KR20140031670A - Liquid crystal modulator and method for manufaturing the same - Google Patents
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Abstract
A liquid crystal modulator according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate, an electrode disposed on the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed on the electrode, and an overcoat disposed on the liquid crystal layer, wherein the liquid crystal layer comprises a cholesteric liquid crystal and And a cholesteric liquid crystal is isolated by the polymer structure.
Description
The present invention relates to a liquid crystal modulator for inspecting a thin film transistor array panel and a method of manufacturing the same.
The liquid crystal display device is one of the most widely used flat panel display devices and is composed of two display panels having an electric field generating electrode such as a pixel electrode and a common electrode and a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween.
A voltage is applied to the electric field generating electrode to generate an electric field in the liquid crystal layer, thereby determining the orientation of the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer and controlling the polarization of the incident light to display an image.
The liquid crystal display device comprises a thin film transistor display plate and a common electrode display plate facing each other. A gate line for transmitting a gate signal and a data line for transmitting a data signal are formed on the thin film transistor display panel so as to intersect with each other. A thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, and a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor are formed. A light shielding member, a color filter, a common electrode, and the like are formed on the common electrode display panel.
The thin film transistor array panel forms pixels in a minimum unit for displaying an image, and the thin film transistor and the electrode operate to display an image in color displayed in pixel units.
As such, in order to display an image, the thin film transistors and the electrodes constituting each pixel must be driven accurately.
In particular, it is important to inspect a thin film transistor array panel in which an electrical signal applied by using the electrical characteristics of the thin film transistor is converted into an image signal to determine whether there is a defect.
In the inspection of the thin film transistor array panel, the liquid crystal modulator is disposed on the thin film transistor array panel and a voltage is applied to the pixel electrode of the thin film transistor array panel and the electrode of the liquid crystal modulator to measure optical characteristics of the liquid crystal modulator and analyze the same to detect pixel defects.
In the inspection of such a thin film transistor array panel, there is a problem in that a luminance transition phenomenon occurs in which a luminance change occurs according to an applied voltage at an interface between a region where a voltage is applied and a region where a voltage is not applied.
The problem to be solved by the present invention is to minimize the brightness transition between the pixels when the liquid crystal modulator inspecting the thin film transistor array panel, when the thin film transistor array panel is on / off.
Problems to be solved by the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned problems, and other problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.
A liquid crystal modulator according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate, an electrode disposed on the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed on the electrode, and an overcoat disposed on the liquid crystal layer, wherein the liquid crystal layer comprises a cholesteric liquid crystal and And a cholesteric liquid crystal is isolated by the polymer structure.
The cholesteric liquid crystal may be columnar.
The cholesteric liquid crystal may have a reflection characteristic of 20% to 45% of incident light.
The cholesteric liquid crystal may be droplet shaped.
The cholesteric liquid crystal may have a reflection characteristic of 10% to 20% of incident light.
The electrode may receive a common voltage.
The overcoat may be a polymer film having a thickness of 20 μm to 30 μm.
The spacer may further include a spacer positioned between the overcoat and the electrode.
According to one or more exemplary embodiments, a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal modulator includes forming an electrode on a substrate, forming a liquid crystal mixture in which a cholesteric liquid crystal and a photocurable polymer material are mixed on the electrode, and forming an overcoat on the liquid crystal mixture. And curing the photocurable polymer material by irradiating ultraviolet rays to the liquid crystal mixture to form a polymer structure, wherein the cholesteric liquid crystal and the photocurable polymer material are in a ratio of 40:60 to 80:20. It is mixed.
Cholesteric liquid crystals can be isolated by polymer structures.
The method may further include forming a spacer positioned between the overcoat and the electrode.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, a liquid crystal modulator includes a substrate, an electrode disposed on the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed on the electrode, the liquid crystal layer including a plurality of cholesteric capsules, and a cholesteric In the capsule, a polymer film surrounds the cholesteric liquid crystal.
Method of manufacturing a liquid crystal modulator according to another embodiment of the present invention is to form a cholesteric capsule by mixing a cholesteric liquid crystal, a polymer material and a solvent, forming an electrode on a substrate, a cholesteric capsule on the electrode and And uniformly applying the solvent, and removing the solvent, wherein the cholesteric capsule has a polymer film surrounding the cholesteric liquid crystal.
The uniform application of the cholesteric capsule and solvent may be performed by a doctor blade process.
According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the liquid crystal layer of the liquid crystal modulator may be formed in a structure in which the cholesteric liquid crystal is isolated by the polymer structure, thereby minimizing the brightness transition between pixels when the thin film transistor array panel is inspected. .
In addition, since the cholesteric liquid crystal has reflective characteristics, the reflective film can be removed.
1 is a cross-sectional view of a liquid crystal modulator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a cross-sectional view of a liquid crystal modulator according to another embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view showing a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal modulator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a cross-sectional view of a liquid crystal modulator according to another embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a cross-sectional view of the cholesteric capsule of FIG.
6 to 8 are diagrams illustrating a method of manufacturing the liquid crystal modulator according to FIG. 4.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but only the embodiments to complete the disclosure of the present invention, the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. The invention is provided by way of example, and the invention is defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification.
1 is a cross-sectional view of a liquid crystal modulator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, the liquid crystal modulator according to the present exemplary embodiment may include a
The
The
The cholesteric liquid crystal is formed by containing a chiral dopant in the liquid crystal molecules. When the chiral dopant is contained in the liquid crystal material, a cholesteric liquid crystal having a helical twisted cholesteric phase is formed. The cholesteric liquid crystal repeats the twisting of molecules at regular intervals, and the repeated length is called a pitch, and has a property of selectively reflecting incident light by the repeated structure.
In the present embodiment, the
In addition, since the
The
The
2 is a cross-sectional view of a liquid crystal modulator according to another embodiment of the present invention.
The structure of the liquid crystal modulator of the embodiment according to FIG. 2 differs only in the shape of the
The
Next, a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal modulator according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3, 1, and 2.
3 is a view showing a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal modulator according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 3, the
After the
In this case, the
4 and 5, a liquid crystal modulator according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.
4 is a cross-sectional view of a liquid crystal modulator according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the cholesteric capsule of FIG. 4.
4 and 5, the liquid crystal modulator according to the present exemplary embodiment includes an
Here, the configuration of the
The
The
As described above, in the present embodiment, since the
In addition, since the
Next, the method of manufacturing the liquid crystal modulator of FIG. 4 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8.
6 to 8 are diagrams illustrating a method of manufacturing the liquid crystal modulator according to FIG. 4.
6 and 7, the cholesteric
As shown in FIG. 8, the
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may implement the present invention in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. I can understand that. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative and non-restrictive in every respect.
110: substrate 120: electrode
130: spacer 140: liquid crystal layer
141: polymer structure 142: liquid crystal material
145: cholesteric capsule 146: polymer film
147: cholesteric liquid crystal 150: overcoat
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An electrode disposed on the first substrate,
A liquid crystal layer disposed on the electrode, and
An overcoat disposed on the liquid crystal layer,
The liquid crystal layer includes a cholesteric liquid crystal and a polymer structure,
And the cholesteric liquid crystal is isolated by the polymer structure.
The cholesteric liquid crystal is a columnar liquid crystal modulator.
The cholesteric liquid crystal has a reflection characteristic of 20% to 45% of the incident light.
The cholesteric liquid crystal is a liquid crystal modulator of a drop shape.
The cholesteric liquid crystal has a reflection characteristic of 10% to 20% of the incident light.
And the electrode receives a common voltage.
The overcoat is a liquid crystal modulator of 20㎛ to 30㎛ thick polymer film.
And a spacer disposed between the overcoat and the electrode.
Forming a liquid crystal mixture in which the cholesteric liquid crystal and the photocurable polymer material are mixed on the electrode,
Forming an overcoat on the liquid crystal mixture, and
Irradiating the liquid crystal mixture with ultraviolet rays to cure the photocurable polymer material to form a polymer structure,
The cholesteric liquid crystal and the photocurable polymer material are mixed in the liquid crystal mixture in a ratio of 40:60 to 80:20.
And the cholesteric liquid crystal is isolated by the polymer structure.
The cholesteric liquid crystal is a columnar liquid crystal modulator manufacturing method.
The cholesteric liquid crystal has a reflection characteristic of 20% to 45% of the incident light.
The cholesteric liquid crystal is a drop-shaped liquid crystal modulator manufacturing method.
The cholesteric liquid crystal has a reflection characteristic of 10% to 20% of the incident light.
And forming a spacer positioned between the overcoat and the electrode.
An electrode disposed on the first substrate, and
A liquid crystal layer disposed on the electrode,
The liquid crystal layer includes a plurality of cholesteric capsules,
The cholesteric capsule is a liquid crystal modulator in which a polymer film surrounds the cholesteric liquid crystal.
And the electrode receives a common voltage.
Forming an electrode on the substrate,
Uniformly applying the cholesteric capsule and the solvent on the electrode, and
Removing the solvent;
The cholesteric capsule is a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal modulator in which a polymer film surrounds the cholesteric liquid crystal.
Uniformly applying the cholesteric capsule and the solvent is a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal modulator to perform a doctor blade process.
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