CN112147828A - Electronic equipment, shell assembly, cover plate assembly and electrochromic module - Google Patents

Electronic equipment, shell assembly, cover plate assembly and electrochromic module Download PDF

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CN112147828A
CN112147828A CN202010924410.0A CN202010924410A CN112147828A CN 112147828 A CN112147828 A CN 112147828A CN 202010924410 A CN202010924410 A CN 202010924410A CN 112147828 A CN112147828 A CN 112147828A
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Abstract

The application provides an electrochromic module, which comprises a first substrate, a first conducting layer, a color-changing material layer, a second conducting layer, a second substrate and a rubber frame; the first substrate, the first conducting layer, the color-changing material layer, the second conducting layer and the second substrate are sequentially stacked; the rubber frame is arranged around the side edge of the color-changing material layer in a surrounding manner, so that the periphery of the color-changing material layer is sealed; the water vapor transmission rate of the rubber frame is not more than 20g/m 2/day. The electrochromic module that this application embodiment provided, through design and the structure and the material of selecting gluey frame, and then guarantee that electrochromic module overall structure has good waterproof performance, and then stabilize the color-changing performance of electrochromic module, increase of service life.

Description

Electronic equipment, shell assembly, cover plate assembly and electrochromic module
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of electronic equipment with a color changing function, in particular to electronic equipment, a shell assembly, a cover plate assembly and an electrochromic module.
Background
The electrochromic film is a color-changing shielding film material commonly used at the positions of building outer glass, automobile rearview mirrors and the like, and the structure of the electrochromic film in the conventional technology is generally large in overall thickness. The sensitivity of the color-changing material in the electrochromic film to water and oxygen is high, and if the packaging of the color-changing material is not firm, the color-changing material is deteriorated, so that the service life of the electrochromic film is shortened.
Disclosure of Invention
A first aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides an electrochromic module, which includes a first substrate, a first conductive layer, a color-changing material layer, a second conductive layer, a second substrate, and a glue frame; the first substrate, the first conducting layer, the color-changing material layer, the second conducting layer and the second substrate are sequentially stacked; the rubber frame is arranged around the side edge of the color-changing material layer in a surrounding manner, so that the periphery of the color-changing material layer is sealed; the water vapor transmission rate of the rubber frame is not more than 20g/m 2/day.
In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electrochromic module, which includes a first substrate, a first conductive layer, a color-changing material layer, a second conductive layer, a second substrate, and a frame; the first substrate, the first conducting layer, the color-changing material layer, the second conducting layer and the second substrate are sequentially stacked; the rubber frames are arranged around the periphery of the side edge of the color-changing material layer, so that the periphery of the color-changing material layer is sealed; the rubber frame is formed by solidifying epoxy glue or acrylic glue.
In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electrochromic module, where the electrochromic module includes a first substrate, a first conductive layer, a color-changing material layer, a second conductive layer, a second substrate, and a frame; the first substrate, the first conducting layer, the color-changing material layer, the second conducting layer and the second substrate are sequentially stacked; the rubber frames are arranged around the periphery of the side edge of the color-changing material layer, so that the periphery of the color-changing material layer is sealed; the width of the rubber frame is larger than 1mm, and the rubber frame is formed by solidifying epoxy glue or acrylic acid glue.
In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electrochromic module, which includes a first substrate, a first conductive layer, a color-changing material layer, a second conductive layer, a second substrate, and a frame; the first substrate, the first conducting layer, the color-changing material layer, the second conducting layer and the second substrate are sequentially stacked; the rubber frames are arranged around the periphery of the side edge of the color-changing material layer, so that the periphery of the color-changing material layer is sealed; and a water vapor blocking agent is doped in the rubber frame.
In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electrochromic module, which includes a first substrate, a first conductive layer, a color-changing material layer, a second conductive layer, a second substrate, and a frame;
the first substrate, the first conducting layer, the color-changing material layer, the second conducting layer and the second substrate are sequentially stacked;
the rubber frame comprises a first rubber frame and a second rubber frame, the first rubber frame is arranged around the side edge circumference of the color-changing material layer in a surrounding manner, and the circumference of the color-changing material layer is sealed; the second rubber frame is arranged around the periphery of the first rubber frame.
In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a cover plate assembly, where the cover plate assembly includes a transparent cover plate and the electrochromic module described in any of the above embodiments, and the transparent cover plate is attached to the first substrate of the electrochromic module.
In a seventh aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a housing assembly, which includes a middle frame and the cover plate assembly of any one of the above embodiments; the two sides of the electrochromic module, which are back to the back, are respectively bonded with the transparent cover plate and the middle frame.
In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, where the electronic device includes a display screen module and the housing assembly in any one of the foregoing embodiments; the display screen module and the cover plate component are respectively arranged on two opposite sides of the middle frame.
In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, where the electronic device includes a control circuit and the housing assembly described in any of the foregoing embodiments, the control circuit is coupled to the electrochromic module of the housing assembly, and the control circuit is configured to receive a control instruction, where the control instruction is used to control the electrochromic module to change color.
The electrochromic module that this application embodiment provided, through design and the structure and the material of selecting gluey frame, and then guarantee that electrochromic module overall structure has good waterproof performance, and then stabilize the color-changing performance of electrochromic module, increase of service life.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an embodiment of an electrochromic module according to the present application;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a partial structural stack of one embodiment of an electrochromic module;
FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another embodiment of an electrochromic module according to the present application;
FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another embodiment of an electrochromic module according to the present application;
FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an electrochromic module according to another embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an electrochromic module according to yet another embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an electrochromic module according to yet another embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an electrochromic module according to yet another embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an electrochromic module according to yet another embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 10 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an electrochromic module according to yet another embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 11 is a schematic top view of the electrochromic module of FIG. 10;
FIG. 12 is a schematic exploded view of an electrochromic module according to yet another embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 13 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the partial structure of FIG. 12 at the binding location;
FIG. 14 is a schematic view of another flexible circuit board and trace binding structure of the electrochromic module according to the present application;
FIG. 15 is a schematic view of another flexible circuit board and trace binding structure of the electrochromic module according to the present application;
FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram showing the electrochromic module of FIG. 15 in a disassembled configuration;
FIG. 17 is an enlarged view of a portion of the structure at A in FIG. 15;
FIG. 18 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the portion of FIG. 15 at B-B;
FIG. 19 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an electrochromic module according to yet another embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 20 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a portion of another embodiment of an electrochromic module according to the present application;
FIG. 21 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a portion of another embodiment of an electrochromic module according to the present application;
FIG. 22 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a portion of an electrochromic module according to yet another embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 23 is a schematic flow chart illustrating an exemplary method for packaging an electrochromic module according to the present disclosure;
FIG. 24 is a schematic structural stacking view of an electrochromic module stacked structure (semi-finished product);
FIG. 25 is a schematic view of the stack of structures after forming the ring grooves on the electrochromic module blank;
FIG. 26 is a schematic top view of the structure of FIG. 25;
FIG. 27 is a schematic view of the electrochromic module semi-finished product after sealant is filled in the ring groove;
FIG. 28 is a schematic flow chart illustrating another exemplary embodiment of an electrochromic module packaging method according to the present application;
FIG. 29 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating a method for packaging an electrochromic module according to yet another embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 30 is a schematic view of a stack-up of the structure after forming two ring grooves on the electrochromic module blank;
FIG. 31 is a schematic top view of the structure of FIG. 30;
FIG. 32 is a schematic view of another dual-glue frame of the electrochromic module;
FIG. 33 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of the cover plate assembly of the present application;
FIG. 34 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of a cover plate assembly according to the present application;
FIG. 35 is a schematic structural view of yet another embodiment of a cover plate assembly according to the present application;
FIG. 36 is a structural schematic diagram of a single-sided wire bonding of the cover assembly;
FIG. 37 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the cover plate assembly of the present application;
FIG. 38 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a further embodiment of a cover plate assembly according to the present application;
FIG. 39 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating one embodiment of a method of assembling the cover plate assembly of the embodiment of FIG. 38;
FIG. 40 is a schematic view of a dispensing structure of the electrochromic module bonded to the transparent cover;
FIG. 41 is a schematic view showing a structure in which a rear cover plate of an electronic apparatus is bonded to a center frame in the conventional art;
FIG. 42 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the structure of one embodiment of the housing assembly of the present application;
FIG. 43 is a schematic front elevational view of the housing assembly of FIG. 42;
FIG. 44 is a block diagram illustrating a portion of the structure of an embodiment of the electronic device;
FIG. 45 is a block diagram of the architecture of another embodiment of an electronic device of the present application;
FIG. 46 is a block diagram illustrating the structural components of yet another embodiment of an electronic device of the present application;
FIG. 47 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of an electronic device;
FIG. 48 is a schematic view of an operational state of the electronic device;
FIG. 49 is a schematic view of another operational state of the electronic device;
FIG. 50 is a schematic structural view showing a reverse coloring patch in the case of failure of an electrochromic module;
FIG. 51 is a schematic view showing that when the elongation at break of the electrochromic module frame is insufficient, the adhesion is not in place.
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The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It is to be noted that the following examples are only illustrative of the present invention, and do not limit the scope of the present invention. Likewise, the following examples are only some but not all examples of the present invention, and all other examples obtained by those skilled in the art without any inventive step are within the scope of the present invention.
The terms "first", "second" and "third" in the present invention are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first," "second," or "third" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise. All directional indicators (such as up, down, left, right, front, and rear … …) in the embodiments of the present invention are only used to explain the relative positional relationship between the components, the movement, and the like in a specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly. The terms "comprising" and "having" and any variations thereof in the embodiments of the present application are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements listed, but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed, or may alternatively include other steps or elements inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the invention. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.
As used herein, an "electronic device" (or simply "terminal") includes, but is not limited to, an apparatus that is configured to receive/transmit communication signals via a wireline connection, such as via a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), a digital cable, a direct cable connection, and/or another data connection/network, and/or via a wireless interface (e.g., for a cellular network, a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), a digital television network such as a DVB-H network, a satellite network, an AM-FM broadcast transmitter, and/or another communication terminal). A communication terminal arranged to communicate over a wireless interface may be referred to as a "wireless communication terminal", "wireless terminal" or "mobile terminal". Examples of mobile terminals include, but are not limited to, satellite or cellular telephones; a Personal Communications System (PCS) terminal that may combine a cellular radiotelephone with data processing, facsimile and data communications capabilities; PDAs that may include radiotelephones, pagers, internet/intranet access, Web browsers, notepads, calendars, and/or Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers; and conventional laptop and/or palmtop receivers or other electronic devices that include a radiotelephone transceiver. A cellular phone is an electronic device equipped with a cellular communication module.
The embodiment of the application firstly provides a structure of an electrochromic module based on an electrochromic technology. The electrochromic material in the electrochromic module is based on organic polymers, including polyaniline, polythiophene, etc.
The electrochromic material has a color-changing effect based on electrochemical reaction, the electrochemical reaction has very strict requirements on water and oxygen, once a small amount of water and oxygen invades, the material undergoes an electrolytic water reaction to generate high-activity oxygen, and the color-changing performance of the material is irreversibly damaged, so that the material is oxidized, yellowed and even completely loses efficacy. Therefore, the sealing condition of the electrochromic material becomes the key point of the electrochromic module structure.
Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating an embodiment of an electrochromic module according to the present application; the electrochromic module 100 in this embodiment includes a first substrate 110, a first conductive layer 120, a color-changing material layer 130, a second conductive layer 140, a second substrate 150, and a frame 160.
Specifically, the first substrate 110, the first conductive layer 120, the color-changing material layer 130, the second conductive layer 140, and the second substrate 150 are sequentially stacked; in this embodiment, the rubber frame 160 is disposed around the color-changing material layer 130, and two ends of the rubber frame 160 are respectively bonded to the surfaces of the first conductive layer 120 and the second conductive layer 140.
Optionally, in this embodiment, the first substrate 110 and the second substrate 150 are made of a flexible transparent resin material, so that the entire structure of the electrochromic module 100 is in a flexible and bendable structural form. The first substrate 110 and the second substrate 150 function to support and protect internal structures. In some embodiments, the first substrate 110 and the second substrate 150 may be made of PET (Polyethylene terephthalate, PET or PEIT, polyester resin, or a condensation polymer of terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol), PMMA (poly (methyl methacrylate), PMMA (PMMA), or acryl, Acrylic, or organic glass), PC (Polycarbonate, PC) is a polymer containing carbonate in a molecular chain, PI (Polyimide), and the like. Further material types for the first substrate 110 and the second substrate 150 are not listed and detailed herein within the understanding of those skilled in the art. The forming method of the first conductive layer 120 and the second conductive layer 140 may be Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD), specifically including vacuum evaporation, sputtering, ion plating (hollow cathode ion plating, hot cathode ion plating, arc ion plating, reactive ion plating, radio frequency ion plating, direct current discharge ion plating), and the like.
The thicknesses of the first conductive layer 120 and the second conductive layer 140 may be between 100nm and 300nm, and specifically, may be 100nm, 120nm, 150nm, 200nm, 280nm, 300nm, and the like. The first conductive layer 120 and the second conductive layer 140 are made of transparent conductive materials. The transparent conductive material can be Indium Tin Oxide (ITO), zinc aluminum oxide (AZO), tin oxide doped with Fluorine (FTO), graphene film or the like.
Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic partial structure lamination diagram of an embodiment of an electrochromic module, wherein the color-changing material layer 130 further includes a sub-layer structure, and as shown in fig. 2, the color-changing material layer 130 includes an electrochromic layer (i.e., EC layer) 131, a dielectric layer 132, and an ion storage layer (i.e., IC layer) 133 sandwiched between the first conductive layer 120 and the second conductive layer 140 and sequentially stacked. Alternatively, the material of the electrochromic layer 131 may be selected from organic polymers (including polyaniline, polythiophene, etc.), inorganic materials (prussian blue, transition metal oxides such as tungsten trioxide), and organic small molecules (viologen), etc. In the embodiment of the present application, the electrochromic layer 131 is exemplified as an organic polymer, and the electrochromic layer 131 may be a solid or gel material. Alternatively, the ion storage layer 133 and the dielectric layer 132 may be formed by PVD, and the electrochromic layer 131 (wherein the electrochromic layer 131 is the organic polymer or the inorganic material as described above) may be formed by doctor blade coating or drip irrigation, etc., which is within the understanding of those skilled in the art and will not be described in detail herein.
In addition, the electrochromic layer 131 may also use small organic molecules as an electrolyte material. When the electrochromic layer 131 is an organic small molecule, a specific formation method may be that the electrochromic layer is formed between the first conductive layer 120 and the second conductive layer 140 through a vacuum filling process, which is not described in detail herein.
Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another embodiment of an electrochromic module according to the present application; unlike the previous embodiments, the electrochromic module in this embodiment is a large-small chip structure. Specifically, the adhesive frame 160 surrounds the first conductive layer 120, the color-changing material layer 130, the second conductive layer 140, and the second substrate 150 and is adhered to the surface of the first substrate 110 facing the first conductive layer 120.
Optionally, please refer to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another embodiment of an electrochromic module according to the present application; the electrochromic module 100 in this embodiment also includes a first substrate 110, a first conductive layer 120, a color-changing material layer 130, a second conductive layer 140, a second substrate 150, and a frame 160; unlike the previous embodiments, the electrochromic module 100 in this embodiment further includes a water oxygen barrier unit 170.
In some embodiments, the water oxygen barrier unit 170 is attached to a surface of the second substrate 150 facing away from the second conductive layer 140. The area of the water and oxygen barrier unit 170 is larger than that of the second substrate 150, and the water and oxygen barrier unit 170 is bonded to the surface of the second substrate 150, which is away from the second conductive layer 140, and the end face of the glue frame 160, which is away from the first substrate 110; that is, opposite ends of the adhesive frame 160 are respectively bonded to the first substrate 110 and the water/oxygen barrier unit 170. The water and oxygen barrier unit 170 may be back-bonded to the second substrate 150 through an optical adhesive layer 1701(oca (optical Clear adhesive)). Specifically, the second substrate 150 and the water oxygen barrier unit 170 may be encapsulated by UV or other liquid glue.
Optionally, the water oxygen barrier unit 170 includes a substrate 171 and a water oxygen barrier layer 172 plated on at least one side surface of the substrate 171. The substrate 171 may be made of a flexible transparent resin material, including polyethylene terephthalate PET, polycarbonate PC, polyimide PI, and the like. The water-oxygen barrier layer 172 may be a dense metal oxide layer or an inorganic non-metal layer or a composite layer formed by stacking materials and inorganic materials. Such as aluminum oxide, silicon oxide, or a laminated composite structure of multiple materials, etc. The water and oxygen barrier unit 170 in this embodiment is a flexible substrate coated with a water and oxygen barrier layer 172, and has a water vapor transmission rate WVTR <1x10-2g/m 2/day. The water vapor permeation direction of the water oxygen barrier unit 170 in the embodiment of the present application is a physical characteristic that the water oxygen barrier unit 170 permeates from one side surface of the water oxygen barrier unit 170 to the opposite side surface in the thickness direction.
With reference to fig. 4, structurally, the size of the second substrate 150 in the electrochromic module is smaller than the size of the first substrate 110 and smaller than the size of the water oxygen barrier unit 170. In this way, the glue frame 160 between the first substrate 110 and the water oxygen barrier unit 170 forms a ring enclosure to protect the electrochromic material of the core layer of the electrochromic unit and prevent the intrusion of water and oxygen.
Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating a structure of an electrochromic module according to another embodiment of the present application; in this embodiment, a layer of the optical adhesive layer 1701 is further bonded between the second substrate 150 and the water oxygen barrier unit 170. The optical adhesive layer 1701 may improve the adhesion between the second substrate 150 and the water oxygen barrier unit 170 while preventing an air layer from being formed therebetween, i.e., prevent air from being sealed into the adhesive frame 160 because the sealed air may expand when the temperature rises, affecting the reliability of the electrochromic material.
Optionally, in this embodiment, the moisture vapor transmission rate of the rubber frame 160 is not greater than 20g/m 2/day. The water vapor transmission rate actually includes two meanings of water vapor transmission amount and water vapor transmission coefficient, and the two meanings are different from each other in terms of meaning, but both can be used to indicate the ability of water vapor to transmit a certain material. The water vapor transmission rate represents the weight of the material through which water vapor is transmitted under certain conditions of temperature and humidity for a certain period of time. The water vapor transmission rate is a standard value of the water vapor transmission rate converted by the coefficient, and corresponds to a standard unit for comparison among different test results. The water vapor transmission and the water vapor transmission coefficient were measured according to GB/T1037-. The specific measurement conditions and the measurement method are not particularly limited herein. In the embodiment of the present application, the water vapor permeation direction of the rubber frame 160 is a physical characteristic that the water vapor permeates through the rubber frame 160 from the outer side surface of the rubber frame 160 in the thickness T direction to reach the surface of the side adjacent to the color-changing material layer 130.
Alternatively, the adhesive frame 160 may be formed by curing an epoxy-based adhesive or an acrylic-based adhesive. Wherein, the epoxy glue has better waterproof performance, and the acrylic glue has stronger bonding force. Please refer to the following table (table one), which shows the data of the water vapor transmission rate test of the rubber frame under different conditions.
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To ensure the reliability and effectiveness of the waterproof, the width T of the rubber frame 160 in this embodiment may be greater than 1 mm. Specifically, the thickness may be 1.1mm, 1.2mm, 1.5mm, 2mm, 3mm, etc., and the specific numerical values are not particularly limited and are not listed here. Note that, the width T of the rubber frame 160 is not larger than 1mm, and is not necessarily larger, and it is preferable that the width T of the rubber frame 160 is controlled within 10mm, in addition to the problem of the whole black edge (width of the non-variable color region) of the electrochromic module when the requirement of the water vapor barrier performance is satisfied.
The rubber frame in this embodiment requires: under the conditions of an ambient temperature of 60 ℃ and a Relative Humidity of 90% (referring to the percentage of the vapor pressure in the air to the saturated vapor pressure at the same temperature, or the ratio of the absolute Humidity of the humid air to the maximum absolute Humidity that can be achieved at the same temperature, or the ratio of the partial pressure of the vapor in the humid air to the saturated pressure of the water at the same temperature, or the Relative Humidity (Relative Humidity), which is denoted by RH, the ratio of the absolute Humidity in the air to the saturated absolute Humidity at the same temperature and pressure, the quotient being a percentage (that is, the ratio of the mass of the vapor contained in a certain humid air to the mass of the vapor contained in the saturated air at the same temperature and pressure, the quotient being denoted by a percentage). The water vapor transmission rate of the rubber frame 160 is 1-15g/m 2/day. The water vapor permeability of the rubber frame 160 is limited, so that the color-changing material is prevented from being polluted, the problem of reverse coloring (specifically, what is reverse coloring will be explained in detail later) is avoided, the color-changing performance of the electrochromic module is further stabilized, and the service life is prolonged.
Optionally, in the present embodiment, the elongation at break (the elongation at break is generally expressed as a percentage of the relative elongation at break, i.e., the ratio of the elongation at break to the initial length of the frame) of the frame is 2-400%, or the modulus is <1Gpa (the modulus refers to the ratio of the stress to the strain of the material under stress; the reciprocal of the modulus is referred to as the compliance). In the embodiment of the present application, there is a requirement for the elongation at break of the rubber frame 160, and the purpose is to ensure that the rubber frame has a stable structural state in the flexible deformation or bending process of the electrochromic module, so that the sealing failure of the rubber frame is avoided.
Alternatively, the bonding interface between the rubber frame 160 and other structural layers may be processed, for example, the bonding interface is the bonding contact surface between the two opposite ends of the rubber frame 160 and the first substrate 110 and the water oxygen barrier unit 170 in the embodiment of fig. 4; in the embodiment of fig. 1, two opposite ends of the rubber frame 160 are respectively bonded to the first conductive layer 120 and the second conductive layer 140. Specific treatment methods of the bonding interface include plasma treatment, roughening, printing of an ink layer, and the like, in order to improve the bonding strength between the rubber frame 160 and other structural layers, and the water vapor mainly enters from the body of the rubber frame 160, not from the bonding interface. The adhesive frame 160 may be firmly adhered to the lower layer (water oxygen barrier film) and the upper layer (PET/ITO film). The specific adhesion between the frame 160 and other structural layers will be described later.
Optionally, the glue frame 160 may further be doped with a water vapor blocking agent, which may be added in the glue during the formation of the glue frame 160. The mass fraction of the water vapor barrier agent in the rubber frame 160 is 1-10%. Specifically, the amount of the water vapor barrier agent may be 1%, 3%, 5%, 8%, 10%, or the like, and the mass fraction ratio of the water vapor barrier agent may be increased appropriately without affecting the strength of the rubber frame 160. Specifically, some spacers can be added into the glue, and the mass fraction of the spacers is about 1-10% for blocking the path of water vapor; or a certain amount of molecular sieve is added for absorbing water vapor and delaying the service life. Wherein, the main components of the Spacer are SiO2 and micron SiO2 micron spheres. Molecular sieves are a common concept in chemistry, and the specific components are hydrated aluminosilicate (zeolite) or natural zeolite and the like. The Spacer is SiO2 micron ball, so it can block water vapor, and the molecular sieve can absorb water vapor. The two can be added separately or together.
Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an electrochromic module according to still another embodiment of the present application; the electrochromic module 100 in this embodiment also includes a first substrate 110, a first conductive layer 120, a color-changing material layer 130, a second conductive layer 140, a second substrate 150, and a water and oxygen blocking unit 170, which are sequentially stacked; different from the foregoing embodiment, the glue frame 160 in this embodiment includes a first glue frame 161 and a second glue frame 162, where the first glue frame 161 is disposed around the side edge of the color-changing material layer 130, and the second glue frame 162 is disposed around the periphery of the first glue frame 161. It should be noted that the description of the structure, material and performance of the adhesive frame is not limited to the specific location in the illustrated embodiment, and for reasons of space limitation in the present specification, the embodiment of the present application is only illustrated by one or more adhesive frame location structures, which should not limit the scope of the present application, and those skilled in the art can make some structural modifications under the technical ideas (double adhesive frame and multi adhesive frame) of the embodiment of the present application, and all such modifications should fall within the scope of the present application. In this embodiment, a double-rubber frame or multi-rubber frame structure is modified based on the embodiment shown in fig. 4, and it is needless to say that the idea of the double-rubber frame or multi-rubber frame structure may be combined with the structure shown in fig. 1 and other embodiments to be described herein.
Optionally, the first rubber frame 161 is closer to the color-changing material layer 130, so that the water vapor transmittance of the first rubber frame 161 may be lower than that of the second rubber frame 162. And the adhesiveness of the second glue frame 162 may be higher than that of the first glue frame 161. The term "adhesion" as used herein refers to the degree of adhesion between the adhesive frame and other structural layers (in the illustrated embodiment, specifically, the adhesive interface between the adhesive frame and the first substrate 110 and the water/oxygen barrier unit 170), i.e., the degree of adhesion that is not easily peeled off. The performance reflects the bonding reliability or firmness of the glue frame and other structural layers.
In the technical scheme of the embodiment, a two-layer rubber frame structure is adopted, the water and oxygen barrier property of the rubber frame 162 on the outer side can be slightly lower, and specifically, the water vapor transmission rate of the rubber frame 162 is not more than 20g/m 2/day; the adhesive force to the outer side rubber frame 162 is higher, the elongation at break of the outer side rubber frame is required, and the elongation at break is required to be 2-400%; the requirement for the water and oxygen barrier property of the inner rubber frame 161 is high, and the water vapor transmission rate of the inner rubber frame 161 is not more than 15g/m 2/day, and the requirement for the bonding force of the inner rubber frame 161 is low. Alternatively, the inner frame 161 may be made of epoxy glue with high water resistance, and the outer frame 162 may be made of acrylic glue with better adhesion.
The background of the double-rubber-frame scheme is as follows: in practical application, under the requirement of the laminating of some narrow frames and 3D curved surfaces, the glue frame becomes narrow, and the glue that can satisfy the 3D laminating requirement of adhesion strength simultaneously is difficult to find separation steam. For example, if only epoxy glue is used, the epoxy glue has good vapor permeability, but the bonding force of the epoxy glue and PET and the water-oxygen barrier film is relatively weak, and the glue is hard, so that the requirement of 3D bonding cannot be well met; if only acrylic acid system glue or other glue with better bonding force and softer is used, the waterproof performance of the glue can not well meet the requirement under the condition that the width of the glue frame is certain (considering the problem of black edges). Please refer to the following table (table two), which is comparative data of the test experiment of the double glue frame scheme and the single glue frame.
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Note: in the experimental data in the above table, the water vapor transmittance of the double-glue frame refers to the physical representation that water vapor permeates from the outer surface of the outer-side glue frame (the second glue frame 162) to the inner surface of the inner-side glue frame through the outer-side glue frame and the inner-side glue frame (the first glue frame 161).
From the above analysis and comparison, in the double-rubber-frame scheme, when the widths (T1, T2) of the first rubber frame 161 and the second rubber frame 162 are both 0.3mm, the requirement that the water vapor transmission rate of the whole rubber frame (the first rubber frame 161 and the second rubber frame 162) is not more than 20g/m 2/day can be satisfied. When the width of the double-rubber frame is 0.5, the waterproof performance is superior to the scheme that the width of the epoxy single-rubber frame is 0.8.
Optionally, in order to ensure that the double-rubber-frame scheme has good waterproof and adhesive properties, the width T1 of the first rubber frame 161 and the width T2 of the second rubber frame 162 in this embodiment are both designed to be greater than 0.3 mm. The first rubber frame 161 and the second rubber frame 162 may be disposed at an interval or disposed in a contact manner, and the forming manner of the rubber frames will be described in detail in the following embodiments.
Referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating a structure of an electrochromic module according to still another embodiment of the present application; the electrochromic module 100 in this embodiment also includes a first substrate 110, a first conductive layer 120, a color-changing material layer 130, a second conductive layer 140, a second substrate 150, and a water and oxygen blocking unit 170, which are sequentially stacked; different from the foregoing embodiment, the glue frame 160 in this embodiment includes a first glue frame 161, a second glue frame 162, and a third glue frame 163, where the first glue frame 161 is disposed around the side edge of the color-changing material layer 130, the second glue frame 162 is disposed around the periphery of the first glue frame 161, and the third glue frame 163 is disposed around the periphery of the second glue frame 162.
The technical solution of this embodiment may be to add a third rubber frame 163 on the basis of the previous embodiment, specifically, the third rubber frame 163 may be disposed on the periphery of the second rubber frame 162 as shown in fig. 7, or may be in the structure as shown in fig. 8, and fig. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a structure of another embodiment of the electrochromic module of this application; the structure in fig. 8 is equivalent to that a layer of rubber frame (third rubber frame 163) is added on the periphery of the whole structure of the electrochromic module, and in this embodiment, the structure of the third rubber frame 163 is added, so that the whole waterproof performance of the electrochromic module can be further enhanced. The third glue frame 163 may be formed by solidifying the same epoxy glue as the first glue frame 161, or may be made of a nano hydrophobic material, such as teflon, fluorinated polyethylene, fluorocarbon wax, etc. The third rubber frame 163 may be made of waterproof foam or the like attached to the outer periphery of the second rubber frame 162. The third rubber frame 163 is required to have a water vapor transmission rate of not more than 5g/m 2/day. Please refer to the following table (table three), which is comparative data of the test experiment of the two-rubber frame scheme and the three-rubber frame scheme.
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From the above experimental data, under the condition that the width of the rubber frame is 0.3mm, the waterproof performance of the scheme of the three-rubber frame is obviously superior to that of the scheme of the two-rubber frame. In this embodiment, the width of the third rubber frame 163 may also be greater than 0.3mm, taking the adhesion and waterproof properties into consideration. Specifically, it may be 0.31mm, 0.4mm, 0.5mm, 0.8mm, 1mm, etc., and is not particularly limited herein. For other performance parameters of the third rubber frame 163, reference may be made to the first rubber frame 161 in the foregoing embodiment, which is not described herein again.
Referring to fig. 9, fig. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an electrochromic module according to still another embodiment of the present application; unlike the embodiment of fig. 4, the water oxygen barrier unit 170 of the present embodiment includes a substrate 171, a water oxygen barrier layer 172, and an appearance film layer 173. Optionally, a water oxygen barrier layer 172 and an appearance film layer 173 are disposed on opposite sides of the substrate 171. The appearance film layer 173 is used to realize different appearance effects, and may specifically include one or a combination of a texture layer (which may be formed by UV transfer), a color coating layer (which may be formed by NCVM (Non-conductive vacuum metallization, also called discontinuous coating technology or Non-conductive plating technology)), a nanoimprint layer, a color coating layer, a gradient color effect layer, an ink layer, and a gloss oil protection layer, which are not specifically limited herein. The total thickness of the electrochromic module in this embodiment (the first substrate 110, the first conductive layer 120, the color-changing material layer 130, the second conductive layer 140, the second substrate 150, and the water/oxygen barrier unit 170 are stacked together) may be 200 um and 300 um.
Referring to fig. 10, fig. 10 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an electrochromic module according to another embodiment of the present application; the electrochromic module in this embodiment further includes a metal trace 180, where the metal trace 180 specifically includes a first metal trace 181 and a second metal trace 182; the first metal trace 181 is connected to the first conductive layer 120, and the second metal trace 182 is connected to the second conductive layer 140. The metal trace 180 includes but is not limited to a multi-layer trace structure such as a silver paste line, a copper plated layer, an aluminum plated layer, or a molybdenum aluminum molybdenum layer.
Referring to fig. 11, fig. 11 is a schematic top view of the electrochromic module shown in fig. 10. The first metal trace 181 is disposed along an edge position close to the surface of the first conductive layer 120, and the second metal trace 182 is disposed along an edge position close to the surface of the second conductive layer 150. The specific structure of the trace has various design forms, such as an L-shaped trace (the situation shown in the figure in this embodiment), a loop trace, and the like, which is not limited herein.
In order to make the electrochromic module have a faster color change speed, the sheet resistance of the first conductive layer 120 and the second conductive layer 140 is set to 40-150 ohms, such as 40 ohms, 50 ohms, 80 ohms, 100 ohms, 120 ohms, 550 ohms, and so on; the sheet resistance of the first metal trace 181 and the second metal trace 182 may be 0.05-2 ohms, and may specifically be 0.05 ohms, 0.06 ohms, 0.1 ohms, 1.2 ohms, 1.5 ohms, 2 ohms, and the like, which is not limited herein. The coloring speed of the electrochromic module can be between 10-20s, the fading speed between 8-12s, or faster.
Optionally, with reference to fig. 11, the electrochromic module 100 in the embodiment further includes a flexible circuit board 183, and the flexible circuit board 183 is connected to the first metal trace 181 and the second metal trace 182, respectively. The first metal trace 181 and the second metal trace 182 are connected to an external driving circuit (specifically, a control circuit board of an electronic device or a self-contained chip structure, not shown, but not limited thereto) through a flexible circuit board 183, and the external driving circuit provides a power source for the electrochromic module and drives the electrochromic material to change color.
Referring to fig. 12 and 13 together, fig. 12 is a schematic view illustrating a structure of an electrochromic module according to another embodiment of the present application; fig. 13 is a schematic sectional view of a partial structure at the binding position in fig. 12. In this embodiment, the first metal trace 181 and the second metal trace 182 are ring traces, and the flexible circuit board 183 is respectively connected to the first metal trace 181 and the second metal trace 182 located at two sides (specifically, connected to the first trace leading-out end 1811 of the first metal trace 181 and the second trace leading-out end 1821 of the second metal trace 182), wherein the shape of the flexible circuit board 183 is not limited to the Y shape in the embodiment of the present application, and can also be a T-shaped structure, please refer to fig. 14, and fig. 14 is a schematic diagram of another flexible circuit board and trace binding structure of the electrochromic module in the present application. The flexible circuit board 183 in fig. 14 has a T-shaped structure. The routing manners in fig. 13 and fig. 14 are both double-sided binding, that is, the first metal routing 181 and the second metal routing 182 are respectively located on the conductive layers on both sides and are bound with the flexible circuit board 183, that is, double-sided binding is performed. The advantages of double-sided binding are reliable binding conduction, low process difficulty and compact overall structure.
The technical scheme of double-sided binding is introduced above, and a single-sided binding structure is introduced below, that is, the metal wires on two sides are bound with the flexible circuit board from the substrate on one side. Referring to fig. 15, 16 and 17, fig. 15 is a schematic view of a flexible circuit board and a trace binding structure of an electrochromic module according to the present application, fig. 16 is a schematic view of a structure of the electrochromic module shown in fig. 15 being separated, and fig. 17 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion of the structure at a in fig. 15. The first metal trace 181 and the second metal trace 182 have a first trace lead-out terminal 1811 and a second trace lead-out terminal 1821, respectively. The first substrate 110 is further provided with a trace connection end 1801 adjacent to the first metal trace 181 and disposed in an insulating manner, the trace connection end 1801 may be formed as an island on the first conductive layer 120 at a position corresponding to the second trace lead-out end 1821 by a laser engraving or yellow light etching process, and the trace connection end 1801 is separated from the first conductive layer 120 in other regions of the first substrate 110 by a separation region 1802. The second metal trace 182 is electrically connected to the trace connection end 1801 of the first substrate 110, and the flexible circuit board 183 is respectively connected to the trace connection end 1801 on one side of the first substrate 110 and the first trace lead-out end 1811 of the first metal trace 181. And then realized that flexible circuit board 183 leads to with both sides metal routing simultaneously from unilateral base plate purpose.
Optionally, referring to fig. 18, fig. 18 is a schematic partial sectional view taken along line B-B in fig. 15; the method for electrically connecting the second metal trace 182 to the trace connection end 1801 on the first substrate 110 in a conductive manner may be implemented by using a first conductive silver paste 1803, where the first conductive silver paste 1803 may be formed by screen printing or spot coating, and the thickness is generally 3-10 um.
The single-sided binding structure can make the color-changing invalid area at the edge position narrower; the flexible circuit board is bound on one side, so that the binding process is simpler.
In the embodiment illustrated in fig. 10, the first metal trace 181 and the second metal trace 182 are both disposed within the color-changing material layer 130. Referring to fig. 19, fig. 19 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an electrochromic module according to another embodiment of the present application; the structure in this embodiment is different from that in the embodiment in fig. 10, an insulating protection layer is further disposed on the outer peripheries of the first metal trace 181 and the second metal trace 182, specifically, a first insulating protection layer 1810 and a second insulating protection layer 1820 are respectively disposed on the outer peripheries of the first metal trace 181 and the second metal trace 182; the first insulating protection layer 1810 and the second insulating protection layer 1820 are used for blocking the first metal trace 181, the second metal trace 182, and the color-changing material layer 130, so as to prevent the color-changing material layer 130 from corroding the first metal trace 181 and the second metal trace 182. The first insulating protection layer 1810 and the second insulating protection layer 1820 may be made of organic polymer, or inorganic material, such as silicon oxide.
Referring to fig. 18 and fig. 20 in combination, fig. 20 is a schematic sectional view of a partial structure of another embodiment of the electrochromic module according to the present application, in a single-side bonding structure, because the peripheries of the first metal trace 181 and the second metal trace 182 are provided with the insulating protective layer, the second metal trace 182 is inconvenient to be directly connected to the trace connection terminal 1801 on one side of the first substrate 110 through the end face, or the problem of small effective contact area and conduction reliability through the end face silver paste connection mode is considered. The number of the through holes 1401 may be plural, and is not particularly limited. Through the mode of punching in this embodiment to utilize silver thick liquid to walk line link 1801 and switch on with second metal wiring 182, have the characteristics that switch on the reliability height, need not destroy the insulating protective layer of metal wiring periphery simultaneously.
Referring to fig. 21 and 22 together, fig. 21 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a partial structure of another embodiment of the electrochromic module of the present application, and fig. 22 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a partial structure of another embodiment of the electrochromic module of the present application; optionally, at least one of the first metal trace 181 and the second metal trace 182 is embedded in the rubber frame 160, and the metal trace embedded in the rubber frame 160 is isolated from the color-changing material layer. In the embodiment of fig. 21, the first metal trace 181 and the second metal trace 182 are both embedded in the rubber frame 160, and the first metal trace 181 and the second metal trace 182 embedded in the rubber frame 160 are isolated from the color-changing material layer 130. On one hand, the first metal trace 181 and the second metal trace 182 can be prevented from being corroded by the color-changing material layer 130, and on the other hand, the metal trace is embedded in the rubber frame 160, so that the width of the non-color-changing region S (black edge) can be reduced.
Optionally, in the embodiment of fig. 22, the first metal trace 181 is embedded in the rubber frame 160; the second metal trace 182 is disposed in the color-changing material layer 130, and specifically, the second metal trace 182 may be embedded in the ion storage layer (i.e., the IC layer) 133.
The following describes a method for packaging an electrochromic module with a large and small sheet and single frame structure based on the embodiment of fig. 3. Referring to fig. 23, fig. 23 is a schematic flowchart illustrating an embodiment of an electrochromic module packaging method according to the present application, which includes, but is not limited to, the following steps.
Step M100, providing a laminated structure of an electrochromic module.
Referring to fig. 24, fig. 24 is a schematic structural layer diagram of a semi-finished product of a layered structure of an electrochromic module. In this step, the laminated structure (hereinafter referred to as a semi-finished product) of the electrochromic module includes a first substrate 110, a first conductive layer 120, a color-changing material layer 130, a second conductive layer 140, and a second substrate 150, which are sequentially laminated, that is, the semi-finished product formed by laminating the above five layers.
And step M200, forming a ring groove on the laminated structure of the electrochromic module.
Referring to fig. 25 and 26, fig. 25 is a schematic view of a stacked structure after forming a ring groove on a stacked structure semi-finished product of an electrochromic module, and fig. 26 is a schematic view of a top view of the structure of fig. 25. The ring groove 1001 at least penetrates through the second substrate 150, the second conductive layer 140, the color-changing material layer 130, and the first conductive layer 120. The annular groove 1001 may be formed by laser cutting, CNC cutting, etc., and the color-changing material layer 130 may be formed by erasing, pre-printing blue glue protection on the first substrate 110 at a position corresponding to the annular groove 1001, etc., and is not limited herein. The blue glue can be acrylic acid UV curing system glue, has solvent resistance and does not react with electrochromic materials. The adhesive surface of the first substrate 110 can be exposed by directly peeling off the blue gel.
And M300, filling the sealing glue in the ring groove.
Referring to fig. 27, fig. 27 is a schematic structural view illustrating a sealant filled in a ring groove of a semi-finished product of an electrochromic module, wherein the sealant 1600 is solidified to form the structure of the plastic frame 160 in the foregoing embodiment. Before the sealing glue is filled, a treatment for improving the bonding strength may be performed on the position of the first substrate 110 corresponding to the bonding surface at the bottom of the ring groove 1001, and the treatment includes plasma treatment, roughening, or printing an ink layer, so as to improve the bonding strength between the glue frame 160 and the first substrate 110.
The packaging method for the electrochromic module solves the problems of packaging and module design of the flexible electrochromic module, is simple, convenient and feasible in process, high in packaging reliability and compatible with the flexible electrochromic film (semi-finished product) process of the front-stage process. After the flexible electrochromic module is completed, the flexible electrochromic module is simply attached to the glass cover plate, so that functional application can be realized, the reliability is good, and the flexible electrochromic module can be applied to electronic products such as mobile phones.
Referring to fig. 28, fig. 28 is a schematic flow chart of another embodiment of the electrochromic module packaging method according to the present application, which is different from the foregoing embodiment, and further includes:
and M400, cutting off excess materials along the periphery of the rubber frame after the rubber frame is formed by fixing the sealing gum in the ring groove.
Continuing with fig. 27, in this step, portions of both sides of the dashed line in fig. 27 are cut away to form the structure of fig. 3 according to the previous embodiment.
Referring to fig. 29, fig. 29 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a further embodiment of an electrochromic module packaging method according to the present application, which is different from the embodiment of fig. 28, in which the packaging method further includes a step M500 of attaching a water-oxygen barrier unit to a surface of the second substrate facing away from the second conductive layer.
In this step, the water/oxygen barrier unit 170 may be bonded to the surface of the second substrate 150 away from the second conductive layer 140 through the optical adhesive layer 1701, so as to form the structure shown in fig. 4 in the previous embodiment. And finally, binding through the flexible circuit board to form the electrochromic module. For the binding structure of the flexible circuit board, please refer to the related description of the foregoing embodiments, which is not repeated here.
It should be noted that, the methods of the foregoing embodiments are all based on a single-glue-frame packaging method, and when the structure is a double-glue-frame structure, two circles of ring grooves (the first ring groove 10011 and the second ring groove 10012) may be formed, please refer to fig. 30 and fig. 31, where fig. 30 is a schematic structural stacking diagram after two circles of ring grooves are formed on the electrochromic module semi-finished product; fig. 31 is a schematic top view of the structure of fig. 30, wherein the second ring groove 10012 is sleeved on the periphery of the first ring groove 10011, and then the first ring groove 10011 and the second ring groove 10012 are filled with glue respectively to form an electrochromic module package structure with a dual-glue frame.
In addition, the scheme of the double-rubber frame may also be that a layer of glue is dispensed on the outer periphery of the first rubber frame 161 on the basis of forming the single-rubber frame structure as shown in fig. 4, so as to form the second rubber frame 162. Please refer to fig. 32, fig. 32 is a schematic structural diagram of another dual-glue frame of the electrochromic module. In the embodiment of fig. 32, the first and second rubber frames 161 and 162 may be in a contact structure. The packaging method for the three-rubber frame or the multi-rubber frame may be similar to that for the two-rubber frame, and is not repeated here.
Optionally, referring to fig. 33, fig. 33 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a cover plate assembly of the present application, in which the cover plate assembly 10 (which may also be referred to as a housing) includes an electrochromic module 100 and a transparent cover plate 200. The transparent cover plate 200 is attached to the first substrate 110 of the electrochromic module 100, and may be specifically bonded through an optical adhesive layer 1101. The transparent cover 200 may be made of glass or transparent resin. The transparent cover plate 200 in the embodiment of the present application generally refers to a rear cover, i.e., a battery cover, of an electronic device. It should be noted that the structure of the electrochromic module 100 in this embodiment may be any one of the foregoing embodiments, and only one structure is illustrated in fig. 33. The transparent cover 200 in this embodiment is a planar structure. The transparent cover plate 200 and the water-oxygen barrier unit 170 are respectively used for water vapor barrier from two sides, and the circumference of the side is used for water vapor barrier through the rubber frame 160. Referring to fig. 34, fig. 34 is a schematic structural diagram of another embodiment of the cover plate assembly of the present application, and different from the previous embodiment, a shielding layer 201 is disposed at an edge position of the transparent cover plate 200 in the present embodiment, and the shielding layer 201 is disposed corresponding to the rubber frame 160 and the metal traces (the first metal trace 181 and the second metal trace 182) of the electrochromic module 100, so as to shield the rubber frame 160 and the metal traces of the electrochromic module in a thickness direction (arrow direction) of the electrochromic module 100. In the present embodiment, the shielding layer 201 simultaneously shields the adhesive frame 160 and the metal traces, and in some other embodiments, the shielding layer 201 may be designed to shield only one of the metal traces.
Optionally, the shielding layer 201 includes any one of an ink layer, a yellow light treatment layer, and a matte gradient layer, which is not specifically limited herein. The color of the shielding layer 201 is the same as or similar to the color of the electrochromic module 100 in the color development state, so that the shielding layer 201 and the electrochromic module 100 in the color development state are integrated into a whole.
Optionally, the color of the shielding layer 201 may be the same as or similar to the color of the electrochromic module 100 in the non-color-rendering state, so that the shielding layer 201 enables the electrochromic module 100 and the structures such as the frame or the middle frame to form a transition color region in the non-color-rendering state of the electrochromic module 100, thereby achieving the visual effect of integrating the whole electronic device into a whole.
Optionally, referring to fig. 35, fig. 35 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of the cover plate assembly of the present application, and different from the foregoing embodiments, the transparent cover plate 200 in the present embodiment includes a bottom wall 210 and a side wall 220 integrally formed with the bottom wall 210, the side wall 220 is bent relative to the bottom wall 210, and the electrochromic module 100 is bonded to the bottom wall 210 and the side wall 220. In the present embodiment, the requirement of the adhesion between the plastic frame and other film structures of the electrochromic module 100 is different according to the arrangement positions of the sidewalls 220 (the sidewalls 220 are arranged on two opposite sides of the bottom wall 210, and are generally referred to as 2.5D in the industry, and the sidewalls 220 are arranged on four sides of the bottom wall 210, and are generally referred to as 3D in the industry). Optionally, when the bending angle a between the sidewall 220 and the bottom wall 210 is greater than 30 degrees, the adhesive strength between the rubber frame 160 and the first substrate 110 or the second substrate 150 is required to be greater than 20N/inch, and the adhesive strength between the rubber frame 160 and the water/oxygen barrier unit 170 is required to be greater than 20N/inch. Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, the adhesive strength between the rubber frame 160 and the first substrate 110 and the water and oxygen barrier unit 170 is about 28N/inch, especially when it is considered that a 3D glass cover plate needs to be attached, a portion of the rubber frame is bent, and an adhesive surface of the rubber frame needs to be used as a structural support, so the adhesive strength needs to be high, if the rubber frame is not used as a structural support, only from the perspective of waterproofing of a device (that is, without considering the bending condition, as in the case of the embodiment of fig. 34), the adhesive strength between the rubber frame and other structural layers only needs to be about 1N/inch, and the requirement on the breaking elongation of the rubber frame can also be reduced. If the adhesive strength is insufficient, the adhesive tends to be easily broken.
Optionally, the elongation at break of the rubber frame 160 in this embodiment is 17% to 200%. If the elongation at break of the rubber frame 160 is insufficient or too low, the problem of poor or insufficient adhesion occurs, especially at the position of the bending region of the 3D transparent cover plate, please refer to fig. 51, which is a schematic diagram of the insufficient elongation at break of the electrochromic module rubber frame, resulting in poor adhesion. In the figure, the solid line represents the structural schematic diagram of the electrochromic module 100 and the transparent cover plate 200 being bonded in place at the bending position, and the dotted line represents the structural schematic diagram of the electrochromic module 100 being too hard to be bonded in place due to insufficient elongation at break of the rubber frame 160. A gap 102a is easily formed between the electrochromic module 100 and the transparent cover 200, and bubbles are generated, thereby affecting the bonding effect and the display effect. 1101 in the figure is indicated as optical glue layer.
Referring to fig. 36, fig. 36 is a schematic diagram of a single-side lead bonding structure of the cover assembly, wherein the electrochromic module is connected to a control circuit board (not shown) via a flexible circuit board 183. A small portion of metal leads (specifically, the first metal trace 181 or the trace connection terminal 1801 disposed on the first substrate 110, see fig. 17) is bonded to the first conductive layer 120 on one side of the upper first substrate 110, so as to be bound to the flexible circuit board. Alternatively, the bonding process may be a high-temperature press bonding process using an ACF (Anisotropic Conductive Film, ACF)). Optionally, the pressing temperature: 120 ℃ to 140 ℃, pressure: 20-30N; and (3) laminating time: 5-15 seconds.
Optionally, the assembling method of the cover plate assembly in the embodiment of the present application may be: the electrochromic module 100 (including the water oxygen barrier unit 170) as a whole is firstly attached with optical cement for bonding the transparent cover plate 200; then the electrochromic module 100 bonded with the optical cement is bonded with the flexible circuit board 183, and then the electrochromic module 100 bonded with the flexible circuit board 183 is bonded with the transparent cover plate 200.
Optionally, the assembling method of the cover plate assembly may further include: firstly, binding the electrochromic module 100 and the flexible circuit board 183; bonding the optical adhesive after binding the flexible circuit board 183; and finally to the transparent cover plate 200. Compared with the bonding process in the first step, the scheme can solve the influence of the optical adhesive on the ACF bonding process, the ACF bonding process can be bonded according to the normal pressure of 40N, and therefore poor pressing conduction generated is reduced.
Optionally, in order to prevent subsequent moisture intrusion, which may result in ACF conduction failure, a small piece of protective adhesive 1808 is added to the bonding portion between the flexible circuit board 183 and the metal wires. The protective adhesive 1808 may be liquid UV glue, and is covered on the position in a dispensing manner. The flexible circuit board 183 can be effectively protected from the corrosion by moisture and the salt mixture thus generated.
Optionally, please refer to fig. 37, fig. 37 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the cover plate assembly of the present application; unlike the large and small plate structure electrochromic module structure of fig. 33, the electrochromic module 100 in this embodiment is a staggered structure. Specifically, in this embodiment, the relative projection portions of the first conductive layer 120 and the second conductive layer 140 in the thickness direction are overlapped, the color-changing material layer 130 is sandwiched between the projection overlapped regions of the first conductive layer 120 and the second conductive layer 140, and the first metal trace 181 and the second metal trace 182 are respectively connected to the projection non-overlapped regions of the first conductive layer 120 and the second conductive layer 140; the first metal trace 181 and the second metal trace 182 are embedded in the rubber frame 160. The periphery of the electrochromic module 100 is blocked by the transparent cover plate 200, the rubber frame 160 and the water-oxygen blocking unit 170.
The staggered structure provided in this embodiment reduces the risk of easy short circuit of the metal traces and reduces the process difficulty of the metal traces (the traces can be easily dispensed by a dispenser or by screen printing, and no influence is caused on other structural layers of the electrochromic module 100). Moreover, the packaging scheme is independently performed with the production process of other structural layers of the electrochromic module 100, and the minimum packaging unit (the structure of a single electrochromic module 100) can be flexibly designed without influencing the electrochromic function, so that the design requirement of multiple application scenes can be met.
Referring to FIG. 38, FIG. 38 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a cover plate assembly according to another embodiment of the present application; the cover plate assembly in this embodiment is characterized by the encapsulation position of the rubber frame. In this embodiment, each stacked structure of the electrochromic module 100 is sandwiched between the transparent cover 200 and the water and oxygen blocking unit 170, and the rubber frame 160 surrounds the side edge of the electrochromic module 100 and jointly seals the electrochromic module 100 with the transparent cover 200 and the water and oxygen blocking unit 170.
The cover plate assembly in this embodiment is characterized in that the upper plane, the lower plane and the periphery of the electrochromic module 100 are respectively sealed by the transparent cover plate 200, the water and oxygen barrier unit 170 and the rubber frame, so that the water vapor can be well prevented from entering. The water and oxygen barrier unit 170 has good water and oxygen barrier performance, and the water and oxygen barrier unit 170 and the transparent cover plate 200 (specifically, a glass cover plate) are bonded to the encapsulation frame well, so that water and oxygen are prevented from entering from the edge interface. The packaging reliability of the middle structure is high, the whole device is light and thin, the packaging frame is narrow, and the application conditions of electronic products such as mobile phones can be met.
Optionally, referring to fig. 39, fig. 39 is a schematic flow chart illustrating an embodiment of a method for assembling a cover plate assembly in the embodiment of fig. 38; the assembly method includes the following steps.
Step M3901, attaching the electrochromic module to the transparent cover plate.
In this step, the electrochromic module is generally prepared in a manner including the following steps. Firstly, a conductive substrate with metal traces is prepared. Metal wiring (a first metal wiring 181 and a second metal wiring 182) is formed on the upper and lower PET/ITO films (the first conductive layer 120 is formed on the first substrate 110 and the second conductive layer 140 is formed on the second substrate) by using a process method such as screen printing Ag or metal film re-etching. In order to prevent the metal lines from being corroded, an insulating protective layer (1810, 1820) is prepared on the surface of the metal lines. The insulating protective layer can be prepared by screen printing insulating varnish, coating insulating varnish, exposing and developing or depositing an inorganic insulating protective layer (such as SiO2), and the like. Then, an electrochromic layer (i.e., EC layer) 131, a dielectric layer 132, and an ion storage layer (i.e., IC layer) 133 (see fig. 2) are coated on the upper and lower PET/ITO films, respectively, and then the upper and lower sheets are aligned and bonded. Finally, laser cutting is carried out according to the designed shape, redundant materials at the edge are removed, meanwhile, the edges of the upper and lower PET/ITO films are flush, and then the flexible circuit board is bound, and for the detailed structural characteristics of the part, reference is made to the related description of the previous embodiment.
Step M3902, dispensing around the electrochromic module to form a glue frame.
After this step, the intermediate product structure shown in fig. 40 is formed, please refer to fig. 40, and fig. 40 is a schematic structural diagram of the electrochromic module bonded with the transparent cover plate and dispensing.
And step M3903, attaching the water and oxygen blocking unit to the surface of one side, away from the transparent cover plate, of the electrochromic module.
In this step, the water oxygen barrier unit 170 may be bonded to a surface of the electrochromic module (specifically, an outer surface of the second substrate 150 in this embodiment) facing away from the transparent cover plate by using an optical adhesive (e.g., 1701 in the foregoing embodiment).
The cover plate assembly assembling method provided by the embodiment has the characteristics of simple process and good waterproof performance of the formed cover plate assembly.
Referring to fig. 41, fig. 41 is a schematic structural view illustrating a rear cover plate and a middle frame of an electronic device in a conventional technology being bonded together. In the conventional technology, a rear cover 200a of an electronic device such as a mobile phone is generally bonded to a middle frame 20a directly by glue 2002, wherein 55 denotes a structure of a battery, a circuit board, and the like inside the electronic device, and 2001 denotes an appearance film layer structure on the rear cover 200 a. This kind of back shroud 200a and center 20 a's bonding mode is because the two bonds too closely, inconvenient dismantlement back shroud 200a, need use hot-blast gun and draw adsorption equipment just can pull down back shroud 200a in the maintenance process, and the damping effect between on the other hand back shroud 200a and the center 20a is poor, and when electronic equipment fell, back shroud 200a vibrated intensely, and the device that will attach on back shroud 200a very easily is vibrated and is come off, vibrates the dislocation even.
In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a housing assembly, please refer to fig. 42 and 43 together, fig. 42 is a schematic sectional view illustrating a structure of the housing assembly of the present invention, and fig. 43 is a schematic front view illustrating the structure of the housing assembly of fig. 42; the housing assembly (which may also be referred to as a housing) includes a center frame 20 and a cover assembly 10; the cover plate assembly 10 may be a cover plate assembly structure in the foregoing embodiments, and the present embodiment is schematically illustrated by taking only one structure as an example. In this embodiment, two opposite sides of the electrochromic module 100 are respectively bonded to the transparent cover 200 and the middle frame 20, and the bonding between the transparent cover 200 and the middle frame 20 is eliminated, so that the transparent cover 200 and the middle frame 20 are spaced apart from each other to form a buffer gap 202. Optionally, the water and oxygen barrier unit 170 of the electrochromic module 100 and the middle frame 20 may be bonded by a foam adhesive 1702, and specifically, the appearance film 173 of the water and oxygen barrier unit 170 and the middle frame 20 may be bonded by the foam adhesive 1702. The foam rubber 1702 can play a role in bonding on one hand and a role in buffering on the other hand.
Optionally, the retraction distance D1 of the edge of the electrochromic module 100 relative to the transparent cover 200 is 0.3-0.6mm, the foam 1702 is attached under the electrochromic module 100, and the width D2 of the foam 1702 may be 2-4mm, wherein the width D2 of the foam 1702 may be designed to be larger than the width T of the adhesive frame 160 to ensure the reliability of the adhesion, and the thickness of the foam 1702 may be 0.2-0.4mm, which is not specifically limited herein. Optionally, the projection of the foam rubber 1702 on the transparent cover plate 200 at least partially overlaps with the projection of the rubber frame 160 on the transparent cover plate 200. The purpose of this design is to ensure that the bonding force of the foam 1702 to the electrochromic module 100 is close to the glue frame 160, since the previous embodiments have described that the bonding force of the glue frame 160 to the substrate and the water/oxygen barrier unit 170 is generally stronger than the bonding force between the sub-layer structures of the color-changing material layer 130 (the pull force between the color-changing material layers 130 is generally less than 20N); on the other hand, in order to make the black border (the width of the black border in the illustrated embodiment is D1+ T) as small as possible, if the foam 1702 completely coincides with the projection of the frame 160 on the transparent cover plate 200 or one completely covers the other, the width of one is the width of the black border, otherwise the width of the black border is the sum of the widths or the sum of the widths minus the width of the overlapping projections. As can be seen from fig. 43, the housing assembly can be roughly divided into a reserved camera area X, a color-changing area Y and a black-edge area Z when viewed from the transparent cover 200 side.
In the case assembly bonding structure of the embodiment, the electrochromic module 100 may be bonded to the transparent cover plate 200 to form a cover plate assembly, and then the cover plate assembly may be conveniently assembled to the middle frame; the width of the packaging layer of the electrochromic module can be designed to be thicker under the same black edge condition, so that the protection of the electrochromic module is facilitated; compared with the scheme of gluing the transparent cover plate and assembling the middle frame, the battery cover (cover plate assembly) can be repaired with high repeated utilization rate and low repair cost.
Further, an electronic device is provided in an embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 44, where fig. 44 is a block diagram of a partial structure of the electronic device in an embodiment of the present application, and the electronic device in the embodiment includes a display module 30 and a housing assembly; the display screen module 30 and the cover plate assembly 10 are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the middle frame 20, that is, the cover plate assembly 10 in this embodiment is a rear cover structure of an electronic device. The detailed technical features of other parts of the electronic device are within the understanding of those skilled in the art, and are not described herein.
Referring to fig. 42 and 44, when the housing assembly shown in fig. 42 is applied to an electronic device, the reliability of the housing assembly needs to be tested, and the structure of the test is described as the housing assembly shown in fig. 42 (including the transparent cover plate, the electrochromic module, and the water and oxygen blocking unit which are stacked) applied to the electronic device. See table four below for specific sample data. Wherein, the reliability test condition is as follows: the temperature is 65 ℃ and the humidity is 95%.
Water vapor permeability of rubber frame (unit g/m 2/day) Reliability test
100 1.5 days failure
50 Failure in 3 days
30 Failure in 5 days
20 No failure after more than 7 days
From the analysis, only when the water vapor transmittance of the rubber frame is more than 20g/m 2/day, the electrochromic module can be ensured to work reliably and stably for a long time.
When the electrochromic module is in failure, the problem of reverse coloring occurs, that is, the failure region (the region corroded by water vapor, generally close to the edge, namely the position close to the rubber frame) cannot be colored when needing coloring, and the coloring state appears when the region does not need coloring, which is represented as a color block region with inconsistent color change. Referring to fig. 50, fig. 50 is a schematic structural diagram of a reverse coloring color block appearing in case of failure of the electrochromic module, and the position labeled 888 is shown as a reverse color block region.
In addition, please refer to the following table (table five), which is a data table of the testing experiment of the electronic device. The test conditions are conventional test conditions in the field of electronic equipment (in this embodiment, a mobile phone is taken as an example for testing), and are used for testing the working reliability of the electrochromic module on the electronic equipment.
Item Time of day The judgment result
High temperature high humidity cycling discoloration test 500 hours OK
Xenon lamp aging test 200 hours OK
Normal temperature cyclic discoloration test 1000 hours OK
From the test results, the electrochromic module packaging structure in the embodiment of the application can also meet the high-temperature high-humidity test and other tests of electronic products, and meets the application conditions of the electronic products.
Optionally, an electronic device is further provided in an embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 45, where fig. 45 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of another embodiment of the electronic device of the present application, and the electronic device includes a control circuit 40 and a cover assembly 10. Specifically, the control circuit 40 is coupled to the electrochromic module 100 of the cover plate assembly 10, and the control circuit 40 is configured to receive a control instruction, where the control instruction is used to control the electrochromic module 100 to change color.
Optionally, referring to fig. 46, fig. 46 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of another embodiment of the electronic device of the present application, and different from the previous embodiment, the electronic device of the present embodiment further includes a signal input device 50, where the signal input device 50 is coupled to the control circuit 40.
Specifically, the control circuit 40 is configured to receive a control instruction input through the signal input device 50, and control the operating state of the electrochromic module 100 according to the control instruction; the working state of the electrochromic module 100 includes controlling and changing the voltage or current signal state thereof to achieve the purpose of controlling the color changing state of the electrochromic module 100. The signal input device 50 may include a touch display screen, an operation button, a trigger sensor, etc., and the detailed structure and the signal input method are as follows.
Optionally, referring to fig. 47, fig. 47 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of an electronic device, where a signal input device 50 may be a touch display screen 51, a control instruction input by the signal input device 50 may be a touch operation received by the touch display screen 51, and includes at least one of sliding, clicking, and long pressing, please refer to fig. 48 and fig. 49, and fig. 48 is a schematic structural diagram of an operation state of the electronic device; FIG. 49 is a schematic view of another operational state of an electronic device. In fig. 48, the operator (reference 005 in the figure may be represented as the hand of the operator) may input the control instruction by sliding the touch display screen 51; the state in fig. 45 may indicate that the operator performs the input process of the control command by clicking or long-pressing the chart or the specific position on the touch display screen 51.
Further, referring to fig. 47, the signal input device 50 may be an operation key 52, and the control command may also be a triggering command of the operation key 52, where the operation key 52 may be a single key, or may be a multiple of other function keys of the electronic device, such as a power key, a volume key, and the like, and the different control commands received by the control circuit 40 are defined according to different key triggering manners, and thus the control circuit 40 may implement different signal controls on the electrochromic module 100.
Optionally, the control instruction is a use scene that requires the electronic device to change color, and may specifically include at least one of an image acquisition requirement, a flash lamp starting requirement, an automatic timing color change requirement, and other functional component requirements. Specifically, the image acquisition requirement can be applied to a scene that a user has shooting requirements, such as scenes of shooting, video call and the like, scenes of unlocking the electronic equipment, payment, encryption, incoming call answering or other confirmation requirements and the like. The flash lamp turning-on requirement can be that when a user needs to turn on the flash lamp, specifically, the control circuit 40 controls the electrochromic module 100 to change the transparent state, and the electronic device can show a color-changing appearance effect by combining structures such as an appearance membrane, a substrate color layer and the like.
Further, referring to fig. 47, the signal input device 50 may be a trigger sensor 53, wherein the trigger sensor 53 may be a proximity sensor, a temperature sensor, an ambient light sensor, etc., and the trigger sensor 53 collects peripheral signals of the electronic device and controls the housing assembly to change the appearance color through the control circuit 40. Namely, the change of the appearance color of the shell assembly can enable a user to actively control the operation type, and the control mode is similar to that of a touch screen and operation keys; the mode of automatically controlling the shell assembly to change the appearance color of the shell assembly by automatically detecting the environmental signal through the trigger sensor in the embodiment can also be adopted.
The electronic equipment provided by the embodiment of the application has the appearance effect of color-changing display and has very good appearance aesthetic feeling.
The above description is only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all equivalent devices or equivalent processes performed by the present invention through the contents of the specification and the drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

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1. An electrochromic module is characterized by comprising a first substrate, a first conducting layer, a color-changing material layer, a second conducting layer, a second substrate and a rubber frame; the first substrate, the first conducting layer, the color-changing material layer, the second conducting layer and the second substrate are sequentially stacked; the rubber frame is arranged around the side edge of the color-changing material layer in a surrounding manner, so that the periphery of the color-changing material layer is sealed; the water vapor transmission rate of the rubber frame is not more than 20g/m 2/day.
2. The electrochromic module of claim 1, wherein the width of the glue frame is greater than 1 mm.
3. Electrochromic module according to claim 2, characterized in that, at an ambient temperature of 60 ℃ and a relative humidity of 90%: the water vapor transmission rate of the rubber frame is 1-15g/m 2/day.
4. The electrochromic module of claim 1, wherein the elongation at break of the adhesive frame is 2-400%.
5. The electrochromic module of claim 1, wherein the modulus of the adhesive frame is less than 1 Gpa.
6. The electrochromic module as in claim 1, wherein the frame is formed by curing epoxy glue or acrylic glue.
7. The electrochromic module of claim 1, wherein the glue frame is doped with a water vapor barrier.
8. The electrochromic module of claim 7, wherein the mass fraction of the water vapor barrier in the glue frame is 1-10%.
9. The electrochromic module of claim 1, wherein the adhesive frame comprises a first adhesive frame and a second adhesive frame, the first adhesive frame is disposed around the side edge of the color-changing material layer, and the second adhesive frame is disposed around the periphery of the first adhesive frame.
10. The electrochromic module of claim 8, wherein the first glue frame has a lower water vapor transmission rate than the second glue frame.
11. The electrochromic module of claim 10, wherein the adhesion of the second glue frame is higher than the adhesion of the first glue frame.
12. The electrochromic module of claim 9, wherein the width of each of the first and second frames is greater than 0.3 mm.
13. The electrochromic module of any of claims 9-12, wherein the first frame is formed by curing an epoxy-based glue and the second frame is formed by curing an acrylic-based glue.
14. The electrochromic module of claim 9, wherein the glue frame further comprises a third glue frame, and the third glue frame is disposed on the periphery of the second glue frame.
15. The electrochromic module of claim 14, wherein the width of the third frame is greater than 0.3 mm.
16. The electrochromic module of claim 14, wherein the third frame has a water vapor transmission rate of no greater than 5g/m 2/day.
17. The electrochromic module of any of claims 1-12, further comprising a first metal trace and a second metal trace; the first metal wire is connected with the first conductive layer, and the second metal wire is connected with the second conductive layer; the first metal routing wire is arranged along the edge position close to the surface of the first conductive layer, and the second metal routing wire is arranged along the edge position close to the surface of the second conductive layer.
18. The electrochromic module according to claim 17, wherein at least one of the first metal trace and the second metal trace is embedded in the plastic frame, and the metal trace embedded in the plastic frame is isolated from the color-changing material layer.
19. The electrochromic module of claim 18, wherein the first metal trace and the second metal trace are embedded in the plastic frame.
20. The electrochromic module of claim 18, wherein the first metal trace is embedded in the rubber frame; the second metal routing is arranged in the color-changing material layer.
21. The electrochromic module of claim 20, wherein an insulating protective layer is disposed on an outer periphery of the second metal trace.
22. The electrochromic module of claim 17, further comprising a flexible circuit board, wherein the flexible circuit board is connected to the first metal trace and the second metal trace, respectively.
23. The electrochromic module according to claim 17, further comprising a flexible circuit board, wherein the first substrate is further provided with a trace connection end disposed adjacent to and insulated from the first metal trace, the second metal trace is electrically connected to the trace connection end on the first substrate, and the flexible circuit board is respectively connected to the trace connection end and the first metal trace.
24. The electrochromic module according to claim 17, wherein an insulating protective layer is disposed on outer surfaces of the first metal trace and the second metal trace, and the insulating protective layer is used for blocking the first metal trace and the second metal trace from the color-changing material layer; the first substrate is provided with a wiring connecting end which is adjacent to and insulated from the first metal wiring, the second metal wiring is connected with the wiring connecting end through conductive silver paste, a through hole is formed in the position, corresponding to the second metal wiring, of the second conductive layer, and the conductive silver paste passes through the through hole to achieve the conduction connection between the wiring connecting end and the second metal wiring.
25. The electrochromic module of claim 1, further comprising a water and oxygen barrier unit disposed on a surface of the second substrate facing away from the second conductive layer.
26. The electrochromic module of claim 25, wherein the water-oxygen barrier unit comprises a substrate and a water-oxygen barrier layer disposed on at least one side surface of the substrate.
27. The electrochromic module of claim 26, wherein the water-oxygen barrier layer is a dense metal oxide layer or an inorganic non-metallic layer or a composite layer of a material and an inorganic material.
28. The electrochromic module of claim 27, wherein the substrate is provided with at least one of a color layer, a nanoimprint layer, a texture layer, and a transfer layer on a surface of a side facing away from the water-oxygen barrier layer.
29. The electrochromic module of claim 26, wherein the first substrate, the second substrate, and the base material are made of a flexible transparent resin material.
30. The electrochromic module of claim 29, wherein the flexible transparent resin material comprises any one of polyethylene terephthalate, polycarbonate, and polyimide.
31. The electrochromic module of claim 28, wherein the adhesive frame surrounds the first conductive layer, the color-changing material layer, the second conductive layer, and the second substrate and is adhered to the surface of the first substrate facing the first conductive layer.
32. The electrochromic module according to claim 17, wherein the relative projections of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are partially overlapped, the color-changing material layer is sandwiched between the projection overlapping regions of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, and the first metal trace and the second metal trace are respectively connected to the projection non-overlapping regions of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer; the first metal routing and the second metal routing are embedded in the rubber frame.
33. An electrochromic module is characterized by comprising a first substrate, a first conducting layer, a color-changing material layer, a second conducting layer, a second substrate and a rubber frame; the first substrate, the first conducting layer, the color-changing material layer, the second conducting layer and the second substrate are sequentially stacked; the rubber frames are arranged around the periphery of the side edge of the color-changing material layer, so that the periphery of the color-changing material layer is sealed; the rubber frame is formed by solidifying epoxy glue or acrylic glue.
34. An electrochromic module is characterized by comprising a first substrate, a first conducting layer, a color-changing material layer, a second conducting layer, a second substrate and a rubber frame; the first substrate, the first conducting layer, the color-changing material layer, the second conducting layer and the second substrate are sequentially stacked; the rubber frames are arranged around the periphery of the side edge of the color-changing material layer, so that the periphery of the color-changing material layer is sealed; the width of the rubber frame is larger than 1mm, and the rubber frame is formed by solidifying epoxy glue or acrylic acid glue.
35. An electrochromic module is characterized by comprising a first substrate, a first conducting layer, a color-changing material layer, a second conducting layer, a second substrate and a rubber frame; the first substrate, the first conducting layer, the color-changing material layer, the second conducting layer and the second substrate are sequentially stacked; the rubber frames are arranged around the periphery of the side edge of the color-changing material layer, so that the periphery of the color-changing material layer is sealed; and a water vapor blocking agent is doped in the rubber frame.
36. An electrochromic module is characterized by comprising a first substrate, a first conducting layer, a color-changing material layer, a second conducting layer, a second substrate and a rubber frame;
the first substrate, the first conducting layer, the color-changing material layer, the second conducting layer and the second substrate are sequentially stacked;
the rubber frame comprises a first rubber frame and a second rubber frame, the first rubber frame is arranged around the side edge circumference of the color-changing material layer in a surrounding manner, and the circumference of the color-changing material layer is sealed; the second rubber frame is arranged around the periphery of the first rubber frame.
37. A cover assembly, comprising a transparent cover and the electrochromic module of any of claims 1-36, wherein the transparent cover is attached to the first substrate of the electrochromic module.
38. The cover assembly of claim 37, wherein the transparent cover includes a bottom wall and a side wall integrally formed with the bottom wall, the side wall being folded with respect to the bottom wall, and the electrochromic module is bonded to the bottom wall and the side wall.
39. The lid assembly of claim 38, wherein the bend angle between the side wall and the bottom wall is greater than 30 degrees.
40. The lid assembly of claim 39, wherein the adhesive bond of the glue frame to the first or second substrate is greater than 20N/inch and the adhesive bond of the glue frame to the water oxygen barrier unit is greater than 20N/inch.
41. The cover plate assembly as claimed in claim 37, wherein a shielding layer is disposed at an edge of the transparent cover plate, and the shielding layer is at least disposed corresponding to the plastic frame of the electrochromic module for shielding the plastic frame of the electrochromic module.
42. The cover plate assembly according to claim 41, wherein the shielding layer is at least disposed corresponding to the metal traces of the electrochromic module for shielding the metal traces of the electrochromic module.
43. The cover plate assembly of claim 41, wherein the shielding layer comprises any one of an ink layer, a yellow light treatment layer, and a matte gradient layer.
44. The lid assembly of claim 41, wherein the shade layer is the same or similar color as the electrochromic module color development state.
45. A housing assembly, comprising a center frame and the cover plate assembly of any one of claims 37-44; the two sides of the electrochromic module, which are back to the back, are respectively bonded with the transparent cover plate and the middle frame.
46. The housing assembly of claim 45, wherein the electrochromic module is bonded to the center frame by foam.
47. The housing assembly of claim 46 wherein a projection of the foam on the transparent cover at least partially overlaps a projection of the bezel on the transparent cover.
48. The housing assembly of claim 47 wherein the foam is wider than the width of the frame.
49. The housing assembly of claim 45 wherein the transparent cover is spaced from the center frame.
50. An electronic device, comprising a display screen module and the housing assembly of any one of claims 45-49; the display screen module and the cover plate component are respectively arranged on two opposite sides of the middle frame.
51. An electronic device, comprising a housing assembly of any one of claims 45-49 and a control circuit, wherein the control circuit is coupled to the electrochromic module of the housing assembly, and wherein the control circuit is configured to receive a control command, and wherein the control command is configured to control the electrochromic module to change color.
52. The electronic device according to claim 51, further comprising a touch display screen, wherein the control instruction is a touch operation received by the touch display screen; the touch operation includes at least one of sliding, clicking and long pressing.
53. The electronic device according to claim 51, wherein the electronic device comprises an operation key, and the control instruction is a trigger instruction of the operation key.
54. The electronic device of claim 51, wherein the electronic device comprises a trigger sensor, and the control instruction is a trigger instruction of the trigger sensor.
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