Method for manufacturing an electrochromic display device and an electrochromic display device having through-hole in display electrode

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9389480-B2
Application number	US-201313853136-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 29, 2013
Priority date	Mar 30, 2012
Publication date	Jul 12, 2016
Grant date	Jul 12, 2016

Abstract

A method for manufacturing an electrochromic display device can include a step of applying and attaching a fine particle with a predetermined particle diameter to a display substrate, a step of film-forming a transparent electrically conductive film after the fine particle is applied thereto, a step of removing the fine particle to remove a transparent electrically conductive film attached to a surface of the fine particle and to form a display electrode having a fine through-hole at a position at which the fine particle has been attached thereto, and a step of forming an electrochromic layer on the display electrode.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing an electrochromic display device, comprising:
a step of forming one display electrode on a display substrate;
a step of forming one electrochromic layer on the one display electrode;
a step of forming an insulating layer on the one electrochromic layer;
a step of applying and attaching a fine particle with a predetermined particle diameter to the insulating layer;
a step of film-forming a transparent electrically conductive film after the fine particle is applied thereto;
a step of removing the fine particle to remove a transparent electrically conductive film attached to a surface of the fine particle and to form an other display electrode having a fine through-hole at a position at which the fine particle has attached thereto;
a step of forming an other electrochromic layer on the other display electrode; and
a step of opposing an opposed substrate on which an opposed electrode is formed to the display substrate on which the other electrochromic layer is formed, via an electrolyte solution and bonding the other electrochromic layer and the opposed electrode.

2. The method for manufacturing an electrochromic display device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of the insulating films, the other display electrodes, and the other electrochromic layers,
wherein the plurality of the insulating films, the other display electrodes, and the other electrochromic layers are formed by sequentially and repeatedly conducting the step of forming an insulating layer, the step of applying and attaching a fine particle, the step of film-forming a transparent electrically conductive film, the step of forming an other display electrode, and the step of forming an other electrochromic layer.

3. The method for manufacturing an electrochromic display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an average particle diameter of the fine particle is a value greater than a film thickness of a transparent electrically conductive film forming the other display electrode and less than or equal to a film thickness of the other electrochromic layer.

4. A method for manufacturing an electrochromic display device, comprising:
a step of applying and attaching a fine particle with a predetermined particle diameter to a display substrate;
a step of film-forming a transparent electrically conductive film after the fine particle is applied thereto;
a step of removing the fine particle to remove a transparent electrically conductive film attached to a surface of the fine particle and to form a display electrode having a fine through-hole at a position at which the fine particle has been attached thereto; and
a step of forming an electrochromic layer on the display electrode.

5. The method for manufacturing an electrochromic display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fine particle is spherical.

6. The method for manufacturing an electrochromic display device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the fine particle is spherical.

7. The method for manufacturing an electrochromic display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fine particle is formed of a material including silicon oxide.

8. The method for manufacturing an electrochromic display device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the fine particle is formed of a material including silicon oxide.

9. The method for manufacturing an electrochromic display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an average particle diameter of the fine particle is 200 nm<CM≦1 μm, where CM is an average particle diameter of the fine particle.

10. The method for manufacturing an electrochromic display device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein an average particle diameter of the fine particle is 200 nm<CM≦1 μm, where CM is an average particle diameter of the fine particle.

11. The method for manufacturing an electrochromic display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein removal of the fine particle is conducted by using ultrasonic vibration.

12. The method for manufacturing an electrochromic display device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein removal of the fine particle is conducted by using ultrasonic vibration.

13. An electrochromic display device, comprising:
a display substrate;
an opposed substrate arranged to oppose the display substrate;
one display electrode formed on a face of the display substrate at a side at which the opposed substrate is provided;
one electrochromic layer formed on the one display electrode;
an insulating layer formed on the one electrochromic layer;
an other display electrode formed on the insulating layer;
an other electrochromic layer formed on the other display electrode;
an opposed electrode formed on a face of the opposed substrate which opposes a face of the display substrate on which the other electrochromic layer is formed; and
an electrolyte solution provided between the display substrate and the opposed substrate, wherein
the other display electrode is provided with a fine through-hole through which an ion in the electrolyte solution passes, and
layers contacting both respective faces of the other display electrode, contact each other in the fine through-hole.

14. The electrochromic display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the fine through-hole includes a circular shape.

15. The electrochromic display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein a diameter of the fine through-hole is 0.01 μm to 100 μm.

16. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein layers contacting respective faces of the other display electrode contact each other in the fine through-hole.

17. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein layers contacting respective faces of the display electrode contact each other in the fine through-hole.

Assignees

• Naijo Yoshihisa
• Yashiro Tohru
• Hirano Shigenobu
• Okada Yoshinori
• Kim Sukchan
• Fujimura Koh
• Takahashi Hiroyuki
• Tsuji Kazuaki
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Naijo Yoshihisa
• Yashiro Tohru
• Hirano Shigenobu
• Okada Yoshinori
• Kim Sukchan
• Fujimura Koh
• Takahashi Hiroyuki
• Tsuji Kazuaki

Classifications

• Y10T29/49117

  Conductor or circuit manufacturing · CPC title

• G02F1/155 Primary

  Electrodes · CPC title