KR20170102641A - Metamaterial based color filter and manufacturing method for the same - Google Patents
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Abstract
Description
The present invention relates to a metamaterial-based color filter and a method of manufacturing the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a meta-material-based color filter including a metal layer having a nanostructure pattern and a method of manufacturing the same.
Recently, the display field has been developed in various forms according to the development of the information society. In order to develop such a display field, flat panel displays having various characteristics have been studied. Flat panel displays include liquid crystal displays (LCDs), plasma display panels (Plasma Display Panel) A light emitting display (Electro Luminescent Display), and the like. Among them, the liquid crystal display device is one of the most widely used flat panel display devices.
Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are used in portable devices because they consume less power, and a color filter is used for color implementation on such LCDs.
The color filter is composed of red, green, and blue (RGB) filters, and passes light from the backlight through the liquid crystal only at the wavelength of the color corresponding to each filter. Therefore, the light that is separated is recognized by the human eye as the correct color.
However, in such a conventional technique, one display pixel must be composed of at least three color filters of R, G, and B, so that the miniaturization of the pixel is restricted, and the miniaturization, thinning, There is a difficulty.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a meta-material-based color filter capable of implementing a thin film filter using a nanostructure and a method of manufacturing the same.
The present invention provides a meta-material-based color filter using a meta-material and a method of manufacturing the same.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a meta-material-based color filter for a display device capable of realizing miniaturization, thinning, and high resolution by including all the red, green, and blue filters in one filter and a method of manufacturing the same.
A metamaterial-based color filter according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a substrate configured to transmit emitted light; And a metal layer formed on the substrate, wherein the metal layer has a plurality of first pattern portions formed in a first direction, a plurality of second pattern portions formed in a second direction, a plurality of third patterns formed in a third direction, Wherein the first pattern portion, the second pattern portion, and the third pattern portion are each formed in a nano-size, and are not overlapped with each other.
Wherein the first pattern portion corresponds to a red (R) filter, the second pattern portion corresponds to a green (G) filter, and the third pattern portion corresponds to a blue (B) Filter can be provided.
In addition, the first pattern portion, the second pattern portion, and the third pattern portion are successively arranged at predetermined intervals, respectively.
The first pattern portion, the second pattern portion, and the third pattern portion are each formed at an obtuse angle.
Further, the substrate may be made of glass, and may provide a meta-material-based color filter.
Further, the first direction forms an angle of 120 degrees with the horizontal direction, the second direction forms an angle of 60 degrees with the horizontal direction, and the third direction forms an angle of 0 with the horizontal direction A metamaterial based color filter can be provided.
Further, the metal layer may have a thickness of 35 nm to 45 nm.
The length of the first pattern portion is 50 to 70 nm, the length of the first pattern portion is 130 to 150 nm, the width of the second pattern portion is 20 to 40 nm, and the length of the second pattern portion is 140 nm Wherein the third pattern portion has a transverse length of 80 nm to 100 nm and the third pattern portion has a vertical length of 50 nm to 70 nm.
Also, the first pattern portion, the second pattern portion, and the third pattern portion may be formed in a rectangular shape.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a meta-material-based color filter, comprising: forming a substrate configured to transmit light emitted; Forming a metal layer on the substrate; And forming a plurality of first pattern portions formed in the metal layer in the first direction, a plurality of second pattern portions formed in the second direction, and a plurality of third pattern portions formed in the third direction, The second pattern portion, and the third pattern portion are each formed in a nano size, and are not overlapped with each other.
Wherein the first pattern portion corresponds to a red (R) filter, the second pattern portion corresponds to a green (G) filter, and the third pattern portion corresponds to a blue (B) A method of manufacturing a filter can be provided.
In addition, the first pattern portion, the second pattern portion, and the third pattern portion may be successively arranged at predetermined intervals, respectively.
Also, the first pattern portion, the second pattern portion, and the third pattern portion may each be formed at an obtuse angle.
Further, it is possible to provide a method of manufacturing a meta-material-based color filter, wherein the substrate is made of glass.
Further, the first direction forms an angle of 120 degrees with the horizontal direction, the second direction forms an angle of 60 degrees with the horizontal direction, and the third direction forms an angle of 0 with the horizontal direction A method of manufacturing a meta-material-based color filter can be provided.
Further, it is possible to provide a method of manufacturing a meta-material-based color filter, wherein the metal layer has a thickness of 35 nm to 45 nm.
The length of the first pattern portion is 50 to 70 nm, the length of the first pattern portion is 130 to 150 nm, the width of the second pattern portion is 20 to 40 nm, and the length of the second pattern portion is 140 nm Wherein the third pattern portion has a transverse length of 80 nm to 100 nm and the third pattern portion has a vertical length of 50 nm to 70 nm.
In addition, the pattern portion may be formed in a rectangular shape.
A metamaterial-based color filter according to another embodiment of the present invention, comprising: a substrate configured to transmit emitted light; And a metal layer formed on the substrate; And a polarizing plate for realizing polarization of light, wherein the metal layer has a plurality of first pattern portions formed in a first direction, a plurality of second pattern portions formed in a second direction, and a plurality of third pattern portions formed in a third direction Wherein the first pattern portion, the second pattern portion, and the third pattern portion are formed to have nano-size respectively and are not overlapped with each other, and the color of the first pattern portion, the second pattern portion, And the control is performed through the polarization control of the polarizing plate.
The color filter according to embodiments of the present invention has an effect that a thin film filter can be implemented using a nanostructure.
Further, there is an effect that a color filter using a meta material can be manufactured.
Also, since the red, green, and blue filters are all included in one filter, the color filter can be miniaturized, thereby realizing the thinning of the filter. As the color filter is miniaturized, the number of pixels included in the display device increases , And high resolution can be realized.
1 is a view schematically showing a structure of a general color filter.
2 is a plan view showing a structure of a color filter according to the first embodiment.
3 is a side view of the color filter shown in Fig.
Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of a part of Fig. 2. Fig.
5 is a plan view showing a structure of a color filter according to the second embodiment.
6 is a side view of the color filter shown in Fig.
Fig. 7 is an enlarged view of a portion of Fig. 5. Fig.
8 is a flowchart for explaining a method of manufacturing a color filter according to the first embodiment.
9 is a flowchart for explaining a method of manufacturing a color filter according to the second embodiment.
Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
In the following description of the present invention, detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.
1 is a view schematically showing the structure of a general color filter.
Referring to FIG. 1, a typical color filter structure includes three filters, that is, a red filter 1, a
As described above, when the pixels of the display are constructed according to the conventional technique, various colors can be expressed by including filters of red, green, and blue. Therefore, since one display pixel must be composed of at least three color filters, there is a restriction on the miniaturization of the pixel, which makes it difficult to develop a high-resolution pixel.
FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the structure of a color filter according to the first embodiment, FIG. 3 is a side view of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG.
2 to 4, the
In the present embodiment, the
Referring to FIG. 2, the
The
Referring to FIG. 3, the substrate 110 is formed at the bottom of the
The metal layer 120 may be formed on the substrate 110. At this time, the metal layer 120 may be formed of a meta-material, for example, low-priced aluminum may be used. When a low-priced metal is used, the unit cost is lowered, and it is possible to make it low-priced and mass-produced. However, as the metal layer 120, various metals such as gold, silver, and chromium may be used in addition to aluminum, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
The metal layer 120 may have a constant thickness as in FIG. 3, for example, the metal layer 120 may have a thickness of 40 nm, or 30 nm to 50 nm, or 35 nm to 45 nm. However, the thickness of the metal layer 120 is not limited thereto.
Referring to FIG. 4, the
The
The
The
The
The
The
The interval between the
In general, metal surfaces with regularly arranged nano-sized holes are called metasurfaces. Accordingly, the color filter according to the present exemplary embodiment may be a filter using a meta surface since the RGB pattern unit 130 is formed by forming nano-sized holes in the metal layer 120. [
Hereinafter, the function and effect of the
8 is a view showing a manufacturing method of a color filter according to the first embodiment.
Referring to FIG. 8, a substrate 110 may be formed at the bottom of the color filter 10 (S810). The substrate 110 at this time may be glass.
The metal layer 120 may be formed on the glass substrate 110 at a predetermined thickness (S820). In this case, the metal layer 120 may be aluminum, and the metal layer 120 may be formed to a thickness of 40 nm.
Then, nano-sized holes are formed in the metal layer 120 to form the RGB pattern portion 130 (S830). At this time, the nano-holes formed in the metal layer 120 may be the same as a well-known technique in which a depressed pattern is formed in a semiconductor material. Through the RGB pattern unit 130, a
The RGB pattern unit 130 includes a
In general, light can not pass through a nano-sized hole, but in the case of a nano-hole in a metal rich in free electrons, the light is converted and transferred into a regular vibration of free electrons, . Accordingly, the light emitted from the light source passes through the nano-sized RGB pattern unit 130 and the
According to the method of manufacturing the
In addition, since the pixel size can be reduced through the RGB pattern unit 130, the image quality can be improved and a high resolution can be realized.
Hereinafter, a meta-material-based color filter according to a second embodiment of the present invention and a method of manufacturing the same will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7 and 9. FIG. The second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that it is a reflection type color filter in which RGB pattern portions are formed by using the embossing technique in the metal layer. Therefore, differences will be mainly described, and the same portions will be described with reference to the first embodiment The description and the reference numerals are used.
FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a structure of a color filter according to a second embodiment, FIG. 6 is a side view of FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG.
5 to 7, the
In this embodiment, the
Referring to FIG. 5, the
The
The
Referring to FIG. 6, the metal layer 220 may have a constant thickness. For example, the metal layer 120 may have a thickness of 40 nm, or 30 nm to 50 nm, or 35 nm to 45 nm, but the thickness of the metal layer 120 is not limited thereto. Since the
Referring to FIG. 7, the
The
The interval between the
Hereinafter, a method of manufacturing the
9 is a view showing a method of manufacturing a color filter according to the second embodiment.
Referring to FIG. 9, the
A metal layer 220 may be formed on the substrate 120 to a predetermined thickness (S920). In this case, the metal layer 220 may be aluminum, and the metal layer 120 may be formed to a thickness of 40 nm.
Then, a nano-sized
The
Through the nano-sized
According to the above-described method of manufacturing the
While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, Range. ≪ / RTI > Skilled artisans may implement the pattern of features that have not been explicitly described in combination, substitution of the disclosed embodiments, but which, too, do not depart from the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be readily made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
10, 20: color filter 110, 120: substrate
120, 220: metal layer 130, 230: RGB pattern portion
131, 231:
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A substrate configured to transmit the emitted light; And
And a metal layer formed on the substrate,
Wherein the metal layer includes a plurality of first pattern portions formed in a first direction, a plurality of second pattern portions formed in a second direction, and a plurality of third pattern portions formed in a third direction,
Wherein the first pattern portion, the second pattern portion, and the third pattern portion are each formed in a nano-size, and are not overlapped with each other.
Forming a metal layer on the substrate; And
Forming a plurality of first pattern portions formed in the metal layer in the first direction, a plurality of second pattern portions formed in the second direction, and a plurality of third pattern portions formed in the third direction;
Wherein the first pattern portion, the second pattern portion, and the third pattern portion are each formed in a nano-size, and are not overlapped with each other.
A substrate configured to transmit the emitted light; And
A metal layer formed on the substrate; And
And a polarizing plate for realizing polarization of light,
Wherein the metal layer includes a plurality of first pattern portions formed in a first direction, a plurality of second pattern portions formed in a second direction, and a plurality of third pattern portions formed in a third direction,
The first pattern portion, the second pattern portion, and the third pattern portion are each formed in a nano-size and are not overlapped with each other,
Wherein color control of the first pattern portion, the second pattern portion, and the third pattern portion is performed through polarization control of the polarizing plate.
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