Photoluminescence display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9239458-B2
Application number	US-201213731533-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 31, 2012
Priority date	Jun 14, 2012
Publication date	Jan 19, 2016
Grant date	Jan 19, 2016

Abstract

A display device includes a light source unit that emits a first light with a first wavelength, an optical filter that converts the first light to a second light, and an optical shutter that transmits or reflects the first light or the second light.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device, comprising:
a light source unit configured to emit a first light at a first wavelength;
an optical filter comprising:
at least one color conversion portion configured to absorb the first light and to emit a second light at a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength; and
a light reflective layer configured to reflect the first light and transmit the second light; and

an optical shutter configured to transmit or block the first light.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first wavelength corresponds to an ultraviolet or a near-ultraviolet wavelength, and the second light has a wavelength corresponding to a visible light wavelength.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the at least one color conversion portion comprises at least one of a quantum dot and phosphor to absorb the first light and to emit the second light.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the at least one color conversion portion comprises a plurality of color conversion portions and the second light emitted from each color conversion portion has at least one of a blue color, a green color, and a red color.

5. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the light reflective layer comprises a multi-layer structure of at least two layers, and each layer of the light reflective layer comprises a different refractive index.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the light reflective layer comprises at least one first layer having a first refractive index and at least one second layer having a second refractive index different from the first refractive index, and the first layer and the second layer are alternately disposed with each other.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the optical shutter is disposed between the light source unit and the optical filter, and the light source unit faces the optical filter.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the light reflective layer is disposed on a first surface opposite to a second surface of the at least one color conversion portion, and the second surface faces the light source unit.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the light reflective layer covers a remaining surface of the color conversion portion other than the second surface of the color conversion portion.

10. The display device of claim 7 , further comprising a reflective plate configured to reflect the first light and the second light, the light source unit being disposed between the reflective plate and the optical shutter, and the reflective plate facing the optical shutter.

11. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the light source unit comprises:
a light source configured to emit the first light; and
a light guide plate configured to guide the first light from the light source to the optical shutter.

12. The display device of claim 11 , further comprising a reflective plate configured to reflect the first light and to transmit or reflect the second light, the light guide plate being disposed between the reflective plate and the optical shutter.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the reflective plate comprises a multi-layer structure of at least three layers, and each layer of the reflective plate comprising different refractive indices.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the reflective plate comprises at least one third layer having a third refractive index and at least one fourth layer having a fourth refractive index different from the third refractive index, and the third layer and the fourth layer are alternately disposed with each other.

15. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the optical shutter comprises an image display layer and an electrode that drives the image display layer.

16. The display device of claim 15 , further comprising a first base substrate and a second base substrate facing the first base substrate, the image display layer and the optical filter being disposed between the second base substrate and the first base substrate.

17. The display device of claim 16 , wherein the electrode is disposed between the first base substrate and the image display layer or between the image display layer and the optical filter, and the electrode comprises a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode being spaced apart from each other and configured to apply an electric field to the image display layer.

18. The display device of claim 16 , further comprising a third base substrate disposed between the image display layer and the optical filter.

19. The display device of claim 18 , wherein the electrode is disposed between a the first base substrate and the image display layer and/or between the image display layer and the third base substrate, and the electrode comprises a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode being spaced apart from each other and configured to apply an electric field to the image display layer.

20. The display device of claim 16 , wherein the at least one color conversion portion comprises an insulating layer disposed on the second base substrate, the insulating layer, a surface of the second base substrate, and a color conversion portion defining a space for a micro-cavity.

21. The display device of claim 20 , wherein the light reflective layer is disposed on a surface of the second base substrate.

22. The display device of claim 20 , wherein the light reflective layer covers the insulating layer.

23. The display device of claim 20 , wherein the optical shutter comprises a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, the at least one color conversion portion comprising a plurality of the color conversion portions corresponding to the pixels.

24. The display device of claim 23 , wherein the second light from each of the color conversion portions has at least one of a blue color, a green color, a red color, and a white color.

25. The display device of claim 23 , wherein each of the color conversion portions corresponds to at least two pixels.

26. The display device of claim 20 , wherein the insulating layer comprises a multi-layer structure of at least three layers, each layer of the insulating layer comprising different refractive indices to transmit the second light and reflect the first light.

27. The display device of claim 15 , wherein the image display layer comprises a liquid crystal layer, an electrowetting layer, or an electrophoretic layer.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yoon Seon-Tae
• Kang Jong Hyuk
• Park Jae Byung
• Sim Mun-Ki
• Kim Dae Hyun
• Nam Minki
• Park Haeil
• Lee Dong-Hoon
• Cho Hyun Min

Classifications

• Y10S977/774

  Exhibiting three-dimensional carrier confinement, e.g. quantum dots · CPC title

• G02F1/133617

  Illumination with ultraviolet light; Luminescent elements or materials associated to the cell · CPC title

• G02B26/02 Primary

  for controlling the intensity of light {(G02B26/004 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• G02B5/22

  Absorbing filters {(G02B5/201 - G02B5/208 take precedence)} · CPC title

• B82Y20/00

  Nanooptics, e.g. quantum optics or photonic crystals · CPC title