The present application claims the benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 201610675915.1, filed on Aug. 16, 2016, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to the field of display technologies, and particularly to a display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display panel.
With the development of display technologies, improving the color gamut of a display device has become a trend of the development of display technologies. However, the conventional manufacturing process of a display substrate is very complicated and the cost thereof is too high.
Therefore, how to decrease the difficulty in the manufacturing process of a display substrate, reduce the manufacturing cost thereof, and improve the color gamut of a display device is a technical problem to be solved urgently by those skilled in the art.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display panel, which can at least partially alleviate or even eliminate the problems in the prior art.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display substrate comprising: pixel regions corresponding to different wavelengths; an optical film layer in a corresponding pixel region. For each pixel region, the optical film layer is configured such that light exiting from the pixel region has at least two different phases, and the at least two different phases cause light having a wavelength corresponding to the pixel region to interfere constructively, and light having other wavelengths to interfere destructively.
In a possible implementation, in the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, the optical film layer covers only a part of the corresponding pixel region.
In a possible implementation, in the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, in each pixel region, the part covered by the corresponding optical film layer and a part not covered by the corresponding optical film layer are substantially equal in area.
In a possible implementation, the display substrate comprises a red pixel region, a green pixel region, and a blue pixel region.
The optical film layer corresponding to the red pixel region has a thickness of about 7 μm, the optical film layer corresponding to the green pixel region has a thickness of about 5.5 μm, and the optical film layer corresponding to the blue pixel region has a thickness of about 4.3 μm.
In a possible implementation, in the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, each pixel region comprises a plurality of sub-regions, and each sub-region is covered with a sub-optical film layer with a different thickness.
In a possible implementation, the differences in thickness between the sub-optical film layers corresponding to every two adjacent sub-regions are substantially the same.
In a possible implementation, in the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, the sub-regions are substantially equal in area.
In a possible implementation, the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure further comprises: a black matrix surrounding each pixel region; and a protective layer covering the black matrix and each pixel region.
In a possible implementation, in the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, each pixel region is equally divided into five sub-regions, the sub-optical film layer corresponding to the first sub-region has a thickness of 0, and from the first sub-region to a fifth sub-region, the thicknesses of corresponding sub-optical film layers successively increase with a substantially constant step.
In a possible implementation, the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure comprises a red pixel region, a green pixel region and a blue pixel region, wherein the refractive index of the optical film layer is n1, the refractive index of the protective layer is n0, and in the green pixel region, the thicknesses of the optical film layers covering the first sub-region to the fifth sub-region are 0, 1100 μm/|n1-n0|, 2200 μm/|n1-n0|, 3300 μm/|n1-n0|, and 4400 μm/|n1-n0|, successively.
In a possible implementation, in the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, each pixel region is equally divided into ten sub-regions, the sub-optical film layer corresponding to the first sub-region has a thickness of 0, and from the first sub-region to a tenth sub-region, the thicknesses of corresponding sub-optical film layers successively increase with a substantially constant step.
In a possible implementation, the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure comprises a red pixel region, a green pixel region, and a blue pixel region, wherein the refractive index of the optical film layer is n1, the refractive index of the protective layer is n0, and in the green pixel region, the thicknesses of the optical film layers covering the first sub-region to the tenth sub-region are 0, 1100 μm/|n1-n0|, 2200 μm/|n1-n0|, 3300 μm/|n1-n0|, 4400 μm/|n1-n0|, 5500 μm/|n1-n0|, 6600 μm/|n1-n0|, 7700 μm/|n1-n0|, 8800 μm/n1-n0|, and 9900 μm/|n1-n0|, successively.
In a possible implementation, in the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, the refractive index of the optical film layer is about n1x=1.27, n1y=1.2, and the refractive index of the protective layer is about n1=1.3.
In a possible implementation, in the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, the sub-optical film layer has a shape selected from a group comprising a strip, a circle and a checkerboard.
In a possible implementation, in the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, the difference between refractive indexes of the optical film layer and the protective layer ranges from about 0.1 to 0.2.
In a possible implementation, in the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, the refractive index of the optical film layer is about 1.3, and the refractive index of the protective layer is about 1.2.
In a possible implementation, in the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, the optical film layer is a high molecular polymer having anisotropy.
In a possible implementation, the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure further comprises a polarizer on a light emergent side of the display substrate. The polarizer is a wide viewing angle polarizer.
In a possible implementation, the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure is a color filter substrate.
In a possible implementation, the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure is an array substrate.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display panel comprising any of the display substrates described above.
Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a manufacturing method of the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, which comprises:
forming an optical macromolecular material layer on a base substrate;
assembling a template with the base substrate on which the optical macromolecular material layer is formed so that the template is embedded into the optical macromolecular material layer to form a pattern in the optical macromolecular material layer corresponding to the template;
applying a constant electric field to the optical macromolecular material layer via upper and lower electrodes so as to regularly orient a macromolecular material in the formed optical macromolecular material layer to form an anisotropic optical macromolecular material layer; and
UV curing the anisotropic optical macromolecular material layer to form an optical film layer corresponding to the template.
Specific implementations of the display substrate and the manufacturing method thereof as provided by embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Accordingly, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display substrate which may comprise: pixel regions 100 on a base substrate 01 corresponding to different wavelengths; an optical film layer 02 in a corresponding pixel region 100, as shown in
The display substrate may further comprise a black matrix 04 surrounding each pixel region 100, and a protective layer 03 covering the black matrix 04 and each pixel region 100.
In the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, by making the optical film layer cover only a part of each pixel region, light exiting from the pixel region can have different optical paths. When light of certain wavelengths passes through the pixel region, a portion of light that passes through the optical film layer and a portion of light that does not pass through the optical film layer (i.e. a portion that passes through the pixel region which has a protective layer but does not have an optical film layer) have a phase difference. That is, light passing through the two regions would produce different phase changes, and is thus superposed constructively or destructively, so that light of certain wavelengths cannot be transmitted through the display substrate. It is possible to enable red light, green light and blue light to be transmitted through the display substrate respectively by adjusting the thickness of the optical film layer. Therefore, the display substrate does not need to use resin dyes of R, G and B colors, but only has some requirements on the transmittance and the refractive index of the material used for the optical film layer, thus the manufacturing process and the cost can be decreased. In addition, by controlling the thickness of the optical film layer, the waveform widths of light of different wavelengths after being transmitted through R, G and B pixel regions can be greatly reduced, thereby improving the display color gamut.
According to an exemplary embodiment, in the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, the part covered by the optical film layer and the part not covered by the optical film layer in each pixel region are equal in area. That is, in each pixel region, the part covered by the optical film layer and the part not covered by the optical film layer occupy 50% of the pixel region, respectively. Such manufacturing process is relatively simple, and use of the optical film layer instead of R, G and B resin dyes to achieve the light filtering function of the display substrate can simplify the manufacturing process and reduce the production cost. The optical film layer may have a shape of a strip, a circle, a checkerboard or other shapes that can be made, wherein the strip is relatively easy to make.
According to an exemplary embodiment, in the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, the display substrate may comprise pixel regions of red, green and blue colors. The thickness of the optical film layer of a red pixel region is 7 μm, the thickness of the optical film layer of a green pixel region is 5.5 μm, and the thickness of the optical film layer of a blue pixel region is 4.3 μm. Specifically, each pixel region may be divided into two parts, one part of which is covered by the optical film layer and the other part of which is not covered by the optical film layer but covered by a protective layer, as shown in
According to an exemplary embodiment, in the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
It is to be noted that the thickness of the sub-optical film layer of the first sub-region may not be zero, either, as shown in
According to an exemplary embodiment, each pixel region may also be equally divided into ten sub-regions, each sub-region is also provided with an optical film layer with a different thickness, and the optical film layer of the first sub-region is zero. Specifically, it is assumed that the display substrate comprises a red pixel region, a green pixel region, and a blue pixel region, the refractive index of the optical film layer is n1, and the refractive index of the protective layer is n0. Taking the green pixel region as an example, as shown in
According to an exemplary embodiment, in the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, the regions occupied by the respective sub-optical film layers are equal in area. Specifically, in order to improve the color gamut, each pixel region may be equally divided into a plurality of sub-regions, and different sub-regions are provided with optical film layers with different thicknesses so as to reduce the waveform width of the light transmittance curve. At the same time, making the sub-regions equal in area may facilitate design and fabrication. The sub-optical film layer of each sub-region may be designed in the shape of a strip, a circle, a checkerboard, or other shapes that can be made, wherein the strip design is relatively easy to achieve.
According to an exemplary embodiment, in the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, the refractive indices of the protective layer and the optical film layer are close to that of the glass substrate, and the difference between the refractive indices of the optical film layer and the protective layer may range from about 0.1 to 0.2. This may prevent the refraction angle from affecting the optical path. A portion of light that passes through the optical film layer and a portion of light that does not pass through the optical film layer (a portion of light that passes through the protective layer) have a phase difference. That is, light passing through the two regions would produce different phase changes, and is thus superposed constructively or destructively, so that light of certain wavelengths cannot be transmitted through a specific region of the display substrate.
According to an exemplary embodiment, in the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, the optical film layer may be a high molecular polymer with anisotropy.
Returning to
As shown in
According to an exemplary embodiment, the refractive index of the optical film layer may be further adjusted so as to reduce color shift, ensure a high color gamut, and achieve high-precision color display. Specifically, when an optical film layer material whose refractive index is about n1x=1.26 and b1y=1.2 and a protective layer material whose refractive index is about n0=1.3 are selected, as shown in
It can be seen from a comparison between the simulated curves that color shift can be reduced by adjusting the refractive index of the optical film layer so as to ensure a high color gamut. In addition, in a backlight module of a display product, a prism sheet can also be used to condense light beams, which cooperates with the wide viewing angle polarizer on the light emergent side of the display substrate so as to increase the viewing angle on the basis of ensuring a high color gamut.
Based on the same inventive concept, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display panel comprising any of the display substrates described above.
Based on the same inventive concept, embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a manufacturing method of the above display substrate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown in
at step S101, forming an optical macromolecular material layer on a base substrate;
at step S102, assembling a template with the base substrate on which the optical macromolecular material layer is formed so that the template is embedded into the optical macromolecular material layer so as to form a pattern in the optical macromolecular material layer corresponding to the template;
at step S103, applying a constant electric field to the optical macromolecular material layer via upper and lower electrodes so as to regularly orient a macromolecular material in the formed optical macromolecular material layer, thereby forming an anisotropic optical macromolecular material layer; and
at step S104, UV curing the anisotropic optical macromolecular material layer, thereby forming an optical film layer corresponding to the template.
Specifically, as shown in
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof The display substrate comprises: pixel regions corresponding to different wavelengths; an optical film layer in a corresponding pixel region. For each pixel region, the optical film layer is configured such that light exiting from the pixel region has at least two different phases, and the at least two different phases cause light having a wavelength corresponding to the pixel region to interfere constructively, and light having other wavelengths to interfere destructively. By making the optical film layer have different thicknesses, light exiting from the pixel region can have different optical paths. When light of certain wavelengths passes through the pixel region, portions of light which pass through the optical film layers with different thicknesses have phase differences. That is, light passing through the two regions would produce different phase changes, and is thus superposed constructively or destructively, so that light of certain wavelengths cannot be transmitted through the display substrate. It is possible to enable red light, green light and blue light to be transmitted through the display substrate respectively by adjusting the thickness of the optical film layer. Therefore, the display substrate does not need to use resin dyes of R, G and B colors, but only has some requirements on the transmittance and the refractive index of the material used for the optical film layer, thus the manufacturing process and the cost can be decreased. In addition, by controlling the thickness of the optical film layer, the waveform widths of light of different wavelengths after being transmitted through R, G and B pixel regions can be greatly reduced, thereby improving the display color gamut.
It is to be noted that, although the concept of the present disclosure is explained based on the example of a display substrate comprising R, G and B pixel regions, the concept of the present disclosure is also applicable to display substrates which employ other color schemes, for example, a display substrate comprising R, G, B and W pixel regions.
It is to be further noted that, although the examples in which each of the pixel regions is equally divided into two portions, five portions and ten portions are enumerated illustratively, the concept of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. The pixel region can be divided by those skilled in the art according to actual needs.
Obviously, those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to the present disclosure without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. In this way, if these modifications and variations to the present disclosure pertain to the scope of the claims of the present disclosure and equivalent technologies thereof, the present disclosure also intends to encompass these modifications and variations.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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201610675915.1 | Aug 2016 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2017/097609 | 8/16/2017 | WO | 00 |