WO2011158671A1 - 半透過型液晶表示装置用基板、カラーフィルタ基板および液晶表示装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a transflective liquid crystal display device substrate, a color filter substrate, and a liquid crystal display device including these.
- the present invention relates to a color filter substrate optimal for oblique electric field driving and a liquid crystal display device including the same.
- liquid crystal alignment methods such as VA (Vertical Alignment), HAN (Hybrid-aligned Nematic), TN (Twisted Nematic), OCB (Optically Compensated Bend), CPA (Continuous Pinwheel Alignment), etc.
- VA Vertical Alignment
- HAN Hybrid-aligned Nematic
- TN Transmission Nematic
- OCB Optically Compensated Bend
- CPA Continuous Pinwheel Alignment
- liquid crystal display devices such as the VA system, which aligns liquid crystal molecules parallel to the substrate surface such as glass, and is easy to handle high-speed response at a wide viewing angle
- the HAN system which is effective for a wide viewing angle
- the flatness of the color filter Higher levels are required for electrical characteristics such as (uniformity of film thickness and color filter surface unevenness) and dielectric constant.
- a technique for reducing the thickness of the liquid crystal cell has become a major issue in order to reduce coloring when viewed in an oblique direction.
- VA Multi-Domain Vertically Alignment
- PVA Powerned Vertically Alignment
- VAECB Very Alignment Electrically Controlled Birefringence
- VAHAN Very Alignment Hybrid-aligned Nematic
- VATN Very Alignment, etc.
- the MVA technology is a rib-like protrusion to solve the problem of unstable vertical alignment liquid crystal when applying a voltage for driving liquid crystal (the liquid crystal that is initially perpendicular to the substrate surface is less likely to be tilted when applying voltage).
- it is a technique for ensuring a wide viewing angle by providing a plurality of slits and forming liquid crystal domains between the ribs and forming domains in a plurality of alignment directions.
- Japanese Patent No. 3957430 discloses a technique for forming a liquid crystal domain using first and second alignment regulating structures.
- Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2008-181139 discloses a technique for forming four liquid crystal domains using photo-alignment.
- the orientation processing is different for each of the plurality of orientation processes related to strict tilt angle control (for example, 89 degrees) in each domain, and the orientation is 90 degrees different from each other for the domain formation.
- strict tilt angle control for example, 89 degrees
- Japanese Patent No. 2859093 uses a liquid crystal having a negative dielectric anisotropy
- Japanese Patent No. 4364332 describes a liquid crystal having a positive dielectric anisotropy in the claims and in the specification. Yes.
- Japanese Patent No. 4364332 does not describe a liquid crystal having negative dielectric anisotropy.
- Japanese Patent No. 4167963 relates to a transflective liquid crystal display device using a liquid crystal having negative dielectric anisotropy, and is provided with an electrode slit (electrode opening) in a common electrode on a color filter, A technique for providing a convex portion on a pixel which is a color filter is disclosed.
- a basic configuration of a liquid crystal display device such as a VA method or a TN method includes a color filter substrate having a common electrode and a plurality of pixel electrodes (for example, TFT elements that are electrically connected to a comb tooth) that drive the liquid crystal.
- the liquid crystal is sandwiched between the transparent electrode formed in a shape pattern and the array substrate.
- the liquid crystal is driven by applying a driving voltage between the common electrode on the color filter and the pixel electrode formed on the array substrate side.
- the transparent conductive film as a common electrode on the surface of the pixel electrode and the color filter is usually a conductive metal oxide thin film such as ITO (Indium Tin Oxide), IZO (Indium Zinc Oxide), IGZO (Indium Garium Zinc Oxide). Is used.
- ITO Indium Tin Oxide
- IZO Indium Zinc Oxide
- IGZO Indium Garium Zinc Oxide
- a technique for disclosing a color filter such as a blue pixel, a green pixel, a red pixel, and a black matrix for example, a technique in which a transparent conductive film is formed on a black matrix and colored pixels and an overcoat is further laminated is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-39128. It is disclosed in the gazette
- a liquid crystal domain is formed by an alignment regulating structure called a rib or a slit in order to ensure a wide viewing angle (MVA technology).
- VVA technology a wide viewing angle
- the liquid crystal has a negative dielectric anisotropy, specifically, the liquid crystal positioned between two resin ribs formed on a color filter or the like can be seen in a plan view when the drive voltage is applied. It falls in the direction perpendicular to the ribs and tries to line up horizontally on the substrate surface.
- the liquid crystal at the center between the two ribs does not uniquely determine the direction in which the liquid crystal is tilted despite voltage application, and may take spray orientation or bend orientation.
- Disclination is a problem that an area where light transmittance differs due to unintentional alignment disorder or unalignment of a liquid crystal is generated in a pixel (a pixel is the minimum unit of liquid crystal display and is synonymous with a rectangular pixel described in the present invention). It is.
- Japanese Patent No. 4364332 is preferred because the effect of the oblique electric field is increased by the amount of the dielectric layer laminated on the transparent conductive film (transparent electrode).
- vertically aligned liquid crystal remains in the center of the pixel and at the end of the pixel even after voltage application, leading to a decrease in transmittance or aperture ratio.
- Patent Document 5 does not disclose a liquid crystal having a negative dielectric anisotropy in the description / examples
- Japanese Patent No. 4364332 does not propose a configuration in which a transparent conductive film is provided on a black matrix.
- a convex portion is provided at the center of a pixel which is a color filter of a transmission portion, and the alignment is disturbed by an electrode slit (disc A technology that makes it difficult to generate a (relation) is disclosed.
- the transmissive part and the reflective part are intended only for the liquid crystal in the center part of the pixel, respectively, and the disclination at the pixel end part and the corner part of the pixel is not mentioned, and the countermeasures are not considered. No measures for minimizing disclination are shown, and further no technology for improving the response of liquid crystals is described.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a color filter substrate suitable for a vertical alignment type liquid crystal display device, particularly a transflective or reflective liquid crystal display device, and also provides a liquid crystal display device.
- the purpose is to do.
- a transparent substrate a black matrix formed on the transparent substrate and having openings for dividing a plurality of rectangular pixels, and a transparent formed on the transparent substrate and the black matrix.
- a plurality of rectangular pixels symmetrically with respect to the concave portion of the resin layer, and configured in the order of a transmission part and a reflection part from a side closer to the center, wherein the transmission part has a transparent conductive film on the transparent conductive film.
- the translucent liquid crystal display substrate is provided in which the resin layer is laminated and the resin layer and the cell gap adjusting layer are laminated on the transparent conductive film in the reflective portion.
- a transparent substrate a black matrix formed on the transparent substrate and having openings for dividing a plurality of rectangular pixels, formed on the transparent substrate and the black matrix, A colored layer constituting a plurality of rectangular pixels, a transparent conductive film formed on the colored layer, a resin layer having a recess in the center of the pixel, formed on the transparent conductive film, and a portion on the resin layer A plurality of rectangular pixels symmetrically with respect to the concave portion of the resin layer and close to the center, the cell gap adjusting layer forming a convex portion together with the resin layer on the black matrix.
- the resin layer is laminated on the transparent conductive film, and in the reflection part, the resin layer and the cell gap adjustment layer are laminated on the transparent conductive film.
- Transflective liquid crystal display device substrate characterized in that there is provided.
- the liquid crystal display device substrate according to the first and second aspects, a liquid crystal layer, and the liquid crystal display device substrate are disposed opposite to the liquid crystal display device substrate.
- a liquid crystal display device is provided.
- the substrate for a transflective liquid crystal display device includes a transparent substrate, a black matrix formed on the transparent substrate and having openings for dividing a plurality of rectangular pixels, and the transparent substrate. And a transparent conductive film formed on the black matrix, a resin layer having a recess in the center of the pixel formed on the transparent conductive film, and partially formed on the resin layer, And a cell gap adjusting layer that constitutes a convex portion together with the resin layer.
- the plurality of rectangular pixels are symmetric with respect to the concave portion of the resin layer, and are configured in the order of a transmission part and a reflection part from the side close to the center, and the resin layer is laminated on the transparent conductive film in the transmission part, In the reflection part, the resin layer and the cell gap adjustment layer are laminated on the transparent conductive film.
- the level A of the resin layer surface height from the transparent substrate surface on the black matrix, the level B of the resin layer surface height of the reflective part, and the resin of the transmissive part is in a relationship of A> B> C, and the level of the bottom of the concave portion of the resin layer is lower than the levels A, B, C of the resin layer surface.
- the thickness of the cell gap adjusting layer may be approximately 1 ⁇ 2 of the thickness of the liquid crystal layer of the liquid crystal display device.
- the cell gap adjusting layer may be a light scattering layer.
- the cell gap adjustment layer may be a quarter wavelength layer.
- a substrate for a transflective liquid crystal display device includes a transparent substrate, a black matrix formed on the transparent substrate and having openings for dividing a plurality of rectangular pixels, and the transparent substrate. And a colored layer forming the plurality of rectangular pixels formed on the black matrix, a transparent conductive film formed on the colored layer, and a resin having a recess in the center of the pixel formed on the transparent conductive film And a cell gap adjusting layer that is partially formed on the resin layer and forms a convex portion together with the resin layer on the black matrix.
- the plurality of rectangular pixels are symmetric with respect to the concave portion of the resin layer, and are configured in the order of a transmission part and a reflection part from the side close to the center, and the resin layer is laminated on the transparent conductive film in the transmission part, In the reflection part, the resin layer and the cell gap adjustment layer are laminated on the transparent conductive film.
- the thickness of the colored layer disposed on the reflective portion may be approximately 1 ⁇ 2 of the thickness of the colored layer disposed on the transmissive portion.
- a quarter wavelength layer can be laminated on the colored layer of the reflective portion, and a light scattering layer can be laminated on the quarter wavelength layer via a transparent conductive film.
- a light scattering layer can be laminated on the colored layer of the reflecting portion, and a quarter wavelength layer can be laminated on the light scattering layer via a transparent conductive film.
- a liquid crystal display device is arranged to face the liquid crystal display device substrate with the liquid crystal layer and the liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, according to the first aspect. And an array substrate on which elements for driving the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer are arranged in a matrix.
- the array substrate includes first and second electrodes having different potentials for driving the rectangular pixels.
- the liquid crystal is tilted in the direction of the side of the black matrix from the concave portion at the center of the rectangular pixel to the point object or line symmetrically in a plan view when a voltage for driving the liquid crystal is applied. It can be an action.
- the operation of the liquid crystal in the rectangular pixel of the liquid crystal display device may be an operation divided into four by a straight line passing through the cross-shaped recess at the center of the rectangular pixel in a plan view when a voltage for driving the liquid crystal is applied.
- the first electrode has a comb-like pattern connected to an active element that drives liquid crystal
- the second electrode has a comb-like pattern similar to the first electrode, with an insulating layer interposed therebetween.
- the second electrode pattern may be disposed under the first electrode and protrude from the first electrode pattern in a direction in which the liquid crystal falls.
- the first electrode and the second electrode can be made of a conductive metal oxide that is transparent in the visible range.
- liquid crystal a liquid crystal having negative dielectric anisotropy can be used.
- an electrode substrate for a liquid crystal device that is optimal for a liquid crystal display device can be provided, and a brighter liquid crystal display device can be provided.
- the liquid crystal display device according to one embodiment of the present invention can reduce the alignment treatment of the color filter substrate and the array substrate and can improve the response of the liquid crystal. Moreover, liquid crystal disclination is reduced and liquid crystal display is improved by liquid crystal alignment in the shoulder portion of the stepped portion or the recess and an oblique electric field due to the electrode configuration including the first electrode, the second electrode, and the transparent conductive film. Can do.
- the tilt angle of the liquid crystal after applying the driving voltage can be distributed in units of 1/2 pixel or 1/4 pixel, and the resin layer is laminated on the transparent conductive film. According to the configuration, it is possible to eliminate the gradation shift (in which the halftone is shifted to the white side or the black side and sufficient gradation display cannot be performed) that has occurred in the conventional liquid crystal display device.
- the liquid crystal display can be averaged to obtain a wide viewing angle. it can.
- the resin layer and the cell gap adjusting layer which are dielectrics, are laminated on the transparent conductive film in the reflective portion, so that the thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the reflective portion is approximately 1 ⁇ 2 that of the transmissive portion.
- the voltages applied to the liquid crystal layers of the part and the transmissive part can be made substantially equal. Therefore, by making the voltage dependency of the reflected light of the reflection part and the transmission light of the transmission part equal, it is possible to display the reflection part and the transmission part with a uniform display without any sense of incongruity.
- IPS driving liquid crystal by a lateral electric field
- FFS fin of comb electrode
- One embodiment of the present invention is directed to a liquid crystal whose initial alignment is vertical alignment, and a black matrix substrate (a substrate in which a black matrix is formed on a transparent substrate), a color filter substrate, and a liquid crystal driving element such as a TFT are formed. It is premised on a vertical alignment liquid crystal display device which is disposed so as to face the array substrate and bonded together in such a manner that a liquid crystal layer for vertical alignment is sandwiched therebetween.
- a transparent conductive film as a third electrode is disposed on a color filter substrate, and a first electrode as a pixel electrode and a second electrode having a potential different from that of the first electrode are arrayed. This is a technique that utilizes an oblique electric field that is provided on a substrate and generated by such an electrode configuration.
- a conductive metal oxide thin film such as ITO can be used.
- a metal thin film having better conductivity than the metal oxide thin film can be employed.
- a thin film of aluminum or aluminum alloy may be used for either the first electrode or the second electrode.
- the liquid crystal applicable to an embodiment of the present invention is a liquid crystal that is initially aligned (when no drive voltage is applied) and vertically aligned.
- the dielectric anisotropy of the liquid crystal may be positive or negative.
- the alignment film alignment process for setting the tilt angle can be omitted.
- the vertical alignment film used in the present invention only needs to be heat-treated after coating formation, and rubbing alignment, optical alignment, and the like can be omitted.
- the transmittance at the center of the rectangular pixel can be increased. Therefore, the brightness is more important than the color purity.
- a color filter substrate can be provided.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a transflective liquid crystal display substrate 10 according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- the substrate 10 does not include a color filter, and is hereinafter referred to as a black matrix substrate (BM substrate).
- BM substrate black matrix substrate
- FIG. 1 by sequentially forming a black matrix 2, a transparent conductive film (third electrode) 3, a resin layer 4, and a cell gap adjusting layer (light scattering layer) 5 on a transparent substrate 1a, a BM substrate 10 is formed. It is configured.
- a rectangular pixel formed in the opening of the black matrix 2 is constituted by a reflection portion R and a transmission portion T, and a cell gap adjustment layer (light scattering layer) 5 is formed on the resin layer 4 in the reflection portion R. ing.
- a linear recess 6 is formed in the center of the resin layer 4.
- shoulder portions 8a and 8b shoulder portions of the step between the protruding portion 7 protruding above the black matrix 2 and the cell gap adjusting layer (light scattering layer) 5, and the central portion of the rectangular pixel. It has been found that the shoulder portion 9 of the recess 6 provided in can be used for controlling the liquid crystal alignment. This knowledge and the third electrode 3 (transparent conductive film) are combined to propose a new technique.
- the liquid crystal alignment at the inclined portion of the convex portion 7 formed above the black matrix 2 is used for tilting of the liquid crystal when a driving voltage is applied.
- the liquid crystal alignment at the shoulder 9 of the recess 6 is used for tilting of the liquid crystal. The operation of the liquid crystal will be described later.
- the convex portion may be constituted by a superposed portion of adjacent colored pixels of two different colors.
- the height H of the top of the convex portion 7 from the surface of the cell gap adjusting layer 5 in the reflective portion R is preferably 0.4 ⁇ m to 2 ⁇ m. If it is less than 0.4 ⁇ m, the effect is insufficient as a “trigger of liquid crystal collapse” at the time of voltage application, and if the height exceeds 2 ⁇ m, the flow of liquid crystal when a liquid crystal cell is constructed will be hindered. .
- the black matrix is a light-shielding pattern composed of light-shielding layers disposed around the picture element, which is the minimum unit of display, or on both sides of the picture element in order to increase the contrast of the liquid crystal display.
- the light shielding layer is a coating film in which a light shielding pigment is dispersed in a transparent resin.
- the light shielding layer is provided with photosensitivity and is formed by patterning by a photolithography technique including exposure and development.
- a rectangular pixel refers to the opening of the black matrix and has the same meaning as the picture element.
- the inclined portion of the black matrix may be rounded, and the cross-sectional shape of the black matrix in the display region can be exemplified by a half moon shape, a trapezoid shape, a triangle shape, and the like.
- the inclination angle of the black matrix from the substrate surface does not need to be particularly specified as long as the height of the convex portion exceeds 0.4 ⁇ m. Aside from the aperture ratio (transmittance as a rectangular pixel), it may be a low inclination angle such as 2 ° or 3 °, and may not be a reverse taper (reverse trapezoidal shape with a large upper side). However, because of the limitation of the aperture ratio, an inclination in the range of 30 ° to 80 ° is preferable.
- Transparent conductive film As the transparent conductive film disposed on the liquid crystal display substrate, a metal oxide thin film such as ITO can be used.
- the formation position of the transparent conductive film is preferably on a black matrix formed around a rectangular pixel for the purpose of utilizing an oblique electric field.
- the first electrode it is desirable to form also on a black matrix higher than the position of the transparent conductive film on the pixel in the transmissive part, and to make a difference in the inter-electrode distance from the pixel electrode (hereinafter referred to as the first electrode) on the array substrate side.
- a colored layer can be formed on the black matrix, and a transparent conductive film can be formed on the colored layer.
- the resin layer is disposed on the transparent conductive film described above.
- the resin layer can be formed of a transparent organic resin having heat resistance.
- the thickness of the resin layer may be optimized in relation to the cell gap of the liquid crystal used (the thickness of the liquid crystal layer) and the electrical characteristics of the liquid crystal. From these viewpoints, for example, when the thickness of the resin layer is thin, the thickness of the liquid crystal layer can be increased. When the resin layer is thick, the thickness of the liquid crystal layer can be reduced accordingly.
- transparent organic resins such as an acrylic resin mentioned later in a following example, are employable.
- the thickness of the liquid crystal layer applicable to the transmission part is 2 to 5 ⁇ m, and preferably around 4 ⁇ m.
- the thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the reflection part is approximately 1 ⁇ 2 of the transmission part.
- the colored layer is a coating film in which an organic pigment described later is dispersed in a transparent resin.
- a pattern obtained by patterning this colored layer on a rectangular pixel by a photolithography technique is called a colored pixel.
- the colored pixels can adopt a plurality of colors from three primary colors such as red, green, and blue, as well as yellow, magenta, cyan, and white.
- a color filter substrate including a plurality of colored pixels including a light shielding layer constituting a black matrix
- a color filter board substrate.
- the substantially same film thickness can be controlled by the manufacturing process in the formation of the light shielding layer and the colored layer. For example, the manufacturing margin in the color filter manufacturing process with respect to the set film thickness. The film thickness is within ⁇ 0.2 ⁇ m.
- the film thickness of the colored pixel refers to the height from the surface of the transparent substrate to the surface at the center of the colored pixel (in this case, the pixel center in the colored layer of the transmissive part).
- the ratio between the thickness of the colored layer in the reflective portion and the thickness of the colored layer in the transmissive portion is preferably in the range of 1/2 to 1/4. Note that the thickness of the colored layer of the reflective portion having a thickness ratio of 1/2 is 1/2 within an error range of ⁇ 0.2 ⁇ m with respect to the thickness of the colored layer.
- the reflection part is for observation in a bright environment such as outdoors, and brightness is important. Although it is desirable that the chromaticity areas of the transmissive part and the reflective part match, it is sufficient that the color can be recognized as being colored when brightness is most important.
- the reflective display has a film thickness ratio of 1/3 or 1/4 in an application in which “brightness” is more important than color matching of the transmissive portion display (for example, outdoor use where sunlight is present). Therefore, it is desirable to use a color with high brightness.
- the NTSC ratio of the reflective part is about 35 to about 1/4 when the film thickness is 1/4 (with two transmissions). It becomes about 40%. If the NTSC ratio is 35 to 40%, it can be easily recognized that the color is on, but if it is much lower than this, it becomes difficult to recognize that the color is on. Therefore, it is desirable that the film thickness of the reflection part is 1 ⁇ 4 or more that the NTSC ratio is about 35 to 40%.
- the color visibility in moving image gradation display tends to be lower than in still image display. Although there are individual differences depending on the user (observer), it is easy to recognize that the thickness of the concave colored layer that is 1/4 of the colored layer thickness is a color display when moving image gradation display is performed. The film thickness is almost the lower limit.
- the height of the overlapping portion (hereinafter referred to as a convex portion) of adjacent colored pixels is the height from the top of the convex portion to the surface at the center of the colored pixel.
- the colored pixels of a plurality of colors are expressed as blue pixels, red pixels, green pixels, yellow pixels, white pixels (transparent pixels), and the like.
- the colored layer is obtained by mixing and dispersing a plurality of types of organic pigments described later in a transparent resin, and organic pigments often have slightly different relative dielectric constants and different dielectric losses.
- the colored layer (or colored pixel) having different electrical characteristics is covered with a transparent conductive film, so that the colored layer against the applied voltage applied to the liquid crystal layer. Can be eliminated, and an oblique electric field can be used effectively.
- the cell gap adjustment layer is disposed for the purpose of adjusting the optical path difference between the liquid crystal layer of the transmissive part and the reflective part of the transflective liquid crystal display device.
- the cell gap adjusting layer can also serve as a light scattering layer necessary for the reflecting portion.
- the cell gap adjusting layer may be formed by a single photolithography process using the same material as the resin layer described above and using a gray tone mask.
- a reflective portion of a vertical alignment type transflective liquid crystal display device requires a quarter-wave retardation layer (hereinafter referred to as a quarter-wave layer) that compensates for the phase difference between the liquid crystal in the transmissive portion and the reflective portion. Therefore, the cell gap adjusting layer can have a phase difference function.
- the cell gap adjustment layer having a structure in which the quarter wavelength layer is disposed on the color filter side preferably has a light scattering function.
- the light scattering layer imparts diffusibility to the emitted light, and serves as a diffuser for making the light from the liquid crystal display device that enters the viewer's eyes look like paper white and display with good visibility.
- the difference in height between the surface of the cell gap adjusting layer and the surface of the colored pixel in the transmissive portion can be approximately 1 ⁇ 2 of the thickness of the liquid crystal layer when the liquid crystal display device is configured. Note that approximately 1/2 of the thickness of the liquid crystal layer may vary within a range of 10% of the thickness of the liquid crystal layer, and within ⁇ 0.2 ⁇ m that is the manufacturing margin in the manufacturing process of the color filter. It is desirable to be.
- the light scattering layer is formed by dispersing single or plural kinds of amorphous fine particles in a matrix resin having different refractive indexes (hereinafter sometimes referred to as a transparent resin), and scatters incident light for observation. It is an optical functional film that gives a paper white-like effect to the eyes of a person.
- the matrix resin may be any transparent resin that has heat resistance and is visible region transmissive.
- the film thickness of the light scattering layer is preferably in the range of about 1.5 ⁇ m to 5 ⁇ m because of the relationship between the amorphous fine particle diameter, the wavelength of light, and the suitability in the manufacturing process.
- Examples of the amorphous fine particles of the light scattering layer include fine particles made of an inorganic substance and fine particles made of an organic polymer.
- organic polymer fine particles are mainly listed because they are amorphous, but even inorganic fine particles are not problematic as long as they are amorphous.
- a method of expressing amorphous fine particles in the matrix resin by phase separation described later may be used.
- Amorphous fine particles may be formed by a photolithography technique, and a transparent resin may be applied thereon.
- inorganic fine particles include spherical amorphous particles such as oxides of silica and alumina
- organic polymer fine particles include acrylic fine particles, styrene acrylic fine particles and cross-linked products thereof, melamine fine particles, melamine-formalin condensate, Fluoropolymers such as tetrafluoroethylene), PFA (perfluoroalkoxy resin), FEP (tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer), PVDF (polyfluorovinylidene), ETFE (ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer), Examples thereof include silicon resin fine particles.
- crosslinked acrylic resin fine particles have a refractive index of less than 1.5
- silica particles or silicon resin fine particles have a refractive index as small as 1.42-1.45 (halogen lamp D line 589 nm), which is particularly preferable. .
- the refractive index of the matrix resin is preferably 1.55 to 1.65.
- the matrix resin preferably has a refractive index of 1.50 to 1.60.
- These fine particles may be mainly contained as fine particles in the light scattering layer. For example, about 70% or more of the fine particles may be contained.
- non-spherical fine particles such as amorphous fine particles and crystalline fine particles are contained in a small amount of about 30% or less for the purpose of finely adjusting the dispersion stability of the fine particles in the coating liquid and light scattering characteristics. May be added.
- the shape of the amorphous fine particles is not particularly limited, but may be a spherical shape or a shape similar to a spherical shape. Spherical fine particles can be easily controlled in size, particle size distribution, and the like, and thus can easily control the optical characteristics of the light scattering layer.
- the particle size of the fine particles is not particularly limited, and the allowable range varies depending on the film thickness of the target light scattering layer and the presence or absence of coloring. However, it is usually not preferable to use fine particles larger than the thickness of the light scattering layer because the surface of the light scattering layer becomes very rough.
- the particle diameter of the fine particles is not particularly limited, but a preferable particle diameter range is an average particle diameter of about 0.8 ⁇ m to 3 ⁇ m, preferably an average particle diameter of 1 ⁇ m to 2 ⁇ m.
- the matrix resin for dispersing the fine particles those having high visible light transmittance and sufficient resistance to heat treatment and chemical treatment in the manufacturing process of the liquid crystal display device are desirable.
- epoxy resin is used as a resin having a high refractive index.
- An acrylic resin, a fluorene resin, a polyimide resin can be used, and a fluorine-modified acrylic resin or a silicon-modified acrylic resin can be used as a resin having a low refractive index.
- acrylic resin, epoxy resin, polyester resin, urethane resin, silicon resin, and the like can be used as appropriate.
- Examples of the amorphous fine particles in the light scattering layer include fine particles that can be formed by mixing two resins and performing phase separation. Amorphous fine particles can be formed by selecting an appropriate amount of two or more resins and additives having different refractive indices, and applying and drying a coating solution dissolved in a solvent on the substrate.
- Phase separation grows when the two resins are mixed in the solution, or when the solvent is volatilized by coating and drying on the substrate, forming transparent amorphous particles when the coating is dried. be able to.
- one phase-separated resin tries to grow into a spherical shape in the solution, but when coated on the substrate, the film volume decreases as the solvent in the coating film volatilizes, and the spherical shape grows. However, it grows while deforming from a spherical shape to a disk shape due to stress from the upper surface.
- the conditions under which one resin is formed and grown as droplets from two resin solutions to form amorphous fine particles are as follows: one resin is A and the other resin is B. 1) The amount of A is less than the amount of B thing, 2) The surface tension of the A solution is larger than the surface tension of the B solution, 3) The evaporation rate of solution A is greater than the evaporation rate of solution B; 4) The molecular weight of A is larger than the molecular weight of B, and the magnitude of the amount is a constraint on strength.
- the amorphous fine particles When the amorphous fine particles are generated and formed by phase separation from two or more types of resin solutions having different refractive indexes, the amorphous fine particles stay inside the film and do not come out on the surface. The surface of the layer becomes flat, and the film thickness of the color filter becomes uniform.
- the light scattering characteristics can be adjusted by changing the pattern shape (size, shape and density).
- a directional light scattering layer can be obtained by making the cross-sectional shape of the microlens asymmetrical or parabolic.
- an acrylic resin or an epoxy resin having photosensitivity and developability can be used. Also, these resins can be used in combination with heat curing or ultraviolet curing.
- the pattern size of the light scattering layer is preferably the same as the size of the retardation layer in plan view or larger than the retardation layer.
- the reflection part of the transflective liquid crystal display device has a difference in phase difference caused by the liquid crystal in addition to the optical path difference as compared with the transmission part. Due to the difference in phase difference between the reflective part and the transmissive part, the reflected light and black display of the reflective part are colored, the contrast is reduced, or the display that should be normally black display is normally white display. The problem of phase difference is significant.
- this problem can be solved by shifting the incident light by a 1 ⁇ 4 wavelength phase difference and adding a 1 ⁇ 4 wavelength phase difference by reflection at the reflecting electrode (incident converted to linearly polarized light). The light is rotated by 90 degrees in one reciprocation in the thickness direction of the retardation layer).
- a coating formation method using a polymer liquid crystal or a crosslinkable polymer liquid crystal solution examples thereof include a method in which a birefringence modifier is added to a soluble transparent resin and a method using a polymerizable liquid crystal compound.
- a polymerizable liquid crystal compound a discotic polymerizable liquid crystal compound or a rod-shaped polymerizable liquid crystal compound having a disc-like molecular structure can be used. You may form combining these methods and materials which were listed.
- an alignment film may be formed or an alignment process may be performed before the retardation layer is formed.
- the alignment can be adjusted by the exposure amount or the exposure wavelength like the polymerizable liquid crystal compound, the density and the alignment direction of the alignment can be adjusted by the color of the colored pixel.
- the same optical alignment treatment as that for the polymerizable liquid crystal compound can be employed.
- an ultrahigh pressure mercury lamp, a YAG laser, a solid state laser, a semiconductor laser or the like can be appropriately selected including the exposure wavelength.
- the alignment density and alignment direction can be adjusted by selecting the exposure wavelength, adjusting the exposure amount by the number of laser shots, the incident angle of the laser beam, and the like.
- Selective exposure may be performed for each colored pixel using a plurality of photomasks. Irradiation from a plurality of directions may be performed at a time. The exposure may be performed with polarized light irradiation or non-polarized light irradiation. After performing polarized light irradiation first, fixation may be performed by non-polarized light irradiation while heating. When there is oxygen inhibition, it is desirable to carry out in an inert gas atmosphere.
- the film thickness of the retardation layer may be adjusted in the range of about 0.5 ⁇ m to 5 ⁇ m according to the color filter constituent material, or according to the thickness of the liquid crystal layer used in the liquid crystal display device and the birefringence of the liquid crystal.
- the magnitude of the retardation of the retardation layer can be adjusted by adding the amount of the polymerizable initiator added to the polymerizable liquid crystal compound in addition to the exposure amount, the type thereof, or blending. Further, when the polymerizable liquid crystal compound is a monomer, the crosslinking density can be increased by using a plurality of monomer reactive groups, and a highly reliable retardation layer can be obtained.
- an alignment film may be applied and formed as a pretreatment before the retardation layer is formed, and the alignment treatment may be performed.
- the alignment film used for the alignment treatment of the retardation layer can be used for liquid crystal alignment of the transmission part, and a film having a different alignment function can be separately formed on the retardation layer of the reflection part.
- Styrene / vinyl toluene copolymer chlorosulfonated polyethylene, nitrocellulose, polyvinyl chloride, chlorinated polyolefin, polyester, polyimide, polyamide, polyvinyl alcohol, vinyl acetate / vinyl chloride copolymer, ethylene / vinyl acetate copolymer And polymers such as carboxymethylcellulose, polyethylene, polypropylene and polycarbonate, and compounds such as silane coupling agents.
- preferable polymers include polyimide, polystyrene, polymers of styrene derivatives, gelatin, polyvinyl alcohol, and alkyl-modified polyvinyl alcohol having an alkyl group (preferably having 6 or more carbon atoms).
- An orientation effect can also be obtained by rubbing the colored pixel surface of the color filter that is the base of the quarter wavelength layer.
- commercially available alignment film materials can be applied, such as, for example, an alignment film material manufactured by Nissan Chemical Co. (Sunever), an alignment film material manufactured by Hitachi Chemical DuPont Microsystems, Inc. (QL, LX series) ), An alignment film material (AL series) manufactured by JSR, and an alignment agent (Rixon aligner) manufactured by Chisso.
- These alignment film materials can be added by adding an organic solvent such as gamma butyrolactone, diethylene glycol monoethyl acetate, diethylene glycol monobutyl acetate, or cyclohexanone when the viscosity is adjusted as an inkjet ink.
- organic solvent such as gamma butyrolactone, diethylene glycol monoethyl acetate, diethylene glycol monobutyl acetate, or cyclohexanone when the viscosity is adjusted as an inkjet ink.
- the same method as the alignment method of the liquid crystal alignment film used as the liquid crystal display device can be employed.
- a photo-alignment method using ultraviolet light may be used.
- the ultraviolet light source can be appropriately selected such as the wavelength, irradiation angle, and irradiation amount of the ultraviolet light to be exposed, such as an ultrahigh pressure mercury lamp, a low pressure mercury lamp, a short arc type xenon lamp, a solid laser, a YAG laser, and a semiconductor laser.
- the ultraviolet light may be irradiated from a plurality of directions such as two directions and four directions.
- the pattern formation of the alignment film will be described with respect to an example in which the simplest ink jet method is used. However, the pattern formation is performed by a photolithography technique using a developable photosensitive alignment film material. Also good.
- substrate which concerns on this embodiment, and a reflection part can be adjusted with the use purpose and conditions of the liquid crystal display device.
- the relative dielectric constant referred to in this specification is based on the measurement at room temperature at a frequency of 50 Hz to 500 Hz used for liquid crystal driving. When the liquid crystal driving frequency exceeds 500 Hz, it is desirable to measure the electrical characteristics of the member at the applied frequency.
- the above-described conductive metal oxide such as ITO
- a metal having better conductivity than the metal oxide may be employed.
- a thin film of aluminum or aluminum alloy may be used for either the first electrode or the second electrode.
- a metal thin film used for a gate wiring or the like of a TFT can be formed as a light reflecting film having an electrically independent pattern.
- the first electrode and the second electrode are electrically insulated by an insulating layer in the thickness direction.
- the thickness of the colored layer, the resin layer, and the insulating layer can be adjusted by the thickness, dielectric constant, applied voltage, and driving conditions of the liquid crystal layer.
- the insulating layer is made of SiN, the practical thickness range of the insulating layer is 0.1 ⁇ m to 0.5 ⁇ m.
- the constituent positions in the film thickness direction of the first electrode and the second electrode may be opposite positions.
- the transmittance is increased by extending the range of the electric lines of force when the driving voltage is applied in the film thickness direction including the liquid crystal layer and the resin layer. be able to.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a liquid crystal display device in which the BM substrate 10 and the array substrate 20 shown in FIG.
- 1b represents a transparent substrate.
- a color filter, a protective layer and an alignment film thereon, a polarizing plate, a retardation plate, and the like are not shown.
- the polarizing plate was crossed Nicol, and a normally black liquid crystal display device was used.
- the polarizing plate for example, a polarizing plate having an absorption axis in the stretching direction by stretching a polyvinyl alcohol-based organic polymer containing iodine can be used.
- liquid crystal molecules 30 in the transmissive part T will be described below as a representative, but the electrodes in the reflective part R are replaced with the first electrode 11 in the reflective part and the second electrode 12 in the reflective part. can do.
- FIG. 2 shows liquid crystal molecules 17a, 17b, 17c, and 17d that are vertically aligned liquid crystals when no voltage is applied to the third electrode 3, which is a transparent conductive film, and the first electrode 11 and the second electrode 12.
- the orientation state is shown.
- the liquid crystal molecules 17d are aligned perpendicular to the substrate surface via the vertical alignment film.
- the liquid crystal 17a in the vicinity of the shoulder portion 8a of the convex portion 7, the liquid crystal 17b in the vicinity of the shoulder portion 8b of the cell gap adjusting layer 5, and the liquid crystal 17c in the vicinity of the shoulder portion 7 of the concave portion 8 are in a state where no voltage is applied. It is oriented slightly diagonally.
- the liquid crystal molecules 17a, 17b, and 17c are substantially tilted without performing an alignment process such as rubbing.
- a liquid crystal driving voltage is applied in this oblique alignment state, the liquid crystal molecules 17a, 17b, and 17c are tilted in the direction of the arrow as shown in FIG.
- both negative and positive dielectric anisotropies can be used.
- the negative liquid crystal a nematic liquid crystal having a birefringence ⁇ n of about 0.1 around room temperature can be used.
- the positive liquid crystal has a wide selection range, various liquid crystal materials can be used.
- the thickness of the liquid crystal layer need not be particularly defined, but ⁇ nd of the liquid crystal layer that can be effectively used in the present embodiment is in the range of approximately 300 nm to 500 nm.
- a polyimide organic polymer film can be used by heating and hardening the alignment film (not shown). You may use 1 to 3 phase difference plates in the form of bonding to a polarizing plate.
- the first electrode 11 and the second electrode 12 are formed in different layers via insulating layers 15 and 55 such as SiN and SiO 2 .
- insulating layers 15 and 55 such as SiN and SiO 2 .
- External light incident on the reflection portion R is reflected by the reflection films 16 and 53 made of an aluminum alloy thin film.
- the operation of tilting the liquid crystal is an operation in which the liquid crystal whose initial orientation is vertical rotates in the horizontal direction when a driving voltage is applied, in the case of a liquid crystal having a negative dielectric anisotropy.
- a liquid crystal having a positive dielectric anisotropy it means an operation in which a liquid crystal whose initial orientation is horizontal rotates in the vertical direction when a driving voltage is applied.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view for explaining the movement of liquid crystal molecules that have started to fall immediately after application of a driving voltage.
- the liquid crystal molecules 17a, 17b, and 17c start to fall, and then the liquid crystal molecules around these liquid crystal molecules fall.
- the resin layer 4 as a dielectric is thin or does not exist, or the distance between the third electrode 3 and the first electrode 11 is short, so that the applied drive voltage propagates to the liquid crystal molecules. It is easy to do and acts as a strong trigger for the LCD to fall.
- the liquid crystal tilts in the opposite direction in each of the left and right half pixels in FIG. This means that optical compensation in halftone display can be performed only by the magnitude of the driving voltage, and a wide viewing angle can be secured without forming four multi-domains as in the MVA liquid crystal.
- the 1 ⁇ 2 pixel opposite to the 1 ⁇ 2 pixel in FIG. 3 has a liquid crystal alignment with an inclined gradient in the opposite direction.
- the viewing angle can be expanded by averaging the transmitted light.
- FIG. 4 shows the alignment state of the liquid crystal molecules at the time of stable white display after application of the driving voltage, and the liquid crystal molecules are almost parallel to the substrate surface with a slight inclination.
- a technique for tilting liquid crystal molecules in the same direction as the liquid crystal operation shown on the BM substrate side is also proposed on the array substrate side.
- such a technique will be described in the case of a liquid crystal having a negative dielectric anisotropy.
- FIG. 5 shows first electrodes 11a and 11b which are comb-like patterns, second electrodes 12a and 12b which are similarly comb-like patterns, and vertically aligned liquid crystal molecules 27a in the vicinity of the first electrodes 11a and 11b. 27b, 27c.
- the second electrode 12a protrudes in the direction of the black matrix 2, which is the direction in which the liquid crystal 27a is tilted.
- the amount of the protruding portion 13 can be variously adjusted according to dimensions such as a liquid crystal material to be used, a driving voltage, and a liquid crystal cell thickness. A small amount of 1 ⁇ m to 6 ⁇ m is sufficient for the protruding portion 13.
- the alignment film is not shown.
- FIG. 6 also shows the operation of the liquid crystal molecules 27a, 27b, and 27c immediately after the voltage for driving the liquid crystal is applied, and the electric lines of force 26a, 26b, and 26c.
- the liquid crystal molecules 27a, 27b, and 27c start to fall in the direction A of the lines of electric force due to voltage application.
- the direction in which the liquid crystal molecules are tilted is the same as the direction in which the liquid crystal molecules 17a, 17b, and 17c shown in FIG. 3 are tilted. Therefore, the liquid crystal molecules shown in FIG. Improve.
- FIG. 6 illustrates a half pixel of a rectangular pixel, but the direction of the protruding portion of the remaining half pixel is line-symmetric and opposite to that of FIG.
- the pattern of the comb-like electrode may be a plan view, a V shape, or an oblique direction. Alternatively, a comb-like pattern in which the direction of 90 ° is changed in units of 1/4 pixel may be used.
- the comb-like pattern of these electrodes is desirably line symmetric or point symmetric when viewed from the center line or center point of the rectangular pixel.
- the rectangular pixel is preferably linear at the center by dividing the rectangular pixel into two, but the comb pattern shape of the first electrode and the second electrode
- a cross or X shape can be formed from the center of the rectangular pixel.
- the concave portion is formed in a cross shape or an X shape
- the protruding portion of the second electrode is disposed in a direction from the first electrode toward one of the four sides of the rectangular pixel (black matrix).
- the comb patterns of the first electrode and the second electrode are preferably point-symmetric or line-symmetric from the center of the rectangular pixel.
- the voltage which drives a liquid crystal is applied to the 1st electrode 11, the 2nd electrode 12 and the 3rd electrode 3 can be made into a common electric potential (common).
- the overlapping portion 14 of the first electrode 11 and the second electrode 12 shown in FIG. 6 can be used as an auxiliary capacitor.
- the aperture ratio of a pixel can be improved by using, for example, an oxide semiconductor as a channel material of a TFT which is an active element provided in a liquid crystal display device.
- an oxide semiconductor a composite metal oxide of indium, gallium, and zinc called IGZO can be given.
- a liquid crystal material fluorine-based liquid crystal having a fluorine atom in the molecular structure can be used as the liquid crystal material.
- a voltage for driving the liquid crystal is applied, a substantially strong electric field is generated at the protruding portion of the second electrode from the first electrode. Therefore, the dielectric constant is lower than that of the liquid crystal material used for the conventional vertical alignment.
- a liquid crystal material having a small dielectric anisotropy has a low viscosity and can shorten the fall time when the drive voltage is turned off.
- the fluorine-based liquid crystal has a low dielectric constant, there is little uptake of ionic impurities, and performance degradation such as a decrease in voltage holding ratio due to impurities is small, so that there is an advantage that display unevenness and image sticking are less likely to occur.
- the photosensitive coloring composition used for forming the light-shielding layer (black matrix) or the colored layer is not only the pigment dispersion, but also a polyfunctional monomer, photosensitive resin or non-photosensitive resin, polymerization initiator, solvent, etc. Containing.
- Highly transparent organic resins that can be used in this embodiment, such as a photosensitive resin and a non-photosensitive resin, are collectively referred to as a transparent resin.
- the transparent resin includes a thermoplastic resin, a thermosetting resin, and a photosensitive resin.
- the thermoplastic resin include butyral resin, styrene-maleic acid copolymer, chlorinated polyethylene, chlorinated polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer, polyvinyl acetate, polyurethane resin, and polyester resin.
- thermosetting resin examples include epoxy resins, benzoguanamine resins, rosin-modified maleic acid resins, rosin-modified fumaric acid resins, melamine resins, urea resins, and phenol resins.
- thermosetting resin a resin obtained by reacting the following melamine resin with an isocyanate group-containing compound may be used.
- Alkali-soluble resin For the light shielding layer, the light scattering layer, the colored layer, and the cell gap regulating layer used in the present embodiment, it is preferable to use a photosensitive resin composition capable of forming a pattern by photolithography.
- These transparent resins are desirably resins imparted with alkali solubility.
- the alkali-soluble resin is not particularly limited as long as it is a resin containing a carboxyl group or a hydroxyl group. Examples include epoxy acrylate resins, novolac resins, polyvinyl phenol resins, acrylic resins, carboxyl group-containing epoxy resins, carboxyl group-containing urethane resins, and the like. Of these, epoxy acrylate resins, novolak resins, and acrylic resins are preferable, and epoxy acrylate resins and novolak resins are particularly preferable.
- acrylic resin The following acrylic resin can be shown as a representative of transparent resin employable in the present embodiment. That is, as a monomer, for example, (meth) acrylic acid; methyl (meth) acrylate, ethyl (meth) acrylate, propyl (meth) acrylate, butyl (meth) acrylate, t-butyl (meth) acrylate pendyl (meth) Alkyl (meth) acrylates such as acrylate and lauryl (meth) acrylate; hydroxyl-containing (meth) acrylates such as hydroxyethyl (meth) acrylate and hydroxypropyl (meth) acrylate; ethoxyethyl (meth) acrylate, glycidyl (meth) acrylate and the like Polymers containing ether group-containing (meth) acrylates; and alicyclic (meth) acrylates such as cyclohexyl (meth) acrylates;
- the monomers listed above can be used alone or in combination of two or more. Further, it may be a copolymer of a compound such as styrene, cyclohexylmaleimide, and phenylmaleimide copolymerizable with these monomers.
- a copolymer obtained by copolymerizing a carboxylic acid having an ethylenically unsaturated group such as (meth) acrylic acid, and a compound containing an epoxy group and an unsaturated double bond such as glycidyl methacrylate are obtained. Reacting or adding a carboxylic acid-containing compound such as (meth) acrylic acid to a polymer of an epoxy group-containing (meth) acrylate such as glycidyl methacrylate or a copolymer thereof with other (meth) acrylate Thus, a resin having photosensitivity can be obtained.
- a photosensitive resin can be obtained by reacting a polymer having a hydroxyl group of a monomer such as hydroxyethyl methacrylate with a compound having an isocyanate group such as methacryloyloxyethyl isocyanate and an ethylenically unsaturated group.
- a photosensitive resin can be obtained by reacting a polymer having a hydroxyl group of a monomer such as hydroxyethyl methacrylate with a compound having an isocyanate group such as methacryloyloxyethyl isocyanate and an ethylenically unsaturated group.
- acid anhydrides used in the above reaction include, for example, malonic acid anhydride, succinic acid anhydride, maleic acid anhydride, itaconic acid anhydride, phthalic acid anhydride, tetrahydrophthalic acid anhydride, hexahydrophthalic acid anhydride , Methyltetrahydrophthalic anhydride, trimellitic anhydride and the like.
- the solid acid value of the acrylic resin described above is preferably 20 to 180 mgKOH / g.
- the acid value is less than 20 mgKOH / g, the development speed of the photosensitive resin composition is too slow, and the time required for development increases, and the productivity tends to be inferior.
- the solid content acid value is larger than 180 mgKOH / g, on the contrary, the development speed is too high, and there is a tendency that pattern peeling or pattern chipping after development occurs.
- the double bond equivalent of the acrylic resin is preferably 100 or more, more preferably 100 to 2000, and most preferably 100 to 1000. If the double bond equivalent exceeds 2000, sufficient photocurability may not be obtained.
- photopolymerizable monomer examples include 2-hydroxyethyl (meth) acrylate, 2-hydroxypropyl (meth) acrylate, cyclohexyl (meth) acrylate, polyethylene glycol di (meth) acrylate, pentaerythritol tri (meth) acrylate, trimethylol
- acrylic and methacrylic acid esters such as propane tri (meth) acrylate, dipentaerythritol hexa (meth) acrylate, tricyclodecanyl (meth) acrylate, melamine (meth) acrylate, epoxy (meth) acrylate, (meth)
- examples include acrylic acid, styrene, vinyl acetate, (meth) acrylamide, N-hydroxymethyl (meth) acrylamide, and acrylonitrile.
- a polyfunctional urethane acrylate having a (meth) acryloyl group obtained by reacting a polyfunctional isocyanate with a (meth) acrylate having a hydroxyl group.
- the combination of the (meth) acrylate having a hydroxyl group and the polyfunctional isocyanate is arbitrary and is not particularly limited.
- one type of polyfunctional urethane acrylate may be used alone, or two or more types may be used in combination.
- photopolymerization initiator examples include 4-phenoxydichloroacetophenone, 4-t-butyl-dichloroacetophenone, diethoxyacetophenone, 1- (4-isopropylphenyl) -2-hydroxy-2-methylpropan-1-one, 1- Acetophenone compounds such as hydroxycyclohexyl phenyl ketone, 2-benzyl-2-dimethylamino-1- (4-morpholinophenyl) -butan-1-one, benzoin, benzoin methyl ether, benzoin ethyl ether, benzoin isopropyl ether, benzyl Benzoin compounds such as dimethyl ketal, benzophenone, benzoylbenzoic acid, methyl benzoylbenzoate, 4-phenylbenzophenone, hydroxybenzophenone, acrylated benzophenone, 4-benzoyl-4 ' Benzophenone compounds such as methyldiphen
- sensitizer It is preferable to use a polymerization initiator and a photosensitizer in combination.
- sensitizers ⁇ -acyloxy ester, acylphosphine oxide, methylphenylglyoxylate, benzyl, 9,10-phenanthrenequinone, camphorquinone, ethylanthraquinone, 4,4′-diethylisophthalophenone, A compound such as 3,3 ′, 4,4′-tetra (t-butylperoxycarbonyl) benzophenone, 4,4′-diethylaminobenzophenone may be used in combination.
- the sensitizer can be contained in an amount of 0.1 to 60 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the photopolymerization initiator.
- the photopolymerization initiator is preferably used together with an ethylenically unsaturated compound.
- the ethylenically unsaturated compound means a compound having at least one ethylenically unsaturated bond in the molecule. Among them, it is a compound having two or more ethylenically unsaturated bonds in the molecule from the viewpoints of polymerizability, crosslinkability, and the accompanying difference in developer solubility between exposed and non-exposed areas. Is preferred.
- the unsaturated bond is more preferably a (meth) acrylate compound derived from a (meth) acryloyloxy group.
- Examples of the compound having one or more ethylenically unsaturated bonds in the molecule include unsaturated carboxylic acids such as (meth) acrylic acid, crotonic acid, isocrotonic acid, maleic acid, itaconic acid, citraconic acid, and alkyl esters thereof. , (Meth) acrylonitrile, (meth) acrylamide, styrene and the like.
- Typical examples of compounds having two or more ethylenically unsaturated bonds in the molecule include esters of unsaturated carboxylic acids and polyhydroxy compounds, (meth) acryloyloxy group-containing phosphates, hydroxy (meta ) Urethane (meth) acrylates of acrylate compounds and polyisocyanate compounds, and epoxy (meth) acrylates of (meth) acrylic acid or hydroxy (meth) acrylate compounds and polyepoxy compounds.
- the above photopolymerizable initiator, sensitizer, and ethylenically unsaturated compound may be added to a composition containing a polymerizable liquid crystal compound used for forming a retardation layer described later.
- the photosensitive coloring composition can contain a polyfunctional thiol that functions as a chain transfer agent.
- the polyfunctional thiol may be a compound having two or more thiol groups. For example, hexanedithiol, decanedithiol, 1,4-butanediol bisthiopropionate, 1,4-butanediol bisthioglycolate, ethylene Glycol bisthioglycolate, ethylene glycol bisthiopropionate, trimethylolpropane tristhioglycolate, trimethylolpropane tristhiopropionate, trimethylolpropane tris (3-mercaptobutyrate), pentaerythritol tetrakisthioglycolate, Pentaerythritol tetrakisthiopropionate, tris (2-hydroxyethyl) isocyanurate, trimercaptopropionic acid, 1,4-d
- polyfunctional thiols can be used alone or in combination.
- the polyfunctional thiol can be used in an amount of 0.2 to 150 parts by mass, preferably 0.2 to 100 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the pigment in the photosensitive coloring composition.
- the photosensitive coloring composition can contain a storage stabilizer in order to stabilize the viscosity with time of the composition.
- storage stabilizers include quaternary ammonium chlorides such as benzyltrimethyl chloride and diethylhydroxyamine, organic acids such as lactic acid and oxalic acid, and organic acids such as methyl ether, t-butylpyrocatechol, triethylphosphine, and triphenylphosphine. Examples thereof include phosphine and phosphite.
- the storage stabilizer can be contained in an amount of 0.1 to 10 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the pigment in the photosensitive coloring composition.
- the photosensitive coloring composition may contain an adhesion improving agent such as a silane coupling agent in order to improve the adhesion to the substrate.
- silane coupling agents include vinyl silanes such as vinyltris ( ⁇ -methoxyethoxy) silane, vinylethoxysilane, vinyltrimethoxysilane, (meth) acrylsilanes such as ⁇ -methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane, ⁇ - (3 , 4-epoxycyclohexyl) ethyltrimethoxysilane, ⁇ - (3,4-epoxycyclohexyl) methyltrimethoxysilane, ⁇ - (3,4-epoxycyclohexyl) ethyltriethoxysilane, ⁇ - (3,4-epoxycyclohexyl) ) Epoxysilanes such as methyltriethoxysilane, ⁇ -glycidoxypropyltrime
- the photosensitive coloring composition is mixed with a solvent such as water or an organic solvent in order to enable uniform coating on the substrate.
- a solvent such as water or an organic solvent
- the solvent also has a function of uniformly dispersing the pigment.
- the solvent examples include cyclohexanone, ethyl cellosolve acetate, butyl cellosolve acetate, 1-methoxy-2-propyl acetate, diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, ethylbenzene, ethylene glycol diethyl ether, xylene, ethyl cellosolve, methyl-n amyl ketone, propylene glycol monomethyl ether, toluene, Examples include methyl ethyl ketone, ethyl acetate, methanol, ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, butanol, isobutyl ketone, petroleum solvent, and the like. These may be used alone or in combination.
- the solvent can be contained in an amount of 800 to 4000 parts by mass, preferably 1000 to 2500 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the pigment in the coloring composition.
- red pigments examples include C.I. I. Pigment Red 7, 9, 14, 41, 48: 1, 48: 2, 48: 3, 48: 4, 81: 1, 81: 2, 81: 3, 97, 122, 123, 146, 149, 168, 177, 178, 179, 180, 184, 185, 187, 192, 200, 202, 208, 210, 215, 216, 217, 220, 223, 224, 226, 227, 228, 240, 246, 254, 255, H.264, 272, 279, etc. can be used.
- yellow pigments examples include C.I. I. Pigment Yellow 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 24, 31, 32, 34, 35, 35: 1, 36, 36: 1, 37, 37: 1, 40, 42, 43, 53, 55, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 73, 74, 77, 81, 83, 86, 93, 94, 95, 97, 98, 100, 101, 104, 106, 108, 109, 110, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 123, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 137, 138, 139, 144, 146, 147, 148, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 161, 162, 164, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172 173,174,175,176,177,179,180,181,182,185,187,188,
- blue pigments examples include C.I. I. Pigment Blue 15, 15: 1, 15: 2, 15: 3, 15: 4, 15: 6, 16, 22, 60, 64, 80, etc., among which C.I. I. Pigment Blue 15: 6 is preferable.
- a purple pigment for example, C.I. I. Pigment Violet 1, 19, 23, 27, 29, 30, 32, 37, 40, 42, 50, etc. can be used. I. Pigment Violet 23 is preferable.
- green pigments examples include C.I. I. Pigment Green 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 26, 36, 45, 48, 50, 51, 54, 55, 58, etc. can be used. In C.I. I. Pigment Green 58 is preferable.
- Pigment pigment type it may be simply abbreviated as PB (Pigment Blue), PV (Pigment Violet), PR (Pigment Red), PY (Pigment Yellow), PG (Pigment Green), or the like.
- the mixture was added to 2000 parts of warm water, heated to about 80 ° C. and stirred with a high speed mixer for about 1 hour to form a slurry, filtered and washed repeatedly to remove salt and solvent, and then at 80 ° C. for 24 hours. Dried to obtain 115 parts of a salt milled pigment (R2).
- the mixture was put into 4000 parts of warm water, heated to about 80 ° C., stirred with a high speed mixer for about 1 hour to form a slurry, filtered and washed with water to remove salt and solvent, and then at 80 ° C. for 24 hours. Drying gave 102 parts of salt milled pigment (R3).
- the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, added to a 20 ° C. mixture of 270 parts of methanol, 200 parts of water, and 48.1 parts of concentrated sulfuric acid, and stirring was continued at 20 ° C. for 6 hours.
- the obtained red mixture was filtered, and the residue was washed with methanol and water and then dried at 80 ° C. to obtain 46.7 parts of a red pigment (R4).
- the reaction solution was gradually poured into 3200 parts of water, then filtered and washed with water to obtain 107.8 parts of a crude zinc halide phthalocyanine pigment.
- the average number of brominations contained in one molecule of the crude zinc halide phthalocyanine pigment was 14.1 and the average number of chlorine was 1.9. In this example, the bromination number is not limited.
- the mixture was poured into 5000 parts of warm water, stirred at a high speed mixer for about 1 hour while being heated to about 70 ° C. to form a slurry, filtered and washed repeatedly to remove salt and solvent, and then at 80 ° C. for 24 hours. Drying gave 117 parts of salt milled pigment (G2).
- the obtained press cake was reslurried in 1200 parts of warm water and then stirred at 80 ° C. for 2 hours. Thereafter, filtration was performed at the same temperature, and washing with 2000 parts of water at 80 ° C. was performed with warm water, and it was confirmed that benzenephonamide was transferred to the filtrate side.
- the obtained press cake was dried at 80 ° C. to obtain 61.0 parts of disodium azobarbituric acid.
- the mixture was poured into 3000 parts of warm water, stirred at a high speed mixer for about 1 hour while being heated to about 70 ° C. to form a slurry, filtered and washed repeatedly to remove salt and solvent, and then at 80 ° C. for 24 hours. Dried to obtain 98 parts of salt milled pigment (B2).
- the pigment dispersion acrylic resin solution (P2), a monomer, a polymerization initiator, a sensitizer, an organic solvent, and the like were mixed and stirred, and then filtered through a 5 ⁇ m filter. Colored compositions of green and blue were obtained. In the following examples, red pixels, green pixels, and blue pixels were formed using the colored composition shown in Table 2 below.
- the light-shielding color material contained in the light-shielding layer or the black matrix is a color material that exhibits a light-shielding function by having absorption in the visible light wavelength region.
- examples of the light-shielding color material include organic pigments, inorganic pigments, and dyes.
- inorganic pigments include carbon black and titanium oxide.
- examples of the dye include azo dyes, anthraquinone dyes, phthalocyanine dyes, quinoneimine dyes, quinoline dyes, nitro dyes, carbonyl dyes, and methine dyes.
- the organic pigment the organic pigment described above can be adopted.
- 1 type may be used for a light-shielding component and it may use 2 or more types together by arbitrary combinations and a ratio.
- volume resistance value of such a light-shielding material is in the range of about 1 ⁇ 10 8 to 1 ⁇ 10 15 ⁇ ⁇ cm, it is not a level that affects the resistance value of the transparent conductive film.
- the relative dielectric constant of the light shielding layer can be adjusted in the range of about 3 to 11 depending on the selection of the color material and the content ratio.
- a polymer dispersant is preferably used as the pigment dispersant because it is excellent in dispersion stability over time.
- the polymer dispersant include a urethane dispersant, a polyethyleneimine dispersant, a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether dispersant, a polyoxyethylene glycol diester dispersant, a sorbitan aliphatic ester dispersant, and an aliphatic modified polyester. And the like, and the like.
- a dispersant composed of a graft copolymer containing a nitrogen atom is particularly preferable from the viewpoint of developability as the light-shielding photosensitive resin composition of the present invention containing a large amount of pigment.
- dispersants are trade names of EFKA (manufactured by EFKA Chemicals Beebuy (EFKA)), Disperbik (manufactured by BYK Chemie), Disparon (manufactured by Enomoto Kasei), SOLPERSE (manufactured by Lubrizol), KP (Manufactured by Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.), polyflow (manufactured by Kyoeisha Chemical Co., Ltd.) and the like.
- 1 type may be used for these dispersing agents, and 2 or more types can be used together by arbitrary combinations and a ratio.
- a pigment derivative or the like can be used as the dispersion aid.
- the dye derivative include azo, phthalocyanine, quinacridone, benzimidazolone, quinophthalone, isoindolinone, dioxazine, anthraquinone, indanthrene, perylene, perinone, diketopyrrolopyrrole.
- oxinophthalone derivatives are preferred.
- substituent of the dye derivative examples include a sulfonic acid group, a sulfonamide group and a quaternary salt thereof, a phthalimidomethyl group, a dialkylaminoalkyl group, a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, and an amide group directly on the pigment skeleton or an alkyl group and an aryl group. And those bonded via a heterocyclic group or the like. Of these, sulfonic acid groups are preferred. In addition, a plurality of these substituents may be substituted on one pigment skeleton.
- the dye derivative include phthalocyanine sulfonic acid derivatives, quinophthalone sulfonic acid derivatives, anthraquinone sulfonic acid derivatives, quinacridone sulfonic acid derivatives, diketopyrrolopyrrole sulfonic acid derivatives, and dioxazine sulfonic acid derivatives. .
- 1 type may be used for the above dispersion adjuvant and pigment
- Example 1 the transflective liquid crystal display substrate according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
- Carbon pigment # 47 (manufactured by Mitsubishi Chemical) 20 parts by mass, polymer dispersant BYK-182 (manufactured by BYK Chemie) 8.3 parts by mass, copper phthalocyanine derivative (manufactured by Toyo Ink Co., Ltd.) 1.0 part by mass, and propylene 71 parts by mass of glycol monomethyl ether acetate was stirred with a bead mill disperser to prepare a carbon black dispersion.
- Carbon black dispersion Pigment # 47 (Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation)
- Resin V259-ME (manufactured by Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd.) (solid content 56.1% by mass)
- Monomer DPHA (Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.)
- Initiator OXE-02 (Ciba Specialty Chemicals)
- OXE-01 Ciba Specialty Chemicals
- Solvent Propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate Ethyl-3-ethoxypropionate Leveling agent; BYK-330 (manufactured by Big Chemie)
- BYK-330 manufactured by Big Chemie
- the photoresist was spin-coated on a transparent substrate 1a made of glass and dried to prepare a coating film for forming a black matrix. After drying this coating film at 100 ° C.
- an exposure photomask having an opening with a pattern width (corresponding to the image width of the black matrix) of 20.5 ⁇ m was used, and an ultrahigh pressure mercury lamp lamp was used as the light source. Irradiation dose of / cm 2 was applied.
- a black matrix 2 was formed on the transparent substrate 1a.
- This black matrix 2 was a matrix pattern having an image line width of about 20 ⁇ m and having a plurality of rectangular pixel openings.
- the film thickness of the black matrix 2 was 1.9 ⁇ m, and the inclination angle of the edge of the image line from the surface of the transparent substrate 1a was about 45 degrees.
- an ITO (indium tin metal oxide) thin film having a thickness of 0.14 ⁇ m was formed so as to cover the entire surface of the black matrix 2, thereby forming a transparent conductive film 3.
- the concave portion 8 is formed so that the film thickness after hardening is 0.8 ⁇ m.
- a resin layer 4 was formed.
- the film thickness of the resin layer 4 was 0.8 ⁇ m.
- the depth of the recess 8 was 0.8 ⁇ m, and the transparent conductive film 3 was exposed in the recess 8.
- acrylic photosensitive resin coating solution a transparent resin coating solution obtained by synthesizing an acrylic resin as follows, adding a monomer and a photoinitiator, and performing filtration of 0.5 ⁇ m was used.
- An acrylic resin solution was prepared by adding cyclohexanone so that the solid content was 30% by mass to this resin solution, and was designated as resin solution (1).
- the weight average molecular weight of the acrylic resin was about 20,000.
- a mixture having the following composition was stirred and mixed uniformly, dispersed with a sand mill for 2 hours using glass beads having a diameter of 1 mm, and then filtered through a 0.5 ⁇ m filter to obtain a transparent resin coating solution.
- Resin solution (1) 100 parts by mass Polyfunctional polymerizable monomer EO-modified bisphenol A methacrylate (BPE-500: manufactured by Shin-Nakamura Chemical Co., Ltd.) 20 parts Photoinitiator ("Irgacure 907" manufactured by Ciba Specialty Chemicals) 16 parts by mass Cyclohexanone 190 parts by mass (Formation of light scattering layer)
- a photosensitive resin composition for a light scattering layer was prepared with the following composition.
- Alkali-soluble photosensitive transparent resin A Epoxy acrylate resin having a fluorene skeleton 4.5 parts by mass Transparent particles
- E M400 (manufactured by Toagosei Co., Ltd.) 2 parts by mass Transparent resin A, photopolymerization initiator C, and photopolymerization monomer
- the refractive index of the transparent resin after mixing E, E, drying, exposure (200 mJ / cm 2 ), development, and hardening at 230 ° C. for 60 minutes was 1.58 (D line 589 nm). It was.
- the viscosity of the composition at this time was 14 cp / 25 ° C.
- a coating film of the light scattering layer resin composition was formed so as to cover the resin layer 4.
- UV light 200 mJ / cm 2 is exposed, developed with an alkali developer, and then hardened by heat treatment at 230 ° C. for 40 minutes, as shown in FIG.
- a light scattering layer 5 was formed.
- the pattern position of the light scattering layer 5 is the reflection part R of the pixel, and is arranged on the long side of the black matrix 2 along the longitudinal direction of the rectangular pixel 31 as shown in FIG. It becomes.
- BM substrate transflective liquid crystal display substrate having a height from the surface of the light scattering layer 5 to the convex portion 7 on the black matrix of 1.3 ⁇ m was obtained.
- FIG. 7A shows an example of the shape of the first electrode 11 of the array substrate to be bonded to the BM substrate as a transflective liquid crystal display device.
- the illustration of the second electrode is omitted.
- the direction in which the liquid crystal falls when it is formed into a liquid crystal cell is indicated by an arrow B.
- the transflective liquid crystal display device substrate (BM substrate) is a so-called COA type liquid crystal display device in which a color filter is formed on the array substrate side, or a field sequential (LED light source of a plurality of colors). It can be applied to a transflective color liquid crystal display device using a backlight and a method of performing color display without a color filter by driving a time-division light source.
- the resin layer may be removed only at the lower part of the reflection part R, and a quarter wavelength layer may be formed in this part, and the light scattering layer 5 may be laminated via the transparent conductive film 3.
- the thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the transmissive portion of the transflective liquid crystal display device targeted by the BM substrate is twice the thickness of the cell gap adjustment layer (light scattering layer 5 in this embodiment) 1.8 ⁇ m. 3.6 ⁇ m, and the thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the reflecting portion is 1.8 ⁇ m.
- Example 2 In Example 1, the direction in which the liquid crystal molecules fall when the BM substrate and the array substrate are bonded to form a cell is shown in the short direction of the rectangular opening in a plan view (opposite direction every 1/2 pixel). .
- the pattern configuration of the BM substrate in the case where the direction in which the liquid crystal is tilted is different by 90 degrees for each 1 ⁇ 4 pixel of the rectangular pixels is shown.
- Example 2 The materials and processes used for processing the BM substrate are the same as in Example 2.
- the pattern position of the light scattering layer 5 is overlapped with a part of the black matrix 2 in the side direction of the rectangular pixel 41, as shown in FIG.
- the position was point-symmetric from the center.
- the height H from the surface of the light scattering layer 5 of the reflecting portion R shown in FIG. 1 to the convex portion 7 on the black matrix was 1.3 ⁇ m.
- FIG. 8A shows an example of the shape of the first electrode 21 of the array substrate that is bonded to the BM substrate thus obtained to constitute a transflective liquid crystal display device.
- the second electrode pattern protrudes in the side direction (arrow C direction) of the black matrix 2 in each 1 ⁇ 4 pixel in plan view with respect to the pattern of the first electrode. It was.
- the direction in which the liquid crystal falls when it is formed into a liquid crystal cell is indicated by an arrow C.
- the depth of the recess 26 was set to 0.8 ⁇ m as in the first embodiment.
- the black matrix and the light scattering layer disposed on the BM substrate side are indicated by broken lines.
- Example 3 In Example 3, a transflective liquid crystal display device substrate as a cutter filter substrate including red pixels, green pixels, and blue pixels will be described with reference to FIG.
- Example 3 the same black matrix-forming dispersion as in Example 1 was used, and the red pixel 31R was replaced with the red coloring composition and the green pixel 31G in the opening (rectangular pixel) of the black matrix 2 formed by the same process.
- the coloring composition shown in Table 2 was used.
- a gray-tone photomask (a photomask in which the transmission portions T and the reflective portions R of the colored pixels have different transmittances) was used.
- the thickness of the colored layer of the reflective portion R was 1.6 ⁇ m ⁇ 0.2 ⁇ m, which was approximately half the thickness of the transmissive portion T.
- the film thickness of the colored layer (red pixel 31R, green pixel 31G, blue pixel 31B) formed directly on the transparent substrate was 3.2 ⁇ m ⁇ 0.2 ⁇ m.
- two colors for example, red-green, green-blue, and red-blue
- the height of the convex portion 37 by color superimposition can be adjusted by the viscosity of the coloring composition, the coating conditions, the black matrix line width, the color superimposition width, and the like.
- the colored pixel walls having a height of about 1.6 ⁇ m are formed so as to surround the colored pixels of the reflecting portion R, in the formation of the alignment film by ink jet as described below, The alignment film can be applied and formed without the ink droplets flowing out of the recess.
- an alignment treatment was performed as follows. That is, as a pretreatment of the colored pixel surface for forming the quarter-wave layer 38, an alignment film material (Sunever: manufactured by Nissan Chemical Co., Ltd.) is used to adjust the viscosity of the reflective portion R using an inkjet coating apparatus. The ink was selectively discharged onto the colored pixels so that the dry film thickness was 0.1 ⁇ m.
- an alignment film material (Sunever: manufactured by Nissan Chemical Co., Ltd.) is used to adjust the viscosity of the reflective portion R using an inkjet coating apparatus. The ink was selectively discharged onto the colored pixels so that the dry film thickness was 0.1 ⁇ m.
- the rheological properties of the ink ejected into the ink jet have excellent discharge properties.
- the initial value of the complex viscosity of the ink at 23 to 25 ° C. when the frequency is changed from 100 to 0.1 Hz is 20 mPa ⁇ s or less.
- the maximum value is 1000 mPa or less, and the tangent loss at a frequency of 10 Hz to 50 Hz is 1 to 20.
- the ejection amount from the inkjet nozzle was one ejection per pixel within a range of 2 to 10 pl (picoliter).
- the film was baked at 260 ° C. for 40 minutes in a clean oven to be hardened. Subsequently, the hardened coating film was pretreated by performing a rubbing process in a certain direction.
- a phase difference layer having a phase difference function for changing a quarter wavelength that is, a quarter wavelength layer 38 is formed on the colored pixels of the reflective portion R subjected to the pretreatment at a film thickness of 1.6 ⁇ m ⁇ 0.1 ⁇ m. Formed.
- the film forming method of the quarter wavelength layer 38 is as follows.
- a polymerizable liquid crystal compound obtained by stirring and mixing a mixture having the following composition and filtering through a 0.6 ⁇ m filter on a pre-treated colored pixel has a dry film thickness of 1. It apply
- Horizontally-aligned polymerizable liquid crystal 39.7 parts (“Palocolor LC 242” manufactured by BASF Japan Ltd.) Photopolymerization initiator 0.3 part ("Irgacure 907” manufactured by Ciba Specialty Chemicals Co., Ltd.) Surfactant 6.0 parts ("BYK111” 2% cyclohexanone solution manufactured by Big Chemie) 154.0 parts of cyclohexanone
- the substrate coated with the polymerizable liquid crystal compound was exposed to ultraviolet rays for each colored pixel area of the reflection part through a photomask using an exposure machine using a semiconductor laser as a light source.
- the dose of ultraviolet rays by changing the number of shots of the laser, 500 mJ / cm 2 in the red pixel region, 200 mJ / cm 2 in the green pixel region, a blue pixel regions respectively exposed as 5 mJ / cm 2, at further development
- the pattern of the quarter wavelength layer 38 was formed.
- the substrate was placed in a clean oven and baked at 230 ° C. for 40 minutes to obtain a color filter substrate on which the quarter-wave layer 38 was formed.
- the red pixel portion was 166 nm for light of wavelength 630 nm
- the green pixel portion was 136 nm for light of wavelength 550 nm
- the blue pixel portion was wavelength 112 nm in 450 nm light. That is, it can be seen that the sum of the phase differences of the colored pixel and the retardation layer satisfies the relationship of the sum of the phase differences in the red pixel ⁇ the sum of the phase differences in the green pixel ⁇ the sum of the phase differences in the blue pixel.
- ITO indium tin metal oxide thin film
- the film thickness after hardening is 0.8 ⁇ m.
- a resin layer 34 was formed on the substrate.
- the film thickness of the resin layer 34 was 0.8 ⁇ m.
- the depth of the recess 36 was 0.8 ⁇ m, and the transparent conductive film 33 was exposed in the recess 36.
- a light scattering layer (cell gap adjusting layer) 35 was formed to a thickness of 1.9 ⁇ m using the light scattering layer composition.
- a photomask having a light scattering layer pattern was used, UV exposure of 200 mJ / cm 2 was performed, development was performed with an alkali developer, and then the film was hardened by heat treatment at 230 ° C. for 40 minutes. This exposure and heat treatment lead to stabilization of the quarter-wave layer 38 already disposed below the light scattering layer 35 with an additional hard film.
- the oxygen inhibition of the quarter wavelength layer 38 is eliminated, and it can be stabilized again by a hardening process including ultraviolet exposure.
- the hard film is subjected to the heat treatment of the quarter wavelength layer 38. It could be formed in shape.
- Example 4 (Production of liquid crystal display device) With reference to FIG. 10, the liquid crystal display device according to the present embodiment will be described.
- FIG. 10 is a partial cross-sectional view of a transflective liquid crystal display device.
- the transparent conductive film 33 is formed above the black matrix 2, when the liquid crystal display device is configured, the film thickness of the black matrix 2 is assured.
- the formation of the oblique electric field becomes smooth as shown by the arrow in FIG. Since the oblique electric field is formed by the first electrode 41, the film thickness of the black matrix 2 can be adjusted.
- the liquid crystal display device according to this example was excellent in that the image display was extremely uniform. A high-quality liquid crystal display device free from light leakage without any disturbance of the liquid crystal alignment around the colored pixels or at the boundary between the light shielding layer and the display region was obtained.
- the second electrode 42 is preferably formed of a transparent conductive thin film such as ITO in the transmission portion T, and the reflection electrode R is preferably a second electrode 42 'made of a metal thin film such as an aluminum alloy.
- the first electrode and the second electrode may be formed in a comb-like pattern.
- the second electrode of this example was set to the same potential as that of the transparent conductive film as the third electrode 3.
- the transparent conductive film described in Examples 1 to 3 may be dropped to the ground when the liquid crystal is driven, or may have the same potential as the common electrode.
- Example 5 The transflective liquid crystal display device substrate used in Example 5 has the same configuration as that of Example 3.
- Example 5 as shown in FIG. 11, an array substrate 50 in which the first electrode 51 and the second electrode 52 were formed in a comb-like pattern with ITO, which is a conductive metal oxide, was used.
- a light-reflective reflective film 53 was disposed below the first electrode 51 and the second electrode 52 in the size of the reflective portion R.
- the reflective film 53 was formed in the same process as the gate wiring made of an aluminum alloy, but was electrically independent (isolated).
- the pattern shape of the first electrode 51 and the second electrode 52 of the reflecting portion can be given a degree of freedom, so that the configuration is based on the fourth embodiment.
- the liquid crystal alignment method is not limited to the vertical alignment method.
- various retardation functions can be obtained by changing the thickness or ⁇ nd of the retardation layer, or various retardation layers can be obtained by adjusting the alignment by photo-orientation or rubbing. It can correspond to a device.
- the dielectric anisotropy of the liquid crystal material that can be employed in the present invention may be a positive material or a negative material. From the viewpoint that the alignment treatment of the alignment film can be omitted, it is appropriate to employ a liquid crystal having a negative dielectric anisotropy.
- the resin layer and the light scattering layer are laminated on the transparent conductive film.
- the quarter wavelength layer or the half wavelength layer is laminated instead of the light scattering layer.
- the light scattering layer may be replaced with a reflective film having irregularities provided in the reflective region on the array substrate side disclosed in Patent Document 5 described above. 10 and 11, illustration of metal wiring such as TFT elements, gate wiring, and source wiring is omitted.
- a technique for forming the gate wiring and the source wiring with a single layer of aluminum alloy while having low contact with ITO is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2009-105424.
- the linear concave portion or the cross-shaped concave portion may be disposed as a light shielding pattern having the same shape by an electrically independent metal pattern on the array substrate side facing the transflective liquid crystal display device substrate.
- the pixels of the liquid crystal display device are divided into 1/2 pixels line-symmetrically or 1/4 pixels point-symmetrically at the linear recesses, but two to four TFTs are formed in one pixel, A stereoscopic image can be displayed by adopting a driving method in which different voltages are applied. Two TFTs may be formed in one pixel, the liquid crystal in the reflective portion may be driven by one TFT, and the liquid crystal in the transmissive portion may be driven by another TFT.
- the number, density, interval, and arrangement of the first electrode and the second electrode that are comb-like patterns in the pixel opening width direction can be adjusted as appropriate.
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ブラックマトリクスとは、液晶表示のコントラストをアップさせるため、表示の最小単位である絵素の周囲、あるいは絵素の両辺に配設される遮光層からなる遮光性パターンである。遮光層は、透明樹脂に遮光性の顔料を分散させた塗膜であり、一般に感光性を付与され、露光及び現像を含むフォトリソグラフィの手法でパターニングすることにより形成される。矩形画素は、ブラックマトリクスの開口部を指し、上記絵素と同義である。
液晶表示装置用基板の上に配設される透明導電膜としては、ITOなどの金属酸化物薄膜を用いることができる。透明導電膜の形成位置は、斜め電界を活用する目的で、矩形画素周囲に形成されるブラックマトリクス上であるのが良い。
樹脂層は、上述した透明導電膜上に配設される。樹脂層は、透明で耐熱性を有する有機樹脂により形成できる。樹脂層の厚みは、用いる液晶のセルギャップ(液晶層の厚み)や液晶の電気特性との関係で最適化すればよい。これらの観点で、たとえば、樹脂層の厚みが薄い場合には、液晶層の厚みを厚くすることができる。樹脂層の膜厚が厚い場合には、これに対応して液晶層の厚みを薄くすることができる。なお、樹脂層としては、以下の実施例で後述するアクリル樹脂などの透明な有機樹脂を採用することができる。透過部に適用できる液晶層の厚みは、2~5μmであり、4μm前後であるのが好ましい。反射部における液晶層の厚みは、透過部の略1/2となる。
着色層は、後述する有機顔料を透明樹脂に分散させた塗膜である。カラーフィルタ基板の場合には、この着色層をフォトリソグラフィの手法で矩形画素上にパターン形成したものを着色画素という。着色画素は、赤色、緑色、青色などの3原色のほか、黄色、マゼンタ、シアンや白色などから複数色を採用することができる。
セルギャップ調整層は、半透過型液晶表示装置の透過部と反射部の液晶層の光路差を調整する目的で配設する。セルギャップ調整層は、反射部に必要な光散乱層を兼ねることができる。また、セルギャップ調整層は、上述した樹脂層と同じ材料でグレートーンマスクを用いて1回のフォトリソ工程で形成しても良い。
光散乱層は、単一あるいは複数種の非晶質微粒子が屈折率の異なるマトリクス樹脂(以下、透明樹脂として記載する場合がある)中に分散して成るもので、入射光を散乱させて観察者の目にペーパーホワイト様の効果を持たせる光機能膜である。マトリクス樹脂は、耐熱性があり、可視域透過である透明樹脂であれば良い。光散乱層の膜厚は、非晶質微粒子径、光の波長、及び製造工程での適合しやすさの関係で、おおよそ1.5μm~5μmの範囲が好ましい。
1)Aの量がBの量より少ないこと、
2)A溶液の表面張力がB溶液の表面張力より大きいこと、
3)A溶液の蒸発速度がB溶液の蒸発速度より大きいこと、
4)Aの分子量がBの分子量より大きいこと
等があげられるが、特に量の大小は強度の制約条件である。
半透過型液晶表示装置の反射部は、透過部と比較して光路差のほかに液晶に起因する位相差の相違が生じる。このような反射部と透過部の位相差の相違により、反射部の反射光や黒表示に着色が生じたり、コントラストが低下したり、あるいはノーマリブラック表示であるはずの表示がノーマリホワイト表示となることがあり、位相差の問題は大きい。
本明細書で言う比誘電率は、液晶駆動に用いる周波数50Hzから500Hzにおいて、室温での測定を前提としている。液晶駆動周波数が500Hzを超える場合には、その適用される周波数で部材の電気特性を測定することが望ましい。
液晶表示装置のアレイ基板側の第1電極、第2電極の材料は、上述したITOなどの導電性の金属酸化物を用いることができる。金属酸化物より導電性の良い金属を採用しても良い。反射型や半透過型の液晶表示装置の場合には、第1電極、第2電極のいずれかにアルミニウム、アルミニウム合金の薄膜を用いても良い。あるいは、TFTのゲート配線などに用いる金属薄膜を、電気的に独立するパターンの光の反射膜として形成することができる。
2)第1電極11の膜厚を厚くすること、
3)第1電極11の下の絶縁層の一部をエッチングし、第2電極12上の絶縁層を薄くすること
このように、初期の垂直配向の液晶分子に、若干の、例えば0.1°~1°のプレチルト角を付与することで、液晶分子の倒れる方向決めができ、低電圧でも液晶分子は倒れやすくなり、応答性の向上と低諧調表示改善が得られる。
遮光層(ブラックマトリクス)あるいは着色層を形成するために用いる感光性着色組成物は、上記顔料分散体に加え、さらに、多官能モノマー、感光性樹脂ないし非感光性樹脂、重合開始剤、溶剤等を含有する。感光性樹脂及び非感光性樹脂など、本実施形態に用いることの可能な透明性の高い有機樹脂を総称して透明樹脂と呼ぶ。
本実施形態に用いる遮光層、光散乱層、着色層、セルギャップ規制層には、フォトリソグラフィによるパターン形成可能な感光性樹脂組成物を用いることが好ましい。これらの透明樹脂は、アルカリ可溶性を付与された樹脂であることが望ましい。アルカリ可溶性樹脂としては、カルボキシル基又は水酸基を含む樹脂であれば特に限定はない。例えば、エポキシアクリレート系樹脂、ノボラック系樹脂、ポリビニルフェノール系樹脂、アクリル系樹脂、カルボキシル基含有エポキシ樹脂、カルボキシル基含有ウレタン樹脂等が挙げられる。中でもエポキシアクリレート系樹脂、ノボラック系樹脂、アクリル系樹脂が好ましく、特に、エポキシアクリレート系樹脂やノボラック系樹脂が好ましい。
本実施形態に採用可能な透明樹脂の代表として、以下のアクリル系樹脂を示することができる。即ち、単量体として、例えば(メタ)アクリル酸;メチル(メタ)アクリレート、エチル(メタ)アクリレート、プロピル(メタ)アクリレート、ブチル(メタ)アクリレート、t-ブチル(メタ)アクリレートペンジル(メタ)アクリレート、ラウリル(メタ)アクリレート等のアルキル(メタ)アクリレート;ヒドロキシエチル(メタ)アクリレート、ヒドロキシプロピル(メタ)アクリレート等の水酸基含有(メタ)アクリレート;エトキシエチル(メタ)アクリレート、グリシジル(メタ)アクリレート等のエーテル基含有(メタ)アクリレート;及びシクロヘキシル(メタ)アクリレート、イソボルニル(メタ)アクリレート、ジシクロペンテニル(メタ)アクリレート等の脂環式(メタ)アクリレート等を使用した、重合体が挙げられる。
光重合性モノマーの例として、2-ヒドロキシエチル(メタ)アクリレート、2-ヒドロキシプロピル(メタ)アクリレート、シクロヘキシル(メタ)アクリレート、ポリエチレングリコールジ(メタ)アクリレート、ペンタエリスリトールトリ(メタ)アクリレート、トリメチロールプロパントリ(メタ)アクリレート、ジペンタエリスリトールヘキサ(メタ)アクリレート、トリシクロデカニル(メタ)アクリレート、メラミン(メタ)アクリレート、エポキシ(メタ)アクリレート等の各種アクリル酸エステルおよびメタクリル酸エステル、(メタ)アクリル酸、スチレン、酢酸ビニル、(メタ)アクリルアミド、N-ヒドロキシメチル(メタ)アクリルアミド、アクリロニトリル等が挙げられる。
光重合開始剤としては、4-フェノキシジクロロアセトフェノン、4-t-ブチル-ジクロロアセトフェノン、ジエトキシアセトフェノン、1-(4-イソプロピルフェニル)-2-ヒドロキシ-2-メチルプロパン-1-オン、1-ヒドロキシシクロヘキシルフェニルケトン、2-ベンジル-2-ジメチルアミノ-1-(4-モルフォリノフェニル)-ブタン-1-オン等のアセトフェノン系化合物、ベンゾイン、ベンゾインメチルエーテル、ベンゾインエチルエーテル、ベンゾインイソプロピルエーテル、ベンジルジメチルケタール等のベンゾイン系化合物、ベンゾフェノン、ベンゾイル安息香酸、ベンゾイル安息香酸メチル、4-フェニルベンゾフェノン、ヒドロキシベンゾフェノン、アクリル化ベンゾフェノン、4-ベンゾイル-4’-メチルジフェニルサルファイド等のベンゾフェノン系化合物、チオキサンソン、2-クロルチオキサンソン、2-メチルチオキサンソン、イソプロピルチオキサンソン、2,4-ジイソプロピルチオキサンソン等のチオキサンソン系化合物、2,4,6-トリクロロ-s-トリアジン、2-フェニル-4,6-ビス(トリクロロメチル)-s-トリアジン、2-(p-メトキシフェニル)-4,6-ビス(トリクロロメチル)-s-トリアジン、2-(p-トリル)-4,6-ビス(トリクロロメチル)-s-トリアジン、2-ピペニル-4,6-ビス(トリクロロメチル)-s-トリアジン、2,4-ビス(トリクロロメチル)-6-スチリルs-トリアジン、2-(ナフト-1-イル)-4,6-ビス(トリクロロメチル)-s-トリアジン、2-(4-メトキシ-ナフト-1-イル)-4,6-ビス(トリクロロメチル)-s-トリアジン、2,4-トリクロロメチル-(ピペロニル)-6-トリアジン、2,4-トリクロロメチル(4’-メトキシスチリル)-6-トリアジン等のトリアジン系化合物、1,2-オクタンジオン,1-〔4-(フェニルチオ)-,2-(O-ベンゾイルオキシム)〕、O-(アセチル)-N-(1-フェニル-2-オキソ-2-(4’-メトキシ-ナフチル)エチリデン)ヒドロキシルアミン等のオキシムエステル系化合物、ビス(2,4,6-トリメチルベンゾイル)フェニルホスフィンオキサイド、2,4,6-トリメチルベンゾイルジフェニルホスフィンオキサイド等のホスフィン系化合物、9,10-フェナンスレンキノン、
カンファーキノン、エチルアントラキノン等のキノン系化合物、ボレート系化合物、カルバゾール系化合物、イミダゾール系化合物、チタノセン系化合物等が挙げられる。 感度向上にオキシム誘導体類(オキシム系化合物)が有効である。これらは1種を単独であるいは2種以上を組み合わせて用いることができる。
重合開始剤と光増感剤とを併用することが好ましい。増感剤として、α-アシロキシエステル、アシルフォスフィンオキサイド、メチルフェニルグリオキシレート、ベンジル、9,10-フェナンスレンキノン、カンファーキノン、エチルアンスラキノン、4,4’-ジエチルイソフタロフェノン、3,3’,4,4’-テトラ(t-ブチルパーオキシカルボニル)ベンゾフェノン、4,4’-ジエチルアミノベンゾフェノン等の化合物を併用することもできる。
上記の光重合開始剤は、エチレン性不飽和化合物と共に用いることが好ましい。エチレン性不飽和化合物としては、エチレン性不飽和結合を分子内に1個以上有する化合物を意味する。中でも、重合性、架橋性、及びそれに伴う露光部と非露光部との現像液溶解性の差異を拡大できる等の点から、エチレン性不飽和結合を分子内に2個以上有する化合物であることが好ましい。また、その不飽和結合は(メタ)アクリロイルオキシ基に由来する(メタ)アクリレート化合物が更に好ましい。
感光性着色組成物には、連鎖移動剤としての働きをする多官能チオールを含有させることができる。多官能チオールは、チオール基を2個以上有する化合物であればよく、例えば、ヘキサンジチオール、デカンジチオール、1,4-ブタンジオールビスチオプロピオネート、1,4-ブタンジオールビスチオグリコレート、エチレングリコールビスチオグリコレート、エチレングリコールビスチオプロピオネート、トリメチロールプロパントリスチオグリコレート、トリメチロールプロパントリスチオプロピオネート、トリメチロールプロパントリス(3-メルカプトブチレート)、ペンタエリスリトールテトラキスチオグリコレート、ペンタエリスリトールテトラキスチオプロピオネート、トリメルカプトプロピオン酸トリス(2-ヒドロキシエチル)イソシアヌレート、1,4-ジメチルメルカプトベンゼン、2、4、6-トリメルカプト-s-トリアジン、2-(N,N-ジブチルアミノ)-4,6-ジメルカプト-s-トリアジン等が挙げられる。
感光性着色組成物には、組成物の経時粘度を安定化させるために貯蔵安定剤を含有させることができる。貯蔵安定剤としては、例えばベンジルトリメチルクロライド、ジエチルヒドロキシアミンなどの4級アンモニウムクロライド、乳酸、シュウ酸などの有機酸およびそのメチルエーテル、t-ブチルピロカテコール、トリエチルホスフィン、トリフェニルフォスフィンなどの有機ホスフィン、亜リン酸塩等が挙げられる。貯蔵安定剤は、感光性着色組成物中の顔料100質量部に対して、0.1質量部から10質量部の量で含有させることができる。
感光性着色組成物には、基板との密着性を高めるためにシランカップリング剤等の密着向上剤を含有させることもできる。シランカップリング剤としては、ビニルトリス(β-メトキシエトキシ)シラン、ビニルエトキシシラン、ビニルトリメトキシシラン等のビニルシラン類、γ-メタクリロキシプロピルトリメトキシシラン等の(メタ)アクリルシラン類、β-(3,4-エポキシシクロヘキシル)エチルトリメトキシシラン、β-(3,4-エポキシシクロヘキシル)メチルトリメトキシシラン、β-(3,4-エポキシシクロヘキシル)エチルトリエトキシシラン、β-(3,4-エポキシシクロヘキシル)メチルトリエトキシシラン、γ-グリシドキシプロピルトリメトキシシラン、γ-グリシドキシプロピルトリエトキシシラン等のエポキシシラン類、N-β(アミノエチル)γ-アミノプロピルトリメトキシシラン、N-β(アミノエチル)γ-アミノプロピルトリエトキシシラン、N-β(アミノエチル)γ-アミノプロピルメチルジエトキシシシラン、γ-アミノプロピルトリエトキシシラン、γ-アミノプロピルトリメトキシシラン、N-フェニル-γ-アミノプロピルトリメトキシシラン、N-フェニル-γ-アミノプロピルトリエトキシシラン等のアミノシラン類、γ-メルカプトプロピルトリメトキシシラン、γ-メルカプトプロピルトリエトキシシラン等のチオシラン類等が挙げられる。シランカップリング剤は、感光性着色組成物中の顔料100質量部に対して、0.01質量部から100質量部で含有させることができる。
前記感光性着色組成物には、基板上への均一な塗布を可能とするために、水や有機溶剤等の溶剤が配合される。また、本発明の組成物がカラーフィルタの着色層である場合、溶剤は、顔料を均一に分散させる機能も有する。溶剤としては、例えばシクロヘキサノン、エチルセロソルブアセテート、ブチルセロソルブアセテート、1-メトキシ-2-プロピルアセテート、ジエチレングリコールジメチルエーテル、エチルベンゼン、エチレングリコールジエチルエーテル、キシレン、エチルセロソルブ、メチル-nアミルケトン、プロピレングリコールモノメチルエーテル、トルエン、メチルエチルケトン、酢酸エチル、メタノール、エタノール、イソプロピルアルコール、ブタノール、イソブチルケトン、石油系溶剤等が挙げられ、これらを単独でもしくは混合して用いる。溶剤は、着色組成物中の顔料100質量部に対して、800質量部から4000質量部、好ましくは1000質量部から2500質量部で含有させることができる。
赤色顔料としては、例えば、C.I.Pigment Red 7、9、14、41、48:1、48:2、48:3、48:4、81:1、81:2、81:3、97、122、123、146、149、168、177、178、179、180、184、185、187、192、200、202、208、210、215、216、217、220、223、224、226、227、228、240、246、254、255、264、272、279等を用いることができる。
[顔料製造例R2]
ジケトピロロピロール系赤色顔料PR254(チバスペシャリティケミカルズ社製「イルガフォアレッドB-CF」;R-1)100部、色素誘導体(D-1)18部、粉砕した食塩1000部、およびジエチレングリコール120部をステンレス製1ガロンニーダー(井上製作所製)に仕込み、60℃で10時間混練した。
アントラキノン系赤色顔料PR177(チバスペシャリティケミカルズ社製「クロモフタルレッドA2B」)100部、色素誘導体(D-2)8部、粉砕した食塩700部、およびジエチレングリコール180部をステンレス製1ガロンニーダー(井上製作所製)に仕込み、70℃で4時間混練した。この混合物を温水4000部に投入し、約80℃に加熱しながらハイスピードミキサーで約1時間攪拌してスラリー状とし、濾過、水洗をくりかえして食塩および溶剤を除いた後、80℃で24時間乾燥し、102部のソルトミリング処理顔料(R3)を得た。
スルホン化フラスコにtert-アミルアルコール170部を窒素雰囲気下において装填し、ナトリウム11.04部を添加し、この混合物を92~102℃に加熱した。溶融したナトリウムを激しく撹拌しながら100~107℃に一晩保持した。
塩化アルミニウム356部および塩化ナトリウム6部の200℃の溶融塩に、亜鉛フタ
ロシアニン46部を溶解し、130℃まで冷却し、1時間攪拌した。反応温度を180℃に昇温し、臭素を1時間あたり10部で10時間滴下した。その後、塩素を1時間あたり0.8部で5時間導入した。
セパラブルフラスコに水150部を仕込み、さらに攪拌しながら35%塩酸63部を仕込み、塩酸溶液を調製した。発泡に注意しながらベンゼンスルホニルヒドラジド38.7部を仕込み、液温が0℃以下になるまで氷を追加した。冷却後、30分かけて亜硝酸ナトリウム19部を仕込み、0~15℃の間で30分撹拌した後、ヨウ化カリウムでんぷん紙で着色が認められなくなるまでスルファミン酸を仕込んだ。
銅フタロシアニン系青色顔料PB15:6(東洋インキ製造社製「リオノールブルーES」)100部、粉砕した食塩800部、およびジエチレングリコール100部をステンレス製1ガロンニーダー(井上製作所製)に仕込み、70℃で12時間混練した。
LIONOGEN VIOLET RL(東洋インキ製造製)300部を96%硫酸3000部に投入し、1時間撹拌した後、5℃の水に注入した。1時間撹拌後、濾過し、温水で洗浄液が中性になるまで洗浄し、70℃で乾燥した。
反応容器にシクロヘキサノン800部を入れ、容器に窒素ガスを注入しながら100℃に加熱して、同温度で下記のモノマーおよび熱重合開始剤の混合物を1時間かけて滴下し
て重合反応を行った。
メタクリル酸 10.0部
メタクリル酸メチル 65.0部
メタクリル酸ブチル 65.0部
アゾビスイソブチロニトリル 10.0部
滴下後、さらに100℃で3時間反応させた後、アゾビスイソブチロニトリル2.0部をシクロヘキサノン50部に溶解したものを添加し、さらに100℃で1時間反応を続けて樹脂溶液を合成した。
下記表1に示す組成(質量部)の混合物を均一に撹拌混合した後、直径1mmのジルコニアビーズを用いて、サンドミルで5時間分散した後、5μmのフィルタで濾過して赤色、緑色、青色の顔料分散体を得た。
遮光層あるいはブラックマトリクス含まれる遮光性の色材は、可視光波長領域に吸収を有することにより遮光機能を示す色材である。本発明において遮光性の色材には、例えば、有機顔料、無機顔料、染料等が挙げられる。無機顔料としては、例えば、カーボンブラック、酸化チタン等が挙げられる。染料としては、例えば、アゾ系染料、アントラキノン系染料、フタロシアニン系染料、キノンイミン系染料、キノリン系染料、ニトロ系染料、カルボニル系染料、メチン系染料等が挙げられる。有機顔料については、前記した有機顔料が採用できる。なお、遮光性成分は、1種を用いてもよく、2種以上を任意の組み合わせ及び比率で併用しても良い。また、これら色材の表面による樹脂被覆による高体積抵抗化、逆に、樹脂の母材に対して色材の含有比率を上げて若干の導電性を付与することによる低体積抵抗化を行っても良い。しかし、こうした遮光性材料の体積抵抗値は、およそ1×108~1×1015Ω・cmの範囲であるので透明導電膜の抵抗値に影響するレベルではない。同様、遮光層の比誘電率も 色材の選択や含有比率でおよそ3~11の範囲で調整できる。
顔料分散剤として高分子分散剤を用いると、経時の分散安定性に優れるので好ましい。高分子分散剤としては、例えば、ウレタン系分散剤、ポリエチレンイミン系分散剤、ポリオキシエチレンアルキルエーテル系分散剤、ポリオキシエチレングリコールジエステル系分散剤、ソルビタン脂肪族エステル系分散剤、脂肪族変性ポリエステル系分散剤等を挙げることができる。中でも、特に窒素原子を含有するグラフト共重合体からなる分散剤が、顔料を多く含む本発明の遮光性感光性樹脂組成物としては、現像性の点で好ましい。
以下、図1を参照して、本実施例に係る半透過型液晶表示装置用基板について説明する。
カーボン顔料#47(三菱化学社製)20質量部、高分子分散剤BYK-182(ビックケミー社製)8.3質量部、銅フタロシアニン誘導体(東洋インキ製造社製)1.0質量部、及びプロピレングリコールモノメチルエーテルアセテート71質量部を、ビーズミル分散機にて攪拌して、カーボンブラック分散液を作製した。
ブラックマトリクス形成用レジストとして、以下の材料を使用した。
樹脂:V259-ME(新日鐵化学社製)(固形分56.1質量%)
モノマー:DPHA(日本化薬社製)
開始剤:OXE-02(チバ・スペシャルティ・ケミカルズ社製)
OXE-01(チバ・スペシャルティ・ケミカルズ社製)
溶剤:プロピレングリコールモノメチルエーテルアセテート
エチル-3-エトキシプロピオネート
レベリング剤;BYK-330(ビックケミー社製)
上記の如き材料を、以下の組成比で攪拌して混合し、ブラックマトリクス形成用レジストとした(固形分中の顔料濃度:約20%)。
樹脂 1.4質量部
モノマー 0.3質量部
開始剤 OXE-01 0.67質量部
開始剤 OXE-02 0.17質量部
プロピレングリコールモノメチルエーテルアセテート 14質量部
エチル-3-エトキシプロピオネート 5.0質量部
レベリング剤 1.5質量部
(ブラックマトリクスの形成)
上記フォトレジストをガラスからなる透明基板1a上にスピンコートし、乾燥させ、ブラックマトリクス形成用の塗膜を作製した。かかる塗膜を100℃で3分間乾燥した後、パターン幅(ブラックマトリクスの画線幅に相当)20.5μmの開口のある露光用フォトマスクを用い、光源として超高圧水銀灯ランプを用いて、200mJ/cm2の照射量を照射した。
スパッタリング装置を用いて、ブラックマトリクス2の全面を覆うように、ITO(インジウム・スズの金属酸化物)薄膜を0.14μmの膜厚で形成し、透明導電膜3とした。
さらに、ブラックマトリクス2及びその矩形開口部(画素部)を覆うように、アルカリ可溶性のアクリル感光性樹脂塗布液を用いて、硬膜後の膜厚が0.8μmになるように、凹部8を有する樹脂層4を形成した。樹脂層4の膜厚は、0.8μmとした。凹部8の深さは0.8μmであり、凹部8では透明導電膜3を露出させた。
反応容器にシクロヘキサノン800質量部を入れ、容器に窒素ガスを注入しながら加熱し、下記モノマーおよび熱重合開始剤の混合物を滴下して重合反応を行った。
メタクリル酸 65質量部
メチルメタクリレート 65質量部
ベンジルメタクリレート 60質量部
熱重合開始剤 15質量部
連鎖移動剤 3質量部
混合物を滴下し、十分に加熱した後、熱重合開始剤2.0質量部をシクロヘキサノン50質量部で溶解させたものを添加し、さらに反応を続けてアクリル樹脂の溶液を得た。
多官能重合性モノマー
EO変性ビスフェノールAメタクリレート(BPE-500:新中村化学社製)
20部
光開始剤(チバ・スペシャルティ・ケミカルズ社製「イルガキュア907」)
16質量部
シクロヘキサノン 190質量部
(光散乱層の形成)
感光性の光散乱層用樹脂組成物を以下に示す組成で調製した。
:フルオレン骨格を有するエポキシアクリレート樹脂 4.5質量部
透明粒子B3:MX150(綜研化学社製) 2質量部
光重合開始剤C:イルガキュア819
(チバ・スペシャルティ・ケミカルズ社製) 0.45質量部
溶剤D:シクロヘキサノン 21質量部
光重合モノマーE:M400(東亞合成社製) 2質量部
透明樹脂A、光重合開始剤C、及び光重合モノマーEを混合し、塗布し、乾燥し、露光(200mJ/cm2 )し、現像し、230℃で60分間硬膜した後の透明樹脂の屈折率は、1.58(D線589nm)であった。
実施例1では、BM基板とアレイ基板を貼り合わせてセル化したときの液晶分子の倒れる方向を、平面視で、矩形開口部の短手方向に示した(1/2画素ごとに反対方向)。実施例2では、液晶の倒れる方向が矩形画素の1/4画素ごとに90度異なる方向である場合のBM基板のパターン構成を示す。
実施例3では、赤色画素、緑色画素、青色画素を具備するカターフィルタ基板としての半透過型液晶表示装置基板について、図9を参照して説明する。
(BASFジャパン株式会社製「Paliocolor LC 242」)
光重合開始剤 0.3部
(チバスペシャリティケミカルズ株式会社製「イルガキュア907」)
界面活性剤 6.0部
(ビックケミー社製「BYK111」2%シクロヘキサノン溶液)
シクロヘキサノン 154.0部
次に、この重合性液晶化合物を塗布した基板を、半導体レーザを光源とする露光機を用い、フォトマスクを介して反射部のそれぞれ着色画素領域毎に紫外線を露光した。紫外線の照射量は、レーザのショット回数を変えて、赤色画素領域では500mJ/cm2、緑色画素領域では200mJ/cm2、青色画素領域では5mJ/cm2としてそれぞれ露光し、さらに現像処理にて1/4波長層38のパターンを形成した。
スパッタリング装置を用いて、前記した着色画素及び位相差層の全面を覆うように、ITO(インジウム・スズの金属酸化物薄膜)を0.14μmの膜厚で形成し透明導電膜33とした。
さらに、ブラックマトリクス96及び矩形開口部(着色画素)を覆うように、実施例1と同様にアルカリ可溶性のアクリル感光性樹脂塗布液を用いて、硬膜後の膜厚が0.8μmになるように樹脂層34を形成した。樹脂層34の膜厚は、0.8μmとした。凹部36の深さは0.8μmであり、凹部36では透明導電膜33を露出させた。
次に、光散乱層(セルギャップ調整層)35を、前記の光散乱層組成物をもちいて、1.9μmの膜厚にて形成した。形成方法は、光散乱層のパターンを有するフォトマスクを用い、200mJ/cm2の紫外線露光を行い、アルカリ現像液で現像した後、230℃で40分間の熱処理にて硬膜した。この露光及び熱処理は、光散乱層35下部に既に配設された1/4波長層38の追加硬膜での安定化につながる。光散乱層35の積層により、1/4波長層38の酸素阻害が解消され、再度紫外線露光を含めた硬膜処理で安定化することができる。本実施例では、あらかじめ薄い膜厚の反射部着色画素を設けた後、1/4波長層38の熱処理での硬膜を行うので、露光量の差を問わず、形状崩れはなく、良好な形状で形成することができた。
(液晶表示装置の作製)
図10を参照して、本実施例に係る液晶表示装置について説明する。
実施例5で用いた半透過型液晶表示装置用基板は、実施例3と同じ構成のものである。実施例5では、図11に示すように、第1電極51および第2電極52を、導電性金属酸化物であるITOにより櫛歯状パターン状に形成したアレイ基板50を用いた。
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- 透明基板と、
前記透明基板上に形成された、複数の矩形画素を区分する開口部を有するブラックマトリクスと、
前記透明基板及びブラックマトリクス上に形成された透明導電膜と、
前記透明導電膜上に形成された、画素中央に凹部を有する樹脂層と、
前記樹脂層上に部分的に形成され、前記ブラックマトリクス上において前記樹脂層とともに凸部を構成するセルギャップ調整層と
を具備し、
前記複数の矩形画素は、前記樹脂層の凹部を中心に対称に、中心に近い側から透過部及び反射部の順で構成され、前記透過部では透明導電膜上に前記樹脂層が積層され、前記反射部では、透明導電膜上に前記樹脂層及びセルギャップ調整層が積層されていることを特徴とする半透過型液晶表示装置用基板。 - 前記ブラックマトリクス上の透明基板表面からの樹脂層表面の高さのレベルA、反射部の樹脂層表面の高さのレベルB、及び透過部の樹脂層表面の高さのレベルCが、A>B>Cの関係にあり、かつ、前記樹脂層の凹部の底部のレベルが、上記樹脂層表面のレベルA、B、Cより低いことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の半透過型液晶表示装置用基板。
- 前記セルギャップ調整層の厚みが、液晶表示装置の液晶層の厚みの略1/2であることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の半透過型液晶表示装置用基板。
- 前記セルギャップ調整層が、光散乱層であることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の半透過型液晶表示装置用基板。
- 前記セルギャップ調整層が、1/4波長層であることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の半透過型液晶表示装置用基板。
- 透明基板と、
前記透明基板上に形成された、複数の矩形画素を区分する開口部を有するブラックマトリクスと、
前記透明基板及びブラックマトリクス上に形成され、前記複数の矩形画素を構成する着色層と、
前記着色層上に形成された透明導電膜と、
前記透明導電膜上に形成された、画素中央に凹部を有する樹脂層と、
前記樹脂層上に部分的に形成され、前記ブラックマトリクス上において前記樹脂層とともに凸部を構成するセルギャップ調整層と
を具備し、
前記複数の矩形画素は、前記樹脂層の凹部を中心に対称に、中心に近い側から透過部及び反射部の順で構成され、前記透過部では透明導電膜上に前記樹脂層が積層され、前記反射部では、透明導電膜上に前記樹脂層及びセルギャップ調整層が積層されていることを特徴とする半透過型液晶表示装置用基板。 - 前記反射部に配設された着色層の厚みが、前記透過部に配設された着色層の厚みの略1/2であることを特徴とする請求項6に記載の半透過型液晶表示装置用基板。
- 前記反射部の着色層上に1/4波長層を積層し、該1/4波長層上に透明導電膜を介して光散乱層を積層したことを特徴とする請求項6に記載の半透過型液晶表示装置用基板。
- 前記反射部の着色層上に光散乱層を積層し、該光散乱層上に透明導電膜を介して1/4波長層を積層したことを特徴とする請求項6に記載の半透過型液晶表示装置用基板。
- 請求項1に記載の液晶表示装置用基板と、
液晶層と、
前記液晶層を間に介して前記液晶表示装置用基板に対向して配置され、前記液晶層の液晶分子を駆動する素子をマトリクス状に配設したアレイ基板と
を具備し、
前記アレイ基板が、それぞれ矩形画素を駆動するために電位の異なる第1電極及び第2電極を備えることを特徴とする液晶表示装置。 - 前記液晶の動作が、液晶を駆動する電圧を印加したときに平面視で、矩形画素中心の凹部から点対象あるいは線対称にブラックマトリクスのある辺の方向に液晶が倒れる動作であることを特徴とする請求項10に記載の液晶表示装置。
- 前記液晶表示装置の矩形画素での液晶の動作が、液晶を駆動する電圧を印加したときに平面視で、矩形画素中心の十字型凹部を通る直線で4つに区分される動作であることを特徴とする請求項10に記載の液晶表示装置。
- 前記第1電極が、液晶を駆動するアクティブ素子と接続された櫛歯状パターンを有し、前記第2電極が、前記第1電極と同様の櫛歯状パターンを有し、絶縁層を介して前記第1電極の下に配設され、前記第2電極のパターンが液晶の倒れる方向に前記第1電極のパターンからはみ出ていることを特徴とする請求項10に記載の液晶表示装置。
- 前記第1電極及び第2電極が、可視域透明な導電性の金属酸化物から構成されることを特徴とする請求項10に記載の液晶表示装置。
- 前記液晶が、負の誘電率異方性を有する液晶であることを特徴とする請求項10に記載の液晶表示装置。
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