Optical interference color display panel and interference of light regulating element
Technical field
The invention relates to a kind of optical interference color display panel and interference of light regulating element, and particularly relevant for a kind of optical interference color display panel and interference of light regulating element that adopts design of single clearance and colored filter film.
Background technology
Have flat-panel screens in light weight, thin thickness at present, for example LCD (LCD), organic electroluminescent display device (OLED), plasma display (PDP) etc. are widely used in the daily life.Wherein, LCD has become the main flow of display gradually, but LCD still has many problems, for example be that the visual angle is wide inadequately, response time is fast inadequately, need can full-colorization by colored filter, and needs use polaroid and make the light source utilization ratio not good, and then cause the more problem of power consumption or the like of backlight module.
Existing now a kind of light interference type display panel is developed, and it is made of the interference of light regulating element of a plurality of arrayed (Optical Interference Modulator).Wherein, interference of light regulating element mainly is made of a transparency electrode, a reflecting electrode and a supporting layer in order to the supporting reflex electrode.Support by supporting layer, can be at interval between reflecting electrode and the transparency electrode a specific clearance (Air Gap), light is entered after the interference of light regulating element by the transparency electrode end, can and be incident on second electrode through the clearance, then reflect from the transparency electrode end by second electrode again.Because light can be subjected to interference (Interference) in various degree in different clearances, and then presents different color light, as ruddiness, green glow and blue light.In addition, reflecting electrode in the interference of light regulating element must be in conjunction with MEMS (micro electro mechanical system) (Micro Electro Mechanical System, MEMS) design,, and then reach the purpose of demonstration so that interference of light regulating element can switch between On/Off (on/off) two states.
The above-mentioned light interference type display panel that is made of interference of light regulating element does not need framework color filter film and Polarizer can show suitable colour picture, can save and use the required cost of colored filter.In addition, the above-mentioned light interference type display panel that is made of interference of light regulating element has the characteristic of low electric power power consumption, rapid answer time and bistable state (Bi-stable), therefore help the exploitation of low electric power energy-consuming product, and then be applied on the product of Portable (portable), for example be mobile phone (Mobile Phone), PDA(Personal Digital Assistant), e-book (e-book) etc.
Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram of known optical interference color display panel.Please refer to shown in Figure 1ly, optical interference color display panel 100 is made of a substrate 110, a patterning supporting layer 120, a plurality of first electrode 130, a plurality of optical thin film 140 and a plurality of second electrode 150.Wherein, substrate 110 transparency carrier of glass substrate or other transparent material normally; Patterning supporting layer 120 is disposed on the substrate 110, and patterning supporting layer 120 is in order to support the edge of second electrode 150; First electrode 130 is disposed on the substrate 110, and this first electrode 130 is a transparency electrode, its material for example be indium tin oxide (Indium Tin Oxide, ITO); Optical thin film 140 is disposed on first electrode 130, and optical thin film 140 normally is made up of multilayer high-dielectric coefficient and the mutual storehouse of multilayer low-k; Second electrode 150 is disposed at patterning supporting layer 120 tops, and supports by patterning supporting layer 120, and this second electrode 150 normally has the metal material of light reflection.
Known optical interference color display panel is made of the interference of light regulating element with different clearances (Air Gap) (interference modulator).By among Fig. 1 as can be known, in the different interference of light regulating elements, the design of clearance and inequality between 130 between second electrode 150 and first electrode, and in order to reach the colored purpose that shows, clearance in the interference of light regulating element can be designed to three kinds of clearance d1, d2, d3 usually, wherein, the clearance is that the interference of light regulating element of d1 for example can show ruddiness; The clearance is that the interference of light regulating element of d2 for example can show blue light; And being the interference of light regulating element of d3, the clearance for example can show green glow.In other words, when light is penetrated substrate 110, first electrode 130, optical thin film 140 in regular turn by the external world after, can be incident on second electrode 150 through different clearance d1, d2, d3, then reflect substrate 110 when outer by second electrode 150 again, be subjected to interference (Interference) in various degree and present ruddiness, green glow and blue light.
Second electrode 150 in the known interference of light regulating element must be the reflection material, and must possess the favorable mechanical characteristic, when second electrode 150 and first electrode 130 are coupled to a bias voltage, second electrode 150 can move towards first electrode 130 because of electrical attraction, and then changes clearance d1, d2, d3 in the interference of light regulating element.In other words, by the change of air gap d 1, d2, d3 in the interference of light regulating element, can allow each interference of light regulating element (pixel) in the display panel switch the state of its On/Off (on/off).
From the above, known optical interference color display panel mainly is that the interference of light regulating element by three kinds of different interstitial gap presents ruddiness, green glow and blue light, and its shortcoming is as follows:
1. the interference of light regulating element of different interstitial gap must separately carry out on making, and its technology is quite loaded down with trivial details and cause burden on the cost.
2. the interference of light regulating element of different interstitial gap must separately carry out on making, and makes Production Time elongate thereupon, and then influences production capacity (throughput).
3. the interference of light regulating element of different interstitial gap must separately carry out on making, and makes technology tediously long and complicated, so often cause product percent of pass low.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, purpose of the present invention is providing a kind of optical interference color display panel and interference of light regulating element exactly, by designing same clearance and cooperating colored filter film,, and make technology more simple and easy so that display panel reaches colorful or full-color effect.
Based on above-mentioned purpose, the present invention proposes a kind of optical interference color display panel, and this optical interference color display panel is made of a colored filter substrate, a patterning supporting layer, a plurality of first electrode, a plurality of optical thin film and a plurality of second electrode.Wherein, the patterning supporting layer and first electrode all are disposed on the colored filter substrate, and the patterning supporting layer is on the zone between each first electrode, optical thin film then is disposed on first electrode, and second electrode is disposed at first electrode top, and live, so has identical clearance between second electrode and first electrode by the patterning support layer supports.
Based on above-mentioned purpose, the present invention proposes a kind of interference of light regulating element, and this interference of light regulating element is made of a substrate, a colored filter film, a patterning supporting layer, one first electrode, an optical thin film and one second electrode.Wherein, colored filter film is disposed on the substrate, and first electrode and patterning supporting layer are disposed on the colored filter film, and the patterning supporting layer for example is positioned at beyond the zone of first distribution of electrodes.Optical thin film then is disposed on first electrode, and second electrode is disposed at first electrode top, and lives by the case support layer supports, so have a clearance between second electrode and first electrode.
According to preferred embodiment of the present invention, colored filter substrate is made of a substrate, a black matrix and a plurality of colored filter film.Wherein, black matrix configuration is on substrate, and black matrix has a plurality of lattice points, and colored filter film is disposed on the substrate, and is positioned at each lattice point of black matrix.
According to preferred embodiment of the present invention, colored filter film for example is red filter film, green filter film or blue light filter film.Substrate for example is a transparency carrier, and its material for example is glass or high molecule plastic etc.First electrode for example is a transparency electrode, and its material for example is an indium tin oxide.Second electrode for example is a metal electrode, and its material for example is molybdenum, molybdenum alloy, chromium, aluminum or aluminum alloy etc.Optical thin film is formed by multilayer high-dielectric coefficient and the mutual storehouse of multilayer low-k.
Optical interference color display panel of the present invention and interference of light regulating element are because of utilizing the structure of same clearance and colored filter film, so that display panel represents colorful or full-color effect, and the design of single clearance will make the panel manufacturing process more simple and easy.
Description of drawings
Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram of known optical interference color display panel; And
Fig. 2 is the synoptic diagram according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention optical interference color display panel.
100: optical interference color display panel
110: substrate
120: the patterning supporting layer
130: the first electrodes
140: the second electrodes
D1, d2, d3: clearance
200: optical interference color display panel
210: colored filter substrate
212: substrate
214: black matrix
216: colored filter film
216a: red filter film
216b: green filter film
216c: blue light filter film
220: the patterning supporting layer
230: the first electrodes
240: optical thin film
250: the second electrodes
D4: clearance
A: interference of light regulating element
Embodiment
Fig. 2 is the synoptic diagram according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention optical interference color display panel.Please refer to shown in Figure 2ly, optical interference color display panel 200 mainly is made of a colored filter substrate 210, a patterning supporting layer 220, a plurality of first electrode 230, a plurality of optical thin film 240 and a plurality of second electrode 250.
Colored filter substrate 210 is made of a substrate 212, one black matrix 214 and a plurality of colored filter film 216.Wherein, substrate 212 for example is a transparency carrier, and its material for example is glass, high molecule plastic or other transparent material.Black matrix 214 is disposed on the substrate 212, and black matrix 214 has a plurality of lattice points, and colored filter film 216 then is disposed on the substrate 212, and is positioned within the lattice point of black matrix 214.Above-mentioned colored filter film 216 for example comprises a plurality of red filter film 216a, a plurality of green filter film 216b and a plurality of blue light filter film 216c, and red filter film 216a, green filter film 216b, blue light filter film 216c can various kenels be arranged within the lattice point of black matrix 214, as kenels such as mosaic type, triangle layout type, bar row layout type, four pixel arrangement types.
Patterning supporting layer 220 is disposed at the top of the black matrix 214 of colored filter substrate 210, and patterning supporting layer 220 is in order to supporting the edge of second electrode 250, by among Fig. 2 as can be known, patterning supporting layer 220 for example is a plurality of columnar supporting bodies.In addition, the material of patterning supporting layer 220 for example is resin (resin) or other and voltinism and the stable material of rerum natura.
First electrode 230 is disposed on the colored filter substrate 210, and this first electrode 230 is a transparency electrode, and its material for example is indium tin oxide or other transparent conductive material.
Optical thin film 240 is disposed on first electrode 230, and optical thin film 240 normally is made up of with the mutual storehouse of one deck second dielectric film 240b at least one deck first dielectric film 240a at least, and wherein the dielectric coefficient of the first dielectric film 240a and the second dielectric film 240b is inequality.
Second electrode 250 is disposed at first electrode 230, and supports by patterning supporting layer 220, so that first electrode 230 is kept a clearance between second electrode 250.In the present embodiment, second electrode 150 for example is the metal electrode with luminous reflectanc, and its material for example is molybdenum, molybdenum alloy, chromium, aluminum or aluminum alloy etc.
By among Fig. 2 as can be known, present embodiment mainly is to reach the effect that colorize shows by colored filter substrate 210, therefore can with between second electrode 250 among each interference of light regulating element A and first electrode between 230 clearance d4 be designed to identical.Because each interference of light regulating element A is corresponding to each colored filter film 216 configuration on the colored filter substrate 210, so the interference of light regulating element A of red filter film 216a and its top collocation can show ruddiness, the interference of light regulating element A collocation of green filter film 216b and its top can show green glow, and the interference of light regulating element A collocation of blue light filter film 216c and its top can show blue light.In other words, when light is penetrated colored filter film 216 on the colored filter substrate 210, first electrode 230, optical thin film 240 in regular turn by the external world after, can be incident on second electrode 250 through identical clearance d4, then reflect colored filter substrate 210 when outer by second electrode 150 again, can present color saturation (excitation) higher ruddiness, green glow and blue light respectively.
From the above, because second electrode 250 among the interference of light regulating element A is reflection materials, and possesses the favorable mechanical characteristic, when second electrode 250 and first electrode 230 are coupled to a bias voltage, second electrode 250 can move towards first electrode 230 because of electrical attraction, and then changes the clearance d4 among the interference of light regulating element A.In other words, by the change of air gap d 4 among the interference of light regulating element A, can allow each interference of light regulating element A (pixel) in the display panel switch between the state of On/Off (on/off).
Comprehensive the above, the present invention has following advantages at least:
1. optical interference color display panel of the present invention is because the sky of each interference of light regulating element The gas gap is all identical, and each interference of light regulating element can be made simultaneously, makes technology more capable simple and easy, So can reduce cost.
2. optical interference color display panel of the present invention is because the sky of each interference of light regulating element The gas gap is all identical, can avoid known need to repeat to make the time waste that causes, so can promote Production capacity (throughput).
3. optical interference color display panel of the present invention is because the sky of each interference of light regulating element The gas gap is all identical, makes technology more capable simple and easy, so the qualification rate of product can promote.
4. employed colored filter film in the optical interference color display panel of the present invention, because At present quite ripe technology, its obtain easily and excitation high, so the practicality height.