EP1565785A2 - Flexible elektronische schaltkreise und anzeigen - Google Patents
Flexible elektronische schaltkreise und anzeigenInfo
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Definitions
- encapsulated electrophoretic media comprise numerous small capsules, each of which itself comprises an internal phase containing electrophoretically-mobile particles suspended in a liquid suspension medium, and a capsule wall surrounding the internal phase.
- the capsules are themselves held within a polymeric binder to form a coherent layer positioned between two electrodes.
- Encapsulated media of this type are described, for example, in U.S. Patents Nos.
- polymer-dispersed electrophoretic media are regarded as subspecies of encapsulated electrophoretic media.
- An encapsulated electrophoretic display typically does not suffer from the clustering and settling failure mode of traditional electrophoretic devices and provides further advantages, such as the ability to print or coat the display on a wide variety of flexible and rigid substrates.
- the present invention seeks to provide a backplane for use in an electro-optic display, this backplane using a metal substrate but being lighter in weight than the metal-based substrates described above.
- the present invention provides processes which permit the assembly of electro-optic displays on curved substrates while reducing or eliminating the aforementioned problems.
- This invention extends to an electro-optic display comprising a backplane of the present invention, especially such an electro-optic display comprising an encapsulated electrophoretic electro-optic medium.
- this invention provides a process for forming a plurality of electronic components on a polymeric material coating a . metal substrate, the process comprising forming a plurality of discrete areas of polymeric material on the metal substrate and thereafter forming the plurality of electronic components on the discrete areas of polymeric material.
- this aspect of the invention may hereinafter be called the "mesa process".
- a continuous layer of the polymeric material may be formed on the metal substrate and thereafter this continuous layer may be divided to form the discrete areas of polymeric material.
- at least some of the edges of the discrete areas of polymeric material are undercut; such undercutting of the edges of the discrete areas of polymeric material may be effected by an etching step.
- this invention provides a process for forming an electro-optic display on a substrate curved in one dimension, the process comprising: providing a backplane having at least one pixel electrode, the backplane being curved in one dimension; applying to the backplane a laminate comprising a layer of electro- optic medium and a light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer, the laminate being applied so that the electro-optic medium lies between the backplane and the electrically-conductive layer; and bonding the laminate to the backplane under heat and/or pressure.
- this invention provides a process for forming an electro-optic display on a substrate curved in one dimension, the process comprising: providing a backplane having at least one pixel electrode, the backplane being curved in one dimension; providing a double release film comprising a layer of a solid electro-optic medium having first and second adhesive layers on opposed sides thereof, at least one of the adhesive layer being covered by a release sheet; exposing one of the first and second adhesive layers and laminating the double release sheet to the backplane; and exposing the other of the first and second adhesive layers and laminating the exposed adhesive layer to an electrically-conductive layer.
- Figure 1 is a schematic cross-section through a first patterned metal foil backplane of the present invention.
- Figure 2 is a schematic cross-section through a second patterned metal foil backplane of the present invention.
- Figures 5A-5D are schematic cross-sections showing different stages in the formation of a conductive via backplane of the present invention.
- Figure 6 is a schematic cross-section through a one transistor of a controlled voltage conductive layer backplane of the present invention.
- the present invention has several different aspects providing improvements in backplanes for electro-optic displays, and processes for the formation of such backplanes and displays.
- backplanes for electro-optic displays
- processes for the formation of such backplanes and displays For ease of comprehension, the various different aspects of the invention will hereinafter be described separately, but it should be understood that a single backplane or display may make use of more than one aspect of the invention; for example, the ID- curved processes of the invention may be carried out using a patterned metal foil backplane of the invention.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a sheet 300 comprising multiple backplanes 302 arranged to that the electronic component area of each backplane 302 lies entirely within one cell of the metal foil grid; in the illustrated embodiment, the electronic component area lies within a single aperture in the grid.
- the metal foil mesh effectively frames each individual backplane throughout the process used to form the electronic components, and as a result the dimensional instability of the polymeric material which supports the electronic components is restricted to the area within one aperture of the mesh.
- Figure 4 illustrates a sheet 400 comprising a single backplane 402 which is substantially larger in both dimensions than one cell of the metal foil grid so that the backplane 402 extends across several cells in each dimension.
- the dimensional stability of the backplane will be essentially the same as that of a comparable backplane formed on a continuous metal foil, but the backplane of Figure 4 will be of substantially lower weight.
- the conductive via backplane of the present invention is especially, but not exclusively, intended for use in so-called "smart cards".
- the electronic components on the front surface of the card can serve to drive an electro-optic display, while the patterned metal layer and associated circuitry on the reverse side of the card can serve as antenna loops, signal lines and other components for communicating between the card and a card reading/writing apparatus.
- FIG. 6 of the accompanying drawings is a schematic cross-section through a section (generally designated 600) of a backplane of the present invention, the section 600 containing only a single transistor.
- the backplane comprises a metal foil 602 and a polymeric material insulating layer 604.
- the transistor which is of the thin film type and is formed directly on the exposed surface of the polymeric material 604 comprises a gate electrode 606, a gate dielectric layer 608 formed of silicon nitride, an amorphous silicon semiconductor layer 610 and source and drain electrodes 612 and 614 respectively, layers of n + amorphous silicon 612' and 614' being provided between the source and drain electrodes respectively and the semiconductor layer 610 in the conventional manner.
- the semiconductor layer 610 extends continuously between adjacent transistors as described in the aforementioned WO 00/67327.
- the metal foil 602 is made of a metal (for example, some stainless steel) which does not have high conductivity, a thin layer of a more conductive metal, for example, aluminum may be formed on the foil 602 before the polymeric material 604 is deposited thereon.
- the more conductive layer serves to improve the voltage uniformity across the metal foil during operation of the display.
- the mesa process of the present invention provides a method for reducing thin film strain and this film cracking during the formation of arrays of electronic components (especially, but not exclusively, backplanes for electro-optic displays) when such arrays are being formed on polymer-coated metal substrates.
- Figures 8A and 8B illustrate such an "over-etching" process.
- Figure 8A shows a structure 800 generally similar to that of Figure 7, but at an intermediate state of fabrication of the backplanes 706, in which a thin film 802 has been deposited on the substrate 702 carrying the mesas 704.
- the thin film 802 extends not only across the tops of the mesas 704 but also between adjacent mesas, thus bridging the mesas and increasing thin film strain (it will be appreciate that the thin film 802 will be present not only between the two mesas 704 but also on the other exposed portions of the substrate 702 adjacent the edges thereof; however, this portion of thin film 802 is omitted from Figures 8A and 8B for ease of comprehension).
- FIG. 9 shows an electro-optic display (generally designated 900) having a central portion 902 comprising an electro-optic material on which an image is displayed.
- the central portion 902 is completely surrounded by a peripheral portion 904, which is free from the electro-optic material but which is provided with a plurality of apertures 906 by means of which the electro-optic display can be stitched to a fabric or other flexible material.
- the display 900 comprises a metal foil substrate 908 through the peripheral portion of which pass the apertures 906.
- the upper surface (in Figure 10) of the substrate 908 is covered with a layer of polymeric material 910, on the upper surface of which is formed a TFT array 912 which forms the backplane of the display 900.
- a layer of electro-optic material 914 is disposed on the TFT array
- the stitchable displays of the present invention are useful not only for electro-optic displays intended for application to clothing, but may also be useful in the construction of large area flexible displays formed from multiple "tiles" (smaller displays).
- the light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer 1006 will be much thinner relative to the other layers than illustrated in Figure 12, but will be provided upon a transparent substrate (not shown).
- the electrically-conductive layer 1006 could have the form of a layer of indium tin oxide (ITO) or a conductive polymer formed on a polymeric film; ITO- coated polymeric films are available commercially and may be used as the electrically-conductive layer 1006 and the transparent substrate.
- ITO indium tin oxide
- the transparent substrate provides mechanical support and protection for the relatively thin and fragile electrically-conductive layer 1006.
- an encapsulated electro-optic material is sprayed or printed on to the surface of the backplane 1200; in most cases, the resultant electro-optic medium layer 1202 will need to be dried or cured to from a coherent layer.
- the encapsulated electro-optic material may be sprayed or printed in wet or dry form, for example in the form of a slurry or an aerosol.
- Single or multiple layers of electro-optic material may be applied to the backplane 1200 before the final layer is dried or cured. Additional low stress under-fill resins or other polymeric binders can be applied before or after drying or curing to fill voids in the coating or to locally planarize the coating surface.
- the light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer 1204 is superposed thereon by spraying or printing an appropriate material, which may be sprayed or printed in wet or dry form, for example in the form of a slurry or an aerosol; in some cases, drying or curing of the material may be required to form a coherent layer.
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Applications Claiming Priority (5)
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| US31973202P | 2002-11-26 | 2002-11-26 | |
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| US48139603P | 2003-09-18 | 2003-09-18 | |
| US481396P | 2003-09-18 | ||
| PCT/US2003/038009 WO2004049045A2 (en) | 2002-11-26 | 2003-11-26 | Flexible electronic circuits and displays |
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| EP1565785A2 true EP1565785A2 (de) | 2005-08-24 |
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| JP (6) | JP4885541B2 (de) |
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