Display device having ultraviolet ray transmitting small holes included in a wiring electrode disposed in the peripheral region of the display but not where a seal member is disposed
View Patent ↗In a display apparatus that has a polymer dispersed liquid crystal material 25 encapsulated in a gap between a completed first substrate 1 and a completed second substrate 11 by using a sealing member 26 and has a display region M and a peripheral region N in a region where the polymer dispersed liquid crystal material 25 is encapsulated, a wiring electrode 19 having light shielding properties is provided in at least a part of the peripheral region N of the completed second substrate 11 , and an ultraviolet ray transmitting portion 19 a that transmits an ultraviolet ray therethrough is provided in the peripheral region where the wiring electrode 19 is provided. An ultraviolet ray is applied from the substrate side where the ultraviolet ray transmitting portion 19 a is provided to polymerize a monomer in the peripheral region N. The ultraviolet ray transmitting portion is formed of, e.g., a plurality of small holes, and the small holes are dispersedly arranged at equal intervals.
1. A display apparatus that includes a polymer dispersed liquid crystal material encapsulated between a pair of substrates having opposing electrodes, a display region and a peripheral region in a region where the polymer dispersed liquid crystal is encapsulated, the peripheral region being positioned outside the display region, the display apparatus comprising:
a wiring electrode having electroconductive and light shielding properties provided in at least a part of the peripheral region on one substrate of the pair of substrates; and
an ultraviolet ray transmitting portion that allows transmission of an ultraviolet ray provided in the peripheral region where the wiring electrode is provided,
wherein the ultraviolet ray transmitting portion comprises a plurality of first small holes provided in a part of the wiring electrode,
wherein the plurality of the first small holes are included within the wiring electrode, and the plurality of the first small holes are disposed in a first region that excludes a second region where a sealing member is disposed.
2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first small holes are dispersed at equal intervals.
3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the ultraviolet ray transmitting portion is disposed in a necessary gap provided between the display region and the wiring electrode.
4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a transparent electrode is provided on an upper surface of the wiring electrode.
5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the wiring electrode provided along a full circumference of the peripheral region.
6. A display apparatus that includes a polymer dispersed liquid crystal material encapsulated between a pair of substrates having opposing electrodes, a display region and a peripheral region in a region where the polymer dispersed liquid crystal is encapsulated, the peripheral region being positioned outside the display region, the display apparatus comprising:
a wiring electrode having electroconductive and light shielding properties provided in at least a part of the peripheral region on one substrate of the pair of substrates; and
an ultraviolet ray transmitting portion that allows transmission of an ultraviolet ray provided in the peripheral region where the wiring electrode is provided,
wherein the ultraviolet ray transmitting portion comprises a plurality of first small holes provided in a part of the wiring electrode,
wherein a light shielding member having a corner bead function is provided in the peripheral region on the other substrate that opposes the substrate having the wiring electrode provided thereon, and
the light shielding member is present at a part of the substrate opposing the part where the ultraviolet ray transmitting portion is provided.
7. The display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the light shielding member has a transmitting unit that transmits the ultraviolet ray therethrough.
8. The display apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the transmitting unit comprises a plurality of second small holes that are partially provided in the light shielding member.
9. The display apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein positions of the plurality of the second small holes provided in the light shielding member deviate from and do not overlap positions of the plurality of the first small holes provided in the wiring electrode.
10. The display apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the transmitting unit is formed of a light wavelength selection transmitting member having characteristics of allowing transmission of the ultraviolet ray.
11. The display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the light wavelength selection transmitting member is formed of a dielectric multilayer film.
12. A display apparatus in which a polymer dispersed liquid crystal material is encapsulated between a pair of substrates having opposing electrodes, a display region and a peripheral region of the display apparatus disposed in a region where the polymer dispersed liquid crystal material is encapsulated, and the peripheral region of the display apparatus is disposed outside the display region, the display apparatus comprising:
a wiring electrode which shields light, the wiring electrode disposed directly on one substrate among the pair of the substrates, and the wiring electrode at least partially disposed in the peripheral region of the one substrate; and
an ultraviolet ray transmitting portion comprising a plurality of first holes penetrating through the wiring electrode,
wherein the plurality of the first holes are disposed in a first region that does not overlap a second region where a sealing member is disposed.