

26 . The method of claim 21 , wherein when the opening is formed by patte

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Ran
• Kim Kihyun
• Park Younggil

Classifications

• G02F1/1303

  Apparatus specially adapted to the manufacture of LCDs · CPC title

• G02F1/133302

  Rigid substrates, e.g. inorganic substrates · CPC title

• G02F1/133305

  Flexible substrates, e.g. plastics, organic film · CPC title

• G02F1/133514

  Colour filters · CPC title

• H10K50/844

  Encapsulations · CPC title