Display panels with anti-Newton ring structures
View Patent ↗A display panel with an anti-Newton ring structure is disclosed. The display panel includes a substrate with an array region and a display region defined thereon. A buffer layer is disposed on the substrate and at least one transistor is formed in the array region. The display panel further includes an anti-Newton ring structure substantially composed of a silicon layer on the buffer layer in the display region, at least one dielectric layer disposed on the anti-Newton ring structure, and a pixel electrode disposed on the dielectric layer in the display region.
1. A pixel of a display panel comprising:
a substrate with an array region and a transmissive display region defined thereon;
a buffer layer disposed on the substrate;
a patterned layer comprising a first area located in the array region serving as an active area comprising a source and a drain, and a second area located in the transmissive display region serving as an anti-Newton ring structure to reduce Newton ring phenomenon;
at least one gate insulator disposed on the patterned layer and the buffer layer;
a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulator above the first area of the pattern layer; and
a planarization layer disposed on the gate electrode and the gate insulator.
2. The pixel of the display panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the patterned layer comprises a semiconductor material.
3. The pixel of the display panel as claimed in claim 1 wherein the patterned layer comprises at least one of an amorphous silicon layer and a polysilicon layer.
4. The pixel of the display panel as claimed in claim 1 wherein the second area of the patterned layer comprises a grid pattern.
5. The pixel of the display panel as claimed in claim 1 wherein the second area of the patterned layer comprises at least one of a plurality of bands and islands.
6. The pixel of the display panel as claimed in claim 1 wherein the area of the display region is more than 10% of that of the pixel.
7. The pixel of the display panel as claimed in claim 1 wherein the display panel is a liquid crystal display panel.
8. The pixel of the display panel as claimed in claim 1 wherein the display panel is a transmissive display panel and the substrate is a transparent substrate.
9. The pixel of the display panel as claimed in claim 8 wherein the substrate comprises a glass substrate.
10. A display panel having the plurality of pixels as claimed in claim 1 comprising:
at least one transistor in the array region;
the patterned layer on the buffer layer in the transmissive display region; and
at least one dielectric layer disposed on the patterned layer.
11. The display panel as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the patterned layer comprises a semiconductor material.
12. The display panel as claimed in claim 10 wherein the patterned layer comprises at least one of an amorphous silicon layer and a polysilicon layer.
13. The display panel as claimed in claim 10 wherein the patterned layer comprises a silicon layer comprising a grid pattern.
14. The display panel as claimed in claim 10 wherein the patterned layer comprises a silicon layer with at least one of a plurality of bands and islands.
15. The display panel as claimed in claim 10 wherein the display panel is a liquid crystal display panel.
16. The display panel as claimed in claim 10 wherein the display panel is a transmissive display panel and the substrate is a transparent substrate.
17. The display panel as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the patterned layer comprises an anti-Newton ring structure.
18. An electronic device, comprising:
a display device, comprising:
the display panel as claimed in claim 10 ; and
a controller coupled to the display panel to render an image in accordance with an input; and
an input device coupled to the controller of the display device to control the display device to render an image.