Electrochromic grating and 3D display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9823484-B2
Application number	US-201515126282-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 23, 2015
Priority date	Feb 6, 2015
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a 3D display device. The 3D display device includes a display panel and an electrochromic grating that is located on a light output side of the display panel; wherein the electrochromic grating comprises: a first transparent electrode layer, an electrochromic layer, a solid electrolyte layer and a second transparent electrode layer that are overlapped on a substrate of the display panel in sequence. As the solid electrolyte layer is used replacing the process in prior art that an upper and lower glasses substrates are used to package the electrochromic grating and thus avoiding complex packaging process, the 3D display device can be thinned. Further, as the electrochromic grating is directly formed on the substrate of the display panel, alignment between the electrochromic grating and the sub-pixels in the display panel can be more simple and accurate.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electrochromic grating configured to be disposed at a light output side of a display panel, the electrochromic grating comprising:
a first transparent electrode layer, an electrochromic layer, a solid electrolyte layer and a second transparent electrode layer that are overlapped on a substrate of the display panel in sequence, the solid electrolyte layer having a high ion conductivity and a high transmission and being configured to supply ions to the electrochromic layer.

2. The electrochromic grating as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the solid electrolyte layer is made of at least one solid lithium salt or solid polymer containing lithium.

3. The electrochromic grating as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the solid electrolyte layer is made of solid lithium salt comprising LiNbO 3 and/or LiTaO 3 ; or
the solid electrolyte layer is made of solid polymer containing lithium that comprises PEO-LiCF 3 SO 3 and/or PEO-LiClO 4 —Al 2 O 3 .

4. The electrochromic grating as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electrochromic grating further comprises an electrochromic storage layer arranged between the solid electrolyte layer and the second transparent electrode layer and configured to store ions to balance charge transmission.

5. The electrochromic grating as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the electrochromic storage layer is made of one of TiO 2 , V 2 O 5 , CeO 2 and ZnO, or a combination thereof.

6. The electrochromic grating as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the electrochromic layer and the electrochromic storage layer are configured such that a material of the electrochromic storage layer loses electrons while a material of the electrochromic layer gains electrons, or the material of the electrochromic storage layer gains electrons while the material of the electrochromic layer loses electrons.

7. The electrochromic grating as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein sub-pixels in the display panel are arranged in virtual pixels and classified into a first group of sub-pixels to display a left-eye image and a second group of sub-pixels to display a right-eye image; and
wherein light blocking regions formed by regions in the electrochromic grating where the electrochromic layer is located are in one-to-one correspondence to regions where the first group of sub-pixels or the second group of sub-pixels are located.

8. The electrochromic grating as claimed in claim 7 , wherein two adjacent sub-pixels in the display panel have different colors from each other and the sub-pixels are arranged to be aligned with one another in both a row direction and a column direction.

9. The electrochromic grating as claimed in claim 8 , wherein
the first group of sub-pixels and the second group of sub-pixels are respectively arranged in the column direction and have different colors from each other and the light blocking regions of the electrochromic grating are formed in a pattern constituted by vertical strips; or
the first group of sub-pixels and the second group of sub-pixels are respectively arranged in a diagonal line direction and have the same color and the light blocking regions of the electrochromic grating are formed in a pattern constituted by polygonal line-shaped strips.

10. The electrochromic grating as claimed in claim 7 , wherein two adjacent sub-pixels in the display panel have different colors from each other and sub-pixels in adjacent sub-pixel rows are respectively offset from one another in a column direction by a half of a dimension of one sub-pixel.

11. The electrochromic grating as claimed in claim 10 , wherein
the first group of sub-pixels and the second group of sub-pixels are respectively arranged in a single diagonal line direction and have different colors from each other and the light blocking regions of the electrochromic grating are formed in a pattern constituted by inclined strips; or
the first group of sub-pixels and the second group of sub-pixels are respectively arranged in a diagonal line direction and have different colors from each other and the light blocking regions of the electrochromic grating are formed in a pattern constituted by polygonal line-shaped strips.

12. A 3D display device comprising a display panel and the electrochromic grating as claimed in claim 1 that is located on a light output side of the display panel.

13. The 3D display device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the solid electrolyte layer is made of at least one solid lithium salt or solid polymer containing lithium.

14. The 3D display device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the electrochromic grating further comprises an electrochromic storage layer arranged between the solid electrolyte layer and the second transparent electrode layer and configured to store ions to balance charge transmission.

15. The 3D display device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the electrochromic layer and the electrochromic storage layer are configured such that a material of the electrochromic storage layer loses electrons while a material of the electrochromic layer gains electrons, or the material of the electrochromic storage layer gains electrons while the material of the electrochromic layer loses electrons.

16. The 3D display device as claimed in claim 12 ,
wherein sub-pixels in the display panel are arranged in virtual pixels and classified into a first group of sub-pixels to display a left-eye image and a second group of sub-pixels to display a right-eye image; and
wherein light blocking regions formed by regions in the electrochromic grating where the electrochromic layer is located are in one-to-one correspondence to regions where the first group of sub-pixels or the second group of sub-pixels are located.

17. The 3D display device as claimed in claim 16 , wherein two adjacent sub-pixels in the display panel have different colors from each other and the sub-pixels are arranged to be aligned with one another in both a row direction and a column direction.

18. The 3D display device as claimed in claim 17 , wherein
the first group of sub-pixels and the second group of sub-pixels are respectively arranged in the column direction and have different colors from each other and the light blocking regions of the electrochromic grating are formed in a pattern constituted by vertical strips; or
the first group of sub-pixels and the second group of sub-pixels are respectively arranged in a diagonal line direction and have the same color and the light blocking regions of the electrochromic grating are formed in pattern constituted by polygonal line-shaped strips.

19. The 3D display device as claimed in claim 16 , wherein two adjacent sub-pixels in the display panel have different colors from each other and sub-pixels in adjacent sub-pixel rows are respectively offset from one another in a row direction by a half of a dimension of one sub-pixel.

20. The 3D display device as claimed in claim 19 , wherein
the first group of sub-pixels and the second group of sub-pixels are respectively arranged in a single diagonal line direction and have different colors from each other and the light blocking regions of the electrochromic grating are formed in a pattern constituted by inclined strips; or
the first group of sub-pixels and the second group of sub-pixels are respectively arranged in a diagonal line direction and have different colors from each other and the light blocking regions of the electrochromic grating are formed in a pattern constituted by polygonal line-shaped strips.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd
• Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhao Wenqing
• Dong Xue
• Chen Xi
• Chen Xiaochuan
• Li Changfeng
• Yang Ming
• Wang Haisheng

Classifications

• G02F1/1503

  caused by oxidation-reduction reactions in organic liquid solutions, e.g. viologen solutions · CPC title

• G02F2001/164

  the electrolyte is made of polymers · CPC title

• G02F1/15165

  Polymers · CPC title

• H04N13/324

  Colour aspects · CPC title

• G02F1/1508

  using a solid electrolyte · CPC title