Patent Grant
12069416
This application is a national phase application under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of PCT Application No. PCT/CN2021/137731, filed Dec. 14, 2021, which claims priority to Chinese Application No. 202110972580.0, filed Aug. 24, 2021, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
The present disclosure relates to the field of display technologies, and in particular, to a screen sounding device and a manufacturing method thereof.
As the most important component of a smart phone, the screen has undergone earthshaking changes in the past few years, and the screen-to-body ratio of the mobile phone screen is also increasingly large. Based on the requirements for the full screen and the non-porous screen of the mobile phone, the conventional technology of forming the earpiece hole on the mobile phone to sound is no longer suitable for the requirements for the full screen and the non-porous screen of the mobile phone at this stage. Therefore, the screen sounding technology has emerged at the historic moment.
Compared with the conventional built-in speakers, the screen sounding technology, as a surface audio technology, provides a new solution for multimedia audio-visual device sound. The screen sounding technology refers to the use of an exciter to convert audio electrical signals to mechanical vibrations of the display screen, and sound waves are generated by the vibration to achieve the purpose of sounding. The screen sounding technology directly uses the screen vibration for sounding, and the screen has the dual functions of a display and a speaker without requiring the external speaker. Therefore, the screen sounding technology meets the requirement for a full-screen design.
In the conventional screen sounding technology, one scheme is to attach the exciter to the middle frame of the mobile phone. This technology has a poor sounding effect and significant waste of energy consumption. Another scheme is to punch a hole on the screen, and then attach the vibrator to the hole to form a sounding microcavity. However, this method is more costly, punching the hole on the screen substrate results in weakening of the strength of the display substrate or the display panel, and it is difficult to guarantee the yield rate of the punching process.
In the process of research and practice of the prior art, the applicant of the present disclosure has developed a screen sounding device and a manufacturing method thereof, to resolve the above technical problems.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a screen sounding device and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The screen sounding device has a desirable sounding effect, various setting positions, and low manufacturing costs.
A screen sounding device includes a substrate and a sounding structure disposed on the substrate, wherein a diameter of the sounding structure ranges from 10 μm to 100 μm, and the sounding structure includes:
In some embodiments, the second electrode further includes a connecting portion extending from a side edge of the suspended portion to the insulating layer, wherein the connecting portion is formed to have an opening in communication with the sounding cavity.
In some embodiments, the second electrode has a first side edge, and the suspended portion is formed at a position of the second electrode close to the first side edge, and extends to the first side edge.
In some embodiments, a diameter of the sounding structure ranges from 10 μm to 100 μm.
In some embodiments, the substrate is divided into a display area and a non-display area.
The sounding structure is located in the display area and/or the non-display area.
In some embodiments, the substrate is one of a display screen, an array substrate, a back panel, or a cover plate.
In some embodiments, a height of the sounding cavity from the insulating layer to the suspended portion ranges from 1 μm to 5 μm.
In some embodiments, the second electrode has a stepped structure as a whole.
In some embodiments, a material of a second electrode is at least one of titanium, tantalum, molybdenum, or tungsten.
A screen sounding device includes a substrate and a sounding structure disposed on the substrate. The sounding structure includes:
When the first electrode and the second electrode receive different driving signals, the suspended portion is capable of vibrating and sounding.
In some embodiments, the second electrode further includes a connecting portion extending from a side edge of the suspended portion to the insulating layer, wherein the connecting portion is formed to have an opening in communication with the sounding cavity.
In some embodiments, the second electrode has a first side edge, and the suspended portion is formed at a position of the second electrode close to the first side edge, and extends to the first side edge.
In some embodiments, a diameter of the sounding structure ranges from 10 μm to 100 μm.
In some embodiments, the substrate is divided into a display area and a non-display area.
The sounding structure is located in the display area and/or the non-display area.
In some embodiments, the substrate is one of a display screen, an array substrate, a back panel, or a cover plate.
In some embodiments, a height of the sounding cavity from the insulating layer to the suspended portion ranges from 1 μm to 5 μm.
In some embodiments, a material of the second electrode is at least one of titanium, tantalum, molybdenum, or tungsten.
A method for manufacturing a screen sounding device is provided. The manufacturing method includes steps below.
S1: Providing a substrate, and successively manufacturing a first electrode and an insulating layer on the substrate.
S2: Manufacturing a first patterned photoresist layer on the insulating layer, wherein the first patterned photoresist layer is formed to have a first end side and a second end side disposed opposite to each other;
S3: Manufacturing a second electrode on the insulating layer, wherein the second electrode covers the second end side of the first patterned photoresist layer and exposes the first end side of the first patterned photoresist layer.
S4: Stripping the first patterned photoresist layer using a stripper, so that the second electrode obtains a suspended portion, wherein a sounding cavity is defined between the suspended portion and the insulating layer.
When the first electrode and the second electrode receive different driving signals, the suspended portion vibrates and sounds.
In some embodiments, step S3 includes steps below.
S301: Manufacturing a second electrode layer on the insulating layer, wherein the second electrode layer covers the insulating layer and wraps the first end side and the second end side of the first patterned photoresist layer.
S302: Manufacturing a second photoresist layer on the second electrode layer, and patterning the second photoresist layer to obtain a second patterned photoresist layer, wherein one side of the second patterned photoresist layer is aligned to the first end side of the first patterned photoresist layer, and an other side of the second patterned photoresist layer covers the second end side of the first patterned photoresist layer; and
S303: Patterning the second electrode layer to obtain the second electrode, wherein the second electrode covers the insulating layer and the first patterned photoresist layer, and exposes the first end side of the first patterned photoresist layer.
According to the screen sounding device in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the sounding structure composed of the first electrode, the second electrode, and the insulating layer is used to meet the requirement for the non-porous display screen. In addition, the problem of driving the display screen to vibrate and high energy consumption can also be resolved. Moreover, the sounding cavity of the present disclosure can be obtained by the difference in the reaction mechanism between a to-be-stripped material and the second electrode in the stripper, and the depth of the sounding cavity can be precisely controlled. Finally, the screen sounding device of the present disclosure has high process feasibility and low costs, facilitating the thin and light design of display terminal products and enhancing the product grade.
The present disclosure provides a screen sounding device and a manufacturing method thereof. In order to make the purpose, the technical solution, and the effects of the present disclosure clearer and more explicit, the present disclosure is to be further described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and the embodiments. It should be understood that the specific implementations described herein are merely used for explaining the present disclosure rather than limiting the present disclosure.
The present disclosure provides a screen sounding device applicable to a display screen.
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In more detail, under the action of the different driving signals, the suspended portion 231 can vibrate, and the suspended portion 231 can push the air in the sounding cavity 24 to vibrate during the vibration, so that the sounding structure 20 sounds.
In detail, the different driving signals may be at least AC (alternating current) signals of different frequencies and/or different magnitudes. For example, in the present embodiment, when the first electrode 21 and the second electrode 23 respectively receive current signals of different frequencies, the suspended portion 231 vibrates and sounds.
During detailed implementation, the first electrode 21 and the second electrode 23 are connected to a driving chip by traces. Therefore, the different driving signals can be transmitted to the first electrode 21 and the second electrode 23 by the driving chip.
In order to ensure that the sounding cavity 24 is filled with air, a peripheral side of the sounding cavity 24 is in communication with the outside.
Apparently, in the screen sounding device of the present disclosure, the sounding structure 20 includes only film layers, such as the first electrode 21, the second electrode 23, the insulating layer 22, and the like. In this way, the screen sounding device has a simple overall structure. In addition, on one hand, the sounding structure 20 uses the first electrode 21 and the second electrode 23 to excite vibration, so that the vibrator or the exciter can be omitted, and uses the suspended portion 231 as a vibrating membrane, so as to avoid the requirement of driving the entire display panel to vibrate and high power. On the other hand, the sounding structure 20 further uses the second electrode 23 and the insulating layer 22 to form the sounding cavity 24, so as to reduce the overall thickness of the sounding structure 20. In general, the sounding structure 20 of the present disclosure can realize a thin and light design without affecting the sounding effect of the sounding structure 20, thereby optimizing the user experience. In addition, the sounding structure 20 described in the present disclosure further has various setting positions, low manufacturing costs, and high yields of finished products. In detail, the display screen may be a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel, or a micro-light-emitting diode (Micro-LED) display panel. The screen sounding device of the present disclosure does not impose any detailed limitation on the type or structure of the applicable display screen.
In detail, the screen sounding device can be disposed inside the display screen, or can be directly disposed on the display screen. It can be seen that the screen sounding device of the present disclosure has various setting positions.
The screen sounding device of the present disclosure and the detailed arrangement mode of the screen sounding device of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to
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The substrate 10 may be at least one of a display screen, an array substrate, a color filter substrate, a back panel, a cover plate, or a base substrate. Apparently, the screen sounding device can be disposed inside the display screen, or can be directly disposed on the display screen. It can be seen that the screen sounding device of the present disclosure has various setting positions.
In detail, the substrate 10 may be the display screen. In this case, the sounding structure 20 can be directly disposed on a surface of a light exit side of the substrate 10, or can be disposed on a surface of a non-light-exit side of the substrate 10.
In this case, the screen sounding device can be integrated in the manufacturing of the display screen, and the sounding device and the display screen can be manufactured at one time. In this way, the overall process flow is simplified, and costs are saved.
In detail, the substrate 10 may be the array substrate or the color filter substrate. In this case, the screen sounding device is disposed inside the display screen.
For example, in the present embodiment, the substrate 10 is the array substrate. The substrate 10 includes a base substrate and a driving circuit layer disposed on the base substrate. The sounding structure 20 is disposed on the driving circuit layer. Certainly, in other embodiments, the sounding structure 20 can further be arranged in other function layers in the substrate 10. For example, the substrate 10 further includes a packaging layer, and the sounding structure 20 may further be disposed in the packaging layer.
For another example, in the LCD panel, the substrate 10 may be a color filter substrate, and in this case, the sounding structure 20 can be disposed on the color filter substrate.
In detail, the substrate 10 may be a cover plate disposed on a light exit side of the display screen. That is to say, the sounding structure 20 can be disposed on a cover plate of a display device.
In detail, the substrate 10 may be a back panel disposed on a non-light-exit side of the display screen. That is to say, the sounding structure 20 can be disposed on a back panel of the display device.
In detail, the substrate 10 may further be a general base substrate. In this case, the screen sounding device may be an additional structure attached to the display screen, so as to be compatible with the conventional display device, facilitating the upgrading.
During the detailed implementation, a hard glass substrate 10 may be used as the base substrate to ensure the stability of the chamber, thereby ensuring the stable sounding.
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In detail, the arrangement mode and the configuration of the structure or the size of the sounding structure 20 in the display area and the non-display area may be same or different. For ease of manufacturing and assembly, the configurations of the sounding structure 20 in the display area and the non-display area are same.
In detail, a diameter of the sounding structure 20 ranges from 10 μm to 100 μm. That is to say, the sounding structure 20 of the present disclosure is a pixel-level micro-sounding structure or a quasi-pixel-level micro-sounding structure. With such arrangement, the sounding structure 20 can realize precise directional sounding under the control of the driving chip, thereby improving the sounding effect. In another aspect, the sounding structure 20 can be integrated in the manufacturing of the display screen, and the sounding device and the display device can be manufactured at one time. In this way, the overall process flow is simplified, and costs are saved.
However, when the display panel is the OLED display panel, due to the pursuit of thinner and lighter OLED display screens, in some embodiments, the screen sounding device is an integrated structure manufactured integrally with the OLED display panel.
For example, in the OLED display screen, a light-emitting device layer is usually configured to dispose light-emitting devices. Since the light-emitting devices are not closely arranged, in the light-emitting device layer, a gap between the light-emitting devices can be used for disposing the pixel-level sounding structure 20. That is to say, an orthographic projection of the sounding structure 20 on the substrate 10 falls between orthographic projections of the light-emitting devices on the substrate 10.
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During the detailed implementation, the first electrode 21 may be a single-layer film structure or a multilayer stack film structure, which is not limited in the present disclosure.
For example, in the present embodiment, the first electrode 21 is a conductive film layer disposed as a single layer.
During the detailed implementation, a material of the first electrode 21 is not limited. For example, in the present disclosure, the material of the first electrode 21 may be at least one of titanium, tantalum, molybdenum, or tungsten. In other embodiments, the material of the first electrode 21 may further be aluminum.
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During the detailed implementation, the insulating layer 22 may be disposed individually for each of the sounding structures 20, or may be arranged in the form of a continuous film layer.
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In the sounding structure 20 of the present disclosure, the vibration of the suspended portion 231 of the second electrode 23 is used to replace the vibration of the entire substrate 10 or the display screen, so as to reduce the power of the entire sounding device. Moreover, since the second electrode 23 is mated with the first electrode 21 to excite vibration, the suspended portion 231 can be directly and efficiently driven to vibrate.
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In a preferred embodiment, the suspended portion 231 is parallel to the insulating layer 22 and is opposite to and spaced apart from the insulating layer 22. As shown in
In detail, in order to prevent the second electrode 23 from being separated from the insulating layer 22, the surfaces of the insulating layer 22 and the attaching portion 232 may be modified and designed to increase the adhesion between the second electrode 23 and the insulating layer 22. Alternatively, some blind holes or groove structures on the surface of the insulating layer 22 are added, so that the attaching portion 232 is embedded in the insulating layer 22.
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In a preferred embodiment, the suspended portion 231 and the attaching portion 232 are respectively located on two opposite sides of the connecting portion 233, and two ends of the connecting portion 233 in a vertical direction are perpendicularly connected to the attaching portion 232 and the suspended portion 231 respectively.
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During the detailed implementation, in the patterning process of forming the second electrode 23, the opening 241 may be obtained by etching or removing a partial area of the connecting portion 233.
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In the present embodiment, a material of a second electrode layer 203 is at least one of titanium, tantalum, molybdenum, or tungsten.
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In the process of manufacturing the sounding structure 20, the attaching portion 232 of the second electrode 23 covers the insulating layer 22, and the suspended portion 231 of the second electrode 23 covers the to-be-stripped material layer. In this case, the sounding cavity 24 is filled with the to-be-stripped material. Based on the mechanism of the difference in the reactions of the to-be-stripped material with the first electrode 21, the second electrode 23, and the insulating layer 22 in the stripper (the stripper only reacts with the to-be-stripped material), the to-be-stripped material is stripped to obtain the suspended portion 231, and the size of the sounding cavity 24 can be precisely controlled.
The sounding structure 20 of the present disclosure has a simple structure design, high process feasibility, and low costs. Especially in the full-screen display screen, the sounding structure can sound more desirably, and the opening of the full-screen can be reduced.
When the sounding cavity 24 has a relatively large space, the vibration amplitude of the suspended portion 231 is relatively large. In a preferred embodiment, a height h of the sounding cavity 24 from the suspended portion 231 to the insulating layer 22 ranges from 1 μm to 5 μm. However, it should be noted that, no limitation is imposed on the height h of the sounding cavity 24 in the present disclosure.
Based on a same design concept, the present disclosure further provides a method for manufacturing a screen sounding device. As shown in
S1: Providing a substrate 10, and successively manufacturing a first electrode 21 and an insulating layer 22 on the substrate 10.
S2: Manufacturing a first patterned photoresist layer 31 on the insulating layer 22, wherein the first patterned photoresist layer 31 is formed to have a first end side 31a and a second end side 31b disposed opposite to each other.
S3: Manufacturing a second electrode 23 on the insulating layer 22, wherein the second electrode 23 covers the second end side 31b of the first patterned photoresist layer 31 and exposes the first end side 31a of the first patterned photoresist layer 31.
S4: Stripping the first patterned photoresist layer 31 using a stripper, wherein the second electrode 23 obtains a suspended portion 231, and a sounding cavity 24 is defined between the suspended portion 231 and the insulating layer 22.
The first electrode 21 and the second electrode 23 receive different driving signals, the suspended portion 231 pushes the air in the sounding cavity 24 to vibrate during the vibration, so that the sounding structure 20 sounds.
The method for manufacturing a screen sounding device of the present disclosure can be used to manufacture the screen sounding device of the present disclosure. The detailed implementation of the method for manufacturing a screen sounding device of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to
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In the present embodiment, the substrate 10 is the array substrate. In other embodiments, the cover plate or the back panel may further be selected according to the actual structure or design of the display screen or the display device. The display screen may be an LCD panel, an OLED display panel, or a micro-LED display panel, which is not limited in the present disclosure.
A material of the first electrode 21 is any one or a combination of titanium, tantalum, molybdenum, and tungsten, which is not limited in the present disclosure. A material of the insulating layer 22 is at least one of SiO2, SiNx, or SiONx.
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The first patterned photoresist layer 31 correspondingly forms the subsequent sounding cavity 24, and the first end side 31a of the first patterned photoresist layer 31 corresponds to the opening 241. A thickness of the first patterned photoresist layer 31 is same as the height h of the sounding cavity 24 from the insulating layer 22 to the suspended portion 231.
During the detailed manufacturing, the first patterned photoresist layer 31 occupies the sounding cavity 24 for forming the suspended portion 231 and the connecting portion 233 of the second electrode 23, and can be stripped by the stripper in the subsequent steps.
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During the detailed implementation, the size parameter of the photoresist block 311 can be adjusted to control the size of the sounding cavity 24. For example, by adjusting the thickness of the photoresist block 311, the height of the sounding cavity from the second electrode 23 to the insulating layer 22 is controlled. However, it should be noted that no limitation is imposed on the thickness of the first patterned photoresist layer 31 in the present disclosure.
In a preferred embodiment, the thickness of the first patterned photoresist layer 31 ranges from 1 μm to 5 μm.
During the detailed implementation, both the film formation and patterning process of the first patterned photoresist layer 31 can be achieved by conventional processes, and details will not be described herein again.
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S301: Manufacturing the second electrode layer 203 on the insulating layer 22, wherein the second electrode layer 203 covers the insulating layer 22 and wraps the first end side 31a and the second end side 31b of the first patterned photoresist layer 31.
In the present embodiment, a material of the second electrode layer 203 is at least one of titanium, tantalum, molybdenum, or tungsten, which is not limited in the present disclosure.
S302: Manufacturing a second photoresist layer on the second electrode layer 203, and patterning the second photoresist layer to obtain a second patterned photoresist layer 32, wherein one side of the second patterned photoresist layer 32 is aligned to the first end side 31a of the first patterned photoresist layer 31, and an other side of the second patterned photoresist layer 32 covers the second end side 31b of the first patterned photoresist layer 31.
In detail, in the step, since the one side of the second patterned photoresist layer 32 is aligned to the first end side 31a of the first patterned photoresist layer 31, the second patterned photoresist layer 32 exposes a corresponding part of the second electrode layer 203 on the side, and the other side of the second patterned photoresist layer 32 extends beyond the second end side 31b of the first patterned photoresist layer 31.
In the present embodiment, a material of the second photoresist layer is same as a material of the first photoresist layer. In this way, the second photoresist layer can be stripped synchronously in the step of stripping the first patterned photoresist layer 31, reducing the manufacturing process.
In other embodiments, the material of the second photoresist layer is different from the material of the first photoresist layer. No limitation is imposed on the material of the second photoresist layer in the present disclosure.
S303: Patterning the second electrode layer 203 to obtain the second electrode 23, wherein the second electrode 23 simultaneously covers the insulating layer 22 and the first patterned photoresist layer 31, and can expose the first end side 31a of the first patterned photoresist layer 31.
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During the manufacturing of the sounding structure 20, based on the mechanism of the difference in the reactions of the first patterned photoresist layer 31 with the first electrode 21, the second electrode 23, and the insulating layer 22 in the stripper (the stripper only reacts with the to-be-stripped material), the first patterned photoresist layer 31 is stripped and covers the corresponding area of the second electrode 23 on the first patterned photoresist layer 31, so as to form the suspended portion 231.
During the detailed implementation, the stripper includes an organic amine and a polar organic solvent. The first patterned photoresist layer 31 and the second patterned photoresist layer 32 are stripped and removed by swelling and dissolving. The stripper does not corrode metals, such as Cu, Al, Mo, Ti, and the like, and therefore will not damage the first electrode 21 and the second electrode 23, and will not cause damage to the metal layer of the display screen.
It may be understood that, for those of ordinary skill in the art, equivalent replacements or changes can be made according to the technical solutions of the present disclosure and the inventive concept thereof, and all these changes or replacements shall fall within the protection scope of the appended claims of the present disclosure.
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| 202110972580.0 | Aug 2021 | CN | national |
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| PCT/CN2021/137731 | 12/14/2021 | WO |
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| WO2023/024336 | 3/2/2023 | WO | A |
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