Large area mirror display and method of manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017192300-A1
Application number	US-201615236940-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 15, 2016
Priority date	Jan 5, 2016
Publication date	Jul 6, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A mirror display device includes a mirror module and a display module. The mirror module includes a transparent substrate and a plurality of first mirror patterns. The transparent substrate has a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region. The first mirror patterns are disposed on a surface of the transparent substrate in the first region. The display module includes a display part that emits a light and a plurality of second mirror patterns. The display module is combined with the mirror module on the surface of the transparent substrate in the second region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A mirror display device comprising:
a mirror module comprising a transparent substrate and a plurality of first mirror patterns, wherein the transparent substrate has a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region, and the first mirror patterns are disposed on a surface of the transparent substrate in the first region; and a display module comprising a display part that emits a light and a plurality of second mirror patterns, wherein the display module is combined with the mirror module on the surface of the transparent substrate in the second region.

2 . The mirror display device of claim 1 , wherein the mirror module comprises a first mirror layer continuously extending along the first mirror patterns, and
the display module further comprises a second mirror layer continuously extending along the second mirror patterns.

3 . The mirror display device of claim 2 , wherein the display part comprises a light-emitting area and a non-emitting area, and the light-emitting area overlaps an area between the second mirror patterns, and the non-emitting area overlaps a stacked area where the second mirror layer overlaps the second mirror patterns.

4 . The mirror display device of claim 3 , wherein the light-emitting area comprises an organic light-emitting layer or a liquid crystal layer.

5 . The mirror display device of claim 2 , wherein a distance between the first mirror patterns and the surface of the transparent substrate is substantially same as a distance between the second mirror patterns and the surface of the transparent substrate.

6 . The mirror display device of claim 1 , wherein the display module further comprises a base substrate on which the second mirror patterns are disposed, and
the base substrate is disposed between the second mirror patterns and the transparent substrate.

7 . The mirror display device of claim 1 , wherein the display module further comprises a base substrate on which the second mirror patterns are disposed, and
the second mirror patterns are disposed between the base substrate and the transparent substrate.

8 . The mirror display device of claim 2 , wherein the first and second mirror patterns and the first and second mirror layers include a metal.

9 . The mirror display device of claim 2 , wherein the first and second mirror patterns include a first material, and the first and second mirror layers include a second material that is different from the first material.

10 . The mirror display device of claim 1 , wherein the mirror module further comprises a phase compensation layer disposed between the first mirror patterns and the transparent substrate in the first region.

11 . The mirror display device of claim 1 , wherein the mirror module further comprises a recess, in which at least a portion of the display module is disposed, in the second region of the transparent substrate.

12 . A mirror display device comprising:
a mirror module comprising a transparent substrate and a plurality of first mirror patterns disposed on a surface of the transparent substrate in a first region of the transparent substrate; and a display module combined with the transparent substrate in a second region of the transparent substrate that is adjacent to the first region of the transparent substrate and comprising a display part that emits a light.

13 . The mirror display device of claim 12 , wherein the display part comprises:
a plurality of switching elements disposed on a substrate; an insulation structure that covers the switching elements; a first electrode that passes through the insulation structure and is electrically connected to the switching elements; a display layer disposed on the first electrode; and a second electrode disposed on the display layer, and wherein the display module further comprises a thin film encapsulation layer disposed on a surface of the second electrode.

14 . The mirror display device of claim 13 , wherein the display module further comprises a pixel-defining layer disposed on the insulation structure and comprising an opening that exposes the first electrode.

15 . The mirror display device of claim 14 , wherein the thin film encapsulation layer is combined with the transparent substrate in the second region, and
a thickness of the thin film encapsulation layer is less than a distance between a first opening and a second opening that is adjacent to the first opening, of the pixel-defining layer.

16 . The mirror display device of claim 14 , wherein the substrate is combined with the transparent substrate in the second region, and
a thickness of the substrate is less than a distance between a first opening and a second opening that is adjacent to the first opening, of the pixel-defining layer.

17 . A method of manufacturing a mirror display device, the method comprising:
providing a display module comprising a substrate, a mirror substrate, and a display part disposed between the substrate and the mirror substrate; providing a mirror module comprising a transparent substrate, a plurality of first mirror patterns, and a first mirror layer continuously extending along the first mirror patterns, the transparent substrate including a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region, the first mirror patterns being disposed on a surface of the transparent substrate in the first region; and combining the display module with the mirror module such that the display module overlaps the transparent substrate in the first region.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein providing the display module comprises:
forming a plurality of second mirror patterns on a base substrate; and forming a second mirror layer continuously extending along the second mirror patterns.

19 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the mirror module further comprises a phase compensation layer disposed between the first mirror patterns and the transparent substrate in the second region.

20 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the mirror module further comprises a recess, in which at least a portion of the display module is disposed, in the second region of the transparent substrate.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chung Yun-Mo
• Kim Byoungki
• YOON Hojin
• Lee Dae Woo

Classifications

• H10D84/01

  Manufacture or treatment · CPC title

• G02F1/133555 Primary

  Transflectors · CPC title

• H01L27/3246

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5271

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G02F1/1368

  in which the switching element is a three-electrode device {(G02F1/136277 takes precedence)} · CPC title