Display panel and manufacturing method thereof
09684205 ยท 2017-06-20
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
G02F1/133788
PHYSICS
C09K2323/00
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
C09K2323/02
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
G02F1/1337
PHYSICS
International classification
Abstract
A display panel including a first substrate, a pixel array disposed on the first substrate, a first alignment layer covering the pixel array, a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate, a second alignment layer disposed on the second substrate and a display medium disposed between the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer is provided. The first alignment layer has first alignment particles. A number of the first alignment particles each having an area ranged from 250 nm.sup.2 to 1000 nm.sup.2 occupies 40% or less of a total number of the first alignment particles in a unit area. The second alignment layer has second alignment particles. A number of the second alignment particles each having the area ranged from 250 nm.sup.2 to 1000 nm.sup.2 occupies 40% or less of a total number of the second particles in the unit area.
Claims
1. A display panel, comprising: a first substrate; a pixel array, disposed on the first substrate; a first alignment layer, covering the pixel array and having a plurality of first alignment particles, wherein a number of the first alignment particles each having an area ranged from 250 nm.sup.2 to 1000 nm.sup.2 occupies 40% or less of a total number of the first alignment particles in a unit area; a second substrate, disposed opposite the first substrate; a second alignment layer, disposed on the second substrate and having a plurality of second alignment particles, wherein a number of the second alignment particles each having the area ranged from 250 nm.sup.2 to 1000 nm.sup.2 occupies 40% or less of a total number of the second alignment particles in the unit area; a display medium, disposed between the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer.
2. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the number of the first alignment particles each having the area ranged from 250 nm.sup.2 to 1000 nm.sup.2 occupies 20% to 40% of the total number of the first alignment particles in the unit area, and the number of the second alignment particles each having the area ranged from 250 nm.sup.2 to 1000 nm.sup.2 occupies 20% to 40% of the total number of the second alignment particles in the unit area.
3. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein a number of the first alignment particles each having an area ranged from 1000 nm.sup.2 to 2000 nm.sup.2 occupies 15% to 30% of the total number of the first alignment particles in the unit area, and a number of the second alignment particles each having the area ranged from 1000 nm.sup.2 to 2000 nm.sup.2 occupies 15% to 30% of the total number of the second alignment particles in the unit area.
4. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein a number of the first alignment particles each having an area ranged from 2000 nm.sup.2 to 3000 nm.sup.2 occupies 10% to 25% of the total number of the first alignment particles in the unit area, and a number of the second alignment particles each having the area ranged from 2000 nm.sup.2 to 3000 nm.sup.2 occupies 10% to 25% of the total number of the second alignment particles in the unit area.
5. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein a number of the first alignment particles each having an area ranged from 3000 nm.sup.2 to 4000 nm.sup.2 occupies 5% to 15% of the total number of the first alignment particles in the unit area, and a number of the second alignment particles each having the area ranged from 3000 nm.sup.2 to 4000 nm.sup.2 occupies 5% to 15% of the total number of the second alignment particles in the unit area.
6. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein a number of the first alignment particles each having an area equal to or greater than 5000 nm.sup.2 occupies 10% to 25% of the total number of the first alignment particles in the unit area, and a number of the second alignment particles each having the area equal to or greater than 5000 nm.sup.2 occupies 10% to 25% of the total number of the second alignment particles in the unit area.
7. A manufacturing method of the display panel according to claim 1, comprising: forming the pixel array and the first alignment layer on the first substrate; forming the second alignment layer on the second substrate; preparing the display medium composition comprising a positive-type or negative-type liquid crystal material and a reactive monomer capable of conducting a polymerization reaction under an ultraviolet irradiation; assembling the first substrate and the second substrate together, and filling the display medium composition between the first alignment layer of the first substrate and the second alignment layer of the second substrate; conducting a first curing which comprises conducting an irradiation step and applying a first voltage to the pixel array simultaneously; and conducting a second curing which comprises conducting an irradiation step so that the reactive monomer conducts the polymerization reaction to form the plurality of first alignment particles on the first alignment layer and form the plurality of second alignment particles on the second alignment layer.
8. The manufacturing method of display panel according to claim 7, wherein a wavelength of the irradiation step of the first curing ranges from 200 nm to 450 nm, a time of the irradiation step of the first curing ranges from 0 minute to 10 minutes, an irradiation energy of the irradiation step of the first curing ranges from 0 mW/cm.sup.2 to 150 mW/cm.sup.2, and the first voltage applied in the first curing ranges from 0V to 30V.
9. The manufacturing method of display panel according to claim 7, wherein a wavelength of the irradiation step of the second curing ranges from 200 nm to 450 nm, a time of the irradiation step of the second curing ranges from 0 minute to 180 minutes, an irradiation energy of the irradiation step of the second curing ranges from 0 mW/cm.sup.2 to 150 mW/cm.sup.2, and no voltage is applied in the second curing.
10. The manufacturing method of display panel according to claim 7, wherein the display medium composition further comprises an inhibitor, and a percent by weight of the reactive monomer ranges from 0.1% to 1%.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
(1) The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
(6) Reference will now be made in detail to the present preferred embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers are used in the drawings and the description to refer to the same or like parts.
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(8) It should be noted that, appropriate changes can be made to an order of aforesaid steps S110 to S130. For instance, steps S130, S120 and S140 to S160 can be sequentially performed after step S110 is performed; steps S110, S130 and S140 to S160 can be sequentially performed after step S120 is performed; steps S130, S110 and S140 to S160 can be sequentially performed after step S120 is performed; steps S110, S120 and S140 to S160 can be sequentially performed after step S130 is performed; or steps S120, S110 and S140 to S160 can be sequentially performed after step S130 is performed.
(9) The manufacturing method of display panel according to an embodiment of the invention is described below with reference to
(10) In the present embodiment, an alignment liquid may be transferred onto the pixel array A in a manner of roller printing, so as to form the first alignment layer PI1. However, the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the first alignment layer PI1 may also be formed by using a spinning coating method, a PI inkjet method or other suitable methods. A material of the first alignment layer PI1 is, for example, a polymer containing amide bond and/or imide bond, but the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the first alignment layer PI1 may also be other suitable materials.
(11) Subsequently, a second alignment layer PI2 is formed on a second substrate 120. A material of the second substrate 120, a method of forming the second alignment layer PI2 and a material of the second alignment layer PI2 are similar to the material of the first substrate 110, the method of forming the first alignment layer PI1 and the material of the first alignment layer PI1 respectively, which are not repeated hereinafter. Subsequently, a display medium composition MX is prepared. The display medium composition MX at least includes a positive-type or negative-type liquid crystal material LC and a reactive monomer RM capable of conducting a polymerization reaction under an ultraviolet irradiation. The reactive monomer RM at least includes a first photosensitive monomer. In the present embodiment, the reactive monomer RM may selectively include a second photosensitive monomer that is different from the first photosensitive monomer. An absorption wavelength of the first photosensitive monomer may selectively be greater than 300 nm, and the first photosensitive monomer is, for example, at least one of Compound I or Compound II as listed in Table 1 below. An absorption wavelength of the second photosensitive monomer is preferably less than 300 nm, but it is also possible that no specific limitations are made to the absorption wavelength of the second photosensitive monomer 143. The second photosensitive monomer is, for example, Compound III as listed in Table 1 below. However, a type of the reactive monomer of the invention is not limited to the above. In other embodiments, the reactive monomer RM may also be composed of other suitable compositions.
(12) TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Chemical formula Remark Compound I
(13) In the present embodiment, a percent by weight of the reactive monomer RM may be selectively ranged from 0.1% to 1% (e.g., 0.3% or 0.45%, but the invention is not limited thereto) of the display medium composition MX. The percent by weight of the reactive monomer RM may be set to other suitable values based on actual requirements (e.g., an amount of time used in a curing, an irradiation energy in an irradiation step, etc.). In addition, the display medium composition MX may further include an inhibitor IHB. The inhibitor IHB is capable of preventing the reactive monomer RM from conducting the polymerization in advance before the first curing is conducted, so as to improve a stability of the display medium composition MX. A chemical structure formula of the inhibitor IHB is as shown in Table 1 above, but the invention is not limited thereto.
(14) Subsequently, the first substrate 110 and the second substrate 120 are assembled together, and the display medium composition MX is filled between the first alignment layer PH of the first substrate 110 and the second alignment layer PI2 of the second substrate 120. For instance, in the present embodiment, firstly, a sealant may be coated on the first alignment layer PI1 of the first substrate 110, or on the second alignment layer PI2 of the second substrate 120. Then, the display medium composition MX is dropped into a space surrounded by the sealant (not illustrated) and the first alignment layer PI1 or the second alignment layer PI2. Thereafter, in an environment close to vacuum, one of the first and the second substrates 110 and 120 is moved close to another one of the first and the second substrates 110 and 120, so that the first and the second substrates are connected to each other through the sealant in order to seal the display medium composition MX in between the first and the second alignment layers PI1 and PI2 of the first and the second substrates 110 and 120. In brief, the one drop fill (ODF) method may be used fill in the display medium composition MX. However, the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the display medium composition MX may also filled in by using the LC injection or other suitable methods.
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(19) In the present embodiment, the unit area R can refer to a shooting range (e.g., approximately 3.1510.sup.6 nm.sup.2) of a scanning electron microscope (SEM). A method of calculating the number of the first alignment particles p1 for each area range may include: inputting image information captured by the scanning electron microscope in a computer, and analyzing the number of the first alignment particles p1 for each area range by software of the computer, so as to calculate a rate of the number the first alignment particles p1 within the respective area range to the total number of the first alignment particles p1. However, the invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the unit area may also be other suitable sizes, and the rate of the number the first alignment particles p1 within the respective area range to the total number of the first alignment particles p1 may also be calculated by other methods.
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(21) Referring to Table 2 below, a numbering R represents a display panel in a reference example, and the display panel of the reference example is manufactured without using the 2 step curing, and numberings 1 to 4 represent display panels according to various embodiments of the invention which are manufactured by using the 2 step curing. Table 2 lists the percent by weight of the reactive monomer RM before conducting the corresponding curing, the corresponding process conditions in the curing, the rate of the number of the first alignment particles P1 (the second alignment particles P2) to the total number of the first alignment particles p1 (the second alignment particles P2) in the unit area in a resultant display panel and the falling time of the display panel for each of the display panels with the numberings R and 1 to 4.
(22) Referring to Table 2 below, for each of the display panels with the numberings 1 to 4 according to various embodiments of the invention, the number of the first alignment particles p1 each having the area ranged from 250 nm.sup.2 to 1000 nm.sup.2 occupies 40% or less of the total number of the first alignment particles p1 in the unit area R, and the number of the second alignment particles p2 each having the area ranged from 250 nm.sup.2 to 1000 nm.sup.2 occupies 40% or less of the total number of the second alignment particles p2 in the unit area R. For the display panel with the numbering R of the reference example, the number of the first alignment particles p1 each having the area ranged from 250 nm.sup.2 to 1000 nm.sup.2 occupies more than 40% (e.g., 61.6%) of the total number of the first alignment particles p1 in the unit area R, and the number of the second alignment particles p2 each having the area ranged from 250 nm.sup.2 to 1000 nm.sup.2 occupies more than 40% (e.g., 61.6%) of the total number of the second alignment particles p2 in the unit area R. In view of the falling times of the display panels with the numbering R and the numberings 1 to 4, the falling times of the display panels with the numberings 1 to 4 are shorter than the falling time of the display panel with the numbering R. In other words, in the resultant display panel 100, if the number of the first alignment particles p1 each having the area ranged from 250 nm.sup.2 to 1000 nm.sup.2 occupies 40% or less of the total number of the first alignment particles p1 in the unit area R, and the number of the second alignment particles p2 each having the area ranged from 250 nm.sup.2 to 1000 nm.sup.2 occupies 40% or less of the total number of the second alignment particles p2 in the unit area R, the falling time (a time required for the transmittance of the display panel 100 to change from 90% to 10%) of the display panel 100 is significantly shorter.
(23) TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Percen- Rate of the number of the first (or the tage second) alignment particles with the by respective area range to the total weight First curing Second curing number of the first (or the second) of the Voltage Irradi- Irradi- Voltage Irradi- Irradi- alignment particles (%) reactive applied to ation ation applied to ation ation 250 nm.sup.2 1000 nm.sup.2 2000 nm.sup.2 3000 nm.sup.2 greater Falling mono- the pixel energy time the pixel energy time to to to to than time mer (%) array (V) (mW) (sec) array (V) (mW) (sec) 1000 nm.sup.2 2000 nm.sup.2 3000 nm.sup.2 4000 nm.sup.2 4000 nm.sup.2 (ms) R 0.3 15 100 90 0 0 0 61 25.4 7.5 2 3.6 3.88 1 0.3 15 100 15 0 100 75 27.6 26.3 18.4 8.6 19.1 3.50 2 0.3 2.4 4 240 0 4 420 30.6 21.2 17.6 14.1 16.6 3.51 3 0.45 15 100 15 0 100 75 29.1 19.4 20.1 7.5 23.7 3.31 4 0.45 2.7 4 240 0 4 420 28.2 24.5 12.7 9.1 25.4 3.59
(24) In summary, in the resultant display panel manufactured by using the 2 step curing provided in the manufacturing method of display panel according to an embodiment of the invention, the number of the first alignment particles each having the area ranged from 250 nm.sup.2 to 1000 nm.sup.2 occupies 40% or less of the total number of the first alignment particles in the unit area, and the number of the second alignment particles each having the area ranged from 250 nm.sup.2 to 1000 nm.sup.2 occupies 40% or less of the total number of the second alignment particles in the unit area. As a result, the falling time of the display panel is significantly shorter.
(25) Although the present disclosure has been described with reference to the above embodiments, it will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that modifications to the described embodiments may be made without departing from the spirit of the disclosure. Accordingly, the scope of the disclosure will be defined by the attached claims and not by the above detailed descriptions.
(26) It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the present invention without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the present invention cover modifications and variations of this invention provided they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.