The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and more particularly, to a light-emitting substrate and a manufacturing method thereof.
The main development directions of mini light-emitting diode (Mini-LED, or MLED) technology are backlight and direct display. For whether direct display product or backlight product, the surface of MLED packaging structure is required to be covered with a layer of solder resist ink.
At present, the requirement for the accuracy of coating the solder resist ink in MLED products is getting higher and higher. That is, a distance between the solder resist ink and a pad is necessarily getting smaller and smaller. However, when trying to improve the accuracy of coating the solder resist ink according to the existing ink coating process, the solder resist ink often overflows onto the pad. That is, the surface of the pad is partially or completely covered with the solder resist ink. Moreover, when the solder pad is covered with the solder resist ink, poor soldering or soldering failure often occurs in the subsequent soldering process with LED chips.
A light-emitting substrate and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure, which may avoid poor soldering or soldering failure caused by the overflow of the solder resist ink onto the pad.
In a first aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a manufacturing method of a light-emitting substrate, which includes:
In a second aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a light-emitting substrate, which includes:
The TFT backboard disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure is provided with a pressure sensing transistor. When the first pressure sensing material layer is subject to pressure, the second conductive layer located on one side of the first pressure sensing material layer forms a low potential and the second gate located on the other side of the first pressure sensing material layer forms a high potential, so that the pressure sensing transistor is turned on to generate currents, which converts the pressure signal into the electrical signal. By monitoring the amount of the electrical signal, real-time monitoring of the pressure variation to which the TFT backboard is subjected during the LED transfer process is realized, so as to avoid the short circuit of the internal circuit caused by the excessive pressure to which the TFT backboard is subjected and improve the transfer yield.
To describe the technical solutions in the implementations of the present disclosure or in the existing technologies more clearly, the following briefly describes the accompanying drawings for describing the implementations or the existing technologies. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description merely show some implementations of the present disclosure, and a person of ordinary skill in the art can still derive other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.
In order to completely understand the present disclosure and the beneficial effects thereof, the description is illustrated below with the accompanying drawings. In the following description, the same reference numerals represent the same parts.
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure are clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present disclosure rather than all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts fall within the claim scope of the present disclosure.
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Step 100: a first substrate is provided, the first substrate includes a base plate and a pad assembly, and the pad assembly is mounted on a mounting surface of the base plate.
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Exemplarily, the material of the base plate 11 may be resin, glass, or the like. The material of the first pad 121 and the material of the second pad 122 may both be metals such as copper (Cu).
Step 200: a groove is formed on the mounting surface of the base plate, and the groove is defined on a periphery of the pad assembly.
Exemplarily, “forming a groove 115 on the mounting surface of the base plate 11” may specifically includes: irradiating the mounting surface of the base plate 11 with a laser beam to form the groove 115 on the mounting surface of the base plate 11.
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Exemplarily, the groove 115 may be rectangular on the whole.
Exemplarily, the material of the wire 14 may be a metal such as copper (Cu).
Step 300: a solder resist ink is applied onto the mounting surface of the base plate at a periphery of the groove to form a solder resist ink layer, wherein the solder resist ink layer includes a first ink layer at the periphery of the groove and a second ink layer in the groove.
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It can be understood that the second ink layer 132 may fill the groove 115. That is, a thickness of the second ink layer 132 is equal to a depth of the groove 115 (as shown in
Exemplarily, the solder resist ink may be applied from the periphery of the groove 115 by ink-jet printing or screen printing.
It can be understood that the solder resist ink may include the following functions.
The requirement for reflectivity of the existing LED backlight product is higher and higher. When the LED backlight product is desired to have the reflectivity of the surrounding white solder resist ink layer 13 to reach more than 90%, the distance between the inner edge of the white solder resist ink layer 13 and the outer edge of the pad is less than 50 μm. That is, the white solder resist ink layer 13 is as close as possible to the pad, and covers all areas around the pad as much as possible. However, due to the limitations of the existing ink printing process, the highest accuracy of ink coating is only 75 μm. Once it is less than 75 μm, the overflow of the ink may occur on the surface of the pad (i.e., the solder resist ink overflows onto the pad), resulting in poor soldering or difficult soldering when soldering the pad with the LED chip, which cannot meet the requirements of the existing LED backlight products for the accuracy of ink coating. It can be understood that the higher accuracy of ink coating means the smaller distance between the inner edge of the ink and the outer edge of the pad. The higher the accuracy of ink coating is, the higher the reflectivity of the LED backlight product with the white solder resist ink layer 13, which can meet the specification design requirements of high-level products. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, by forming the groove 115 on the periphery of the pad assembly 12 on the base plate 11, the solder resist ink applied on the periphery of the groove 115 may be drew by the groove 115, so that the ink automatically overflows into the groove 115, thereby forming a second ink layer 132 close to the pad assembly 12. Due to the high manufacturing accuracy of laser processing, the groove 115 may be formed as close to the pad assembly 12 as possible. At present, the distance between the inner edge of the groove 115 and the outer edge of the pad assembly 12 can be made as 5 μm-15 μm. Since the second ink layer 132 is disposed in the groove 115, the inner edge of the groove 115 is equal to the inner edge of the solder resist ink layer 13. That is, the distance between the inner edge of the solder resist ink layer 13 and the outer edge of the pad assembly 12 (the accuracy of ink coating) is made as 5 μm-15 μm. Therefore, the accuracy of ink coating of the LED backlight product is greatly improved, so that the reflectivity of the LED backlight product can be more than 90%. Moreover, since the groove 115 has a great accommodation capacity and can receive the solder resist ink flowing from the applied site towards the pad assembly 12, poor soldering or soldering failure caused by the overflow of the solder resist ink onto the pad assembly 12 may be also avoid.
Moreover, the pitch (the spacing between pixels) of the existing LED direct display product is smaller and smaller, which means that the requirement for the accuracy of the solder resist ink coating become higher and the solder resist ink is getting closer and closer to the pad. When the pitch of the LED direct display product is made less than 0.6 mm, only BM (black matrix) may be used instead since the existing printing process of the black solder resist ink cannot meet the accuracy requirement. In the method of manufacturing the light-emitting substrate disclosed in the embodiment of the present disclosure, by forming the groove 115 on the periphery of the pad assembly 12 on the base plate 11, the distance between the inner edge of the solder resist ink layer 13 and the outer edge of the pad assembly 12 can be greatly reduced (which may be made as 5 μm-15 μm) by the drainage effect of the groove 115 for the solder resist ink and the advantage of high manufacturing process accuracy of the groove 115 itself, so as to realize high accuracy of ink coating. For the LED direct display product with the black solder resist ink layer 13, the contrast of the LED direct display product can be greatly improved, thereby improving the display effect. Moreover, the overflowed solder resist ink can be accommodated in the groove 115, so as to avoid poor soldering or soldering failure caused by the overflow of the solder resist ink onto the pad assembly 12.
Exemplarily, the width W of the groove 115 may be 30 μm-60 μm (e.g., 30 μm, 35 μm, 40 μm, 45 μm, 50 μm, 55 μm, 60 μm, etc.), and the depth h of the groove 115 may be 15 μm-45 μm (e.g., 15 μm, 20 μm, 25 μm, 30 μm, 35 μm, 40 μm, 45 μm, etc.).
Exemplarily, the thickness of the first ink layer 131 may be 15 μm-45 μm (e.g., 15 μm, 20 μm, 25 μm, 30 μm, 35 μm, 40 μm, 45 μm, etc.), and the thickness of the second ink layer 132 may be 15 μm-45 μm (e.g., 15 μm, 20 μm, 25 μm, 30 μm, 35 μm, 40 μm, 45 μm, etc.).
Step 400: an LED chip is provided and the LED chip is connected with the pad assembly.
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Exemplarily, the LED chip 30 may have a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The positive electrode may be connected to the first pad 121, and the negative electrode may be connected to the second pad 122.
To sum up, in the method of manufacturing the light-emitting substrate disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure, by forming the groove 115 on the base plate 11, the solder resist ink applied on the periphery of the groove 115 may be drained by the groove 115, so that the ink automatically overflows into the groove 115, thereby reducing the distance between the solder resist ink layer 13 and the pad assembly 12 and enhancing the accuracy of coating the solder resist ink. Moreover, in the case of ensuring the solder resist ink layer 13 with high coating accuracy, since the groove 115 has the ability to receive the overflowed ink, poor soldering or soldering failure caused by the overflow of the solder resist ink onto the pad assembly 12 may also be avoided. Furthermore, the manufacturing method is simple, and easily realized, and has low production costs.
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Exemplarily, the width W of the groove 115 may be 30 μm-60 μm (e.g., 30 μm, 35 μm, 40 μm, 45 μm, 50 μm, 55 μm, 60 μm, etc.), and the depth h of the groove 115 may be 15 μm-45 μm (e.g., 15 μm, 20 μm, 25 μm, 30 μm, 35 μm, 40 μm, 45 μm, etc.).
For example, the thickness of the first ink layer 131 may be 15 μm-45 μm (e.g., 15 μm, 20 μm, 25 μm, 30 μm, 35 μm, 40 μm, 45 μm, etc.), and the thickness of the second ink layer 132 may be 15 μm-45 μm (e.g., 15 μm, 20 μm, 25 μm, 30 μm, 35 μm, 40 μm, 45 μm, etc.).
It can be understood that the second ink layer 132 may fill the groove 11. That is, the thickness of the second ink layer 132 is equal to the depth of the groove 115 (as shown in
Exemplarily, the material of the base plate 11 may be resin, glass, or the like. The material of the first pad 121 and the material of the second pad 122 may be both metals such as copper (Cu). The material of the wire 14 may be a metal such as copper (Cu).
Exemplarily, the groove 115 may be rectangular on the whole.
Exemplarily, the LED chip 30 and the pad assembly 12 are connected by soldering.
Exemplarily, the LED chip 30 may have a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The positive electrode may be connected to the first pad 121, and the negative electrode may be connected to the second pad 122.
The light-emitting substrate 100 may be a backlight product. That is, it can be applied to a liquid crystal display device to provide a light source for a liquid crystal panel.
The light-emitting substrate 100 may also be a direct display product. That is, it can be used directly as a display device.
In the light-emitting substrate 100 disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure, by forming the groove 115 on the periphery of the pad assembly 12 on the base plate 11, the inner edge of the solder resist ink layer 13 can extend to the inner edge of the groove 115. Due to the high manufacturing process accuracy of the groove 115, i.e., the inner edge of the groove 115 may be as close to the pad assembly 12 as possible, the distance between the inner edge of the solder resist ink layer 13 and the outer edge of the pad assembly 12 is shortened, thereby improving the accuracy of coating the solder resist ink layer 13. Moreover, in the case of ensuring the solder resist ink layer 13 with high coating accuracy, since the groove 115 has the ability to accommodate the overflowed ink, poor soldering or soldering failure caused by the overflow of the solder resist ink onto the pad assembly 12 may also be avoided. Furthermore, the structure of the light-emitting substrate 100 is simple, and easy to be manufactured, and has low production costs. Moreover, since the coating accuracy of the solder resist ink layer 13 in the light-emitting substrate 100 is high, the reflectivity of the backlight product can be improved when the light-emitting substrate 100 is used as a backlight product (i.e., the solder resist ink layer 13 is a white ink). When the light-emitting substrate 100 is used as a direct display product (i.e., the solder resist ink layer 13 is a black ink), the contrast of the direct display product can be enhanced, so as to improve the display effect. Therefore, the light-emitting substrate 100 can meet the specification design requirements of a variety of high-level products.
The above is a detailed introduction to a light-emitting substrate and a manufacturing method thereof disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Specific examples are used in this article to explain the principles and implementations of the present disclosure. The description of the above embodiments is only used to help understand the method of application and its core idea. Moreover, for those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present disclosure, there may be changes in the specific implementation and the scope of the present disclosure. In summary, the content of this specification should not be understood as restrictions on the present disclosure.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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202111051467.5 | Sep 2021 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2021/119741 | 9/23/2021 | WO |