Display substrate and fabricating method thereof, and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9696594-B2
Application number	US-201414570109-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 15, 2014
Priority date	Aug 28, 2014
Publication date	Jul 4, 2017
Grant date	Jul 4, 2017

Abstract

The invention discloses a display substrate, a fabricating method thereof and a display device. The display substrate comprises a base substrate, a black matrix, a main photo spacer and a sub photo spacer. The black matrix is located above the base substrate. The cover layer is located above the black matrix. The main photo spacer and the sub photo spacer are located on the cover layer and within a region corresponding to the black matrix. A first recess is provided in a region of the cover layer corresponding to the black matrix. The sub photo spacer is located in the first recess.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display substrate, comprising a base substrate, a black matrix, a cover layer, a main photo spacer and a sub photo spacer, characterized in that the black matrix is located above the base substrate, the cover layer is located above the black matrix, the main photo spacer and the sub photo spacer are located on the cover layer and in a region corresponding to the black matrix, wherein a first recess is provided in a region of the cover layer corresponding to the black matrix, and the sub photo spacer is located in the first recess,
wherein the display substrate further comprises a color matrix pattern above the base substrate, the cover layer is located above the color matrix pattern, a second recess is formed in a portion of the color matrix pattern over the black matrix, the second recess is located under the first recess, and the first recess is formed by a portion of the cover layer in the second recess,
wherein the second recess has a cross section of a rectangle or ladder shape, and the second recess has a bottom, which is a portion of the color matrix pattern, and does not expose a surface of the black matrix adjacent to the second recess, and
wherein a thickness of the cover layer is in a range of 1.5 μm to 2 μm, a thickness of the color matrix pattern is in a range of 1.5 μm to 2 μm, and a height difference between a top of the main photo spacer and a top of the sub photo spacer is 0.6 μm or more.

2. The display substrate of claim 1 , wherein a width of bottom of the first recess is larger than or equal to that of bottom of the sub photo spacer.

3. The display substrate of claim 1 , wherein the main photo spacer has a height equal to that of the sub photo spacer but they are on different planes, the difference being equal to a depth of the first recess.

4. The display substrate of claim 2 , wherein the main photo spacer has a height equal to that of the sub photo spacer but they are on different planes, the difference being equal to a depth of the first recess.

5. A display device, characterized by comprising the display substrate of claim 1 and an opposite substrate arranged opposite to the display substrate.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein a width of bottom of the first recess is larger than or equal to that of bottom of the sub photo spacer.

7. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the main photo spacer has a height equal to that of the sub photo spacer but they are on different planes, the difference being equal to a depth of the first recess.

8. A fabricating method of display substrate, characterized by comprising steps:
forming a black matrix above a base substrate;
forming a color matrix pattern above the base substrate above which the black matrix has been formed so that a second recess is formed in a portion of the color matrix pattern located over the black matrix, wherein the second recess has a cross section of a rectangle or ladder shape, and the second recess has a bottom, which is a portion of the color matrix pattern, and does not expose a surface of the black matrix adjacent to the second recess;
forming, above the color matrix pattern, a cover layer with a first recess which is located in a region of the cover layer corresponding to the black matrix, so that a portion of the cover layer located in the second recess forms the first recess; and
forming a main photo spacer and a sub photo spacer on the cover layer so that the main photo spacer and the sub photo spacer are located in a region corresponding to the black matrix, and the sub photo spacer is located in the first recess,
wherein a thickness of the cover layer is in a range of 1.5 μm to 2 μm, a thickness of the color matrix pattern is in a range of 1.5 μm to 2 μm, and a height difference between a top of the main photo spacer and a top of the sub photo spacer is 0.6 μm or more.

9. The fabricating method of claim 8 , wherein the step of forming above the black matrix the cover layer with the first recess comprises:
forming the cover layer above the black matrix; and
forming the first recess in a region of the cover layer corresponding to the black matrix by a patterning process.

10. The fabricating method of claim 8 , wherein the main photo spacer has a height equal to that of the sub photo spacer but they are on different planes, the difference being equal to a depth of the first recess.

11. The fabricating method of claim 9 , wherein the main photo spacer has a height equal to that of the sub photo spacer but they are on different planes, the difference being equal to a depth of the first recess.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd
• Hefei Boe Optoelectronics Tech

Inventors

• Yin Xiaobin

Classifications

• G02F1/13394 Primary

  spacers regularly patterned on the cell subtrate, e.g. walls, pillars (G02F1/133377 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02F2001/13396

  Physics · mapped topic

• G02F1/13396

  Spacers having different sizes · CPC title

• G02F1/1339 Primary

  Gaskets; Spacers; Sealing of cells · CPC title

• G02F1/133512

  Light shielding layers, e.g. black matrix (G02F1/136209 takes precedence) · CPC title