The present application is the U.S. national phase entry of PCT/CN2015/077482, with an international filing date of Apr. 27, 2015, which claims the benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 201410491877.5, filed Sep. 23, 2014, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to the technical field of display, in particular to a reflective type display device.
Liquid crystal display device is a commonly used display device; a liquid crystal display device usually comprises a backlight module, a lower polarizer, a display panel and an upper polarizer, etc.; the display panel comprises an array substrate, a color film substrate and a liquid crystal molecular layer between the array substrate and the color film substrate.
In particular, in the display process of the liquid crystal display device, the backlight module provides light for the display panel, and the display panel displays images. Specifically, the light emitted by the backlight module passes through the lower polarizer, the array substrate, the liquid crystal molecular layer, the color film substrate and the upper polarizer in sequence, then arrives human eyes.
The inventor has realized that during the display process of the liquid crystal display device in the prior art, a backlight module should be used to provide light for the display panel, making the liquid crystal display device relatively thick and heavy, with high energy consumption.
A technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a reflective type display device, which is relatively thin and light, with low energy consumption.
To solve the above mentioned technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention provides a reflective type display device, applying the following solution.
A reflective type display device, wherein the reflective type display device comprises a polarizer, a transparent first substrate, a liquid crystal molecular layer and a second substrate arranged in sequence; wherein the reflective type display device further comprises: a selective reflecting layer located between the liquid crystal molecular layer and the second substrate; the selective reflecting layer reflects light with wavelength within a specific wavelength range.
Preferably, the selective reflecting layer comprises a first portion, a second portion and a third portion; the first portion reflects light with wavelength within red wavelength range; the second portion reflects light with wavelength within green wavelength range; and the third portion reflects light with wavelength within blue wavelength range.
Preferably, wherein the first portion, the second portion and the third portion transmit light with wavelength within a wavelength range not reflected; the first portion, the second portion and the third portion are electrically conductive.
Preferably, a material for the first portion is silver nanoparticle coated with silver coating; a material for the second portion is titanium dioxide nanoparticle coated with silver coating; a material for the third portion is silicon nanoparticle coated with silver coating.
Preferably, the reflective type display device further comprises a quarter-wave plate located between the polarizer and the first substrate; the selective reflecting layer is located on the second substrate; an insulating layer, a thin film transistor, a passivation layer and a pixel electrode are arranged on the selective reflecting layer in sequence; the pixel electrode is connected with a drain of the thin film transistor through a via hole on the passivation layer.
Preferably, the reflective type display device further comprises a quarter-wave plate located between the polarizer and the first substrate; the selective reflecting layer is located on the second substrate; a thin film transistor and a passivation layer are arranged on the second substrate; the selective reflecting layer is located on the passivation layer; the selective reflecting layer is connected with a drain of the thin film transistor through a via hole on the passivation layer.
Preferably, the selective reflecting layer is located on the second substrate; an insulating layer is arranged on the selective reflecting layer; a thin film transistor, a common electrode, a passivation layer and a pixel electrode are arranged on the insulating layer; the pixel electrode is connected with a drain of the thin film transistor through a via hole on the passivation layer; the common electrode and/or the pixel electrode has slits.
Preferably, a common electrode, a thin film transistor and a passivation layer are arranged on the second substrate; the selective reflecting layer is located on the passivation layer; the selective reflecting layer is connected with a drain of the thin film transistor through a via hole on the passivation layer; the selective reflecting layer and/or the common electrode has slits.
Preferably, a thin film transistor, a passivation layer and a pixel electrode are arranged on the second substrate; the pixel electrode is connected with a drain of the thin film transistor through a via hole on the passivation layer; the selective reflecting layer and/or the pixel electrode has slits.
Preferably, a black matrix with grid shape is arranged on a surface of the first substrate close to the liquid crystal molecular layer; the black matrix covers positions where the first portion, the second portion and the third portion neighbor each other.
Preferably, the second substrate is transparent or opaque; if the second substrate is transparent, an absorption layer is arranged on a surface of the second substrate apart from the liquid crystal molecular layer, absorbing light penetrating the selective reflecting layer and the second substrate.
The embodiments of the present invention provide a reflective type display device, wherein the reflective type display device comprises a polarizer, a transparent first substrate, a liquid crystal molecular layer and a second substrate arranged in sequence; wherein the reflective type display device further comprises: a selective reflecting layer located between the liquid crystal molecular layer and the second substrate; the selective reflecting layer reflects light with wavelength within a specific wavelength range. Ambient light passes through the polarizer, the first substrate, the liquid crystal molecular layer in sequence and shines on the selective reflecting layer; the selective reflecting layer reflects light with wavelength within a specific wavelength range; the reflected light passes through the liquid crystal molecular layer, the first substrate and the polarizer in sequence and exits, thereby realizing color display. Compared with the prior art, during display process, the reflective type display device provided by the embodiments of the present invention requires neither backlight module for providing light, nor color film substrate or a second polarizer; therefore, the liquid crystal display device is relatively thin and light, with low energy consumption.
In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in embodiments of the invention or in the prior art, the appended drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be introduced briefly in the following. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the invention, and for those of ordinary skills in the art, other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings under the premise of not paying out creative work.
In the following, the technical solutions in embodiments of the invention will be described clearly and completely in connection with the drawings in the embodiments of the invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the invention, and not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skills in the art under the premise of not paying out creative work pertain to the protection scope of the invention.
To solve the above mentioned technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention provides a reflective type display device, which is relatively thin and light, with low energy consumption.
In particular, as shown in
It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the present invention, the second substrate 4 can be transparent or opaque; if the second substrate 4 is transparent, as shown in
The embodiments of the present invention provide a reflective type display device, wherein the reflective type display device comprises a polarizer, a transparent first substrate, a liquid crystal molecular layer and a second substrate arranged in sequence; wherein the reflective type display device further comprises: a selective reflecting layer located between the liquid crystal molecular layer and the second substrate; the selective reflecting layer reflects light with wavelength within a specific wavelength range. Ambient light passes through the polarizer, the first substrate, the liquid crystal molecular layer in sequence and shines on the selective reflecting layer; the selective reflecting layer reflects light with wavelength within a specific wavelength range; the reflected light passes through the liquid crystal molecular layer, the first substrate and the polarizer in sequence and exits, thereby realizing color display. Compared with the prior art, during display process, the reflective type display device provided by the embodiments of the present invention requires neither backlight module for providing light, nor color film substrate or a second polarizer; therefore, the liquid crystal display device is relatively thin and light, with low energy consumption.
In addition, since the selective reflecting layer 5 can reflect light with wavelength within a specific wavelength range, the reflective type display device in the embodiment of the present invention can realize color display without color filter layer, avoiding the loss of light caused during passing through the color filter layer, and improving the utilization of light.
Further, if the entire selective reflecting layer 5 only reflects light with one specific wavelength, the reflective type display device can display one color only; if the selective reflecting layer comprises a plurality of portions for reflecting light with different wavelengths, the reflective type display device can realize color display. As shown in
Further, the first portion 51, the second portion 52 and the third portion 53 can transmit light with wavelength within a wavelength range not reflected; the first portion 51, the second portion 52 and the third portion 53 are electrically conductive. For example, a material for the first portion 51 is silver nanoparticle coated with silver coating; a material for the second portion 52 is titanium dioxide nanoparticle coated with silver coating; a material for the third portion 53 is silicon nanoparticle coated with silver coating. When light shines on the interface between the nanoparticle and the silver coating of the first portion 51, the second portion 52 or the third portion 53, surface plasmon resonance (SPR) occurs, such that light with wavelength within a specific wavelength range can be reflected, and other light can penetrate. In such a situation, the selective reflecting layer is transparent and electrically conductive. In particular, a silver nanoparticle coated with silver coating can reflect light with wavelength within red wavelength range; a titanium dioxide nanoparticle coated with silver coating can reflect light with wavelength within green wavelength range; a silicon nanoparticle coated with silver coating can reflect light with wavelength within blue wavelength range. Furthermore, any one of these portions can comprises nanoparticles with different sizes, such that one portion can reflect light with different wavelengths within a specific wavelength range.
In addition, when the selective reflecting layer comprises a first portion 51, a second portion 52 and a third portion 53, in order to avoid cross color at positions where the first portion, the second portion and the third portion neighbor each other, as shown in
A reflective type display device comprising the abovementioned structures can operate in display modes such as TN, ECB, ADS, VA, IPS, FFS and so on.
In order to facilitate the understanding for those skilled in the art, the embodiments of the invention provide several possible specific structures of the reflective type display device.
The first one, as shown in
The second one, in the selective reflecting layer 5, the material for the first portion 51 is silver nanoparticle coated with silver coating; the material for the second portion 52 is titanium dioxide nanoparticle coated with silver coating; the material for the third portion 53 is silicon nanoparticle coated with silver coating; the selective reflecting layer 5 then is transparent and electrically conductive, thus the selective reflecting layer 5 can also serve as a pixel electrode. In such a situation, as shown in
In a reflective type display device with the first structure or the second structure, when the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal molecular layer 3 are twisted nematic (i.e., the long axis direction of the liquid crystal molecules close to the first substrate 2 is arranged parallel to the transmission axis direction of the polarizer 1; the long axis direction of the liquid crystal molecules close to the second substrate 4 is arranged perpendicular to the transmission axis direction of the polarizer 1), the reflective type display device with the first structure or the second structure operates in TN display mode.
For example, as shown in
As shown in
In a reflective type display device with the first structure or the second structure, when initial orientations of all the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal molecular layer 3 are the same, and long axis of all the liquid crystal molecules is angled 45° with respect to the transmission axis direction of the polarizer 1, the reflective type display device with the first structure or the second structure operates in ECB display mode.
For example, as shown in
As shown in
The third one, as shown in
The fourth one, in the selective reflecting layer 5, the material for the first portion 51 is silver nanoparticle coated with silver coating; the material for the second portion 52 is titanium dioxide nanoparticle coated with silver coating; the material for the third portion 53 is silicon nanoparticle coated with silver coating; the selective reflecting layer 5 then is transparent and electrically conductive, thus the selective reflecting layer 5 can also serve as a pixel electrode. In such a situation, as shown in
The fifth one, in the selective reflecting layer 5, the material for the first portion 51 is silver nanoparticle coated with silver coating; the material for the second portion 52 is titanium dioxide nanoparticle coated with silver coating; the material for the third portion 53 is silicon nanoparticle coated with silver coating; the selective reflecting layer 5 then is transparent and electrically conductive, thus the selective reflecting layer 5 can also serve as a pixel electrode. In such a situation, as shown in
A reflective type display device comprising the abovementioned third, fourth or fifth structure operates in ADS display mode.
Based on the embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art can obtain specific structures of reflective type display devices operating in display modes such as VA, IPS, FFS and so on, which will not be illustrated one by one in the embodiments of the present invention.
The above embodiments are only used for explanations rather than limitations to the present invention, the ordinary skilled person in the related technical field, in the case of not departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, may also make various modifications and variations, therefore, all the equivalent solutions also belong to the scope of the present invention, the patent protection scope of the present invention should be defined by the claims.
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